CHRIST CHURCH CLOSES SEASON WITH SERIES WIN

Christ Church closed the 2016-2017 season by taking two out of three at hosting Harvey Browne in a rare Thursday night series.

Game One went ten innings with Harvey Browne earning a 5-3 victory.  First inning singles by Jim and Terry were followed by a triple by Jennifer for a 2-0 lead and Fred's double made it 3-0 after one.  Christ Church chipped away at the lead with a run in the third on a home run by Mike Thompson.  Bob Stone's scored after a double in the fifth on a triple (RBI) by David Stierle.  Dick Lutz tied the game with a seventh inning home run.  Vince Richards added a first inning double.  In the tenth after Christ Church failed to score in their halves of the eighth, ninth and tenth innings, a pair of singles by Terry and Fred and a game winning, walk-off triple by Jennifer gave her four RBI for the game .  The Final - Harvey Browne 5 - Christ Church 3.

Christ Church fell behind 3-0 in Game Two.  Mike Peak singled in the first but was left on base. In the fourth, back-to-back home runs by Mike and Jimmy and a triple by Bob and a double by Greg put Harvey Browne up by three.  Christ Church sliced a run off of the lead on a pair of doubles from Bob and Frank Preston (RBI).  Harvey Browne restored the lead in the bottom of the inning on Mike's second consecutive HR.  Mike Peak was stranded again after a sixth inning single.  In the seventh, Vince homered, Frank and Tom Bennett singled and both of them scored on a (2 RBI) triple by David to tie the score at fours.  In the eight Mike T led off the inning with a game winning homer.  The Final - Christ Church 5 - Harvey Browne 4.

 Christ Church put Game Three away early.  With one out in the second, Christ Church put up five straight hits- all extra base hits.  Vince started it with a home run.  Frank, Tom, Dick and Jerry Hinton followed with doubles for a 4-0 lead.  A single by Jim and a triple by Jennifer in the fourth accounted for Harvey Brownes' only score of he game.  Jerry, in the fifth, and Dick, in the seventh added doubles which did not figure in the scoring.  In the eighth, Christ Church started the inning with four straight hits.  Mike P singled.  A double by Mike T put two in scoring position.  Andy Coates RBI single drove in Mike p and a 3 RBI home run by Vince made it 8-1.  Dick singled but died at first.  The Final - Christ Church 8 - Harvey Browne 1.

 Christ Church ended the season in sixth place, nine games behind the champions, Watkins, with a 41-43 record.