In any case, we had 11-11, by the time everyone showed up, and the teams were evenly split again, making for a great game. Greg Snyder started for the homers, his first start in a while, with Sean plaything but not tempting fate with the injured leg and tweaky arm. Good move. We went down in order in the first, but with Satch on the mound, we were not so lucky to escape unscathed. It was to be the first of a series of scoring innings. 1-0 after the first, 3-0, after the third. However, it was not to be the end, as we visitors pounded back, and took the lead, 4-3. They then came back and tied it up 4-4.
Then round about the 5th or 6th, the wheels came off for the Homers, as we unleashed an orgy of hits. It began with 3 doubles in a row, and didn't stop until the score was 10-4. It began to sprinkle and spit rain, and then the sun would come out for a second, and then it would go back to grey, hot and muggy.
Johnny took over for Greg, and settled the game down, getting a couple of quick innings. I kept throwing, feeling surprisingly spry. The homers brought it back to 10-6, and then we got back in the hitting game, and scored 5 more. Going into the 9th, we thought we were cruising to a easy victory, but the ginger of the homers could not be denied. By the time we got two outs in the inning, they had brought the score to 15-11. However, with a foul chip to the first base side, the game was over.
Well, not quite, we rambled around for two more innings, but the score never changed, and while it was great to play a few extra, we were all pretty cold and exhausted by the end of it. With smiles all around we packed it in, and left the field feeling fulfilled.
Highlights:
* Weather aside, it was a great game
* Tony managed to have three hits that never left the infield, at least two of them on knuckleballs that squirmed away
* Rich and Sean each had some long balls hit to right
* Mike Lattig again showed off the leather in the outfield, making a number of great catches
* Bob showed up in about the 5th, and used a metal bat for the first time that any of us could remember, he promptly popped out to 2nd and stated to never do that again
* I made Sean run the entire game out in center field, no matter how deep he played, I still managed to get it over his head. The trick was the wind was blowing straight out to center, and as long as I hit it high enough, it would carry.
* The change up wasn't working for anyone today, I think it was the wind, which slowed it down too much, and held it up, like it was on a tee
* Defense on both sides was pretty good, no particularly bad plays anyway
* There were many loud hits, and it seemed like a lot more extra base hits than usual
* Elvin fouled off a pitch that was two feet over his head, none of us could quite believe that he actually got a piece of it
* Good to see Nero, Cagle and Edwin back after an absence, and new guys Howie and Dirtbag guy
* Adam tried pitching to few batters, couldn't find the dish, but the arm looked good
* Thanks to Nero, Greg, Ed, Bob for catching
* Lattig came in for the late relief, and looked good except, for once, he might have been sorry he wore shorts
* Paul came through with a solid RBI double when his team needed it
* Paul also got picked off of first. I noticed that he was 8 feet off the bag, while I was not even on the rubber
* We had another pickoff, from Adam, not too many times that has happened
* Rich, who we found out played 7 years in the minors (pretty amazing credentials for the MBC!) manned center field and SS, and took away hits at both positions
* Mitch worked the right side of the field all day, and I think scored at least 5 times
Next week we are at Cop Field. See you there.
S. Paige
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