Today's battle between Larry Strait's Braves and Steve Hill's OJ'S was played on Field E , In their previous two meetings both games went extra innings. This game started out very differently , as the Braves offense had trouble getting on track.
The OJ's built a 14 to 2 lead after 6 innings . They scored 5 runs in the 2nd started by Tom Capozzi's single , on his way to a 4 for 4 day . The big hit was a two RBI single by Jim Laffoon ,The OJ's add 4 runs in the 6th , again started by a single by Capozzi followed singles Ed Spegel and Gisele Seguin , before Larry Chest cleared the bases with a blast to deep right center field . The Braves plated single runs in the 3rd and 5th innings , both runs provided by doubles off the bat of Travis Fryzowicz .
The Braves scored 2 runs on 4 hits after two were out in the top of the 7th to make the score 14 to 4 . The OJ's answered with 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th . It looked like the game was over , with the score 18 to 4 after seven , But the then the Braves got hot ,
After one was out in the top of the 8th the Braves mounted their come back . Six straight hits which was started by the bottom of the order plated 5 runs . The big hit was Larry Strait's two run single . The OJ's could push only one run across . After 8 score 19 to 9 .
The Braves stayed hot in the 9th , plating 3 more runs before the OJ's defense made 3 good plays on hard hit balls to end the game . The big play was a long running catch by Larry Chrest to save 2 runs . The final score was OJ'S 19 Braves 12 .
Star
Offense , Braves , Gerald Andrews 3 for 3 , John Boito and Joe Letourneau 3 for 4 , and Larry Strait 2 for 3 .
OJ's , Juan Castillo 5 for 5 , Tom Capozzi 4 for 4 , Don Schapeler 3 for 3 / 2 w , Sam Lopez , Ken Weber and Ed Spegel 3 for 4
Defense , Braves , Bob Hite , Joe Letourneau and Travis Fryzowicz
OJ's Ken Weber , Larry Chrest and Jim Laffoon
Submitted by Steve Hill
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