I've been telling Dave Rose all year that his team has as much talent as any team in the league. I forgot to tell him not to bring it out against Orange.
Orange had run the table the last five games but we were caught dead in our tracks and had a relapse to lose this one. We kept thinking throughout the game that we would come back and win dramatically in the bottom of the ninth, but it just wasn't our day.
Put simply, Scarlet hit the ball, mostly line drive hits, and we didn't. Scarlet caught the ball, and we had a few defensive lapses at key times. We walked batters, Scarlet only one. It's a simple game.
Scarlet dominated from the beginning, putting up nine runs in the first two innings, and we could never quite get that catch-up inning we needed. The closest we got was 16-9 after six, and that was that.
Brian Black and Mark Edelstone were each 4-4, the latter with two run scoring doubles and four RBIs altogether. Mike Saindon had three RBIs on three hits. Steve Sloat and Heffe had a couple of hits in three plate appearances and the latter had the only other extra base hit, a double leading off the ninth.
Defensively, Greg Wilson made a great catch in right center to save a run in the first, as did Jay Chafetz in right field in the fourth. Ron Schwab started a SS to (rover) Sloat to Kravin DP in the seventh, and Gabe Tanaka started a 2B to (rover Wilson) to Kravin DP. These plays helped keep Scarlet from completely running away with it, but didn't make enough of a difference, given our lack of offensive punch today.
We've now split the (first half) season series with each team, with Purple pending next week.
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