Black Friday
Game. All the players showed up stuffed
to the gills. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. It’s a great time of the year and we know
that the league will start in a little over a month from now. The National League game began on field C
with two well matched teams made up of mostly the old guys and a few from the
American League.
The visiting team
managed by Thompson with a supporting line up of Black, S. Hill, Burns, Stan(the
Man), Crowe, Zakrowski, Ducham, Strait, Burelli, Witter and L.
Baker.
Home team manages by
Moots with a line up of Hite, Torres, McLellan, F. Miller, Taylor, Lopiccolo,
Welton, Merritt, B. Mohan, M. Mohan and Gibson.
On Black Friday who
else should lead off for the visitors by Elmer Black. After one out Hill doubles
to left center, Thompson doubles down the right field corner, Burns doubles to
deep right center. Stan singles in the
hole as does Crowe to drive in the 3rd and final
run of the inning.
Hite was right as he
led off with a base rap for the Home team.
Torres followed with a triple, McLellan drove a liner to left
center. Taylor and Moots followed with
base hits to tie the game at 3 each. The
Visitors manages only a single by Burelli in the 2nd. Home guy B.
Mohan lined a single to left, Gibson looped on over 3rd for single, than Hite singled up the middle and Torres
ripped another three bagger deep into right center. McLellan and F. Miller both singles and
tallied 5 runs for Home team. After two
the score was Visitors 3 Home 8.
After an error and a
fielder’s choice Thompson, Burns, and Stan singled and some heads up base
running after another fielder’s choice tallied 3 runs for the Visitors. After on out the homers had base hit from
Moots and Lopiccolo the visitors turned a double play on a hard smash off the
bat of Welton, second to short to first.
Moving on to the
7th inning with the score now 17 to 12 in favor
of the visitors. Base hits from
Zarkowski and Strait produces a run.
Torres leads off for the Home team as does McLellan and Miller and Taylor
drives one deep to right for a sac fly. Moots singles and is followed by and
error and a ground out, but Merritt lines on to right, B Mohan lines one up the
middle and M. Mohan singles in the 6th run of the
inning to tie the game at 18 all. Eighth
inning visitors score 2 and home team tallies 1.
Ninth inning, Stan
leads off the liner to left center, Crowe hits on to right and Zakrowski singles
in a run. A long fly off the bat from
Ducham bring in the 2nd and final run of the game
for the Visitors. Lopiccolo singles to
start the 9th home half. Welton lines out to 2nd, Merritt singles, B. Mohan doubles to deep right
center. Game now tied and Mohan on
second. A ground out and Mohan moves to
3rd.
Gibson batting with the game on the line and drive a liner to center
field for the game winner.
Final score Visitors
22 Home Team 23. Great
Game
Leading
Hitters: Home – Hite 3 for 5; Torres 4
for 5 2 triples; Mclellan 4 for 5; Miller 4 for 5; Moots 4 for 5: Lopiccolo 3 for 5; Merritt 4 for 5; B. Mohan 3 for 5; and Gibson 3 for 5 with
game winner.
Visitors: S. Hill, 3 for 4; Thompson 5 for 5 w/double; Burns 3 for 5 w/2 doubles; Stan (the Man) 4 for 5; Crowe 3 for 5;
Zakrowski 3 for 5.
Best play of the
day: Ted Taylor made a running shoe
string catch in right center.
Writeup by Don
LaMay
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