Week 8 – Sliders vs. Night of the Living RED

RED was looking forward to a little revenge against Willy and his bunch of Sliders after our last meeting. We came ready to hit, and hit we did, putting up 20 runs on the board.

But unfortunately, this game wasn’t lost at the plate. It was lost in the field. Let’s give credit where it’s due. The Sliders hit the ball well, and their defense was fantastic. They made the plays they needed to make, and we can’t take anything away from them.

RED, on the other hand, put together an absolutely abysmal defensive performance. We made a few plays, but I can remember at least a dozen errors off the top of my head, and just about every one of them had the potential to be an out.

It’s a lot like an NFL game. You can move the ball, score points, and do plenty of things right, but if you turn the ball over five times, you’re probably going to lose. That’s pretty much how this game felt. We scored 20 runs, but we gave the Sliders far too many extra opportunities and they made us pay for it.

Final score: Sliders 27, RED 20.

We can hit with anybody, but hitting alone isn’t going to win games when we give away outs in the field. The Sliders have had our number.

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The Sliders spent most of this game wondering where I was. If it weren't for the fact I pitched OK, there wasn't much to prove I was even there. Defensively I watched a lot of balls go by me. Offensively I was offensive. Fortunately, the rest of the Sliders covered my ass. The Slider defense was tight and gave away very little which is very good considering the Night Red Guys don't need any help scoring runs.

Defensively, the Sliders were very good. They held the high powered Red offense in check most of the game. Even with that we entered the open inning with a tiny 2 run lead... 21-19.

Lately, the open inning has belonged to us and this week proved to be no different. After recording 2 outs on a line drive that Ray gloved and a ground out to 2nd, the next 7 Sliders all reached base with 6 of them scoring before I flew out for the 3rd out. Red was unable to mount a comeback and could only push across 1 run before we put them out of their misery. Final Score... 27-20.

Notable Slider bats : Perfect for the Night - Byron Hoch [5-5 w/ 7 RBIs] and Craig Rowe [5-5 w/ 4 RBIs] Almost Perfect -Mauricio Espinosa and Ryan Berger [3-4 w/ BB] and Tom Karins [3-4] Not Quite Almost Perfect - Mike Loomis, Mark Dushkin and Alan Sweeney [3-5] The rest of us all had 2 hits. And we scored in every inning again. And Byron stole 3rd base.

Next week we get to go catfishing. Hopefully, we catch our limit.

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SLIDERS

4 5 2 4 3 3 6 27

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING RED

3 4 0 5 2 5 1 20

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 The Dudes visited the Cracks on a humid San Diego Evening. The Cracks did not look like the fired up team they brought to last season's finals. It appeared they have some injuries and missed some of their players as they had two replacements, maybe 3. The Dudes came out swinging scoring 5 in the first three innings while the Cracks went 2,3,5.

The Dudes then started thinking about the cold beer at the bar and went 2,0,5,2 the rest of the way for a total of 24. The Bat Crackers went 1,5,0,0 for a total of 16. The Dudes were pretty solid on D with their outfield leading the way. Justin was his stellar self on the mound and went 4/5. Also leading the Dudes were Jeff and Chris both going 5/5. We hope umpire Don is feeling better this morning as he got a little cheeky behind the plate and had to be replaced by do it all Warrior, Dave Lazott. 

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SAND DUDES

5 5 5 2 0 5 2 24

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CRACK OF THE BACKS

2 3 5 1 5 0 0 16

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The Mudcats snapped back after three straight losses to power past the Gladiators 20-13. The Cats paired ten extra bases hits with stellar defense by SS Kevin Riley and brother 2B Matt Riley. Donnie Young, Aaron Gendelman and Dave Sullivan had perfect nights at the plate. Donnie, Matt and Daniel Burford homered. Aaron hit two doubles and a triple. Every Cat scored a run.

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DISCO GOLD GLADIATORS

0 0 4 3 0 5 1 13

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MUDCATS

1 2 4 5 3 6 X 20

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There is no recap of this game yet.

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THE GOATS

0‍ ‍5‍ ‍4‍ ‍1‍ ‍5‍ ‍5‍ ‍2‍ ‍ 22

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GOODFELLAS

5‍ ‍5‍ ‍2‍ ‍1‍ ‍3‍ ‍4‍ ‍3‍ ‍ 23

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