Week 7: 5/9/2023

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Game 1: Philly Junk vs. Wire2Wire Sports Podcast
Neither team scores in the 1st. Philly Junk gets 6 in the 2nd on Brandon Birkhead's leadoff homer, a triple from Shane Hanna and a double from KC Ingram. Bill Brancato leads off the 2nd for Wire2Wire with a solo shot, and Bill Shallcross scores after singling for Wire2Wire. In the top of the 3rd, Philly Junk gets a double from Evan Porter, and a couple of sac flies from Ryan Habel and Tom Rider to take an 11-2 lead. Wire2Wire goes quiet in the 3rd. In the 4th, Philly Junk adds 5 more to make the score 16-2. Homers come from Jason Ashworthy and Porter, while Jeremy Villano adds a double and scores. Wire2Wire make the score 16-6 in the bottom of the 4th, scoring 4. Jacob McDevitt doubles in a run. Philly Junk gets a double from Pat Reilley but ends up stranding him in the 5th, while Wire2Wire goes down in order. In the 6th, Birky blasts his 2nd homer, a solo shot. Wire2Wire get 2 more on the board in the bottom of the 6th when Ben Vitelli doubles and scores. Philly Junk add 8 more insurance runs in the top of the 7th, with doubles coming from Ashworthy and Porter, and Birky blasts his 3rd homer, a 3-run shot over the fence. Going to the bottom of the 7th, it's 25-8 and Wire2Wire can't score. Philly Junk wins, 25-8.

Game 2: Just Food vs TBD
Just Food can't score in the 1st while TBD bats around and gets 6 on the board. Tyler Stone leads off with a double and scores while the rest of the lineup singles or sacrifices. In the 2nd, Just Food gets on the board when Dave Shannon doubles and scores on Joe Talarico's RBI single. TBD answers back in the bottom of the 2nd scoring 3 when Steve Gebre doubles and Collin Sheehan homers. Just Food gets 1 in the 3rd, while TBD is quiet. Just Food adds 2 in the 4th on Kyle Saba's double and Steve Skedzielewski's RBI double. TBD bats around in the bottom of the 4th, scoring 11 on a 2-run homer from Mike Kilkenney and a 2-run triple from Gebre. In the top of the 5th, Just Food adds 2 runs, and TBD closes this game out early with 2 more runs in the bottom of the 5th. TBD wins, 22-7.

Game 3: Beers vs. King's Corner
Beers get 2 in the 1st on Kurt Krout's double and a Scott Runzer double. Kings Corner bats around in their half of the 1st with doubles coming from Sean Nonnamacher (2 in the inning), Justin Miller and CJ Snyder, and triples from Chris Beatty and Jay Pane. Beers get 3 on in the 2nd but can't get them across the plate. Kings Corner adds 3 in the 2nd, with doubles coming from Matt Schaub and Snyder, and Miller triple. Beers score 2 in the 3rd on doubles from Runzer and Nick Cocco. Kings Corner answers back with 3 more in the 3rd, with Miller's 2nd triple of the night. In the 4th, Beers send all 9 to the plate and score 4. Cocco doubles again. Not to be outdone, Kings Coner sends 12 to the plate in the bottom of the 4th and scores 7. Beatty gets his 2nd triple of the night, Schaub homers, and Chris Lansbury adds a 2-run triple. Beers bats around in the 5th, scoring 8 to make the score 21-17 favor of Kings Corner. Krout doubles, Runzer doubles, and Chris Anhalt doubles. In this time shortened game, Kings Corner adds 6 in the bottom of the 5th with a homer from Lansbury, Nonny's 3rd double of the night, Schaub's 2nd double and Miller's 3rd triple of the night. King's Corner wins, 27-17.

Game 4: Fibby Busters vs. Dingers
Fibby Busters get 1 in the 1st on Jarrett Predergast's double. Dingers score 4 in the bottom of the 1st when Eric Popple leads off with a double and scores. Bayley Jaminis triples in 2. Fibbly Busters go down almost in order in the 2nd, while Dingers DO go down in order in the bottom of the 2nd. In the 3rd, Fibby Busters get 1 when Brett Saverio leads off with a triple and scores on Predergast's sac fly. Dan Lineberger also doubles and scores. Dingers get 3 in the 3rd with John Carroll doubling in 2 runs.Fibby Busters are quiet in the next 3 ininngs, while Dingers score 7 in the same time frame. Pete Auteri triples and Connor O'Keefe doubles. In the 7th, Fibby Busters get 2 on doubles from LineBerger and Nate Vincety, and sac fly from Ian Cuozzo. It's not enough, though, and Dingers win 14-5.