No one is watching the scoreboard (!) but with one game left in the first half, Scarlet overwhelmed Maroon with great defense and timely hitting, 18-6, and stayed in first place.
In a cursed first we got four of our five runs with two outs, the biggest hit Charlie Uhlman's two run single. After that, we were shut down for three innings, but held off Maroon so it was just 5-1 after four. Then we put up another five spot in the fifth, the big hits a 19 hopper up the middle by the manager good for two runs, followed by Chip Sharpe's two run triple. The 10-1 lead was too much to overcome and we salted it away with another five run inning in the eighth.
Sharpe and Raymond Aguilera held off the Maroon hitters with plenty of help from our defense. Gary Namanny and Paul Lisi made great running catches, and Sharpe turned a single to right center into a fielder's choice out at second with a bullet throw to Gerry Dasey. Sharpe made a great play at the mound by knocking down a line drive past the net, and getting a force out at third base. Tony Gorgone and Bob Shipley corralled a couple of hot shots at second base. And that doesn't include a couple of double plays, one from Dasey to rover Gary Booth to Mike Nichols at first base.
On offense there were a couple of stellar efforts as we again spread around the joy of hitting. Booth went 4-4 with four RBIs and hit a two run bomb over the left fielder's head into a breeze. Namanny hit another gapper-homer in the sixth. Namanny, Dasey and Uhlman stroked three hits apiece, and Sharpe had a double and a triple.
I hear Green came back to win to stave off elimination from the first half pennant race, so it comes down to who can execute next week. We are looking forward to it!
In a cursed first we got four of our five runs with two outs, the biggest hit Charlie Uhlman's two run single. After that, we were shut down for three innings, but held off Maroon so it was just 5-1 after four. Then we put up another five spot in the fifth, the big hits a 19 hopper up the middle by the manager good for two runs, followed by Chip Sharpe's two run triple. The 10-1 lead was too much to overcome and we salted it away with another five run inning in the eighth.
Sharpe and Raymond Aguilera held off the Maroon hitters with plenty of help from our defense. Gary Namanny and Paul Lisi made great running catches, and Sharpe turned a single to right center into a fielder's choice out at second with a bullet throw to Gerry Dasey. Sharpe made a great play at the mound by knocking down a line drive past the net, and getting a force out at third base. Tony Gorgone and Bob Shipley corralled a couple of hot shots at second base. And that doesn't include a couple of double plays, one from Dasey to rover Gary Booth to Mike Nichols at first base.
On offense there were a couple of stellar efforts as we again spread around the joy of hitting. Booth went 4-4 with four RBIs and hit a two run bomb over the left fielder's head into a breeze. Namanny hit another gapper-homer in the sixth. Namanny, Dasey and Uhlman stroked three hits apiece, and Sharpe had a double and a triple.
I hear Green came back to win to stave off elimination from the first half pennant race, so it comes down to who can execute next week. We are looking forward to it!
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