OBI laid down and played dead against league leading The Heights. Our record dropped to 1-10 as OBI mustered 5 runs in the second inning. We managed 4 hits combined in the other 4 innings at the dish.
Jayse, JR, Ron, and Nuta started the second inning with hits. With two runs already in, Matt singled and Clint doubled, both scoring runs. Jakob capped the inning off with a Sac Fly. Bam, 5 runs,,, OBI, take the rest of the game off...
Honestly, JR pitched a good game, the Defense was sturdy, but The Heights bats were too much for Field 4 to contain. Things were not looking well after the 19-5 run rule.
However, as predicted, prognosticated, prophesied, masticated, or possibly ,,, ya, will leave that one out of this quickly disintegrates into a big swirling pile of ,,, any ways, the Epic Return of Split City was realized with a fine performance by all if not most of the OBIers.
Coyote Towing was the game 2 opponent and Split City was not to be denied. After giving up 5 in the top of the first inning, OBI's bats clicked to score 4 with Jayse and JR reaching base with a single and walk. Then, with two outs, Leo doubles in both, Matt follows with a Triple and Client cleans up the bases with a single.
Michael reached base on a fluke drive to the left field wall (my swing sucks big blue ones right now) in the bottom of the second. Paul pushed him to 3rd on a ground out to second and then Jayse scored him with the 2nd out of the inning. Small ball at its finest.
Down 2 in the bottom of the 3rd, Ron lead off the inning with a HR,, Big Fly,, huh, oh, I mean, Inside the Parker. Close enough... Still a 4-bagger. Stop yelling at me, Blue! but i digress... Leo Tripled an out later and Matt hit a Sac Fly to tie the game at 7.
The score went all Led Zepplin (song remains the same-ish) for a few innings till the bottom of the 6th when Jakob led off with a single and moved up on an out to second base. Eventually, scoring with 2 outs on Jayse's single. 8-7 going to the 7th, very exciting.
Coyote Towing earned 3 runs on good hitting and baserunning. This put the pressure squarely on Split City's back,,, and here is what happened...
Ron and Nuta single to lead off the inning. With the tying runs on base, and Leo at the plate one HR short of a cycle,,, he mearly TRIPLED to tie the game. Calmly, Matt stepped into the box and delivered his second Sac Fly of the Night giving Split City the come from behind victory and ensuring our 7th place finish in Season 2's D1 Thursday Night division based upon our 2-10 record.
Whew, what a game,,, Congrats to OBI for returning to Split City form. Tonight, it is Split City again !!! Mainly cuz we actually have a Split Double Header to Party with... We will be missing a few folks but expect at least one old friend to join us... We shall see...
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