With 3rd Place Regular Season and Tourney Finishes, OBI Proves Escalation to D1 Is No Joke!

D1 Season 3 Tourney Champion DL Rolled over OBI and then top seed The Heights Sports Bar. 3rd Seed OBI awoke in the Consolation Game and dominated Team Wear It 16-8. This was the third victory over TWI in the past two weeks and made it 4 wins in 5 Season 3 games. Most Satisfactory!!!

Tourney game 1 found OBI down 16-0 after two innings and though we won the next two innings 5-4, DL scored again in the 5th inning to push the final to 22-5.

Team Wear It stopped by field 4 and opened with two runs in the opening frame. Home team OBI countered with 4 runs as Brian singled in between walks by John and Michael to start the game, which preceded Senior Tourney Player Paul and his Big Fly of Grand Salami proportions off one of the picnic tables just outside the RF wall of field 3...

TWI would not score again in the second or third as the OBI offense remained consistent and pushed across 2 runs on a Jayse single followed by Juan tying for the HR lead in the game during inning 2. Then, it was Mando, Paul, Larry, Tom and Clint with singles to push two more across in the third.

Down 8-2, TWI pushed across 3 in the top of the 4th to regain momentum only to have OBI win the inning with 4 of our own in cyclical fashion. John singled, Brian doubled, Michael tripled them home, then Mando Homered to the deepest part of center field! Ok, Ok, was an inside the parker but still counts as 3 HRs in 4 innings ;~) ...

After yet another 3 spot by TWI, the fellas on that good ol' OBI squad once again pushed 4 across to make it 16-8. Clint singled, Jayse tripled, Juan doubled, Spillane singled, Brian tripled, and Michael doubled. Whew!!!!

The game would end with a two out single where the TWI base runner from first was unable to muster the energy to motivate to second base before a throw could be made back to the infield. Michael being unable to cut the ball off, turned to see the force out that clinched the Consolation Game Victory...

And the party was on at Jerseys!!!  A great season for sure...

Season 4 will be fun as the Men's teams have expanded to 18 and we have been placed in Group 2, a ten team division. See you this Thursday !!!

With the stats that follow, we also say goodbye to Mando for now. His work nights have changed and he has moved to playing on Tuesdays!

Stats for 2016 Seasons 1-3 to be posted later this week...