Dark Green Melts Gold 27-10

How hot was Dark Green today?

We scored five runs in each of the first four innings.

We made a total of three outs in those first four innings.

After an inning of only one, we scored five again in the sixth.

We flip flopped after the seventh, even though as the home team we were the team leading by 18 runs. So in all, scored 27 in seven with no open inning.

(Granted, the game was pretty much over and it was Sandy Zimmerman's (and someone else's, Rob Katzer's?) birthday, and everyone was anxious to get to the celebration).

I wish we could bottle the energy we had today.

Here are some stats:

Leo Kay, 4-4

Michael Callahan, 4-4

Jeff Olsen 3-3+BB, five RBIs

Bill Jeha, 4-4, 4 runs, 2B, 3B, seven RBIs

Shel Perham, 4-4, 2B, three RBIs

Dick Stanley, 4-4 in his comeback game, 2B

Jeff Kravin, 4-4, turned a 2B into a single by limping to first.

Howard Davis, 3-4, 2B as he can hit the ball further and can limp faster than I can with our injuries.

Helen Kostoff, 3-3, three RBIs. Started a couple of double plays, including one where the throw in the dirt was picked nicely by Stanley at 1B.

Mike Howard, 2-3

Robert Douza, 2-3

John Banker 'only' was 2-4, but made two great catches in RF on balls tailing away from him plus got a force out at second, on a 'single'.

Woody Whitlatch only had one but at least that meant everyone had a hit, and Woody handled everything hit to him at 2B, including starting a double play.

And the pitching - M. Howard kept Gold at bay most of the game. Howard D. came in and pitched the middle three and gave up just two runs.

And just to put an exclamation point on it - the monster Gold hitter Kevin Naylor had already hit a ball over our version of the Green Monster in dead center, and then Robert Douza requested to pitch to him in the ninth. Smash - a line drive rocket to right center. And Rob turns to me and says - "See, I held him to a single", with a big proud grin on his mug. And a straight face, somehow.

Next week is the big test - the equivalent of the Dubs playing without Steph Curry - both Jeha and Perham will be gone. But next man and woman up - if the rest of us are as hot as today, we will give Maroon plenty of trouble!