Tuesday
January 31, 2017 Field
C
Two
National Leagues teams took the field today on Field C. The Nationals led by Elmer Black and the
Braves skippered by Larry Powell. The
visiting Nationals being the visitors batted in this order: Shaffer, Ing, Rutan, Lopez, King, Ridley,
Guspyt, Hampton, Hawbaker, Welton and Black.
The Braves took the field with Castillo, Ayer, Burtner, Dampier,
Spitaleri, Hill, Minder, Levesque, Wheeler, Navarro, Goreth, LaMay, Powell and
McManus.
The
Nationals started with two walks an error another walk, than a change of
pitchers. Two hits and 5 runs had crossed the plate. Castillo led off for the Braves with a triple
and Ayer singled him home. Score after
the first Nats 5 – Braves 1.
Next
inning Guspyt led off with a single for the Nats to a standing ovation from his
Red Ed Fan Club that numbered about 20 in attendance for the game. But the pitching of Braves Manager left him
stranded on first base. Braves push
across two more runs in the bottom of the inning. Nats 5 – Braves 3. Both teams posted zeros in
the third. The Nationals added 2 runs in
the fourth while the Braves tallied 1.
The Nats went out 1 2 3 in the 5th while the Braves bats came
alive and they took the lead by adding 5 runs.
After fifth inning ended it was Braves 9 Nats 7. Game on now.
Nats came back to tie the game in the top of the sixth. The Braves were held scoreless in the fifth
and sixth and the Nats added another 5 spot to take a 14 to 9 lead after 7
innings.
The
Nationals added another 5 runs in the 8th to take a good lead, but
the Braves did not give up that easily and hammered across 7 runs in the bottom
of the inning. Nats added 2 more in the
9th then held off the Braves in the bottom of the ninth for a final
score of Nationals 21 and Braves 16.
Good game guys. Lots of good
hitting and fielding plays. Thanks for
the fans in the stands.
We still need some scorekeeping lessons. It is really simple. No X for outs and the little box marked if it is a BB 1B 2B 3B HR
Submitted by Don LaMay
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