A close battle between Scarlet and Green turned in our favor due to great defense and timely hitting late as Scarlet beat Green 20-12.
Good things seemed to come our way when we got the tough top of the Green line up out with no runs. The play of the game occurred with two outs. The Green hitter got just a piece and the ball went rising straight back. Catcher Mike Nichols managed to bat the ball in the air, juggle it and finally put it away in his glove for out number three.
Then in the bottom Scarlet crushed four extra base hits (Paul Lisi, Gary Namanny, Tony Gorgone, and Charlie Uhlman) to score five with no outs. Things looked good.
Then of course the Green Machine got five right back, and when we didn't answer they tacked on five more. Things were looking good for them now.
Uhlman came in to pitch the fourth, and retired Green on five pitches. The man knows how to seize the moment.We did answer after that and took advantage of some gifts, and it stood at 15-12 after five.
Then a funny thing happened - both teams stopped hitting for 2 1/2 innings. We tacked on three in the eighth and that was all she wrote.
Much of why Green stopped scoring had to do with some great defense. SS Gary Booth had a great game. Early he caught a tough pop up in no man's land in shallow left. In the seventh, he took a relay from Lisi, and fired home to get the first out. Then he started a SS-R-1B double play to end the inning. In the eighth, Lisi again got a runner trying to test his arm - this time he fired a one hop bullet to third and Gorgone made a great catch while hanging on to the base. Bob Shipway at 2B and the first baseman made some good stops too. On one, I showed my great range (not one but TWO steps) and fielded a grounder hit by Wilbur Williams. Then I looked to Raymond Aguilera to see if he was going to cover first, then I made and drank a cup of coffee, and then when I decided neither Ray nor Wilbur were going to get to first, I figured I might as well get the out myself. The other one ended the game.
Hitting was pretty spread out. Namanny, Lisi and Gorgone were all 3-3 with various walks and sac flies thrown in. Art Miner and Nichols joined the three hit club. Eleven of the thirteen players scored at least one run, and eleven also drove in at least one. A true team win.
Good things seemed to come our way when we got the tough top of the Green line up out with no runs. The play of the game occurred with two outs. The Green hitter got just a piece and the ball went rising straight back. Catcher Mike Nichols managed to bat the ball in the air, juggle it and finally put it away in his glove for out number three.
Then in the bottom Scarlet crushed four extra base hits (Paul Lisi, Gary Namanny, Tony Gorgone, and Charlie Uhlman) to score five with no outs. Things looked good.
Then of course the Green Machine got five right back, and when we didn't answer they tacked on five more. Things were looking good for them now.
Uhlman came in to pitch the fourth, and retired Green on five pitches. The man knows how to seize the moment.We did answer after that and took advantage of some gifts, and it stood at 15-12 after five.
Then a funny thing happened - both teams stopped hitting for 2 1/2 innings. We tacked on three in the eighth and that was all she wrote.
Much of why Green stopped scoring had to do with some great defense. SS Gary Booth had a great game. Early he caught a tough pop up in no man's land in shallow left. In the seventh, he took a relay from Lisi, and fired home to get the first out. Then he started a SS-R-1B double play to end the inning. In the eighth, Lisi again got a runner trying to test his arm - this time he fired a one hop bullet to third and Gorgone made a great catch while hanging on to the base. Bob Shipway at 2B and the first baseman made some good stops too. On one, I showed my great range (not one but TWO steps) and fielded a grounder hit by Wilbur Williams. Then I looked to Raymond Aguilera to see if he was going to cover first, then I made and drank a cup of coffee, and then when I decided neither Ray nor Wilbur were going to get to first, I figured I might as well get the out myself. The other one ended the game.
Hitting was pretty spread out. Namanny, Lisi and Gorgone were all 3-3 with various walks and sac flies thrown in. Art Miner and Nichols joined the three hit club. Eleven of the thirteen players scored at least one run, and eleven also drove in at least one. A true team win.
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