Week 5: 10/10/2023

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Game 1: Shake-N-Bake vs King's Corner
Kings Corner bats around in the 1st and scores 6. Doubles come from Chris Beatty, Matt Schaub, and Mat Crowell. Beatty will double in the 2nd as well and score another run. Kings Corner goes on to bat around again in the 3rd and scores 5 more. Schaub homers. Meanwhile, Shake-N-Bake scores 10 in the 1st 3 innings. Dave Carson triples. They'll get 5 more in the 4th, with Matt McReynolds doubling and Scott Minto and Marty Balent both tripling. Not to be outdone, Kings Corner scores 2 in the 4th and 6 in the 5th. Doubles come from Schaub, Mike Capacchione (2). They'll end the 6th with 7 more runs. Schaub doubles twice in the inning. Shake-N-Bake bats around and scores 10 in the 5th. Dave Shannon doubles and Tony Stuart triples. With time running out, they need 2 to tie in the bottom of the 6th, but go down in order. Kings Corner outlasts Shake-N-Bake in this slugfest, 27-25.

Game 2: Wire 2 Wire Sports Podcast vs The Commission dba Silly Boys
Wire2Wire doesn't get on the board until the 4th inning, when Bill Brancato doubles in a run. Commish score just 3 in the 1st 3 innings. Greg Delgado doubles. They'll get another in the 4th on a solo shot from Bryl Villano, and 1 more in the 6th when Jon Motts doubles and scores. Wire2Wire get 2 in the 5th and 6 in the 6th. Jake McDevitt triples. Commish can't score in the 7th and Wire2Wire hold on to win, 9-6.

Game 3: Dingers vs Calcium Cannons
Cannons score 14 in the 1st 4 innings while Dingers plate 16. For the Cannons, Mike Cavanaugh doubles, Jason White, Ian Cuozzo and Aaron Heller all triple, and Ian Cuozzo adds a homer. For the Dingers, Pete Auteri, Beyley Jaminis, and Dave Iotarola double. Eric Popple, Pete Auteri and Beyley Jaminis all triple. In the top of the 5th, Trey Cuozzo doubles and Jason White homers to help Cannons plate 4 more. Dingers add 3 in the 5th with Popple tripling again and Auteri adding another double. Cannons have no answer in the 6th, and this game is over with a win for Dingers, 19-18.

Game 4: Philly Junk vs Team Marella
Team Marella gets a leadoff double from Tyler Stone but strand him at 3rd. Philly Junk scores 2 in the 1st with Shane Hanna doubling. In the 2nd, Team Marella bats around and plates 9. Steve Gebre and Jimmy Wiegers both double and Adam Lanza triples. They'll add 3 more in the 3rd with Stone doubling again and Collin Sheehan tripling. Philly Junk adds 3 in the bottom of the 3rd with Pat Kelley tripling and Mike Bitterlich and Jeremy Villano both doubling. Philly Junk adds 5 more in the 5th. Kelley and Villano both double. They'll add 4 more in the bottom of 6th to take a 1 run lead after Tyler Stone had smacked an RBI double for Team Marella in the top of the 6th. Team Marella threatens in the top of the 7th with a baserunner, but can't get him across the plate. Philly Junk wins a close one, 14-13.