Under a rainbow canopy, the
Cougars took the field for a doubleheader on Tuesday.
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The Cougars matched up with
Templeton Rye for a fast paced game in the opener.
We held our opponent
scoreless in the first three innings allowing only two singles. One of those two baserunners was eliminated in
a dazzling fashion by Martini when he hurled a no-look pickoff to JD who, in
one smooth motion, grasped the ball and plopped the tag on the runner.
The Cougars were quiet in
the first two innings with only solo hits by Rads and Bobi. In the third, Pastor Ted and Flandog led us
off with singles. Ski and Boom
followed suit and to score Flandog and give us a 1-0 lead.
In the top of the fourth,
Templeton Rye tied it up. They added two
more in the fifth and one more in the sixth.
They would have added a few more if not for an over the shoulder wide
receiver catch by Boom in center field.
We pretty much went down in
order over the last three innings.
Cougars lose 4-1.
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In the nightcap, we faced Old
School for another swift match. Defense
was the key to this game along with some clutch hitting.
We held Old School to 6 total
hits and they only pushed one run across the plate.
Two of those hits were
negated by Martini to JD pickoff plays. One
of the pickoffs was what we call the “‘ol’ wheel play.” This play can only be executed against
newbies and it was first played on us by the Shackers back in 2008. So here we go…men on first and second for Old
School and Martini purposely fires a wild pickoff throw to JD at first
base. Now, the rules state that only the
runner who is played on can advance, however, in this case, the runner on first
base can’t advance on the wild throw because the next base is occupied. Old School enthusiastically sent both of the
runners. (We joined in and yelled for them
to run, too.) All we had to do is merely
tag any runner for the final out. Boy, that
was fun!
On offense, Philthy knocked
in Martini for our first run in the second inning. In the fourth, Rads got on base and scored
the go ahead run on hits by Joker and Bobi.
We added two tallies in the fifth with sweet back to back hits by Pastor
Ted and Flandog, followed by a double down the left field line by Fort. In the sixth, we duplicated the prior inning
with Martini and Joker back to back hits and Bobi knocking them in.
Cougars win 6-1.
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During the games Martini,
served his best to the plate and at the postgame he served up the wurst to our
palate.
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As always with the Cougars,
it was a team effort and we proved once again it takes more than one to win.
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