Team
Gonzalez, Visitors: Hicks, Rodriguez, Rad, Shirer, m. Gonzalez, pep, F.
Gonzalez, Crowell, Jose V; Brown and Wells.
Team
Toro, Home: Rivera, Witmer, Toro, Held, Luis, Johnny O, Coffman, Wiltshire, Larry
B; Poke and Matta.
The
Fall season has arrived at WHSS. The month of October commemorates some special
occasions, the Fall Classic, in baseball, Octoberfest, and hard fought football
action. October welcomes the start of the hockey and basketball seasons, autumn
foliage and Halloween.
The
temperature was beautiful, for softball at the Diamond Plex, on Tuesday, the
temperature at game time was in the 70’s, with a slight wind. We welcomed
October, with a Fall Classic game, in the American League.
The two teams battled back and forth, neither team
could pull away with a big lead. These two teams battled like they were playing
for the Stanley Cup, lots of gritty play. Especially by Brown who made several
nice stops at first base for the visitors. He played like a shut down goalie.
We had heroics like the kind that LeBron James
supplies on the hard wood. You might have to stretch your imagination in casting
Poke, as LeBron James. Yet, he supplied the clutch play of LeBron, by going 4/5,
with two doubles, a triple and a single. Crowell shook the leaves off of the
trees with his 4/4 hitting. Although Hicks did not feast on Octoberfest
knockwurst, he did feast on the Home teams pitching, going
4/5.
All of this added up to a very hard fought, close
game. The Home team was ahead in the top of the 9th inning, 13-10. In football, they say,“ the Autumn Wind Is A Raider”.
The visitors blew through their deficit, raiding and pillaging the Home teams
lead. They came up with clutch hitting in the 9th.
Crowell started things off with a single. The next two
batters were retired. Then Wells kept the inning alive with a single. Hicks,
Rodriguez and Rad all kept the two out rally rolling. Rad’s hit tied the game,
13-13. Dave Shirer, did a “pseudo” Bill Mazeroski impersonation. Dave hit a 3 run home
run to give his team the win,16-13, at least temporarily. Remember, Halloween
comes at the end of the month and the bottom of the 9th comes
at the end of a game, when the Home team is tied, or is losing. It was time for
trick, or treat. The Home Team had a few tricks up their sleeve. In the bottom
of the 9th , Jeff B lead off with a single, Poke tripled him in
and Matta hit a ground out, to the right side, that scored Poke. Still down by a
run, the Home Team loaded the bases when Rivera, Witmer and Toro all got on
base. Donny Held made Octoberfest, Wundervoll, for the Home squad, as he served
as the festmeister. Don hit a long fly ball to deep left center field that no
one could catch. He knocked in the tying and winning runs. Prost, which in
German is translated, Cheers, the Home team won a classic, 16-17.
Visitors:
Hicks:
4/5.
Rodriguez:
3/5.
Crowell:
4/4 with a triple.
Home:
Rivera:
4/5.
Toro:
4/5.
Held:
3/5.
Coffman:
3/5.
Wiltshire:
3/5.
Jeff
B. 4/5.
Poke:
4/5 with a triple and two doubles.
WP:
Jeff B.
Witten by Nick
Matta.
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