CHRIST CHURCH SUFFERS SWEEP

St. Matthews Baptist Church came to Christ Church Monday evening and took all three games. 

St. Matthews never trailed in Game One after a fourth inning home run by Homer.  Christ Church managed to tie the game in the fifth on a single by Jerry Hinton and a triple by Leah Bennett (RBI).  Homer's second home run put St. Matthews back in front in the seventh and a double-double-single-double from Bob, Barry, Jim and Barb added two runs in the eighth.  Tom Bennett homered in the bottom of the eighth to close out the scoring.  Leah, Andy Coates, David Stierle and Jerry added non-run scoring singles.  The Final - St. Matthews 4 - Christ Church 2.

A three run sixth inning put Christ Church up 3-2 in Game Two.  Home runs by Kelly in the first and Bill in the second had given St. Matthews a two run lead.  In the sixth, a single by Mike Peak was followed by a triple from Tom (RBI), a single by Jerry (RBI), and a triple by David (RBI).  But a home run by Helen in the seventh tied the game and a  two run home run by Barb in the  eighth gave St. Matthews the win.  Mike P, Mike T, Tom and Andy added singles.  The Final - St. Matthews 5 - Christ Church 3.   

In Game Three neither team scored until the eighth inning.  Christ Church put the lead-off man on in four innings with singles-  Mike P in the first; David in the third; Jerry in the fourth; and Leah in the sixth.  But each time Christ Church failed to come up with the hit necessary to produce a run.  In the eighth, Helen homered for the games first run and, in the ninth, home runs by Barry and Kelly were followed by an error for Barb and a home run by Homer for a 5-0 lead.  A double by Tom and a single by Jerry with no outs put runners on the corners.  Two outs later Mike T (RBI) singled for Christ Church's only run.  .  The Final - St. Matthews 5 - Christ Church 1.