Week 8: 7/26/2022

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Game 1: Wire2Wire Sports Podcast (6-1) vs. Just Food (0-7)
Tom Signore starts off Wire to Wire with a leadoff homerun, and along with Greg Guarino's triple, they'll score 3 in the 1st. Just Food scores 1 in the bottom on a couple of singles. W2W gets 4 more in the 2nd, with Brandon Bozek banging out a 3-run dinger. W2W will add 2 more in the 3rd on Guarino's triple, while Just Food is playing catch-up with a nice bottom of the 3rd. They'll score 3 on a double from Steve Skedzielewski's double and Marty Balent's 2RBI triple. In the 4th, W2W is steadily adding a few more runs. Gene Walczak legs out a double. W2W will add one more in the 6th to total 14 runs, with Ben Vitelli doubling and knocking in 1. Despite another good inning for Just Food and scoring 5 in the bottom of the 6th on doubles from John Sandy and Corey Eyerman and Tony Stuart's 2 run homer, it wasn't enough to avoid an 0-8 season. Wire to Wire Sports Podcast wins 14-9 and ends the season in 2nd place at 7-1.

Game 2: Beers (2-4-1) vs. Team Horsham (4-3)
Beers score 6 in the 1st to put Team Horsham in a hole. Ryan Maley's leadoff double highlight the inning. Not to be outdone, Team Horsham digs out of the hole quickly and bats around in the bottom. They'll score 5 with back-to-back homeruns from Brett Saverio and Dan Lineberger. Eric Lane triples and scores as well. In the 2nd, Kurt Krout homers and Ryan Calabro, Ryan Henritzy, and Tim Coleman double to score 4. Team Horsham ties it up in the bottom of the 2nd, with Kevin Smith doubling in 2 runs. Beers take the lead in the top of the 3rd with 2 runs, but Team Horsham takes the lead in the bottom with 4 runs. Beers add 2 more to tie it up in the top of the 4th on doubles from Coleman, Scott Gerhart and Justin Bathurst. Team Horsham takes the lead again on Mike Bobrin's RBI triple. Beers gets serious and knocks in 4 runs in the 5th, on Ryan Maley's solo shot and Tim Coleman's 3 run dinger. That'll be all the runs they'll score, however, and with Team Horsham batting around in the 5th and scoring 11 on several walks and Bobrin's 2nd triple of the game as well as Saverio's 2nd homer of the game, Team Horsham wins 26-18 and ends the season in 3rd place at 5-3. Beers ends up in 6th place at 2-5-1.

Game 3: Dookie Brewster (4-3) vs. Kings Corner (3-3-1)
Both teams get 1 in the 1st. In the 2nd, Dookie Brewster bats around and scores 6, with Joe Horchuck doubling. John Erb's homer in the bottom of the 2nd gets King's Corner to 2. Dookie Brewster bats around again in the 3rd, getting 10 more on the board. Ryan Goodman and Tom Koezler homer, Rob McKenna triples, and Jared Gardner doubles. Sean Nonnemacher will double and score in the bottom of the 3rd to add another run. Dookie Brewster adds 1 more in the top of the 4th on Jimmy Cray's double. In the bottom of the 4th, Erb will again leadoff with a solo homer (his 2nd) and along with Frank Fusca's 3-run shot, King's Corner will score 4. With Dookie Brewster going down in order in the 5th, King's Corner takes advantage of the momentum and scores 7 in the bottom of the 5th. Doubles from Matt Schaub and CJ Snyder, along with Fusca's 2nd 3-run homer of the evening highlight the inning. Dookie Brewster adds 2 more in the top of the 6th on James McLaughlin's 2 run bomb. Despite a double from Nonny in the 6th, King's Corner can't plate any more in this game. Dookie Brewster wins 20-14 and ends the season in 4th place at 5-3. King's Corner ends up in 5th place at 3-4-1.

Game 4: Philly Junk (6-1) vs Dingers (2-5)
Dingers will forfeit this game and end the season at 2-6. Philly Junk gets the easy 7-0 win and ends up in 1st place at 7-1.


**** Shoutout to singer/songwriter Billy Joel. In the words of scorekeeper Fern, "I need your lineups!" For now, I'll see you in the playoffs!