Tuesday, May 17th
What a nice day to play softball. Warm breeze, lots of sun and a bunch of great guys. No gals today. We had 44 players today. The American League borrowed a few players from the National League so we had four teams. I played in the American League so most of this writeup will be about us. We had 10 players on each team and the "hit team" supplied a catcher so the defense could have a middle infielder. The visitors, managed by Mike Vaccaro, started out a little slow scoring one run in the top of the 1st inning. The home team, managed by Lou Guzman, responded with five runs, all on two outs. After several innings, visiting team caught up and it was a seesaw game until we ended up tied in the 8th inning. Manny Rios started out the top on the ninth with a nice triple to left center field. Doug McKinney brought him home on a sac fly to center field. That is all the visiting team could come up with. Now in the bottom of the ninth, the home team managed to get two runners on base but could not score the run they needed to tie and win the game. Final score was 15-14, Visitors.
The National League played with 24 players today, 12 on a team. That is good because they can play 12 players with a fifth outfielder. No one had to sit out today. The game started out to be pitching duel with the home team ahead 4-3 after four innings. That changed quickly in the bottom of the fifth with the home team scoring five runs. The home team scored 5 more runs in the sixth and four more runs in the seventh. The home team held the visitors to two runs during that time and at the bottom of the seventh, the score was 17-5. The visitors looked like they were going to come back in the eight inning but a couple of fly balls to the outfield ended their rally that inning. Final score was 18-8, Home Team.
Write up by Don Witmer
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