The Heffinator softball cliche is "If the bottom of the order hits, we win."
Well Tuesday's game against Sons of Pitches proves the rule, as we lost 21-11 in our playoff tuneup game. The bottom of the order beyond #5 was 4-18. Beyond #6 3-16. Beyond #8, 2-12. You get the picture. At least there wasn't one hole in the lineup - there were several.
On the other hand, Brian had a tremendous game in the two slot - 4-4, four runs scored, two RBIs. Cage behind him was 3-3 with a walk and a triple, and Bert was 3-3 with four RBIs. Jay scored three runs on two hits including a triple in the gap. That was pretty much our offense.
Our defense was decent, the SOP just hit the hell out of the ball. Tom snagged a death shot right at his head. We turned a slick (Tinker) Garcia to Evans to (Chance) Muller DP in the fourth. Rusty made a couple of great running catches in right center. We actually had a 5-4 lead going into the fifth but SOP turned it on with 17 runs in the last three frames, and our answers were not so much.
The most interesting thing in the league is what happened after our game. The Blue Dots upset the Brew Bros 15-9, creating a very real possibility of a four way tie for second place and then one team would be left out of the playoffs. SOP will likely beat the Bros, Blue Dots will likely beat the Shockerz (1-8), and no doubt the Ballers will trounce Workday Plan B, if they even show up with their 0-9 record. This would leave us all tied at 6-4. I think this still leaves us in third after all the tie breakers, but I could have the order wrong or whatever. I know, too much time thinking about this stuff.
But there you have it. We get an extra week off while the rest of the league finishes up their rain out makeups. No regular season cotton but if we play our best, who knows what the playoffs will bring?
Milestones:
5/23
Heffe 800 h (#1)
Cage 500 rbi (#1)
Mario 250 g (#7)
Hama 350 ab (#14)
Bert 200 ab (#25)
Rene 200 ab (#26)
5/30 (Credit given for a forfeited game)
Cage 300 g (#5)
Tom 100 g (#16)
6/13
Tom 300 ab (#16)
B 100 h (#18)
Rusty 10 bb (#26)
B 50 rbi (#33)
Well Tuesday's game against Sons of Pitches proves the rule, as we lost 21-11 in our playoff tuneup game. The bottom of the order beyond #5 was 4-18. Beyond #6 3-16. Beyond #8, 2-12. You get the picture. At least there wasn't one hole in the lineup - there were several.
On the other hand, Brian had a tremendous game in the two slot - 4-4, four runs scored, two RBIs. Cage behind him was 3-3 with a walk and a triple, and Bert was 3-3 with four RBIs. Jay scored three runs on two hits including a triple in the gap. That was pretty much our offense.
Our defense was decent, the SOP just hit the hell out of the ball. Tom snagged a death shot right at his head. We turned a slick (Tinker) Garcia to Evans to (Chance) Muller DP in the fourth. Rusty made a couple of great running catches in right center. We actually had a 5-4 lead going into the fifth but SOP turned it on with 17 runs in the last three frames, and our answers were not so much.
The most interesting thing in the league is what happened after our game. The Blue Dots upset the Brew Bros 15-9, creating a very real possibility of a four way tie for second place and then one team would be left out of the playoffs. SOP will likely beat the Bros, Blue Dots will likely beat the Shockerz (1-8), and no doubt the Ballers will trounce Workday Plan B, if they even show up with their 0-9 record. This would leave us all tied at 6-4. I think this still leaves us in third after all the tie breakers, but I could have the order wrong or whatever. I know, too much time thinking about this stuff.
But there you have it. We get an extra week off while the rest of the league finishes up their rain out makeups. No regular season cotton but if we play our best, who knows what the playoffs will bring?
Milestones:
5/23
Heffe 800 h (#1)
Cage 500 rbi (#1)
Mario 250 g (#7)
Hama 350 ab (#14)
Bert 200 ab (#25)
Rene 200 ab (#26)
5/30 (Credit given for a forfeited game)
Cage 300 g (#5)
Tom 100 g (#16)
6/13
Tom 300 ab (#16)
B 100 h (#18)
Rusty 10 bb (#26)
B 50 rbi (#33)
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