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Game four was our first game out of the division against Hanamana. The team captain is a foul-mouthed, tooth-missing, former college wrestler from Philly, nicknamed Jayo. He was the winning captain of the first three years of the league, but his team fell way short last season. His team has also been named Hanamana all five seasons. One of the top picks on this team is a former college pitcher who went in the early second round. Fortunately for us, his defense and offense are shit, so he was overvalued.
In this game, we were minus two players due to injury. Chris was still out, and Lia missed a game. In our league, every team must field 3 women. If one woman does not play, then one of the women must bat twice in the order, so Mary Kay got that nod due to being a little more athletic than Ariella. Also, we must always field two women on defense, so Mary Kay and Ariella played the entire game.
Hanamana (1-2) was on a high from the previous week after they upset their division favorites, the Pitch Slappers, who we would face in Week 5. However, they ran into our stout defense, and we prevailed 12-8.
This week we played on a field with no outfield fence, so there were a few HRs in the league, including one from yours truly. I nailed one down the LF line and over the LF's head, and it kept rolling.
We were the visiting team and scored in the top of the first. We added four more in the 3rd to take a 5-0 lead. We were up 7-0 after 4. We hit the 5-run rule again in the top of the 5th to take a 12-0 lead, but Hanamana answered with two runs in the bottom. We got shut out the last two innings, and they added three each of the last two innings for the final 12-8 count.
Line up:
1 - Tyler - SS
2 - Josh - CF
3 - Shawn - RF
4 - Frank - LF
5 - Mitch - 2B/1B
6 - Mary Kay - LROV
7 - Lee - 3B
8 - Doug - 1B/RROV
9 - Ariella - C
10 - Mike - 2B
11 - Daniel - RROV
12 - Mary Kay
1st inning: Top
Tyler - Infield single
Josh - Fly out to RF
Shawn - Single. Tyler to 3rd.
Frank - RBI Fielder's choice, 5-4.
Mitch - Double. Frank to 3rd.
Mary Kay - Ground out, 6-3.
2nd inning: Leading 1-0
Lee - Fly out to RF (off the end of the bat, dammit)
Doug - Fly out to RF
Ariella - Ground out, 5-3
3rd inning: Leading 1-0
Mike - Single
Daniel - Infield single. Mike to 2nd.
Mary Kay - Pop out
Tyler - RBI single. Daniel to 2nd.
Josh - Single. Daniel to 3rd. Tyler to 2nd.
Shawn - 2-RBI double. Josh to 3rd.
Frank - Pop out to 1B.
Mitch - RBI single. Shawn to 3rd.
Mary Kay - Line out to 3B.
4th inning: Leading 5-0
Lee - Single
Doug - 2-RBI HR
Ariella - Ground out, 5-3
Mike - Single
Daniel - Fielder's choice, 6-4
Mary Kay - Ground out, 6-3
5th inning: Leading 7-0
Tyler - Single
Josh - Double. Tyler to 3rd.
Shawn - RBI Sac fly. Josh to 3rd.
Frank - RBI double.
Mitch - 2-RBI HR
Mary Kay - Single
Lee - RBI HR (Due to the 5-run rule, it only counted as one run)
6th inning: Leading 12-2
Doug - Ground out, 3
Ariella - Ground out, 6-3
Mike - Single
Daniel - Single. Mike to 2nd.
Mary Kay - No at bat. Mike out at 2B for leaving early.
7th inning: Leading 12-5
Mary Kay - Pop out to 3B
Tyler - Ground out, 6-3
Josh - Single. To 2nd on E-RROV
Shawn - Ground out, 6-3
Lee's stats:
2 for 3, HR, RBI, R
Defense:
4 assists
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