Week 8: 10/31/2023

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Game 1: Team Marella vs Calcium Cannons
Team Marella bats all 9 batters to start the game and scores 4. Back-to-back doubles come from leadoff man Tyler Stone and Collin Sheehan. Calcium Cannons get a double from Trey Cuozzo in the bottom, but he gets stranded there. Team Marella bat all 9 plus 3 in the 2nd. Jimmy Wiegers and Collin Sheehan both double on their way to scoring 8 in the inning. Cannons eek out a run in the bottom of the 2nd, but then they'll bat all 10 players and add 5 in the bottom of the 3rd. Team Marella bats 9 plus 1 in the 4th and adds 5 more to their lead of 17-6. Wiegers homers and Mike Kilkenny doubles. Team Marella adds 5 more in the 5th (yes, batting around plus 1 again). Sheehan homers and Steve Gebre triples. In the bottom of the 6th, Cannons tighten the score by batting 12 and scoring 7 in the inning. Tim Smith homers and Jamie Johnson doubles. They'll add 3 more in the bottom of the 7th with Johnson doubling again, but it's too little too late. Team Marella holds on for the 3 run victory, 22-19.

Game 2: Kings Corner vs Beers
Beers get 4 in the 1st after Ryan Maley leads off with a double. Kings Corner plates 4 in their half of the inning as well. They'll add 2 more in the 2nd to take an early 6-4 lead. Beers takes the lead back with 4 runs in the 3rd, with Chris Anhalt tripling and knocking in 2. Kings Corner plates 1 in the 4th after non-roster sub Brandon Bozek triples. Beers adds 3 in the 5th. Scott Gerhart doubles. Kings Corner plates 4 in the bottom of the 5th. CJ Snyder, Mike Capacchione and non-roster sub Bill Brancato all double, while Bozek smacks his 2nd triple. It's all tied up at 11 after 5 innings. Beers break the tie 1st with 3 runs in the top of the 6th. Gerhart doubles and non-roster sub Ian Cuozzo blasts a 3-run homer. Kings Corner gets 2 back in the bottom. Chris Beatty doubles. Beers adds 3 more to their lead in the top of the 7th. Ryan Maley doubles. Needing 4 to tie and 5 to win, Kings Corner get a couple men on base and then Jay Pane doubles in a run, followed by Chris Beatty's 3 run homer to tie it up. It's time for EXTRA INNINGS! Beers score 1 in the top of the 8th to take the lead. In the bottom, King's Corner scores 2 with 1 out and take the win, 19-18. Mat Crowell gets the walk off RBI.

Game 3: Shake-N-Bake vs Wire2Wire Sports Podcast
Shake-N-Bake scores 1st in the bottom of the 1st, but pretty much that's it for them. John Sandy singles and scores, and Neal Bellucci, Dave Shannon, and Steve Skedzielewski are the only others to collect a hit in this game for Shake-N-Bake. For Wire2Wire, they score in every inning except the 1st. Bill Brancato doubles and triples, Brandon Bozek doubles, Bill Walker triples, and Eric Dillon doubles and triples for Wire2Wire. This game is over early with a Wire2Wire win, 17-1.

Game 4: The Commission dba Silly Boys vs Dingers
Scoring doesn't start until the 2nd when Jon Motts walks and scores for Commish. Dingers get 4 in the bottom, with Connor O'Keefe tripling in 2 of them. Both teams plate 1 each in the 3rd on errors, walks and singles. Dingers add a run in the 4th. Commish plate 3 in the 5th. Tom Koezler triples in 2 runs. Dingers get 5 back in the bottom of the 5th. Eric Popple doubles along with Dan Blazek. Commish get 2 runs in the 6th while Dingers add 2 as well. Bayley Jaminis doubles for Dingers. Needing 6 to tie and 7 to win, Commish threaten with a bunch of baserunners, but score only 2 of them. Joe Shannon doubles in the effort, but it's not enough. Dingers win, 13-9.