OBI Drops 2 to MidLife Crisis, Finishes Season 3 as 8th Seed,,, No Film @ 11...

OBI finished Season 3 as the 8th Seed at 5 wins, 9 losses. That puts us 3 games out of first place as Team Wear It's 8-6 record topped Division 1's regular season. OBI will be given the opportunity to prove we belong in D1 in the season 3 tourney as we will face off against Team Wear It in Game 1 this Thursday.

OBI was knocked to the canvas after giving up 6 and then 3 more runs in the top of the First and Second innings of Game 1.  However, getting back up and pushing across a 9-spot in the bottom of the Second to tie the game at 9 was needful and impressive.

Michael opened the inning with a 4-pitch walk (leads team with 4). Jakob and J.R. both singled to load the bases prior to Paul unloading on a pitch and drove in all 3 with a Triple thru the LC Fielders glove. Larry singled in Paulie, followed by Hanshaw staying out of a Double Play with hustle to first. This was important since after Lucas flied to LC,,, Matt, Nuta, Nick, and Spillane each singled to bring the score to 9-6 with 2 outs and bases loaded. Michael stepped up and promptly drove the first strike to the warning track in LC.

Fortunately,  the ball was lined to the wall (on a hop) annnnnnd the outfielders were all playing at about Larry depth. Obviously, they were unaware of the new bat and upgraded confidence Michael was feeling holding said bat. Bases cleared and Michael made it all the way to third on the throw to the plate, Triple (leads team with 4).

Unfortunately, MidLife Crisis scored 5 more twice, in both the 3rd and 4th innings to achieve their 19 run total. This overcame Larry's 2-run Bomb,, errr Rocket,,, ummm Line Drive that snuck down the RF line for an inside the parker in the bottom of the 3rd. After Spillane drove in Nick from first with his own single in the bottom of the 4th, J.R., Paulie, and Larry each single in the 5th to tally the final 14 run total as OBI came up a nickel short.

Split City remains in hiding,,, again, as a pitchers duel ensued in Game 2. After OBI scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st and one more in the second,,, no further damage was done by our offense. In fact, only two base runners advanced to Second Base during the final 5 innings. There were 7 singles put into play during that time.

Hitting stars for this week include J.R. and his 6 for 6 effort, Larry had 4 hits and drove in 4 runs including a 3 for 3 effort in game 1, and Michael with his new bat making one official out (on a diving catch in Centerfield, Jayse-style.)...

Special thanks this week to Matt Hanshaw, Lucas and Nick. Without these three individuals we would have had to pick up 2 other individuals at game time just to have 10 Players.

After next week, along with full Season 3 stats, we will get a look at the Mid-2015 YTD Stats. Here are the stats thru Season 3 Week 7,,,