Week 7: Hatfield 5/10/2023

[blouderback]

Game 1: Tap Daddy's vs. Team Wasted Talent
Tap Daddys get on the board quickly with a leadoff double from John Gambone and an RBI double from Andrew Gernert. Wasted Talent answers back when Matt Schwartz doubles and scores. In the 2nd, Tap Daddys add one more while Wasted Talent gets 3 on doubles from Schwartz and James Scarcelli. With Gernert blasting a 3 run homer over the fence and John Scott doubling and scoring in the 3rd for Tap Daddys, they'll take an 8-4 lead. Wasted Talent gets 1 in the bottom of the 3rd on Dan Drumm's sac fly. Tap Daddys adds 3 more in the 4th with Eric Mohan doubling and John Scott sacrificing. James Gillespie blasts a 2 run bomb in the bottom of the 4th for Wasted Talent. Tap Daddy's goes quiet in the last 3 innings, save for Gernert who tripled and scored. Meanwhile Wasted Talent gets homers from Gillespie and Nick Smalley, scoring 4 in the 6th. Going into the bottom of the 7th, Wasted Talent needs 1 to tie and 2 to win. Kyle Ortiz leads off with a single and with 2 outs, Ross Choate slaps a single and Ortiz scores on an error to tie the game. With a homer in his pocket, but none left on the limit to hit, Nick Smalley smartly rips a single to score Choate and walks it off. Wasted Talent wins in dramatic fashion, 13-12.

Game 2: Doc's Irish Pub vs. Muckdogs
Docs start off the scoring with a John Keszczyk 2 run blast. Muckdogs answer back with 3 on Ari Silverstein's double and Eric Schade's 3 run homer. Doc's goes quiet for 3 innings while Muckdogs score in each of the next 3 innings. Doubles come from Ryan Hamilton, Silverstein, Schade, Tyler Stone, and Bill Brancato. Score is 11-2 after 4, favor of Muckdogs. In the 5th, Docs get 3 runs across, while Muckdogs are quiet. They'll add 1 in the 6th when Evan Grzymkowski's doubles and scores. Going into the 7th, Docs need 7 to tie and 8 to win. Despite a valiant effort in sending 10 of 11 batters to the plate, they only score 5 with AJ Bagushinski tripling. Muckdogs hang on for the win, 12-10.

Game 3: Red Stallion vs. The Clinchers
Can the Clinchers clinch their first win of the season tonight? Read on to find out! Jack Long leads off the game with a double, and then scores when Alex Moore follows Long's at-bat with a double of his own. Score is 1-nuthin Clinchers. In their half of the 1st, Red Stallion rears up and scores 10. Tom Jacob, Just Gutierrez, and Nick Hildebrand double, while Bob Jacob triples. Clinchers go down in order in the 2nd, while Red Stallion keeps their foot on the pedal and scores 4 more in the bottom of two. Tom Jacob homers and Colin Kennedy doubles. Clinchers get 2 more on the board when Alex Moore blasts a 2-run shot over the fence in the 3rd. Red Stallion puts this game away in the bottom of the 3rd by scoring 12. Doubles come from Pete Herbert, Chris Crookham, Dom Anzideo, Hildebrand, and Casey Long. With The Clinchers going down in order in the top of the 4th, this game is over. Red Stallion wins, 26-3.