Week 6: 5/2/2023

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Game 1: Dingers vs. Philly Junk
Philly Junk opens the 1st inning with a double from Jason Ashworth and a sac fly from Pat Kelley, scoring Shane Hanna. Dingers answer back with 2 on Bayley Jaminis's 2 run double. Philly Junk gets another run in the 2nd, while Dingers go quiet for 2 innings. Pat Kelley rips a double and scores on Jeremy Villano's double in the 3rd, and adds 4 more in the 4th, on doubles from Hanna, Ashworth, and sac flies from Kelley and Mike Bitterlich. Dingers get 3 in the 5th and go quiet again for 2 more innings. Philly Junk plate 5 in the 5th and 4 in the 6th. Hanna and Ashworth hit back-to-back dingers and Kelley smacks a triple and a double. They'll add another 5 in the top of the 7th, with Tom Ivers tripling and KC Ingram doubling. Going into the bottom of the 7th, Dingers need 16 to tie and 17 to win, but unfortunately for them fall a little short. Philly Junk wins, 21-6.

Game 2: Just Food vs. King's Corner
Kings Corner bat around in the 1st and score 8. Doubles come from Matt Schaub and Russell Miller. Sean Nonnemacher blasts a grand slam. For Just Food, Matty McReynolds doubles but gets stranded. In the 2nd, Kings Corner bats around again and scores 11 this time. Nonny doubles along with CJ Snyder, Schaub and Chris Beatty, who also adds a 2 run homer. Just Food gets on the scoreboard in the 3rd and scores 3 with a 2 run triple from John Sandy and a sac fly from Tony Stuart. Kings Corner adds 1 more in the 3rd, and 6 in the 4th. Nonny doubles again, Beatty homers again. Just Food scores 1 final run in the bottom of the 4th on Joe Talarico's leadoff double, but it's not enough to overcome 26 runs on the other side. King's Corner wins, 26-4.

Game 3: Team TBD vs. Beers
Beers score 5 in the 1st with Ryan Maley doubling and Nick Cocco sacrificing. TBD gets 1 on the board after Steve Gebre doubles and Tyler Stone scores on Ari Silverstein sac fly. Beers add 3 in the 2nd after a sac fly from Maley and a 2 run blast from Scott Runzer. TBD gets a run in the 2nd on Collin Sheehan's solo homer. Beers is quiet in the 3rd while TBD adds another 3. Gebre and Jimmy Weiger homer while Sheehan doubles. In the 4th, Maley triples in a run and scores on Runzer's RBI single. TBD gets 3 in the 4th. Gebre doubles and Silverstein homers. Nick Cocco doubles to leadoff the 5th for Beers and scores on Josh Goldberg's sac fly. TBD adds 2 in the 5th. In the 6th, with the score tight at 11-10 favor of Beers, they'll add 2 to extend the lead to 13-10. Kurt Krout doubles. TBD is quiet in the 6th. Beers adds 1 more in the 7th to make the game 14-10 going into the bottom of the 7th. TBD needs 4 to tie and 5 to win. Sheehan leads off with a homer and then the next 3 batters get on base. Tyler Stone double in 2 and Gebre drives in 1 to tie the game at 14. As Ari Silverstein steps to the plate with 2 on and a homer already in his pocket, he blasts a 3 run walk off dinger to win it for TBD in dramatic fashion, 17-14.

Game 4: Fibby Busters vs. Wire2Wire Sports Podcast
Wire2Wire gets no one home in the 1st while Fibby Busters score 3. Wire2Wire score 2 in the 2nd on Bill Walker's sac fly. Fibby Busters is quiet in the 2nd and 3rd as Wire2Wire bats around in the 3rd and scores 9. Back-to-back-back triples come from Brandon Bozek, Jake McDevitt, and Jared Fagnano, while back-to-back doubles come from Gene Walczak and Jim Chapman. Wire2Wire is quiet in the 4th. Fibby Busters add 4 in the 4th on back-to-back doubles from Ian Cuozzo and Eric Lane, along with a 2 run dinger from Brian McEachern. Nate Vincenty also adds an RBI double. Wire2Wire get 2 more in the 5th on back-to-back doubles from Bill Shalcross and Sean Butrica. Fibby Busters answer back with 2 of their own in the bottom of the 5th on Cuozzo's 2 run double. Wire2Wire add another run in the 6th, while Fibby Busters adds 5. Going into the top of the 7th it's tied at 14 all. Wire2Wire add 3, and Fibby Busters goes down in order in the bottom of the 7th. Wire2Wire wins, 17-14.