Tonight Kapsch/Transdyn achieved a team milestone of sorts. We tied a former opponent for the most game played against in our long history, at least in the last twenty years I have been on the team. Before that there were just a few years in Concord, so I am pretty sure it covers the entire history. Twenty seven games against the Blue Dots.
Paul also made several plays, keeping his glove down on hot shots and coming up clean with the ball and firing to first. The infield tonight was like a clinic.
Tom must have been dealing some nasty stuff too, allowing only two runs in a softball game is pretty rare. And one of them, while not unearned resulted in the comedy highlight of the game. A ball that looked like it was clubbed way over the fence in left center died and fell short of the warning track. In fact only a few feet behind Cage in left center field. He had the best seat in the house and even though he had a glove, did not go for the souvenir. So Bo, who was not far away himself, assuming Cage would get it, also looked on with great interest. Then he realized Nick was not moving and made a last ditch panicky run to get it, but it fell in and rolled between them. By the time they retrieved it, the batter had a triple and ultimately scored one of the Blue Dot runs. But given the score, it was regarded as light entertainment, and we wished we had highlights to watch after the game.
We didn't have the long ball (Cage did have two doubles) but just got enough add ons that the Dots never were in the game after the 7-0 first.
We scored three in the fifth on consecutive hits by Cage, Bert, Hama, Paul and Tom. In the fourth, Bo had a clutch two out two run double to the fence to plate Heffe's CR and Monty, who had started the two out rally with hits.
Overall Bo, B, Cage, and Heffe had three knocks, most of the others two. Tom led the team with three RBIs.
The magic number is now one. Let's hope it can come with a win over Sons of Pitches next week!
Milestones:
Hama 200 rbi (#13)
Bo 10 2b (#31)
Trivia answer: Simpson Hangers
(Trivia question for the veterans on the team, what team did we tie? Answer below.)
And, thanks to tonight's 14-2 win, our record is now 19-8 over them, we have had ownage over them the last few years. Not surprisingly, that is the most wins over one team.
The game was pretty much decided in the first inning. The Dots got two runners on with no outs, and then Tom induced a hard grounder to B, and he and Hama got the ball from SS to second to first in no time, and it was a double play. The next guy lined out to Paul, and the threat ended.
We proceeded to bat around in the bottom half. Hama and Tom each had two run singles, and we scored seven times. The rout was on.
In two other innings, great plays kept the Dots scoreless. In the fifth, another B to Hama to Bert DP was possible because B and Hama showed tremendously quick hands getting their throws off. In the sixth, I think with the bases loaded and two outs, B playing in shallow left, gunned out a guy trying to get to second base.
Paul also made several plays, keeping his glove down on hot shots and coming up clean with the ball and firing to first. The infield tonight was like a clinic.
Tom must have been dealing some nasty stuff too, allowing only two runs in a softball game is pretty rare. And one of them, while not unearned resulted in the comedy highlight of the game. A ball that looked like it was clubbed way over the fence in left center died and fell short of the warning track. In fact only a few feet behind Cage in left center field. He had the best seat in the house and even though he had a glove, did not go for the souvenir. So Bo, who was not far away himself, assuming Cage would get it, also looked on with great interest. Then he realized Nick was not moving and made a last ditch panicky run to get it, but it fell in and rolled between them. By the time they retrieved it, the batter had a triple and ultimately scored one of the Blue Dot runs. But given the score, it was regarded as light entertainment, and we wished we had highlights to watch after the game.
We didn't have the long ball (Cage did have two doubles) but just got enough add ons that the Dots never were in the game after the 7-0 first.
We scored three in the fifth on consecutive hits by Cage, Bert, Hama, Paul and Tom. In the fourth, Bo had a clutch two out two run double to the fence to plate Heffe's CR and Monty, who had started the two out rally with hits.
Overall Bo, B, Cage, and Heffe had three knocks, most of the others two. Tom led the team with three RBIs.
The magic number is now one. Let's hope it can come with a win over Sons of Pitches next week!
Milestones:
Hama 200 rbi (#13)
Bo 10 2b (#31)
Trivia answer: Simpson Hangers
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