CHRIST CHURCH WINS SERIES

Christ Church opened the second half of the 2013-2014 season with a two games to one series win at Crescent Hill Monday night.

In the first inning of Game One, Christ Church wasted a lead-off single by Mike Peak while Crescent Hill had a solo home run for a 1-0 lead.  Mike Thompson answered in the second with a solo homer to tie the game at one.  (Charles Smith added a two out single but was left at first.) In the fourth Dick Lutz singled with no outs but was stranded on base.  Crescent Hill took a 2-1 lead in the fifth.  In the sixth, Paul Hirsbrunner singled and scored on a triple by David Stierle to tie the game again.  Crescent Hill took a two run lead in the sixth.  In the eighth Mike P. singled, Paul tripled (RBI), David singled (RBI), and Tom Bennett tripled (RBI) to give Christ Church a 5-4 lead and the win in Game One.

Christ Church won Game Two by a 2-1 score.  Lead-off singles by Mike P. (in the first inning) and Paul (in the fourth) failed to produce runs.  (Paul added another single in the eighth.)  Crescent Hill took a 1-0 lead in the fourth.  In the seventh, Dick singled, Tom tripled (RBI) and Mike T. closed out the scoring with an RBI single.

In Game Three, Christ Church wasted excellent scoring opportunities in the second (a lead-off single by Dick), fifth (a lead-off double by Mike T.) and the eighth (a one out single by Mike P.).  After falling behind 1-0 in the second inning Frank Preston tied the game with a home run in the third.  Down 2-1, in the sixth Christ Church tied the game with a single by Mike P. and triple by David.  But the lost chances resulted in a lost game when a two out Crescent Hill home run gave the home team a 2-1 win.