Winter Haven Senior Softball

Friday February 22, 2019

Russ King’s Post 8 team took on Larry Strait’s Braves on Field C today.  Post 8 had Steve Pinnick, Bob Reagan, Sam Lopez, George Knox, Ted Anderson, Dan Walton, Russ King, Elmer Black, Poke, Mike O’Callahan, Kathy McDonald, Jim McPartlin, and Lee Baker.  The Brave’s had Dick Newton, Norm Learn, Bill McLellan, Joe Peski, Leo Kreiger, Larry Strait, Herb O., Pat Lopiccolo, Jerry Andrews, Stan Michalski, Don LaMay and Joe LeTourneau.

Post 8's first two hitters flied out to the outfield, then Sam Lopez singles, Knox doubles, Anderson triples, then Walton reaches first and King doubles, accounting for 4 runs in the inning.  Braves Learn has a base hit.  Second inning both teams post 0’s.  Third inning Pinnick and Reagan had base hits, Lopez drives a double to right center, Knox, Anderson, and Walton single and King hits a SAC for the 5^th run of the inning.  Braves post their 3^rd straight 0.  In the 4^th inning Braves post their first run of the game on Singles from LeTourneau, Newton, McLellan.  After four innings Post 8 had 9 and the Braves 1.  Both teams posted 0’s in the 5^th.  The 6^th had singles from Knox, Anderson and King for a run.  Bottom of the frame had Herb O. base hit, after a fielder’s choice, singles off the bats of Andrews, Michalski, LaMay, and LeTourneau drove in the third run of the inning.  Post 8 scored 3 and Braves 1 in the 7^th.  Post 8 now at 13 runs to 5 for the Braves.

Braves add 1 run in the 8^th.  Post 8 adds a run in the top of the 9^th.  Braves have LeTourneau lead off with a single, (Post 8 has been struggling in the later innings) (Oh No not again) Newton singles then an out and singles off the bats of McLellan, Peski, Burtner, and Strait drives in the 4^th run of the inning.  To quote Buggs Bunny “That’s all Folks”  Post 8 wins the game 14 to 10.

Leading hitters for Post 8: Knox, Anderson and O’Callahan all 3 for 4.  Every other player had hits.

Brave’s hitters: Kreiger and Herb O., both 3 for 4., Michalski 2 for 3. And the rest of the team had hits. 

Winning Pitcher Pinnick.

History:  In the past few weeks we have been going over the batting averages of the YEAR 2006 at WHSS.  Here are the averages of all the rest of the players still playing now.

Fred Dampier        .776
Elmer Black           .710
Denny Shaffer      .695
Bill Ayer                 .668
Don Witmer          .636  
Fred Gonzalez      .588
Herb O.                  .557
Ted Taylor             .487
Art Zakrowski       .476
Larry Powell          .375  played 7 games batted 24 times 1HR
Jim Mc Partlan      .345
Marshall Bloom    .338
Joe D’Herin            .250  played 2 games batted 4 times as pool player.
Write up by Don Lamay