Blue League Standings and Game Summaries for Winter 2023

Monday, March 13, 2023

Karen Olsen Realty - 12 Susy's Home Clean - 13

Karen Olsen Real Estate lost to Susy’s Home Cleaning 13-12 in seven innings. Susy’s Home Cleaning jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first inning but Karen Olsen Real Estate answered with 3 unanswered runs in the second inning to make it a 4-3 game. Susy’s took another big lead in the third inning scoring 4 to Karen Olsen Real Estates 1 run. The fourth and fifth innings saw Karen Olsen Real Estate close the gap to make it a 9-7 game in favor of Susy’s. The sixth inning had both teams score the 4 run maximum. Susy’s had a scoreless top of the seventh leaving the door open for Karen Olsen Real Estate but Karen Olsen Real Estate could only get 1 across the plate before the end of the game. Thank you to Bob Higgins and Steve Dwyer for subbing for Karen Olsen Real Estate.

Before this season is over the managers for Susy's Home Cleaning are going to be taking Blood Pressure medicine. Susy's hung on to win another one run game over a very good Karen Olsen team. We made some mistakes but they were overshadowed by some very good defensive plays. Sub Mike Ryan playing left field made 2 very nice running catches of fly balls hit well to his left. Arlin Mead played a solid left center field. Klaus Holt playing in right field hit his cut off who then turned and fired the ball to Dale Huffine at 3B for a tag out. And then there is the infield. What can you say when Dale Huffine, Sue Cary, Harold Enslen, Jim Tokar, and Bob Williams keep making the plays when we really need them. Offensively, almost everyone on the team had at least one hit for a team total 24 hits. Dale Huffine was 4 for 4 with a double and 4 rbi's. Jim Tokar was 3 for 3. Harold Enslen was 2 for 3 with a walk and 5 rbi's. Sue Cary was 3 for 4. Ray Hensley pitched a very good and was 3 for 4. Arlin Mead was 2 for 4 with a double and 1 rbi. Bob Cary was 3 for 4 with 2 rbi's. Bob Williams had a single and drove in a run. Terry Hughes had 2 singles. Klaus Holt had a single. Thanks go to Mike Ryan subbing for us and hanging in there after irritating his hamstring. Thanks to Marilyn for doing our scoreboard. We couldn't do it without you. A great team effort was made by all.

Van Peursem Realty - 11 Canyon State HVAC - 14

Canyon State took on Heather Van Peursem Realtor today on a great sunny day. First inning we had a 4-4 tie game and second inning neither team scored, and we had a ballgame. Third inning Heather held Canyon to only two runs while breaking the tie with three runs for themselves and 7-6 lead. Fourth inning Canyon came out swinging and racked up four runs and held Heather to a scoreless inning to retake the lead 10-7. Fifth inning Heather held Canyon to only one run and with some great hitting and scored four runs to tie the game up again at 11-11. We have a great game going on but in the sixth inning Canyon pulls ahead with one run and held us scoreless to take a 12-11 lead. Final seventh unlimited inning, Canyon pads their lead with two more runs. No problem, Heather is home team and top of the lineup is up, but we were, unable to score in the seventh inning and end up losing 14-11. Congratulations to Canyon State. We had 23 team hits today and hot at the plate was Joe Gonski and Gerry Boesche both going 4-4. Sal Politi (thank you for subbing) and Ernie Huxhold were both 3-3 and Ernie had "5" RBI's. Thank you to Al Miller 2-3 and Roy Sours 1-3 for subbing today also. Jerry Eastham and Don Cleveland were both 2-4, Norm Volk and Chip White both had key hits too. Last week I mispelled Don Cleveland's name, sorry Don, who was 4-4 that game.

On a beautiful day at the Field of Dreams Ball Park, the Canyon State Team tangled with the Heather Van Peursem Realtors. Both teams put up 4 after 1. By the 3rd inning Heather had a 1 run lead at 7 to 6. The 4th inning was Canyon States with 4 runs and a 10 to 7 lead. Heather came back strong inn the 5th to tie the game at 11 each. The final 2 innings proved to be the difference as Canyon State pulled out a win with 3 runs and held Heather scoreless. Defensively Fred Swan had a couple good catches in left field and Dave Holub had some nice plays at Rover. Our offense put up 24 hits with Richard Brinkley going 3/3 with a double. Going 3/4 was Gary Armstrong with a double, Barney Armstrong, John Smith and Fred Swan. Wes Mason was 2/3 and Kurt Kanouse was 2/4. Dave Holub, Michael Wilton, Jackie Couzens, Joel Last and Mark Glim (2x) each provided a hit. A special Thank You to Mark Glim for entering the game in the 6th inning as a sub. Also a Special Thank You to Marilyn Leinberger and Yvonne Becker for doing a great job at scorebook for Canyon State.

Happy Ears Hearing - 15 Angela's Kitchen - 7

Happy Ears defeated Angela’s 15-7. The game was knotted up at 7 thru the first 4 1/2 innings. Happy Ears scored 4 in the bottom of the 5th and 3 in the bottom of the 6th to pull ahead. Angela’s was unable to score in the 6th and 7th. This was the day for Happy Ears’ subs. Barney Armstrong dug everything up at first, Joe Gonski caught everything hit his way in LC, and Artie Stackpole was masterful while pitching and holding Angela’s to 7. He also wielded a big stick on offense. The newest permanent addition Trish Halder made a couple of plays at home for outs. Steve Lunde put on a clinic at short. Top Hitters: (Sub) Joe Gonski 4-4 (2 2B), Barney Armstrong 4-4, Artie Stackpole and Greg Church were both 3-3, Greg Martin was 3-4, Steve Lunde 2-3 (HR), Jim Mathews 2-4, Wayne Moxley, Jim Witkowski, and Trish Halder were all 1-3, and Laura Johnson was 1-4.

Not much to report. Same results, different day. We start off well with 4 runs in the 1st and then score 3 more runs in the next 6 innings. Total of 18 hits. Top two hitters were C.L. Eversman and Dick Spence going 3/3.

General Exterminating - 16 Gothic Landscaping - 10

General Exterminating played a tough game against a hard-hitting Gothic Landscaping team and pulled out a 16-10 win. General led 8-4 through 2 innings and Gothic Landscaping tied the game up 8-8 through 3 innings. General scored 8 more runs to 2 runs by Gothic Landscaping through the top of the 7th inning to close out the game 16-10. Both teams played good defense and hitting. General's bottom of the order Don Johnson, Debby Bigelow, Joe Osowiec and Jim Young contributed to the win with 7 hits and 8 rib's combined, a very good team effort. General was led by Gary Ash 3x3 1 rbi 1 dbl, Don Johnson 3x3 2 rbi's, Dave Michels 3x4 1 rbi, Roger Lopossa 3x4, Steve Willoughby 2x3 2 rbi's 1 HR, Barry Schwartz 2x3 3 rbi's 1 dbl, Bob Schrag & Joe Osowiec 2x3 1 rbi each, Ed Musgrave 2x3, Debby Bigelow 1x3 2 rbi's, Jim Young 1x2 3 rbi's. Thank you to Marilyn for doing a good job with our book.

What started out as a slugfest and a tie after 3 turned out to be only two more runs for Gothic in a 16-10 loss. The Gothic Gang came out swinging and in the first 4 innings had 4 home runs, but sadly their bats went cold and they gave up 4 runs in the 4th and 5th inning while only being able to put up 2. Gothic had 17 hits in the game, but sadly all but 6 happened early on. Hot hitters today were Bobby Dooling and Mitch Craun. Dooling going 3 for 3 with 4 RBI and 2 HR and Craun going 3 for 3 with an RBI, a HR and a DBL. Kevin Gillette, Chris Espejo and Dean Blank were all 2 for 3 with Gillette and Espejo adding and RBI each and a HR for Espejo. Blank added 2 RBI and Judy Muller added an RBI.

Regency Specialties - 13 Paul Tone Ins - 14

A determined Regency Specialties team took on the undefeated Paul Tone team and came out on fire taking the early lead with good hitting and strong defense and took a 10-6 lead into the seventh inning. But a strong Paul Tone team came out fighting in the top of the 7th inning scoring 8 runs with some great hitting helped by some sloppy fielding by Regency. Regency tried to come back in the bottom of the 7th but fell 1 run short in a 14-13 loss. A great game by both teams. Regency Specialties first 5 hitters carried the team today going 16 for 19, an .842 batting average. Leading the way was Glenn Turner going 4-4 with 8 RBI's! Pierre Boudreau was also 4-4 with 4 runs scored. Lee Luft was 3-4 scoring 2 runs, Art Molina was 3-4 with 3 runs scored, and Pat Moriarity was 2-3 with 3 RBI's. Ed Mitchell was 1-3 with an RBI.

It was another close game for Paul Tone Insurance. Paul Tone trailed the entire game until their half of the 7th inning. Down 10-6 to a hard hitting Regency Specilties team, Paul Tone was able to plate 8 runs in the top of the 7th and held on in the bottom to win 14-13. Players going 3 /4 were Mike Kachurak, Mike McGinn, sub Mitch Graun (2B), sub Dave Michels, Kat Melton (HR), sub Barry Schwartz (HR). Thank you to todays subs Mitch Graun, Dave Michels, pitcher Greg Church and Barry Schwartz.

