Winter Haven Senior Softball

A spring training game took place on Field E.  Larry Powell and Don LaMay were the team managers with teams made up mostly of player they selected in the league draft.  Powell’s team took the field with Fulton, Marino, Steve Hill, Schapeler, Goreth, Remington, Powell, Wheeler, Augenstein, Strait and Gibson. LaMay’s team batted in this order. Taylor, Guspyt, Miller, Andrews, King, Zakrowski, Jones, Moots, Waddell, Welton and Lee Baker.  After the first two batter were out on good fielding plays by Powell’s team, Miller, Andrews, King, Zakrowski singled new player Derek Jones ended the inning with a 3 run home run and the fifth run of the inning.  Fulton led off with a base hit, Marino reach first also and Hill walked and Schapeler doubled and new player Goreth drove in run three for the home team.  At the end of 1^st Visitors 5 Home 3.  Both teams had goose eggs in the second.  Third inning had both team with two runs. 

After another egg for the visitors in the fourth Powell’s team tallied a run to close the gap on hits from Wheeler, Strait and Gibson.  In the fifth the bats came alive again.  Taylor singled, Guspyt doubled, Miller singled, and a triple from Andrews.  Zakrowski singled Al in and LaMay’s team scored 4 run to take the lead 11 to 6.  However, Steve Hill starts the last of the 5^th with a single and Schapeler, Remington, Powell, and Wheeler do the same, and Gibson finished off the inning with a base rap to score the 5^th run of the inning and tying the game at 11.

Another zero for the visitors.  Home team again adds a run from the bottom of the batting order to take the lead.  Each team tallies 2 in the 7^th.  Eighth had the Visitors rally for two to take a 15 – 14 lead.  Powell’s team scored 3 and took a 17 – 15 lead into the 9^th inning.  Andrews led off the 9^th with a double, King singles, scoring Andrews and the inning ended on a long fly out.  Final Score Visitors 16  Home 17.  A good game and good hitting and fielding.

 

Visitors Hitters:  Guspyt 5 for 6 (2 dbls triple) , Miller 3 for 5, Andrews 4 for 4 w/sf, King 3 for 4, Zakrowski 3 for 4, Jones HR, L Baker 3 for 4.

 

Home Hitters:  Marino 3 for 5, S. Hill 3 for 4 w/w, Schapeler 4 for 5, Goreth 3 for 5, Wheeler 4 for 5, Gibson 4 for 5 with four straight hits and game winning hit. 

 

Submitted by Don LaMay