WATKINS WINS SERIES

Christ Church visited Watkins Memorial UMC Monday night and won the middle game as Watkins took two of three.

Christ Church managed only a pair of hits  and no runs in Game One.  Leah Bennett singled in the fourth inning and Jerry Hinton singled in the seventh.  Watkins scored all their runs on home runs; bach to back by Wendell and Norm in the first; a two run home run by Dick after a double by Andrew; and a fourth inning homer in the fourth.  The Final - Watkins 5 - Christ Church 0.

Christ Church led all the way scoring in the first inning of Game Two.  Mike Peak led off the game with a single and scored on a triple (RBI) by Jerry.  Bob Stone singled to start the second and Vince Richards drove him in with a triple (RBI).  Christ Church went up 3-0 in the top of the fifth on a one pout single by Mike P and a triple (RBI) by Tom Bennett.  A home run by Andrew in the bottom of the inning reduced the lead to two.  Tom's eighth inning single and Dick Lutz's triple (RBI) restored the lead to three.  In the ninth, Christ Church added a pair of insurance runs.  Sydney Raderer's double was followed by a home run (2 RBI) by Frank Preston.  Tom (in the third) and Dick (in the sixth) added singles.  The Final - Christ Church 6 - Watkins 1.

Each team led in Game Three.  Homers by Keith and Wendell homered in the bottom of the first for a 2-0 lead.  In the third, Mike Thompson doubled and scored on Sydney's (2 RBI) home run to tie the game.  One out later, Leah singled and scored on a triple (RBI) by Mike P.  David Stierle singled (RBI) to score Mike P and put Christ Church up 4-2.  An inning later Mike T homered for a 5-2 margin.  Keith made it 5-3 with a sixth inning home run and the game was tied after Doug tripled and Andrew singled in the ninth.  There was no scoring in the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth innings although Frank reached on an error in the tenth, David (in the eleventh), Mike T  (in the twelfth), and Mike P  (in the thirteenth).  In the bottom of the thirteenth Wendell's third HR of the game game Watkins the series win.   The Final - Watkins 6 - Christ Church 5.  

Christ Church ends the season by visiting Harvey Browne on THURSDAY, APRIL 20TH.