Winter Haven Senior Softball

Field B Tuesday March 1^st   Simon Vs LaMay

Many historical events took place in March, including: the Boston Massacre, the first ever telephone call, the murder of Julius Caesar and the invention of the polio vaccine. The Eiffel tower opened in March of 1889, and the invention of Coca Cola occurred in March of 1886.  There was no historical event taking place today on Field B.  Manager Simon being the home team took the field and batted in this order:  Simon, Altemose, Reagan, Vandenberg. Accetta, Fryzowicz, Navarro, Bloom, O’Callahan, Bowley, Lopiccolo, and Merritt.  LaMay’s team stepped up to the plate in this order: Andrews, Thompson, Laffoon, Shaffer, Taylor, Miller, Guspyt, Jones, Kline, Leggett, Welton, Moots, L. Baker, G. Baker.

LaMay’s Cubs started the game with singles off the bats of Andrews, Thompson, and Laffoon.  A Shaffer sack fly drove in the 1^st run of the inning.  Three more singles by Taylor, Miller and Jones produced 4 runs for the visitors.  Simon’s guys had singles from Altemose, Vandenberg, and Accetta to tally a run for the home team.  After holding the Cubs scoreless in the second Simon’s guys scored two more runs on four straight singles from Bloom, O’Callahan, Bowley and Lopiccolo.  After two the score was LaMay 4 Simon 3.

The third started with a single off the bat of G. Baker, than base raps from Andrews, Taylor and Miller put 2 more runs on the scoreboard for the Cubs and the Simon’s guys came back with another run of their own.  6 to 4 for the Cubs.  Both team were scoreless in the fourth.  Cubs added 5 runs in the 5^th to take control of the game. 

Standing tall like the Eiffel Tower today was Derek Jones at 3^rd base for the Cubs. Great day of fielding and hitting. It was a good game played well by both teams.  The fact that the final score was 14 to 4 showed a lot of good defense on both teams.

Leading Hitters:  Andrews, 4 for 4, Laffoon 3 for 3 SF, Taylor 4 for 4, Miller 3 for 4 and Jones 3 for 4.  Reagan 2 for 4, Vandenberg 4 for 4, Bloom 3 for 4, and Bowley 3 for 4.  Winning Pitcher Kline. 

Submitted by Don LaMay