Weather dominates adult softball play
It continues to be one of those years where the weather dominates the schedule. The seven day cycles of rain just will not get off game nights. The Tuesday night league batted .500 this past week as the Monday night slate of games were washed away but the fields rebounded enough to play the Tuesday schedule. Thursday league also got in their games.
Tuesday league standings: Sunset Canyon Baptist 5-0; Fighting Pharmers 4-1; DS Rentals Conglomerates 3-2; DS Electric Shockers 3-2; Baptist Bombers 1-1; Misfits 1-4; Chronic Offenders 1-4; UnWanted 0-2; Slapnut Magoos 0-2.
Scores: Sunset Canyon Baptist remained undefeated in league play with two wins. They held off Chronic Offenders 15-8 and overran Misfits 19-1. Chronic Offenders got their initial win with an 11-4 margin over Misfits. The other field of play split their games for the night. The Conglomerates broke a 7-7 tie in the extra inning with two to defeat the Fighting Pharmers. The Pharmers then broke a 4-4 tie with four runs in their final at bat to overcome the Shockers 8-5. The Shockers did not wait for an overtime game as they shutdown and shutout the Conglomerates 11-0.
Leading hitters: 4- Brian Halbert, Quinton Poe. 3- James Montgomery, Craig House, Patrick Dorman, Greg Harkrider, Tommy Gillis, Hezekiah Hamilton, Jared Irvine, Logan Busch, Justin Gutierrez, Brian Timon, Jared Wenkheimer, Kameron Keel, Zach Spires. Homeruns: Logan Busch 2, Kameron Keel, Craig House.
Thursday league standings: Sons of Pitches 6-2; Dripping Royalty 7-3; T-baggers 3-3; Zeros 3-5; Lastros 1-7.
Scores: Unbelievably two teams with firepower, Zeros and Sons of Pitches, came to the seventh with Zeros leading 2-1 but the SOP scored three and the Zeros could not respond. SOP did not have the same problem in the second game as they blasted Lastros 18-4. The Zeros were able to have more offense in their second game to outlast Dripping Royalty 11-7. Dripping Royalty kept Lastros at bay 9-2.
Leading hitters: 4- Drew Cross, Jarred Robinson. 3- Taylor Johnson, Jacob Dotson, Trey Ross, Cody Ross, Colton Odell, Jacob Whitman. Homeruns: Taylor Johnson, Jacob Dotson, Chance Ruffin.