Ones: Mick, Jor-El, Horfun
Twos: Ripken, Rafiq, Cool Papa (substituted by DT in the 7th)
All time: 1st Generalissimo, Pitcher: DT (substituted by Cool Papa in the 7th)
Rules: 3 bases, 1st, 2nd, home. Bat lefty.
Ones: 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
Twos: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
MBP: Rafiq
We were severely short of numbers this weekend with so many folks out of town or missing. Cool Papa brought his kid, Rafiq, who was only out for BP, but ending up playing. That was how short of numbers we were.
With 8 folks (including Rafiq), we decided to remove one base entirely, and play in a triangle instead of a diamond. To mix things up, everyone hit lefty (except Rafiq). Generalissimo played 1st all time as he had taken a cortisone short to the shoulder the day before and could not lift his arm.
For 6 innings (top/bottom), DT pitched a shutout game, with most hits going back to him for a 1-3 out. Never have we seen so many pitcher assisted outs. Mick led off the scoring with a E1 single-turned HR. Mick was trying to take extra bases on his hit, and Cool Papa'ss throw to 2nd took a bad hop and struck DT's knee and bounced wild. Mick proceeded to take home.
The Twos answered back immediately in the next inning. Rafiq who's OBP was 1.000, was on 1st when Ripken smacked a liner into centerfield (well, since we were playing in a triangle, all hits were to centerfield anyway). He ran home to score the tying run.
It was in the 6th when Mick broke out the big left hand bat and struck a grandslam HR (in this case, 3RBI instead of 4) for the ONEs to take a 4-1 lead. The score pretty much stayed the same till the bottom of the 9th.
Last chance for the TWOs and they put on their rally hats. A string of singles started bringing in runs with no one getting out. With 2 down and the score tied, Rafiq came up to bat with Ripken at 2nd, DT at 1st. Rafiq, exhausted as he was (1hr BP before the game... plus he's only 9), struck a well hit ball into the gap in centerfield. Ripken ran in to score... Walkoff!!!! The Twos Win...
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