Scores

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On a beautiful day at Calavera Nucci’s and Gaspar played a flip game.

Gaspar had some great hitting led by Gene Smith who was 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and an out of the park home run. Also 3 for 4 were Barry Stangl, Dennis Rayford and Cord Cameron but the Nucci’s bats were Hot.

All of the Nucci’s players hit .500 or better led by perfect at bats from Al Cabacungan and Kevin Davidge both 4 for 4. Tom Carney was 4 for 5 with 5 RBI’s and Jimmy Smyth, Karen Smith, Laurie Mills and Kevin McAllister were all 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s

Nucci’s also had some good infield play with 2 double plays

“Sometimes you’re the bug, and sometimes you’re the windshield!”

The Carlsbad Inn windshields returned to the friendly confines of Alga Norte 3 to host the Village Pie Shoppe bugs.  The conditions were a replay of Tuesday, with the temperature reaching the 80s, 4 percent relative humidity and gusting and swirling Santa Ana winds.

After holding Pie Shoppe scoreless in the top of the first, CBI put the pedal to the metal, and by the end of the fourth inning, the windshields were going 90 miles per hour, leading 13-0.  Pie Shoppe broke the shutout in the fifth inning, but could only muster two more runs after that.  CBI shifted to cruise control after being held scoreless in the fifth, and scored four more runs in their last two innings (seven innings due to the flip rule).

Jerry Smith and David Ward led the Pie Shoppe going 3 for 4 and 2 for 3 respectively.  Rod Johnson was 2 for 4 and Ruby scored one of their runs.

Randy Agadoni led the windshields going 4 for 4.  Gerald Itkin, Jim Goertzen, Kevin Lynch, and Greg Lorton all went 3 for 4.  Joe Uribe went 2 for 3 plus a sacrifice fly.  Super-sub Robert Kroger also went 3 for 4 and had the games only home run and scored with each at-bat, in spite of being a Sun Devil! On defense, Donna Engleman snagged two pop fouls that stymied potential rallies.

Thanks to Robert for subbing for CBI and to Dan Griffin and Rich Keefer for subbing for VPS, both in the second game of the week against CBI.  Thanks also to Donato Domaguin for umpiring.  The game finished in less than two hours in spite of what seemed like a 10-minute seminar on proper pitching technique to break up the middle of the game.

 Draft Outlasts Pizza Port Brewery in Wind-Blown Season Opener, 19-15

Timely hitting and strong infield defense were the difference makers in this contest at Alga 2, which was neck and neck the whole game. Both teams came out swinging hot bats in the 1st, putting up 4 runs each. Through the 5th, Draft held on to a slight lead at 11-9; but PPB erupted for 5 in the 6th to take the lead at 14-11. Draft pushed 4 more runs across in the 7th to retake the lead at 15-14; then added 4 more in the top of the 9th. PPB put 2 runners on in their final at-bat, but Draft's defense held firm for the win. 

Pitchers for both teams had to battle gusting winds, and rose to the challenge. Margo Jacobo and Skip Moyer shared the mound for the Draft, and Ken Thompson put in a complete game with no unintentional walks for PPB. Fly balls in the outfield were an adventure! Infield defense was strong for both teams, highlighted by 4 double plays by the Draft and 2 for PPB. Special mentions to Kirsten Mildbrandt for a solid effort at 1st base, including a nice stab of a hard liner for a key out, and the Draft middle infield duo of Jeff Schneider and Steve Doan at short and rover.

Hitting for PPB was led by Andy Balas (4/4, home run, 5 RBIs); Mark Lehman (4/4, triple, RBI); Joe Dimambro (4/4, double, RBI), and Larry Wadalavage (3/5). The Draft attack was led by Bob Tompkins (5/5, home run, intentional walk, 4 RBIs); Steve Doan (5/5, RBI); Jeff Payton (4/5, 4 RBIs); Jeff Schneider (3/5, Home Run, 4 RBIs); and Steve Newburg (3/5, home run, 3 RBIs). 

Both teams wish to thank Bob Buscher for an excellent job umpiring. 

 "The key to winning games is pitching, fundamentals and 3-run home runs" - Earl Weaver

Well, CPA had one 3-run homer (Craig Wheatcroft) and another Grand Slam (Bob Loperena) and that might have been the difference.

TPP started strong with 12 runs after 3 innings, but CPA steadily chipped away with 2 to 5 runs in 7 of 8 innings and pulled away in the end. 

CPA's offensive efforts included 4 hit performances by Mark Pedote and sub Dennis O'Hearn, with 8 of 11 players reaching base at least 3 times.  The bottom four players in the order, Linda Wolf, Elizabeth Bailey, sub Oscar Lara and Pete Zavala scored 11 runs between them.  That depth is hard to beat!

Dan Smith led TPP going 5-5, Larry Weinberger was 4-5 and both sub Tom Benaka and Dave Buck were 3-5.  

The defensive highlights were fewer, but both teams turned double plays and there were fewer errors than one would expect with a high score.

The weather was great and thanks to Bob Porter for umping the last few innings.

Bye: Worden Williams

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