Winn/Kia and the Crows are pretty well matched. First game was a two run affair, and we needed to get retribution. We fell flat in the bottom of the ninth the first time. Time to write a new script.
We started slow, no runs in the first two frames. But Howard Reeves changed all that with a slicer down the right field line, leading off the third, and he touched them all. Mark Diaz followed with a single and when Brian Black lost one in the far reaches of the endless outfield for a two run homer, the game winner scored, even though we didn't know it. We went on to score five and never looked back. The only thing that made it as close as it was in the end (15-8) was a three run Kia rally in the bottom of the ninth.
That's because Black in the first two and last four, and Reeves in the middle innings had the Kias hitting into the defense and it did not let down. Tom Wagenseller grabbed a hot shot at third in the second followed by Black getting a backward K. Dave Balfour and Black made back to back great catches in the middle outfield positions in the third. Don Devencenzi did his best Willie Mays impression on a shoestring catch in right in the fifth, and then Reeves got his own punchout. He started a 1-11-3 DP in the next frame. Barry Walter got a look-what-I-found out on a stab at third in the seventh.
In the meantime, Black led the way with four hits including the homer and team high four RBIs. Walter also had four hits, and Balfour had three. Everyone had at least one hit, and Wagenseller and left fielder Clay LeChe smashed triples.
Balanced attack, great defense and pitching, and see how easy this game is?
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