There is always a moment in a game where you know what the outcome will be. It might not occur until the last out of the last inning, or a walk-off home run, or even the first batter of a game. But there is always that moment when you just know.
Let's face it - BASBHAT was not going to beat Transdyn last Tuesday. They beat us once last year, on a fluke in the last inning, but besides that we hadn't lost to them since they were known as Fish Tacos back in 2009. We owned them in the playoffs last spring, and beat them twice by a combined score of 56-24 in two games in the fall.
And their pitcher couldn't throw a strike if his life depended on it for the first two innings last week. He walked a total of ten batters in the two frames before they replaced him in the third. Against a grizzled veteran team (aka old) that is the kiss of death. We are patient and he kept putting guys on base with free passes so we could knock them in.
And so, we worked the ten walks with three sac flies and six singles mixed together to take a ten to five lead when up strode Sir Guy with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the second. The left fielder was cheating in, and his dare utterly failed him when Bill pounded the ball over his head for a bases clearing double and at that point we all knew 13-5 was out of their reach. Jas followed with a triple and Timmy brought him in with another single before the third out, and the game was over, only waiting until the fat lady showed up - she came in when we put together a six run fifth to win going away 24-5.
BASBHAT actually had a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the first, and did not score again. Once again Sir Guy had opposing batters leaning all the wrong ways, and our defense was solid as usual.
Jason continued his quest for near perfection with three hits and two walks and four runs scored to lead the team. Timmy had four hits and tied Mario with the game high four RBIs. Each of them nearly matched the opponents' output by themselves. The team hit .676 for the game, just over the season average of .673. If we keep that up we will best our previous high by nearly sixty points. Nearly everyone had multi-hit games, and those that didn't hit some of the hardest balls all night right at someone and were part of the walk parade, so everyone contributed in multiple at bats. Keep it up!
Milestones:
Sir Guy 250 g (#5)
Mario 250 h (#10)
Jas 20 bb (#10)
D 20 bb (#11)
Let's face it - BASBHAT was not going to beat Transdyn last Tuesday. They beat us once last year, on a fluke in the last inning, but besides that we hadn't lost to them since they were known as Fish Tacos back in 2009. We owned them in the playoffs last spring, and beat them twice by a combined score of 56-24 in two games in the fall.
And their pitcher couldn't throw a strike if his life depended on it for the first two innings last week. He walked a total of ten batters in the two frames before they replaced him in the third. Against a grizzled veteran team (aka old) that is the kiss of death. We are patient and he kept putting guys on base with free passes so we could knock them in.
And so, we worked the ten walks with three sac flies and six singles mixed together to take a ten to five lead when up strode Sir Guy with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the second. The left fielder was cheating in, and his dare utterly failed him when Bill pounded the ball over his head for a bases clearing double and at that point we all knew 13-5 was out of their reach. Jas followed with a triple and Timmy brought him in with another single before the third out, and the game was over, only waiting until the fat lady showed up - she came in when we put together a six run fifth to win going away 24-5.
BASBHAT actually had a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the first, and did not score again. Once again Sir Guy had opposing batters leaning all the wrong ways, and our defense was solid as usual.
Jason continued his quest for near perfection with three hits and two walks and four runs scored to lead the team. Timmy had four hits and tied Mario with the game high four RBIs. Each of them nearly matched the opponents' output by themselves. The team hit .676 for the game, just over the season average of .673. If we keep that up we will best our previous high by nearly sixty points. Nearly everyone had multi-hit games, and those that didn't hit some of the hardest balls all night right at someone and were part of the walk parade, so everyone contributed in multiple at bats. Keep it up!
Milestones:
Sir Guy 250 g (#5)
Mario 250 h (#10)
Jas 20 bb (#10)
D 20 bb (#11)
D 150 rbi (#12)
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