Winter Haven Senior Softball

Cubs vs Nationals - Field C  2-13-2015

The Cubs with Don LaMay manager were the visitors today facing the National’s with Elmer Black at the helm.  Cubs lined up like this:  Thompson, Taylor, Scarbrough, Ridley, Marinacci, Stepp, Leggett, Mohan, Michalski, McPartlan and Yarletts.  The Nationals went with this lineup:  Waddell, Altemose, Peterson, Shaffer, Wilcox, Crowe, Ayers, Pelletier, Black, J. Smith, and Bowley.

This game was a see-saw battle from the start of the game.  Cub’s leadoff batter Thompson lined a triple down the right field corner, Taylor singled him in and Ridley drove him in with a base rap for two runs in the first inning.  Nationals Waddel, Altemose, Peterson, and Shaffer started with base raps and the Nats tallied 3 runs.  The second saw the Cubs score 2 with Yarletts having a big hit in the inning.  Nats were held scoreless in the second. 

In the third the bats started warming up.  Cubs scored 3 and the Nats answered with 5 runs with Shaffer’s triple being the big hit of the inning.  After 3 the score was Cubs 7 Nats 8.  The Cubs responded with 5 in the top of the 4^th to regain the lead 12 to 8 and then blanked the Nats in the bottom of the inning.  In the 5^th the Cubs added another 5 runs with a home run off the bat of Scarbrough.  The never give up Nats put together a rally with a big hit from Bowley to start and a Grand Slam off the bat of Shafffer to score 7 runs in the inning and making the score 17 to 15 in favor of the Cubs.  After holding the Cubs to a big zero the Nats came back in the bottom of the inning to take the lead back by scoring 3 runs. 

In the 7^th the Cubs scored 3 to regain the lead and held the Nat scoreless in the bottom of the see-saw game.  Cubs added another run in the 8^th and the Nationals took over the lead with Peterson’s home run being the big hit in the 4 run inning.  After 8 innings the score was Nats 22 Cubs 21.

The 8^th inning saw big hit off the bats of Mohan and Yarletts to start the inning and a double and triple off the bats of Scarbrough and Ridley to regain the lead again with 7 runs for the inning.  BUT with the Nats at bat coming up Smith leads off with a hit, after one out Waddell and Altemose add singles, than a fielder’s choice and a liner up the middle by Shaffer the big bat of Wilcox drives one to deep right center for a home run to get the Nats to within a run of a tie.  An infield fly cut the rally a run short.  The final score was Cubs 28 the Nationals 27.

Leading hitters for the Nationals:

Waddell 6 for 7 Altemose 4 for 7 Peterson 4 for 6 w/HR Shaffer 4 for 6 w/HR Wilcox 5 for 6 w/HR

Cubs:

Thompson 4 for 5 w/walk Taylor 4 for 6 Scarbrough 5 for 6 w/2HR, 3 2B, Ridley 4 for 6 w/3B, Yarletts 4 for 5.

Great catches by Pelletier off the bat of Taylor and Taylor off the bat of Pelletier.   McPartlan off the bat of Shaffer in the 8^th inning.

Write up by Don Lamay