34 @ 90+ Degrees

Thirty four players braved the high temperatures today and so we ended up with a very exciting and close three team game. After the first inning Teams Thompson, Wells, and Diaz each themselves scratching their collective heads as neither team scored with only one runner reaching base. 

The second inning saw Team Thompson getting a two runs off  a couple hits and ill timed error. Team Diaz answered with the help of a couple walks. Team Wells then put up a big number as a result of clutch hitting and a four bag error to end the inning. 

Teams Thompson and Diaz managed to trade runs for the next couple innings with Team Wells  putting up solid numbers almost every inning. 

The sixth inning saw the bats from Team Diaz start to get hot. The bottom of the line up started a rally where ten batters came to the plate and were able to jump past Team Thompson and get within three runs of Team Wells. 

The last inning ended suddenly with Team Thompson hitting into a double play and then great defense by Team Thompson to shut Eddies team down. As a result, Team Wells did not have to bat in the last inning while enjoying a sweet victory. 

Final score was Team Wells 14, Team Diaz 12, and Team Thompson 9.

Leading Hitters

Wayne Munday     3 for 3 with a fielders choice

Sam Lopez            3 for 4

Bob Hite                3 for 4

Fred Dampier         3 for 4

Frank Jacobs         3 for 3

Josh Wells            3 for 3

Ron Butler             3 for 3

Bob Downs            3 for 3       

Four Teams Today!

With enough players for two games, Team Powell and Team Diaz faced off on Field B. Team Powell got off to an early lead assisted by double digit walks (I think the stats show more walks than hits for the game). Team Powell managed two five run innings but were unable to distance themselves from Team Diaz as Jimmy Laffoon and Bob Zelazny's bats kept them close throughout. Team Powell shut the door on their opponents with a very quick one two three in the last inning. Final score being 14-12. The ultimate winner of the game was the weather. We lost Lee Baker to the heat in the fifth inning and after canvassing the teams we had four additional players that were experiencing faintness and fatigue. The mangers met and decided to play only seven innings to prevent any other injuries. Players that still wanted to play were encouraged to go over and join the teams playing on Field C.

Leading Hitters:

Team Powell

    Raul Torrez    3 for 4  plus a walk

    Frank Jacobs 4 for 4

    Frankie  Acevedo 4 for 4 plus a walk

    

Team Diaz

    Freddie Dampier    4 for 5

    Jimmy Laffoon    4 for 4 with two triples

    Bob Zelazny        4 for 4 with two triples and a double

Larry Wells takes a cut

Field C – Good Game

Gonzalez vs King        9 innings of hot

Final Score 16 Gonzalez (Losing Pitcher – Larry Wells)

                 18 King  (Winning Pitcher – Ron Thompson)

King team highlights

Bill Miller – outstanding defense at second base

Rich Marino – four hits

Ron Thompson – three hits plus sacrifice

Gonzalez team highlights

Wayne Munday – great defensive plays

Fred Gonzalez – five for six

Larry Grabb – solo homerun

Bill Bowley – three for five

Friday

We had a great turnout today with 37 players showing up ready to play. The game started out looking like Team Wells and Team Thompson were going to put up some huge numbers. Fortunately for Team Matta the other teams bats cooled and Team Matta scratched and clawed back to tie for the lead going into the last inning. There were more zeros on the score sheets than in the federal deficit.. a total of seven. As an impartial reporter I can say the defense played well and snuffed out most of the rallies as we raced into the seventh inning. Good defense tops good offense.The score going into the last inning was 11-11-10. The last inning started with everyone still with a chance to claim victory. Unfortunately for Teams Matta and Thompson after Team Wells finally got tired of running around the bases the score was 23-11-10. Eighteen batters came to the plate and as a result of some questionable fielding managed to distance themselves from the other teams. Team Matta failed to mount a charge after a change in pitchers (Sessnick for Thompson) and contributed to the number of zeros on the scoreboard. Team Thompson however came to win and managed seven runs highlighted by a fence jarring drive by Juan Toro. Clearly the power hit of the day. The end result was Team Wells 23, Team Matta 11, and Team Thompson 17.

The boyz enjoy a little pine time

Leading hitters:

Team Thompson

    Juan Toro                3 for 4

    Dean Schapler         3 for 4

    Donnie Witmer         3 for 4

Team Wells

    Freddie Gonzalez   3 for 4

    Wayne Mundy        4 for 4 in addition to reaching on a  fielders choice and an error

    Brent Alumbaugh    4 for 4 in addition to reaching on a fielders choice and an error

 Team Matta

    Steve Hill                 3 for 3

    Bob Zelazny             2 for 2 in addition to reaching on an error

           

    

Dick Mahon's Son

Sadly, we've just received word that our long time Winter Haven and Lakeland Senior Softball teammate, Dick Mahon has lost his son. Dick Mahon Jr died earlier today.  Please keep Dick and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Rain Out Today

Sorry Guys, no softball for us today.  After last night's rain the fields are just too wet to play.  You win some, you lose some, some get rained out ...

See you Friday morning (if it doesn't rain again)

It was another scorcher out there today with close to zero breeze.  Someone said that it was 90 when we started and 92 by the time the first batter came up.  We had barely enough to field three teams 29 players showed up so we had two tens and a nine, fielding 11 players with some random fill-ins from the sitting team.

Hit     Larry Wells       12
Sit      Larry Powell     16
Field  Claire Auchey   12 

The only clean Home Run went to Larry Powell with a smash down the left field line.  Nice hit Larry! Several other round trippers and triples were recorded as extra base errors.

Game over Steve & Vassurl relax
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