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TACOS Sweep on the Opening Weekend of Division Play!!!

By Cuddles, 03/29/21, 6:45PM CDT

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TACOS Sweep on the Opening Weekend of Division Play!!!

Game 1

TACOS - 10

Iron Pigs - 9

The TACOS rolled into the opening division weekend at 5-3 and were ready to start their journey to the 2021 Shalom championship. The day started off with a matchup against one of the most well-known and respected teams in all of Shalom – the always competitive Iron Pigs. This game was back and forth, with each team making big plays at every turn to keep it tight throughout. The Tacos played solid defense behind their ace, Jon Banta. The Tacos offense did just enough, with 18 hits and 10 runs spread across the entire twelve man/woman roster. Burks, Keg, Banta, Cuddles, Luke, and Zwick all had multiple hit games, with t.u. supporter Burks chipping in three RBIs, two of which were critical. There were four offensive highlights of note from this Chalupa-Bacon battle. The first was Lewis ‘Big Stick’ Zwick going 3 for 3! The second was ‘Alarm Clock’ Finkel smoking a hard liner over the Taco left fielder’s head for a sweet double (yes, I doubted his power). The third occurred a couple of batters later, when Spencer Manz hit a Tank inspired missile halfway up the light pole in LCF for a grand slam. The fourth offensive highlight went down in the Tacos last at bat. After a rally by the Pigs, the Tacos found themselves down by two and staring at a loss. Super rookie Luke Morgan (Coach Keg still can’t remember his name) hit a one out HR to bring the Tacos to within one. Knoxie then hit a single and the gutty Señor Shwarts took a walk (played half of game one and all of game two with a swollen ankle). Cuddles, who is known for his base path speed and acuity, was the courtesy runner for Shwartsy which proved huge for the Tacos. Banta flied out to RF advancing the runners. Next up, the bearded Taco JC Burks hit a smoking hot, two out shot down the line at third, scoring Knox and the aforementioned speedster Cuddles for the walk off win!!! OK, hook ‘em…

Luke Morgan – 3 for 4, HR, 2 RBIs

Lewis Zwick -3 for 3

JC Burks – 2 for 4, 3 RBIs

Cuddles and Coach Keg – 2 for 3

 

Game 2

TACOS - 11

Rangers - 3              

The TACOS headed over to field 2 to take on the hamstrung Rangers in their sweet baby blues. This game was never really close as the Tacos put up seven runs in their first two at bats, and finished off the Rangers with four more runs in the 5th inning. Ace Banta was on point from the hill and kept the Rangers off balance the entire game while recording six strikeouts. Osgood, Luke (or is it Duke, or maybe Levi) Morgan, Cuddles, Knox, Shwarts, and Burks all went 2 for 3. The main thing to take away from this game is that as a result of Coach Keg getting two hits and the Rangers #1 pick R-I-yan Richardson (oh so close to being a Taco) hitting zero homers, fans will get to see the Rangers lefty stud wearing a tutu in the outfield the next time these two teams face off (May 2nd at 9:10am on field 3 for those of you who are interested).

Everyone contributed on offense

 

IPOW – JC ‘Clutch’ Burks – 4 for 7 / 3 RBIs (walk off single in game one)

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