Winter Haven Senior Softball

Winter Haven Senior Softball Feb 2, 2016

The fields are drying out, the sun is shining and it’s a great day for a double header.  Let’s play two today guys.  Fabian’s team known as the visitors for the first game lined up like this:  Sequin, Poke, Boswell, Carpenter, Hartley, Bess, Wilcox, Abramoff, Dudley, Fabian, Morey, McPartlan and Minder.  LaMay’s home team known as the Cub batted in this order:  Andrews, Thompson, Laffoon, Shaffer, Miller, Guspyt, Jones, Kline, Taylor, Leggett, Welton, Moots, L. Baker.  Two walks and a double off the bat of Carpenter produce a run in the first for the Visitors.  Cub’s Andrews and Thompson started with singles and Laffoon doubled over the fence then Guspyt’s base hit and the Cub’s ended the inning with 4 runs.  Both team posted 0’s in the second.  Gisele Sequin led off the third with a liner to center, Poke reach base and Boswell walked then Carpenter drove two runs with a double.  Abramoff singled in a runner from 2^nd for the fourth run of the inning to take the lead at 5 to 4.  Cub’s added another zero.  Good defense held the visitors scoreless in the 4^th.  Cubs came back to take the lead on Miller’s single and a triple off the bat of Jones.  Three more base raps from Taylor, Leggett and Welton netted the Cubs 3 for the inning.  In the 5^th a liner headed to center off the bat of Sequin was snagged by Kline for the first out then two singles from Poke and Boswell followed by Carpenters third double of the game and Bess’s single tallied 2 runs for the Visitors to tie the game at 7 each.

Cubs came up with another zero in the bottom of the 5^th.  Cubs base hits from Laffoon, Miller and walk followed with a liner off the bat of Kline to score two runs and a 9 to 7 win for the home team as the visitors were held scoreless in the top of the 7^th inning. 

Not much hitting in this low scoring game.  Carpenter for the Visitors 3 for 3 all doubles.  Laffoon 3 for 3 with double. 

 

Game two followed after a brief rest.  Cubs were the visitors this game with the same line up as the first game.  Fabian’s team lined up the same way also.  Andrews led off the first with a liner to left center, Thompson line one to Sequin at first base (great catch) then Laffoon and Kline had singles to card 2 runs in the first.  Fabian’s  Home team for this game also tallied 2 for the inning on base raps from Poke and Carpenter and Hartley’s double.  Cubs went down 1 2 3 in the second.  Home team scored one in the second with a key hit from manager Fabian.  Welton started the 3^rd with a liner to right, Moots and L. Baker also reach base and Andrews, Thompson singles and Laffoon doubled and scored on a throwing error for the 5^th run.  Home posted a zero in the bottom of the inning.  In the fourth six singles off the bats of Shaffer, Guspyt, Kline, Jones Taylor and Leggett put 4 more on the boards for the Cubs.  Two singles from Hartley sandwiched around a walk to Bess for a run.  Cubs added another 5 runs in the 5^th inning to take a 16 to 4 lead.  Home team were scoreless in the top of the 6^th and the flip flop rule was put into effect.  Final Score 16 to 4. 

Leading hitters for the Home team:  Poke 2 for 3, Carpenter 2 for 3, Hartley 2 for 3.

Cubs:  Andrews 3 for 3, Laffoon 3 for 3 dbl, Jones 3 for 3 dbl. 

Submitted by Don LaMay