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4 out of 5 Dentists secure first win of season, defeating Pumice on Slow! 9-5

20 May

Chris approaches a flyball that he caught one handed to retire Brad

Bradyn had five RBI, and the Dentists combined for five home runs as they beat Pumice on Slow for their first win in franchise history.

Brad took the mound for Pumice and got out of the first inning without giving up a run. Chris retired the side in order for the Dentists as well, and the game was scoreless heading into the second inning.

4 out of 5 Dentists busted out in the second inning for five runs. Bradyn drove in four of the five runs, including an inside-the-park three run home run, thanks in large part to fielding errors by Pumice on Slow! Down 5-0, Pumice was unable to score in the bottom of the second, when Chris retired the side in order, including a strikeout of Gaurav.

The Dentists added to their lead in the third, when Chris led off the inning with a solo homer. Brad retired Mike, but gave up back-to-back solo home runs to Bradyn and Ron, which extended the Dentist’s lead to 8-0. Brad retired Chris to end the third inning, the last batter he would face.

Pumice on Slow! finally got on the board in the bottom of the third. Luke led off the inning with a single, and Holly followed with a two-run bomb to right field, cutting the score to 8-2. Chris then retired Gaurav and Brad.

Pumice on Slow! made the call to the bullpen, bringing in Gaurav for his first appearance of the day. He retired the side in order in the top of the fourth.

With one out, Pumice on Slow! rallied in the bottom of the fourth with three consecutive homers off Chris. Holly started things off with her second consecutive home run, followed by Gaurav and Brad. The three runs cut the deficit to 8-5, but it was the closest Pumice would get, as Luke struck out to end the inning.

4 out of 5 Dentists added an insurance run in the top of the fifth when Ron hit a home run to the deepest part of the field in dead center, his second of the game. Chris retired the side in order in the bottom of the fifth.

The Dentists were unable to add to their lead in the top of the sixth, but Chris retired Brad and John in order in the bottom of the sixth to give his team their first win of the year.

Game Notes:
– Pumice on Slow! became the first team to use five players in a game

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Guthrie’s 5 RBI and pitching prowess give Caucasians 6-4 win over 4 out of 5 Dentists

20 May

Guthrie, who pitched a complete game, delivers to Chris in his first career at-bat.

After trailing early, the Caucasians scored five runs in the bottom of the second inning and never relinquished the lead, as they moved to 5-0 on the season with a win over 4 out of 5 Dentists.

Bradyn led off the game with a single for the Dentists, but Guthrie got out of the inning unscathed after retired the next two batters. Ron was on the mound for 4 out of 5 Dentists, and he retired the Caucasians in order in the first.

The Dentists got on the board first in the top half of the second inning when Ron hit a two-run homer driving in Mike to give his team the lead 2-0. But the Caucasians responded in a big way in the bottom half of the inning. Morrison singled, and following a Les ground-out, Guthrie hit a two-run blast to tie the game. Morrison followed with another single, and Les put two men on with a single of his own. Then Guthrie blasted off for his second homer of the inning, a three-run shot, to give the Vaginas a 5-2 lead. Ron retired Morrison to end the inning, but the damage had been done.

Both pitchers settled into a groove after the second inning, as both Guthrie and Ron retired the sides in order in the third and fourth innings.

Down three runs, Bradyn led off the fifth inning with a home run to right field, cutting the deficit to 5-3. Guthrie retired Ron and Chris to end the inning.

Morrison made up for the run with a solo shot to lead off the bottom of the fifth, extending the Vagina lead to three runs yet again. Les and Guthrie flew out to end the fifth.

Down three and needing a rally, the Dentists started the top of the sixth with a single by Mike. Bradyn doubled to put runners on second and third with no outs. Ron flew out to deep center field, allowing Mike to tag and score on the sac fly. With one out and the tying run at the plate, Chris grounded out to center field to end the game, giving the Caucasians a 6-4 win as the Dentists remained winless.

