Friday, Jan 20th
Tell Your
Sister To Wear Her Lipstick
KFC (Davis)-A’s (Matta)
Wow, not certain where
to start to even try and explain this game and do it justice. I guess I’ll start
at the ending, a 21-21 tie. We played 10 innings in dramatic fashion. The game
went back and forth. Both teams were as tenacious as a junk yard dog.
The KFC team had the A’s
in the fryer in the 9th. We were down 3 runs. The A’s rallied and
fell just short of winning it in the 9th inning, we did however tie
it, 17-17. Then the KFC team tried to ice the game in the 10th. JD started as a
runner at 2nd base, as the league mandates. After a hit, he moved to
3rd. There was a fly out to center field and Dave Shier unleashed a
frozen rope throw to the plate to cut down JD, who tagged up. Now with two outs the
KFC team refused to turn out the lights. They knocked in 4 runs to give them a
solid lead, 21-17.
For the 2nd
time in two innings, once in the 9th and now in the 10th,
the A’s fought back and scored 4 runs with the game on the line. Clutch hitting in the last frame from, Book,
Gazarek, Carpenter and Coffman. With the winning run at 3rd base, the
A’s chance to win came to an abrupt close as the last out was recorded. The
score would stay at 21-21. What so they say, “a tie is like kissing your
sister”?
A’s:
Goose 5/5, (12/12, in
his last 12 At Bats).
Hicks: 3/5.
Shirer: 3/5.
Matta 3/5, with a
triple.
Stier: 3/5, with a
double.
Alumbaugh 3/5, (welcome
back from Georgia).
TQ: 3/5, with a
double.
Gazarek: 3/5, with a
triple.
Book: 4/5, with two, yes
two, triples.
Coffman: 4/5, driving in
some big runs.
KFC:
Keller: 5/5 with a
double, nice to have Don back.
Nilo: 3/5, with a
triple.
Luis A: 3/5.
T. Smith: 3/5, nice to
have Terry back playing ball.
Pep: 3/5, with a triple,
(saved his best for the 10th inning).
Benson: 4/5.
Vandenberg:
4/5.
Outstanding defensive
plays by Reagen, Goose, Shirer, Keller and Benson.
Write up by Nick Matta
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