Fort Collins - Week 5 - Highlights

Greenbriar Park Field 1 (5:45pm) 

Ballz N Dollz (Neon Yellow) vs. Ballsagna Face (Neon Pink): 

Talk about a game! Starting right off with a great heads up play from Jeremy “Papa Smurf” Glanzer, tagging the runner out after a tricky bunt for the 3^rd out in the first. Keeping a close game into the 3^rd, Isaac Wallis tries to make a routine play a little harder by catching a fly ball on his face for a big out in the 3^rd! Get a mask for that guy! Lastly, you know Ballsagna Face wouldn’t go down without a fight, first basemen Shaun Healy with the great double play all on his own scoring it an unassisted double play at first base. Unfortunately that wasn’t enough for the Smurfs that is Ballz N Dollz…Ballz N Dollz win 5-2.   

Greenbriar Park Field 2 (5:45pm) 

Oilers (Tropical Blue) vs. New Kicks on the Block (Heliconia):

This game was spectacular! Too many highlights to go into but here we go: Top of 3 Captain Ashley Hilderbrand makes the daring catch running and colliding with another player. Bottom of 4, Dana risking it all with a great rolling and diving catch to save a couple runs in left field! With a close tight match going late in the game Dave Smith of the Oilers makes sure to see the ball in his hands with a great catch making sure not to trap in the bottom of the 5^th. Best play of the game has to go to Paul Baldwin with New Kicks on the Block getting up to catch a hard line drive to end the game in the 7^th inning. Oilers win 11-5.

Greenbriar Park Field 1 (6:45pm) 

Flint Tropics (Tennessee Orange) vs. American Made (Carolina Blue): 

Veteran Matt Kelly may be competing for league MVP if there were such thing. Knowing you can foul out he smartly waited on touching a ball as it was rolling out of fair territory for a foul out and a K in the books. Later on Bryan Pekara steals a base hit from Tropics by making an over the shoulder grab saving 2 runs from coming in. Pitcher and captain Big Ben Burnham takes care of things himself and makes a double play all himself catching the line drive and tagging the previous runner for a top ten worthy play. Unfortunately it was not enough for Matt Kelly’s big foot late in the game with a huge line drive boot to deep outfield for an easy home run. Flint Tropics win 5-0

Greenbriar Park Field 2 (6:45pm) 

Kickin Grass & Takin Names (Cardinal Red) vs. Little Lebowski Urban Acheivers (Royal Blue): 

Another one for the books, this one was - as Yoda would say! Starting off the in bottom of the 3rd, Aaron Novacek fields a bunt and just barely clipping the runners hand before making it to first base, good heads up play! Both teams going back and forth with a pitchers duel in the first couple innings. Captain Brady Anderson lays it all out and makes a one handed catch laying all the way out for a huge out in the outfield. In the top of the 5th Kickin Grass had a huge inning contributed by Calvin Shepard for a 2 run homer putting them up. Kickin Grass and Takin Names win 17-3

Greenbriar Parkl Field 3 (5:45pm)

Florida Mike and the Freeballers (Purple) vs. Where My Pitches At? (Sport Grey)

This was a close game with few highlights but quality play all around. Free ballers got up early in the first inning. That didn’t scare the other team though as they came back to score 2 runs each of the following innings. All tied up in the 4th 6-6 the Free Ballers come through with back to back base hits moving runners station to station holding onto the win to the 7th. Free ballers win 8-6.