Someone was really thinking when
they made senior ball nine innings. A bunch of old guys playing in the
hot sun, until someone might drop from heat exhaustion.
Well, never mind because today it allowed Red a comeback game for the ages. Royal had us by the short...er...side of the score. Red trailed 12-5 going into the seventh inning. We weren't hitting, we were barely catching the ball. Muegge was giving up gopher balls...it just had that feeling that today wasn't our day.
And then we woke up.
With two outs in the top of the seventh, Mr. Martini himself, Bill Dewlaney started a barrage of six straight hits with a walk thrown in, and we took advantage of the catchup rule to even things at twelve. It was all singles until Mike Fragoso sent a ball into a gap with the bases loaded, and when Royal was slow to get the ball back to the infield, all three runners scored to knot things up. Royal could only manage one in the bottom, and their confidence was shaken.
We tallied another four in the eighth, the big blow being a two run triple by the Little Guy Howard Davis. Brian Black also contributed his third double of the day - you just can't hold him at first.
Give Royal some credit - the top of their lineup is as good as anyone's - and they answered with a five spot in the bottom of the eighth.
So there we were, wanting only to at least tie and get a decent lead - we had made it through the big Royal hitters in the eighth.
John Dewes led us off with a hit, and refused a courtesy runner. He proved himself right by that decision as he hustled to third on a line drive single to short center field. And so it began, innocently enough. Sixteen of the first seventeen batters reached base in the open inning. All but two were solid line drive hits and only the second to the last hit, a triple by Hank McDermott, was for extra bases. The singles were like a Royal virus, contagious, and there was nothing the opposition could do to stop us. When Hank scored on our last single by Fragoso, we looked up and it was 30-18, and it was over, after a one run Royal gasp in the bottom of the ninth.
Of course the reason there were no doubles in the ninth was that Black tied a softball/baseball record by hitting into all three outs. He flew out to put a blip on our barrage the first time through the lineup. And he hit into a double play to mercifully end the onslaught. But you know, with his speed, he had to hit it hard and someone (I think it was Mike Guerrero) had to make a good play to double him up.
McDermott had the best day at the plate as he went 5-5 with six RBIs. Davis continued his Clark Kent thing as he drove in five with three hits including a double and a triple. The bottom of the order, George Sayatovich, Herb Moessing, and especially John Dewes, made sure we kept the line moving. They scored ten of our runs, and Geo and John had fours hits each.
Well, never mind because today it allowed Red a comeback game for the ages. Royal had us by the short...er...side of the score. Red trailed 12-5 going into the seventh inning. We weren't hitting, we were barely catching the ball. Muegge was giving up gopher balls...it just had that feeling that today wasn't our day.
And then we woke up.
With two outs in the top of the seventh, Mr. Martini himself, Bill Dewlaney started a barrage of six straight hits with a walk thrown in, and we took advantage of the catchup rule to even things at twelve. It was all singles until Mike Fragoso sent a ball into a gap with the bases loaded, and when Royal was slow to get the ball back to the infield, all three runners scored to knot things up. Royal could only manage one in the bottom, and their confidence was shaken.
We tallied another four in the eighth, the big blow being a two run triple by the Little Guy Howard Davis. Brian Black also contributed his third double of the day - you just can't hold him at first.
Give Royal some credit - the top of their lineup is as good as anyone's - and they answered with a five spot in the bottom of the eighth.
So there we were, wanting only to at least tie and get a decent lead - we had made it through the big Royal hitters in the eighth.
John Dewes led us off with a hit, and refused a courtesy runner. He proved himself right by that decision as he hustled to third on a line drive single to short center field. And so it began, innocently enough. Sixteen of the first seventeen batters reached base in the open inning. All but two were solid line drive hits and only the second to the last hit, a triple by Hank McDermott, was for extra bases. The singles were like a Royal virus, contagious, and there was nothing the opposition could do to stop us. When Hank scored on our last single by Fragoso, we looked up and it was 30-18, and it was over, after a one run Royal gasp in the bottom of the ninth.
Of course the reason there were no doubles in the ninth was that Black tied a softball/baseball record by hitting into all three outs. He flew out to put a blip on our barrage the first time through the lineup. And he hit into a double play to mercifully end the onslaught. But you know, with his speed, he had to hit it hard and someone (I think it was Mike Guerrero) had to make a good play to double him up.
McDermott had the best day at the plate as he went 5-5 with six RBIs. Davis continued his Clark Kent thing as he drove in five with three hits including a double and a triple. The bottom of the order, George Sayatovich, Herb Moessing, and especially John Dewes, made sure we kept the line moving. They scored ten of our runs, and Geo and John had fours hits each.
Looks like the same bracket for the LJT. Somehow, the BRM has only scored 29 runs in three games, howz that possible? Are you finally gonna bust out and put the exclamation point on your lack of affection for me and my greenmates................??
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