Week 5: 4/30/2024

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Game 1: Kings Corner vs Dingers
Kings corner start off hot and bat around in the 1st scoring 5 runs. Dingers answer back with 3 after Mike Casbar doubles in 2. Justin Miller triples in the top of the 2nd for Kings Corner and they score 2. They'll go on to score 4 in the 3rd and 1 more in the 5th before Dingers score again in the bottom of the 5th where they plate 2 to cut Kings Corner's lead to 6. Kings Corner will add 2 in the top of the 7th after Mat Crowell doubles and scores, taking a 14-5 lead into the bottom of the 7th. Dingers get 1 run in the bottom, but it's not enough. King's Corner wins 14-6.

Game 2: The Commission dba Silly Boys vs Beers
Beers pitching retires the 1st 6 Commish batters in order, and then goes on to take a 3 nuthin lead after 2. Ryan Maley, Vinnie Venneri, and Connor MacFarlane all go back-to-back-to-back with doubles for Beers. In the 3rd, Commish comes alive and scores 4. Beers answer back with 3 on a MacFarlane triple and a Scott Runzer double. Commish adds another in the 4th and the bats around in the 5th to plate 8 more. Jon Poore, Brendan Parker, and Greg Thompson all get 2 knocks in the inning, and Joe Shannon legs out a double. Beers get another double from MacFarlane and plate just 1 in the 5th. Beers will add 1 more in the 6th when Alex Goldberg triples and Maley doubles him in. Commish get a couple insurance runs in the top of the 7th. Thompson doubles in both runs. Going into the bottom of the 7th, Beers trail 15-7. MacFarlane leads off the inning with his 4th extra base hit of the night, a double. He score on Runzer's RBI single. Josh Goldberg knocks in Runzer with a single, Tim Coleman singles, and Chris Anhalt doubles in Goldberg. Ryan Calabro doubles in 2 to make it a 2 run game with no one out yet. Scott Gerhart triples but gets thrown out at the plate, and the comeback stalls for Beers. Commish hangs on to win, 15-13.

Game 3: To Be Determined vs Philly Junk
TBD score none in the 1st inning, despite Collin Sheehan tripling in the 1st inning. They won't put anyone across the plate until the 4th, and then 2 more in the 5th on a Mike Kilkenny 2 run blast. Meanwhile, Philly Junk scores in all 4 of their at-bats. Tom Ivers, Shane Hanna and Vinny Catagnus all double (with Catagnus knocking 3 of them), and Brandon Birkhead and KC Ingram both triple. Philly Junk beats up on TBD, 18-3.

Game 4: Wire2Wire Sports Podcast vs Calcium Cannons
Wire2Wire get none in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd, and 2 in the 3rd. Cannons get 2 in the 1st, 3 in the 2nd, and 4 in the 3rd to take a 9-4 lead after 3. Ian Cuozzo homers twice for the Cannons. In the 4th, Wire2Wire make it a 1 run game after back-to-back-to-back doubles from Gene Walczak, Bill Shallcross and Sean "Preppie" Butrica. Calcium Cannons broaden their lead to 3 in the 4th after Nate Vincenty doubles. Wire2Wire takes the lead in the top of the 5th with a 5 run effort. Bill Waller doubles in 3 runs. Calcium Cannons retake the lead in the bottom of the 5th by batting around and scoring 7. Trey Cuozzo doubles. Wire2Wire gets 1 in the 6th to make it a 4 run game. It's 18-14 going into the 7th, and Bill Waller leads it off for Wire2Wire with a double. Walczak scores him with a single and then goes on to score on Jim Chapman's RBI single. Ben Vitelli reaches base and scores on Brett Acker's RBI single, but the comeback stalls 1 run short. Calcium Cannons win, 18-17.