Wheeler-Riley Realty - 18 Liberty GMC - 10

"Char Wheeler scored every inning except inning 2 and our defense held Liberty GMC to 3 scoreless innings. Overall, Char had 25 hits and beat Liberty GMC 18-10. We won with only 10 players. Leading the way was Ronnie Silberman who was 4-4 with a double, 2 home runs, and 5 RBI’s. Ronnie had quite a day. Bob Cary, Sub, was 3-3 with 2 RBI’s. John Silva, Sub, was 3-3 with 1 RBI. Joe Jellison was 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI’s. Ed Campbell was 3-4 with a triple and 2 RBI’s. Mike Sterricker was 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI’s. Dan Hofeditz, was 3-4 with 1 RBI. Brian DeHerrera was 1-3 with a double, a base on balls, and 1 RBI. Ron Rogerson was 1-3. Jack Braly was 1-3 with 2 RBI’s.

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We lost to a good hard hitting Char Wheeler Realtor team. We scored 2 runs in the first inning. Ron Remm and Jake Groh both scored on base hits by Tom Gobin and Mike Ryan, and we left two runners on base. We scored 4 runs in the third inning. Tom Gobin cleaned the bases with a hard-hit ball scoring Ron Remm, Jake Groh, Don Trenda on base. Tammie Songer also scored in that third inning. We scored 3 runs in the fifth inning Jake Groh, Don Trenda, and Tom Gobin scored. Jake Groh scored a run in the seventh. We scored a total of 10 runs off 18 hits and left nine runners on base.

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Barton Realty - 8 Wheeler-Riley Realty -16

Barton Realtors Doug Asleson was 3-3, scored once, 3 R.B.I. Bob Higgins was 2-3, triple, double, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. John Mancini was 2-3, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Sub Dave Bagwell was 2-3, double, scored once. Sal Politi 2-3, Ron Swanson had a home run, double, scored 3 times 1 R.B.I. Sub Don Johnson had 2 R.B.I. Thanks to sub Klaus Holt, and Joey Rizzuto.

Wow – It was a beautiful morning to have an 8:30 game. Our sponsor, Char Wheeler, came to cheer us on. We did not disappoint her and beat a good Barton Realtor team 16-8. We had several good defensive plays, especially Ronnie Silberman’s diving catch and put out at 2nd base. Dan Hofeditz pitched another excellent game. Char Wheeler had 28 hits. Leading the way was Ronnie Silberman who was 4-4 with 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 5 RBI’s. Ed Campbell was 4-4 with a double, a triple, and 3 RBI’s. Don Hansen was 3-4 with 2 RBI’s. Brian DeHerrera was 3-4 with an RBI. Jack Braly was 3-4 with 1 RBI. Mike Sterricker was 3-4 with a double. Joe Jellison was 2-4 with 1 RBI. Ron Rogerson was 2-4. Bob Craig was 2-4. Dan Hofeditz was 1-4 with a double and 3 RBI’s. Claire Lucas was 1-4.

Liberty GMC - 8 Regency Specialties - 17

We lost to a good hard hitting Regency Specialties Team. Tom and Ed scored in the second inning. Jake and Tammie scored in the third inning. In the fifth inning Tammie scored, then with Jake, Ron and Don on base, Tom got a good hit and drove those three runners in and that gave us four runs in that fifth inning. That was the extent of our scoring. We could not get our bats going against the good defensive plays of Regency Specialties.

Regency Specialties came out strong today taking a 4-0 lead in the first inning over Liberty GMC and never looking back in a 17-8 victory over Liberty GMC. Regency had 26 hits over six innings and played some great team defense as well. Leading the hitting was sub Gary Armstrong with 2 home runs and 6 RBI's. Art Molina was 4-4 with 3 RBI's, Pierre Boudreau was 4-4 scoring 3 runs, and Pat Moriarity was 4-4 with 2 runs scored. Going 3-4 was Ed Mitchell with an RBI and Don Henkes with 3 RBI's. Lee Luft and Bob Dye were each 2-4 with 1 RBI.

Paul Tone Ins - 10 General Exterminating - 9

Paul Tone Insurance had a come from behind win against General Exterminating winning 10-9. Paul Tone’s defense was able to hold General Exterminating to no runs in the 6th and 7th inning. Then scored 4 in the bottom of the 7th to overcome a 3 run deficit for the win. It was a team effort with everyone contributing, making defensive plays and getting hits when it counted. Offensive leaders for the team were Mike Kachurak 3 /4 and sub Brian Swenson, Kat Melton, and sub Mark Wells (triple) 2 /3.

General Exterminating squared off with a good Paul Tone Insurance team and lost 10-9 in a 7 inning game. General held the lead 6-1 through the 3rd inning. General held the lead 9-6 through the 6th inning, and failed to score in the top of the 7th inning to set up Paul Tone scoring 4 runs to end the game 10-9. Both teams played well with good hitting and defense. General Exterminating was led by Roger Lopossa 3x4 3 rbi's 1 HR, Barry Schwartz 3x4 2 rbi's 1 dbl, Steve Willoughby 3x4, sub, Art Molina 2x3 2 rbi's 1 sac, Bob Schrag 2x4 2 rbi's 1 dbl, Dave Michels 2x3 1 bb, sub, Joel Last 2x3, Don Johnson & Debby Bigelow 1x3 each. Thank you to our subs, Art Molina & Joel Last. Thank you to Yvonne Becker for doing a good job with our book.

Gothic Landscaping - 11 Happy Ears Hearing - 11

Gothic played another exciting game that ended in a tie. The Landscapers never gave up, after being down 11-3 after 4-1/2 innings Gothic rallied to score 4 runs in the 5th inning and 4 runs in the 6th inning. In the 7th and final inning neither team could score a run. Gothic played great defense with several nice catches in the outfield by Chris Espejo. The outfield did a great job of keeping the ball in front of them and getting the ball in quickly. The Happy Ear team made several catches of hard-hit line drives by the Gothic squad. Gothic only had 13- hits but we made them count. Bobby Dooling had a Grand Slam Home Run, Chris Espejo had a 3 RBI triple and Mitch Craun had a solo home run. Mitch Craun and Gary Christofferson were each 2/3. Thanks to Chuck Frazier for subbing today at the Rover position, he did an awesome job.

Happy Ears and Gothic battled to a well-played 11-11 tie. The Happy Ears team played a solid defensive game with outstanding plays turned in by (Sub) Don Trenda at rover, Wayne Moxley in left field, Steve Lunde at short, and Jim Mathews at third. On offense, Happy Ears was 20/35 with a double, triple, and a home run. TOP HITTERS: (Sub) Don Trenda 3-3 (3B/HR), Steve Lunde 3-3 (2B), Greg Martin 3-4, Jim Mathews, Wayne Moxley, and Ed Hart were all 2-3. Ken Kessler 2-4, Greg Church, Laura Johnson, and (Sub) Don Henkes were all 1-3.

Angela's Kitchen - 15 Van Peursem Realty - 16

Different day, same result. We were ahead 5 of 7 innings, but couldn't finish. We have played 6 games and lost by a total of 9 runs. For this game with Heather, sub Arlin Mead made the game close in the 7th inning driving in 3 RBI's with a home run and going 3/4. Dave Bagwell played good defense and had a great day at the plate going 4/4. Mark Glim was 3/4 with a triple and a double. Norm Lustig got on base 3 times and was 2/3. Annie was 2/4 with a double, Dick Spence was 3/4, C.L. Eversman was 2/3, and sub Dean Blank and Gene Fleck rounded out the hitting at 1/4 apiece.

Today is what senior softball is all about. Beautiful warm day in sunny AZ and two teams playing a great game of softball and we don't know who the winner is until the third out of the seventh inning. This doesn't get any better. Great game today by both teams! Heather Van Peursem took on Angelas Kitchen in very competitive game today. First inning Heather jumped out with 2 runs only to be answered back by Angelas with 4 runs to take the lead. Second inning we were held scoreless, and Angles took an 8-2 lead. Third inning Heather pounded out 4 runs and held Angelas to only 1 run, but Angelas still had a 9-6 lead. Fourth inning Heather could only achieve one run but did hold the home team scoreless with some great defense. Fifth inning the bat were still hot, and we put up 3 runs and held Angelas scoreless again to take a 10-9 lead. Sixth inning Heather is still swinging the hot bat and puts up another 4 runs and holds Angelas scoreless for the third straight time! Our bats got soft in the final seventh inning and we put up only 2 runs for a 16-9 lead. Trouble is Angelas was home team and came up swinging the hot bat. We had two outs at one time and Angelas had put up 6 runs to make it a 16-15 very close game. With some great pitching by Ernie Huxhold and some great defense, we got the 3rd out and the win! Great game by both teams! Every player on the team had a hit today. Don Cole and Gerry Boesche were both 4-4 and Gerry had 6 RBI's and Don one RBI. Joe Gonski was 3-3 with 3 RBI's and an international walk and a bounce over the wall in centerfield double. Jerry Eastham, Norm Volk, Glen Zelkind, were all 3-4 today. Sully Sullivan was 2-4, Ernie Huxhold, winning pitcher with lots of strikes out against Angelas, Gary Christoffersen, thank you for subbing, Speedy Denise Gibala, Chip White all had a hit today. Total hits for Heather Van Peursem was 26 hits along with some great defensive plays.

