MLC was quiet at the plate over the first six innings, scoring only 6 runs on 10 hits,,, and scored their final four in the top of the 7th on 5 more hits. Larry’s stellar pitching (no walks) was helped by a double play in the 5th, and stellar defense up till the final frame.
But the gong goes to Mario, who after giving up 3 straight singles to start the OBI offense, Intentionally Walked Juan (aka Barry Bonds apparently) with the bases loaded for Juan’s only RBI of the game. Consider the strategy backfired… as follows,
The OBI offense was led by contributions throughout the lineup:
— Matt was 3-4 scoring 2 and driving in another.
— Clint, Jayse, Spillane, Mando, John, Paul, and Nuta each had two hits.
— Spillane and Matt each had a Double and a Triple.
— Brian and Mando each Doubled.
— In the first three innings, Spillane, John, and Brian each had a productive out called a Sac Fly.
— Tom, Nuta, Larry, and Matt all singled in the second inning to push the lead to 6-2.
— After MLC answered the bell in the third and fourth with 3 and 1 run, respectively,,, OBI pushed across 5, 1, and then another three spot in the bottom of the 5th for a 15-6 lead. Game Over at that point.
Onto the Championship Game we went, with our chances dimmed by the 1 Home Run Rule and 2 Retread Ringers in Anthony and Kyle (both former Borrachos). The Retreads started fast with a 4-spot in the top of the first on 6 hits. OBI answered the early onslaught with 3 runs of our own. The inning could have been a bigger gold mine of runs had it not been for two base running mistakes that game the LFer 2 Assists in the inning. D’Oh !!!
Then, Retreads scored another four in the second inning on a 2-run Big Fly,,, which was promptly followed by a second line drive out that landed in the left field trees BONUS !!! The lead was pushed to 10-3 in the top of the third inning we pushed across 5 runs to make it a game:
— Consecutive singles by Matt, Clint, Jayse and Juan plated 2 runs.
— Next, Spillane’s Inside the Park HR plated the final 3 of the inning.
— After, Retreads were held to 1 run the next inning with the help of a retag at the plate to complete a 10-2 second out of the inning (on target throw from Mando to Matt did the job),
— Yaaaa, we did nothing in the bottom of the fourth LOL
— In the tope of the 5th, with one on, another throw from RF, this time to third (Tom to Clint), cut down the lead runner for the first out.
— Still down 8-11, OBI hit from the top of the order in the fifth with good results, Matt and Clint singled preceding Jayse’s RBI single.
— Then, in the loudest swing of the evening, Juan hit a Big Fly over the trees in CF and connected with a parking lot light pole for the lead …
In the final inning Retreads had two singles with one out when a line drive thru the box was called for the second out. The tying run was on its way home after the next ball was lined to mid-CF only to have its trek interrupted by a diving dad-to-be!!! Our defensive savior once again, Jayse makes the play of the day and someone owes us a Back2Back Tee Shirt I say … (the crowd goes wild at this point, nuff said)
Another great season, thank you all for your efforts,,, we are 25-7 in 2016, oh yeah, and Welcome to D1 !!!
No comments:
Post a Comment