A Perfect Game in Senior Softball? Yes It's Possible, Diablos Gives the Blues to the PH Blues, 20-5

A bunch of over 70 men. Many can't run, many can't bend over. But the Diablos played about as complete a game as is possible today, dominating the Pleasant Hill Blues, 20-5 with outstanding defense and clutch and powerful hitting. And it wasn't that close as we gave up our last two trips to the plate on a flip flop.

And the amazing thing was that no one can remember a single error. And we tried. Not a one.

My Creaker team is pretty good, and we had a game like this a few weeks ago. But when I put out the email that I thought we played errorless ball, I immediately received three or four replies, like uh thanks but did you forget that one I missed in the third inning?

But no one could remember a single one today after the game. Ed tried to throw one away on a force play at second, but Brian bailed him out reaching down to grab the low throw. There were many highlight plays, Don became Brooks Robinson in the first couple of innings on a few plays and started a 5-4-3 double play. Howard followed him up late, grabbing a hot shot and getting the force at second.

Brian turned a double play, stepping on second and firing to first in the second inning. In the seventh, the shorter first baseman snared a hard line drive and easily doubled off the errant runner who unwisely took off. Those were three of the four double plays we turned. A fifth was stolen from us on a bad call on the back end.

And each of the outfielders made tough catches, Tom, Mark, Jimbo, and Don including a Tom shoestring catch in the eighth for the third out that kept the Blues out of a big inning.

Speaking of Howard, he got one strikeout looking. Not to be outdone, Ed repeated the feat in the ninth inning on a borderline flat pitch.

And then there was the hitting. Ed started the home run barrage in the first (with Don as his running proxy) as he slammed a laser down the left field line right by the fielder onto the other diamond. No one knew at the time, it was the second batter of the game and it was already over. We curse the Curse of the First! Jimbo had not one but two home runs for four RBIs. His second came right after a rocket by Tom onto field two - Welcome (back?). Back to back. Jim K would have had another but the fifth run in the fifth inning scored from second on his blast in the gap.

Jimbo and Don were perfect 3-3, and Brian, Ed, Jim K, Tom, Greg, the Godfather, Bob C, Willie and Howard all went 2-3. 

It's a start.