Wow! It's been a while. My apologies for not recapping the previous two weeks. So here's a quick summary of them.
At 7-1, your Predators swept Softball Fellaz easily. Their pitching lacked, and their defense was worse. Am I being tough? Of course. Something positive? They looked good in their uni's! Wearing the San Fransisco Giants, in full set - matching pants and shirt. Final scores were 13-1 and 10-4.
Now 9-1, and the Memorial Weekend had passed, we lucked out playing the last place team - Hit n Run. Not that we took them any lighter than any team previously...we had guys who simply didn't show up. Ben was a bit erratic, throwing his shortest stint ever, and giving up eleven runs while doing so. With the game tied, the Predators finally were able to shut things down in the first game. Dennis was brought in to seal the leak, and the defense followed suit. Offensively, we would score 13 runs to end the long, dusty game with a 24-12 win. In game 2, we were able to continue our strong defense and won 10-2. Ben looked to return back to old form, as he came in to relieve Dennis and blanked Hit n Run in the final two frames for the win.
At 11-1, our scheduled brought was Takeover. Takeover walked into Sunday in second place at 8-4. They swept Clutch (last season's Division champs) on 5/2, so we needed to step up bigger than ever before. In the first game, it was a pitcher's duel through 3 innings. Ben was spectacular. Mixing change ups with fast balls - Takeover simply couldn't figure him out. In the 4th inning, the duel ended with Frankie leading off with a walk, I reached on error and Big Brian crushes an RBI single. With the team up 1-0, Bill continued his hot hitting with an RBI-single himself. It would take another two innings for the Predators to score again. This time we put up 4 runs. But, the story of the game was Ben - as he completed his first shut out of the season.
Rather than starting Dennis, I decided to have Ben start the next game. It only made sense after a strong start which didn't require a ton of fast balls to win. Much like the first game, Ben continued to blank Takeover. Mowing down one after another, he would have 13 consecutive shutout innings before the bottom of the seventh inning. Rain and all, Takeover narrowed the team's 4-0 lead to 4-3. The end result was the same though, as the Predators win their 13th consecutive.
Game 1's Offensive Stars: CLee, Brian, Bill (2-3-4 in the lineup): 6-9, 6 Singles, 5 RBIs, 4 Runs Scored
Game 2's Offensive Stars: Brian (2-3, 2 Singles, 2 RBIs, Run); Matt (2-3, 2 Singles, RBI)
Ace of the weekend: Ben - 2 Wins, 13 consecutive shutout innings, 3 Runs Allowed
Wow! It's been a while. My apologies for not recapping the previous two weeks. So here's a quick summary of them.
