Game Three Come-back Falls Short

Mike Thompson homered with two outs and with Jerry Hinton on first to tie Game Three in the bottom of the ninth.  St. Matthews Baptist had taken a 5-0 lead in the game, scoring one in the first on Kelly's home run; two in the second on a double by Homer and a home run by Bill; and two in the third on a single by Jim and a home run by Derald.  After Christ Church failed to score Jerry in the second after a two out triple, Dick Lutz homered in the third to get Christ Church on the board.  In the fourth, Andy Coates tripled with two outs and was driven in on a single by Jerry.  Andy made the score 5-3 with a sixth inning home run.  Dick singled in the fifth but the score remained 5-3 until Christ Church's tying rally. The come-back was squelched by Matt's tenth inning home run.  The Final - St. Matthews Baptist 6 - Christ Church 5,

The night opened with Christ Church taking a 2-0 lead in the first inning of Game One as Dick,  Leah Bennett and Mike Peak went single-triple-single.  St. Matthews tied the game in the seventh on a home run by Derald, and doubles by Dave and Bill.    In the eighth Mike T. produced the game winner with a home run.  David Stierle added a single and Leah a triple in the win.  The Final - Christ Church 3 - St. Matthews 2.

St, Matthews took a 2-0 lead in Game Two on homers by Derald and Betty.  Christ Church tied it in the third on an error for Bob Stone, a triple by Dick, and a single by Mike P.   Derald's second home run made it 3-2 after three and a half innings.  Christ Church answered and took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the inning on a single by Andy, a triple by Tom Bennett and a single by Bob.  Andy and David added non-run scoring singles and Leah (triple) and Mike P. (single) closed out the scoring in the seventh to clinch he night's series..  The Final - Christ Church 5 - St. Matthews 3.

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK ELEVEN

NOVEMBER 23rd
	GAME ONE	GAME TWO	GAME THREE
ST. MATTHEWS BPT	2 on 6	3 on 5	6 on 8	1 & 2
CHRIST CHURCH	3 on 6	5 on 9	5 on 8	2 & 1
ST. MATTHEWS UMC	7 on 15	4 on 8	5 on 11	2 & 1
PORTLAND	1 on 2	3 on 4	6 on 8	1 & 2
HARVEY BROWNE	2 on 7	2 on 7	1 on 9	0 & 3
WATKINS	6 on 8	6 on 5	6 on 5	3 & 0
IMMANUEL	OPEN

11/23/05
	W	L	PCT	GB
CHRIST CHURCH	17	10	.630
ST. MATT. UMC	16	14	.533	2.5
ST. MATT. BPT	14	13	.519	3
PORTLAND	15	15	.500	3.5
WATKINS	15	15	.500	3,5
IMMANUEL	13	14	.481	4
HARVEY BROWNE	9	18	.333	8

LEAGUE RESULTS WEEK TEN

NOVEMBER 16th
	GAME ONE	GAME TWO	GAME THREE
HARVEY BROWNE	1 on 7	5 on 12	6 on 10	2 & 1
ST. MATTHEWS UMC	0 on 5	7 on 11	5 on 10	1 & 2
CHRIST CHURCH	2 on 6	4 on 9	8 on 12	3 & 0
IMMANUEL	0 on 5	1 on 4	3 on 7	0 & 3
WATKINS	6 on 7	5 on 7	9 on 14	1 & 2
PORTLAND	7 on 12	6 on 11	8 on 11	2 & 1
ST. MATTHEWS BPT	OPEN

11/16/15
	W	L	PCT	GB
CHRIST CHURCH	15	9	.625
ST. MATT. BPT	13	11	.542	2
PORTLAND	14	13	.519	2.5
ST. MATT. UMC	14	13	.519	2.5
IMMANUEL	13	14	.481	3.5
WATKINS	12	15	.444	4.5
HARVEY BROWNE	9	15	.375	6

FIRST VS. SECOND

First place Christ Church visited Immanuel (tied for second) Monday night.

Game One remained scoreless through eight innings.  Immanuel had five hits.  Christ Church could manage only a second inning single and a third inning double by Dick Lutz and a seventh inning single by Jerry Hinton but failed to produce a run.  In the ninth, with one out, David Stierle tripled and scored on a single by Mike Peak who scored on a triple by Jerry.  Immanuel went three up and three down in the bottom of the ninth.  The Final - Christ Church 2 - Immanuel 0.

In Game Two after David died at first after a first inning single, in the third Kay Peak and Dick doubled back to back for Christ Church's first run.  Later in the inning, now with two outs, Mike P. tripled to drive in a run and Mike Thompson followed with an RBI single for a 3-0 lead.  Christ Church added on in the fifth on another pair of doubles by Kay and Dick.  Jerry and Mike P. added non-run scoring singles.  Immanuel's first run of the night came in the ninth on a triple by Jim and a single by David.  The Final - Christ Church 4 Immanuel 1.

