Red League Winter 2025 Game Summaries & Standings

Division Standings: Red League

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GAME REPORTS:
GOTHIC LANDSCAPING 22 WHITEOUT 18
Randys take: Gothic has been a very “up and down” team. That’s the way our season has gone. Lost 6 in a row to start the season, unbeaten in 4, lost 3 and now have started a 2 win run.
The big hitters today were Dave Fusaro and Big Country, alias Dave Archer. Both 5/5 followed closely by Ralph 5/6. Lisa also chipped in going 4/6 and Tree 3/5. The big story was Tree (Dave Hammel) chipping in with 9 rbis and Ralph with 5. Thirty six hits today with 15 left on base. There also was another streak going today and that was the home run hitting of Jeff Nickerson. Way to go Jeff! A special thanks goes out to our super subs Lisa and Arch going 9 for 11 at the plate. Also included in the “thank you” are our umpires , score keeper upstairs, and Kim Macqueen, the team score keeper.

Verns take: The day was hot, Whiteout was not. We gave it a great try, but we could not stop Ralph and Jamie’s Gothic squad. Whiteout got behind early based on a grand slam in the first from Gothic's TREE! We put up a couple in the first 2 innings, but trailed 7 -4 after 2. The third got us closer as we tied the score at 9’s with a 5 spot. The fourth saw us take a brief lead, but we couldn’t hold Gothic down and they plated 10 to our 4 in the last 3 innings. Final score Gothic 22 to Whiteout’s 17. Our hitting was good, but we stranded a few too many runners and our defence had a few too may lapses on this hot day. We were led at the plate by sub Rob C who was 5 for 5 and Terry at 4 for 4. Jeff and Brad were 4-5 with Jeff hitting a solo HR! Rob W was 3 for 4 with a double. Jay S contributed a 3 for 5, Next was Les Z with a 2 for 3 with timely walk. Ed H and Vern were 2 - 4 and Ed B contributed a hit. Our defence was led by some great catches in the outfield by Rob C and Jay S and it is it ever coming down Brad B. ( Literally the fly balls were so high it buckled Brad’s legs when he caught it!!) Ed H helped us out with some great catches at short and Les Z made a great grab at 2nd. Thanks to our subs, Rob C and Les Z both on their third game of the day! Also thanks to umps , Al C behind the plate and Dave D at 1st and Gary A in the tower. We will need a new win streak to start Tuesday!

Paul Tone Insurance 18 Susys Home Cleaning 10

Pauls take: Paul Tone closed the month out on a winning note by beating a good Susy's Team 18/10. The offense was led by Craig Nelson 3/5 with 4 RBIs and a Grand Slam. Ralph Hollis also was 3/5 with 3 RBIs and a 2 run HR. Rounding out the lineup was Dave Archer and JD Dillree with 5/5, Garry Waslosky was 4/5 with 2 RBIs and Les Zirbel was 3/4 with 4 RBIs. Great team effort !

Jerrys take: The team representing Suzy’s Home Cleaning was defeated by the Paul Tone Farmers Insurance guys by a score of 18 to 10. It was a similar story to the loss on Tuesday for Suzy’s which started the game slowly, not scoring in the first two innings, attempting to comeback in the middle innings, this time scoring a total of 8 runs in the third and fourth innings to close the gap to 10 to 8. But, the difference in this game was that Paul Becker’s Paul Tone team stepped on the gas scoring 7 runs in the seventh inning before forcing a flip flop. The decisive blow that put the nail in the coffin for Suzy’s was home run derby winner, Craig Nelson’s, grand slam. Suzy’s seventh inning attempted response was short lived as the team in pink could only manage 2 runs in final inning. Jerry Lubeck led the hitting for Suzy’s going 5 for 5. Three other batters, Chip Robertson, Randy Cihlar and Ed Baumann chipped in with 3 hits apiece. Thank you to our substitute players, Randy Cihlar, Ed Baumann, Rob Carey and Ken Silva. Thank you also to Randy Zucker for calling balls and strikes, Dave Lawrence for umpiring the bases. I apologize for not noticing who was operating the scoreboard. While not identified, you did a great job. Thanks also to team mom Ardy Robertson for bring the treats.

General Exterminating 11 Happy Ears 8
Chucks take: The General Exterminating Squad won a low scoring game against Happy Ears 11 to 8. The Bug Zappers took the lead ending the 3rd frame and never relinquished it. Lisa and Jerry’s team was always in contention - never trailing more than 4 tallies. Top hitters for the Zappers were Eric Shouse with his 4/5 outing followed by Ron Coleman and Glen Soles contributing 3 hits each. Dave Lawrence also added his dinger to the score. Thanks to the umpires and scoreboard operator.

Jeffs take: The Happy Ears team took on first place General Exterminating at the Field of Dreams on a beautiful day for softball. Unfortunately, our bats did not come alive until the sixth inning as we closed the deficit to three runs. Trailing 11-8, both teams failed to score in the seventh and the “not so” Happy Ears team lost their fourth contest in a row. Thanks to Roger Guth and Rob Carey for filling in today. Happy Ears team members with multiple hit days included John Blevins, Jim McDonald, Randy Cihlar, Scott Kibby and Greg Allseitz. Thanks to the umpiring crew of Joe Guzzo and Lloyd Newlands and to Bob Kloehn in the score tower. The team will begin their last go around the league on Tuesday against Lisa and Jerry’s house cleaners. Game time is 11:00. Plenty of good seats are still available! Have a great weekend. The Happy Ears team also sends their condolences to Jamie White and his entire family.

FRIDAY MORNING GAME:

Char Wheeler 18 General Exterminating 6

Chucks take: The General Exterminating Squad got spanked this morning by Char Wheeler by an 18 to 6 score. Pete Semenak and Eric Swobody’s House Sellers limited our crooked number innings to just one, earning them the win. Our only offensive highlights were 3 hit performances by subs Rob Carey and Randy Chilar and our team's Eric Shouse - two of which were dingers. Special thanks to the aforementioned subs as well as Doug Miller who also helped us out today.