Well, the Crows have an off day, a forfeit win over Leo's which puts us up one game over them plus the tiebreaker with two games left. Without going into too much detail, it is very possible, nay likely that we may end up in third place in the four team league. This would mean we could get the Knights in our first playoff game, and as described below, we could very well beat them.
So as long as I should have been playing in Danville today, I might as well review our win last week over said Knights, as unlikely as it was.
We have had a rough season. Losing a couple of players unexpectedly. Losing Randy for most of the season with his adventures playing hardball on Wednesdays. Losing Clay and Lamont and now Charlie for stretches to injury. It was tough all season to get 11 players on the field at once. But we are still a good team, and last week proved it.
It was a microcosm of the season. We scored five in the first. And then we set about to prove the Curse of the First is real. The Knights caught up and took their first lead in the third, 9-7. By the fifth it was 16-12, and going into the bottom of the seventh 19-12.
It was hot on the turf. LT and I were ready to phone it in. Coach Don convinced us to finish the seventh. He made us a deal - if we rallied and got close we would finish nine innings. If we went out meekly, we would call it a game. So what did we do?
Six singles and four walks later Randy drove in the tying run as we batted around, and it was 19-19. We would have to stay. Both teams went out quietly in the eighth, and the Knights could only push one across in the ninth. The game was ours to grab. Lead off walks to Heffe and Howard, and singles by Steve and Ed tied it, and it set up the penultimate at bat for Coach Don. When he took ball four, the Knight pitcher's meltdown was complete and we had ourselves a Walk Off Walk, 21-20.
It wasn't pretty, taking seven walks in the last three innings, but a win's a win, and this one tied us with Leo's for third place, and we hold the tiebreaker, and third place is ours for the taking. And that would give us an easier path to dare I say it, win the playoffs!
Not unusually, Anthony led the way with 4-4 game, including two doubles and a homer plus a walk. Why didn't he just go for third base to get the cycle? Barry was 4-5 with a triple and led the team with four RBIs. LT and Ed were 2-3 plus had two walks each. Howard and Dave had three hits apiece. Everyone had a hit and all but one drove in a run.
Now, if we can just get more than ten players to a game...
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