Haze has been hot. How hot is he? He swept into the team lead in bases on balls in the nightcap tonight, with three straight walks. They just don't want to pitch to him, that's what it is. As it is he is hitting .647 for the season so far.
And Joe caught looking caught D for the team lead in Ks at one. Guess who's bringing beer next week?
And Chuck that old dog hobbled out there and got the save in both games and was the only perfect hitter, going 2-2.
But these weren't really the stories of the games. The story in the headlines is we rode Corona into the ground, shutting them out 14-0. Joe was masterful, and Chuck protected the shutout, and the defense was stout.
And in the daycap (it was still well over 90 degrees), the score ended up 17-13 over Who's On First, but it wasn't that close. We jumped on them for a 3-0 lead in the first but they answered with four. It looked like we might be in for a rough ride. But then the walking fools took over. Heffe, Haze and Joe all walked to start the winning rally, turning the lineup over and the top of the lineup did the rest, as Lefty, Sting, Chris and D all had RBI at bats after that. I always say, if the bottom of the order walks, we win!
Who's On First had a mini-rally in the last inning to close the gap but never really threatened to catch us. A Lefty to Chris to Chopper throw out ended the game on a play when they got their last two runs.
That's the sweep part. We had a lot of contributions from hitters but a few were really hot, and got mini-cycles. Haze in the first game hit the mini-cycle before the trifecta of walks in the second. And Ol' G and Chris replicated the feat in the second game.
Chris and G put on a hitting clinic, hitting gappers this way and that. Chris had four RBIs in the second game and G and Chopper were the two hitters with three hits in each game. Derek had an odd game two - he went 1-3 but had five RBIs. His hit was a bases loaded and bases clearing double (off the top of the fence to the opposite field), and he hit a sac fly that plated two runs. Sting and Charlie seemed to hit line drives every time up and ended up with five hits each for the day.
The defense was solid all day long. Chris was a vacuum sweeper at SS as was Charlie at rover. Heffe made a nice snag on a hot line drive. And each of the outfielders - Gene, Skip, Sting, Lefty, and Chopper all had at least one good grab. Gene, Skip and Sting in particular did well fighting off the tough Field 3 sun.
And then the Throw that ended it, the runner had no business testing Chris' gun still trailing by four runs. But he did and Chris did not disappoint, and Chopper stood his ground to end it.
We came within one half game of the division lead with the sweep, but Advance also swept their doubleheader to stay even with us. So next week goes a long way to determining who's in first and will settle tiebreaker issues with Advance. Should be fun.
And Joe caught looking caught D for the team lead in Ks at one. Guess who's bringing beer next week?
And Chuck that old dog hobbled out there and got the save in both games and was the only perfect hitter, going 2-2.
But these weren't really the stories of the games. The story in the headlines is we rode Corona into the ground, shutting them out 14-0. Joe was masterful, and Chuck protected the shutout, and the defense was stout.
And in the daycap (it was still well over 90 degrees), the score ended up 17-13 over Who's On First, but it wasn't that close. We jumped on them for a 3-0 lead in the first but they answered with four. It looked like we might be in for a rough ride. But then the walking fools took over. Heffe, Haze and Joe all walked to start the winning rally, turning the lineup over and the top of the lineup did the rest, as Lefty, Sting, Chris and D all had RBI at bats after that. I always say, if the bottom of the order walks, we win!
Who's On First had a mini-rally in the last inning to close the gap but never really threatened to catch us. A Lefty to Chris to Chopper throw out ended the game on a play when they got their last two runs.
That's the sweep part. We had a lot of contributions from hitters but a few were really hot, and got mini-cycles. Haze in the first game hit the mini-cycle before the trifecta of walks in the second. And Ol' G and Chris replicated the feat in the second game.
Chris and G put on a hitting clinic, hitting gappers this way and that. Chris had four RBIs in the second game and G and Chopper were the two hitters with three hits in each game. Derek had an odd game two - he went 1-3 but had five RBIs. His hit was a bases loaded and bases clearing double (off the top of the fence to the opposite field), and he hit a sac fly that plated two runs. Sting and Charlie seemed to hit line drives every time up and ended up with five hits each for the day.
The defense was solid all day long. Chris was a vacuum sweeper at SS as was Charlie at rover. Heffe made a nice snag on a hot line drive. And each of the outfielders - Gene, Skip, Sting, Lefty, and Chopper all had at least one good grab. Gene, Skip and Sting in particular did well fighting off the tough Field 3 sun.
And then the Throw that ended it, the runner had no business testing Chris' gun still trailing by four runs. But he did and Chris did not disappoint, and Chopper stood his ground to end it.
We came within one half game of the division lead with the sweep, but Advance also swept their doubleheader to stay even with us. So next week goes a long way to determining who's in first and will settle tiebreaker issues with Advance. Should be fun.
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