Friday, 2/28/20                                   Poinciana Community Park

Legion-Visitors vs. Cobras-Home

The game started with neither team doing anything in the 1^st inning.  Top of the 2^nd, again, not much more from the Legion; bottom of 2^nd was much better for the Cobras-scoring 5 on 7 hits, highlighted by Ridley’s double.
Legion came back with 5 in the 3^rd with O’Callaghan’s double plus 5 base hits.  Cobras added 3 to make it 8-5 Cobras after 3 complete.  Cobras added 3 more in the 4^th with homeruns by Gonzalez and Pescie.  11-5 Cobras after 4. 
Legion scored 3 in the 5^th with Boswell’s double and Fryzowicz’s homerun, none for Cobras but still lead 11-8 after 5.  Nothing for Legion in the 6^th, while the Cobras added 5 more on 7 hits to make it 16-8 Cobras after 6.  Legion struck back in the 7^th with 6 big runs on 8 hits while Cobras didn’t score.  16-14 Cobras after 7.
Legion got 2 to tie the game at 16-16.  Vandenberg led off the bottom of the 8^th for the Cobras with a triple, then 3 more hits yielded 2 runs.  18-16 Cobras after 8 innings.  Legion led off the top of the 9^th with a single then the defensive play of the game came when Ken Gelinas, the first baseman, caught a sharply hit, low-line drive, then jumped to tag out the runner before he could get back to first-double play; then a hit and groundout to end the game. 
Final score:  Cobras 18     Legion 16
Winning pitcher:  Hal Ridley
Top hitters for the Legion:  Fryzowicz 5/5 with a homerun; Laffoon 5/5; Boswell 3/5 with 1 double; Denny 3/5 with 1 double, and Castilleja 3/5.
Cobra’s top hitters:  Peskie 5/5 with a homerun and a double; Bertram 4/4; Vandenberg 4/5 with a triple; Gelinas 4/5 with a double; Ridley 4/5 with a double; Gonzalez 3/5 with a homerun, and Hawbaker 3/5. 
Submitted by Bob Vandenberg

Winter Haven / Lakeland Competition - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Be there at 9:00 AM. Games Begin at 9:30 AM. 
AL TEAM 1

Lonnie Netzel                     

Mike Vacarro

Brad Scheirer

Lou Guzman

Scott Seguin

Tony Quinones

Rad Pcholinski

Dave Shirer

Jeff Stier

Rick Brock

Al Guzzo

Rob Reed

Mark Tutrani

Wally Wallace



NL TEAM 2

Pete Gutenberger

George Knox

Fred Stevens

George Vanderhyde

Lenny DeBroeck

Danny Grove



Bob Hite

Ron Peppin

Kirt Coffman

Bob Vandenberg

Willy Morton

Giselle Seguin



 NL TEAM 3

Bobby Skidmore    

Joe LeTourneau

Wayne Vorher

Jim Reed

Freddie Gonzalez

Ray Levesque

Gary Burtner

Don Torok

Greg Denny

Jerry Remington

Bill Purcell

Hal Ridley

Ron Thompson

Friday February 28, 2020   Field 2 Poinciana

Game day on field 2 at Poinciana had the visiting Derailers playing the home team Braves.  Manager DeRidder posted this batting order: Pinnick, Rutan, DeRidder, Murphy, McCullough, Witmer, McNally, King, Bowley and Taylor.  Manager Strait had his team lined up in this order:  Burtner, LeTourneau, Reed, Lavesque, Knox, Don Folkerson, Strait, Gallagher, LaMay and Witter.  Each team had 10 players today because of  shortage of player today.  Both teams played with out a MidFielder that left a lot of gaps in the infield. 

Pinick led off the first with a walk, then singles off the bats of Rutan, Murphy, McCullough and Witmer produced 3 runs for the Derailers.  Braves LeTourneau started the last half of the inning with a base rap, Reed and Levesque doubled, Knox drove a triple to the fence driving in three runs.  Folkerson and Strait had singles to post 5 runs for the Braves.  Second inning had Bowley with a base hit up the middle, Pinnick followed with another single and Manager DeRidder hit a home run, his first of three over the fence.  Murphy, McCullough and Witmer followed with base hit and tally 5 runs for the inning.  Braves posted a zero in the bottom of the frame. 

In the third the Derailers rested, while the Brave pushed across 2 runs.  After three the score was Visitors 8 Home 7.  After a short rest Derailers racked up another 5 runs holding the Braves to 3. The 5^th inning had the infields opening up and the bats getting warm again.  Derailers posting another 5 and the Brave putting up 4 on the scoreboard.  After five score was 18 – 14 Derailers.

Sixth inning has the Braves close the gap by out scoring the Derailers 4 to 1.  Seventh had the Braves again winning the inning scoring 5 while holding the visitors to four runs.  Score now tied 23 all. 

Derailers took charge of the game now putting another 5 runs in the 8^th while holding the Braves scoreless in the bottom of the inning.  Manager DeRidders team then put the game away batting 11 players in the top of the ninth inning and posting 8 more runs.  Final score Derailers 36 Braves 23.

One good thing about only having 10 players on each is that everyone on both teams got to bat 6 times in the game and some got 7 at bats.  Good game thru 7 innings and a great 8^th and 9^th for the Derailers. 

Derailers Hitters: Rutan 4 for 7, DeRidder 5 for 6 w/3HR and IP, Murphy 6 for 7 w/2 3B, McCullough 5 for 7 w/2DBL, Witmer 7 for 7, McNally 5 for 6, King and Bowler both 3 for 6.