Canyon State HVAC - 12 Karen Olsen Realty - 21

"Canyon State on this day ran into a Karen Olson Real Estate Team that came to hit the ball up and down their lineup. After 1 inning it was tied 4 to 4. After 3 innings Canyon State was down 8-4. After 5 innings the game was tied 12-12. Over the next 2 innings the Visitors scored 9 unanswered runs to defeat Canyon State. Some nice defensive plays were made by Kurt Kanouse with a great catch in Left Center and Joel, Gary, Dave, Jackie and Barney had some nice plays in the infield. Offensively Barney and Michael Wilton were 3/3, Dave Holub was 3/4 with a triple, Kurt Kanouse was 2/3 with a BB, Gary Armstrong 2/4 with a double, John Smith and Richard Brinkley were 2/4, Fred Swan, Jackie Couzens, Joel Last and Trish Halder each had a hit. Canyon State would like to thank Trish Halder for Subbing today.

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Karen Olsen Real Estate defeated Canyon State 21 -12 in seven innings under warm sunny skies on Wednesday afternoon. The game was tied at 4 after the first inning but the Karen Olsen Real Estate slowly pulled away to an 11 - 8 lead after four innings. The fifth inning had Karen Olsen Real Estate posting 1 run and Canyon State answering back with 4 runs to tie the game. The final 2 innings had Karen Olsen Real Estate scoring 4 and 5 unanswered runs respectively to finish out the game. Karen Olsen Real Estates Offensive stats: Duff Carroll 3-5; Harold Enslen 3-5 (HR); Ron Kaleta 3-4; Jeff Heary 4-4 (2-2B); Dale Sarrazin 4-5 (3-2B); Kim MacQueen 4-5 (3B); Bill Marchionni 3-5; Denny Coletta 5-5 (2B); Greg Martin 4-5 (3B) and Bob Lindsay 1-4 (2B). Thank you to Harold Enslen and Greg Martin for subbing for Karen Olsen Real Estate.

Monday, March 6, 2023

Susy's Home Clean - 9 Canyon State HVAC - 7

"Susy's Home Cleaning faced off against a very good Canyon State team this morning and the game turned into a very good defensive game with Susy's coming out on top 9 to 7. Congrats to both teams on making it an exciting game to play in and I'm sure to watch. 9 players had at least one hit and 8 different players scored a run. Also, the bottom of the order scored 3 runs to help the team to a very good win. Chuck Sawyer and Arlin Mead made some very important catches in the outfield to shut down the long distance hitters for Canyon State despite one of them hitting a 3 run homer over the wall. Bob Cary led the team in offense going 3 for 3 with a triple and 2 rbi's. Dale Huffine was 2 for 3 with a double and 2 rbi's. Harold Enslen was 2 for 3 with a triple and 1 rbi. Arlin Mead was 2 for 3 with a double. Sue Cary was 1 for 2 with a walk and 1 rbi. Ray Hensley was 1 for 3 with 1 rbi. Chuck Sawyer was 2 for 3. Bob Williams and Terry Hughes each had a hit to complete our hitting. Another great team effort.​

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Canyon State was in a softball game against a tough Susy’s Home Cleaning Team. As the Visitors, Canyon State took an early lead 3-2. After 3 innings the score was 4-3 in favor of Canyon State. In the 4th inning Susy’s belted out 4 runs and took the lead 7-4. In the top of the 5th Canyon State tied the game but in the bottom half Susy’s picked up 2 more runs to take a 2 run lead. This was all Susy’s needed to pull out the Victory. Offensively John Smith was 3/3, Jackie Couzens was 3/3 and Chuck Frazier was 3/3 with 2 doubles and a HR which cleared the WALL. Richard Brinkley was 2/3, Gary Armstrong was 1/3 with a Double, Kurt, Fred, Joel and Trish Halder each provided a hit. Canyon State would like to thank Chuck Frazier and Trish Halder for Subbing in todays game.

Karen Olsen Realty - 13 Angela's Kitchen - 11

Karen Olsen Real Estate defeated Angela’s Kitchen 13-11 in seven innings. Karen Olsen Real Estate started out the game with hot bats scoring the maximum 4 runs in each of the first three innings taking a 12-4 lead into the fourth. Angela’s Kitchen mounted a comeback by scoring 7 runs in the last three innings but came up 2 runs short at the final out. Karen Olsen Real Estate’s team stats: Duff Carol 3-3, Bob Cary 2-3, Ron Kaleta 3-3, Jeff Heary 3-3 (2 HR), Kim Macgueen 1-2 (HR), Bill Marchionni 3-3, Dennis Coletta 2-3, Kurt Kanouse 3-3 (HR) and Bob Lindsay 1-3. Thank You to Bob Cary and Kurt Kanouse for subbing for Karen Olsen Real Estate.

Different game, same ending. Just can't seem to put 7 innings together. Of the 23 hits and 11 runs for the team, the bottom part of the lineup had 15 hits and 9 runs. Going 3/3 were Dick Spence, and subs John Smith and Wayne Moxley. C.L. Eversman and Gene Fleck were 3/4. Sub Richard Brinkley, Greg Szlak, and Maynard March were all 2/3, and finally Dave Bagwell was 2/4.

Van Peursem Realty - 13 Gothic Landscaping - 15

Today Gothic Landscaping took on Heather Van Peursem in a real softball nail bitter. Score was 2-2 after the first inning and Heather held them scoreless and added 3 runs to take the lead in the second. Again, in the third Heather held the visitors scoreless and added 4 more runs with some great hitting and base running. Fourth inning Gothic was held again scoreless, and Heather added another 2 runs to take the lead 11-2 run. Fifth inning Gothic put up 4 runs and held Heather scoreless for a great comeback. Sixth inning Gothic was hot and added another 4 runs and held us to only 2 runs. Going into the final inning Heather has a 13-10 lead but Gothic comes out swinging and adds 5 runs to make it 15-13. Home team Heather has the advantage of last ups and comes out swinging themselves. We had bases almost loaded and hit into a double play and was scoreless in our final at bat and congratulations to Gothic Landscaping for a great comeback win. Heather had some great hits and great plays too. Jerry Eastham and Gerry Boesche were both 4-4 and Don Cleaveland was 3-3 with a homerun 4 RBI's and a walk. Thanks to Kat Milton for subbing today and she was hot at the plate going 3-4 and great catching today along with pitch running for us. Going 2-4 today was: Norm Volk, Glen Zelkind, and Denise Gibala. Joe Gonski, Ernie Huxhold, and Sully Sullivan had one hit so everyone on the team had hits for a total of 25 hits total.

The Gothic Gang were down 11-2 after 4 innings and it wasn't looking good. But this team is like the little engine that could! In the top of 5 Gothic put up 4 and held the Heather team scoreless. In the top of 6, Gothic put up another 4 and held Heather to 2. Going into the top of 7 the Gothic Gang were still down 13-10....but they didn't give up! Putting up 5 in the top of the 7th to take the lead 15-13. With two outs and bases loaded the Gothic Gang got the last out for the 15-13 comeback win!!! Gothic put up 23 hits for 15 runs with everyone on the team having at least one hit. Bobby Dooling, Mitch Craun and Kevin Gilette were all 3 for 4, with Dooling having a DBL, HR and 2 RBI, Craun having a DBL, a TRIPLE and Gilette having a TRIPLE and 3 RBI. Larry Radant, Judy Muller and Chris Espejo were all 2 for 4 with Radant adding a HR and 3 RBI and Espejo adding an RBI. Gary Christofferson was 2 for 3 with a SAC FLY, DBL and 3 RBI and Dean Blank was 2 for 3. Gary Smith was 1 for 3 with an RBI and SUB Michael Wilton was 1 for 3 with a DBL and 2 RBI. Sub Harold Enslen was 2 for 4 with a DBL and 2 RBI. The outfield made some great defensive catches to keep us in the game. Thanks to our subs Michael Wilton and Harold Enslen who both stepped up at the last minute to help out.

Happy Ears Hearing - 12 Paul Tone Ins - 15

Happy Ears lost 15-12 to a hot-hitting and steady-fielding Paul Tone team. Happy Ears' offense (28-43 with 3 2B, 1 3B, and 1 HR) was unable to overcome the team’s poor defensive performance (an abundance of dropped balls).Top Hitters: Greg Martin 4-4 (2B/HR), Chuck Gibson 3-3, Steve Lunde 3-4 (2B/3B), Ken Kessler 3-4, Wayne Moxley 3-4, Greg Church 3-4 (2B), Laura Johnson, Jim Mathews, Ed Hart, and Jim Witkowski were all 2-4. (Sub) Joey Rizutto was 1-4.

Paul Tone Insurance came out on top 15-12 over Happy Ears Hearing. Defense played well today with good catches by Jim Parry, Mike Kachurak and Steve Dwyer. Catcher Deb Kanouse made two inning ending catches behind the plate. Sub Steve Dwyer contributed 6 RBIs going 4/4. Sam Bernhardt was also perfect from the plate going 3/3. Other offensive leaders Mike Kachurak, Jim Parry, sub Bob Cary, Al Miller and Jim Stocker were all 3 /4. Thanks to Steve Dwyer and Bob Cary for subbing today.

