Bashers Get First Win of Season, Split with Lollygaggers

The Bashers finally climbed into the win column on Wednesday night as they split the doubleheader with the Lollygaggers. They rallied to win 12-11 in the first game, but fell 12-9 in the second in the first regular-season games that the Bashers have played at newly renovated Barcroft.

Billy Ocean once sung "when the going gets tough, the tough get going." The Bashers proved that again Wednesday night, displaying a never-say-die attitude that brought them the title a year ago. The Bashers trailed for most of the night, pulling even at 6-6 in the bottom of the third before falling behind 11-6 going into the bottom of the seventh. It was then that the Basher bats, which have taken an early season sabbatical, came to life. Tommy, pinch-hitting for Mark, ripped a single, followed by one from Dean. Chris then came up with an RBI single. With two on and no-one out, Tab crushed a home run to left-center, the first Basher home run of the regular season. After a pair of outs, Marty, Tim and Dave all hit consecutive singles to tie the game at 11. Kevin, mired in an early-season slump, was able to drive a ball into right-center to score Tim from second and give the Bashers their inaugural victory of the season.

Unfortunately, the momentum did not carry over to the nightcap of the twin bill. The Bashers trailed throughout the early stages of the game and were down 5-1 after three. The Bashers grabbed the lead twice, once with a 6-run fourth inning sparked by a string of 4 consecutive singles by Marty, Tim, Matt and Dave. After allowing 2 in the bottom of the frame to tie it, the Bashers again took a lead thanks to a pair of unearned runs in the top of the fifth. However, a 5-run bottom of the fifth left the Bashers staring defeat in the face, and they were unable to mount another late-inning rally and fell 12-9. In the second game, it was defense that hurt the Bashers allowed only two earned runs in the game.

The Basher bats were led by Chris (5-8), Tim (4-6), Dave (4-6) and Tab (3-6, with a double and a home run).

Full season stats are available here.

The Bashers are back in action Wednesday May 2 at 8:30pm at Jennie Dean. They take on Whitlow's on Wilson.