Scarlet started the second season right where we left off the first with another good defensive battle, overcoming Orange 14-9.
Missing Scarlet's starting pitcher Chip Sharpe, Raymond Aguilera pitched a gem (including a backward K), going seven of the eight innings for the win. Charlie Uhlman came in for the middle inning to spell Ray and between them did not allow a run by Orange in the last four innings.
The first half of the game was seesaw, Orange up 1-0, Scarlet up 6-2, Orange 9-7 and then finally tied 9-9 after six. But Scarlet put up five in the top of the seventh and never looked back.
The pitchers were helped along the way with some stalwart defense. Helen Kostoff set the tone in the first with a snag off a hot corner shot, stepped on third and threw a strike to first for the DP. Art Miner closed the inning with a running catch in left.
In the fifth Gary Booth took a hard grounder and turned it into a force out, and made all three outs in the inning. In the sixth he started a double play where Gerry Dasey turned it and made yours truly actually bend over to scoop his dirty errant throw toward Field 3. And I held the base. In the last inning Kostoff snagged a line drive headed toward the dangerous foul ground outside the left field line where balls go to scoot to field five.
Speaking of which, our only home run came when Charlie Uhlman slammed a line shot just fair and it found the dirt and rolled all the way to field 5. He admired it for a moment (actually was thinking it was hooking foul) and then had to hustle around the bases.
Other than that we only had a couple of doubles for extra base hits; instead it was the three for four brigade that accounted for our 14 tun offense. The list included Miner, Dasey, Gary Namanny, Uhlman, Mike Nichols, Bob Shipway, and Gary Booth. Uhlman and Dasey led the way with 3 RBIs each, and Dasey getting the game winning knock in the five run seventh inning.
I think I saw the traded Raul Delgado (always Scarlet in his heart) shedding a tear as he prepped to play the following game against Green. Then while we enjoyed our post game refreshments, we watched him make the play of the year at second base, and sighed a sigh.
Missing Scarlet's starting pitcher Chip Sharpe, Raymond Aguilera pitched a gem (including a backward K), going seven of the eight innings for the win. Charlie Uhlman came in for the middle inning to spell Ray and between them did not allow a run by Orange in the last four innings.
The first half of the game was seesaw, Orange up 1-0, Scarlet up 6-2, Orange 9-7 and then finally tied 9-9 after six. But Scarlet put up five in the top of the seventh and never looked back.
The pitchers were helped along the way with some stalwart defense. Helen Kostoff set the tone in the first with a snag off a hot corner shot, stepped on third and threw a strike to first for the DP. Art Miner closed the inning with a running catch in left.
In the fifth Gary Booth took a hard grounder and turned it into a force out, and made all three outs in the inning. In the sixth he started a double play where Gerry Dasey turned it and made yours truly actually bend over to scoop his dirty errant throw toward Field 3. And I held the base. In the last inning Kostoff snagged a line drive headed toward the dangerous foul ground outside the left field line where balls go to scoot to field five.
Speaking of which, our only home run came when Charlie Uhlman slammed a line shot just fair and it found the dirt and rolled all the way to field 5. He admired it for a moment (actually was thinking it was hooking foul) and then had to hustle around the bases.
Other than that we only had a couple of doubles for extra base hits; instead it was the three for four brigade that accounted for our 14 tun offense. The list included Miner, Dasey, Gary Namanny, Uhlman, Mike Nichols, Bob Shipway, and Gary Booth. Uhlman and Dasey led the way with 3 RBIs each, and Dasey getting the game winning knock in the five run seventh inning.
I think I saw the traded Raul Delgado (always Scarlet in his heart) shedding a tear as he prepped to play the following game against Green. Then while we enjoyed our post game refreshments, we watched him make the play of the year at second base, and sighed a sigh.
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