Colorado Springs - Week 6 - Highlights

All My Pitches Love Me (sapphire blue) vs. Gold Ballerz (gold):

AMPLM was looking to keep hold on 2^nd place in the standings while Gold Ballerz came in trying to get their first W of the season. It wouldn’t take long for AMPLM to throw down the hammer, as leadoff man Alex Koehler got a double and scored on a sac fly by Kristin Porter in the top of the 1^st. Up 3-0 in the 3^rd inning, AMPLM added to their lead with a huge offensive rally of five runs, capped by Matt O’Connell’s 2-RBI double. AMPLM’s defense was in top form as well, keeping Gold Ballerz off the bases in the 2^nd through 4^th innings. In the top of the 6^th up 11-0, AMPLM got each of their kickers up to the plate in the inning and had a stretch of 5 kickers in a row get an RBI hit, started off by Beau Kelly’s RBI double. Gold Ballerz got their offense in gear in the bottom half of the 6^th with a trio of singles by Zack Luczejko, Dylan Halford, and Meghan Mannering to start the inning. Zoey Showers scored Zack on a bases loaded fielder’s choice, and Meghan scored on a Qadry Jenkins single. It was too little too late for Gold Ballerz though, as the 15 run deficit proved to be too much to overcome.

Final Score: All My Pitches Love Me 17, Gold Ballerz 2

Fresh Kicks of Ball Air (black) vs. Booze on First (royal blue):

FKOBA’s Alan Paquin came out of the gate on fire in the top of the 1^st, getting on base with a leadoff single and scoring on Joey Vincent’s sac fly. Shane Martin also scored in the inning on a single by Erin Sheik. Booze on First had an answer in the bottom of the 1^st as Marc O’Meara led off with a single and scored on Meghan Sanders’ single. Jared Locke then scored Laura Locke on a sac fly to tie the game at 2. In the top of the 2^nd FKOBA got the pair of runs back by getting a bases-loaded RBI fielder’s choice by Alan Paquin, and an RBI single by Erik Martin. Down 5-2 in the 5^th, Booze on First’s Jared Locke led off the inning with a frenzied home run, rounding the bases like he had ants in his pants. FKOBA again answered with another two runs off the foot of Erik Martin’s clutch double, scoring Alan Paquin and Shane Martin on the play. Down 7-3 in the 7^th, it was Booze on First’s last chance, and they sure made it interesting. Marc O’Meara scored on a monster triple by Jason Mullis, and Meghan Sanders brought Jason home on a single. Jared Locke got a single to keep the inning going and acted as the tying run, but FKOBA’s pitcher Erik Martin served up a dosage of nasty curveballs to Nancy Mogge to get her to pop up for the final out of the game.

Final Score: Fresh Kicks of Ball Air 7, All My Pitches Love Me 5

Fresh Kicks of Ball Air (black) vs. Bazinga (red):

In the much anticipated rematch of last season’s PPC final (since the first matchup this season was a forfeit), both teams were hoping to get the advantage heading into this season’s PPC tournament. Alan Paquin drew an unprecedented leadoff walk from Bazinga’s Matt Howes, and scored on a Joey Vincent single. Shane Martin attempted to make it 2-0 on the next play, but got called out at home thanks to heads-up defense by Bazinga. FKOBA’s Ryan Piper drew another leadoff walk in the 2^nd and scored on Alan Paquin’s single. Now down 2-0 in the 2^nd, Keith Hausaum led off the inning for Bazinga with a standup triple, but the FKOBA defense wouldn’t allow him to score. Still 2-0 in the 4^th, Bazinga started the inning off with 2 kicks for outs, but then strung together 4 straight singles and 2 walks to plate 3 runs. Captain Erik Blessman knocked in 2 of those runs with a bases loaded single. In the 5^th, Bazinga got one more insurance run thanks to a leadoff triple by Matt Howes and Shane Jahnke’s sac fly. With the lead in their hands, Bazinga put their defense in turbo gear, retiring FKOBA 1-2-3 in the final two innings to preserve the win and keep their undefeated season alive.

Final Score: Bazinga 4, Fresh Kicks of Ball Air 2