Black Friday DOUBLE HEADER

Yes, you read that headline right. We, the men of Oakwood Wiffle and Ale played not 1, not 3, but TWO games today. Hu-ah!! Bestriding the asphalt from 9:30 until 13:10, grappling with a low, strong sun through two six-inning games, we are better and bigger for the experience. And we've got the experimental scoresheet to prove it:

And more than one of us will be feeling it tomorrow morning. IBUPROFEN!!

Glen laid down the verbal gauntlet before game 1, insisting that any combination of players would beat the teaming of Kurt and Dave. The Commish disallowed a 4-on-2 game and placed Brent on the side with the fireballers.

Close until the closing innings, this 4-1 contest was won by the side that Glen guaranteed would lose. Dave alone had enough RBI to win this one, while hitting for the cycle. Stats is largely responsible for this cycle; he dropped the triple, which he lost in the sun (sorry, Peter), and he pitched the homer ball, which Dave absolutely crushed. As can be seen in the tallies, the winners were largely able to pitch around Glen's two extra base hits, which is surprisingly under-productive for a batter getting underhand pitches. (Glen would exact his pond of flesh in game two, however.)

Dave pitched great (lost count of the Beltrans) and made one of two noteworthy catches - a full sprint into foul territory to catch a foul pop. The other was a nifty snag by Glen in the doorway of a line drive stung by Kurt. Much leather was flashed when it wasn't popped into the sun.

Glen, Matt, Peter - 1 run, 15 hits
Brent, Dave, Kurt - 4 runs, 15 hits

After the first game, with the temps getting very comfortable, four of the six decided, "Shoulders be damned, we can play another RIGHT NOW."  And so we did.

A much more offensive game, which featured a difficult sun. See below what the batters saw as they faced Dave for instance:

Note that Dave is in the sun, but the ball disappears into the shadows. Balls hit with any loft were no fun to catch, neither. Well, the game was over before the shoulders got sore anyway, as Peter, pitchin' like Commissioner Bud Selig, allowed 8 runs in the first, and Glen, pitchin' like my grandmother, allowed 8 more in the second. Dave returned from Black Friday shopping to pitch a scoreless third, and then the scoring took off again.  In the end, Matt and Kurt tallied 19 runs on 29 hits. Matt had a particularly fine set of figures for the full day: 20-for-33, 3 doubles, 2 triples and 12 RBI.

Glen was able to make it interesting with his bat. He smacked three 3-run homers in the second game (all off Kurt!), and had another (solo) shot caught well beyond the homer line.

Kurt, Matt - 19 Runs, 29 Hits
Glen, Peter, Dave - 9 runs, 14 hits

Congrats to Kurt for being on the winning side in both ends of the twin-bill.

Shoulders need their rest as we are determined to play again tomorrow morning.  Here's your chance to finally hit off some really tired arms. Come on out for a game at 9:30 am.