OBI Sweeps We Ain’t Dead Yet to Secure Season 2 Tourney #1 Seed

10-4 OBI has earned the #1 seed based upon Point Differential after tying for first place in the regular season with No Glove No Love. The schedule is not out yet for this weeks tourney, however, I anticipate that the D2 division will play early games with D1 playing later in the evening.

As with Week 1 of this season, also versus WADY, game 1 was low scoring with OBI overcoming a 2-0 deficit in the top of the fourth inning with 4 runs as Michael and Juan led off with singles and Spillane lined out to LF for a Sac Fly. Paul singled before Larry’s 3-run Big Fly… Ok, so, the ball got by the RFer and rolled to the wall, but it also traveled in the air a bit going out and much more slowly coming back in against the wind. ‘Nuff said…

We added 3 more the next inning as Fill-in John walked before Matt and Mando singled to bring him home. Then, with one out, Juan tripled home both gents to bring the score to 7-2. After WADY scored 2 in the bottom of the 6th, both squads went scoreless in the 7th inning for the 7-4 Game 1 final.

Game 2, OBI answered the opening salvo to tie the score at 3 after 1 inning. Mando and Michael singled to setup Juan’s 3-run Big Fly (one that actually did fly quite some ways)… OBI sent 12 men to the plate in the bottom of the second to take control of the game 11-4. Larry and JR started the ball rolling with singles and then with one out, fill-in Scott, Matt, Mando, Mike each singled. Juan once again crushed a 3-run HR maxing out our HRs for the first time in quite a while.

Not to be outdone, after Spillane doubled, Paul flew out to LC field and without stopping at third base, Chris scored easily to give Paul a 2 base Sac Fly. After Tom singled, Larry hit into a FC for the final out of the inning. The third inning was fairly uneventful as WADY scored one but was still down 5-11 going to the top of the fourth.

We Ain’t Dead Yet then scored back-to-back 7’s to take a 19-11 lead late as we entered the bottom of the 5th inning. Larry started it up there with a single and JR did the same ahead of John’s double and Scott’s single. After a Matt Dead Ball out through the box and Mando’s Sac Fly,,, Michael singled and Juan doubled to plate the fourth and fifth runs.

WADY went down quietly in the top of the 6 and final inning. With the score 16-19 heading to the bottom of the inning, the stage was set for breaking some WADY hearts… And OBI did not disappoint,,, nor did they make an out on the way… Tom Walked and Larry doubled to start the inning. JR, John, and Scott each hit an RBI single that now has the game tied and Matt striding to the plate. His single to left was too sharp to score the winning run and WADY brought in their outfield with the winning run on third base and none out. Mando stroked the needful lazy fly ball to left that fell in well beyond the drawn in outfield for the heartbreaking walk off single…

Again, #1 seed was well earned this season gentlemen. Let’s go see if we can nail down a second consecutive D2 Tourney Championship here in 2016!!!