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Gaspar picked up their third win of the season by completing the trifecta against Nucci's 19-8.  

Nucci's started early picking up 3 runs in the first inning however, Gaspar responded in the middle innings with 15 runs highlighted by a homer and triple from Jim Goertzen who was 3 for 4 with 4 RBI's.  Nucci's was kept at bay the rest of the way by the pitching of Skip Moyer and the Gaspar defense.  Dave Ash, Dennis Rayford and sub Dario Santana were all 3 for 4. Marty Topper was 4 for 4 with a triple and Joe Dimambro playing his first game as a permanent member of Gaspar was 4 for 4.    

Nucci's top hitters were Gene LaChimia, Eugene Smith, Frank Weishaar at 3 for 4, and Greg Lorton 2 for 3 with a home run.  Gene made three shoestring catches in right center field.  I believe all were off the bat of Leigh "the Bruiser" Peterson.  

Fun time on a beautiful day. 

The third time was the charm, as Carlsbad Inn was finally able to defeat Village Pie Shoppe this season, with a hard fought 15-13 win today at Alga 2. VPS took an early 4-0 lead to start the game, but in the bottom of the inning, CBI scored five runs on five straight hits, culminating with a two-run home run by Ken Thompson. CBI did not trail the rest of the way and had its largest lead at 13-6 after six, an inning in which Randy Baird and Randy Agadoni hit back-to-back solo home runs for the second straight game. VPS narrowed the lead to 13-10 in the top of the seventh, before the bottom of the CBI order scored two to increase the lead to 15-10. VPS rallied in the ninth, but CBI held on for the victory.

The CBI hitting attack was led by Randy Baird, who went 3 for 4 with two home runs, a double and 2 RBIs, Randy Agadoni, who went 3 for 4 with a home run, two doubles and 3 RBIs, and Ken Thompson, who went 3 for 4 with a home run and 3 RBIs. Ron Silverman went 3 for 3 with an RBI double, Jack Karson went 3 for 4, and Russ Roopenian and Vicki Asaivao both went 2 for 3. Vicki singled in CBI’s final run of game.

Leading the VPS hitters were Rick Shaw and Delta Farrington, who both went 5 for 5. Delta looked the part today, wearing “A League of Their Own” outfit for Halloween. Dan Menendez went 4 for 4 and David Hartzog, Jeff Payton and Phil Kay all went 4 for 5.

Many thanks to Jimmie Martin for a fine job of umpiring.

Semantics play an interesting role in defining Pizza Port Brewing's Gary Soper.  The casual observer would describe him as a short of stature softball pitcher.  Someone with an axe to grind on the other hand, might just call him low down and underhanded.  Think what you will, he held the hard-hitting Draft to only 15 runs with spot-on pitching.  Unfortunately for him, he didn't get enough offensive support to post a win.  

The Draft, chronically short-handed, had a sub, Pete Zavala, as their pitcher and today's battle cry was "Lets finally womp up on Pizza Port, for Pete's sake!"  The first five innings went along in favor of DR as they slowly built a 12-3 lead.  In the sixth, PPB posted six runs to close to within 5.  By the eighth, they were even closer, trailing by only two.  And that was as close as they got.  

The Draft's superlative hitters were Johnny Brand at 4/5, sub Bob Buscher at 3/4, and Andy Balas and Dave Erwine both hit home runs.

PPB got some decent offense from Mark Riserbato at 4/4 and sub Teddy Badillo, Vern Blough and Robert Kroger at 3/4.  

The Draft would like to thank Bob Buscher and Pete Zavala for their quality play as substitutes and Pizza Port thanks replacements Teddy Badillo and Robert Kroger for their much-needed contributions.  

Umpiring the game today was Jimmie Smyth and he did a great job.  Oh, and Gary, my bro ... just kidding.  Don't punch me in the knee again.  I'm a bleeder. 

Under beautiful Calavera fall skies, it was a nip and tuck nail biter from the first at bat to the final out between Hennessey’s and That Pizza Place. Only for a brief moment in the seventh inning were the two teams separated by more than one run. Hennessey/s took a 4-3 lead after the first inning but never trailed. Whenever the Hens scored, Dan Smith’s TPP crew responded in kind. Hen’s pitcher Steve Berry and TPP ace Margo Jacobo kept the game tight. Hennessey’s thought they had opened a comfortable 14-8 lead going into the bottom of the eighth. However, TPP had other ideas putting up a 5 spot in the home half. Neither team could muster a rally in the ninth and the final score reflected the closeness of the contest.

The offensive standouts for the Hens were Craig Wheatcroft with four hits, one being a homerun, Kevin Davidge also with four hits, Gene Foreman with a three-hit day and the star of the game, Rich Lavacot who was a perfect 4/4 including a homerun that cleared the fences.

For TPP, Kevin McBarron was a perfect 4/4, as was Bob Porter. Dan Smith and Oscar Delgado had three hits each and Dale Miller added two more to his season tally.

Hennessey’s wants to thank Robert Tahimic for filling in for some missing players.

Bye:  Worden Williams

         Plotkin Group

VPS had a 12-5 lead after 5 innings, but PPB out scored them 14-3 the last 4 innings.

VPS pitcher Rich Keefer tossed a great game with zero walks adding a couple of hits while winning Pitcher Gary Soper was 3/4 w/3 RBIs.

