The Walnut Creaker season started today, after a rain out in week one.
There were pregame ceremonies honoring past and passed Creakers, Maroon defeated Red 33-27. It was a titanic battle between two good hitting teams, as the final score showed. Unfortunately, Red's ship sunk like the HMS Titanic, due to some leaky defense in the middle innings. And base runners that ran like icebergs.
Red brought our bats, but we forgot our gloves. They were last sighted on Ygnacio Valley Road, in need of oiling.
There were many hitting highlights: 4 hits apiece from Heffe, Mike, Bob E and Brian at the top of the lineup, and Hank and Bob M further down. Bob had a great day at the plate - he burned the Maroon outfield twice, even though on his rebuilt knees they show up in the box score as only singles. He also pitched extremely well - not many of his runs allowed were earned. One inning we gave them 7 outs, although their own ump's bad call gave one back at 2B.
Hank, Mike and Heffe did not make an out between them, except for a SF by Mike. Heffe hit a gapper for the team's only home run, and Mike and Brian hit thunderous triples. Others contributed as well, including 4 RBIs from Mel on 3 hits.
But we played catchup from the beginning, and were behind every inning after a 10-10 tie after two. It finally proved to be too much for us, as the Maroon outfield kept making the plays, and our defense didn't. It's a long season, and now we know what part of our game needs work.
There were pregame ceremonies honoring past and passed Creakers, Maroon defeated Red 33-27. It was a titanic battle between two good hitting teams, as the final score showed. Unfortunately, Red's ship sunk like the HMS Titanic, due to some leaky defense in the middle innings. And base runners that ran like icebergs.
Red brought our bats, but we forgot our gloves. They were last sighted on Ygnacio Valley Road, in need of oiling.
There were many hitting highlights: 4 hits apiece from Heffe, Mike, Bob E and Brian at the top of the lineup, and Hank and Bob M further down. Bob had a great day at the plate - he burned the Maroon outfield twice, even though on his rebuilt knees they show up in the box score as only singles. He also pitched extremely well - not many of his runs allowed were earned. One inning we gave them 7 outs, although their own ump's bad call gave one back at 2B.
Hank, Mike and Heffe did not make an out between them, except for a SF by Mike. Heffe hit a gapper for the team's only home run, and Mike and Brian hit thunderous triples. Others contributed as well, including 4 RBIs from Mel on 3 hits.
But we played catchup from the beginning, and were behind every inning after a 10-10 tie after two. It finally proved to be too much for us, as the Maroon outfield kept making the plays, and our defense didn't. It's a long season, and now we know what part of our game needs work.
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