| SBL 2007, WEEK 4 JUNE 10 JAILBAIT GYMNASIUM TEAM DOUBLE STUFF 16 PJ & THE LADIES 11 behind an insane 11 for 12 ahooting performance from jon biddle, team double stuff was able to overcome both a seven run third from the ladies and poor shooting from the bottom of their own order. biddle, in spite of being reminded constantly about his chances of a rare perfect game, put in double after double, leading to an impressive 8 rbi. his only missed shot came in the bottom of the ninth inning, in his very last at-bat, a middle single that hit nearly every part of the rim before bouncing out, much to the jubilation of both the ladies and the crowd. apparantly, most sblers aren't big fans of seeing the rarest of sbl feats accomplished from the double line in. personally, i was pulling for biddle to get it done... it's been nearly three seasons since we've had perfection from the field. the big innings for both teams came in the third, when the ladies seven snagged the lead away from double stuff, who had dropped five in the top of the frame. over the next three innings, the stuff, one run at a time, regained the lead, then never looked back. the ladies, meanwhile, looked fairly stong in all sectors, but couldn't overcome biddle once-every-four-seasons offensive explosion. biddle was aided by aryn christman, who had a 9 for 12 outing with a trifecta of ribbies. in a losing effort, both bill weisberg and dennis lackey hit on 6 of 13 shots, while big rando knight tipped in two double plays and an assist. NAPPY HEADED HOS 4 HOT FUZZ 5 (10 INNINGS) yawn. only part of the game worth mentioning? bryan frankovich hit a solo homer to lead off the bottom of the tenth to put everyone out of their misery. on behalf of everyone at jailbait for the game, thanks, b.frank. frankovich hit 5 of 9 attempts with a homer and three rbi, plus seven double plays to pace the victors. for the losers, matt mcclelland dropped in 6 of 11 with a homer, two rbi and 5 double plays. but mac does have a player of the year award, which frankovich never will... KATHLEEN TURNER OVERDRIVE 7 THE SCREAMIN' SEAGULLS 4 in another low-scoring affair (kinda makes that biddle near perfect game seem a bit more impressive, doesn't it?) the screamin seagulls continued to just miss while kathleen turner overdrive continued to do just enough to get by. the two squads combined for only 20 hits, but unfortunately for the seagulls kto had fourteen of 'em. in fact, only once in the game did the seagulls get consecutive hits, when terry hall, lenny crist and lee nespor went back to back to back in the fourth to score three of their four runs. after that "big" inning, they would manage only one more hit the entire game. kto, while not fairing a whole lot better, came from behind thanks to strong defense and five runs over the final two innings. paced as always by terry shernisky, who put in a 6 for 10, 4 double play outing, the overdrive tipped in double plays in each inning of the contest. sherry was aided by greg lackey's 4 for 10 game and pair of double plays. the losing seagulls got a 4 for 10, 3 double play game from terry hall. NAPPY HEADED HOS 22 SPARKLING WIGGLES 12 as has been the story for the wiggles all season, they got caught at the wrong time by the wrong team. after putting up a measley 4 runs in 10 innings of work only minutes earlier, the nappy headed hos went bananas to the tune of 21 runs to outsprint a wiggles squad which struggled to find its rythym. while getting fed a steady diet of homers from ben smith, who finished with 4, and matt mcclelland, who had a pair, the wiggles couldnt put anything together offensively. a nate tomko grand slam in the 8th made the score a little less ugly, but this game was all hos the whole way. smith finished with 10 rbi and seven hits. jamie moroco swished through 11 of her 17 attempts for 6 ribbies, while mcclelland also drove in 6 on 10 of 17 marksmanship. katie kelly went 6 for 10, while tomko put in a 5 for 10, 1 homer, 6 rbi, 4 double play, 2 psyche out line. JUKEBOX HERO 11 TEAM DOUBLE STUFF 5 jukebox hero, of all teams, got the american conference a much-needed win over their national counterparts, whipping up on a tough double