Granted the Dusty Nuts will never be confused with Jupiter Construction or Cream and Clear, but...
We broke out of our season long slump with a tidy eleven run first, and the game was over from there. Seven straight singles to start the game - Randy, Sting, Pope, Knight, D, Ol' G, and Lefty-Righty, and the train was moving. Haze, Joe (!), and Randy again made it 7-0. Sting topped it off with a grand slam to deepest center (how great is it to have Reg back???).
In the second it was more of the same. Five straight hits, then four more after an out. All singles. The mini Conehead inning - seven runs.
Granted, we had some help from the Dusty Nuts' defense or lack thereof, but still. Another five rounded out the scoring in the fourth and after five the slaughter was on.
Besides the Sting Salami, extra base hits included triples by Randy, Pope and Lefty-Righty. This caused the latter to turn around and bat right handed, and it was glorious to see him strike out with a mighty cut in the last inning. Maybe the cages?
D set the pace with five hits, and Randy, Knight and Ol' G were right behind with four apiece. On defense, we adjusted our defense with Sting moving back to his comfort zone in left center, and Randy back to SS. The next two innings were identical - two fly outs to left center and a fielder's choice 6-4 putout. The ball will find you and we will find outs with it.
All in all a good rebound from our debacle last week. As we sit here with two games left, we actually have a small shot at the playoffs but obviously we will need to win out. Starts this Monday.
Milestones:
Pope 300 g (#7)
D 450 h (#14)
We broke out of our season long slump with a tidy eleven run first, and the game was over from there. Seven straight singles to start the game - Randy, Sting, Pope, Knight, D, Ol' G, and Lefty-Righty, and the train was moving. Haze, Joe (!), and Randy again made it 7-0. Sting topped it off with a grand slam to deepest center (how great is it to have Reg back???).
In the second it was more of the same. Five straight hits, then four more after an out. All singles. The mini Conehead inning - seven runs.
Granted, we had some help from the Dusty Nuts' defense or lack thereof, but still. Another five rounded out the scoring in the fourth and after five the slaughter was on.
Besides the Sting Salami, extra base hits included triples by Randy, Pope and Lefty-Righty. This caused the latter to turn around and bat right handed, and it was glorious to see him strike out with a mighty cut in the last inning. Maybe the cages?
D set the pace with five hits, and Randy, Knight and Ol' G were right behind with four apiece. On defense, we adjusted our defense with Sting moving back to his comfort zone in left center, and Randy back to SS. The next two innings were identical - two fly outs to left center and a fielder's choice 6-4 putout. The ball will find you and we will find outs with it.
All in all a good rebound from our debacle last week. As we sit here with two games left, we actually have a small shot at the playoffs but obviously we will need to win out. Starts this Monday.
Milestones:
Pope 300 g (#7)
D 450 h (#14)
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