Summer is over, but the boys of summer continue to come out and play. Today we had 37 players so should have had four teams by our rules, but due to some late sign ins we played a three team game. With the exception of limiting at bats it probably was for the best with the heat index. I guess the issue of "lack of at bats" could have been negated if any of the teams had actually hit the ball with any regularity.
The hit team wad managed by Steve Hill. His team consisted of Dampier, Hill, Toro, Jacobs, Butler, Reagan, Hill D, Wells, Moots, Bowley (back after a long absence), Ayala, and L Baker. Freddie D led off with a home run and Steve was thinking victory. Unfortunately that was the only run they managed to score in the first three innings.
Jeff Simon (back from surgery) led the sitting team of Alumbaugh, Schapler, Lopez, Giordano, scarbrough, Coffman, Zelazny, Thompson, Simon, Chrest, Merritt, Mohan, and G Baker. Despite the powerhouse lineup, they were unable to get a single run across the plate in the first three innings. Thank goodness the game is seven innings.
Meanwhile, the Russ King led team did not have any problem putting numbers on the board during this same period. Herbie O, Laffoon, Duff, DeRidde, Hite, Marino, Barnes, King, Grabb, Gonzalez M., Barnes, Bess, and Gibson scored five in the first, three in the second, and one in the third. Everyone on the team had at least one hit during this stretch.
The fourth saw a change in that the hitting team pushed across three runs as Ron Butler started the rally. Jeff's team responded with six runs aided by Zelazny's home run to finally get on the board. The sitting team, bolstered by their run output went out and played solid defense and shut out Kings team. At the end of four the score was Hitting Team 4, Sitting Team 6, and Fielding Team 8.
In the fifth, Dampier's triple resulted in the only run scored for Steve's team. Jeff's team responded with two to continue to close the gap with King's team as they managed a lone run. In the sixth inning Frank Jacobs started a rally that resulted in three of the first four batters reaching base and scoring. Unfortunately the rally fell apart and the inning ended with the bases loaded. The sitting team started strong as well with two of first three batters scoring. Then with two men on base the inning came to a quick end. So with both teams within two runs of King's team, they established that they were the team to beat by scoring three runs and building a good cushion.
The seventh opened with it still anyone's game Unfortunately neither Steve Hill's or Jeff Simon's teams were able to score and the game was quickly over. Final Score was Hitting Team 8, Sitting Team 10, and Fielding Team 13. Winning pitcher was M Gonzalez.
Key Performances
Fred Dampier 3 for 4 with home run and a triple
Frank Jacobs 3 for 3
Ron Butler 3 for 3
Duff Hill 3 for 3
Josh Wells 3 for 3
Bret Alumbaugh 3 for 4
Kirk Coffman 3 for 3
Jim Laffoon 3 for 4
Chuck Duff 4 for 4
Migel Gonzalez 3 for 3
submitted by Bob Zelazny
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