7/19/2008
What a game and great win against a good team. The coach of the Red Sox made sure his top players showed up to play us. Although they showed and hit well to have a 4 run lead going to the 8th inning it was not enough as we not only tied the game, but took a 3 run lead heading to the 9th and a win to remain undefeated. As the coach for the Red Sox shook my hands to congratulate our win, he said "with the way we came from behind late to win, it's no wonder your team is undefeated".
Trailing 4 - 0 going to the 2nd it was time to score before the Red Sox became more confident with how they were playing us. Matt who continues to swing a hot bat, got us going with a line drive 1B and was followed by a 1B from Berger. Dean who came to the plate next drove in 2 runs on a 3B. Ralph scored Dean on a sacrifice fly to cut the lead 4 - 3 after the 2nd. They continued to hit, by putting up 5 more runs before we scored again in the 5th thanks to a lead-off 3B by Fisher. Our team defense and good pitching did shut down the Red Sox for 2 innings which gave us a chance to cut into the 9 - 4 deficit as we came to bat in the bottom of the 6th.
In the 6th, back to back 1B's from Ralph and Chris got us started. The coach scored Ralph for the 5th run and he would come around to score on a 3B by Nick. Tommy scored on a 1B by Pete to end the 6th 9 - 7 the Red Sox. As we cut into their lead, they knew more runs were needed to hold off our last efforts to win. They did increase their lead by 4, but as it turned out it was not enough.
As we came to bat down 4 runs in the 8th, it was time to score or else end up with our first loss of the season. The team pulled together no way are were we going to do it right now. After the coach spoke to his club about being more patient at the plate and stepping back in the box towards the catcher to hit the ball better as it came down lower into the hitting zone. It worked great, as we got 7 hits to not only tie the game, but take a 3 run lead heading to the 9th. The on-slaught of hits in the 6th and 8th was good to see especially since we only got 5 hits earlier due to their Pitcher and third baseman, Coach Dave. He made several plays some that prevented doubles down the line. As We came to the plate in the 8th we knew that in order to win the team needed to make the adjustments.
Dean & Ralph hit back to back 1B's to start us off in the 8th and Nick would score Ralph. Then Tommy & Pete got 2 key 1b's and Ricky hustled down the line to beat out a errant play which kept the inning going. It set things up for the games tying 2 run 2B from Owens. Fish & Matt would follow with back to back RBI 2B's to put us ahead 14 to 11 after 8. We did shut the Red Sox down in the 9th to take a great come back win away from a good team. They played us tough and had us looking at our first loss until our superb never give up team attitude pulled out the win to remain undefeated.
DEFENSIVE STARS: Dean who filled in at 2nd played a steady game and took part in a double play. Ricky Winn did a very nice job at 1st showing his versatility. In the outfield, Fisher made several nice catches, as usual, to prevent any chance of the Red Sox scoring more. Pete played a nice heads up game at 3rd, like he has done every game as a rookie and finally Nick prevented some extra base hits in the gaps by backing up LF & RCF. Aside from the nice job the mentioned players did on defense, the team did not play that well. It needs to stay focused as we know it's our defense that will be the reason the team wins.
OFFENSIVE STARS: Brian Owens for his clutch 2B received the first game ball. The next ball was handed out to Fish for his defense and 2 hits one of which was the go ahead run in the 8th on a 2B. The final game ball was for the coach's (Binkie) Dean, for his steady play at 2nd and his offense. He ignited the team on a solid 3B n the 2nd inning to get us on the board and lead off the come from behind 8th with a 1B. Nick had 2 hits, 2 R's & 2 RBI's as another offensive contributor. Tommy, Pete, Berger and Ralph each had 2 hits. Matt hit the ball very hard all day with no luck on two at bats, but he did come away with 2 solid line drive hits. Although the offense did not click early in the game, it came up big in the 8th with 7 R's on 7 hits three of which were clutch 2B's.
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