Paul had made a nice little catch in top of the first; Kurt was working on figuring out how to get under his skin and then - POOF! Oh, well. Just another one-timer who'll never be back, I guess.
Well, with that there were four left for Wiffle. There was some real hope that maybe one or two more would show at the normal time of 9, to be added in. No such luck. Two-on-two it remained; your loss to those who didn't come - the weather was perfect.
Scoreless into the bottom of the third, the home team broke out with two off Stats - triple, double, triple did the damage. Dave E. put those runners on but credit those 2 RBI to Peter Berwald.
Credit Peter with the game saving defensive play of the day, too. Top of the fourth with two on (remarkably against R-Dave) Kurt connected on a blistering liner up the middle. Peter's quick feet got a good jump and he ran the ball down well past the homer line for a harmless out. Dave (from the mound) and Stats (from the batter's box) both admired strike three to end the threat.
When asked later about Dave's pitching Stats, said, "What pitching? I didn't see any pitches." 'Nuff said.
Oh, and while we're at it, let's credit Peter with the Save as well, pitching a scoreless top of the fifth to end That Game in May.
Kurt, Matt - 0
Dave, Peter - 2
W: Berwald
L: Lindsay
S: Berwald
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Given Robert Lucas's critique of counterfactuals in economic theory, it should still be noted that the first triple was the source of some dispute about whether it could have been caught. Had it been, and everything else remained the same (which is where Lucas's critique comes in), we would have lost 1-0. I blame Peter. And, of course, Paul.
ReplyDeleteI think Dave's shot was out of reach, but it did hang up in the air a bit so I believe it would have been close. It was a shot, for sure. It was amusing though, how as soon as the ball was hit, Kurt remained frozen in his spot as though he was glued down. Playing with one outfielder doesn't help the pitcher's era too much!
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It doesn't help a pitcher's ERA at all. Sigh, I've become the mediocre wiffler everyone else hopes shows.
ReplyDeleteStill I will come if just for the one or two moments of effectiveness and the laughs. They're good for my brain chemistry.
Out of reach? I could have caught that running from the batters box.
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ReplyDeleteImagine the grunt that would've brought out, R-Dave (OH)!
ReplyDeleteyou know, when a ball is out of reach, it doesn't make much sense to expend a lot of effort to get there. that's what "out of reach" means.
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