Week 3: 7/2/2024

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Game 1: To Be Determined vs Wire2Wire Sports Podcast
TBD goes down in order in the 1st 2 innings while Wire2Wire plate 3. Ben Vitelli triples in 2 runs for Wire2Wire. TBD gets on the board with 3 runs and tie it up in the 3rd. Tyler Dalzell doubles. Wire2Wire score 5 in the 4th to take an 8-3 lead. Kris Karaba doubles. They'll get 3 more in the 5th with Alex Freeman doubling along with Brandon Bozek, and that'll be all the scoring for the game. Wire2Wire wins, 11-3.

Game 2: Dingers vs Shake-N-Bake
Shake-N-Bake plate 2 in the 1st thanks to doubles from Dave Carson and Tony Stuart. Dingers plate 4 in the bottom helped by Rich Schmidt's 3 run double. Shake-N-Bake adds 1 in the 2nd while Dingers add 2 with Derrick Acker's double. No one scores again until the 4th where Shake-N-Bake put up 2 to make it a 1 run game. Bob Premaza doubles in both runs. Dingers widen the lead to 2 on Bayley Jaminis's RBI double in the bottom of the 4th. Jason Genua leads off the top of the 5th with a triple and scores for Shake-N-Bake to make it a 1 run game again. Dingers make it a 2 run game in the 6th after Jake Zbarsky doubles and scores on Blake Szymanski's RBI single. Shake-N-Bake load the bases in the top of the 7th but can only score 1 run. Dingers hold on for an 8-7 victory.

Game 3: The Commission dba Silly Boys vs Philly Junk
Philly Junk get none in the 1st while Commish plate 1 on John Erb's RBI triple. Philly Junk take the lead in the top of the 2nd with 2 runs on Cam Komanchuk's double. Commish tie it at 2 with a run in the bottom of the 2nd. Philly Junk scores 3 in the 3rd with Tom Ivers doubling along with Jason Ashworth. Commish plate 1 in the bottom to cut Philly Junk's lead to 3. Philly Junk plate 2 in the 4th when Ryan Habel doubles 1 in and Tyler Gower sacrifices. Commish eek out a run in the bottom when Erb doubles and scores on Jon Mott's single. Philly Junk gets a solo shot from Shane Hanna to widen their lead to 5. They'll add 5 more in the last 2 innings with Vinny Catagnus and Mike Bitterlich blasting shots over the fence back-to-back. Needing 11 to tie and 12 to win, Commish gets the 1st 3 batters on base with doubles from Motts and Brendan Parker, but they can only score 2. Philly Junk wins, 13-5.

Game 4: Calcium Cannons vs Beers
Calcium Cannons can't score until the 4th, where they plate just 1 run. Meanwhile, Beers score 10 in the 1st 4. Connor MacFarlane triples, Josh Sanchez doubles, and Scott Gerhart homers in the effort. Facing a 10-1 deficit after 4 and half innings, Cannons get to work and tie it up in the bottom of the 5th. Brett Saverio doubles and Jose Ortiz Vega doubles TWICE in the inning. Beers threaten to break the tie in the bottom of the 5th when MacFarlane doubles,but they strand him at 3rd. They DO break the tie in the top of the 6th with 4 runs, with Ryan Maley driving in 3 of them with a dinger. Cannons fight back and score 3 in the bottom of the 6th when Trey Cuozzo knocks a 3-run homer over the fence. Nobody scores in the 7th, and Beers hold on for the victory, 14-13.