They say (who knows who they are) a good team will scratch out a win when they do not play their best. Yesterday's game is living proof of that. Leo's would have liked nothing better than beating us to get into the pennant race while we were off but succumbed to some timely hitting, generally good defense and very good pitching to fall 13-8 to the Crows.
Several of us had off games at the plate as we hit almost a hundred points below our previous season low. But Anthony, Charlie, and Lamont with assists from Clay, Ed and Dandy Don D carried us to victory. Anthony was 4-4 and scored every time up. After we let them take a first inning 4-1 lead, Clay hit a two run blast to get us close in the second, and then Charlie hit the Big Bombiggedy Grand Slam in the third to give us the lead for good. LT followed with a solo shot down the left field line, and later added a two run ninth inning triple that gave us the breathing room we needed heading into the bottom of the last. In the middle Ed had a run scoring triple and Don D started our game winning rally with a double.
With the exception of two dropped third out fly balls by unnamed fielders, we played a really good defensive game. Charlie made a nice catch in left field, and he and Ed made a couple of stops at the bump. And the two of them kept Leo's from getting comfortable at the plate all game.
Good to get the win against a decent team, but we will need to step it up next week against the Hornets in Battle Deuce for first place. The weather forecast does not look good but we'll see.
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