Colorado Springs - Week 2 - Highlights

HeadShots (white) vs. Bazinga (red):

HeadShots got to work early in this game when Jared Dumont scored Luke Northam on a fielder’s choice. Baylor Finch then followed with a shot that found a hole in the Bazinga outfield, scoring Jared on the play. Baylor later came around to score to give HeadShots an early 3-0 lead. Not used to playing from behind, Bazinga was able to cut into the lead in the 1^st after a monster 2-run home run by Todd Brewer over the outstretched arms of HeadShots’ right fielder. After going down 1-2-3 in the next two innings, HeadShots was able to get runners on base, but just couldn’t bring anyone else home. Meanwhile Bazinga’s offense got rolling in the 3^rd after a flurry of bunts and singles to go up 6-3. Nate Kischer put the finishing touches on the route in the 4^th after an RBI triple and later came home on Tim Menditto’s double.

Final Score: Bazinga 9, HeadShots 3

Hashtag Balls (forest green) vs. Bazinga (red):

In a rematch of last week’s opening game, Bazinga would break the game open in the 2^nd inning when the whole lineup would get an opportunity at the plate. Nate Kischer booted a 2-run home run, and Keith Hausam knocked out a bases loaded triple to make it an 8-2 game. Hashtag Balls answered with a rally in the 3^rd, after Baby Simpson (Maggie McCullough) and Big Hurt (Adam Huerta) scored on a clutch 2-out double by Horny (Camden Nahorniak). Farmer Brown (Jon McDonald) brought Camden home on the next play with an RBI single to bring the deficit to 3 runs. However, Bazinga stretched out the lead in the final two innings with RBI singles by Erin Heberlein, Todd Brewer, and Keith Hausam to give Bazinga the 6-run win.

Final Score: Bazinga 12, Hashtag Balls 6

The Fresh Kicks of Ball Air (black) vs. The Freeballers (lime):

After going MIA the first week, The Fresh Kicks of Ball Air made a strong debut against their would-have-been opponents from week 1. Alan Paquin started the attack for FKOBA with a bunt single, later coming around to score with Sarah Murphy on Erik Martin’s single-turned-triple after several costly overthrows by The Freeballers defense. The Freeballer’s offense was stymied by the seemingly over-bouncy pitching of Alan Paquin. The FKOBA offense didn’t stop churning out the runs though, adding to their 7-0 lead in the 5^th after back-to-back singles by Erik Martin and Wilfred Vincent, scoring 2 more to make it 9-0. In the 6^th inning FKOBA would attempt to make another rally, but after a line drive was caught by The Freeballers’ 2^nd baseman, FKOBA’s Shane Martin was caught not tagging up and was emphatically pegged out for the double play as he attempted to slide headfirst back to 1^st base. The Freeballers made one last attempt to score in the bottom of the 7^th, after Sean McWethy was able to get on base with a leadoff single. After advancing to 3^rd base and with 2 outs, Sean was pegged out as he leapt for home plate on a grounder by Natasha Trozzolo to end the game.

Final Score: Fresh Kicks of Ball Air 10, The Freeballers 0