Scarlet's trademark all year has been our defense. Today, in four straight innings, we made a great play with two outs to keep Purple from getting closer. They could only score one run in those final four frames, and the result was a 15-9 win.
In the third it was Gary Namanny running in hard to take away a hit on a sinking line drive.
In the fourth Chip Sharpe ran in full speed and caught a ball with his arm and chest before it settled in his glove.
In the fifth it was Art Miner in left. In the sixth Gerry Dasey handled a sharp grounder up the middle and beat the runner from first to the second base bag.
Purple started off on fire, scoring three in the first. But we answered with consecutive singles by Sharpe, Paul Lisi, Miner, Namanny, Dasey and Tony Gorgone, and when Mike Nichols hit a grounder, Dasey scooted home with the fifth run. Purple rebounded with five and it was game on. We scored two to answer and it was 8-7 after two. And three. And four. In the fifth, Bob Carver had perhaps the biggest hit of the game - he tripled to open the frame. Helen Kostoff brought him home by beating the "Helen Shift" for a single, and up strode the shorter first baseman. He deposited a line drive in the right center gap, and Helen's courtesy runner scampered all the way home with what proved to be the winning run. Two more scored to get us our second five run inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, Dasey started a second consecutive inning with a triple. A walk, a hit, and a couple of ground outs later three had scored and time was out. The umps and the home team thought that the game was over at 75 minutes, and the correct rules were not well known; but even though Purple was denied their last chance to hit, Scarlet had momentum and the hammer. Of course we will never know for sure, but the game ended 15-9.
Dasey and Gary Booth were both 3-3 and Carver, Kostoff, and Kravin were each 2-2 at the bottom of the lineup. Everyone had a hit except Ray Aguilera but his pitching more than made up for it. Nichols made yet another great catch at catcher, taking the bat out of the hands of one of Purple's best hitters.
In the third it was Gary Namanny running in hard to take away a hit on a sinking line drive.
In the fourth Chip Sharpe ran in full speed and caught a ball with his arm and chest before it settled in his glove.
In the fifth it was Art Miner in left. In the sixth Gerry Dasey handled a sharp grounder up the middle and beat the runner from first to the second base bag.
Purple started off on fire, scoring three in the first. But we answered with consecutive singles by Sharpe, Paul Lisi, Miner, Namanny, Dasey and Tony Gorgone, and when Mike Nichols hit a grounder, Dasey scooted home with the fifth run. Purple rebounded with five and it was game on. We scored two to answer and it was 8-7 after two. And three. And four. In the fifth, Bob Carver had perhaps the biggest hit of the game - he tripled to open the frame. Helen Kostoff brought him home by beating the "Helen Shift" for a single, and up strode the shorter first baseman. He deposited a line drive in the right center gap, and Helen's courtesy runner scampered all the way home with what proved to be the winning run. Two more scored to get us our second five run inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, Dasey started a second consecutive inning with a triple. A walk, a hit, and a couple of ground outs later three had scored and time was out. The umps and the home team thought that the game was over at 75 minutes, and the correct rules were not well known; but even though Purple was denied their last chance to hit, Scarlet had momentum and the hammer. Of course we will never know for sure, but the game ended 15-9.
Dasey and Gary Booth were both 3-3 and Carver, Kostoff, and Kravin were each 2-2 at the bottom of the lineup. Everyone had a hit except Ray Aguilera but his pitching more than made up for it. Nichols made yet another great catch at catcher, taking the bat out of the hands of one of Purple's best hitters.
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