I looked it up. At senior-recreational-softball-reference.com*. The record for consecutive losses in a season is 5. The Raiders are close at three. We can DO this.
In another nailbiter, Duh Raiduhs came from ahead and lost to the Warriors 16-15. We started out hot out of the gate for once - scored five in the top of the first (curse?). In the bottom of the inning a crucial error let the #3 hitter off the hook, and the gates opened for four two out runs. Then in innings 2-7 it was a run here, two there for both teams as it stayed close, 10-8 Raiders going into the eighth. In the top half, the Raiders did it differently. There were two outs and no one on when we had six hits around an unintentional intentional walk to David Gerds to load the bases. Dave Balfour had the big blow, a three run triple following the walk. Don't try that again!
The Warriors answered with five in the bottom half setting up a crucial ninth. We had a two run lead, and both teams had the lower half up. But we couldn't get a runner past first and their bottom came through for three runs, and it was over.
Don Devencenzi led the way with a 4-4 day, one double. Balfour was 3-4 including the triple and a double and led the team with five RBIs. Joining him with three hits were Jay Sankey, Ray Oducayen, Randy Cobb, and David Gratz. Gerds, Max Martin, Patrick Kiesling, and Jeff Kravin all had a couple of knocks. We turned a hit to Devencenzi in deep right to rover Cary Mitsuyoshi to SS Gerds to home for a putout to keep the second scoreless. Sankey made a running catch on a bomb to LC for the third out in the fifth. Oducayen made a great stop at the hot corner in the seventh.
*I made this up in case you had a doubt.
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