As Bob Muegge said after the game, Red had Navy right where we wanted them - and then he threw the first pitch. Red struggled at the plate all morning, and faltered a few times in the field and fell to the Navy team 16-6.
It started out with a bad sign in the top of the first. We had one on on a walk and our number three hitter up (not mentioning any names but the initials are JK). He promptly hit a popup into a double play. We then didn't get our first hit until Tony Gorgone singled to lead off the third, and subsequently scored our first run. But we put up zeroes in six of the nine innings - not the way our Coach drew up the Plan. In the mean time, Navy scored in every inning, even though they never got more than three runs in any single inning.
The one highlight came in the top of the sixth when Jerry Ginochio came up with the bases loaded and two outs and plastered the ball down the left field line to clear the bases. He was singled to third but then Larry Rafferty was robbed on a great catch in left center on a sinking line drive. It was one of a number of great defensive plays by the Seadogs.
But there is hope - this is what the losers always say - it's early and the season is just getting started.
Randy Crase, Roger Vaverka, Bill Marthinsen, and Larry Fogli had two hits apiece to lead the team. On defense, Kevin Kane made a nice running catch and Muegge was off the mound like a cat to get an out on a dribbler in front of the plate. We did turn one double play.
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