A week after doing just enough to sweep
St. Matthews Baptist, Christ Church could not do enough Monday night
in Room 005 to prevent St. Matthews UMC from sweeping them.
St. Matthews posted two runs in the top
of the first in Game One on a pair of singles by Glenn and Carl2 and
a triple by Carl1. St. Matthews left the door open by failing to
cash in on five hits over the final eight innings but Christ
Church could manage only three hits: a one out triple by Frank
Preston in
the third; and lead-off singles by Andy
Coates in
the fourth and Jerry Hinton in
the eighth. The
Final – St. Matthews 2 – Christ Church 0.
In
Game Two St. Matthews never trailed although Christ Church was able
to make a run at them. A triple by Herb and a single by Glenn put
St. Matthews up 1-0 in the third. Christ
Church wasted three hits through four innings. In the second Andy
led off with a single but died at
first. Mike Peak tripled
with two outs in the third but was left there. Bob
Stone died at first after his lead
off single in the fifth. Christ Church finally got on the board for
the first time on the night when Mike Thompson homered
with two outs in the sixth. But that was Christ Church's only run and last hit,
while St. Matthews added run on a solo homer in the
eight (Herb) and a run in the ninth on a triple by Jim and a single
by Ray. The Final – St.
Matthews 3 – Christ Church 1.
Christ
Church took their first leads of the night in Game Three. A second
inning single by Tom Bennett saw Tom die at first. But in the
third after two outs, Mike P tripled and scored on a single
(RBI) by David Stierle who scored on a triple (RBI) by Jerry.
But St. Matthews had the answer with two runs of their own to tie
the game in the fourth. Glenn singled, Ray tripled and Carl1 singled
to tie the game at two. In the fifth Bob and Vince (RBI)
led off the fifth with back to back doubles, Mike P moved
Vince to third with a single. After outs by the next two batters,
Leah Bennett delivered a single (RBI) to make the score 4-2 in
favor of Christ Church. But St. Matthews again responded with a
single-triple-single by Jim, Ray and Carl1 to make the score 4-4.
Christ Church got a two out triple by David in the seventh but
could regain the lead. St. Matthews got the game winning runs in the
eight with a single-triple-single by Glenn, Jim and Ray. The
Final – St. Matthews 6 – Christ Church 4.
