Officially Summer?

Well, we are now officially into the summer program. That means a couple things. First is that we will be seeing a lot of our players packing up and heading home for the summer. We want to wish them God Speed and safe travels as they return home. We want to remind them to pick up a registration form before they leave or they can get it off the internet. To save the ten dollars, the application must be returned by October. The second thing is that we will start the games earlier starting Tuesday. Please check in by 0830 as the first pitch will be thrown out to start the game at 0900 sharp.

 

Today we had five teams so we played a three team American League game on Gessler and a two team National League game on Servicemaster.

 

The hitting team of Gazarak, Coffman, Dampier, Edwards, Drouillard, Hill, Denny, Pepin, Lopez, and Wells was managed by Steve Hill. While playing great defense through the first three innings, their bats were cold and they were shut out during that span. The sitting team of Gonzalez, Busch, Witmer, DeRidder, Cuscovitch, Smith, JD Davis, Zelazny, Andrews, and Hawbaker was managed by Freddie G. They too played great D while not lighting up the score board. A scant four runs were all they could muster through the first three. The fielding team managed by Larry Powell was comprised of Rivera, Wiltshire, Herbie O, Giorando, King, Butler, Hartley, Poke, Powell, and Carpenter. Their defense was also pretty awesome and due to the strong defense demonstrated by their opponent they too had limited offensive success as they managed three runs.

 

In the fourth inning the bats came alive for Steve's team. They batted nine batters en-route to scoring five runs and taking the outright lead. Freddie G's team managed one run and left three men on base. Unfortunately for Larry's team they were held scoreless. The ranking did not change as a result of the runs scored in the fifth as the hitting and sitting team both scored twice while the fielding team managed but one. In the  sixth both Steve and Freddie's teams batted their entire lineups and each scored four runs. Larry's folks were held scoreless but  stranded two runners in scoring position.

 

So going into the final inning we had two teams with eleven and one with four. It was still anyone's game as we just needed some of the sleeping bats to wake up and have a couple well placed hits for extra bases. It is hard to believe but there were only five extra base hits all game. That talks to the solid defense played by all three teams. Logic says something needs to change.

 

Tied for most runs, Steve's team failed to score in the top of the inning. Again they stranded two crucial runners. Meantime, Freddie's folks put together six singles and one double by Terry Smith to score five runs and take Steve's team down. Finding themselves down by twelve runs Larry's team had their work cut out for them if they wanted to win (or even take over second place). Unfortunately they never mounted a charge and failed to score. Final score Freddy G 16, Steve Hill 11, and Larry Powell 4.

 

Key Performances

Jose Rivera         4 for 4

Charlie Giordano    3 for 4

Dave Hartley            3 for 4

 

Pat Drouillard        4 for 4

Steve Hill                3 for 4

 

Freddy Gonzalez    4 for 5

Brian Busch            4 for 5

Donnie Witmer        4 for 5

Al Andrews            5 for 5

JD Davis                winning pitcher