LEAGUE RESULTS - APRIL 11th

RESULTS OF 4/11/16
WATKINS	4 on 6	3 on 4	4 on 4	2 & 1
ST. MATT. BAPTIST	1 on 3	7 on 7	3 on 6	1 & 2
IMMANUEL	1 on 13	6 on 14	2 on 9	0 & 3
ST. MATT. UMC	9 on 15	13 on 22	3 on 10	3 & 0
CHRIST CHURCH	0 on 1	3 on 4	2 on 4	2 & 1
HARVEY BROWNE	6 on 5	0 on 4	1 on 3	1 & 2
PORTLAND				OPEN

FINAL STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
WATKINS	39	30	0.565	-
ST. MATT. UMC	40	32	0.556	0.5
CHRIST CHURCH	35	34	0.507	4
ST. MATT. BAP.	35	34	0.507	4
IMMANUEL	34	35	0.493	5
H. BROWNE	30	39	0.435	9
PORTLAND	30	39	0.435	9

CHRIST CHURCH WINS FINAL SERIES

On a night when Christ Church had two of its players out of town; one with a previous commitment; one stuck in E-town on business; and one sick; it looked like a forfeit for having only six players.  But Kay Peak responded to a late phone call to prevent the forfeit; and Frank Preston's son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Dana Preston, there to watch, filled in to complete the line-up.

In Game One, Mike Peak, leading off the game, singled on his first dart.  But the next twenty-seven batters for Christ Church failed to get a hit.  Harvey Browne scored three in the first (Tom-triple; Fred H.- single; Fred W.- home run) and three in the sixth (Jim- single; Fred W.- error; Jim- home run). The Final - Harvey Browne 6 - Christ Church 0.

Game Two was scoreless through three innings and Christ Church's hitless string reached thirty-seven batters.  Andy Coates broke that streak with a one out double in the fourth and scored on a two run home run by Bob Stone.  An out later Mike Preston homered to make the score 3-0.  David Stierle tripled with two outs in the fifth but was left at third. Harvey Browne did not threaten until the ninth when a pair of singles put the tying run up.  But an out ended the threat.  The Final - Christ Church 3 - Harvey Browne 0.

Game Three was scoreless through five innings.  Mike P. singled in the first and Mike Thompson (who had arrived from E-town in time to play in Game Two) reached on an error in the fourth before the two of them combined again , this time in the same inning, the sixth, for a run on a single by Mike P. and triple by Mike T.  Frank Preston homered an inning later to add an insurance runfor a two run Christ Church lead.  That insurance run proved vital as a seventh inning home run by Tom, cut the lead in half.  But there were no more runs or hits in the game.   The Final - Christ Church 2 - Harvey Browne 1.

LEAGUE RESULTS - APRIL 4

RESULTS OF 4/4/16
ST. MATT. BAPTIST	0 on 1	2 on 10	3 on 4	1 & 2
IMMANUEL	1 on 8	3 on 7	0 on 6	2 & 1
WATKINS	3 on 5	3 on 4	4 on 6	2 & 1
CHRIST CHURCH	5 on 8	2 on 6	2 on 6	1 & 2
HARVEY BROWNE	1 on 5	3 on 6	1 on 2	1 & 2
PORTLAND	9 on 10	1 on 3	5 on 9	2 & 1
ST. MATT. UMC				open

STANDINGS
WEEK 25
APRIL 4th
	W	L	PCT	GB
WATKINS	37	29	0.560	-
ST. MATT. UMC	37	32	0.536	1.5
IMMANUEL	34	32	0.515	3
ST. MATT. BAP.	34	32	0.515	3
CHRIST CHURCH	33	33	0.500	4
H. BROWNE	29	37	0.444	8
PORTLAND	30	39	0.435	8.5

CHRIST CHURCH DROPS SERIES

Christ Church dropped its seventh series in its last nine tries Monday night in Room 005.

Game One was scoreless through two and a half innings until Billy Kinman led off the bottom of the third with a home run.  Andy Coates followed with a triple and scored on a single by David Stierle to give Christ Church a 2-0 lead.  Watkins took the lead in the fifth on a pair of doubles (by Barb and Dick) and a home run (Jeremy).  But Christ Church came back strong in the bottom of the inning as Billy reached on an error and was followed by a triple by Andy, a single by David and a triple by Jerry Hinton.  Both teams went hit-less the rest of the way.  David added a triple and Jerry a single, neither of which resulted in scores.  The Final - Christ Church 5 - Watkins 3.

Christ Church again struck first in Game Two.  Andy doubled and David tripled for a 1-0 lead.  Watkins tied the game in the third, took the lead in the fourth and increased the lead in the sixth on solo home runs by Robin, Gene and Jeremy.  After a lead-off single by Dick Lutz was wasted, in the fifith a triple by Mike Thompson and a single by Dick cut the lead in half.  In the eighth Billy singled with one out but Christ Church was unable to deliver the hit to tie the game.  The Final - Watkins 3 - Christ Church 2.

Watkins never trailed in Game Three taking a 1-0 lead on a pair of doubles by Jeremy and Wendell and led 3-0 on back to back home runs by Jeremy and Gene in the third.  Charles Smith led off the bottom of the third with a home run and Bob Stone did likewise in the fifth to cut the lead to 3-2.  But that was as close as Christ Church could come.  Watkins added a run in the ninth on a home run by Norm.  Jerry and David each singled twice but no runs followed.  The Final - Watkins 4 - Christ Church 2.