Impressive Wins for the Stripes

There was no rust to dust off. Maybe it's because the Spring season ended only 3 weeks ago. Or maybe because it was a beautiful night, but the "Stars" truly seemed aligned. Hell, Buttner was hitting to the left side of 2nd Base and so was Kessler. Things were bound to go right.

In game one, it was an all-around team effort. Thanks mostly to their pitcher's inability to find the strikezone, the Stripes jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. The final score was 34-11, though many of their runs came in the last inning when the game was already out of reach (possibly an omen for the next game). 34 runs is certainly the most we have scored in a long time, if not ever. Tom?

Game 2 was much closer. The Never Will Be's have a ton of team speed and their bats certainly came around in game 2. But the Stripes showed their grit and continued to claw back, culminating with a comeback from a 3-run deficit in the bottom of the last inning. Truly a hard fought win. Final score, 18-17.

Special mentions of the night:

- Considering only 3 people were playing in their natural position, our defense didn't do too bad.

- Kudos to Charlie "I know, Dad, watch the line drive" Meldrum, and Alan "Dont' call me Coco Crisp" Peterson in the outfield.

- Jeff Donald filled-in more than admirably at shortstop, especially considering he's nearly 90 years old.

Fair and Balanced reporting here on the blog (Chapman). I didn't even mention my monster triple to effectively win the game last night (of course after my boneheaded throw earlier in the inning extended the game more than it needed).


Next week we have early games. Keep an eye out for standings and hopefully stats later in the week.