ST. MATT. UMC SWEEPS

St. Matthews UMC swept visiting Christ Church Monday night.  Christ Church took first inning leads in each of the first two games.

In Game One Dick Lutz singled and scored in front of Mike Thompson's home run.  Paul Hirsbrunner followed with a single but was stranded on first.  St. Matthews tied it in the bottom of the inning, stranding two runners of their own.  After St. Matthews added a run in the second, Christ Church wasted Bob Stone's fourth inning double before St. Matthews made it 5-2 after five innings.  In the sixth, Christ Church cut the lead to 5-4 when Dick Lutz singled and scored on David Stierle's triple and Mike T. drove David home with a single.  But Christ Church could manage only one more hit (Dick singled in the eighth) and the final score was 6-4.

Game Two also opened with a two run first for Christ Church--  Mike Peak singled, David tripled and Paul singled.  In the third inning with no outs, a back to back single by Mike P. and a triple by David made the score 3-0, but David was left at third,.  But St. Matthews stormed back with three straight singles followed by a triple to tie the score.  Christ Church retook the lead in the fifth.  With no outs, Mike P. singled for the third time and scored on Dick's triple.  David drove Dick in with a single for a 5-3 lead.  After a seventh inning St. Matthews'  home run made it 5-4, Christ Church answered with a run in the eighth.  Kay Peak tripled and scored on Jenny Peak's single.  St. Matthews cut the lead to 6-5 with a run in the eighth and in the ninth with a runner on first and two outs, went triple single for a 7-6 victory.  Bob added an error, Mike P. his fourth single and David a single in the loss.

Game Three was never close.  St. Matthews scored two in the first, two in the third, one in the sixth and two in the seventh, while Christ Church could tally only a single run in the fifth when Kay P. doubled and Dick tripled.  Mike P.had a single, Mike T.  a double, David a pair of singles, Paul a single Bob a double and Terry Waddle an error.

For the night Christ Church was out hit 40-28 and out scored 21-11.  St. Matthews had 3 double to Christ Church's 4; 9 triples to 6, and 2 homers to 1.