Gold made crucial mistakes at the important time in the game, and fell to Gray 23-19. It was close until Howard the Giant Killer put one over the outfield in the eighth to salt away a win for Gray.
There were seven lead changes through the first six innings, and we had every chance to add on after taking a 14-12 after five. Instead Gray got hot and we went cold despite the hot weather and they won going away.
There were, ahem, some questionable calls, as there always are, but we made two of them on our own base runners.
The lower middle of the order actually carried us along. Between Tom Sciarrino (3-3, with a booming double), Andy Steinberg (4-4 with 3 RBIs, Woody Whitlatch (3-3 plus a bases loaded walk for 3 RBIs), and Donn King (3-4 with the final team leading 3 RBIs) we had a solid 13-14 in that part of the order.
Dick Stanley had another great game, going 4-5 with two doubles, and Willie Hollis and the number two hitter hitter chipped in with three knocks. Everyone had at least one hit, and almost everyone had an RBI.
On defense, the only plays I can remember are a great catch of a sinking liner at second by Chuck Howlett, and a nifty 6-11-3 double play we turned. Perhaps that says it all, we made too many blunders on defense to win the game.
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