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Afton - May 19, 2007
The captain's official game account:
Saint Croix's Defeat Red Socks with fine defense
The Saint Croix Base Ball Club crossed bats with the Afton Red Socks at Pettit Park in St. Croix Beach on the afternoon of Saturday, May 19, 2007. The match was called at 1 pm and umpired by Mr. Duane "Chairman" Thien.
The Saint Croix's, being one man short for the contest, enlisted "Pop" Robinson to fill in for a portion of the match. Mr. Robinson used his expertise as behind and produced several important outs for the Saint Croix's. He had to leave and was replaced with an original St. Croix, David "Country" Knutson, who still showed the quickness that he had while playing regularly for the club several years ago.
The Saint Croix's were sent to bat first and in their half of the inning were able to tally two aces. They tallied another two in their third while the Saint Croix defense played well for this early in the year and allowed no aces to the Red Socks through the first six innings.
In the Afton seventh, the club scored two aces on a rare fielding error by the Saint Croix's. In the Saint Croix eighth, there was some unusual base running, especially by Adam "Meister" Smith who did a full backwards roll just after making a clean base hit. He reached first base safely and took his second on a wild throw by Afton. In all, the Saint Croix's tallied four times in the inning.
The score at the end of the match was the Saint Croix's 8, Afton Red Socks 2.
The aces tallied for the Saint Croix's were two by Quentin "Rock" Wittrock, two by Dan "Basher" Cagley, two by Jody "Sidewinder" Benet and one each from George "K-Man" Kimball and Adam "Meister" Smith.
After the match a good time was had by both clubs with peach cobbler being served along with a cold beverage to subdue the heat of the day.
Both clubs will meet again in July and again in September.
The season begins with Mr. Wittrock leading off versus Afton.
Umpire Mr. Thein watches closely.
Mr. Adam "Meister" Smith returns to play for the Saint Croix's.
Mr. Hammer pitches for the Saint Croix's.
Mr. Ebnet watches as he plays at first base.
Mr. Kimball hits the pitch towards left field.
Umpire Mr. Thien collects a fine from Afton Captain Mr. Orcutt for an on field indiscrestion.
Mr. Knutson on first base after a clean base hit.
Mr. Hammer pitches the ball toward the Afton striker.
Mr. Cagley watches the action from left field.
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