General Exterminating - 16 Liberty GMC - 8

General Exterminating played a solid game against a good Liberty GMC team, a 16-8 win in a 6 1/2 inning game. General jumped out to a 8-3 lead through 3 innings. General stretched the lead to 16-7 through 6 innings and closed the game out 16-8 in the top of the 7th inning. General played their most complete game of the season, good pitching by Ed Musgrave with 3 shutout innings, good defense, infield and outfield, a good team effort. General was led by Roger Lopossa 4x4 2 rbi's 1 dbl, Steve Willoughby 3x3 3 rbi's 1 dbl, Dave Michels 3x3 2 rbi's 1dbl 1 bb, Barry Schwartz 3x3 2 rbi's, Gary Ash 2x3 3 rbi's 1 dbl, sub, Mike Mcginn and sub, Jeff Cretors 2x3 1 rbi 1 dbl each, Don Johnson 2x3 1 rbi, sub, Mark Wells 1x2, Joe Osowiec 1 rbi. Thank you to our subs, Mike Mcginn, Jeff Cretors & Mark Wells. Thank you to Yvonne Becker for doing a good job with our book.

We lost to a good hard hitting General Exterminating team. We started off slow and didn't score until the third inning. Ron Remm, Don Trenda, and Tom Gobin were on base and all three scored on a hit by Ed Abrams. In the fifth inning Jake Groh and Ron Remm scored. Dorothy and Lonnie scored on a hit by our sub-Artie. In the last inning Tom Gobin was on base and scored on a hit by Mike Ryan. Special thanks to Artie Stackpole for helping us in this game.

Regency Specialties - 14 Barton Realty - 8

Regency Specialties played a great defensive game, beating a good Barton Realty team 14 to 8. Great infield defensive plays by subs Bob Dooling and Mark Wells and regulars Vern Luft and Ed Mitchell. Leading the hitting were Lee Luft going 4 for 4 with 4 RBI's and scoring 3, followed by Art Molina 4 for 4 with 2 RBI's. Jeff Gibbs was 3 for 3. Going 3 for 4 were Pierre Boudreau with 2 RBI's. Pat Moriarity, Bob Dooling, Ed Mitchell, and Don Henkes each had 2 hits. Patty Jones, Vern Luft and Mark Wells each had one hit. Regency held this good team to four scoreless innings. A great day for softball.

The Barton gang lost to a better team today. Sub Ken Kessler was 3-3, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Ron Swanson was 2-3, scored once. Bob Higgins was 2-3, two doubles, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Doug Asleson was 2-3, scored twice, 2 R.B.I. Paul Pearson was 2-3, double, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Sal Politi was 2-3, 2 R.B.I. Sherry Westland was 2-3, 1 R.B.I. Sub Sam Bernhardt had a single.

 Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Wheeler-Riley Realty - 12 Regency Sprecialties - 6

Char Wheeler jumped out to a 7-0 lead, but Regency bounced back scoring 4 runs in the 5th inning. Char Wheeler got our bats going again and won the game 12-6. We had a total of 22 hits. Leading the way was Dan Hofeditz who was 4-4 with 2 RBI’s. Bob Craig was 3-3. Ed Campbell was 3-4 with 2 RBI’s. Joe Jellison was 3-4 with 1 RBI. Mike Sterricker was 2-3 with 1 RBI. Don Hansen was 2-3 with an RBI. Ronnie Silberman was 2-4 with 3 RBI’s. Brian DeHerrera was 1-3 with 2 RBI’s. Claire Lucas and Jack Braly were both 1-3.

On a cool and cloudy early game, Regency Specialties came out without much energy while Char Wheeler came out of the gates fast taking a 7-0 lead after 2 innings. Regency finally woke up defensively and won the last 5 innings 6-5 but it was not enough to overcome the slow start losing 12-6 to a very good Char Wheeler team. The leading hitters for Regency Specialties going 2-3 were Lee Luft with 1 RBI, Pierre Boudreau, Vern Luft with 1 RBI, Ed Mitchell, Bob Dye with 1 RBI, and Jeff Gibbs. Don Henkes had an RBI with a hit and Patti Jones drove in 2 runs with a hit.

Barton Realty - 16 General Exterminating - 14

Another close game with the Realtors coming out on top. Sub, Gary Armstrong had 2 home runs going 3 for 3 with an intentional walk and 3 RBI. Ron Swanson was perfect, going 4 for 4 with 2 RBI. John Mancini had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Warren Stevenson had 2 hits. Paul Pearson had 3 hits and 1 RBI. Sal Politi had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Sherry Westland had 2 hits and 1 RBI. Artie Stackpole was 2 for 2. Tracy Carr had a hit. Jim Tomich had 2 hits with a home run and 3 RBI. The team had 23 hits. GREAT JOB!

General Exterminating played another tough game against a good Barton Realtors team and lost 16-14 in a 5 1/2 inning game. The game was close with the score tied 10-10 through 3 innings. Barton scored 2 runs in the 4th inning to go up 12-10, both teams scored 4 runs in the 5th inning. General failed to score in the 6th inning, to end the game 16-14. General was led by Barry Schwartz 3x3 3 rbi's 1 HR 1 triple 1 dbl, Ed Musgrave 3x3 2 rbi's 1 dbl, Bob Schrag 3x3 1 rbi, Gary Ash 2x3 2 rbi's 1 dbl, Steve Willoughby and Dave Michels 2x3 1 rbi each, sub, Gregg Fitzer 2x3, sub, Mark Wells 1x3 2 rbi's 1 triple, Debby Bigelow 1x3, Jim Young 1x2. Thank you to our subs Mark Wells, Kevin Hammel and Gregg Fitzer. Thank you to Yvonne Becker for doing a good job with our book.

Liberty GMC - 5 Happy Ears Hearing - 17

We lost to a very good Happy Ears team. We scored 1 run in the first inning, then 4 runs in the third inning and that was the extent of our scoring. We have no excuses; we were just out played by a better team on that day. We had a total of eleven hits in the game. Special thanks to our subs, Warren Stevenson and Larry Moore.

Happy Ears bounced back from the brutal game they had Monday. Happy Ears defeated Liberty GMC 17-5 in a 6-inning game. Happy Ears jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first inning and never looked back. The outfield of Wayne Moxley, (Sub) Richard Brinkley, Greg Martin, and Jim Mathews played flawlessly catching everything. Infielders, Jim Witkowski, Steve Lunde, Ed Hart, Chuck Gibson, and Ken Kessler mirrored the outfields' defense. The team was 26-36 with 1 (3B) and 4 (2B). TOP HITTERS: Greg Martin 4-4 (2B), Steve Lunde 3-3 (3 3B), Wayne Moxley 3-3, Ken Kessler and Chuck Gibson were both 3-4, (Sub) Richard Brinkley 2-3 (3B), Jim Mathews, Greg Church, and Jim Witkowski were 2-3, Ed Hart was 1-3. Dale Schroeder left the game early after going 1-1.

Paul Tone Ins - 16 Van Peursem Realty - 9

Paul Tone Insurance had the bats working today scoring 16 runs in a 6 inning game winning 16-9 over Heather Van Peursen. Leading the offense Mike Kachurak 4/4, Mike McGinn 4/4, Al Miller 3/3, Dick Kohnen 3/3 and Sam Bernhardt 3/3 were all perfect at the plate. Jim Parry was 3 /4 with 4 RBIs. Kathy Boland, Robert Blainey, Jeff Smith, Jim Stocker (3 RBIs) were all 2 /3. Thank you Kat Melton and Kim McQueen for stepping in for injured players to finish the game.

Heather Van Peursem took on a great team Paul Tone Insurance today but came in second place. First inning Paul Tone had a 4-1 lead. Second inning that added 4 more runs to our 2 runs only to score 3 more runs in the third and hold us scoreless. Fourth inning we scored one run and Paul Tone added another 3 runs to take the lead 14-4. Fifth inning we added 4 runs and held Paul Tone to only 2 runs. Sixth and final inning we were able to only score one run and final score 16-9. Congratulations to Paul Tone for a good win and hoping your two players injured are okay. We never game up and besides being extremely cold and light rain we had some great catches and good hits today. Joe Gonski, Norm Volk and Ernie Huxhold were both 3-3 today with Joe a homerun in the first inning. Jerry Eastham and Glen Zelkind were both 2-3, Don Cleveland, Gerry Boesche, Jerry Harris and Sully Sullivan all had key hits too.

Gothic Landscaping - 8 Karen Olsen Realty - 14

Gothic Landscaping lost a rain shortened 5-1/2 inning game to Karen Olsen Realtors. Ron Wren was 3/3, Bobby Dooling was 2/3 -2 RBIs, Larry Radant was 2/3- 3 RBIs, Mitch Craun was 2/3-2 RBIs, Gary Christofferson was 1/2-1 RBI. Kevin Gillette was 2/2, Chis Espejo was 1/2. Mitch Craun made a great diving catch in left center field.

Karen Olsen Real Estate defeated Gothic Landscaping 14-8 in six innings on a cold Wednesday afternoon under threatening skies. Karen Olsen Real Estate backed up their strong bats with great defense to put together a well rounded victory. Karen Olsen Real Estate fell behind early going down 4-2 after the first inning but pulled ahead in the second inning and maintained their lead throughout the remainder of the game. Karen Olsen Real Estate Box Score: Duff Carol 3-4; Ron Silberman 4-4 (DBL); Ron Kaleta 3-4; Jeff Heary 3-3 (HR); Dale Sarrazin 3-3 (TPL); Bill Marchionni 1-3 (TPL); Dennis Coletta 3-3 (DBL); Kat Melton 3-3 (HR); Bob Lindsay 1-3. A big shout out to Kat Melton and Ron Silberman for subbing for Karen Olsen Real Estate.

