GSHAS Fall #7, #8
Great job in a DH sweep of Beers this evening!! We fought back after being down 7-0 in the first to win 12-10 with Jesse’s walk-off HR in the bottom of the 7th. Jesse was huge with 3 HRs in the first game (including the game winner) and our bats were solid up and down the lineup. Matt and Chaz were line drive hitting machines, Chris D. was zinging line drives all over the field (including nearly decapitating the 3rd baseman) and hit a ball over the RC’s head, and Jon L. kept up his hot hitting. I really liked the way that guy pitched, nice and flat and slow though it was annoying the way he mimiced going into the stretch position and looking in for a sign (hee hee). We hit him hard. In the first inning they managed to find holes with mostly fairly soft hits past the IF and in front of the OF. But our defense stiffened and was excellent the rest of the game- Jon L. got a big force at home and also turned a DP by catching a foul fly and then getting the runner at second trying to tag (???), Todd made several excellent catches including a sliding catch after running in about a mile (and nearly another great catch on a deep fly), and Chris W. made several awesome running grabs. We chipped away at the lead all game and then brought the hammer in the bottom of the 7th with Jesse’s HR. The downside- Tony took a wicked ground ball off the Adam’s apple and had to leave the game (and what a tough guy- after the ball hit him he went after it and got the force at 2B though the ump blew the call). Tony- hope you are doing well. That was scary last night so please update us on your status.
The second game was not quite as close- a mercy 23-3 win. We jumped on them early and often. After his performance in the first game, Jesse didn’t get much to hit but still hit another HR and mixed in some lined shots with his intentional walks. The two Chris did a great job protecting Jesse and drove in a ton of runs with hard hits. Chaz put Matt’s new orange bat to good use with several hits. All and all a great effort all around. Apparently a few guys on the other team decided they were too good to shake hands with everyone- whatever. Thanks to our fans- Dani and Alicia and Anne and the kids. Appreciate you guys coming out on a chilly night and looking out for Tony after he came out.
Here are this week’s points- as always feel free to comment. Thanks to Ben for bringing fine beverages this week- nice work!! Looks like Charlie is up for next week, our last of the fall season. Though Charlie won’t make the game, I could bring beverages for him (Charlie, let me know).
Tags: No TagsCharlie (5) [+1 for walk, +1 for ground ball, -1 for 2Ks]
Ron (3.5)
Todd (2.5) [+1 for OF bobble, -0.5 for awesome sliding catch]
Chris D. (2)
Chris W. (2.5) [+1 for not running out fly ball that dropped]
Jon L. (1.5) [+1 for throw, -0.5 for F5-3 DP]
Chaz (1.5) [+1 for ground ball]
Dan W. (1)
John B. (0.5)
Jesse (0.5) [-2 for 4 HRs]
Ben W. (0) [-5 for fine beverages]
Tony (-1.5) [-0.5 for being tough as nails]
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