JR and Larry coaxed enough ground balls and fly outs to each pick up a win. JR gave up a 4-spot in the 1st inning and another 5 runs in the fifth inning of Game 1. Larry all but threw a shutout by not giving up a run until a 5 run fifth (deja vu all over again)...
The defense really played well backing up our two Aces. A few line drives found their way through a few gloves in both the infield and outfield, however, as is typical of an OBI Big "D",,, these were the exception rather than the rules.
Game 1 started with Matt lining out to R.Fools SS Corey (who later stated that the ball actually hit the ground, grrrrr)... Clint, Spillane, Steve, Juan, Jakob and Jayse lit up the scoreboard for 5 runs following the imitation out.
After a quiet 2nd inning, Juan, Jayse, Michael and Larry collected four more hits scoring three runs in the process to push the lead to 8-4. In the fourth inning, just after Spillane hit Clint in the foot while he jumped off of 1st base, Steve drove in another run to extend by one more to 9-4.
In the top of the 5th inning, Jakob walked, then Michael, Larry(doubled), Rance, and Matt raked it and produced another 3 spot to open up a 12-4 lead. Runnin' Fools pushed across 5 to pull it within 9-12 in the bottom of the inning. A quiet 6th inning by both teams was all she wrote as OBI took Game 1.
Game Two was all about more hitting and defense. OBI jumped to an 11-0 lead after 3 and a half innings and needed a 4-spot to win it 15-0 in four. The ump knew it, The Fools knew it, and so did we... Needless to say, OBI got two hits and followed the good start with three fly outs.
Then, in the top of the 5th inning with one on for the Fools, a Line Drive to Left caused a spin out and Jakob hit the ground, hard,,, but was able to chase the ball and keep the batter to a Triple. Shutout goes bye-bye... The score now 11-5 heading to the last of the 5th, Spillane, Steve, and Juan each reach base pushing the score to 12-5.
I would like to say that Jakob's drive ends up a Big Fly 3-run Home Run Walk Off to end the game and ensure OBI's sweep, and all that would be true sans the Big Fly reference as the ball was overthrown at 3B and Jakob was not to be denied (needless to say that Larry was disappointed he did not get a chance to bat and drive in the winning run LOL)...
Run scored, 15-5,,, ah, another eventful, successful, fun filled outing a Victory Lane Sports Park. Now, only a doubleheader against Knuckle Babies remains before the D1 Tournament. Depending upon how other teams finish up Season 1, OBI has the opportunity to earn as high a seed as 2nd but will be no lower than a 6th in this 8 team D1 Division.
Let's have some fun again this week and surprise the rest of the league with a strong finish my friends...
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