ST. MATTHEWS BAPTIST WINS SERIES

St. Matthews Baptist Church beat Christ Church two games to one to take Monday night's series played at Christ Church.

St. Matthews won Game One scoring two runs in both the third and fourth innings.  In the third, after two were out, Bill tripled, Bob singled and Jim tripled.  In the fourth, a one out double by Dave was followed by a home run by Kelly.  Christ Church managed single runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings.  In the fourth, Mike Peak singled and scored on David Stierle's two out triple.  Kay Peak's two out homer made the score 4-2 in the fifth and Bob Stone's home run cut the deficit to one  Christ Church had singles from David (in the second inning), Mike Thompson (in the sixth ) and Mike P. in the eighth.  Christ Church had a chance to tie in the ninth after a lead off triple by David but were unable to produce the single needed to for the score.  The final- St. Matthews Baptist 4 - Christ Church 3.

Christ Church won Game Two 9- 5.  In the bottom of the first, Jerry Hinton singled, moved to second on Mike P.'s sacrifice and scored on Mike T.'s double.  Tom Bennett drove Mike T. in with his own double.  Bill homered for St. Matthews in the top of the second but Christ Church answered in the third.  Mike P. singled, Mike T. tripled (RBI) and Tom singled (RBI).  Derald homed to make the score 4-2 in the top fourth but Charles Smith's single in the bottom was followed by Dick Lutz's triple to make it 5-2.  Christ Church broke the game open in the sixth.  Leah Bennett singled and scored with Charles on his homer; Dick singled and scored on Mike P.'s triple;  Mike P. was driven in on a single by Mike T. for a 9-2 lead.  St. Matthews scored two in the seventh (error by Barb and Home run by Kelly) and one in the ninth (a home run by Barb).  The final- Christ Church 9 - St. Matthews Baptist 5.

St. Matthews Baptist won Game Three 3-0 on three home runs by Kelly, who had five for the night.  Christ Church out hit St. Matthews seven to six with the hits coming from a single by Jerry, in the first; a single by Charles in the third; a double by Mike T. in the fourth; a single by Mike P. in the sixth; a triple by David in the  seventh; and a pair of singles by Mike T. and David in the ninth.  The final- St. Matthews 3 - Christ Church 0.