Scores: 2025s2 Week 13

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”She could make a good dog break his leash” Sam Seaborn complimenting  Ainsley Hayes (West Wing)

It took some doing, but Worden Williams finally broke through its scoring woes and came away with a 17-5 victory over the Plotkin Group.  By notching a win today, the Dubs clinched first place and now await its opponent in the playoffs that begin on December 2. It was no secret that the Dubs had been struggling this round trying to find a replacement for pitcher Mike Endeman and rediscovering their offensive rhythm after suffering only 3 losses in the first two rounds of play. Both problems were solved today as the joint pitching efforts of Mark Riserbato and Bob Buscher were able to hold PG at bay while hitting honors went to Kevin Lynch (4/4, 4 RBIs and 3 extra base hits) and Gary Fisher (3/4, 4 RBIs and a HR) at the top of the order while Lloyd Thorne, Gary Conway and Joni Wallman kept the line rolling from top to bottom.

Defense for the Dubs was clearly on display. Any time you can hold a team to single digits in senior softball is an achievement and WW delivered exactly that today.

While the score might suggest a blowout, nothing could be further from the truth. The Dubs did most of their scoring in just three innings (5, 3 and 5 runs) while the PG defense held strong the rest of the way, allowing only four additional runs.

Roney Lewis and Robert Kroger led the offensive charge for PG with Roney plating two runs and Robert going 3/4.

And, as we used to say at my summer camp after every game -  no matter the outcome – “a good time was had by all.”

 After 5 and a half innings PPB is in control with a 13-4 lead, but The Draft scores 5 in the bottom of the 6th and 2 in the 8th to make it close going into the 9th, but no one on either team could get on base ending the game.

Leading hitters for PPB with 3 hits were Tom Benacka, Steve Doan, Leo McFall, Eugene Smith, Dale Miller and Tom Redmond. Those with 2 hits were Rich Lavacot, Marty Topper and Gary Soper, who pitched well.

Leading hitters for The Draft were 3/4 for Mike Brower and Rich Keefer, who pitched well. Going 2/3 were Mark Prior and Raul Mateus, who homered. Elizabeth Bailey hit a monster 3-run homer.

PPB stays in playoff contention heading into the last game of the season. They need a win over WW and for Gaspar and CPA to lose next Tuesday to make the playoffs.

Both teams thank Al Cabacungan, who umpired with excellence. 

Going into this game, VPS was hoping to add to their momentum by winning a back-to-back game off of Tuesday’s win.  However, GA (visitor) didn’t waste any time positioning themselves for a win today scoring 3 runs in their first at bat.  VPS answered back with a 5 run post in the bottom of the first inning and never gave up the lead.  VPS added 3 runs in their 3rd inning. At this point, the score is 8 – 3, VPS.  GA continued to keep the pressure on, posting 3 runs in their 4th at-bat.  VPS responded by posting another run to bring the score to 9 – 6 at the end of the 4th inning.  VPS added 3 more runs in the 5th.  Then the GA bats fell silent through the 6th inning.  GA added another run in their 7th.  In the GA 8th inning, GA threatened to come back by adding 3 [final] runs in their drive to win.  VPS kept the pressure on by scoring 2 runs in their 8th to bring the final score to 14 to 10.  Both teams played well in the field making some fine plays.    

Some of the standouts at the plate for GA included Laurie Mills and Gene LaChimia who hit 4/4 off their bats.  3/4 contributions came from Jeff Schneider, Dan Miserany, Tom Winterbourne and Guy McCord. 

For VPS, standouts were from Brian Turner and Rick Shaw hitting 4/4 on the day.  Robert Tahimic (sub), Dario Santana, Teddy Badillo, Kevin Davidge and Keith Richards went 3/4.  Keith Richards also went deep into left-center for a home run.  

VPS thanks Robert Tahimi and Erin Spoden for subbing today.  Both teams thank Steve Sexton and Donato Domaguin for umpiring. 

We finally got a respite from the rains today so we could get out and play some softball.  With the early game slot at Alga, the Carlsbad Police Association challenged the Carlsbad Inn team to a duel with playoff implications.  Both teams were ready, but CPA was more ready, putting up 10 runs in the first 3 innings to 3 for the sleepy Innkeepers.  CBI finally woke up their bats in the bottom of the 4th, adding 4 runs to close the gap to only 3 and from there, the game stayed pretty close.  CBI erupted for 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th to tie the game at 14.  In the top of the 9th, the coppers loaded the bases with 2 outs, but Joe Dimambro squashed the rally with a fine play at 3rd.  In the bottom of the ninth, Jerry Smith led off with a sharp single, and with one out, Cord Cameron hit a walkoff double, Jerry never stopping in his romp around the bases to score the winning run 15-14.

CPA was led by the big bopper, Mr. John Symanski, who went 4-5, with 5 RBIs and a big home run to the fence.  Also contributing were Jeff Van Siclen, 4-5 with 2 RBIs, Dave Hartzog 4-5 with an RBI, and Mike Berry, Rod Johnson and Mark Remas all going 3-4.  Rod Johnson pitched another fine game and the infield turned at least 3 double plays to shut down CBI rallies.

CBI was led by Jerry Smith, 4-4 with 2 RBIs, Randy Baird 3-3 including a solo HR, Sac Fly and 3 RBIs, Linda Wolf a perfect 3 for 3.  Also contributing were Cord Cameron, 3-4 with a solo HR, Rich Reynolds 2-3 plus some fine catches in LF, Mike Gallagher 2-3, Dennis Kemp 2-3 and finally Steve Berry 2-3 plus some great pitching.

Many thanks to Greg Lorton for keeping his commitment to umpire our game even with the early start.  Al Cabacungan joined a few innings later to manage the bases.  Both did a fine job.

Bye: Nucci's

Rained Out!

Rained Out!

As both teams approached warm-up time with the skies threatening rain, it was unsure if we would be able to play five innings let alone a full 9 innings.  The downpour fortunately stopped at about 9:00 and we were able to enjoy a game on this cool morning.  WW led off with scoring 2 runs in their top of the first inning.  VPS answered back by posting 5 runs in their half of the first inning and 3 runs in their 3rd inning. Then the VPS bats fell silent at 8 runs through their 6th inning.  The WW bats continued to nibble away at the VPS lead.  In the VPS 7th, 4 more runs were added to the score and 5 more in the VPS 8th. Going into the 9th inning the score was 17 (VPS) to  8 (WW) when the WW bats exploded.  WW scored 8 more runs (17-16) and threatened the one more needed to tie the game.  With two outs and the tying run on first and the go-ahead at the plate, VPS was able to put out the go-ahead batter running to first.  As it was expected, some fine double plays were made by both teams.  

For WW, both Kevin Lynch and Bob Loperena went 4/4 with home runs.  Leigh (Honey) Peterson also slugged a home run.  Bob Buscher and Gary Fischer hit 3/4 on the day.  

For VPS, Brian Turner hit 4/5 and a home run.  Sub Jerry Smith hit 4/4.  Jimmie Martin, Rick Shaw and Teddy Badillo Each went 3/4.  VPS extends thanks to Jerry Smith for subbing today.  

Both teams express their gratitude to Al C for umpiring. 

Rained Out!

Bye: Carlsbad Inn