Watkins Doubles Down to Sweep Christ Church

Watkins Memorial UMC used a 33 hit attack, including 32 extra-base hits, including 26 doubles and 6 home runs, to sweep Christ Church on Monday night at Watkins.  Over the first five weeks of the season, Christ Church had hit 13 doubles and their opponents 12 for a total of 27, a number which Watkins fell just one short of.  For the night, Watkins had no triples and one single.

In Game One, three doubles Gave Watkins a 2-0 lead.  A double and a home run added two in the second; a home run added one in the third; three doubles in the fourth and a double and a home run in the fifth made it 8-0.  Christ Church had two hits though five- David Stierle singled in the second and Dick Lutz tripled in the third.  In the sixth, Teery Waddle's double and Dick's home run (2 RBI) was matched by Watkins in the bottom for a 10-2 score after six.  In the seventh Charles Smith homered and in the ninth, Mike Peak and David singled with Mike scoring on an RBI single by Charles.  Watkins had 13 doubles for the game.

In Game Two, Watkins opened up a 2-0 lead with a pair of doubles  in the first and a homer in the second.  David had a single in the second before Christ Church came back to take a 5-2 lead after five innings.  Paul Hirsbrunner led off with a single in the fourth and scored on Mike P.'s RBI triple.  David's RBI single and Bob Stone's RBI triple made in 3-2.  In the fourth Kay Peak opened the inning with double.  Paul tripled (RBI) and David singled (RBI) for the three run lead.  Christ Church had a double from Bob (in the sixth inning), and singles from Dick (seventh), Mike Thompson (eighth) and Paul (ninth) but could not push any additional runs across.  And in the eighth, after a Watkins lead-off home run made the score 5-3, the doubles barrage continued with four straight doubles to make the final score 6-5 in favor of Watkins.

Christ Church had only five hits in Game Three.  Dick started the game with a single; Kay doubled in the third; Mike P. singled in the ninth.  In the third, Christ Church took a 1-0 lead when Mike P. singled and scored on a triple by David.  That score held up into the ninth when Watkins, with one out, got their first single of the night, and with two outs, went double-double for a 2-1 win and the series sweep. 

Watkins took over first place with the three game victory,