TWOS : Pitch: Seven, Catch: Prof Zen, 1st: Heidi, 2nd: Ricky, 3rd: DY, OF: Gunz, Sandman, Marvelous, Fei, JoZ
Game 1 : ONES 15 : TWOS 4 (Mercy in 5 innings)
Game 2 : ONES 2 : TWOS 12 (Mercy in 7 innings)
Game 3 : ONES 0 : TWOS 1 (extra innings)
Saturday saw the return of many of our prodigal sons. On a beautiful Saturday Afternoon, with the sun partially hidden behind clouds, a stiff breeze blowing in from the sea and perfect fresh cut grass, hiding soft moist earth, saw the culmination of the single most number of SAS from the old school, who have gone missing for weeks and for some, months.
To celebrate the return of so many who have gone missing, we played 3 games. Not 3 ordinary games mind you, but 2 mercy games, followed by an extra inning, tie-breaking third game. Both teams were very fair and the final game came down to the wire in extra innings.
The Twos played at home for the first game, and the Ones started off strong, pulling off hit after hit after hit, scoring 5 runs in their first at bat. The Twos fought back with 3 runs, but this game did not belong to them. After seeing 2 scoreless innings in the second and third, the Ones' big bats struck again, scoring another 5 to take a 10-4 lead at the bottom of the fourth. Relentless, the Ones punished the Twos again in the fifth with another 5 runs. The Twos had no answer and they lost the first game 15-4, a mercy score after 5 innings.
Inspired by the loss, the Twos rallied back hard in the second game. Finally swinging their bats and making good contact. The Twos took the lead in the first, with a 3-2 score. Both teams were unbelievably evenly matched, and many a scoreless inning was seens. Defensively, both teams could have been considered dream teams in their own right, and neither side gave any quarter. Finally putting together a string of hits in the 3rd and 5th. The Twos managed to pull ahead with a 7-2 lead. Somehow drawing strenth from the humiliating defeat in the first game, the Twos replied a mighty 5 run inning at the top of the fourth to which the Ones had no reply. Final Score 12-2, mercy in 7 innings.
The third game was to be the tie-breaker, and though players on both sides were exhausted, the standard of play was still top-notch. A 3 inning game would decide the victor for the day, but with both teams playing at their best, 3 innings was not to be. Almost error free, the first 3 innings remained scoreless for both sides. We would have to play extra innings. The Ones could not score on the Twos inspired defense in the top of the 10th, and it looked like the Twos could not score either. But with 2 outs, Dom on second and DT on first, DY hits a single into no man's land and Dom scores to take the win for the Twos.
What a day! Three brilliant games!
MBP : DY
Gold Glove : Sandman
Biggest Bat : None
Best Play : Prof Zen (catching a no-look foul tip off Cool Papa's bat)
DY play of the day : DY (running down everything in foul territory, alas catching none)
Bonehead Play : None
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(Left to Right)
Standing
Legend, Hassie, Heidi, Rickey, Rube, Indiana, Metro(white specs), Cool Papa, Gunz, TS, Generalissimo, Prof Zen, Horfun, Monk, Diana, Jason
Front Row
Fei, Marvelous, Seven, Guppy, Swat, JoZ, Sandman, DY, Grandpa
1) The best hit of the day was by Seven. He hit a ball that was a grounder/line drive to first. As soon as it hit the ground, it spun off in foul territory, just barely past 1st base.
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