Christ Church Claims Series

Entering the night having won only one game out of six against St. Matthews United Methodist, and after dropping Game One, Christ Church came back late in Game Two and dominated in Game Three to win the series played at Christ Church.

In Game One, Christ Church took an early 1-0 lead in the second inning on a solo home run by Mike Thompson.  But that lead was immediately erased when St. Matthews scored two an inning later.  In the fourth, Jerry Hinton tied the score at 2-2 with a home run.  After St. Matthews again took a one run lead, Billy Kinman homered to make in 3-3.  But St. Matthews added single runs in the seventh and ninth for a 5-3 win.  David Stierle (in the fourth) and Dick Lutz (ninth) added singles and Tom Bennett tripled (eighth) as Christ Chuch managed only six hits.

In Game Two, through seven innings Christ Church could manage only a second inning triple by Jerry and a single by David and a double by Mike T. in the fifth as St. Matthews took a 2-0 lead.  Leah Bennett started the eighth with a single and scored on an RBI triple by Billy who scored on an RBI single by Tom to tie the score.  The game ended with two outs and no one on in the ninth on a home run by Mike T. evening the series at a game apiece with the 3-2 victory.

Christ Church opened a 3-0 lead in the first inning of Game Three.  Mike Peak led off with a single; Jerry tripled (RBI); Tom singled (RBI); and David tripled (RBI).  Frank Preston homered in the second after St. Matthews had scored one.  In the fourth with the score 3-1, Christ Church struck again.  Dick singled; Leah tripled (RBI); Mike T. singled (RBI); Paul Hirsbrunner tripled (RBI); and Jerry singled (RBI) to add four runs for a 8-1 lead.  Jerry homered in the seventh.  St. Matthews scored twice in the ninth to make the final 9-3.  David added a seventh inning triple and Leah a single in the eighth in a fourteen hit attack.

Christ Church clinched a winning record for the year as they moved to 32-28 but were eliminated for the championship as they remained four games behind St. Matthews with only three games (next week against Portland) remaining.