St. Matthews UMC Wins Series

After winning their first four series and compiling a league best 9-3 record, Christ Church lost two games to one to visiting St. Matthews UMC Monday night.

In Game One, St. Matthews raced away to a victory scoring two runs in the first, a run in the second, two in the third and one in the seventh for a 7-0 lead.  Meanwhile Christ Church could manage only four hits and one run for the game.  Tom Bennett had a single in the second, Paul Hirsbrunner and Mike Thompson singled in the ninth and Christ Church's lone run came on a solo home run by Dick Lutz.  The final was 7-1.

In Game Two, a four run second inning and a two run fifth gave St. Matthews an six run lead going into the bottom of the sixth.  Through five, Dick Lutz and Paul Hursbrunner each had two out triples but each were stranded.  Christ Church cut the lead to 6-3 in the sixth.  Leah Bennett and Paul led off the sixth with singles and scored when Jerry Hinton followed with a triple.  One out later Mike Peak drove in Jerry with a single.  Jerry added an eighth inning single.  St. Matthews sealed a 9-3 win with three more runs in the ninth.

In Game Three, David Stierle led off the bottom of the first with a single but died on first.  In the second Mike P. singled and went to second on a sacrifice by Charles Smith.  Christ Church took their first lead of the night on a two run home run by Frank Preston.  After St. Matthews took a 3-2 lead in the top of the third, Christ Church answered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the third.  David singled, Jerry tripled (RBI), and Tom homered (2 RBI).  In the fifth, David singled and Jerry tripled (RBI).  With one out Tom singled (RBI) and, one out later, Charles tripled (RBI) to make the final score 8-3.