Saturday, January 17, 2015

Quick Recaps of the Championship Games

It was a beautiful day in Fort Myers -- a little chilly in the morning but skies and sunny.

The first pitch of our game was a little earlier than reported but it was 65 degrees at 9:30am as the 38 Special was matched up against our team the PED's.  It has been a great week, super group of guys so we will look to cap off a good week and make it a great week by winning today.

Schmidt was matched up against Borgeson in the pitching department.  Shane pitched two very solid games for us earlier in the week so looking to get the third one today out of him.  We got to Borgeson in the first matchup and touched him up for 7 runs - so a repeat of that would be very nice.

After a scoreless first inning, Schmidt got out of a slight jam in the top of the 2nd.  We plated a run in the bottom of the 2nd to get an early lead 1-0.  Both teams were held scoreless in the 3rd and Schmidt kept 38 off the board in the top of the 4th and the game is cruising along.  In the bottom of the 4th the PED's were able to put a nice rally together and score 2 runs to go up 3-0.   38's put together a rally led by a rocket double by Borgeson and drew the game closer to 3-2 going into the bottom of the 5th.  The bottom of the sixth we go with the score still at 3-2 and I came up to bat with guys on first and 2nd, I hit a flare over 2nd base which was good enough to score another run to put us at 4-2.  Schmidt came out to finish up the game in the 7th inning - he hinted to me that if he got in trouble I might come in relief but I knew he was up to the task.  He was able to get 2 quick outs to start up the inning.  Mr. Pirate (Pittsburgh fan) laced a double down the right field line and the tying run comes to the plate.  Schmidt got the final batter to fly out the left and the PED's win the "RED" division championship.

The Blue Division Championship matched the Warriors vs the Sleepers.  The Sleepers plated a run in the top of the 2nd to strike first, but the Warriors came back with 4 runs in the bottom of the 3rd to take a nice lead (which at the time seems like a lock to win the game) - the Sleepers had a few guys on but could not break through and get runs on the board needed to beat Anderson on the mound.  The game ended up being the same score as ours -- 4-2 with the Warriors winning the "BLUE" division championship.

Tonight is the final banquet where they will hand out various awards (MVP, Cy Young, Gold Glove, Rookie of the Year, and the Kirby Puckett award) and to cap out a great week.

Shout outs to my teammates (especially the Rookies) this week for a great week - super team, better teammates and since Papa Smurf is retiring from baseball after camp - I am glad to be a part of sending him off a winner!  Papa you are the best.


~~ "You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra ~~

1 comment:

  1. There is no way papa is retiring. That guy has more energy than anyone I have ever seen. Truly one of a kind, neat guy!

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