SLIDE CONTINUES

A recent trend continued Monday night at St. Matthews UMC  as Christ Church scored only six runs in dropping all three games.

St. Matthews opened Game One with a two run first inning on a single by Glenn, a triple by Carl and another single by Jim.  The lead became 5-0 in the fourth on a two run home run by Herb after a single by Ray and a single and triple by Frank and Glenn.  In the fifth a single by Frank Preston and a triple by Mike Thompson scored a run for Christ Church.  But St. matthews restored the lead to five as Jim and ray singled and tripled.  Mike Peak (single), David Stierle (triple and single), Leah Bennett (single) and Mike T. (single) added non-run scoring hits.  The Final - St. Matthews UMC 6 - Christ Church 1.

Glenn, Carl and Jim repeated their first inning production from game one in the first inning of Game Two to give St. Matthews the early lead.  Christ Church sliced the lead in half in the second on a single by David and a triple by Dick Lutz.  A fifth inning home run by Ralph closed the scoring for the game.  Jerry Hinton, Tom Bennett, David (2), and Dick added singles.  The Final - St. Matthews UMC 3 - Christ Church 1.

A three run first inning started things off on the right foot in Game Three.  Jerry led off with a single, Tom followed with a triple to score Jerry and he scored on a single by Mike P.  The score was increased to 4-0 on a triple by David.  But St. Matthews had the answer to the early question in the bottom of the first as they, too, went single-triple-single-triple (Glenn, Carl2, Carl and Jim) to tie the game.  A single by Mike T. and a triple by Jerry in the top of the second gave Christ Church a one run lead which held uo until the bottom of the seventh.  In the seventh, Frank singled and scored to tie the game on a triple by Glenn.  Christ Church had failed to add to their one run lead after a lead-off single by David in the third,  and after a lead-off single by Tom in the fifth. With the score tied in the eighth a one out triple by David failed to give Christ Church the lead.  St. Matthews took a lead in the eighth on a single by Jim and a triple by Ray.  Mike T. tripled in the ninth with two outs but died at third.   The Final - St. Matthews UMC 5 - Christ Church 4.