Hatfield Playoffs: 8/21/2024

Post by **blouderback** » Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:20 am

Game 1: 4th seed Mashed Taters vs 5th seed Yard Ducks
Yard Ducks score 6 in the 1st 3 innings. Pat Malloy triples and Craig Solomon doubles. In the same 3 innings, Mashed Taters score 4. Carl Wambold leads off the 1st with a homer. Mike McCallister bangs out a homer in the 2nd, and Paul Grant doubles in the 3rd. Yard Ducks plate 4 in the 4th after Paul Brazil doubles and Bryan Stott homers. They'll add 2 more in the 5th with Chris Tuck doubling, and 1 in the 6th when Jason Crumbock goes solo over the fence. Taters tighten the game in the bottom of the 6th with 4 runs, all knocked in by Jimmy Mann's grand slam homer. Yard Ducks take a 8 run lead in the top of the 7th after Solomon homers. Taters threaten in the bottom of the 7th with a double from RJ Grant and a homer from Paul Grant, but 2 is not enough. Yard Ducks upset Mashed Taters, 16-10.

Game 2: 2nd seed Cheaters vs 3rd seed Mayhem
Mayhem scores 5 in 4 innings. Steven Sovocol, Casey Condron, and Randy Worthing all double. Derek Strowhouer homers. On the other side of the page, Cheaters can only plate 2 in the same innings. Mayhem adds 3 more runs in the 5th, with Stowhouer doubling. They'll add 4 more in the top of the 7th, with Stowhouer adding his 2nd double and Josh Sovocol tripling. Needing 10 to tie and 11 to win, Cheaters can only plate 3 in the bottom of the 7th, all on Jason Exner's 3-run blast over the fence. Mayhem wins and goes on to the Championship next week, 12-5.

Game 3: top see Disciples vs 5th seed Yard Ducks
Yard Ducks plate just 5 runs in this game, but might that be enough? Tom Gallagher doubles twice, Paul Brazil doubles, Jason Crumback homers for Yard Ducks. Disciples start out slow and don't score until the 3rd, where they put up 5. Richie Fluck and Darren Hughes both double. They'll add 1 more in the 4th on Brad Shuck's solo dinger to take the lead. Darren Hughes homers in the 5th for an insurance run, and this game is over with a Disciples win and a spot in the Championship game next week, 7-5.