stuff team thanks in large part to the large stick of dennis lackey. while an unusually crappy display out of the double stuff bats can certainly take part of the blame, lackey certainly needs some credit thanks to his 7 for 10, 3 homerun, 6 rbi day. practically putting lenny crist, jamie moroco, rookie billy wharry, danielle hennon and pat nespor on his chicken shoulders, lackey owned the game from a side of the plate nobody saw coming. pat nespor added four hits in the winning cause, while jamie fabian hit on 3 of 9 shots with three rbi for the losers. SCREAMIN' SEAGULLS 7 PJ & THE LADIES 14 in spite of jon olsavsky's long-awaited return to the sbl scene, pj & the ladies were able to bounce back from their tough loss to double stuff earlier in the day for the big american conference win here to keep pace with the sparkling wiggles for the conference lead. dennis lackey led the way for the ladies, turning in an impressive 6 for 13 showing with 4 homers and 8 rbi. in the third, the biggest inning for the ladies in which they batted through the order four times and plated 10 runs, lackey nailed all three homers. by doing so, the fuzzyheaded one has added himself to an elite sbl fraternity including nate tomko, shelly goodpastor and joel lepak. also for the winners, billy weisberg nailed 8 of 13 shots and drove in five, while big rando knight tipped in a trio of double plays. the screamin' seagulls, who were never really in this one, were led by terry hall, who went 5 for 10 with a homer and three ribbies, and olsavsky finished with 2 rbi on 5 of 10 marksmanship. JUKEBOX HERO 5 THE SPARKLING WIGGLES 15 the wiggles, after a depressing defeat at the hands of the nappy headed hos earlier in the day, climbed to 3-5 and back into first in the sbl american with a dominating win over a rookie-laden jukebox hero squad. the wiggles outhit their opponents 25-10, which was evident by the lopsided final score. after briefly falling behind as the visiting heroes plated three in the top of the third, the wiggles got their offense going in the bottom half of the frame, scoring 6 and never looking back. katie kelly hit 10 of 12 shots from the leadoff hole for the wiggles, plating 4 runs and tipping in an assist and a double play. nate tomko tipped in 3 double plays, hit on 7 of 11, and drove in nine runs. also for the vctors, it should be noted that pat lackey did not get double played at all. jukebox hero got a 4 for 8, three ribbie day from john davidson. |
| KATHLEEN TURNER OVERDRIVE 11 HOT FUZZ 12 (12 INNINGS) for the second time in as many games, hot fuzz escaped an extra-inning game with a one-run victory, proving they either a really, really good team capable of winning close ones, or a really, really lucky team who keeps catching teams playing just bad enough to lose. personally, i'm opting for the second one. after giving the fuzz an early 3-0 lead, kto stormed back in the middle innings to take a 10-7 lead heading into the eighth. once there, hot fuzz got a big 3-run homerun from mnike moroco to plate a total of four in the inning and retake the slim one-run lead. though a tony mastrian single would bring home terry shernisky to tie it up in the bottom of the ninth, both teams offense would pretty much go into a slumber for the final four innings. after both teams passed time and time again on winning the game, rookie of the year frontrunner gavin st. john finally nailed a solo homer to bring the game nobody wanted to win to a close in the bottom of the 12th. for the winners, st. john drilled 7 of 11 shots with 4 ribbies. mike moroco hit a pair of homer and drove in five, and team captain bryan frankovich tipped in 5 double plays. terry shernisky practically carried his team on his back throughout the gamer, hitting 9 of 12 shots for 6 rbi while tipping in 8 double plays and an assist. captain kip corbett hit an amazing 1 for 12, with his only make being tipped in by shernisky. way to lead, kippy! the win moves fuzz to an undefeated 8-0. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: jon olsavsky (welcome back!) TEAM OF THE WEEK: hot fuzz (someone beat them, please...) GAME OF THE WEEK: none, they all sucked schedule2007 |