I wish my team would give me something to write about. They barely cause any drama. Can't we have a little dissension or something?
Scarlet rampaged on today, even though Paul Lisi lost track of the time of the early game. By the time he arrived in the second inning, he had missed his first time up batting last, and we were up 10-1.
Sneering at the curse of the first, Scarlet scored the maximum of five runs in six of our eight innings batting, and ran away with the battle with Green 32-16. We got our share of luck - a lot of balls were just out of the reach of Green fielders; still, we hit a lot of balls hard, and put it in play.
Gary Namanny hit a three run bomb in the top of the first and it was off to the races. He ended the day 5-5 with six RBIs to lead the team. Poor Gerry Dasey - he also had five hits but only could show one RBI, because he has the mis (or good) fortune of batting behind Namanny. The other Gary, Booth, drove in five with a perfect 4-4 day with two doubles. Roc Lumley rounded out the perfect players also with a 4-4. Three times his hits came with two outs and they drove in runs; the other time he led off to spark a five run inning. Art Miner did his usual thing with four hits including a double and our other home run, a three run blast in the fourth. And Chip Sharpe was at his nuisance best with four singles.
Believe it or not, the prolific offense is not what won the game however. Our defense shined on this day. The Green team has a great offense, and we held them to nine runs through eight innings.
Defensive heroes abounded. In the first Lumley fielded a high hopper and fired to first to get a speedy runner. Tony Gorgone then made a tough play at rover and Booth backhanded a shot to the 5-6 hole for the third out. In the third, Namanny threw out a runner at second on a 'single' by Don Devencenzi. Dasey turned a grounder to rover, step on second and fire to first in the fourth. In the fifth, Booth started a double play and Dasey's throw was wide to first; but Bob Carver deftly came off the bag and swiped the runner out. In fact, he later had another swipe tag on a wide throw; after the game, he said he never had had that opportunity before and he had two of those this game. Carver also scooped a throw in the dirt later in the game.
In the sixth 'Psycho' Gorgone, playing second, positioned himself in short right field. The batter obliged by smoking a ball right to him that Gorgone turned into a force out for the third out. Finally, in the seventh, Lisi ran in on a ball and tumbled over and caught it and held on. He knocked the wind out of himself on that one. We all held our breath as he lay on the ground, but it turned out maybe Paul really wanted to just sleep in some more.
Next week we accept the next challenger, Navy.
Scarlet rampaged on today, even though Paul Lisi lost track of the time of the early game. By the time he arrived in the second inning, he had missed his first time up batting last, and we were up 10-1.
Sneering at the curse of the first, Scarlet scored the maximum of five runs in six of our eight innings batting, and ran away with the battle with Green 32-16. We got our share of luck - a lot of balls were just out of the reach of Green fielders; still, we hit a lot of balls hard, and put it in play.
Gary Namanny hit a three run bomb in the top of the first and it was off to the races. He ended the day 5-5 with six RBIs to lead the team. Poor Gerry Dasey - he also had five hits but only could show one RBI, because he has the mis (or good) fortune of batting behind Namanny. The other Gary, Booth, drove in five with a perfect 4-4 day with two doubles. Roc Lumley rounded out the perfect players also with a 4-4. Three times his hits came with two outs and they drove in runs; the other time he led off to spark a five run inning. Art Miner did his usual thing with four hits including a double and our other home run, a three run blast in the fourth. And Chip Sharpe was at his nuisance best with four singles.
Believe it or not, the prolific offense is not what won the game however. Our defense shined on this day. The Green team has a great offense, and we held them to nine runs through eight innings.
Defensive heroes abounded. In the first Lumley fielded a high hopper and fired to first to get a speedy runner. Tony Gorgone then made a tough play at rover and Booth backhanded a shot to the 5-6 hole for the third out. In the third, Namanny threw out a runner at second on a 'single' by Don Devencenzi. Dasey turned a grounder to rover, step on second and fire to first in the fourth. In the fifth, Booth started a double play and Dasey's throw was wide to first; but Bob Carver deftly came off the bag and swiped the runner out. In fact, he later had another swipe tag on a wide throw; after the game, he said he never had had that opportunity before and he had two of those this game. Carver also scooped a throw in the dirt later in the game.
In the sixth 'Psycho' Gorgone, playing second, positioned himself in short right field. The batter obliged by smoking a ball right to him that Gorgone turned into a force out for the third out. Finally, in the seventh, Lisi ran in on a ball and tumbled over and caught it and held on. He knocked the wind out of himself on that one. We all held our breath as he lay on the ground, but it turned out maybe Paul really wanted to just sleep in some more.
Next week we accept the next challenger, Navy.
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