St. Matthews Baptist Clinches Title with Series Win

St. Matthews Baptist beat Christ Church two games to one and, in the process clinched the Championship of the Crescent Hill Dartball League.

In Game One, Christ Church took an early 1-0 lead when Mike Peak drove in Jerry Hinton from first with a triple with no outs.  But Christ Church stranded the runner at third.  St. Matthews tied it in the second.  Christ Church took a 3-1 lead with a run in the fourth (Mike Thompson homered) and a run in the fifth (Harry Barsh singled and Jerry Hinton drove him in with a triple.  But that completed the the scoring for Christ Church and St. Matthews scored two in the sixth, two in the eighth and one in the ninth for a 6-3 win.

Game Two saw St. Matthews score eleven runs on thirteen hits.  Christ Church had ten hits but could manage only a single run in the first and lost 11-1.

Christ Church salvaged a win in Game Three and avoided a sweep coming back from a 4-0 deficit with two runs in the third on a Bob Stone two run home run after Dick Lutz singled; three runs in the fifth on another two run home run by Bob Stone, this time driving in John Frederick and a Mike Thompson triple and Mike Peak single; and a run in the eighth when Mike Peak singled and Jerry Hinton tripled. The final was 6-5.

St. Matthews has a 10 game lead with only 9 games remaining and cannot be caught.

St. Matthews Baptist Clinches tie for Championship

St. Matthews Baptist clinched a tie for the Championship Monday night.  If Watkins UMC, with 12 games remaining, can win all their remaining games they will finish the season with a 44-28 record.  If St. Matthews, with 9 games remaining, loses all their remaining games they will finish the season with an identical 44-28 record.

A single win by St. Matthews or a single loss Watkins will earn St. Matthews the crown.

The remaining five teams have been eliminated.