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A WALK-OFF DUB, AN L AND THE RETURN OF A CAPTAIN

By RYAN ALFORD, 05/24/21, 7:30PM CDT

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GAME 1 – BATS – 10 vs IRONPIGS – 11

 

The Brothers Buhrow and the rest of the caped crusaders came ready to play as they sent 9 players to the plate to create a 4 run deficit for the Bacon Boys in the top of the first.  Finally, after the bats peppered the ball with 6 hits to all fields, the Pigs were able to snuff out the rally to hopefully answer with some offense of their own.

The Schodaddy took the first pitches from the left-handed dealer, Big Country, Doug Kramer.  After Schor found first base, Spencer “Don’t hold my beer, because I don’t drink” BroMANZer blasted a no doubter into the wind on field 3 to cut the lead, 4-2.  

 

A Tony Lowery diving snag to rob renowned Captain's Corner Columnist, Daniel Buhrow of a base knock proved to be the highlight for the Pigs in the top half of the second as they struggles to collect outs after that.  The Gotham City Heroes found themselves owning the Pigs D as they continued to stripe the ball to the green parts of the park that were in play with no player around to make the out.  Fret not young warrior, as troubleshooting Mike Anders finally figured out the formula as he only gave up 2 runs in the final 5 innings of play.  He  helped keep the Bats, bats at bay and the Bacon Boys a chance for some late inning heroics.

 

Fast forward to the bottom of the 7th with the home team down by a score of 10-6, Tony Lowery hits a soft liner foul that Jim Finley snagged to leave the Piggies with only 2 outs to create a comeback.  “The Big Mo’ Uncle Ronn” lined a sharp hit to LCF to start a rally.  Up stepped a slumping JZ, the "Casa-Santa"as known by Pedro, who drove a grounder into the 5 hole helping continue the rally, and busting his slump wide open by hustling to first base.  Brinkman followed with the hardest hit of the inning thus far to load the bases.  Cbass found some OF green with a “Noonan” shot to get the inning’s first run and inch us closer to tying the game.  Schodaddy!!!!!! With a base clearing blast for a triple, tying the game with the winning run on 2nd.   Mr. “DHMYBIDD” BroMANZer finished off the comeback win with a walk-off single.  

 

GAME 2 – GRASSHOPPERS – 10 vs IRONPIGS – 5

 

The Hoppers were no different than the Bats with the coming out in the top of inning 1 and putting up runs.

Birthday Boy Berkowitz delivered a single, followed by a Mendoza on base due to error, all the while setting up Miguel Duron, you know, the Hispanic Titanic…and the pitch, the swing and yet another “Team Neato, Flying Burrito” moonshot over the left field fence for a 3 run “Crank you very much” tater. Brian Ortega, not to be out done, blasted his “Don’t even chase it boys, just watch and admire it” blast over the RCF wall.  

Pigs were coming off a high after the comeback V, and were not going to back down from the division leaders.  Brumley plated Manz on a double only to find homeplate himself from a Wallace hit.  Anders got in on the offensive fun too with an RBI single.  We find ourselves in the later innings and the Piggies still scratching and clawing trying to get the lead.  To the Piggies’ dismay and ruin, The Garber mainstay, Ortega, would have none of it as he hit his second “Good God Almighty that ball may bring even more rain” homer landed ¾ of the way up the net in LF, oh, and it was into the wind.  Ortega is “THE MYTH, THE MAN, THE GRASSHOPPER” 

 

IRONPIGS just couldn’t string together enough hits to overcome the likes of Duron and Ortega… Brian Allsbrook gets an honorable mention because he hit the fence on the fly, no homer, therefore, only honorable mention.  

 

Big Highlight of the game was seeing the return of LARRY GOLDSTEIN!!! Glad to see him out a the fields again; it helped it feel a little more close to normal Sunday mornings with the likes of a Shalom League mainstay, and CAPTAIN, playing again.