We needed a sweep to get into the thick of the playoff chase. Split City reared her ugly head in a kind and gentle way (in the form of a monsoon attack) to assist with a 2nd game victory to barely keep those playoff dreams alive,,, by a thread.
The only redemption is this weeks opponent,,, 0-12 Scared Hitless. Who are obviously, just what their name says…
Our team name may soon be Split City, permanently. But that is a story for another day…
We scored 22 runs in the two games,,, 18 of those came in the bottom of the first of Game 1 and the last inning (4th) of Game 2. Basically, the offense was a no show otherwise. Consistently Inconsistent…
During our 8 run first of Game 1, the top 8 spots in the order raked well. Brian hit a 3-run Big Fly, Michael had a 3-run Double, and after the 8, Nuta grounded out to short to score the 8th run.
The 10 run top of the 4th inning was wet and wild!!! The monsoon rolled in with full force, along with the rains. It was nice to be in the dugout and batting instead of in the field.
The scoring started with a base clearing, immmm, Single off the LFers glove by Michael, followed by Singles by Nuta, JR, Larry, and back2back2back2back Doubles by Spillane, Brian, DC and Juan.
But it was (I believe ) DCs Double that was the wondrous circus event of the night. With the winds howling and the rain sheeting down, a long fly to LC became the ultimate viral sensation as the ball turned toward center at least 10 feet, then wildly swung back a good 20 feet to fall helplessly onto the wet grass or warning track… Whatever, it was the coolest thing ever.
This pushed our 2-1 lead to 12-1 and what followed was a basic 1-2-3 inning (IN THE RAIN) to close out the 4th and final inning as the umpire was done with this weather front… Ball Game !!!
Still no stats, but we have blog again this week !
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Thursday, September 7, 2017
We Don’t Need No Split City!!!
But most of the time, we do need 10 players…
OBI showed in full force versus Midlife Crisis this past week. The sweep was impressive as game scores were 20-6 and 15-0 …
Game 1 started with a phone call to Larry, who was sitting at his desk at work all the while thinking we had late games. Thus, we played on with 9 players until his arrival in the top of the 5th inning. JR was once again wildly effective on the mound and the defense almost didn’t suck behind him.
By the at time the game was well in hand as the score was 18-6. Larry did single and score in the inning.
We batted thru the order twice in the game, both in the second and fourth innings. Everyone scored at least one run with Spillane leading the way with 4.
DC batted 5 times, collected 5 hits and had only 2 RBIs. That is on Brian,,, as he had hits in his middle 3 at bats driving in 7 Runs with a Sac Fly (AB1), 2 Big Flies and a Double,,, then he tried to kill the pitcher. Quite the complete afternoon.
Tom had back-to-back Doubles, while Spillane did the same with Triples. Everyone had at lest two hits sans Larry who was just 1 for 1.
Game 2 was another run rule, but more importantly,,, a shutout. The 15-0 final was a quick and efficient game of 3 2/3 innings.
The home team was led by DC on the mound and a good defensive performance even with Michael playing in the OF #Scary…
No HRs recorded by Brian in this game but I did see another Sac Fly in the book. Clint led the way with 4 hits and Matt was 3-3.
Again, everyone scored at least one, with JR being the exception. But that is ok, he had the walk off hit driving in the 15th run to send us home early….
But then, Brian, Larry and I stayed and played two more games… I need a nap…
ps. we will clear up a few questions in the scorebook and have stats available later this week.
OBI showed in full force versus Midlife Crisis this past week. The sweep was impressive as game scores were 20-6 and 15-0 …
Game 1 started with a phone call to Larry, who was sitting at his desk at work all the while thinking we had late games. Thus, we played on with 9 players until his arrival in the top of the 5th inning. JR was once again wildly effective on the mound and the defense almost didn’t suck behind him.
By the at time the game was well in hand as the score was 18-6. Larry did single and score in the inning.
We batted thru the order twice in the game, both in the second and fourth innings. Everyone scored at least one run with Spillane leading the way with 4.
DC batted 5 times, collected 5 hits and had only 2 RBIs. That is on Brian,,, as he had hits in his middle 3 at bats driving in 7 Runs with a Sac Fly (AB1), 2 Big Flies and a Double,,, then he tried to kill the pitcher. Quite the complete afternoon.
Tom had back-to-back Doubles, while Spillane did the same with Triples. Everyone had at lest two hits sans Larry who was just 1 for 1.
Game 2 was another run rule, but more importantly,,, a shutout. The 15-0 final was a quick and efficient game of 3 2/3 innings.
The home team was led by DC on the mound and a good defensive performance even with Michael playing in the OF #Scary…
No HRs recorded by Brian in this game but I did see another Sac Fly in the book. Clint led the way with 4 hits and Matt was 3-3.
Again, everyone scored at least one, with JR being the exception. But that is ok, he had the walk off hit driving in the 15th run to send us home early….
But then, Brian, Larry and I stayed and played two more games… I need a nap…
ps. we will clear up a few questions in the scorebook and have stats available later this week.
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