Week 3: 6/20/2023

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Game 1: Just Food vs. Dingers
Just Food scores 6 to take an early lead. Doubles come from John Sandy and Matt McReynolds. Dingers retake the lead with 7 of their own in the bottom of the 1st. Derrick Acker and John Carroll both triple, and Tony Rossi homers. Just Food ties it back up in the 2nd with 1 run, but Dingers take the lead again with 4 in the bottom of 2. Pete Auteri doubles and Rossi hits his 2nd dinger of the night. Both teams are quiet in the 3rd and 4th, save a double from Just Food's Kyle Saba. In the 5th, Just Food scores one run on a Steve Skedz double. Dingers get 3 runs on doubles from Acker and Auteri in the bottom of the 5th. They'll add 1 more run in the 6th to hold an 8 run lead going into the bottom of the 7th. Needing 8 to tie and 9 to take a lead, Just Food gets their leadoff man, Tony Stuart, on with a double, but end up stranding him on 2nd base. Dingers win, 16-8.

Game 2: Fibby Busters vs. Wire2Wire Sports Podcast
Wire2Wire get a leadoff double from Greg Gaurino, but strand him at 2nd. Fibby Busters take an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st. In the 2nd, Wire2Wire score 3. Ben Vitelli rips a 2-out RBI double. Fibby Busters score 1 in the 2nd, with Kevin Smith doubling. Wire2Wire open it up and take a 9 run lead in the 3rd. Doubles come from Jared Fagnano and Tom Signore. Fibby Busters close the gap in the bottom of the 3rd scoring 6. Doubles come from Jarret Prendagast, Dan Lineberger, and Ian Cuozzo. Wire2Wire widen their lead again by scoring 4 in the 4th. Fagnano and Bill Brancato both double. Fibbly Busters go quiet for the 4th and 5th. Wire2Wire add 1 in the 5th, and 6 in the 6th. Brandon Bozek triples, Jacob McDevitt, Fagnano, Signore all smack doubles.They'll add 3 more in the top of the 7th, taking a 15 run lead into the bottom of the 7th. Fibby Busters get 2 on with 2 out, but stall there. Wire2Wire wins, 25-10.

Game 3: The Commission dba Silly Boys vs. Team Marella
Team Marella jump out to a 3 run lead. Collin Sheehan doubles in 1 and Adam Celix smacks a 2 run single. Commish gets a leadoff double from Jarred Gardner who then scores. Team Marella adds 3 more in the 2nd. Commish is quiet for 2 innings, while Team Marella adds3 more in the 3rd. Cam Comachuk doubles and scores, and Steve Gebre doubles. In the bottom of the 4th, Commish fight back and score 5. Jon Motts triples and both Brain Parker and Tyler Gower double. With a 3 run lead, Team Marella is confident in their defense and doesn't feel the need to score any more runs in the last 4 innings. Commish gets 2 in the bottom of the 6th, and needs only 1 to tie and 2 to win it in the bottom of the 7th, but Team Marella's defense holds and they beat The Commission, 9-8.

Game 4: Kings Corner vs. Beers
Beers get 1 run in the 1st 5 innings, then explode for 10 runs in the 6th. Ryan Maley doubles, Josh Goldberg doubles and singles, Tim Coleman doubles, and Connor MacFarlane triples and singles in the inning. Meanwhile, Kings Corner scores 8 in the 1st 5 innings. Matt Schaub and Justin Miller both double. Kings Corner will add 2 more in the bottom of the 6th with Sean Nonnemacher doubling and scoring. Going into the bottom of the 7th, Beers are holding onto a thin 1 run lead. With 1 out, CJ Snyner and Keith Crowell both single, and Frank Stabler sacrifices in Snyder to tie the game. With 2 outs and the game on the line, Russell Miller steps to the plate and puts the ball in play, and Crowell scampers home on an error to win it for Kings Corner, 12-11.