On a sunny and steamy evening, the Cougars had a tripleheader.
HEROIC
Our first matchup was
against Valley Lodge on Field 2.
The Cougar defense let up a
lone score in the top of the first and other than a double by Joker we
were silent in the bottom half. Villains
lead 1-0.
Our defense was solid in the
second inning and we held them scoreless.
In our half, JD led us off with a single followed by a Li’l Rads
walk. Strong Coffey tied it all up with the
mightiest of swings on the top sixteenth of the 16-inch ball and it went about
sixteen inches in front of the dish. As the
catcher threw it to first base, JD was already on his way from second base to the plate to
score. All square 1-1.
Cougars mirrored the
previous inning and held the opponent to zero in the third as well. In our frame, we scored five. All with two outs! Boom and Rads poked singles and Joker
walked. With the bases loaded Martini
tripled to clear the bases. JD followed suit
with his own three of a kind (another triple that is) and Philthy doubled to tally
an RBI. Cougars up 6-1.
In the top of the fourth,
Valley Lodge had their top of the order at bat. They found every hole and gap and scored
three. Lip singled for the Cougars but he
was left stranded. It was getting too
close – Cougars up 6-4.
Two hits but no runs for the
bad guys in the top of the fifth. In the
bottom, Rads launched a ball to left field and landed on second base because
the ball was misplayed. Next up was Joker
who lasered a shot to the shortstop.
After the shortstop threw to first base, Rads raced for third base. After catching the ball from the shortstop,
the first baseman fired it a bit offline to the third baseman so Rads got up
and made it home safely. Cougars getting
some insurance up 7-4.
Nada for VL in the
sixth. Not so for the Cougars in the
bottom of the sixth. JD led us off with
a single followed by a robust shot by Strong Coffey to score JD (3-3 and 3 runs
scored in the game!). We were not done
yet! With Strong Coffey on first, Lip
pummeled a double to the gap scoring Coffey.
Cougars 9-4.
We needed to hold them in
the top of the last inning. After one out,
they were starting to rally with runners on first and second. With two strikes on the batter, Martin lofted
the ball and the batter swung and missed.
Diamond Dave, on his toes, saw the runner on first base going with the
pitch, and picked him off for the strike ‘em out throw ‘em out to end the rally
and the game. Cougars win 9-4.
Diamond Dave has won games
for us on the mound, at the plate, and now behind the plate. He is our hero.
HUMBLED
Our second game was against Old School. We had
to pick up our 16-inch gear and travel 16 feet to Field 1.
Our first three innings were
scoreless with only hits by Joker and JD.
Old School got a couple across the plate to lead 2-0.
In the top of the fourth, Boom
led us off with a hit and Martini rapped him in. Our challenger got it back in the bottom of
the inning. 3-1 them.
In the fifth both teams were
scoreless.
In the top of the sixth
inning, Flandog led off and got on base followed by a Diamond Dave single. Rads knocked Flandog in with a single. Cougars fought back and made it 3-2. In the bottom of the sixth, our wheels came
off. Our foe got us for seven digits to
make it 10-2.
We never gave up and in the
top of the seventh Philthy, Li’l Rads, Strong Coffey and Lip all rocked the
rock and we scored two. That’s a 10-4
final score good buddy.
The lowlight of the game
came in the second inning with the game still in check. With no outs, the Valley Lodge batter smoked
a line shot to the left of Rads at shortstop.
Rads made the clutch catch and tossed it to Flandog for what your captain
thought was the third out. Captain
Cougar then bolted off the field faster than Usain. Um, yeah, get back out on the field, hot shot. Only two outs. Ugh.
Humbled.
HUNGRY
The postgame completed our
tripleheader. The Lipinski family
provided the awesome sauce to give us a winning record for the night.
Your humble, hungry heroes play Chicken Shack and Tappers in the final two weeks of the season. The Cougars plan to stay humble and stay hungry as we eat and drink our way to heroic victories.
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Game Video
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Cougars vs Valley Lodge
Cougars vs Old School
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Game Pictures
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Postgame Pictures
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