CHRIST CHURCH DROPS SERIES

In a battle of fifth place teams, St. Matthews UMC came out on top Monday at Christ Church.

Christ Church took a 1-0 lead in Game One on a second inning single by Bob Stone and an RBI triple by Dick Lutz.  St. Matthews got on the board in the fourth inning on a solo home run by Carl and took the lead an inning later on a double by Herb, a triple by Ralph and a single by Glenn.  In the bottom of the fifth, Christ Church retook the lead.  Andy Coates singled and scored on a triple (RBI) from Vince Richards.  Frank Preston followed with a home run (2 RBI) for a 4-3 lead.  Another home run by Ralph tied the game in the seventh and St. Matthews moved in front by two runs in the eighth on a home run by Carl2, a single by Ray and a triple by Carl.  Christ Church cut the lead in half with a run in the bottom of the eight on a single by Leah Bennett and a triple (RBI) by Mike Peak.  Down a run in the ninth with one out Andy homered to tie the game and Vince followed with a home run of his own to win the game.  Mike P also singled in the fourth.  The Final - Christ Church 7 - St. Matthews UMC 6.

In Game Two, a single by David Stierle failed to produce a run in the first.  But in the second, Tom Bennett, Dick and Vince went single - triple (RBI) - single (RBI) for the early 2-0 lead.  Tom Bennett singled in the fourth and Jerry Hinton singled in the fifth but both were left on base,  In the sixth, Ray, Carl and Russell scored two on a single, triple and single to tie the game.  Tom's third single of the game in the sixth; Frank's double in the seventh; and a double by Mike Thompson and Dick reaching on an error all failed to produce the go-ahead run.  And in the ninth Bill's two out triple drove in Carl from first for the win.  The Final - St. Matthews 3 - Christ Church 2.

In Game Three,  Leah singled in the first, Andy doubled in the third, and Bob singled in the fourth but the game remained scoreless into the fifth.  In the fifth, Glenn singled and Ray tripled for a 1-0 lead.  In the eighth, Freddie tripled and Russell singled to add a run.  And in the ninth, Glenn's single, Ray's triple and Freddie's single increased the lead to four.  In the ninth, Leah and David singled but Christ Church failed to  produce another hit to allow the tying run to come to bat.  The Final - St. Matthews 4 - Christ Church 2.