Spring 2024 Weekday Summaries & Standings

Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Bronze Division


Nancy Muslin Realty - 11 Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 17

Nancy Muslin fell behind early in the game and couldn't overcome Tride and True's solid defense, losing 17-11. Almost everyone on the team had at least one hit for a team total of 18 hits and 11 runs. Ken Krzeminski had a good day at the plate going 4 for 4 with a double and a rbi. Sub Bob Lessard supported him with a 3 for 4 effort that included a double and 4 rbi's. Bob Cary was 3 for 4. Daren Proctor was 2 for 4. Sue Cary was 1 for 3 with a walk and a rbi. Kevin Katsuki was 1 for 3 with a walk and a rbi. Sub pitcher Denise Gibala drove in 2 runs with a single. Norm Lustig drove in a run with a single. Ed Hart had a double that went to the left field wall. Roy Carpenter chipped in with a single. Thanks to Denise Gibala for subbing and pitching and to Bob Lessard for subbing in the outfield. A big thank you to Marilyn Leinberger for getting up at the crack of dawn to come and do our scorebook.

"Tride and True defeated Nancy Muslim 17-11, going by the score you would think it was an easy game but it wasn't. It sorta got out of hand when in the sixth inning The terminators scored 4 Runs and then shut down the Realtors. Up until that point the game still could have gone either way. The offense was awesome for the first two and last two innings plating 15 Runs of the 17 Total. Dave Gjerstad, Ed Campbell and Jack Braly each had a perfect day, Gjerstad 3-3 with a walk, Ed Campbell 3-3 with a walk and Braly 2-2 with a walk Gjerstad had an Inside the Park Home Run in the very first inning, he also had a Run Scored and 4 RBI, Campbell 2 Runs Scored and 2 RBI. Sheldon Rosenthal and Mike Kachurak had 2 Hits apiece, Rosenthal Walk, Run Scored and RBI, Kachurak Run Scored and RBI. Roger Lopossa also had 2 Hits including a Triple, 3 Runs Scored and 2 RBI. Subs Steve Foster and Yvonne Becker each had a hit, Foster Walk, Run Scored and 2 RBI and Becker Walk, Run Scored and RBI. in Addition Bill Marchionni and Kim Hurd got a Hit apiece, Hurd a Walk and Run Scored and Marchionni Walk, 2 Runs Scored, Double and RBI. The defense was a little mixed today with the usual good catches in the outfield and some nice infield play (example Roger Lopossa catching the line drive at shortstop and doubling up the runner to end the game). Unfortunately, though there were some misplays which isn't usual for this team. Overall, I have to say our defense is extremely good and possibly even better than that. One added note Rosenthal continues to amaze with his positioning on batters, every game so far he has moved around and gotten to balls that normally he wouldn't have fielded and turned them into outs, Either by making catches on fly balls or throwing out runners trying to advance. Thanks to Yvonne for filling in these first four games for Joe Osowiec who hopefully will return next week, she contributed offensively and defensively to help us achieve our 3-0-1 record. The same goes for Lanny Auberg for the first three games and Steve Foster for today. We hope to have our full team back next week but it is great to have players who fill in when we need them.
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Wheeler-Riley Realty - 14 Petelin Vision - 13

Well there is a reason Chuck bats in lead off position: 4/4 and scoring three times. Bruce, Bobby, Dan and Robert all going 3/4. Now we are hitting as expected, good game, fellas. Playing a full seven innings works well for this group, we can get our groove on. Phil was in perfect fielding spot more than once, Dooling had at least one double play (without Kats help) and Denise fielded well at pitcher, shutting down some hitters. Gene it was good to have you “back where you belong” and many kudos to Larry for relieving Denise from a few innings of pitching. This article isn’t complete until……..Awesome job, Norma for hitting in winning run. We came, we had fun, we won…..doesn’t get any better than that. Good night Gracie.

Petelin Vision came up a little short today against a very good Char Wheeler Team 14-13. Defensively Petelin made some nice plays including David Power's outfield catches. Don F Cole's line drive catches. A nice double play 2nd to 1st. Sub Ron Silberman had a couple nice catches at 3rd and Charlie Counts snagged a few at short. Offensively Petelin had just 15 hits for the day. Randy Ratcliff was 4/4 (double) 4 RBI's. Collecting 2 hits were Kirk King 2 RBI's, Sub Ron Silberman (triple double) 4 RBI's, Barney Armstrong and Chris Espejo. Charlie Counts had a hit, sub Bill Clark had a hit and 2 RBI's, Dale Schroeder had a hit with 2 walks. Don F Cole had 3 walks, David Power had a Sac Fly and a walk and an RBI and Michael Wilton had 2 walks. Petelin Vision would like to thank Ron Silberman and Bill Clark for subbing today. Big thank you to Marilyn for all the help with the scorebook and dugout assistance.