Angela's Kitchen - Susy's Home Clean -

Game rescheduled to 9:00 AM Friday, March 24 due to rainout. Assignments for the rescheduled game TBD.

Monday, February 27, 2023

Karen Olsen Realty - 6 Paul Tone Ins - 8

Karen Olsen Real Estate lost to Paul Tone Insurance 8-6. Karen Olsen Real Estate trailed in the game until the fifth inning when they tied it at 6. Paul Tone was able to score 1 unanswered run in the top of the sixth and seventh innings to seal the victory. Karen Olsen Real Estate’s offense was led by Ron Kaleta, Jeff Heary (2 DBL) and Kim Macqueen (2 DBL) going 3-3; Duff Carol and Ray Iverson going 2-4; Bill Marchionni and Ron Silberman going 2-3; Dale Sarrazin, Dennis Coletta and Bob Boche going 1-3. Thank you to Rob Silberman and Bob Boche for subbing for Karen Olsen Real Estate.

Paul Tone Insurance came out on top in a tightly contested game winning 8-6 over Karen Olsen Realty. The outfield played well against a hard hitting team with nice catches by Mike Kachurak and Jim Parry. The infield played well also. Jeff Smith turned 2 double plays and Kathy Boland made a nice catch in shallow left field from short. Offensively, Mike Kachurak led the team going 4/4. Kathy Boland was 3 /4 (double) and Sam Bernhardt was 2 /3.

Susy's Home Clean - 13 Gothic Landscaping - 9

The entire team for Susy's Home Cleaning pulled together today to pull out a victory over a very good hitting Gothic Team. Almost everyone on the team had at least one hit and 8 players drove in runs for a team total of 22 hits out of 30 plate appearances. Harold Enslen was 3 for 3 with 5 rbi's and a double. Dale Huffine was 3 for 3 with 2 rbi's. Arlin Mead was 3 for 4 with 1 rbi. Sue Cary was 3 for 4 with 1 rbi. Bob Williams was 2 for 3 with 1 rbi. Klaus Holt was 2 for 3 with 1 rbi. Jim Tokar was 2 for 3 with 1 rbi. Terry Hughes drew a walk to drive in a run. Chuck Sawyer and Ray Hensley each had a hit. Bob Cary was 2 for 3 with a walk. The infield played an excellent defensive game. Jim Tokar caught a popup for an out and doubled the runner off of 1B. Harold Enslen caught a hard hit line drive at his rover position for a big out in the top of the 7th inning. Dale Huffine played a very good defensive game at 3B. Sue Cary played real well at shortstop getting numerous outs on force plays at 2B and 3B. Bob Williams played the short hops to 1B extremely well. Arlin Mead and Chuck Sawyer had good days on the left side of the outfield. Well done everybody.

It was a back and forth game with Gothic leading most of the way. Tied in the 5th, the Gothic Gang couldn't put up any in the 6th while allowing Suzy's to put up 4. In the top of the 7th with the top of the order up, the Gothic Gang hit them right to the defense and were unable to score, losing to a good Suzy's team 13-9. Larry Radant was 4 for 4, Mitch Craun was 3 fo4 with a triple and double with3 RBi, Ron Wren and Bobby Dooling were both 2 for 4 with a home run each. Judy Muller was 3 for 3 with an RBI and Dean Blank was 3 for 3 with an RBI. Gary Christofferson was 1 for 3 with a double and 2 RBI. The team had a total of 21 hits for 9 runs.

Canyon State HVAC - 13 Angela's Kitchen - 12

"Another well played game by both teams today! Canyon State and Angela’s Kitchen came out swinging in the 1st inning with both teams putting up 4 runs. Both were blanked in the second and Angela’s Kitchen took a 2 run lead after 3 innings. After 6 innings the visitors had a 3 run lead. Canyon State having the last ups proved to be to much for the visiting team. Canyon State scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning with Michael Wilton hitting the winning single. Canyon State had a few good defensive plays including a foul tip into the hands of Wes Mason behind the plate and a nice catch by Richard Brinkley in Right Center Field to end a scoring drive. This game came down to offense for Canyon State. Dave Holub 4/4, Fred Swan 4/4 2x, Gary Armstrong 3/3 with a HR and Sac Fly, Kurt Kanouse 3/4 with a HR, Michael Wilton 3/4, John Smith 2/4, Barney Armstrong 2/4 2x, Richard Brinkley, Wes Mason each contributed a hit. Good Team Effort Today!

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Another tough loss. We led the entire game except where it counted. We led by 3 runs going into the top of the 7th, but couldn't score a run and then turned around and gave up 4 runs to Canyon State and lost by one run. Both Mark Glim and Greg Szlak were 3/3 and between the two of them had 7 RBI's. Peter mcDougal and Gene Fleck were both 3/4 and played some good defense. Elsewhere C.L. Eversman was 2/4, Dick Spence 2/3, Dick Johnson 1/3, and Dave Bagwell 1/4.

Van Peursem Realty - 16 Liberty GMC - 9

Great day for softball as we didn't have rain or wind today. Liberty GMC took on Heather Van Peursem in an exciting game. Heather jumped out to a 2-0 lead first inning and added 4 more runs in the third to take a 6-0 lead. Forth inning GMC came up with a run but Heather added another 4 runs to their lead. Fifth inning GMC was pounding the ball and added four runs while holding Heather to only two runs. Sixth inning Heather held GMC scoreless while adding four runs to their lead of 16-5. Seventh and final inning GMC came alive and added 4 runs and threating to add more but the defense and pitching by Ernie H. put a stop their comeback and ended the game with a win for Heather 16-9. Heather had some great plays and 24 hits. Jery Eastham had 3 walks, Don Cleveland, Joe Gonski, and Gerry Boesche all went 4-4 today. Both Joe G. and Gerry B. had a homerun each. Jerry Harris was 3-3, Glen Zelkind, Ernie Huxhold, and Denise Gibala were all 2-3 today. Norm Volk and Chip White were both 1-3. Great defense and game saving catches by Denise and Gerry in the outfield today.

We lost our game today to a very strong Heather Van Peursem team. We had four hits in the first inning, including a triple by Don Trenda and a double by Kurt Knouse, but we were not able to move them in to score. We didn't score in the second and third inning. Don Trenda was on base in the fourth inning and scored on a hit by Dorothy Mazur. In the fifth inning. Jake Groh and Ron Remm on base and both scored on a hit by Don Trenda. Doreen Stevensen and Tammie Songer also scored giving us 4 runs in that fifth inning. We didn't score in the sixth inning. Then in the seventh open inning. Don Trenda and Jake scored on a hit by Kurt Kanouse. Doreen Stevenson and Tammie Songer also scored in the seventh giving us 4 runs in that last inning. Don Trenda was 4/4 Jake was 3/4, Ron Remm was 2/4 Kurk Kanouse was 2/4 , Doreen Stevenson and Tammie were each 2/4. Special Thanks to our substitutes Kurt Kanouse and Greg Fitzer, both did a great job for us.

Happy Ears Hearing - 13 Barton Realty - 14

"Essence of SKUNK best describes the play of Team Happy Ears today. Poor base-running on offense and a plethora of dropped balls on defense led to Team Happy Ears’ demise.  The only defensive bright spots were Steve Lunde at short and Ken Kessler at first; both made several outstanding catches and throws. TOP HITTERS: Chuck Gibson 4-4 (2B/3B), Steve Lunde 3-4 (2B), Jim Mathews 3-4 (2B), (Sub) Pierre Boudreau 3-4, Greg Church 2-4 (2B), Laura Johnson 2-4, Ken Kessler 2-4, Dale Schroeder and Ed Hart both were 2-3 and Wayne Moxley 1-4

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It was a close game all the way. Barton Realtors held on for the win. Sub, Norm Volk was a 2 for 4 and 1 RBI. Sub, Brian Swenson was perfect going 4 for 4 and 2 RBI. Ron Swanson was 3 for 4 and 1 RBI. John Mancini had a single and 2 triples with a walk and 4 RBI. Sal Politi had 4 hits with a triple and made 3 good throws in the bottom of the 7th inning to end the game. Warren Stevenson had a hit and 1 RBI. Paul Pearson had 2 hits and 1 RBI. Sherry Westland had 2 hits and 3 RBI. Tracy Carr had 3 hits. Jim Tomich had 1 hit and a walk. Winning pitcher, Artie Stackpole had 1 hit and a walk. The team had 25 hits and 3 walks.

General Exterminating - 6 Wheeler-Riley Realty - 16

General Exterminating played a tough game against a good Char Wheeler team and lost 16-6. General Exterminating led 4-2 after the first inning and Char Wheeler tied the score 6-6 through the 3rd inning. General Exterminating lost the momentum through the final 4 innings giving up 10 runs to end the game 16-6. General Exterminating was led by Steve Willoughby 3x3 3 rbi's 1 HR & 1 dbl, Bob Schrag 2x3 1 rbi 1 triple 1 dbl, sub, Larry Radant & Ed Musgrave 2x3 each, Dave Michels 2x4, Gary Ash and sub, Paul Pearson 1x3 1 rbi each, Barry Schwartz 1x3. Thank you to our subs, Larry Radant, Paul Pearson & Marjo McDougall. Thank you to Yvonne Becker for doing a good job with our book.

