Field C National League

Today's game on field C was a three team competition.  

The hit team, the Marlins, were managed by Simon and the  lineup was D. Hill, Simon, Marino, Hite, Gallagher, Zakrowski, Moots, G. Seguin, Gibson, L. Baker, and Merritt.  The sit  team, managed by Powell, inc. Fulton, Turpin, Macho, King, McLellan, Lautenshano, Augenstein, Ragonese, Ayala, Bloom, Podbielski, Mordy and Powell.  The field team, managed by Welton inc. F. Miller, Copozzi, Kline, Guspyt, Mahon, Bess, Hawbaker, Mohan, Witter, Holley and Barnes.  With three teams this was a seven inning game. 

The first inning started slowly with the field team, the Pirates scoring only one run.  The second inning the Marlins scored 3 runs and the sit team followed with 3 runs of their own. The third inning started with a five run rally for the Marlins keyed by round trippers from Marino and Hite.  The sit team, the Braves, added 3  runs.  After 3 innings of play the score stood at   8-6-1. 

The Braves kept up the pressure with a strong 5 run 4th inning powered by a Tim Gallagher HR.  This was the Braves third HR of the game.  The sit team did not score in the fourth frame and the Pirates, the field squad ended a 2 inning drought by pushing across 2 runs with a Bess double being the key hit.  The fifth inning saw the Marlins score three times to take a 10 run lead.  But not so fast.  The sit team, the Braves, responded with 5 runs on doubles by King and McLellan.  The field team decided to join the party and scored 5 times keyed by a Mahon triple.  The score after five innings was 16-11-8.  

The Marlins scored only one run in the top of the sixth on a sac fly by Duff Hill.  The Pirates failed to score in the bottom of the sixth.  The score after six frames was 17-14-8.  

The Marlins added two runs in the top of the seventh to take a 5 run lead over the sit team, the Braves.  The sit team made a game effort to overtake the Marlins by scoring three runs inc a triple by Lautenshano but fell 2 runs short.  The field team showed a lot of heart by scoring 4 runs  on a triple by Gusypt and a double by Hawbaker. 

The final score was 19-17-12  

The WP was Giselle Seguin.  

Leading hitters for the Marlins: D. Hill 3-5, Simon 3-5, Hite 3-3 HR, 2BB, Gallagher 3-5 HR, Zakrowski 4-5, Moots 4-5, L. Baker 4-5 Merritt 4-4.   

The Braves  leading batters were Fulton 2-3  , King 3-4, McClellan 3-4 HR, Lautenshano 3-4 3B, Augenstein 2-3 BB, Mordy 2-3 BB.  

Leading hitters for the Pirates: Hahon 3-4 3B, Bess 3-3 BB  2B, Hawbaker 3-4 2B, Mohan 3-4, and Barnes 2-3.  

The points were  Marlins 2 points and the Braves 1 point.

submitted by Jeff Simon