It was arch-rival week for the Coneheads. First there was Advance Construction in a game for the ages Sunday, then an early season match-up with the Old Scouts in Orinda Monday.
After the heartbreak Sunday, the Heads were vulnerable but instead turned in a classic Conehead win.: Stay close early, then have a big inning and blow it open. The score was only 17-10, but the eight run top of the sixth assured the win and that time would run out on the Old Scouts.
We scored four off the bat, but the Scouts countered with four in the first. Charley had a two run double. In the third Chopper hit yet another bomb for three runs and a 7-5 lead. Then the Scouts crept back and by the sixth they had a 10-9 lead.
But in the sixth, pinch hitter Chauncey, Heffe, and Gene loaded the bases at the bottom of the order with singles, and the table was set. Six hits sandwiched around a sac fly and the damage was done. Chauncey got his hit with sandals on - I made him put on shoes when he came up a second time in the inning and he proved he could hit with or without shoes on.
Bruce plead that he isn't a three hitter, and then went out and went 4-4 with two doubles. Sorry dude, looks like you might be stuck there. Charley was also 4-4 with three RBIs batting behind him. And Lefty ("I'm not a leadoff hitter") joined the 4-4 club. Chopper was the bomber with 3-4 and a homer and a double and five RBIs to lead the team. Haze continued his hot year with three hits, and late arriving Gene was also perfect at 3-3 and the perfect 'second leadoff' batting last.
We were lucky Randy was missing from the Scouts lineup, and we know it really only matters in the playoffs against those guys but it still feels good to get a rival game win.
After the heartbreak Sunday, the Heads were vulnerable but instead turned in a classic Conehead win.: Stay close early, then have a big inning and blow it open. The score was only 17-10, but the eight run top of the sixth assured the win and that time would run out on the Old Scouts.
We scored four off the bat, but the Scouts countered with four in the first. Charley had a two run double. In the third Chopper hit yet another bomb for three runs and a 7-5 lead. Then the Scouts crept back and by the sixth they had a 10-9 lead.
But in the sixth, pinch hitter Chauncey, Heffe, and Gene loaded the bases at the bottom of the order with singles, and the table was set. Six hits sandwiched around a sac fly and the damage was done. Chauncey got his hit with sandals on - I made him put on shoes when he came up a second time in the inning and he proved he could hit with or without shoes on.
Bruce plead that he isn't a three hitter, and then went out and went 4-4 with two doubles. Sorry dude, looks like you might be stuck there. Charley was also 4-4 with three RBIs batting behind him. And Lefty ("I'm not a leadoff hitter") joined the 4-4 club. Chopper was the bomber with 3-4 and a homer and a double and five RBIs to lead the team. Haze continued his hot year with three hits, and late arriving Gene was also perfect at 3-3 and the perfect 'second leadoff' batting last.
We were lucky Randy was missing from the Scouts lineup, and we know it really only matters in the playoffs against those guys but it still feels good to get a rival game win.
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