Week 2: 9/19/2023

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Game 1: Phill Junk vs Beers
Philly Junk gets 4 in the 1st with a Jason Ashworh double and a Pat Kelley homer. Beers answer back with 2 in the bottom. In the 2nd, Philly Junk bats around and scores 5. Shane Hanna, Jason Ashworth and Pat Kelley homer, and Mike Bitterlich doubles. Beers get 2 in the bottom, with Joe Sanchez doubling. Hanna and Kelley homer again in the 3rd and Philly Junk puts up 3. They'll add 2 more in the 4th, while Beers adds 5 in the bottom of the 4th. Tim Coleman triples. Philly Junk bats around again in the top of the 5th and scores 13. Ashworth slams a grand salami, Kelley doubles along with Evan Porter (Porter twice in the inning), and Pat "The Bat" Kelley smacks his 4th dinger over the fence. Beers needs a bunch to keep this game going in the bottom of the 5th, but only gets 1 across. Philly Junk wins, 27-10.

Game 2: Dingers vs Shake-N-Bake
Dingers can't score in the 1st, but Shake-N-Bake plate 1 with Joe Talarico doubling. Dingers are quiet again in the 2nd while Shake-N-Bake plates another in the 2nd. Dingers get on the board in the 3rd with a Pete Auteri 3-run blast. Shake-N-Bake scores 2 in the 4th and 1 in the 5th. Marty Balert doubles. Dingers take a 9-5 lead in the top of the 6th when Eric Popple bangs a grand slam after Connor O'Keefe had doubled. Shake-N-Bake cuts the lead to 3 in the bottom. Dingers add 6 insurance runs in the top of the 7th. Eric Popple doubles. Shake-N-Bake go down quietly in the bottom and Dingers win, 15-6.

Game 3: Cacium Cannons vs Wire2Wire Sports Podcast
Calcium Cannons muster just 4 hits in this game. Mike Cavanaugh singles and walks, Jamie Johnson singles and doubles, and Nate Vincenty singles. On the other side of the page. Wire2Wire are batting 14 tonight and 13 of them take a swing in the 1st. Doubles come from Brandon Bozek, Bill Brancato, Tom Signore, Jacob McDevitt and Bill Walker. Score is 8-0 after 1. Wire2Wire add 4 in the 2nd. Signore doubles along with Adrian Reyes and McDevitt triples. In the 3rd, Eric Dillon leads off with a double and goes on to score. The final nail goes in the coffin in the 4th when Alex "Flash" Freeman triples and McDevitt doubles again. Wire2Wire wins, 15-0.

Game 4: Team Marella vs Kings Corner
Scoring doesn't start until the 2nd, where Team Marella plates 5. Collin Sheehan and Bailey Moyer both double. Kings Corner gets 3 in the 3rd, with Mike Capacchione leading off with a triple and then scoring on Frank Stabler's double. Russell Miller also doubles and scores for Kings Corner. Team Marella plates 5 in the bottom of the 3rd. Jimmy Wiegers doubles. In the top of the 4th, Kings Corner gets 2 runs on back-to-back doubles from Jason Pane and Mike Capacchione. Team Marella answers in the bottom with a grand slam from Steve Gebre. They'll add another run in the 5th after Tyler Dazell doubles and scores. In the top of the 6th, Kings Corner gets 2 back. Team Marella adds 2 insurance runs in the bottom of the 6th with Wiegers tripling. Kings Corner puts up a good fight (see what I did there?) in the top of the 7th, but it's not quite enough. They come withing 3 of tying it up. Chris Beatty doubles and Keith Crowell triples in the effort. Team Marella survives a 7 run 7th inning and hangs on for the win, 17-14.