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CPA Orders Two Dozen Donuts 24, PPB Gets Twelve Slices 12

In a nine inning senior softball contest between the Carlsbad Police Association (CPA) and That Pizza Port and Brew (PPB), the morning quickly became less about law enforcement and more about food consumption. When the final out was recorded, CPA had collected 24 runs, two dozen, while PPB finished with 12, or roughly one pizza cut into twelve slices.

CPA apparently arrived with a warrant for extra base hits and a serious appetite for donuts. John Symanski was the chief donut officer, going 5/5 with 5 RBIs, while substitute Tom Benacka went 5/5 with 3 RBIs. Apparently, being a substitute at age 55 plus means waiting patiently on your teams bye day until someone discovers you should have been playing all along. Robert Liles added a perfect 5/5, Teddy Badillo went 4/5 with 3 RBIs, Keith Richards contributed 4/5, and Craig Wheatcroft finished 3/5 with 3 RBIs. Dave Erwine split the outfield for a homerun. Even more impressive, 10 of CPA's 12 players drove in at least one run, suggesting the entire police lineup had been deputized into the RBI division.

CPA's scoring came in steady doses, producing five runs in four different innings. That kind of consistency is usually associated with a police department's donut supply: predictable, dependable and available when needed.

PPB, however, wasn't exactly standing around waiting for delivery. Mark Lecklider went 5/5 with an RBI, while Tom Redmon was a perfect 4/4 with an RBI. Substitute Bob Loperena contributed 3/5 with an RBI, and Bob Manchester went 3/4. Mark Lehman delivered 4 RBIs, while Andy Balas added 3 RBIs. PPB scored two runs in three separate frames, then followed that with a three-run inning, proving that pizza wasn't the only thing being served in slices.

A silver lining coming from PPB's dugout was Elizabeth Bailey. Showing up to support her team as she is on injured reserve recovering from a nasty head on collision from a hit fly ball to the nose during a game the week prior. All wishing Elizabeth a comfortable and quick recovery. 

In the end, CPA walked away with 24 runs, two dozen donuts' worth, while PPB settled for 12, enough pizza slices to feed a small softball dugout, especially if washed down with a cold beer.

The final order: CPA 24 (7-6), PPB 12 (11-3).
CPA got the donuts. PPB got the pizza.

Both teams thank subs Dan Menendez, Bob Loperena, Jimmy Smyth, and Tom Benacka. Also to Dennis O'Hern as umpire.

Village Pie Shop and Plotkin Group had a back-and-forth battle on another warm day at Calavera. PG took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, but both teams scored five runs in the second and one in the third, and PG retained its two-run lead after three. VPS rallied for five runs in the fourth to take an 11-9 lead. But PG came back in the very next inning to score five of their own and take a 14-11 lead.

VPS then did the same thing in sixth, with a five-run rally started by the bottom of the order, and at the end of the sixth VPS led 16-15. PG scored two more in the seventh to once again take the lead at 17-16. VPS had the top of the order up in the ninth, and the team scored another two runs to take the lead again at 18-17 and then held PG scoreless in the bottom of the ninth.

VPS had a broad-based hitting attack today, with all players having at least one hit. Leading all hitters was Tom Winterborne, who went 4 for 4. Paul Pullin, Rick Shaw and Dean Szabo all went 4 for 5. Martin Wai and Kathy O’Neil both went 3 for 4. Kevin Lynch went 3 for 5 with a solo home run and what would have been another home run if he hadn’t knocked in the fifth run of the inning. Barry Stangl and Robert Kroger also went 3 for 5.

Carlos Cevallos went 4 for 4 to lead the PG hitters. Jerry Galiley went 3 for 3. Pat Driscoll, Pat Steele and Rod Johnson all went 3 for 4. Jerry Smith went 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs. Ruby Murphy went 2 for 3 and Cathy McDonald was 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs.

Both teams did a good job of pitching today, with Robert Kroger and Michael Juditz sharing the duties for VPS and Rod Johnson going all the way for PG. Both teams had a fair number of miscues in the infield today, but on the other hand, both teams made some great catches in the field. Martin Wai made two long running catches for VPS in right field.  For PG, Phil Kay made two spectacular catches in deep center field, Pat Steel had a great catch at rover as did Pat Driscoll in right center.

 On a beautiful morning at Alga, TPP came out swinging, cruising past The Therapists 18-8.

TPP jumped out to an 8-1 lead after two, scoring 3 in the 1st and 5 in the 2nd. The 2nd-inning rally was sparked by the bottom half of the lineup, with batters 7 through 12 stringing together five straight hits and scoring all 5 runs with no outs.

TPP added another 5 runs in the 5th, again getting the party started from the bottom of the lineup. Bill M and Guy got the inning rolling with hits, and the rest of the lineup took it from there.

The Therapists did manage to make things interesting in the 6th, putting together a 4-run rally. But thanks to good pitching by Russ R, backed by solid if not spectacular defense, TPP made the plays as needed from start to finish. The outfield play by TPP was especially notable with Al and John making nice catches one after the next. Roney played great at SS, and Bob controlled the middle from his rover position. Besides the 4 run 6th, the Therapists had to settle for zero or one run in every other inning.

Gaspar had some impressive individual performances despite the loss. David H went 3-for-4 with a HR, Randy B went 2-for-3 and absolutely crushed a 3-run homer, Mark P was 3-for-4, and Evie S chipped in a 2-for-3 morning.

TPP had plenty of hot bats as well. Roney was a perfect 4-for-4, super-sub Joe Uribe went 4-for-4, Bob T was 3-for-3 with a home run, and Bill G was also 3-for-3. Bill M went 3-for-3, using the game as his final tune-up before heading to Utah next week for the 80+ World Championships. Nothing like getting some reps before the big stage.

On the mound, super-sub Russ Roopenian again pitched a great game for TPP. Jimmie M, David Buck, and Mark T handled the pitching duties for The Therapists.

All in all, TPP got contributions from top to bottom, with the bottom half of the lineup doing more than its share of the damage. The Therapists brought the occasional big blast, but TPP had too many answers.

Coming in as the underdogs, the (unlikely but not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs) upset minded Draft (beer drinkers) took a page from the San Diego Padres and put it all together for a well-rounded, close win. The game went back and forth with the Draft posting a five spot in the first and the heavy hitting CBI team answering with 2 in the first and third to make it a 5-4 game. The score stayed close at 7-5, 11-6, 11-10 until the venerable Robert Porter came up in the top of the 8th and blasted a 2-run dinger to give the Drafters the lead. A 1-2-3 bottom of the 9th inning led to the final score of 13-10.

Providing the offensive punch for The Draft were Mr. Porter (4/4 HR, 2 RBI), Cory Coast (4/4 4 RBI) Dale Martin (3/4 HR 4 RBI), and Rich Lavacott (HR, 2 RBI), Ron Silverman chipped in with a 3/4 day.

The offense for CBI came from Tom (Super sub) Butch, Larry Wadalavage, Dan Smith, Jack Karson, and Nicki Branch, all who were 3/4. Randy Agadoni was 2/4.

It should be noted that Margo Jacobo and the Draft defense held CBI to only 3 extra base hits (all doubles) and the rest of their hits were singles. Bob Baptista pitched an excellent game for CBI. 

Bye: Nucci's

         Worden Williams