Lee's team is pretty daunting - Lee Namanny, Gary Tryhorn, James Little, Chip Sharpe, Paul Lisi, Tony Gorgone - just to name a few.
But yet another combination of great defense, pitching and timely hitting, and Four came away with another comeback win over Five, 20-15.
We started slow with only two runs over the first four innings, and Lee's Legends were up 7-2. We could have packed it in, again. Instead, we poured over 18 runs in the next four innings, and with no runs scored in the open inning, the game ended 20-15.
The biggest hit of the day was the new switch hitter Charlie Pastor, reverting to his natural rightie stance in the sixth, smashed a gapper to right center, and the three run homer broke a 7-7 tie, and put us up to stay.
Of special note, "JP" Preston pitched the middle three innings, and held Team Five to one run as we mounted the comeback. He even got two strike outs swinging!
Ray Aguilera was also very effective and if it weren't for a defensive lapse or five in the seventh, would have put up equally impressive numbers. As it was he shut down Five with a zero run ninth.
He was helped by a stellar play by Al Munoz. With no outs and two aboard, Munoz took a smash up the middle and made a rover unassisted to first double play look routine. Steve Sloat took credit though - he was supposed to be at rover in the ninth but deferred to Munoz. Whoever made the play, it took the final wind out of Five's sails, and a pop up to Aguilera later it was all she wrote.
Other defensive gems were turned in by Pastor at SS, when he ranged far to his left to grab a one hopper by one of the Five big boppers, and got a third out force at second. Bill Hoffman recovered from a bobble at second to toss out Little trying to sneak and streak home from third on the bobble. It ended the sixth.
Gary Namanny made his usual assortment of running catches in right center and Dan DeClerq and Tim Orr took turns making catches on long flies in deep left center.
DeClerq had a 4-4 day, and Munoz, Randy Crase, GNamanny, Pastor, Preston, and Ken Gurgone all had three knocks. All but one in the 15 player lineup had a hit and all but one had an RBI. Team effort at its best!
But yet another combination of great defense, pitching and timely hitting, and Four came away with another comeback win over Five, 20-15.
We started slow with only two runs over the first four innings, and Lee's Legends were up 7-2. We could have packed it in, again. Instead, we poured over 18 runs in the next four innings, and with no runs scored in the open inning, the game ended 20-15.
The biggest hit of the day was the new switch hitter Charlie Pastor, reverting to his natural rightie stance in the sixth, smashed a gapper to right center, and the three run homer broke a 7-7 tie, and put us up to stay.
Of special note, "JP" Preston pitched the middle three innings, and held Team Five to one run as we mounted the comeback. He even got two strike outs swinging!
Ray Aguilera was also very effective and if it weren't for a defensive lapse or five in the seventh, would have put up equally impressive numbers. As it was he shut down Five with a zero run ninth.
He was helped by a stellar play by Al Munoz. With no outs and two aboard, Munoz took a smash up the middle and made a rover unassisted to first double play look routine. Steve Sloat took credit though - he was supposed to be at rover in the ninth but deferred to Munoz. Whoever made the play, it took the final wind out of Five's sails, and a pop up to Aguilera later it was all she wrote.
Other defensive gems were turned in by Pastor at SS, when he ranged far to his left to grab a one hopper by one of the Five big boppers, and got a third out force at second. Bill Hoffman recovered from a bobble at second to toss out Little trying to sneak and streak home from third on the bobble. It ended the sixth.
Gary Namanny made his usual assortment of running catches in right center and Dan DeClerq and Tim Orr took turns making catches on long flies in deep left center.
DeClerq had a 4-4 day, and Munoz, Randy Crase, GNamanny, Pastor, Preston, and Ken Gurgone all had three knocks. All but one in the 15 player lineup had a hit and all but one had an RBI. Team effort at its best!
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