A Game of Inches

5 heroic Halens ultimately failed to defend against the 4 victorious Vans today in a game that felt a lot more symmetrical than it looked on paper.  Each team had their untouchable ace---Hansoo vs Andy---but each team also had plenty of hits and plenty of missed chances.  Both teams failed to score with 'em loaded at least once (twice both?), yet both teams also made brilliant defensive grabs that saved runs.  Kurt caught a lined tomahawk smash from Eric right at his ankles;  Eric returned the improbable favor by gloving a low one straight back to the mound;  and Matt bolted off the mound to spear a fast grounder that just didn't look playable.  (He also cleanly fielded Kurt's batt deep into tripleland.)

The top of the 3rd was where all the scoring happened:  JD got into trouble early and with two on Eric clubbed a gapper double to break the seal for his lone ribbie.  Then The Big Unit took the plate and walloped a waist-high laserbeam triple that scored three more and that's where it would remain.   

Other noteworthy symmetries included:  both Matt and Adrian served each other weird high rpm balls that neither could quite manage to smother.  And both Eric and Hansoo had ABs that went: perfect pitch/Strike 1, swing-and-a-miss/Strike 2, hard low smash right to LF's feet, miraculously caught inches off the ground/Out.  

Andy, Dewey, Eric, Matt - 4

Adrian, Hansoo, JD, Kurt, Mark - 0

Home Runs - None