Week 1: 6/6/2023

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Game 1: Beers vs. The Commission dba Silly Boys
Beers get a leadoff double from Ryan Maley and get him over to 3rd, but strand him there. Commish bat around +2 in the 1st, scoring 8. Jarret Kerns doubles, Brendon Parker and Greg Thompson both triple and Tyler Gower homers. Beers goes down in order in the 2nd, while Commish adds 5. Dillion Tagle homers and Parker doubles. Beers finally get on the board in the 3rd. Maley doubles again, along with Chris Anhalt. Commish adds 2 more in their half of the 3rd on sac flies from Gower and Tagle. Beers get doubles from Maley and Connor MacFarlane to score 5 in the 4th, while Commish adds 3. Kerns doubles again and Thompson triples again. Beers bat around +2 in the top of the 5th, scoring 7. Scott Gerhart homers and Maley collects his 3rd triple and 5th RBI of the night (he'll end up 5 for 5 in the game). Commish makes it a 24-16 game in the bottom of the 5th by scoring 6. Jake Haber doubles. In the 6th, Beers make it a close game by scoring 4. Anhalt doubles again. In the bottom of the 7th, needing 4 runs to tie and 5 to win, Beers threaten by getting the 1st 2 batters on base, but then go down 1-2-3. The Commission win, 24-20.

Game 2: Fibby Busters vs. Team Marella
Neither team scores in the 1st, but then Team Marella bats around in the 2nd and scores 6. Steve Gebre doubles along with Adam Felix. They'll add another run in the 3rd when Dylan Smith doubles and scores on Felix's 2nd double of the night. Fibby Busters get 1 run on a solo shot from Trey Cuozzo in the 3rd. In the 4th, Team Marella score 3 on back to back doubles from Gebre and Jimmy Wiegers. Fibby Busters get 1 more on back to back doubles from Brett Saverio and Jarrett Prendergast. Felix will go yard with a 2-run blast in the top of the 5th to make the score 12-2. Despite a 2-out double from Mike Bobrin, Fibby Busters can't get him home in the bottom of the 5th. Team Marella scores 6 in the 6th with Collin Sheehan doubling along with Mike Killeney. Fibbly Busters adds 5 in the bottom of 6, with Saverio doubling again. Team Marella adds 3 more in the top of the 7th, with Sheehan tripling and Matt Bound doubling. Fibby Busters can't score in the bottom of the 7th, and Team Marella wins, 21-7

Game 3: King's Corner vs Philly Junk
Philly Junk starts off defending their Spring Championship by scoring 4 in the 1st. Shane Hanna doubles and Brandon Birkhead blasts a 2-run homer. Kings Corner answers back by scoring 5 in their half of the 1st. Chris Lansberry homers. Philly Junk retakes the lead in the 2nd. Mike Bitterlich doubles. Kings Corner retakes the lead in the bottom of 2. Sean Nonnemacher doubles and Chris Beatty homers. They'll add another run in the 3rd. Philly Junk scores 2 in the 4th when Tom Ivers doubles and socres on Shane Hanna's sac fly. Pat Kelley also doubles but gets stranded. In the bottom of 4, Nonny leads off with a double and scores on Matt Schaub's double. Score is 19-9 after 4. Birky will provide a solo shot leading off the 5th, but then Philly Junk goes down 1-2-3. Kings Corner adds 1 more in the 5th. In the top of the 6th, Philly Junk bats around +2 and makes it a 2-run game. KC ingram leads off with a solo shot and also triples in the inning, while Pat Kelley doubles and Birky, Jeremy Villano, and Mike Testa all triple. Kings Corner add 4 more in the bottom of the 6th to make it a 24-18 game. Philly Junk ties it in the top of the 7th by scoring 6 runs. Hanna and Kelley homer, Villano doubles. In the bottom of the 7th, Kings Corner get a couple on base, but can't get them across the plate. This game ends up in a tie, 24-24.

Game 4: Just Food vs Wire2Wire Sports Podcast
Just Food gets their leadoff batter on but strand him. Wire2Wire plate 3 in the 1st with Tom Signore doubling. Just Food get a couple hits in the 2nd but again can't get any across the plate. Wire2Wire get a lone walk in the 2nd and strand him. Just Food goes down 1-2-3 in the 3rd. Meanwhile, Wire2Wire blast out 16 runs in the bottom of the 3rd. Greg Guarino gets 2 hits, Jacob McDevitt gets a single, a double, and 4 RBIs, Tom Signore triples and scores twice, Bill Brancato gets 2 hits and 3 RBIs, Bill Shalcross sacrifices in 2 runs, Ben Vitelli doubles and Brett Anker gets on twice in the inning. Score is 19-nuthin after 3. No worries, Just Food will bat around and bang out 12 runs to make this game interesting in the top of the 4th. Eric Dillon triples. Wire2Wire bats around again in the 4th, scoring 8 more. Tom Signore homers while Adam Reyes, Sean Butrica, and Vitelli all double. Just Food bang out 6 of their own in the top of the 5th. Tony Stuart doubles, Kyle Saba triples and Scott Minto homers. Wire2Wire add 2 more in the bottom of the 5th when Ankler doubles and Guarino homers. Assuming time was an issue, this game ends, 29-18 and a Wire2Wire win.