Braves Hitters:  LeTourneau 6 for 7 w/2 DBL, Leverque 3 for 6, KNOX 6 for 6 and hit for the cycle, Folkerson 3 for 6 w/3B, Strait 3 for 6, Witter 3 for 6, the score sheet showed LaMay with a HR as the old guy’s hit went to the fence in left field but his pinch runner had to stop at first.

Fun game guys.  Need more players to show up these fields are a further away but it is still better than not playing.



Submitted by Don LaMay

Steve Hill's Duke's squared off against Fabian's Flyers this morning and got off to a great start, scoring 5 runs in each of the first 2 innings bot only managed 5 more for the rest of the game. The Flyers all had hitting shoes on again posting nickels in 4 of 7 innings for a final of 27-15. 

I would like to note here that Duke's was without his whole middle infield and 2 quality outfielders due to a prior commitment and travel distance from Lakeland. Hang tough Steve thru this tough month of playing shorthanded. We all admire you, your team and the pool players you use. 

Hitters for Duke's. 

Hill 4-5. Vining 3-5. Borges 3-5. Morton 3-5. Johnson 4-5. 

Hitters for Fabian

Essenmacher 4-4. Joann 3-5. DeJongh 4-5. Vanderhyde 4-5. Kallister 3-5. Hunter 5-5. Benson 3-5. G. Seguin 2-3. McColgan 3-4. Fabian 3-4. 

Write up by Loren Fabian

See y'all Tuesday. 

Tuesday, 2/25/20                                Poinciana Community Park
Dukes vs. Cobras
The Dukes started the game with hits by Hill, Vining, fielder’s choice, double by Spellman, then consecutive hits by Morton, Vorhes, Hipel, and Johnson for their 5 runs.  Cobras started with a double by Spitaleri, ground-out, walk, triple by Peskie, hit by Gelinas, ground-out, walk, RBI hit from Learn, then a flyout-scoring 4 runs.
Dukes didn’t score.  Cobras got 3 more runs with 3 singles, 1 triple, and another double from Spitaleri.  It was 7-5 Cobras after 2 innings.  No scoring for either team in the 3^rd. 
Dukes scored 1 run in the top of the 4^th.  Spitaleri led off with another double for the Cobras, followed by an RBI single from Vandenberg, single, fielder’s choice, double, and 3 more hits for 5 runs.  Dukes scored 3 more in the 5^th.  Cobras scored 4 on 3 singles, double by Boito, and a triple from Peskie. 
It was all Cobras the rest of the game with big hits from Spigel (homerun) and Hawbaker (double).  Final Score: Cobras 27--Dukes 11; winning pitcher was Hal Ridley. 
NOTE:  Game was called after 8 innings due to Martin Spellman’s heart attack.  Prayers are with Martin for a full and speedy recovery.
TOP HITTER for Dukes:  Morton 4/4; Hill 4/5, Spellman, Vorhes, Hipel, Johnson, and Andrews all 2/4.
TOP HITTER for Cobras:  Gonzalez 3/3 with 1 triple, 2 base on balls; Spitaleri 5/6 with 3 doubles; Pescie 4/5 with 2 triples; Gelinas 4/5 with 1 double; Denny 4/5; Spigel 3/5 with 1 homerun; Learn 3/5; Boito 3/5 with 1 double; Hawbaker 2/3 with 1 double, 2 base on balls; Vandenberg 3/6; and Ridley 2/4 with 1 base on balls.
Written up by Bob Vandenberg

Hi guys

The church I attend (Winter Haven Worship Center) has a group being formed to help Veterans who need help and to inform Veterans of programs that can be of help or interest to them.  The program is to start on March 1, 2020, at WHWC 1835 Overlook Dr, Winter Haven, Fl 33881.  Group leaders are Sam and Jacky Cann  Phone 703 772 0151.  This program is for Veterans and spouses, caregivers, friends of Veterans, or people who care about Veterans.  If this is of interest to you or your friends please contact Sam or me at 734 421 6032 or at Friday's game.  See atttached pamphlet.

Don LaMay

February 21st Friday

Flyers vs Cobras:

It has been said that “any day you can play softball is a good day”, but weather-wise today was a crappy day. First, we were moved from field B to field A (the short fence field).The wind was blowing out fiercely, there was bound to be a lot of balls hit over the fence, especially with each team getting 2 American league players to fill out each roster.

The flyers started the game with 3 hits over the fence, Essenmacher, Brock and Vanderhyde, and scored 3 runs. The cobras scored 4 runs with 2 regular doubles and 1 HR over the fence by Gonzalas. The flyers scored 5 in the top of the second with 2 HR’s going over the fence, Brock & Kallister, but the cobras could only muster up 1 run, that going over the fence by DeBrock. Nobody scored in the third., score: flyers 8 cobras 5. In the 4th the flyers got 2 and the cobras got 4 with another one over the fence. After 4 innings, Flyers 10 ,Cobras 9. It was all Cobras after that. Flyers only scored 1 run in the last 5 innings while the cobras scored 17 runs with 5 more over the fence HR’s. Final score: Cobras 26  Flyers 11.

Winning pitcher Hal Ridley

Top hitters for the cobras:

Spitaleri 6/6 2 doubles

Gonzalas 5/5 a double & 3 HR’s

Debroeck 5/5 2 HR’s

Granger 3/3 2 HR’s

Vandenberg 5/6 w/ 3 doubles

Spigel 3/6 w/ HR

Peskie 3/6

Gelinas 3/6

Wallace 2/4

Notable outfield defense plays by Debroeck

Top Hitters for the Flyers

Fabian 3/4

Essenmacher 3/5 W/HR

Brock 3/5 w/2 HR’s

Kallister 3/5 w/ HR

Vanderhyde4/5 w/HR

Segiun 2/4

Baker 2/4

A total of 13 balls were hit over the fence for ground rule doubles (wind factor)

Write-up by Bob Vandenberg