Wow – What a game! Char Wheeler played their best game of the season – so far. Char Wheeler had 27 hits and 16 runs. We played unbelievable defense, holding General Exterminating to 6 runs and 5 scoreless innings. Mike Sterricker played outstanding at 3rd base and had all 3 put outs in the final inning. Ronnie Silberman made several fantastic plays at shortstop. Brian DeHerrera played great at first base, catching several one bounce balls thrown to him. Dan Hofeditz pitched another great game. Leading the way was Dan Hofeditz who was 4-4 with 4 RBI’s. Ed Campbell was 4-4 with 1 RBI. Ron Silberman was 3-3 with 2 doubles, a base on balls, and 2 RBI’s. Super Sub, Don Henkes, was 3-3 with a double and 4 RBI’s. Thank you Don for subbing. Ron Rogerson was 3-3. Mike Sterricker was 3-4 with a double and 1 RBI. Brian DeHerrera was 3-4 with 4 RBI’s . Jack Braly was 2-3. Joe Jellison was 1-3. Don Hansen was 1-4.

 Monday, February 20, 2023

Angela's Kitchen - 9 Gothic Landscaping - 9

Another closely played game. Angela's jumped out to a 6-0 lead, but couldn't hold on. In the the 6th it was Angela's ahead 8-6, but we just couldn't close out the deal. Gothic went up 9-8 in the 7th and in the bottom half, Angela's lineup came through with a run to tie the game. Gene Fleck and Peter McDougal were both 4/4 with Gene having 2 doubles and scoring twice. Even though we had 23 hits, we just couldn't put them together. Three innings we had 1 run, and one inning we had 2 runs. Defense was good.

After 3 innings the Gothic squad was down 6-0. After 4 innings Gothic was losing 7-3. In the 5th inning both teams were scoreless. Then in the 6th inning Gothic came roaring back with good solid defense and great hitting. The Landscapers scored 3 runs in the 6th while holding Angelas to 1 run. In the 7th and final inning Gothic scored 3 runs to take a 1 run lead into the bottom of the 7th. Gothic was able to hold Angelas to 1 run in the bottom of the 7th ending the game with a base loaded ground out for a tie game. Offensive leaders for Gothic were Mitch Craun 2/3 with a home run and 5 RBIs. Leadoff man Ron Wren was 4/4. Gothic only had 15 hits but we made them count. The Gothic defense played great today. Outfielders caught every catchable fly ball and always got the ball in quickly. Infielders played well getting a couple double plays and several force outs. Thanks to Marjo MacDougall for subbing for us today.

Canyon State HVAC - 12 Paul Tone Ins - 13

On a Beautiful Winter Day the Canyon State Team met up with the Paul Tone Players. Turned out to be a hard fought game with neither team giving up. Both teams played well defensively. Both teams played well offensively. After 6 innings the score was tied 12-12. In the 7th Paul Tone scored a run and in the bottom of the 7th Canyon State with 2 on and no outs could not get a runner home. Canyon State had 25 hits with Gary Armstrong and Dave Holub were 4/4 with Gary’s 2 doubles and Dave’s 1 double. Fred Swan and Barney were 3/4, Kurt Kanouse, John Smith, Richard Brinkley, Michael Wilton, and Wes Mason each had 2 hits, with Joel Last also providing a single.

It was a close game with Paul Tone trailing Canyon State until the 7th inning. Paul Tone was able to plate 1 run in the top of the 7th to take the lead and held Canyon State in the bottom of the 7th for a 13-12 win. Paul Tone played well on defense, but the bats at the bottom of the order was the key to this win. They hit .667 contributing 12 hits to the team total of 26 hits. Offensive leaders were Kathy Boland 3/3 with a sacrifice, Jeff Smith, Jim Parry(triple and double), Al Miller, and Jim Stocker all hitting 3 /4. Mike McGinn, Debbie Kanouse, and Sam Bernhardt were 2 /3.

Susy's Home Clean - 14 Liberty GMC - 7

The score doesn't indicate how close this game really was between a good Liberty GMC team and Susy's Home Cleaning. Susy's would mount a rally only to see Liberty put up runs right with them. Finally in the final inning Susy's made some very good defensive plays to seal the win. Offensively for Susy's everyone had at least one hit for a team total 23 hits and all but one person scored in the game. Dale Huffine had a good day in the field and at the plate going 3 for 3 with a double and 4 rbi's. Ray Hensley pitched a very good game and broke his slump at the plate going 3 for 3 with a double and 2 rbi's. Bob Williams had a very good game defensively at 1B and hit well at the plate going 3 for 3 with a double and 2 rbi's. Jim Tokar was 2 for 3 with a double and 1 rbi. Chuck Sawyer was 2 for 3 with 1 rbi. Harold Enslen was 2 for 3 with 1 rbi. Klaus Holt was 2 for 3 with 1 rbi. Sue Cary was 2 for 3 with a walk and 1 rbi. Terry Hughes was 1 for 3 and an rbi. Arlin Mead was 2 for 3. Bob Cary was 1 for 4.

We lost our game today to a strong Susy's Home Cleaning Team. Don Trenda got on base in the first inning, but we were not able to move him around to score. We had two runners on base in the second inning but were unable to score. In the third inning we scored three runs, Jake Groh, Ron Remm and Don Trenda were on base and all scored on a good hit by Tom Gobin. Mike Ryan scored in the fourth inning on a hit by Dorothy Mazure. Ron Remm, Don Trenda and Ed Abrams scored in the fifth inning, and that was all we scored in the Game. We were not able to get our bats going in this game.

Karen Olsen Realty - 11 Barton Realty - 10

Karen Olsen Real Estate defeated Barton Realtors 11-10 in a closely fought that came down to the bottom of the seventh inning to decide the victor. Karen Olsen Real Estate took a quick 3-1 lead after the first inning but Bartons responded with 4 unanswered runs in the second to take the lead. Bartons held the lead until Karen Olsen Real Estate scored 2 unanswered runs in the fourth inning to take a 6-5 lead. Bartons scored 4 runs in the top of the fifth inning with Karen Olsen Real Estate adding 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the game at 9. The sixth inning was scoreless for both teams. Karen Olsen Real Estate was able to hold Bartons to a single run in the top of the seventh inning while quickly scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the inning to secure the victory. Karen Olsen Real Estate offensive stats: Duff Carol (HR, DBL), Jeff Heary (2 DBL), Ray Iverson and Ron Kaleta all went 4-4; Dale Sarrazin, Kim MacQueen and Greg Szlak were 2-3; Bill Marchionni and Bob Lindsay (DBL) were 1-3 and Dennis Coletta was 1-2. Thank you to Greg Szlak for subbing at third base for us today.

Barton players Ron Swanson, 3-4, triple, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Bob Higgins, 3-4, scored twice, 3 R.B.I. John Mancini, 2-3, double, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Sherry Westland was 2-3, scored once. Tracy Carr, 2-3, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Also caught foul tips twice, for end of inning outs. Warren Stevenson, 1 hit and 1 R.B.I. Paul Pearson scored once. Sub John Smith had a base hit. Sub Dick Konnen had a hit.

Van Peursem Realty - 6 Wheeler-Riley Realty - 13

After a bye and two rainouts, we finally had the chance to play some softball. Heather jumped out to a 1-0 lead the first inning and played catch up the rest of the game. After a 0-0 second inning, Char came out swinging and added three runs in the third. Fourth inning Char added another four runs, but Heather did put up 3 in their own defense. Fifth inning Wheeler added two more runs and Heather came up with only one run. Both teams scored zero in the seventh inning, but Char took the 13-6 win. Heather did have some great defensive plays turning two double plays but could only come up with 10 hits total today. Don Cleveland, Joe Gonski, and Gerry Boeschi were all 2 for 3 today. Jerry Eastham, Ernie Huxhold, Jerry Harris, Sully Sullivan all had a hit today. Gerry Boeschi had 4 rbi's, Joe Gonski had a rbi homerun, Denise Gibala had a rbi also.

Char Wheeler had another great team win. We did not score until the 3rd inning, but then our bats woke up. We had 27 hits in a 13 to 6 win over Heather Realtor. Our defense played very well, including several great plays by Mike Sterricker, Ronnie Silberman, and Joe Jellison. Leading the way was Ronnie Silberman who was 4-4 with an RBI. Mike Sterricker was 3-3 with 3 RBI’s and a base on balls. Ed Campbell was 3-3 with a base on balls. Dan Hofeditz was 3-4 with 3 RBI’s. Joe Jellison was 3-4 with an RBI. Claire Lucas was 3-4 with an RBI. Ron Rogerson was 3-4 with an RBI. Brian DeHerrera was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI’s. Don Hansen was 2-4 with an RBI. Jack Braly was 1-4.

Happy Ears Hearing - 15 Regency Specialties - 3

Happy Ears defeated Regency 15-3. Happy Ears was stellar on offense and defense. Happy Ears led 4-2 after the first inning and never looked back holding Regency to 1 more run over the course of the game. The Happy Ears infield of Ken Kessler, Chuck Gibson, Jim Witkowski, Steve Lunde, and Jim Mathew played lights out while turning (2) inning-ending double plays of line drives hit to Lunde for outs and throws to Gibson, doubling up runners at second who left without tagging up. Offensively Happy Ears was 21-31 (2B). TOP HITTERS: Steve Lunde 3-3 (2B), Greg Martin 3-3, Ed Hart 2-2, Ken Kessler, Jim Mathews, Chuck Gibson, Wayne Moxley, and Greg Church were all 2-3, Dale Schroeder 1-2, with Laura Johnson and Jim Witkowski rounding out the assault going 1-3.

