Ed Lopez looked like a vintage Electrolux at short, 478-Pete had the opposing pitcher's number (turning a triple into a double and a double into a single because of a pulled hammy), Arch Puritz whacked a home run and a triple (again, despite a tweaked hammy), Rick Bohm stroked three singles from the leadoff spot and Robert "Solid" Gold made a crafty, walkless return to the twilight mound in a 10 - 6 victory over Leo's La Manda's tonight. Our catching/DH duo tore up the pea patch: Mark Smith hit his spot in left center for two more singles, and Larry Greiner also finished at .666 for the night. Mike Flaherty, Fred Wertz and Jim Pezzuto also impressed the scouts, to be sure, but — like me — they leaned a bit more toward the intangibles this evening. Geoff Shlaes was the often overlooked, but vital, twelfth man and keeper of the books.
Reachers Tilt Men of La Mancha
We've got a 10-day layoff to stretch out those hammies. Next game is Thursday, June 19 at 7 p.m. Please let me know if you can make it by next Monday.
I'll let you know about BP later this week; we've got to figure out when they're going to line the field for Little League.