It was Halloween, but there were no Ghosts, Goblins or Ghouls. There was a bunny hopping along (and literally after Sandy Camp got hit on the bases by an errant throw). There were some long dreadlocks but in the end it was not deadlocked. And that is no BS.
In one of the closest games of the year, Team Black Shirts walked off on a Roger Gawne single to left that plated David Peterson for a 17-16 win over Team Gray..
The first third of the game was all BS. After a solo homer by Gray's amazing Kenji Kishimoto in the top half, Black Shirts scored three in the first and four in the third for a strong if not commanding 7-1 lead. Greg Mathers collected a swinging strikeout along the way, and David DeWitt was able to throw out the speedy Ron Schwab at second on a single, another of those now I've seen everything moments. The big blows were back to back triples by DeWitt and Darren Bobrosky in the third.
Our defense decided to take the fourth inning off and Gray woke up. They stormed back to take 12-7 and 14-11 leads in the fifth and sixth innings. Black turned to Black Magic and kept it close thanks to two double plays from Peterson to Helen Kostoff to heffe. We rallied for four in the seventh. Gray moved ahead once again in the top eighth, but on a sac fly we tied it, snd for the second game in a row, we entered the ninth even (16 all).
Starter and closer Mathers made sure Gray didn't score in the top of the ninth, and that made all the difference. Peterson and Steve Rousso singled, Coach Dave Rose moved Peterson along to third and Gawne made good with the line drive to left.
Other defensive highlights included Gawne going up high to snare a line drive at 3B in the eighth and Leo Kay making a pair of nice catches in right field in the seventh to keep Gray scoreless that inning.
DeWitt had the biggest game with a double and a triple and four RBIs among four hits. Right behind him was Kostoff with a perfect 3-3 after having bad luck finding the green grass on her liners the first couple of games. Brian Black and Gawne joined her with three hits.
Team BS swept the first four games, and I am sure there may be some grumblings but the scores entering the ninth the last three games were 16-16, 19-19 and 15-14. Close games are the most fun!
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