Even with 18 runs on 24 hits the Possums with unable to come away with a victory as they were throw to the mat by the Body Slammers, 18 to 25.  The Possums played short with only 9 players as three Possums were unable to make it out to the game, and they took on some reserves from other teams.  Four players had 4 or more hits as Jason (4 for 5), Stan (5 for 5), Dan (4 for 5) and the late coming Brian (4 for 4) accounted for 17 of the Possums 25 hits.  Stan cleared the bases a number of times as he drove in 4 runs and scored 2 as well.

Team totals for the game. .632 AVG, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, .921 SLG, 7 left on base, and 5 errors in the field.

Tonight was for all the marbles as the GG Possums hosted their arch nemesis the Bone Daddies in a game that would determine the league champs for the 2008 Winter season.  As we went into the top of the sixth the game was close, 8-12 Bone Daddies.  But then the Bone Daddies opened up the floodgates as they pounded in 11 runs. The Possums answered back with 5 runs of their own, but it wasn’t enough as they lost 14-26.  Not all was lost as the Possums did collect 2nd place which earned them a nice looking throw back T-Shirt (see below).  Since we ended up losing I’m not going to name stars of the game, but I will list some stats of the season.  Possums finish the season 5-3.

Team Leaders

• Hits 24 Perez
• Runs 25 Perez
• RBI 22 Calles
• Doubles 12 Kloos
• Triples 2 D. Bergin and Kloos
• Home Runs 4 Calles
• Batting Avg. .727 Kloos
• Slugging % 1.591 Kloos
• Walks 5 Gutierrez
• Put Outs 39 D. Bergin
• Assists 14 Gutierrez
• Innings 32 Patton
• Hits/7 19.5 Patton
• ERA 9.92 Hippie

The Possums on are one of the biggest winning streaks ever as they rolled to a 22-15 victory over Weak and Powerless! The Possums scored 4 or more runs in all but the 3rd inning. Stars of the game were Bobby Perez 4 for 5 with 4 runs and 4 RBI, Brian Stotelmeyer 3 for 5 with 2 runs and 4 RBI, Dominic Bergin 3 for 4 with 1 run and 4 RBI, Jordan Loos 3 for 4 with 1 run, 4 RBI, and 2 doubles, and Daniel Schoonover 3 for 3 with 4 runs and 1 RBI. The defense struggled at times but starting pitching Dave “The General” Patton pitched masterfully giving up only 1 walk in 7 innings.

The Possums came back to win in the top of the 7th 20-15 over the RW Crew. coming into the top of the 7th the Possums were trailing the Crew 11-15, but they were able to string together a barrage of hits to score 9 runs and force the Crew to answer back. Dave Patton pitched a flawless bottom of the 7th to give the Possums their 4th consecutive victory in a row, brining them to 3-2. All but one Possum got 2 or more hits in the game. Perez, Calles, and Schoonover accounted for 3 runs each. Perez, OT, and Kloos had 2 dubles a piece, while both D. Bergin and DeLaCruz legged out triples. The one lone home run for the Possums was hit by Calles.

Reporting from the home office of the GG Possums.

The GG Possums easily defeated the Blumpkins for their first victory of what has so far been a disappointing Winter 2008 season.  With this victory the Possums are now 1-2.  Defense was the word tonight as the Possums were solid throughout the first 5 innings giving up only 4 runs till the top of the 6th.  Top performers were Bobby Perez and Axel Calles as they went 4 for 4 and 4 for 5 respectively.  24 runs scored as everyone on the team scored at least one run for the 24-9 victory.

The 2007 Fall season concluded on January 2nd, with the 5th loss of the season for the GG Possums.  The loss was an example of how frustrating of a season it was for the Possums on the field as they fell to 4-5-1.  Although for the season they were able to score more runs then they gave up (166 for, 161 against), it just was average play most the time from the Possums as they placed 5th in the 7 team league.

The Possums did however have success at the plate as Mike Carrasco finished in 4th place for the batting title at .742 and Dominic Bergin lead the league in RBIs at 28 (tied for 7th most in a season for the Possums).  Leaders for home runs included Dominic with 6 (tied for 2nd) and Brian Stotelmeyer with 4 (8th).

Here are your Possum Leaders for the Fall 2007 Season.

Batting
M Carrasco Batting Average .742
B Stotelmeyer Runs 19
D Bergin Runs Batting In 28
M Carrasco Doubles 10
J Bergin, M Carrasco Triples 2
D Bergin Home Runs 6
D Bergin Slugging % 1.297
D Schoonover Walks 7

Pitching
D Patton Stikeouts 5
T Hippie Base on Balls 14
D Patton Earned Run Average 16.55

For the season the Possums batted .568 with a .853 Slugging %, pretty much in line with the last couple seasons, put the power numbers were up slightly.  The Possums had their best home run output (16) since the 2006 summer season.  This was one of the best fielding teams in Possums history with a .956 Fielding % (3rd best all time).