In a Creaker game marked as usual by some great moments and then some not so great ones, Gold prevailed over Orange 22-17.
The game was close through seven innings with six lead changes; we traded five run innings in the first two innings. But ultimately it came down to Orange defensive breakdowns vs. Gold pitching wildness, and the lack of defense gave it up. Gold took a 22-14 lead after scoring ten runs in the seventh and eighth frames and a ninth inning Orange comeback wasn't enough.
In a losing effort, Leo Kay had a career defining game. He hit for the cycle, triple, double, single, homer, and another single for 5-5 with four RBIs. Jeff Waters was perfect at 3-3 plus two walks and had three RBIs. Vic Santini, Nick Lauria, and Mike Elmore joined him with three hits.
Despite the inconsistent defense there were some spectacular moments. We turned a triple play - Steve Rousso at SS swiped at a runner going from second to third, flipped to rover Tony Gorgone, who hesitated at first then realized the batter wasn't running and fired to 1B Lauria. First one on a team I've been on since the nineties!
On Tuesday, Rousso told me he had a plan that if Mark Pitzlin was on second on a ground ball, he was going to fake a throw to first and then tag the speedster out trying for third. In the third inning he even advertised it. On a ground ball to him, with runners on first and second, he tagged out the lead runner. He was off balance from the tag, so his throw to first was in the dirt, but 1B Heffe dug it out, double play. Pitzlin must not have been paying attention, because subsequently he worked his way to second and on the next grounder, Rousso faked the throw and Mark was a dead duck, just as he said he would be. Tagged out and inning over.
Orange will regroup and hope to regain the magic we had for a few weeks.
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