Today's game between a good Happy Ears team and Regency Specialties was a 15-3 blowout by Happy Ears in 5 innings. Happy Ears came out hot with the bats scoring 8 runs in the first two innings and Regency was just not ready to match them and was down 8-2 after the first two innings. Regency only had only 11 hits and 8 of them were by 4 players, Lee Luft, Pierre Boudreau, Don Henkes, and Art Molina who added 2 RBI's. The time off from 2 rain outs last week was not good for Regency today.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Happy Ears Hearing - 13 Van Peursem Realty - 6

Happy Ears scored 13 runs while holding the H Van Peursem team to 6 runs to win a timed 5 1/2 inning game. Happy Ears was solid in all phases of the game (Offense, Defense, & Pitching). The outfield was special today with Wayne Moxley and Greg Martin each catching several deep towering flyballs. Laura Johnson was all over the outfield backing up her teammates. Dale Schroeder knocked everything down that came his way. The infield of (sub) Brian Swenson, Steve Lunde, Jim Witkowski, Chuck Gibson, and Ken Kessler vacuumed almost everything up while turning 3 double plays. Happy Ears was 22 for 35 on offense with a HR & 2 2B hits. Top Hitters: Ken Kessler 4-4 (HR), Chuck Gibson and Dale Schroeder were both 3-3, Greg Martin 3-4 (2B), Laura Johnson 2-3 (2B), Steve Lunde 2-3, (sub) Brian Swenson, Greg Church, Jim Witkowski, Wayne Moxley and Ed Hart were all 1-3

Heather Van Peursem suffered their first loss of the season playing against a hard-hitting Happy Ears this morning. A little cold this morning and Heather got off to a slow start and had to play catch up. We only had 15 hits but hot at the plate was Glen Zelkind and Jerry Harris both going 3-3 today. Jerry Eastham, Don Cleveland were both 2-3, Ernie Huxhold was 1-2, and Joe Gonski, Norm Volk, Mike Kachuark, Dennise Gibala all had a hit. We almost turned 3 double plays and had some great catches so it was a great team effort. Thank you Mike Kachuark and John Silva for subbing today. Next game Monday 2:45.

General Exterminating - 24 Karen Olsen Realty - 12

Well I gotta say when your catcher ( Jim Young) goes 3x3 and scores a run and an RBI it usually is going to be a good day!!! General Exterminating bested Karen Olsen 24-12. Our first 6 batters scored 3 runs each with several RBI'S between them. The bottom 5 batters scored 6 runs to end up with a Mercy win. Going 4x4 were Dave Michels, Bob Schrag, Rodger Lapossa &Barry Schwartz. Going 3x3 were Ed Musgrave& Jim Young. Going 2x2 was Steve Willoughby and subbing for an injured Steve W Ron Silverman. Every player had at least one hit and scored a run. Great Team Effort!

Karen Olsen Real Estate lost to General Exterminating 24-12 in 6 innings. Karen Olsen Real Estate’s offense: Duff Carol 3-4, Ray Iverson 2-2 (2 BB), Ron Kaleta 2-4, Jeff Heary 4-4 (2 DBL), Dale Sarrazin 1-4, Kim MacQueen 3-3, Bill Marchionni 1-3, Dennis Coletta 3-3, Karen Olsen 3-3 (1 TPL), Bob Lindsay 3-3 and Roger Miller 1-1 (2 BB).

Regency Specialties - 9 Susy's Home Clean - 8

"For the second game of the season Regency Specialties played another one run game. This time, however, Regency pulled out a 9-8 win by holding a tough Susy's Home Cleaning to no runs in the top of the 7th. Both teams scored 4 runs in the first inning. From then on, both teams played great defense and it was tough to score runs in a back and forth game. The key to victory for Regency was a clutch two base hit by Ed Mitchell that drove in 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th and gave the team a one run lead that held up. Regency managed only 12 hits in the game. those with 2 hits were Lee Luft, Glenn Turner including a home run, Ed Mitchell who also had 3 RBI's and Pierre Boudreau who had a triple. I would like to add a HUGE thank you to our score keeper Joan C for Wednesday's game. She did a great great job of keeping all the stats for a very busy game.
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Susy's Home Cleaning didn't play their best game today but it certainly was a very good competitive game and fun to play in. Susy's Home Cleaning played a very good Regency team and they went at each other tooth and nail with the score ending up 9 to 8 in favor of Regency. Susy's didn't play their best defensive game but turned a nice double play when Bob Williams received the ball at 1B for one out and turned and threw home to the catcher Terry Hughes for the 2nd out and prevented a run from scoring. Almost everyone on the team had at least one hit. Dale Huffine led the way going 3 for 4 with a double and 3 rbi's. Arlin Mead was 4 for 4 with 1 rbi. Harold Enslen was 2 for 4 with 2 rbi's. Ray Hensley was 2 for 3 with 1 rbi. Chuck Sawyer had one hit and one rbi. Bob Cary and Sue Cary each had 2 hits. Bob Williams, Jim Tokar, and Klaus Holt each had a hit to round out the team hitting.

Wheeler-Riley Realty - 14 Canyon State HVAC - 4

"Char Wheeler played like a fine tuned machine today, beating Canyon State 14-4. Our defense was outstanding, holding a very good Canyon State team to only 4 runs. We had a total of 25 hits. Leading the way was Ronnie Silberman who was 3-3 with a double, a triple, a homerun, and 4 RBI’s. Bob Craig was 3-3. Mike Sterriker was 3-4 with a double, a triple, and 3 RBI’s. Don Hansen was 3-4 with a triple and 2 RBI’s. Brian Deherrera was 3-4 and made some nice catches at 1st base. Joe Jellison was 2-3 with an RBI. Claire Lucas was 2-3 with a double. Ron Rogerson was 2-3. Dan Hofeditz was 2-4 with 2 RBI’s. Dan also pitched a great game. Ed Campbell was 2-4 with 1 RBI. Sub, Bob Lindsay, had an RBI.

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The Canyon State Ball Club ran into a Team on Fire. Char Wheeler Realtor put together a strong game against Canyon State. After 3 innings the score was 6-4 with Char Wheeler in the lead. It looked like both teams were ready to fight it out. Unfortunately the Char Wheeler Club had a different idea. Char Wheeler blanked Canyon State the rest of the way while adding 8 runs themselves. Canyon State mustered 14 total hits and struggled in the field. Gary Armstrong was 3/3, Jackie Couzens 2/2, Dave Holub and Joel Last were 2/3, and Kurt Kanouse was 2/4 while John Smith, Richard Brinkley and Fred Swan each had a hit.

Barton Realty - 17 Angela's Kitchen - 16

This will be one of the closest games of the season, game was decided in the last inning. Team Barton had 3 players perfect at the plate. Ron Swanson was 4-4, 2 triples, home run, scored 4 times, 3 R.B.I. Bob Higgins was 4-4, scored 3 times, 1 R.B.I. and great "D" Sal Politi was 2-2, single, triple, walk, scored once, 1 RB.I. Doug Asleson was 3-4, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. John <Mancini was 2-3, home run, walk, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Warren Stevenson was 2-4, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Paul Pearson was 2-3, scored once, 2 rRB.I. Jim Tomich was 2-3, 1 R.B.I. Sherry Westland scored once, 1 R.B.I. Sub Bill Clark scored once, 1 R.B.I. Artie Stackpole was the winning pitcher.

Another tough loss for Angela's. The entire game there was no more than a 2 run lead by either team. We went up by one run in the 7th, but Barton's came back and put 2 runs across the plate to win. Dave Bagwell, C.L. Eversman, and Steve Coffman each had 4 RBI's with Dave going 3/3 and C.L. and Steve going 4/4. Shelly Rosenthal was 3/4, while Gene Fleck and Greg Szlak were 2/3. Mark Glim and Dick Johnson were 2/4. Maynard March rounded out the hitting with a hit in the 4th.

Liberty GMC - 18 Gothic Landscaping - 7

This was a fun, hard-fought game against a strong Gothic Landscaping team. The game was tied 17 to 17 and could have gone either way, however we were the home team, and scored a run in the sixth inning to break the tie and win the game. Don Trenda hit a home run with two runners on base, and he took control of our defensive game with his excellent pitching. He was backed up by our infield players including Ton Gobin who made several good plays at third base, and Ron Remm at SS. Our outfield was strong today, including Mike Ryan who made an outstanding catch in left field, and Dorothy Mazur, Jake Groh, Doreen Stevenson. Every one of our players including Tammy Songer at second base, Ed Abrams at first base, and Dave Strark behind the plate contributed to this win.

In a hard-fought game Gothic was defeated a good Liberty GMC team by a score of 18-17 in 6 innings. Gothic showed a lot of character as they were behind 11-6 after 3 innings but never gave up. In the last 3 innings Gothic outscored Liberty 11-7. The Gothic Gang took the lead in the top of the 6th and final inning. In the bottom of the 6th Liberty tied the game and then scored the winning run on a close play at the plate. Leading hitters for Gothic today were: Gary Christerofferson, 3/3 with 6 RBIs; Larry Radant 4/4 with 3 RBIs; Chris Espejo 3/3 with 3 RBIs and Mitch Craun 3/4 with 3 RBIs.

