6-4 OBI remains in 5th Place after a hard fought 15-13 victory in Game 2 over 7-3 Midlife Crisis (currently tied for 3rd place) was just the remedy for OBI's ills of late. Finding ourselves down 11-12 going to the 7th inning, the offense put up four runs with solid hitting and good base running to cap the night. And then the defense held up to secure the 2 run win.
The Game 2 win came after a second consecutive dismal offensive outing as we were run ruled 2-12 in Game 1. Even with the 2 runs on 4 hits in the first inning, OBI went two games (10 innings at the plate) by collecting 11 hits and scoring just the two runs... And guess what? We lost both games... Maybe this offense is the best defense is not just a conspiracy theory...
Game 2's offensive effort was exactly what the doctor ordered, especially after learning Spillane may be lost for a while. The ball was jumping off the bats of Matt, Jayse, Larry, and others. If only the new ASA Louisville Slugger would have been squared up,,, we would have seen Paul rocket one deep ...
Good news for the team... Larry and Michael have decided to play next Thursday,,, and will leave for Vegas and the 2013 LVSSA/SSUSA World Masters Championships ,,, AFTER the OBI games next Thursday, October 3rd, at 8:15/9:15 on Field #2 ...
After drubbing Far From Limpin' with a 17-7 tally, One Bad Inning turned into a pumpkin and collected 4 hits in game 2 vs. Just Show Up losing 0-11 ...
Ok,,, so, split double headers are not our specialty. However, folks like,,, ohhhh, I don't know,,, MICHAEL ,,, prolly should say No after the Nth beer LOL ... Having swung well in game 1 and swung through the pitch on my first at bat of game 2... I was simply happy it was the first strike...
Anyways,,, enough about myself, let's talk about Game 1... We didn't score in the second inning, but scored 17 in the other four at bats... Whew... Okay, still hung over... I am out ...
Here are both the mid-season 5 and YTD Stats ...
OBI earned a doubleheader split with a 17-9 victory in Game 2 that included a happy, happy, happy 12-run inning. This after Mamma's Boys turn a 6th inning Game 1 12-6 deficit into a 16-12 victory with their own 10 run inning. Grrrrrrrrr
The story of the evening was improved and more consistent offense by the OBI crew, better base running, and other wonderful crap like that. We hit the ball on a line more often than the past few weeks. This is a good trend as popups and lazy fly balls seem to be easier to catch than sharply hit grounders and line drives. I like it!!!
Game 1 featured an 8-run third inning where Shylo's hit the second time around kept him from making the first and third outs of the inning. There were a few gifts by Mamma's Boys, but for the most part the OBI crew singled them to death and we put ourselves in good position to win. Alas, it didn't last...
In Game 2, we scored 5 runs in the top of the first,, then 12 in the 4th inning. This was enough to pull away far enough to secure the victory. Officially,,, Larry, Michael (also had a SacFly), Spillane, Matt, and Jayse all made only one out over both games.
Extra base hits were more abundant, possibly due to their 3 OFs (at times) and/or Field 4's generous grazing area. Simply said, we hit well as a team and are becoming consistent as we have been in previous seasons. Keep it rockin' folks ...
OBI gave up 8 runs in the bottom of the 5th to Chico's Bail Bonds and fell 10-13 in Game 1 on Thursday night. Consistency being the unrequited brother's mistress of valor, OBI pushed across another 10 runs in game 2 against the AZ Tea Bags (no comment placed here) to take the contest 10-5 ...
Against Chico's Bail Bonds, OBI jumped out to 5-0, 8-3, then 10-5 leads,,, we would score no more runs in the game. OBI scored 8 in the first 3 innings, and only 2 over the last 4 at bats... Ya, the offense went cold.
Game 1 leaders with 3 hits each were Humberto (3-3) and both Matt & Michael (at 3-4). Matt scored 3 runs and Humberto drove in a run with each of his hits, all with 2 outs ...
Game 2 was all about the top of the order. Ryan (2-3), Humberto (3-4), and Shylo (2-3) collected 8 hits (rest of the team 9) and scored 7 of the 10 runs... Paul drove in 3 runs as the team leader this game.
The real difference in Game 1's loss and Game 2's win was the Defense... A few misplayed balls in the first game contributed to Chico's big bad inning. Since we are human, I like to think these things are going to happen whether aliens have truly visited planet Earth,,, or not ...
Overall, our good play continues and with Spillane back next week we should be able to give some players more time to get me a beer between innings... Or other important stuff like that...
