We didn't know until late in the game that it was Don (don't call me Ho but you can call me Mel) Ott's birthday. His 64th. "When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now", don't you want to hit like Don? Don hit like Mel Ott Tuesday - going into his last at bat, he was 4-4 with a two run homer, two doubles, and a single. That last at bat featured two overthrows by the Wolfpack, and Don ended up on third base. In senior ball scoring, this was a triple, albeit of the little league variety. We initially gave him a double, but when we found out it was his birthday, we gifted him the triple, completing the cycle. Happy Birthday Don!
Oh and by the way that gave him seven RBIs. Have a Birthday Game!
Others had good days too. Todd Evans and Jay Sankey were 4-5, SteveDon Deve Brown, Chris Hernandez, Michael Mooney, and Barry Walter were all 3-4. Gidget Blaquera also had three hits in five official ABs. Brown, Evans, Hernandez, and Walter all drove in three runs.
On defense, Don Devencenzi, playing out of position had a good game at 3B. He snagged a hard liner and started a 5-11-3 double play. He also deflected a hot shot to Ott at SS, and had the wherewithal to get back to 3B and took the throw back from Ott to get the lead runner.
Jeff Kravin made two good plays in the last two innings. He bailed out Devencenzi by scooping an errant throw in the eighth. With two outs in the ninth there was a smash to first, and the ball took one of the worst bad hops I have ever seen, and he reacted and grabbed it, trotted to first and it was game over.
This game showed what the Raiders can do at full strength. Watch out!
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