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Thursday February 3rd
Pizza Port Brewery 18 The Landings 12
Pizza Port Brewery 18 The Landings 12
Pizza Port Brewery 18 The Landings 12
Pizza Port had to come from behind to beat The Landings today 18-12 at Alga Norte. The Landings took an early 8-3 lead with Don Schemp and Mike Skeber both putting up 3 hit days. Pizza Port stayed within striking distance with Kevin McBarron (4/5) hitting two 2 run homers to keep the score at 8-7 after 4.
But with Vicki Asaivao keeping the PPB hitters at bay with her ankle high fastballs, it needed to be the PPB defense that took over. They responded by holding The Landings scoreless for 5 straight innings while they chipped away for some runs of their own. Then in the 8th Ernie Martinez lined a homer and a few singles later PPB only led 13-11 going into the bottom of the 8th. But PPB added on 5 and once again it was Jerry Nuanez who came up with a base loaded RBI to start a cushion providing rally that proved to be too much.
For PPB Dave Erwine, Gene LaChimia, Dennis Rayford, Rod Johnson and Ray O’Toole all made only one out as did John Quigley who continued to pick up RBI after RBI.
The Landings welcomed back Randy Benge from his 18 month exile and look forward to adding his talents to the lineup…starting next week.
The Draft 25 Gaspar 20
Pizza Port Brewery 18 The Landings 12
Pizza Port Brewery 18 The Landings 12
A great day to play softball, wasn't to cold and wasn't to hot. The game when back and forth all innings. AS Yoggi Berra said,' It ain't over until it is over".
A slugfest it was; Gaspar stars: Bob Blachford,Brain Turner ( homerun + 2rbi), Bruce Petz, Bill Codner ( 2rbis), Phil Kay and Barbara Pardo all 4/6.
Draft stars: John Musselman 4/6, David Bentley,Ken McGehee (home run + 7 rbis) Dan Miserany, Jeff Jacobs, Greg Lorton, Pete Zavala all 5/6. Dan Frye had a homerun. Kirsten Mildbrandt had a homerun and 6 rbis.
Thank you BIll (Gaspar) for loaning the Draft a catcher.
Carlsbad Inn 20 Nucci's 17
Village Pie Shop 18 Hennessey's 7
Village Pie Shop 18 Hennessey's 7
The final score was officially CBI 20, Nucci's 17, but real score was closer to 10-7 as the Calavera field accounted for about half the runs in the game. The infield was harder than concrete--so hard, in fact, that it prompted usually mild-mannered CBI shortstop and manager to use profanity: he said "darn" more than once. And the outfield!!! The swamp in right center field literally ate up Nucci's Leigh Peterson on one play. Fortunately his teammates were able extract him from the morass before he was lost forever.
As to the game itself, CBI led the entire game, but never by more than a couple of runs. CBI's hitting was led by Rich Lavacot, who went 5 for 5, and 4 for 5 games from Walt Webber, Jack Schwarzel, and David Ward. Nucci's got an over-the-fence homer from Dave Ash and a long triple from Jay Cardona.
Most importantly, everyone on both teams survived the field to play another day.
Village Pie Shop 18 Hennessey's 7
Village Pie Shop 18 Hennessey's 7
Village Pie Shop 18 Hennessey's 7
"The Ace of Diamonds" helped VPS put away a very "lackadaisical" hitting Hennessey's team today. HEN sprayed numerous hits but was unable to put enough together across the home plate.
Dick Wood went 3/3 and Al Castaneda went 3/3 plus a HR. But.....Al also gave up a HR while tying his shoe in RC as the ball rolled by him. Bill Gardner had to chase it down to the fence. Janet and Jimmie Martin pitched their hearts out...to no avail.
At the commissioners meeting Tuesday, it was the "Ace" pulled by VPS to break up a draft tie that brought Al Galaviz to the VPS team. The "Rookie" then goes 4//4 plus a HR with Bob Porters 4/4 and Big Jim Davis 4/4 too. Another outstanding outing by Bob Baptista on the mound supported by catcher Roger Tesi.
Another enjoyable senior game at Pine with loads of comradery.. .......nuff said
PS: And a Big Welcome to Gary McBride now playing on Hennessey's.