Monday, February 6, 2023

Paul Tone Ins - 12 Liberty GMC - 10

In the opening game of Blue League Winter Season ,Paul Tone, came from behind to edge Liberty GMC . Both teams were rusty with the glove and the bat, due to the one week lay off between the Fall and Winter season. Thank you Kim MacQueen, for subbing today. Mike Kachurak and Jim Parry both made several outstanding catches in the field as well as have multiple hits at the plate.

We lost a good game against a strong Paul Tone Ins. team. We started with 4 runs in the first inning. Our first two hitters, Jake Goth and Ron Remm were on base, when Don Tranda hit a home run, then Ed Abrams scored on a hit by Mike Ryan. We didn't score in the second inning. In the third inning Don Tranda and Tom Gobin scored. We didn't score in the fourth inning, In the fifth inning Don Trenda, Tom Gobin, Ed Abrams and Mike Ryan scored giving us 10 runs. Jake Groth went 2/4, Ron Remm and Bob Higgings who came in to sub for Ron Remm each got a hit. Don Trenda went 3/4, Tom Gobin went 3/3, Ed Abrams went 3/3 and Mike Ryan went 2/3. We Played a good offensive and defensive game, but up two runs short and lost the game. Special thanks to Bob Higgins who came in cold, to substitute for Ron Remm.

Gothic Landscaping - 12 Barton Realty - 10

A great start for the Gothic Gang today when they defeated a good Barton team 12-10. Tied after the first inning, the Gothic Gang put up 4 in the second and stayed in the lead the rest of the game. The Barton team put up 4 in a good effort in the 7th, but it wasn't enough for the win. Leading hitters for the Gothic Gang were Ron Wren, Bobby Dooling and Larry Radant, all going 3 for 4 and each adding an RBI. New player to the league, Chris Espejo was 3 for 3 with an RBI. Judy Muller and Kevin Gillette were each 2 for 3 with Muller adding 2 RBI and Kevin 1RBI. Gary Christofferson and Gary Smith were both 1 for 3 with each adding an RBI. Pitcher Paul Plapp helped out by adding another RBI. Several double plays were turned by Bobby Dooling and Ron Wren in the winning effort, along with some good fielding by the outfielders, to get the ball in quickly.

Barton realtors team players were against a good team. we came back with 4 runs in the last inning only to be short 2 runs. Dave Asleson was 4-4, double, scored once, 3 R.B.I. Sal Politi was 3-3. Bob Higgins was 3-4, 2 doubles, scored 3 times, 1 R.B.I. Sub Kevin Hammel was 2-3, 1 R.B. I. Ron Swanson had a 2 baller, home run, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. John Mancini had a home run, scored twice, 3 R.B.I. Sherry Westland had 1 R.B.I. Artie Stackpole had 1 R.B.I. Tracy Carr had a single and scored once. Jim Tomich had a single, scored twice.

Angela's Kitchen - 18 Wheeler-Riley Realty - 22

Another tough way to begin the winter season. The game was back and forth the entire way until the 7th inning when Char scored 9 runs,. We flipped in the 7th with Char having 2 outs, but Angela's could only score 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th. Defense was a little shaky and we couldn't overcome Char's hitting. The standout of the game has to be C.L. Eversman with 4 hits of which 2 were home runs and 5 RBI's. Sheldon, Dick Spence, and Dick Johnson were 3/4. Gene, Dave, Mark, and Greg were all 2/4, and Steve was 3/4.

What a great way to start the winter session. Char Wheeler and Angela’s were in a slug fest with Char Wheeler winning 22-18. The game went back and forth with 16 runs being scored by both teams in the 7th inning. Char Wheeler had 33 hits. Leading the way was Ed Campbell who was 5-5. Dan Hofeditz was 4-5 with 7 RBI’s and a homerun. Mike Sterriker was 4-5 with a double, 2 triples, and 4 RBI’s. Claire Lucas was 4-4 with 1 RBI. Ron Silberman was 4-5 with 3 RBI’s. Brian Deherrera was 3-4 with an RBI. Jack Braly was 3-4. Ron Rogerson was 2-4 with 2 RBI’s. Joe Jellison was 2-4 with 1 RBI. Don Hansen was 2-5 with 3 RBI’s.

Canyon State HVAC - 15 Regency Specialties - 14

Canyon State would like to TIP OUR CAPS to the Regency Specialty Team for an exciting 1st game in the Winter Season. This game was a battle down to the bottom of the 7th inning. Canyon State as the home team took a 4-2 lead after 1. Regency Specialties came roaring back and took a 6-4 lead after 2. The 3rd inning was scoreless and the 4th gave Canyon a 7-6 lead. Canyon picked it up and going into the 7th inning had an 11 -8 lead. Regency in the 7th scored 6 runs to take a 14-11 lead. In the bottom of the 7th with the score tied, Jackie Couzens, drove the winning run home with a single up the middle. Offensive numbers were Gary Armstrong 4/4 3x HR, 3/4 John Smith, Dave Holub, Richard Brinkley 2x, Barney Armstrong 2x, 2/3 Michael Wilton w/ BB, Fred Swan, Jackie Couzens, Joel Last and Wes Mason each had a hit.

It was a close game from start to finish today ending with a 15-14 come from behind victory by Canyon State over Regency Specialties. Both teams hit well and played great defense. Everyone on the Regency team had a hit. Glen Turner and Bob Dye led the way both having perfect 4-4 days at the plate. Vern Luft and Bob Dye led the team with 4 RBI's each. Vern Luft had a 3 hit day and Pierre Boudreau, Art Molina, Pat Moriarity, Ed Mitchell Jeff Gibbs, and Patti Jones had 2 hits each. Most of the runs were well earned because the two teams both played very good defense - a well played game on both sides.

Susy's Home Clean - 8 General Exterminating - 7

Susy's Home Cleaning is starting the Winter season the way that it started the FALL with another 1 run game decision. In a very close game Susy's bats and gloves came alive in the last 2 innings of the game to pull out a hard fought 8 to 7 win. The infield consisting of Bob Williams, Jim Tokar, Harold Enslen, Sue Cary, and Dale Huffine had quite a few put outs to keep the ball from going to the outfield. Chuck Sawyer and Arlin Mead made nice catches of fly balls in the later innings. Offensively almost everyone had at least one hit but this game was really won by the bottom of our batting order either by getting on base in the 6th inning or getting a key hit to drive in the winning runs. The bottom of our batting order scored 4 runs. The key hit of the game was made by Terry Hughes going 2 for 2 with 2 rbi's. Dale Huffine was 2 for 3 with 2 rbi's. Harold Enslen was 2 for 3 with 2 rbi's. Sue Cary was 3 for 4. Bob Cary was 3 for 4 with 1 rbi. Arlin Mead had a single and an rbi. Ray Hensley pitched a good game and had a single. Chuck Sawyer was 2 for 3. Jim Tokar had a single. Great team effort today.

"Well gang so begins another Winter Ball season for General Exterminating. We lost a close game 8-7 to Susy's Home Cleaning. Excellent defense on pop ups by Joe O and Bob S. Top hitters were Dave M 2/4 1 run. Ed M 1/4 1 run. Steve W 2/4 dbl 2 runs. Roger L 3/4 5 rbis with a Home Run. Gary A 1/3 triple 1 run,Bob S 3/3 1 run dbl. Barry S 2/3 rbi, Don J 2/3 & Jim Y 1/3
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Karen Olsen Realty - 8 Happy Ears Hearing - 11

Karen Olsen Real Estate lost to Happy Ears 11 - 8 in a 6 inning game on a windy cool Monday afternoon that made pitching and fielding a difficult task. Karen Olsen Real Estates offensive numbers: Duff Carol, Ron Kaleta and Jeff Heary (2-DBL) 3-3; Dennis Coletta and Dale Sarrazin (DBL) 2-3; Karen Olsen (DBL) 1-2; Ray Iverson 1-3.

Happy Ears started the 2023 Winer session with an 11-8 win over an excellent Karen Olsen team. KO jumped out of the gate in the 1st inning with a 4-2 lead. Happy Ears got 4 runs in the 2nd inning and never relinquished the lead. The game was halted due to time constraints and wiped out in the top of the 7th with Happy Ears batting and leading 16-8, thus, the game reverted to the end of the 6th. Happy Ears played solid defense with two outstanding plays by Chuck Gibson and Greg Martin. Gibson backhanded a line drive by ranging deep to his right at 2nd and throwing the KO runner out at 1st. Martin threw a KO runner out at 1st from right-center field. Ken Kessler was elite at first base. He dug out several throws in the dirt to record outs. He smothered several one-hop-liners at 1B. Happy Ears was sizzling at the plate. The team was 23 hits in 33 AB with 5 2B hits.TOP HITTERS: Greg Martin 3-3, Ken Kessler 3-3 (2B), Steve Lunde 3-3 (2B), Chuck Gibson 3-3, Wayne Moxley 3-3, (sub) Steve Dwyer 2-3 (2B), Laura Johnson 2-3 (2B), Ed Hart 2-3, Jim Witkowski and Dale Schroeder were both 1-3.