Game Notes:
– Chris and Mike made their career debuts in this game

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Fish Sticks Superb in Field as they Defeat 4 out of 5 Dentists 3-2

6 May

Ron's three singles weren't enough for 4 out of 5 Dentists

4 out of 5 Dentists got a solid pitching performance and a homer from Geoff, but were unable to give him the run support needed to clinch their first victory of the year.

Geoff retired the first two Fish Sticks batters for a scoreless first, and his pitching counterpart, Joey, retired the Dentists in order in the bottom of the first.

The Fish Sticks took the lead in the top of the 2nd with a string of singles. Joey led off the inning with a single and Dinger put two runners on base for Vassallo after he singled. Vassallo plated Joey with a third consecutive single to put the Fish Sticks up 1-0. Geoff then got out of the jam retiring Joey.

4 out of 5 Dentists immediately evened up the score when Geoff led off the bottom of the second with a moonshot to left, tying the game at 1-1. The Dentists followed with two consecutive singles from Spads and Braydn, but Joey got out of the inning without any further damage after retiring Ron.

Both pitchers worked held the opposition scoreless in the third and fourth innings. Blose turned a double play in the third retiring Geoff, and then Ron trying to advance to second base.

With the game tied, Dinger led off the top of the fifth with a single off Geoff. Geoff got Vassallo to fly out to left for the first out, but Joey hit a two run homer to right-center field, driving in Dinger to put the Fish Sticks up 3-1. Blose followed the home run with a triple, but was stranded at third as Dinger grounded out to left field.

Down two runs, the Dentists rallied in the bottom of the fifth to draw closer to the Fish Sticks. Spads started off the inning by grounding out to left field, but three Dentists in a row reached base safely with one out. Braydn singled, followed by a Ron single, and with runners on first and second, Geoff drove in Braydn with a single of his own. With the tying run on second and the go-ahead run on first, Spads grounded out to left field and Joey got out of the jam with the lead.

Geoff retired the side in order in the top of the 6th, and the Dentists came to the plate down a run for their last at-bat. The Fish Sticks made the call to the bullpen in the sixth, bringing in Blose for the save opportunity. Blose got Braydn to fly out to the pitchers mound, but gave up a single to Ron, putting the tying runner on base. But Blose buckled down and got Geoff to fly out for the second out, ending the game, and giving the Fish Sticks the 3-2 win.

Game Notes:
– Blose earned the first save in league history in his first career pitching appearance
– Geoff had three potential home runs hit the tree in left field. Two were caught for fly outs, the third bounced off the tree’s trunk, beyond the fence, and bounced back onto the field for a single.
– Ron had a deep fly ball bounce off the top rail of the fence and bounce back into play for a single.

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Newly Acquired Josh Hits Game Winner as Pumice on Slow Outlasts 4 out of 5 Dentists

6 May

Josh's homer in the top of the 7th gave Pumice the victory

Filling in for team captain Brad, Josh hit two home runs, including the go-ahead bomb in the top of the 7th, as Pumice on Slow toppled 4 out of 5 Dentists in the league’s first extra-innings game.

The league’s two winless teams squared off as 4 out of 5 Dentists sent Ron to the mound. He retired the first four Pumice batters in order, including completing a double play to end the 2nd. Gaurav, starting for Pumice, gave up singles to Braydn to lead off the 1st and 2nd innings, but finished both innings unscathed as the game was scoreless heading into the third.

Pumice broke the scoreless tie when Luke, on second after a double to lead off the third, scored on a Josh inside-the-park home run, the first in league history. But the Dentists answered in the bottom of the third, cutting the lead in half when Braydn hit a solo home run.

Both pitchers clamped down in the 4th inning, and with the score 2-1, Pumice added two runs in the 5th. After retiring Josh, Ron gave up a single to John followed by a two-run homer to Luke, extending the Dentists deficit to 4-1.

Down three runs, 4 out of 5 rallied in the bottom of the fifth. Ron was retired to lead off the inning, but the Dentists followed with five straight hits, including four straight singles by Geoff, Spads, Braydn, and Ron. Braydn’s scored Geoff to cut the score to 4-2, and with three men on, Geoff doubled in two runs to tie the game at 4-4. Gaurav cut the rally short by retiring Spads, and the game entered the final inning tied.

