Winter Haven Senior Softball

 

Tuesday, 1/17/23                       Yankees-visitors vs. Warriors-home

 

“A lot of hits” by both teams (along with quite a few errant throws), was the name of this game.  Warriors scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 1^st on multiple hits.  The Yankees came back with 5 runs in the top of the 2^nd on multiple hits and walks. 

 The Warriors countered with 4 more runs in the bottom of the 2^nd with Steve Hicks getting a 2B.  The Yankees got 2 runs in the 3^rd on Freddie Gonzalez’s 2 run HR.  It was Warriors 14-Yankees 10 after 4 innings, but pretty much all Warriors until the end.

 Rob Reed hit a 3-run HR for the Yankees in the eighth.   Some fine defensive plays by Bill King SS, Denny Shaffer LF for the Warriors, and Rob Reed RC for the Yankees threw out “yours truly” at 1^st base on a ball hit to the outfield.

 Final score:  Warriors 33-Yankees 17.

 Leading Hitters:

Warriors: (pretty much the whole team) Steve Hicks 6 for 6w/2B                                      Denny Shaffer 6 for 6 w/2B Ray Levesque 3 for 5 w/SF, Gary Anderson 5 for 5 w/2B & SF, Fred Dampier 3 for 5 w/SF, Larry Larsen 4 for 6 w/2B, Bob Vandenberg 5/6, Bill King 4/5, Bob Hudson 5/6, Wally Wallace 4 for 5 w/SF

 Yankees:       Ken Gelinas 3 for 5 w/SF

                        Chris Constantine 3/6

                        Rob Reed 4 for 5 w/HR

                        Freddie Gonzalez 3 for 5 w/HR

                        R. Hollowell 4/5

                        Wayne Shearer 4/5

                        4 others with 2 hits

Write-up by Bob Vandenberg