Winter Haven Senior Softball

I had an early appt at the VA today but stopped by the Diamondplex on the way home. The National League was having a very good game on Field C and the American League was playing a double header on Field D against my old friends Solivita. I didn't catch a score on the National League before I had to leave. The American League team was leading Solivita 24-13 going into the open inning in the first game. Donnie was playing in the National League game and maybe can add the final scores to this. 

This portion by Loren Fabian. 

Loren does a good job trying to get a writeup every Tuesday and Friday for all of our players who are not with us during the summer time. But, every now and then he has other things he has to do. Here is the rest of the story.

The American League swept the boys from Solivita. The second game was a lot closer and Solivita had a chance to come back in the bottom of the seventh to win the second game. The defense from Winter Haven just wasn't having it and kept them scoreless in the last inning. We always have a great time playing against Solivita and when they open up their fields for visitors, we owe them a double header in Solivita. Looking forward to that happening soon. 

In the National League, we had 33 players show up today. We had three teams of 11 players each. One team managed by Bob Zelazny brought their hitting shoes with them today. They scored 21 runs in six innings. They did not get to bat in the seventh inning because of a flipflop rule for three team games: ex. The team with the least runs bats first in the seventh inning and the second place team defenses against them. Then the second place team bats next and the first place team defenses against them. If the last place team or the second place team catches the first place team, the first place team bats in the bottom of the seventh inning. This generally keeps the first place team from having an open inning and scoring more runs and reduces the games time in the summer heat. Three team National League games generally take 2 to 21/2 hours to play a game. That is like playing a double header. In fact, the double header against Solivita in the American league was in the seventh inning when we finished our three team game today. If you are wondering how the other two teams did in the National League today, it was tied 7-7.

Write up by Don Witmer