Friday, April 20, 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Christ Church Sweeps Harvey Browne

Christ Church out-hit Harvey Browne 31 to 11 to earn a sweep of the final series of the year.

In Game One, after Christ Church fell behind 1-0 in the third inning, a two run fourth and a four run sixth gave Christ Church a 6-1 win.  In the fourth, a Charles Smith home run drove in Jerry Hinton (triple).  In the sixth, Jerry Hinton tripled and was driven in by David Stierle's single, and he and Frank Preston scored on Clete Thompson's home run.

Harvey Browne went hitless in Game Two and Christ Church won 5-0 with a run in the third (Mike Peak single, Bob Stone triple), a run in the fifth (Frank Preston double, John Frederick triple), a run in the seventh (Clete Thompson homered), and two runs in the eighth (Jerry Hinton triple, Mike Thompson single, David Stierle triple).

In Game Three, Christ Church scored two in the first when John Frederick scored on Mike Thompson's homer.  Christ Church added two in the second with Clete Thompson driving in Charles Smith with a home run.  Harvey Browne cut the lead in half with two runs in the third.  But in the eighth, Christ Church added three runs on consecutive home runs by Jerry Hinton, Mike Thompson and Dick Lutz.

Christ Church finished the season with a 32-37 record.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Watkins Wins Series

For the second week in a row, Christ Church used a strong Game Two to avoid a series sweep.

In Game One, Christ Church's only score came on a Bob Stone home run in the second inning after Watkins had taken a 3-0 lead,  Watkins added two more runs for a 5-1 victory. In Game Three, Christ Church matched Watkins single runs in the third and the fourth with a Terry Waddle double and a David Stierle triple in the third and Mike Thompson's home run in the fourth.  But that finished the scoring for Christ Church and Watkins added two in the sixth for a 4-2 final.

Christ Church started fast in Game Two, scoring two when David Stierle singled, Charles Smith tripled, and Mike Thompson added a single.  After Watkins cut the lead to 2-1, Christ Church struck again in the fifth.  Clete Thompson led off with a double and scored on Terry Waddle's triple.  David Stierle drove him in with a single and scored on John Frederick's triple.  Christ Church scored again in the sixth (Mike Thompson- home run) and seventh (Terry Waddle- triple; David Stierle- single) and, after Watkins scored two in the ninth, won Game Two and avoided a sweep by a score of 7-3.

The season concludes next week when Christ Church visits Harvey Browne.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

St. Matthews Wins Series

In Game One Christ Church challenged St. Matthews UMC to a "home run derby' with everyone trying for only home runs in an effort to shorten the times of the games to assure getting home for the NCAA final (that is KY blue).  But St. Matthews is fighting for 2nd and 3rd place and decided to play their usual games.  CCUM's strategy produced four doubles (Frank Preston and Dick Lutz [3]); one triple (Terry Waddle); and two home runs and two  RBIs apiece for Mike Thompson  and Charles Smith.  St. Matthews scored 8 runs on 13 hits.

Christ Church abandoned the home run strategy for Game Two.  In the first John Frederick homered driving in Mike Peak from first for a 2-0 lead.  St. Matthews scored three in the bottom of the first and four in the second to take a 7-2 lead.  David Stierle singled to open the third inning, was driven in by John Frederick's triple who, in turn scored on a two run home run by Dick Lutz.  Christ Church tied the game at 7-7 in the seventh on a two out triple by David Stierle, an RBI single by Mike Peak and an RBI triple by John Frederick.  In the eighth Frank Preston doubled and was driven in by Terry Waddle's triple to give Christ Church the 8-7 victory.

In Game Three, Christ Church scored one in the first (Mike Peak single, John Frederick triple).  St. Matthews scored three in the first and four in the third for a 7-1 lead.  With game time approaching CCUM switchhed back to the home run strategy, failed to score any more runs and St. Matthews won Game Three 11-1 and the series 2 games to 1.

Next week Christ Church plays at Watkins.  This is a change from the schedule and completes the change that saw Watkins come to Christ Church on February 20.

JIM SCHLARB, founder of the Christ Church Dartball team
passed away on May 18, 2011, at age 79.

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