Leading hitters for PPB were Cord Cameron 5/5 w/3 runs, Vern Blough 3/4 w/2 RBIs, Super Subs Roney Lewis 3/5 w/a game tying 3-run homer and Andy Balas 3/5 w/a 2-run triple, Mark Riserbato 3/5 w/3 RBIs, Jerry Galiley, Jim Davis and Karl Stern all 3/5 w/2 RBIs, Evelyn Schwartz had a home run, Martin Wei had a big rbi single plus a game winning catch, Albert Casteneda added 2 hits and scored 4 runs.

Leading hitters for VPS were Rick Shaw and David Ward 5/5, Phil Kay & Jeff Peyton 4/5, Kristen Mildbrandt, Dan Melendez, Ron Bondsu and Linda Wolf 3/4 plus Linda had a homer.

Both teams thank Jim Goertzen for umpiring a game with many close plays.

 In a tightly contested defensive battle on Alga 2, TPP broke out of a tough string of losses and notched a win against the first place Dubs. 

TPP hitters got off to a slow start, getting blanked by WW for three innings due to some nice plays and excellent defensive positioning. Meanwhile WW put up two runs in the 1st and 2nd, and tacked on another in the 3rd for a 5-0 lead. TPP's bats came to life in the fourth, including an RBI triple by Pat Steele and a two RBI homer by Bob (Stitch me up and put me in, Coach!) Porter,  bringing the score to 5-4. Both teams put up zeroes in the 5th and 6th, but TPP struck for four more runs in the 7th thanks to an RBI single by Pat Steele and another homer, this time with two runners on, by Porter. Score now 8-5, TPP. After two more zeroes in the 8th inning, the Dubs put two runners on and plated one in the 9th, but the TPP defense stiffened and the game ended at 8-6. 

WW batters were led by Bob Buscher 3-3, RBI; Tom Benacka 2-3, HR, 2 RBIs; and Cathy McDonald 2-3, 2 RBIs. 

TPP was led by Bob Porter, 2-3, 2 HR, 6 RBIs; Pat Steele, 3-3, 2 RBIs; and (new team member) Kevin McBarron, Dan Smith, Oscar Delgado, and Mike Berry were 2-3. 

Defensively both teams were pretty solid. For WW, Bob Loperena made some nice catches in left center, and Bob Buscher played his usual solid game at short. 

For TPP, Oscar Delgado was very busy making running catches in right center, Kevin McBarron made a number of catches in left center and orchestrated the outfielders to hold down the Dub batters, Bob Porter was solid at 1st base, and kudos to Donna Engleman for a key put out at home plate. 

On this beautiful fall day at Calavera, Hennessey’s scored more runs than usual, but it was when they were in the field that most contributed to their 16-10 victory over Nucci’s. Stellar defense in the outfield and some infield wizardry led by the hot corner combo of third baseman Kevin Davidge and newcomer first baseman Andy Boyer that more than anything was the difference in the game. More than once Nucci’s had a rally thwarted by the gold glove caliber play of Davidge and Boyer.

The Hens jumped out to an 8-2 lead after 3 innings. The Cheese Wizards (get it… “New Cheese”), closed the gap with a three spot at the bottom of the fourth. The Hens put up five runs in the fifth, only to see Nucci’s add four of their own in the bottom half of the same inning. Both teams went radio silence on offense over the next three innings thanks to good pitching from Steve Berry (Hens) and Steve Sexton (Cheese Wizards) and notable defensive plays in the field.

Nucci’s put the Hens on notice in the eighth with two runs to narrow the score to 13-10. Things were getting tense. The Hens secured the win with three runs in the top of the ninth inning which went unanswered by Nucci’s in the home half of the inning. Final score Hens 16, Cheese Wizards 10.

The notable offensive players for the Hens were Craig Wheatcroft and Kevin Davidge with four hits each and Steve Berry and Ruby Murphy who both kept rallies alive with each going 3 for 4 at the plate.

Nucci’s best days came from Frank Weishaar who was 3 for 4, Guy McCord who was 2 for 3 and Dan Akers who was a perfect 2 for2. The defensive star was Kathy O’Neill making great catches in centerfield.

Hennessey’s wants to thank Dave Grull for filling in for some missing players.

Both teams want to thank Johnny Brand for a fine job of making all the calls at home plate and in the field. Sorry about those Yankees.

Plotkin Group came into today’s game with Carlsbad Inn on a 10-game win streak, but it came to an end at Pine, as CBI doubled up on them and won the game 16-8. CBI got out in front 10-0 in the middle of the fourth, but PG finally got on the board in the bottom of the inning, scoring five to cut the lead in half. CBI scored two more in the fifth on back-to-back solo home runs by Randy Baird and Randy Agadoni. CB then scored four in the eighth to increase the lead to 16-6. PG did not score in the bottom of the inning, so the teams flipped and PG scored two runs in the ninth.

The CBI hitting attack was led by Larry Wadalavage, Randy Baird, Randy Agadoni, Gordon Recht and Lloyd Thorne, who all went 3 for 4. Ken Thompson went 2 for 3, with a sacrifice fly and 4 RBIs. Dennis Kemp and Ron Silverman both went 2 for 3.

Ken Thompson did a fine job of pitching today, holding PG scoreless in six innings. The defense behind him was solid, including running lay out catches by Jerry Smith in left center and Randy Baird in right center.

Robert Kroger led the PG hitters, going 3 for 4 with a home run and 5 RBIs. Pat Driscoll, Oscar Castillo and Keith Richard also went 3 for 4.

The teams thank Jack Schwarzel for an excellent job of umpiring.

  Bye: The Draft

          Gaspar