Week 8: 5/20/2025

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Game 1: Calcium Cannons vs Kings Corner
Cannons start out scoring 14 runs in 4 innings, batting around in the 4th. Ian Cuozzo doubles twice, Jason White knocks a 3-run homer over the fence, Jaden Newman triples, and Drew Firney homers. On the other side of the page, Kings Corner scores 14 in 4 innings to tie it up, batting around in the 3rd. Mat Crowell doubles, Justin Miller triples, Chris Abato doubles, Russell Miller doubles, and subs Jason McLaughlin and Joey Pittman chip in with a double and a triple for McGlaughlin and a triple and a homer for Pittman. Calcium Cannons score 3 more in the 5th to take the lead. Firney doubles and Ryan Granger triples. Kings Corner takes the lead back with 4 in the 5th. Nonny doubles and Pittman triples again. Cannons tie it up with a run in the top of the 6th, but Kings Corner retakes the lead again in the bottom with 3 more runs. In the top of the 7th, Cannons go ahead by 1 with a double by Ian Cuozzo and a 3-run blast from Ben Heagan. Needing 1 to tie and 2 to walk it off, Kings Corner can only manage the 1 run with McLaughlin's triple and Nonny's RBI-single. This game ends in a kiss yer sista tie, 22-22.

Game 2: To Be Determined vs Beers
TBD manages 9 runs in 7 innings. Tommy Gomez doubles along with Connor Hood (twice) and Matt Bound. Meanwhile, Beers score 9 in 6 innings. Tim Coleman doubles in the 1st, Ryan Maley homers, and Scott Gerhardt doubles in the 3rd, Alex Goldberg triples and Scott Gerhardt doubles in the 4th, and Josh Goldberg triples in the 5th. In the bottom of the 7th, tied at 9, Ryan Maley steps to the plate with a mission and promptly places a well pitched ball over the fence to walk it off in style. Beers win, 10-9.

Game 3: Powerhouses Wire2Wire Sports Podcast and Philly Junk face off
Philly Junk sets the tone with a leadoff dinger from Pat Kelley. The rest of the lineup follows the lead and puts up a total of 5 in the 1st. KC Ingram doubles along with Tom Ivers. Wire2Wire get a run in the 1st off of Alex Freeman's sac fly. Phill Junk pours on the gasoline and bats around in the 2nd. Kelley and Ryan Habel both double. Wire2Wire add 3 in both the 3rd and 4th. Alex Freeman doubles. Philly Junk plate 5 more in the same to make it a 19-7 game. Evan Porter doubles along with Ivers. In the 6th, Philly Junk plate 6 more. Kelley and Brandon Birkhead both homer and Ivers collects his 3rd double of the evening. Wire2Wire get 2 in the 5th and 4 in the bottom. Tim Frei doubles and Brian Dart triples while Alex Freeman jacks a 2-run homer. It's not enough, however, and Philly Junk wins this one, 25-13. No worries for Wire2Wire, as they already had locked up 1st place in the Spring Tuesday Men's League. See you both in the playoffs!

Game 4: Shake-N-Bake vs Dingers
Shake-n-Bake muster just 4 runs in 4 innings with 3 subs who never got on base safely and while taking a batting out. Jake Readinger doubles. Dingers, also playing with just 9, bang out 27 runs in just 3 innings. Hunter Curley triples, Bailey Jaminis doubles twice, Rich Schmidt triples, Blake Szymanski triples, Connor O'Keefe doubles twice and triples, and Morgan Shadle wraps up the bottom of the lineup with a home run. Dingers win easily, 27-4.