Sometimes it just clicks. Coneheads start hitting, making plays and it's over for the other team.
Monday it started out slow enough. We loaded the bases with one out, and Brandon hit a hard grounder. Unfortunately it was right to one of the middle infielders, who stepped on second, and threw to first and the rally was over.
But we held them to a single run over the first two innings and then the juggernaut bottom of the order came up in the third. Skip, Larry and Heffe went 8-8 plus a bases loaded walk in this game, once again proving the olde adage, "bottom of the order hits, we win." Three straight singles to start the third, and then Randy followed with a single, Sting with a double and a Lefty sac fly and another single, topped off by a Chauncey triple, and it was 7-1.
The Snorts responded but we won the inning 7-5. Importantly we kept adding on after that. In the fourth, Haze started it this time, followed by Skip and Larry singles, and a Heffe bases loaded walk. Another sac fly and run scoring singles by Sting and Lefty and we were in business again.
Again the Snorts responded, but this time we won the inning 4-3. Then in the fifth, Brandon got it going with a deep gap triple. Hits by Johnny, Mike, Skip, Larry, Heffe, and Randy added on five more. This time the Snorts had no answer and the game ended 16-9.
Besides the bottom of the order, Johnny was also 3-3 and Sting hit the ball hard four times. The only out he made was a screamer right at the SS.
The defense was mostly routine, but there were a couple of tough catches on pop ups to shallow left by Randy, and a snow cone catch running in by Brandon in left.
This leaves us in a six way tie for second place after four games. I have never seen that in any of my decades of softball. The league is wide open for the taking.
Milestone:
Larry 550 rbi (#4)
Monday it started out slow enough. We loaded the bases with one out, and Brandon hit a hard grounder. Unfortunately it was right to one of the middle infielders, who stepped on second, and threw to first and the rally was over.
But we held them to a single run over the first two innings and then the juggernaut bottom of the order came up in the third. Skip, Larry and Heffe went 8-8 plus a bases loaded walk in this game, once again proving the olde adage, "bottom of the order hits, we win." Three straight singles to start the third, and then Randy followed with a single, Sting with a double and a Lefty sac fly and another single, topped off by a Chauncey triple, and it was 7-1.
The Snorts responded but we won the inning 7-5. Importantly we kept adding on after that. In the fourth, Haze started it this time, followed by Skip and Larry singles, and a Heffe bases loaded walk. Another sac fly and run scoring singles by Sting and Lefty and we were in business again.
Again the Snorts responded, but this time we won the inning 4-3. Then in the fifth, Brandon got it going with a deep gap triple. Hits by Johnny, Mike, Skip, Larry, Heffe, and Randy added on five more. This time the Snorts had no answer and the game ended 16-9.
Besides the bottom of the order, Johnny was also 3-3 and Sting hit the ball hard four times. The only out he made was a screamer right at the SS.
The defense was mostly routine, but there were a couple of tough catches on pop ups to shallow left by Randy, and a snow cone catch running in by Brandon in left.
This leaves us in a six way tie for second place after four games. I have never seen that in any of my decades of softball. The league is wide open for the taking.
Milestone:
Larry 550 rbi (#4)
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