Christ Church Wins Series

Christ Church took the week's series from Immanuel UCC Monday night at Christ Church.

In the bottom of the first inning of Game One, Jerry Hinton led off with a single, David Stierle followed with an RBI triple, and Paul Hirsbrunner drove in David with an RBI single for an early 2-0 lead.  In the second Immanuel got a lead off single.  After two were out a double put runners on second and third and a three run home run gave Immanuel a 3-2 edge.  Jerry singled to lead off the third but died at first.  In the fourth, Tom Bennett singled and scored to tie the score on an RBI triple by Leah Bennett.  A two run sixth gave Immanuel a 5-3 lead.  In the bottom of the sixth, Christ Church cut the lead in half on one out hits by Tom (single) and Mike Thompson (RBI triple).  Am Immanuel homer built the lead back to two in the seventh.  In the ninth, Mike T. lead off with a single and Charles Smith added a two out single, but Christ Church stranded the tying runs and lost Game One 6-4.

Christ Church never trailed in Game Two.  In the first David singled, Paul tripled (RBI), and Mike Peak singled (RBI) to lead 2-0.  After a third inning Immanuel home run, Christ Church ran the lead to 4-3 on a single by David, a triple by Mike T. (RBI), and a single by Mike P. (RBI).  Immanuel cut the lead to 4-3 in the sixth, but saw the lead restored by single runs by Christ Church in the sixth (Mike P. single; Bob Stone RBI triple) and the seventh (Jerry triple; David RBI single).  The final score turned out to be 9-3 when Bob doubled, Leah homered (2 RBI), followed by a solo homer by Frank Preston.

Christ Church crafted a 3-0 lead in Game Three on a single by Jerry and an RBI triple by Mike P. in the first; a repeat in the third ( single by Jerry; RBI triple by Mike P.); and a solo home run by Mike T. in the sixth.  A solo homer in the eighth was Immanuel's only score and Christ Church took Game Two 3-1 and the series two games to one.  Tom added two singles, David a triple, and Mike P. a single in a ten hit attack.

For the night, Christ Church had 33 hits, 8 players had at least 2 hits, and 9 batters had slugging averages  of .500 or over.  Mike Peak went 6 for 8, had 4 RBI, 2 triples and a slugging average of 1.250.  David, Leah and Mike T. drove in 3 runs each.