Amidst at times a strong swirling wind, the WolfPack ultimately ran away with our third victory over the vintage Vintage team, 15-6.
Kudos to Al Oxley for throwing strikes in the howling wind - it takes a control artist to do that. His mix together with our increasingly good defense kept Vintage from being much of a threat all game.
Our bats were largely silent as well through the first seven innings. In the second, we managed to string together six of seven hitters with singles, and plated three to take a 3-2 lead. And after Vintage went a run ahead, in the fifth on a wild fielder's choice by Wilbur Williams, we scored two runs and never trailed again.
But the game remained close until the top of the eighth (6-5). Dave Rose and JP at the bottom of the lineup started things out with singles. Oxley and Doug Ichikura brought them home with base hits but the big blow was Mike Harris' ensuing triple on the gap. David Partridge brought him home and we had the first five run inning of the game.
Vintage was done at that point as the score was 11-5. They managed one in the eighth, but we weren't finished. In the ninth, Lee Hubbard smashed a two run homer and we added two more to get to the final score of 15-6.
Early on, there was a great catch in left in the twisting wind by Hubbard, and Frank Coppa pulled down a tough pop up at the fence by third base foul ground. Somehow I don't have notes of other great plays, but I do know that in one of my innings out, JP generously gave out loads of comic relief playing first base. I do believe he stumbled more than once fielding and catching the ball, and did his darndest to give away some free bases but managed to get the out each time.
We ended the first go-around 3-1-1, by far the best start in our short history. We are starting to gel. There are no superstars, and that's a good thing, I think.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving and let's keep it going when we get back to it! We should all have more power with the added weight from the holiday, even if we are a step slower!
Kudos to Al Oxley for throwing strikes in the howling wind - it takes a control artist to do that. His mix together with our increasingly good defense kept Vintage from being much of a threat all game.
Our bats were largely silent as well through the first seven innings. In the second, we managed to string together six of seven hitters with singles, and plated three to take a 3-2 lead. And after Vintage went a run ahead, in the fifth on a wild fielder's choice by Wilbur Williams, we scored two runs and never trailed again.
But the game remained close until the top of the eighth (6-5). Dave Rose and JP at the bottom of the lineup started things out with singles. Oxley and Doug Ichikura brought them home with base hits but the big blow was Mike Harris' ensuing triple on the gap. David Partridge brought him home and we had the first five run inning of the game.
Vintage was done at that point as the score was 11-5. They managed one in the eighth, but we weren't finished. In the ninth, Lee Hubbard smashed a two run homer and we added two more to get to the final score of 15-6.
Early on, there was a great catch in left in the twisting wind by Hubbard, and Frank Coppa pulled down a tough pop up at the fence by third base foul ground. Somehow I don't have notes of other great plays, but I do know that in one of my innings out, JP generously gave out loads of comic relief playing first base. I do believe he stumbled more than once fielding and catching the ball, and did his darndest to give away some free bases but managed to get the out each time.
We ended the first go-around 3-1-1, by far the best start in our short history. We are starting to gel. There are no superstars, and that's a good thing, I think.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving and let's keep it going when we get back to it! We should all have more power with the added weight from the holiday, even if we are a step slower!
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