Another split night for the Excelsior Covenant Team. The first game was against the only undefeated team in the league. THe final score was 4-1 (ECC losing) with few hits and big defensive plays. With the one exception of our good friend, and soon departed Brian Board, there were few errors. Unfortunately, Board misjudged the distance of a fly ball that went just over his head. More exciting (and redeeming), he caught a fly ball with an extended back - we were going to give him a gift certificate to our friend, Mike Isaacson at South Lake Chiropractic (a healer, if I may), but since Board is leaving for Seattle in a week, we decided to go on the cheap and simply mention him in the blog.
No big hits this game, but the gloves were hot. Wiersma (Andy) was quick on the glove at shortstop picking up anything between 2 and 3 (the third baseman needed an extra foot of ability). Wiersma grabbed one at the grass and hurled it to first for the final out of the inning. THirdbaseman, Small, did a fine job at third thanks to the encouragement of his team. He almost forced a 5(UA)-3 double play, but the ump wasn't watching as closely as Small would have liked...
Steve Adams was at the mound for both games, and he held a close game at 4-1. Welcome Back Steve (don't leave again!)
The second game was even more exciting. The defense continued playing tough, and the bats were on fire. Andy Wiersma (the youger brother of Brian) had two big homeruns! We are waiting for next week for Brian's big bat appearance. Tom Talmo is a hot bat with quick speed. He always gets to first and is around the corner by the time most of our team would be leaving homeplate (especially Mrosko). Speakking of Mike, he went opposite field twice for multipl RBIs, and did well hustling in Right-center field. A fine performance in front of his two children and wife.
Jon Volling was another hot bat with consecutive base hits - unfortunately late in the game, Kyle hit a big double (with an attempt at triple) and sent john sliding into home...Kyle failed to listen ot the base coaches yelling "stop" at second base...thanks John for taking it for the team (Had Kyle stopped at second, he would have been driven home by Wiersma's second homerun...impatience is never splendid!)
The game ended early as ECC pulled in a few runs for a final score of 19-6.
As always, a big shout out for the fans! We had a large crowd at mini-Wrigley, including Nancy, Emma and Annie Carlson supporting Tim. The new baby's Ashlyn, Lauren and Micah James attended with great grunts and yawns...Mary and Pete Studer came down from the hill to enjoy the show, and the Clawson's happened to arrive at the end of the game after enjoying a delicious dinner at 318, where their daughter Katie (sp) serves most graciously.
Finally, Coach Quinlan continues to organize a great team. Thank you for all the work you put into the team and the encouragement you offer.
Look forward to seeing everyone on Monday at Freeman fields at 7:30 (note that there is only one game this week).
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