Susy's Home Clean - 12 Ranall's Realty - 6

The entire team came to play ball today against a scrappy Ranalls Realty team that kept us on our toes. Offensively, Gary Armstrong pitched a good game, and was our leading hitter going 3/3 with a 3 rbi triple. Hitting 2/3 were Gary Finer, Ron Swanson, and Mike (Sully) Sullivan. Sub Wayne Moxley and Steve Willoughby were 2/2 and both posted home runs to round out a total of 15 hits. Defensively, both the infield and outfield played well, holding the realtors to 6 runs. Thanks to Marilyn Leinberger for keeping our scorebook, and umpires Don F Cole and Ron Silberman.
The game between Ranalls Realty and Susy's stood at 4 to 3 after the first inning. The bats went very cold for the realtors and lost to Susy's 12 to 6. Perfect from the plate today Kathy Boland at 3 for 3. Delivering 2 hits: Jim Parry (HR), Dick Steiman and Don Trenda. Chipping in with a hit each were Tom Gobin, Bob Lessard, Sal Politi, Ron Rogerson, and Jim Mathews. THanks to Bob Lessard for subbing today. Congratulations to Susy's!

Thursday, April 25, 2024
Copper Division

Thunderbird Auto - 6 Fast Signs - 20

Fast Signs gave us a lesson in hitting. We were never in the game. It ended in a mercy game after 5 innings. Jamie Sullivan and John Blevins were both 2/2. Thank you to Craig Warner for subbing.

"FastSigns scored at least 3 runs in every inning on our way to a 20-6 5 inning rout of Thunderbird Automotive. We played great defense, especially Al Caillouette at SS, Chip ""Rob 'em"" Roberson in LC, RF Paul Jinneman (run saving catch) and Kirk Andes in RC.
Offensively, all of the FastSigns eleven had hits, starting with leadoff hitter Chip who was 4/4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI, followed by John ""The Hammer"" Hammel who broke out of his early season slump going 4/4 with 4 RBI. Those two perfect hitters were followed by Kirk 3/4 with 3 RBI and 3rd baseman Jeff ""Nick"" Nickerson 3/4 with 3 doubles and 2 RBI. With 2 hits each were Al (RBI), Rov Les Zirbel (3 RBI & a walk), Super Sub Billy ""out of the park"" Parker (2 RBI & 2 doubles), Pitcher Danny Wood (2 Runs), LF Jeff Watson (RBI-Run) and RF Paul (2 Runs). 1st baseman Dan Newman added an RBI and a double and was great defensively (especially one very hard hit grounder)! As a team we had our hitting shoes on, going 27/37 .730 BA with a .946 Slugging %. Many thanks to umpires Bob Winkler and Greg Allseitz and tower operator Randy Van ""Winkle"" Wagner. The win was made easier by Jeff Smith keeping a perfect scorebook. Thanks again to Super Sub Billy Parker for helping us this week."

WyYerd Fiber - 5 Canyon State HVAC - 12

Solid defense with multiple double plays. Craig Nelson continues his hitting parade with two two run home runs, one of which hasn't landed yet. You can break down a senior softball game many different ways. The easiest and most accurate is, you aren't going to win scoring 5 runs. Line drives and ground balls generally work better than easy fly ball outs. That being said, we have a group of guys that are really good guys and a pretty great gal to boot! They don't give up and will return next week looking to do better. Thank you to our new score keeper Kris Ranalls. Maybe we can sharpen the pencil after Tuesday's game. Also, Jim Rumsey keeps everyone in line at first base and we appreciate his efforts. Congrats to Canyon State on a good game.

Once again this team came out swinging. 4 runs in the first inning. Then 3 in the third, and 5 in the fourth. That was enough runs to hold off Wyyerd. After making adjustments to the fielding positions a bit before the game, it factored into the defense being really good today Holding Wyyerd to just 5 total runs. This was a true TEAM effort and win today. Top hitters were Bob Winkler and Jay Shchirpke went 4/4. Randy Van Wagner and John Gavazza went 3/4. Also, John Nicodemo came out of his slump and hit triple to give us some runs we needed and made some nice catches in left. Great overall Team win today which was needed to stay at 2-2 with the other teams. Thanks sub Craig Warner umps and score tower.