Frank
Preston's solo home run in Game Three was the only run of
the game as Christ Church completed a sweep of visiting Portland
Monday night in Room 005.
Game One was a seesaw affair as Portland got on the board first in
the top of the first. After Perry led off the game with a single
Barb homered with two outs for a 2-0 Portland lead.
Tom Bennett singled
in the first but was left on base. Frank
cut the Portland lead in half with a
third inning solo home run. Portland
stretched the lead back to two on a home run by Mike in the fourth.
Christ Church took the lead in the bottom of the inning. Mike
Peak singled and scored on Mike
Thompson's home run (2 RBI) to tie
the game. After a Bob Stone single,
David Stierle put
Christ Church ahead with a triple (RBI). An
error for Perry and a triple by Ron tied the game once again at four
in the fifth. Christ Church answered to
regain the advantage on a single by Tom
Bennett and a triple by Mike
P. Mike's second home run of the
game for Portland tied the score in the sixth.
David singled in the sixth but died
at first. In the seventh Leah Bennett
singled and came around to score on
a triple (RBI) by Mike T. Christ
Church put the game away in the eighth. Bob
doubled to lead off the inning.
With two outs, Frank doubled
(RBI) to drive in Bob and was followed by a triple (RBI) from Leah
and a single (RBI) from Tom for
a three run inning and a four run lead. Jimmy's
ninth inning home run fell short for Portland. The
Final – Christ Church 9 – Portland 6.
Christ
Church did not trail in Game Two. Leah
singled and Mike
T tripled (RBI) for a 1-0 lead after
one. An inning later, a single by Dick
Lutz was followed by Frank's
two out 2 RBI home run. There was
no scoring in the fourth through seventh innings. David
singled in the fourth and was moved
to second on a sacrifice by Vince
Richards. Leah singled in the fifth
and seventh but was left on both times.
A double by Perry and a triple by Ron put Portland on the board in
the eighth, but a home run by Mike
T restored the three run lead.
Jerry Hinton doubled,
also in the eighth. Larry added a run
for Portland in the ninth with a home run to close the scoring. The
Final – Christ Church 4 – Portland 2.
After
amassing fifteen hits in Game One and ten in Game Two, Christ Church
could only reach base four times in Game Three.
Jerry singled
twice (in the first and fourth innings) and Bob
singled in the eighth. But the
games sole run, the game winner and the sweep came on Frank's
sixth inning homer.
The
Final – Christ Church 1 – Portland 0.
