Wednesday March 26, 2008

9:15 p.m. Body Slammers vs. GG Possums

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.

Remember we have makeup games.  For those of you that haven’t checked here is the schedule for the next two weeks.

March 12
E.C. #2 7:45 GG Possums vs. Weak & Powerless

March 19
E.C. #2 6:30 GG Possums vs. Bone Daddies

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.