The Raiders turned five big rallies and key defensive plays into a decisive win over the Outlaws 23-15.
Todd Evans planted a stake in the ground in the first when he tripled after leadoff Jay Sankey's single to give us our first lead. Todd ended up 5-5 with three doubles, a triple and six RBIs to lead the team and gunned out a runner at the plate and one at third from rover to top it off. Have a game Todd!
Sankey and Barry Walter each had two doubles among four hits and Don Ott and Ray Oducayen joined them at 4-5. Gidget Vaquera chimed in with three hits and a walk and Jeff Kravin also contributed three. All this added up to three five run innings and two when we scored four.
Vaquera also made two fine plays. One came in the second when she chased down a fly ball headed toward the middle gap with the bases loaded and two outs to keep the Outlaws' rally to one run. In the sixth, she fired the ball to rover Evans who gunned down a runner at the plate. In the same inning, with runners on first and second and one out, Ed Martinez, playing 2B, defied 150 years of baseball logic, and threw to third on a medium slow ground ball. He nailed the surprised runner by a step. I guess he was paying attention as a kid when they said always get the lead runner. Another out was made on a Sankey (RC) to Evans (R) to Oducayen play at third as well. Finally, Michael Mooney made a diving catch in left field to start the eighth and rob the first batter of a hit, and set the tone as we squelched any hope of a comeback.
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