It was a sunny, warm, January afternoon. the field looked to be in decent shape. Although the dugout was swampy for some
reason. It looked like we might have an
18 player showing, but then the second wave came and we ended up with a 13 on
13 game. Johnny started for the home team and was looking to build on his scoreless
innings streak started a few weeks ago (see blog entry for 12-11-11). Well he managed shutout the visitors for the
two innings anyway. Dustin took the hill
for the other team and had an easy 1 1/3. Then gave up a couple.
When the
starters departed, the score was 5-2 home team.
And in came Tony and dj for Dustin.
Well the scoring got a little hazy from there. I do know the homers continued to add on
helped by some less than stellar defense.
Tony meanwhile got out of a bases loaded no out jam punctuated by a
strike out to end the inning. I’d say
the score was 7-2 homers after six.
Well the
pitching parade continued with Loren giving way to Dennis for the homers and
mike and Noah finishing for the visitors.
The visitors did rally in the 12th for a few runs. (big hits by bob, Mitch)
but I think the final was 12-7.
Highlights:
* Mitch scored
on a infield hit and three stolen bases.
Talk about a Rickey run. He also had two doubles and got "mitched"
by Chris in left field.
*Paul k. came
out for the first time in 7 months and had some nice hits,
* Bob got hit of
course. Tony hit Jeff twice in the same
at bat.
* Loren had a
great game both in the field and at the plate. Also stuck out like three guys.
Same
time/place next week
One mbc family
note: good to see Ed's little guy
recovered and doing well.
Speaking of Ed, here is the RBI Ninja with his two cents on the game:
Coming
down Taraval seeing the blue ocean, I knew there would be a lot of people
there. But when I arrived at just before 1, it looked like it would be a 9-9
game. Didn’t last long, by the end of the first half inning, I think I switched
teams three times and was one of 12 on my squad. We decided early on to not act
like we were going to play 9, then have extra innings, someone decreed it a 12
inning game.
Johnny
started for the Homers, and Dustin took the hill for the Visitors. Long about
the 3rd inning Dustin ran into a few bloops, dinks and good base running by
Jimmy allowing the Homers to score a couple. Two more were added in a similar
fashion the next inning. The visitors got only one back. It could have been
more had Greg and Tony pulled off a pick off of DJ Greg. DJ was on third when
the runner from first broke, Greg threw to tony at third for the put out.
Later,
Johnny was rolling along getting two quick outs when Mitch came up. He hit a
swinging bunt single to third. On the next pitch he stole second. He waited one
more pitch to steal third. His stay at third lasted one pitch too, after which
he broke for home making it easily. Ben, the batter, wisely chose not to swing.
Dustin
bowed out and gave way to DJ Greg, then Mike Lattig and finally, Noah. Johnny
was followed by Tony, Lauren, and Dennis. That was it, I think. Long about the middle innings, the 9th and
10th, the visitors fell apart, lots were
scored, few were counted. The final score was lost in the sun like so many
would be pop outs.
Highlights
*Mitch
was mitched, by someone, Mike Gaspar maybe, maybe Greg. If it was you, great
job.
*DJ
Greg almost threw two runners out at the plate from right.
*Bob
was hit by a pitch.
*Jeff
leaned into a pitch and was hit on the arm. He was also hit with the next
pitch.
*Duane
played a solid short for the visitors
*Jimmy
scored from first after I hit a groundball up the middle. He did some Majicks
at third and ended up at home. I am giving myself an RBI.
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