The headline was already
written: Break up the Red. But not because of our prodigious hitting.
This time, I was going to follow with when is the trade deadline, we
need to make a deal. Because we had scored all of 4 runs in the first
four innings, and trailed 15-4. It was hot. We couldn't catch anything.
We had left our bats on field 4 last week. Blue was making play after
play on balls that went through holes last week.
As it turned out, we had Blue right where we wanted them. We came up in the bottom of the 4th and batted around to tie it. It started with a Bob Muegge hit, and then 11 of the next 12 Red hitters got hits and we didn't stop until the game was tied.
It wasn't easy after that. Blue's left side (and Gary Tryhorn up the middle as usual) kept taking hits away from us. Dan Rainwater came in and held us scoreless for three innings. A pitchers' duel broke out. They made a great throw to stop our one scoring chance in the 8th after they had taken a three run lead.
But Bruce Baily and then Muegge, when he came back in to pitch, kept Blue close. We started the ninth needing three to tie, four to win. We got a clutch two run hit from Howard Davis to put the tying run on second with no outs. Bill Dewlaney gave himself up and walked to get the game winner on first. Baily moved everyone up and tied it with a clutch single. After an out up came Herb Moessing. Herb is a ground-ball-through-the-infield kind of hitter, but all he needed was a fly ball to win it. Instead he stayed within himself and put if off the third base bag and it was another winner for Red.
It was another true team win. I was the only 4 for 4 (3 doubles), but Steve Alvarez, Pete D'Alonzo, Muegge, Davis, and Baily had 3 apiece, and Alvarez, Davis, and Baily 3 RBIs. Alvarez displayed his usual power with a triple, double and a single. He was robbed his first time up by the Blue right center fielder deep in the gap: if he hadn't made that catch, I would be talking about Steve's cycle.
I guess Coach Hank will keep everyone off the waiver wire for another week.
As it turned out, we had Blue right where we wanted them. We came up in the bottom of the 4th and batted around to tie it. It started with a Bob Muegge hit, and then 11 of the next 12 Red hitters got hits and we didn't stop until the game was tied.
It wasn't easy after that. Blue's left side (and Gary Tryhorn up the middle as usual) kept taking hits away from us. Dan Rainwater came in and held us scoreless for three innings. A pitchers' duel broke out. They made a great throw to stop our one scoring chance in the 8th after they had taken a three run lead.
But Bruce Baily and then Muegge, when he came back in to pitch, kept Blue close. We started the ninth needing three to tie, four to win. We got a clutch two run hit from Howard Davis to put the tying run on second with no outs. Bill Dewlaney gave himself up and walked to get the game winner on first. Baily moved everyone up and tied it with a clutch single. After an out up came Herb Moessing. Herb is a ground-ball-through-the-infield kind of hitter, but all he needed was a fly ball to win it. Instead he stayed within himself and put if off the third base bag and it was another winner for Red.
It was another true team win. I was the only 4 for 4 (3 doubles), but Steve Alvarez, Pete D'Alonzo, Muegge, Davis, and Baily had 3 apiece, and Alvarez, Davis, and Baily 3 RBIs. Alvarez displayed his usual power with a triple, double and a single. He was robbed his first time up by the Blue right center fielder deep in the gap: if he hadn't made that catch, I would be talking about Steve's cycle.
I guess Coach Hank will keep everyone off the waiver wire for another week.
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