Week 9: 8/22/2023

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Game 1: Wire2Wire Sports Podcast vs. Philly Junk
Wire2Wire gets on the board early with a 2 run double from Bill Brancato, then they go quiet for 2 innings. They'll get another run after Brandon Bozek leads off the 4th with a triple and scores on Tom Signore's sac fly. One more run comes in the 5th after Jim Chapman leads off with a single and scores. For Philly Junk, they score early and often. 3 in the 1st with doubles coming from Jason Ashworth and Pat Kelley, and a 2 run triple from Jeremy Villano. In the 2nd, they get 4 more with non-roster sub Jon Poore doubling. They'll bat around in the 3rd, with back-to-back homers from Brandon Birkhead and Kelley, doubles from Villano and KC Ingram (2 for KC in the inning), and triples from Porter and Poore. 2 more cross in the 4th after Birky's solo shot and Kelley's double. They'll end it in the 5th by scoring 3 more, with Ashworth doubling and Birky slamming his 3rd homer over the fence. Philly Junk wins, 21-5.

Game 2: Just Food vs. King's Corner
Just Food is quiet in the 1st but scores 2 in the 2nd. They'll go quiet again for the 3rd and 4th, and get one more across the plate in the 5th after John Biondo doubles. On the other side of the page, King's Corner gets 2 in the 1st after Sean Nonnemacher's leadoff double. Another run crosses in the 2nd, and 3 in the 3rd, with Chris Beatty doubling and Justin Miller tripling. In the 4th, Kings Corner scores 6. Beatty homers, Nonny, Mat Crowell, Matt Schaub and Mike Capacchione all double, and Ryan Schaub triples. King's Corner closes it out in the 5th with 6 more runs, including homers from Ryan Schaub and Mike Capacchione. King's Corner wins, 18-3.

Game 3: Beers vs. Team Marella
Beers get 5 in the 1st with Keving Dooley doubling and Tim Coleman tripling. 2 more cross in the 2nd and 3 in the 3rd. Josh Goldberg triples and Ryan Henritzy homers. 5 more cross in the 4th. Dooley homers and Goldberg doubles. Beers will get 1 more run in this game, in the 6th. Meanwhile, Team Marella struggles to get men on base. They send just 3 men to the plate in each of the 1st 4 innings with a walk and a double play being the only action on the bases. Finally in the 5th, Colin Sheehan breaks up the no-hitter with a solid single, and scores on Dylan Smith's RBI single. They'll get just 1 more hit in the 6th from Alex Marella, but it's not enough to overcome 16 runs from Beers. Beers win, 16-1.

Game 4: Dingers vs. Fibby Busters
Dingers start out hot and bat around in the 1st, scoring 8. Bayley Jaminis homers and Pete Auteri doubles. In the 2nd, John Carroll leads off with a double and scores. Dingers get 3 more in the 3rd with Jaminis crushing a 3-run blast and Dave Iatarola doubling. They'll bat around again in the 4th, scoring 8. Carroll and Dan Blazek both double, and Connor O'Keefe homers. 3 more runs cross in the 6th with triples coming from O'Keefe and Jaminis. For Fibby Busters, They'll bast out 18 runs in 6 innings. Batting around in the 2nd, they'll get the majority of them (11). Shawn Thomas triples while Ian Cuozzo, Trey Cuozzo, and Mike Bobrin all double. 3 more cross in the 3rd with Ian Cuozzo and Thomas both doubling. Fibby Busters get 3 in the 4th, with Dan Lineberger doubling. One lone runner scores in the 6th and final inning after Brett Saverio doubles and scores. 18 runs is not enough to overcome Dingers, and Dingers win, 23-18.