Immanuel took a one run first inning lead in Game Two on a single by Buzz and  a triple by John.  In the fourth, Charles Smith and Bob Stone led off the inning with back to back home runs.  Then with two outs, Dick, David and Mike P. went single-triple-single as Christ Church scored four in the frame.  Christ Church added one in the fifth and two in the sixth.  The run in the fifth came on a triple by Dick and a single by David.  The sixth inning runs came on home runs by Mike T. and Charles.  Bob doubled but did not score.  Immanuel made the score 7-3 with a home run by Tanner in the seventh and a triple by Buzz followed by a single by David in the eighth.  Bob's ninth inning homer closed out the scoring,  Jerry added a ninth inning double.  The Final - Christ Church 8 - Immanuel 3.

This was the third sweep of the year for Christ Church and the second against immauel.

LEAGUE RESULTS WEEK NINE

NOVEMBER 9th
	GAME ONE	GAME TWO	GAME THREE
ST. MATTHEWS BPT	8 on 11	5 on 8	4 on 9	3 & 0
HARVEY BROWNE	3 on 9	0 on 3	0 on 10	0 & 3
WATKINS	1 on 4	3 on 4	4 on 6	1 & 2
ST. MATTHEWS UMC	13 on 19	4 on 8	3 on 6	2 & 1
PORTLAND	3 on 7	3 on 6	1 on 5	0 & 3
IMMANUEL	4 on 10	4 on 10	4 on 9	3 & 0
CHRIST CHURCH	OPEN

11/09/15
	W	L	PCT	GB
CHRIST CHURCH	12	9	.571
ST. MATT. UMC	13	11	.520	0.5
IMMANUEL	13	11	.542	0.5
ST. MATT. BPT	13	11	.542	0.5
PORTLAND	12	12	.500	1.5
WATKINS	11	13	.458	2.5
HARVEY BROWNE	7	14	.333	5

LEAGUE RESULTS WEEK EIGHT

NOVEMBER 2nd
	GAME ONE	GAME TWO	GAME THREE
ST. MATTHEWS UMC	6 on 11 (12)	2 on 8 (10)	3 on 7	2 & 1
ST. MATTHEWS BPT	7 on 12	1 on 7	0 on 2	1 & 2
IMMANUEL	6 on 10	3 on 5	4 on 8 (10)	2 & 1
WATKINS	4 on 6	5 on 6	3 on 5	1 & 2
CHRIST CHURCH	7 on 12	2 on 6	4 on 9	1 & 2
PORTLAND	3 on 8	4 on 7	5 on 7	2 & 1
HARVEY BROWNE	OPEN

11/02/15
	W	L	PCT	GB
CHRIST CHURCH	12	9	.571
PORTLAND	12	9	.571
ST. MATT. UMC	11	10	.524	1
IMMANUEL	10	11	.476	2
ST. MATT. BPT	10	11	.476	2
WATKINS	10	11	.476	2
HARVEY BROWNE	7	11	.369	3.5

CHRIST CHURCH DROPS SERIES

For the second time this year Christ Church dropped two out of three to Portland last Monday at Portland.

Christ Church never trailed in Game One as Jerry Hinton and Leah Bennett had a single and a triple leading off the game for a 1-0 lead which was stretched to 4-0 in the second.  After two were out Charles Smith homered.  He was followed by back to back doubles by Dick Lutz and Jerry.  The scoring was completed in the third on another triple by Leah.  Portland struck for three in the bottom of the inning on a double by Dave and home runs by Mike and Barb.  Tom Bennett got one run back with a third inning home run.  Christ Church closed out the scoring with a pair of runs in the sixth as Andy Coates, Tom, and Bob Stone went single-triple-single.  Mike Peak added a single in the seventh and Jerry had one in the ninth.  The Final - Chrsit Church 7 - Portland 3.

In Game Two, Larry's third inning home run and Dave's double and Mike's home run in the fourth gave Portland a 3-0 lead.  After failing to cash in a two out triple by Mike P. in the first and a lead off double by Bob in the third, in the fifth, Tom homered and then Charles reached on an error and Jerry drove him home with a triple.  But that was all the scoring Christ Church could manage. Lead off singles by Tom (seventh inning) and David Stierle (ninth) could not provide a run,  Mike W. added a seventh inning home run.  The Final - Portland 4 - Christ Church 2.

Christ Church scored in the second, third and fourth innings of Game Three to take a 4 run lead.  David singled and Tom tripled in the second.  Leah tripled and Mike P. singled in the third.  In the fourth, Andy, Bob and Dick strung a single-triple-single together for a pair of runs and a 4-0 lead.  Christ Church failed to plate Mike P. from first in the fifth, Bob in the sixth, David in the eighth and Charles in the ninth.  After going hitless over the first three innings, Portland scored one in the third (Diana doubled and Ron tripled) in the third.  In the seventh Dave homered and was matched by Mike W. in the eighth.  In the ninth trailing 4-3, Diana singled and Ron tied the game with a triple. Dave's single gave Portland the win.    The Final - Portland 5 - Christ Church 4.