Josh singled off Ron to start the 6th, but Ron quickly retired the next two batters to end the top of the 6th. Braydn singled off Gaurav as the first batter in the bottom of the sixth, but the Dentists were unable to secure a walk-off hit as Gaurav retired Ron and Geoff to send the game to extra innings.

In the top of the 7th Ron retired Gaurav, but gave up a solo home run to Josh, giving Pumice on Slow a 5-4 lead. Pumice couldn’t add an insurance run as John was retired to end the top of the 7th.

Gaurav stayed in the game to try to close out the game for Pumice, and he retired Spads and Braydn in order to get the complete game victory. Pumice got their first win of the year, and 4 out of 5 Dentists remained winless.

Game Notes:
– Braydn led off four of the seven innings with hits for 4 out of 5 Dentists
– Spads entered the game in the bottom of the second inning for 4 out of 5 Dentists, who played the first 1.5 innings with only three players

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Fish Sticks hit six bombs in rout of 4 out of 5 Dentists

30 Apr

Braydn of 4 out of 5 Dentists uses his Ichiro-swing to push a ball to right field off Joey of Fish Sticks

In the third game of week 1, Fish Sticks exploded for 14 runs over the second, third and fourth inning to pull away from 4 out of 5 Dentists and move to 2-0 on the season.

Joey was on the mound for Fish Sticks, battling against Jordan of 4 out of 5, the first pitching appearances of the season for both players. Both pitchers retired the sides in order in the first inning heading into the second scoreless.

4 out of 5 Dentists got on the board first when Braydn doubled to drive in Geoff and put the Dentists up 1-0. Joey worked his way out of the jam, stranding two runners and holding the deficit to 1.

Fish Sticks started the damage in the bottom of the second and never looked back. Joey, Blose, and Dinger all singled to start the inning, Dinger’s driving in the first two batters, and following a Vassallo fly out, Joey drove in two runs with his first home run of the season. Blose then flew out to end the second with Fish Sticks up 4-1.

4 out of 5 stranded one runner in the top of the third without scoring a run, and Fish Sticks went back to work with the sticks. In the bottom of the third, Vassallo, Joey and Blose hit back-to-back-to-back solo home runs, the first consecutive home runs in league history, to add three to Fish Sticks total, pushing their lead to 7-1. The bombs chased 4 out of 5 Dentist’s starting pitcher Jordan from the mound, as team captain Ron made the call to the pen bringing in Geoff. He was able to retire the only batter he faced in the third.

In the top of the 4th the Dentists narrowed the lead by a run when Jordan doubled to drive in Geoff from first. The score was 7-2 and was as close as the game would get.

After Vassallo flied out to start the bottom of the 4th, Fish Sticks pummeled Geoff for seven consecutive hits, with each batter scoring. The seven hit stretch included another home run and double from Joey, a double from Blose, and a triple from Dinger. Ron called Braydn in to replace Geoff on the mound. He gave up an RBI single to Vassallo, but then got Joey to ground out to retire the side. After four innings Fish Sticks led 14-2.

Despite a multitude of fielding errors throughout the third and fourth innings, 4 out of 5 hadn’t quit yet. They rallied in the top of the fifth as Geoff and Jordan led off the inning with two singles. Braydn then drove them both and himself in with a three run shot, cutting the lead to 14-5. Joey remained on the mound and retired Ron and Geoff to end the inning.

Fish Sticks added an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth when Blose led off the inning with a solo home run, his second of the game. Braydn then retired Dinger and Vassallo to end the inning. Joey then retired Jordan and Braydn in order in the top of the sixth to end the game and give Fish Sticks the win, moving 4 out of 5 Dentists to 0-2.

Game Notes:
– Geoff became the first relief pitcher in EWL history.
– Joey set a league record for RBIs in a single game with 6.
– No one struck out in this game.

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