Christ Church Takes Two From Portland

On a night when Christ Church hit just .157 as a team, timely hits earned visiting Christ Church a 2-1 series win over league leader Portland.

In Game One, Portland took a 1-0 lead in the third, but Christ Church bounced back and took the lead in fourth.  Mike Peak led off with a single and with two outs Bob Stone homered.  In the sixth David Stierle singled.  Again after there were two outs, Dick Lutz tripled and Bob singled for a 4-1 lead.  Portland fought back to tie it at 4-4 with two runs in the sixth and one in the ninth.  After Christ Church failed to score in the tenth, Portland scored to win 5-4.  Christ Church also had hits from David (single) and Kay Peak (double).

Christ Church was out-hit seven to four in Game Two, but a one out home run by Mike Thompson in the sixth and a two out home run in the ninth by Bob was enough for a 2-1 victory.  Mike P. and Dick added singles and Kay and Dick both reached on errors.

Game Three was also a 2-1 Christ Church win.  The first run of the game was a two out home run by Dick in the seventh inning.  Portland tied the game in the eighth.  In the ninth Mike P. led off with a single and two outs later, Mike T. drove him in with a triple for the game and series win.  Mike P. and David also singled in the game.

For the night, Christ Church scored only 8 runs with 6 runs coming with TWO OUTS.