Here’s the recap for last Thursday’s heartbreaking loss. In the bottom of the final inning, Bunch Of Guys beat us on a walk-off one-out double. It stung.
Top 1: Nate K’s one batter and gets through the inning without surrendering a single run.
Bottom 1: Pat homers in is first at-bat, hitting one off the base of the wall and racing around the bases, knocking home Pete to give us an early 2-0 lead.
Top 2: Nate K’s his second batter and gets through the inning without surrending a run. Is this going to be a monumental blow-out? A shut-out!?
Bottom 2: Mitch hits a bomb over the left-center field fence to give us a 4-0 lead.
Top 3: The other team scratches together a few runs to make it 4-3.
Bottom 3: I lead off with a ground-out to second. A number of singles/doubles follow bringing our lead to 6-1.
The fourth inning is hazy. I know somehow we went down 11-6 or 11-8. This must have meant that we scored two in the top of the inning (I think we scored on a sacrifice fly and the other came on a ground out by myself, my second RBI on the season). Poor defense allowed them back into the game, and enabled them to take a lead. It would be a sign of things to come. Things were clicking for us until the fourth inning, but our usually high-powered offense wasn’t scoring bunches of runs as it is accustomed too.
Top 5: We stormed back in the fifth, almost batting around. I singled to start things off and came around to score several batters later. No one had any big bases-cleaing hits, but consisting RBI singles and doubles led to a big inning. We could have scored more, but Nate was thrown out trying to go from 2nd to 3rd on Ed’s single, which stranded me in the on-deck circle. At the end of the inning it was 14-11. I wish I could say more, but I’d need a score sheet from the game in order to get this shit totally correct.
Bottom 5: Nate holds them scoreless, pitching excellently. Their general lack of speed hurts them, as they have difficulty running out pretty much anything that is kept in the infield.
Top 6: Comfortably ahead 14-11, we anticipate a big inning. I lead off and show horrible plate discipline, swinging at the first pitch and grounding out to the second baseman. After me, the first two spots in our lineup also make quick outs, squandering a great opportunity to add some insurance runs to our lead.
Bottom 6: Defensive lapses and timely hitting propel Bunch Of Guys to a come-from-behind victory. A walk-off double wins the game. We go out for drinks to drown our sorrows. Last night in the Monday Co-Ed league, Nate pitched a 3-run gem as his team slugged their way to a 15-3 victory. We can only hope that Nate’s arm will also help us attain an important victory Thursday. No Pete. No Duffy. Someone’s gotta step up in their absence. I hope it can be me, but I’m sure we’ll all be happy for anyone who has a big game.
Michael Yonkers – The Big Parade
The Gentleman Losers – Bonetown Boys
Collie Ryan – The Giving Tree
Oorjak Hunashtaar-Ool – Reka Alash
