Christ Church Drops Two

Christ Church dropped the series Monday night to St. Matthews Baptist Church two games to one.

In Game One Christ Church took a 1-0 lead in the second on a single by Mike Thompson and an RBI triple by Dick Lutz.  St. Matthews took a 3-1 lead in the fifth.  In the seventh, Mike Peak singled and scored on a triple by David Stierle and tied the score in the top of the ninth when Mike P. singled, Mike T.  doubled and David singled to drive Mike P. in from third.  Christ Church had runners on third with only one out in each of their scoring innings but were unable to get the single to to score two.  That proved fatal as a two out tenth inning home run won the game for St. Matthews 4-3.

Christ Church again scored first in Game Two, again in the second inning after wasting a lead-off single by Paul Hirsbrunner.  Charles Smith got Christ Church on the board with a home run.  In the fourth Mike P. singled; Mike T. tripled (RBI); David singled  (RBI); and Dick tripled (RBI) to score three and make the score 4-0.  Terry Waddle singled with two out in the seventh but was left on base.  But St. Matthews could manage only two singles, an error and no runs as Christ Church evened the series.

In Game Three all the scoring came on home runs.  St. Matthews had a two run home run in the first.  Christ Church cut the lead to 2-1 on a two out solo home run by Dick.  St. Matthews went up 4-2 in the third with another two run HR.  Christ Church answered with a two run HR by Mike T. who drove in Bob Stone who had singled and advanced to second on a sacrifice fly by Mike T.  David followed with a triple but died at third.  Paul's two out single in the eighth was wasted also as St/ Matthews won the game by a score of 4-3 and the series two games to one.

For the season, Christ Church beat St. Matthews four games while dropping five.