Division Standings: Red League thru Dec 4.   Includes 2 ties from Nov 18/20 rainouts

Game Reports

Implant Periodontics   19   Ranalls Realty 17 

Jamies take:  It was a hitters paradise for the first game of "Thirsty Thursday". The stands were packed and there was a raucous crowd, patiently waiting for the 1st and 2nd "30 Pack" coolers to show up. And they did, total pandemonium...  OK, back to the game. Implant Periodontics were victorious over Tom Ranalls Realty, 19-17. Very close all the way, both teams hit the ball hard, IP was ahead 19-15 going into the open. We were able to hold TR to 2 runs in the top of the 7th, so we squeaked out the win. The stars of this game, in my opinion, were the outfielders on both teams. There were some "highlight of the night" catches out there, all the time battling a very difficult sun. IP had 31 hits, so, needless to say, everyone hit,,, lots. Dave F, Terry G and subs, Gary ZZ and Mike F (also the winning pitcher), had 4 hits each. Scott, Jamie, and subs Jay and Gary A all had 3 hits. Roger and John B had 2. Everyone contributed to a very good game. Happy times, Happy Hour.  Thanks very much to our aforementioned subs (4 of them). And to our league commissioners taking their turn (again) umpiring, Don & Craig. Cheers!!

Erics take: Another tough loss for the Ranalls squad. It was a beautiful day at the Field of Dreams, Ranalls Reality lost to Implant 19-17. Ranalls collected 27 hits on their 17 runs. Mike Hirsch 5-5, with 4 hits Chip Robertson—3 hits each Dave Elkins, Pete Semenak, Eric Swobody and Ted Schnieder. Thanks to Ralph for the last-minute sub and Don Ranieri and Craig Nelson (last minute also) for umpire duties.

Angelas Kitchen    21             Janelle Hansen Realty  10

Johns take: Well, it was in the 60's with little wind today at the ballpark. Great day for some softball. Angelas had their hitting shoes on and pounded out 8 doubles and 1 out of the park home run resulting in a very nice .689 team average. Angela's grabbed an early lead which they never relinquished, beating Janelle Hansen by a score of 21 to 10 on a last inning flip flop. Three players were perfect from the plate: Brian Combs, Greg Kastelic (double) and Les Zirbel (double). Ken Chapman hit .800 with a double and home run. Glenn Soles and John Boland hit .750. Brad Brulotte hit for .600 with 3 doubles. No single base coach can ever stop the energizer bunny from going to second base. Garry Weslosky and Vern Mclean chipped in with 2 hits with Vern hitting a double. Mike Martin also contributed a hit adding to the count of doubles by the team. Nice team effort with players picking up other throughout the game. Glenn Soles pitched a very nice game. There were countless great defensive plays which kept the Janelle team at bay. Thanks to Chip Robertson and Dave Elkins umpiring the game and Ken Shick in the tower.

Jeffs take: Powered by a five run 6th inning including a prodigious home run by Joe Guzzo, the Janelle Hansen Realty One team accomplished the following on Thursday afternoon versus Angela’s Kitchen: We doubled our run production from Tuesday, our bottom three hitters double their at bats to 4, we cut our double plays in half and we cut our non scoring innings down by 20%. Unfortunately, Vern and John’s team weren’t impressed and they doubled up on us 21-10. Leading the team in hits were Ron Coleman, Pete Houghton, Rick Pearson and Don Ranieri Everyone else on the JHRO team chipped in with at least one hit. Thanks to our umpires and scoreboard operator. Its back to work on Tuesday as we navigate through the always tough Red League with a rematch against the Ranalls Realty team at 8:30 am. Have a great weekend. 

Thunderbird Auto 21     Camino Del Sol Chapel 20              

Robs take:  One out away of getting mercied, the Big Black Machine roared back with 13 runs in the final two innings to secure their second walk-off win of the week. This game was as wild as it gets with so many clutch T-Bird hits right down to the wire.     More important than our individual accomplishments, however, was the fact that Greg Allseitz is ok after a near catastrophic situation near third base.  That was all the motivation our team needed.  Kudos to Lisa and Jerrys CDSC for playing a great game. Thanks to Dave Fusaro for coming out of the garden to fill in for Greg, thanks to Al and Greg K for very fair officiating, and thanks to a good Canadian boy Vern Maclean in the tower.

Jerrys take: It was a game that where each team won half of the game, but the Thunderbird Automotive team squeezed out a win over Camino Del Sol Chapel 21 to 20. In an inauspicious beginning to the game, the lead-off batter for Camino Del Sol Chapel struck out which limited Camino’s offense to scoring only 2 runs in the top of the first inning. The two runs were complements of Craig Nelson’s home run over the left field fence. The Thunderbird team coached by Ralph Hollis and Rob White countered with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. But then Camino’s bats came to life and over the course of the next three innings. Camino put up 5 run in each, plus another run in the fifth inning to take an 18 to 8 lead. The game looked like it might end after 6 innings when Camino scored 2 more runs in the top of the inning, and was 1 out away from a mercy rule ending. However, the T-Birds would not go quietly into the sunset. The T-Birds ended up scoring 5 in the bottom of the sixth to cut the deficit to 7 runs. In the final inning, Camino put up their only 0 on the scoreboard. The T-Birds then put on their rally caps and Ralph Hollis responded with a grand slam. The game was not over though until with 2 outs, the T-Birds managed to score the tying and winning runs. While Camino’s defense did not play as well as it has in previous games, we have to give the T-Birds credit for their never say die attitude. Several of the Camino players had good days at the plate including Dale Halder (5 for 5), Mike “Moon Dog” Anderson (4 for 4), Craig Nelson (3 for 4 with 2 home runs plus a walk), Dave Lawrence (3 for 4 plus a walk) and Lisa Pelletier (3 for 4). Thanks to Al Caillouette who umpired behind the plate, Greg Kastelic for officiating the bases and Vern McLean for handling the scoreboard duties.