Week 6: Hatfield 10/4/2023

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Game 1: The Clinchers vs Tailspinz / Mixed Nutz
Tailsinz start off big by batting around and scoring 14 in the top of the 1st. Axel Alicea triples and homers in the inning, Jarret Kerns doubles and the rest of the team works 9 walks. Tailspinz will add another 4 in the 2nd, while Clinchers also plate 4. Charlie Stump triples for Clinchers. In the 3rd, Tailspinz gets 7 more runs. Jarret Kerns homers. Clinchers get 3 back in the bottom, with back-to-back doubles from Jon Sutcliffe and Casey Kelly. Tailspinz take a 27-7 lead in the top of the 4th, and Clinchers score just 2 to make it a 18-run game. They'll score none in the 5th, and Tailsinz wins, 27-9.

Game 2: Did We Win? vs Mayhem
Mayhem plates 2 to start the game while Did We Win goes down in order. Tim Hearns homers for Mayhem in the 2nd and they score 2. Did We Win has no answer for Buddy Schwartz's pitching, and can't score in the 2nd. Did We Win finally gets on the board with 5 runs in the 3rd, with Bill Coles tripling and Keith Halali blasting a 2-run bomb. Skipper Dave Demko settles down pitcher Buddy Schwartz between innings, and Buddy doesn't let up a run or even an extra base hit in the final 4 innings. On the other side of the page, Mayhem scores 2 in the 4th, 3 in the 5th and 2 more in the 6th to take an 11-5 lead going into the bottom of the 7th. Tim Hearns homers again, and both Casey Condron and Derrick Strowhauer double, and pitcher Buddy Schwartz chips in with a solid single. Holding a 6 run lead, Buddy Schwartz goes to work and gets all 3 outs, with 2 groundouts to him and a strikeout. Mayhem wins 11-5.

Game 3: Doc’s Irish Pub vs Warriors
Doc's gets a 3-Run homer from Dylan Brooks and a solo shot from Chase Luxton to take an early 4-0 lead in the 1st. They'll extend the lead in the 2nd by scoring 2, and 1 more in the 3rd. Meanwhile, Warriors go scoreless until the bottom of the 3rd where they plate 1. Doc's get that 1 back with another Chase Luxton solo shot in the 4th. Warriors plate 1 in the bottom of the 4th with a Jimmy Waterstradt homer. Doc's are scoreless in the 5th despite an AJ Bagushinski double. They'll bat around in the 6th and add 5 runs, with Luxton doubling along with Clay Snyder. Needing 11 to tie and 12 to win, Warriors can only muster a couple of hits and score 1 in the bottom of the 7th. Doc's Iris Pub wins, 13-3.