Tuesday February 1st
Landings 26 Hennessey's 17
Village Pie Shop 19 Carlsbad Inn 16
Village Pie Shop 19 Carlsbad Inn 16
I wish I could come up with some cool slogan, like the thriller in the cellar, or the rumble down under, but any way, both teams knew going into this match that somebodies record was going to get better, and somebodies record was going to get worse. With both teams having an 0/3 record, it was bound to be an all-hands-on deck battle!
Landings came out fast, scoring 5 in their first at bat, but the Irish in Hennessey’s wasn’t about to stand for that, and they scored 3 of their own. Swords were up and the battle was on. However, with the Irish missing two of their better players, Landings was able to prevail.
Notables for Hennessey’s were Roney Lewis who was 5/5 and hit for the cycle. Tom Winterbourne was 5/5, and Bill Garner was 4/5 with a home run.
For Landings, the ever-stalwart Mike Mauler Maltinsky was 5/5 with a home run, Ernie Martinez was 4/5, substitute David Bentley was 4/5. All of the boys and girls contributed, with the exception of Landing’s clumsy short stop.
Thank you to David Bentley and Steve Berry for assisting the Landings in this victory.
Village Pie Shop 19 Carlsbad Inn 16
Village Pie Shop 19 Carlsbad Inn 16
Village Pie Shop 19 Carlsbad Inn 16
CBI's score card showed 12 active players. No Bower or Schwarzel "roaming" the CBI outfield! That made a HUGE difference in the game's outcome. David Ward got his usual HR and David Hartzog went 4/4. Mark Lehman crushed one to the fence but was unable to chauk up a HR. CBI Pitcher Barry Anderson held VPS to the 4th before a 5 run inning. Look out..... when Manager Skip Moyer has his full team!
VPS got HR's from Phil Heinz, Roger Tesi and who...? Kathy O'Neil powered a HR to the fence and picked up 2 other RBI's too. Phil and Roger went 4/4 plus Ron Silverman and Bob Porter joined the
group. Outstand play...Sherre Lovick caught a "screamer" hit by Ray Kusmer to right field that could have changed the game's outcome...!
Another enjoyable senior game with loads of comradery.....nuff said
Nucci's 25 Gaspar 6
Pizza Port Brewery 18 Plotkin Group 12
Pizza Port Brewery 18 Plotkin Group 12
Nucci’s took advantage of a short-handed Gaspar team. Still, the Nucci’s team continued to play a strong defense, both infield and outfield. Margo Jacobo played a solid 2nd base; Johnathan Brand made a snow-cone catch at short stop while jumping a whole ½ inch off the ground. Michael Endeman made incredible stops at pitcher. Tori Prince made a heads-up play as catcher by fielding a short ball and getting back to home base to get the out. Finally, Bill Mead made several eye-popping saves at 1st base to keep Gaspar off the bases. The outfield played sold ball with quick relays to keep the runners from advancing, along with a couple of circus catches by Leigh Peterson in right center.
Nucci’s offense had three players with perfect batting (Leigh Peterson, Joe Dimambro, and Tori Prince) and three players with one short of perfect batting (Johnathan Brand, Dave Ash, and Bill Mead). Dave Bosque had a home run in his first game of the season. And, not to be outdone, 2 crushing home runs from jolt'n Joe Dimambro.
Pizza Port Brewery 18 Plotkin Group 12
Pizza Port Brewery 18 Plotkin Group 12
Pizza Port Brewery 18 Plotkin Group 12
It was an extremely tight, competitive game out at Calavera today with Pizza Port scoring 5 in the 9th to win 18-12. Plotkin Group jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 1st with Bob Green (4/4) hitting a towering 3 run homer that was later found in the Village Pie parking lot. PPB clawed slowly back, taking leads of 6-5 and then 11-5 in the 6th. Kevin McBarron’s (4/5) bases loaded triple, Rod Johnson's 3 RBI’s and Steve Sexton’s 2 run double doing the damage.
PG then strung together a series of hits led by Bob Buscher (4/4) and Ken Thompson (3/3) to get it to 13-12 going into the 9th inning. But the bottom of the PPB order came through with Dennis Rayford getting his 4th hit and Jerry Nuanez getting a base loaded RBI, before the top added on with 4 more runs to give PPB some breathing room.
Both teams played tight D with Dale Miller making some fine catches, Green snagging several liners and the PG infield shutting down any rally’s as they gobbled up balls. Not to be outdone, PPB made play after play with McBarron and Pat Driscoll making some nice grabs and the entire infield playing flawless D. It was a very well-played defensive battle and represents the reason we still play this kids game.
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