CHRIST CHURCH WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT SERIES

Sixth place Christ Church hosted second place Immanuel Monday night and came away with the series victory.

Game One was scoreless until Immanuel scored in the top of the sixth inning.  Leah Bennett led off the first with a single for Christ Church and Vince Richards added a fifth inning double.  Back-to-back doubles by Adam and Frank gave Immanuel a 1-0 lead which held up until Vince tied the game with an eighth inning home run.  Neither team was able to get a hit in the ninth, tenth or eleventh innings.  Neither a lead-off triple in the top of the twelfth nor a lead-off double in the top of the thirteenth produced a go ahead run for Immanuel.  In the bottom of the thirteenth, Andy Coates led off with a triple and scored on a game-winning, walk-off, RBI single by Dick Lutz.  The Final - CHRIST CHURCH 2 - IMMANUEL 1.

Immanuel dominated from the outset in Game Two.  One out doubles by Jared and Alan put Immanuel on the board.  After two outs, David singled and was followed by a three run home run by Bob and a solo home run by Frank for a five run first.  Christ Church was limited to a double by Frank Preston before Christ Church scored on a solo home run by Sydney Raderer in the sixth.  Leah (after Sydney's HR in the sixth) and Tom Bennett in the seventh added singles.  In the eighth a double (Jared), triple (John) and a single (David) pushed Immanuel's run total to seven.  Christ Church mounted a comeback in the bottom of the eighth.  Frank doubled, moved to third on a single by Leah and was driven by an RBI single by Mike Peak.  Mike Thompson's two out triple (2 RBI) drove in both Leah and Mike P to cut the lead to 7-4.  But Immanuel got all three runs back in the ninth on a HR (Brandy), a pair of doubles (Jared and Alan) and a triple (John).  The Final - IMMANUEL 10 - CHRIST CHURCH 4.

For the third time on the night Immanuel scored first in Game Three.  In the third inning, singles by Adam and Buzz and a double by Jared put one run on the board.  Mike P singled in the first but was stranded.  David Stierle singled in the second and was moved to second on a sacrifice by Tom but died there.  In the fifth Christ Church went single (David) - triple (RBI Tom) - single (RBI Andy) - triple (RBI Mike P) - single (RBI Jerry) to put Christ Church in the lead 4-1.  In the eighth, Christ Church posted an insurance run on a lead-off single by Mike P who advanced to second on a sacrifice by Mike T and scored on a double (RBI) by Dick.  A single by David and a home run by Bob moved Immanuel to within two runs but their rally ended there.    The Final - CHRIST CHURCH 5 - IMMANUEL 3.