Friday’s game was a defensive battle from beginning to end—but nobody was prepared for the finish!
Final Score:
American Legion Post 8 (Home/Fielding) — 10
Art’s Carts (Middle/Sitting) — 9
1st Diner (Visitors/Hitting) — 4
American Legion Post 8 wasted no time getting on the board, putting up five runs in the first inning. Gil, Ramon, Delong, Tutrani and Hudson all delivered base hits, while Bales drove in a pair with a double. Marino added another solid hit to keep the inning rolling.
Post 8 brought its gloves, too, holding 1st Diner to just four runs for the entire game. Thompson and Ayers scored in the third inning behind base hits from Tickmen and Jorge. Hamilton and Testa added two more in the fourth with singles of their own, followed by hits from Ouding and Reagan. But that was all 1st Diner could manufacture against a stingy Post 8 defense.
Art’s Carts had no intention of quietly sitting this one out. They scored twice in the first inning after Pablo singled, Sully doubled, and JD, Rabideau and Hill followed with base hits.
Rabideau and Hill kept their bats hot, with both players doubling in the fourth. A solid hit from Vandenberg helped bring home two more runs and kept Art’s Carts within striking distance.
Then came the sixth inning—and suddenly Art’s Carts was in the driver’s seat.
With the top of the lineup coming to bat, Ernesto, Pablo, Sully, JD and Deloach all crossed the plate. Five runs later, Art’s Carts had erased the deficit and taken a 9–8 lead.
Post 8 came to bat in the final inning needing at least one run to stay alive. Boilto started things off with a base hit but was forced out at second on a fielder’s choice. The next batter went down, leaving Art’s Carts just one out away from the win.
But Post 8 wasn’t finished.
Doyle singled.
Gil singled.
Then Woodsby stepped to the plate with two runners on and two outs.
He sent a towering ball deep toward center field. For a moment, it looked like Art’s Carts had the final out—and the victory—within its grasp.
The ball came down, hit the top of the glove…and sailed into center field!
Doyle scored.
Gil scored.
Ballgame!
American Legion Post 8 pulled off a dramatic, two-out, walk-off victory, 10–9.
Art’s Carts nearly drove away with the win, but Post 8 stole the keys at the very last second! Now that’s how you finish a softball game.
