Monday Review

Monday was much more satisfying than last week, as we were the ones to come back from a big deficit, then hold on to win the first game. In the second game we scored 8 in the first, 7 in the third, 9 in the fourth and two in the fifth to win by a final score of 26-6. That is a bit of redemption from last week's 28-4 pasting at the hands of Caribbean Breeze. Obviously we had a number of great batting performances, but one in particular stands out: Dan batted 8 times in the two games, and they only got him out once. He had two homers, a double, two singles and two walks, drove in 8 runs and scored 7. Pretty special in anyone's book.

In the second game, we were particularly helped out by the last four batters in the lineup, Al Peterson, Al Schneider, Jim Foti and Jeff Donald. Collectively in 16 plate appearances, they had 13 hits and one walk, scored 9 times, and drove in 7 runs. The two outs they made were on hard line drives on which our opponents made excellent defensive plays. Clearly these four guys were the key to us winning so comfortably.

We also had some excellent defensive plays, but none finer than Al Schneider's in the first game, a dive to his right to snare a hard-hit grounder and flip from his back to Jeff Morris at second to force a runner. As a result, the Ninos did not score in the inning. Al Peterson, Jeff Morris and Al Boyd also recorded a critical 1-6-3 double play in the last inning of that same game, which we ended up winning by a score of 11-10.

Next Monday 10/22 will be our last scheduled games of the season. Thanks to all who have contributed this year.