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Christ Church hosted Watkins UMC Monday night and never led all night,

In Game One, Wendell's fourth inning home run opened the scoring.  Tom Bennett got Christ Church's first hit, a single in the third, and tied the game with a fifth inning home run.  A single by Doug and a triple by Andrew gave Watkins a 2-1 lead in the seventh and extended the lead to four with home runs by Gene and Wendell in the eighth.  Andy Coates led off the bottom of the eight with a single and scored on a triple (RBI) by Tom.  Watkins added a ninth inning home run by Jay.  The Final - Watkins 5 - Christ Church 2.

In  Game Two, Homers by Keith and Wendell in the first and a single by Andrew was followed by doubles by Barb and Gene in the second for a 4-0 lead.  Tom doubled with two outs in the first but was stranded.  In the second, Dick Lutz and Frank Preston doubled to make the score 4-1.  Dick also homered in the fourth to move Christ Church to within two.  Wendell answered in the fifth with a home run.  Sydney Raderer singled in the fifth but was left on base.  Mike Thompson again cut the lead to two with a sixth inning HR.  But lead off single by Vince Richards in the seventh, a two out double by Mike T in the eighth, and a lead off single by Dick in the ninth failed to produce any runs.   The Final - Watkins 5 - Christ Church 3.

In Game Three, Watkins put up five runs in the fifth on a double by Barb and home runs by Andrew, Jay, Dick and Keith.  Doubles by Andrew and Barb added a run in the ninth.  Christ Church had lead off singles from Jerry Hinton in the first, Mike Peak in the fourth, and Sydney in the eight but their only run was supplied by Bob Stone's home run in the seventh.   The Final - Watkins 6 - Christ Church 1.