The night opened poorly for the boys in orange, as they spotted their opponents a 6-0 lead after half an inning. The Bashers replied with 5 of their own in the bottom of the inning as they sent 10 of their 11 hitters to the plate. In the second, Whitlow's added to their lead and made it an 8-5 game. However, the Bashers would tie the ballgame up when Tommy hit a three-run home run to left-center. It was the first home run of the year for the team.
The Bashers defense would be the story the rest of the way. They held Whitlows without a run for the rest of the game. The Bashers got two in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead for good courtesy of an RBI double from Tommy and a sacrifice fly by Glen.
In the bottom of the fifth the Bashers put it away. They sent 10 to the plate for the second time in the game, scoring 9 before the game was called on mercy-rule. Brian had a 2-run single, as did Kevin. Tommy had an RBI single, and then Glen hit a three-run inside-the-park home run to invoke the slaughter rule.
The Bashers did find things tougher in the late game. The Bashers did get on the board in the top of the first courtesy of Tommy's two-run home run to left-center, his second in as many games. Whitlow's would take the advantage right away with a 3-run inning. After a scoreless second, the Bashers regained the advantage in the top of the third. Matt had a three-run double and scored on Marty's RBI single as the boys in orange went up 6-3. However, a 5-run bottom of the third made it 8-6 in favor of Whitlows.
In the top of the fourth, the lead again went to the Bashers. Dean drove home 2 with an RBI double and scored when Tommy had an RBI single. After holding Whitlow's scoreless in the bottom of the frame, the Bashers added one more in the top of inning on Kevin's RBI single. However, Whitlow's would get 3 in the bottom of the fifth and another in the bottom of the 6th and held a 12-10 lead going into the final inning.
The Bashers looked to continue their late-inning heroics, and it appeared history would repeat itself yet again. Tommy and Glen led off with back-to-back singles, with Matt then adding an RBI single the mix. Marty would drive home a run with a single of his own to tie it, and Alan would give his team a 13-12 lead with a sacrifice fly. However, Whitlow's did its best 1999 Atlanta Braves NLCS impersonation in the bottom of the frame. With the game tied, the bases were loaded with two outs after a contraversial call at second base. With a full count, Whitlows came up with a game-winning single to salvage a split of the doubleheader.
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The Bashers moved to 7-5 on the season with the results, and will play on Wednesday, October 4th against Vanilla Shaft. Gametime is 8pm at Virginia Highlands, close to the Pentagon City Metro. For directions, see the "Links" section.
IMPORTANT NOTE
The Bashers final game of the season on October 18th against Hot Action is at 8:30pm at Jennie Dean. Please note the time change, and we apologize for any inconvience.
1 comment:
I get the first home run of my Bashers career and shred my pants in the process and I don't get a shout out from the blog? Fine, I'm sticking to singles.
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