St. Matthews Baptist sweeps Christ Church

St. Matthews Baptist Church used a pair of come from behind victories to sweep Christ Church Monday night.

In Game One, Frank Preston homered in the second inning to give Christ Church an early 1-0 lead.  St. Matthews took the lead with three runs in the fourth, with CCUM tying the score at 3-3 on a Dick Lutz single, a Mike Peak triple and a Bob Stone single.  St. Matthews regained the lead in the bottom of the inning and it was tied after seven and a half innings on Bob Stone's home run.  Christ Church took a two run lead in the ninth on Frank Preston's second HR of the game and Audrey Grant's triple and Dick Lutz's single.  But in the bottom of the ninth, St. Matthews led off with a home run followed by an out, then a double, another out and a game tying double climaxed by a game winning two out, two run home run and an 8-6 win.

In Game Two,  Christ Church scored one in the third (Mike Peak tripled and Charlie Smith singled) and one in the fifth (Audrey Grant doubled and Mike Peak tripled) to take a 2-1 lead.  But a two run seventh inning gave St. Matthews a 3-2 victory.

St Matthews completed the sweep with a Game Three 3-0 win.