After dropping the first two series of the year against Portland, Christ Church swept visiting Portland Monday night.
The first hit of Gamer One came on a lead-off double by Tom Bennett. Two outs later Leah Bennett tripled for the game's first run. In the fifth inning, Christ Church sent ten men to the plate, scoring six runs on seven hits with each hit after the first hit driving in a run. Mike Thompson led off with a triple; Tom doubled; Dick Lutz doubled; Leah tripled; Mike Peak singled; Bob Stone tripled; David Stierle singled. The score after five innings stood at 7-0. Portland scored their only run of the game on a home run by Mike Eggenstiller. Andy Coates, Jerry Hinton and Tom added non-run-scoring singles. The Final - Christ Church 7 - Portland 1.
Portland took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of Game Two on a single by Perry and a HR by Mike E. Singles by David and Dick failed to produce any runs. In the fourth Christ Church tied the game on a triple by David and a single by Mike T. In the sixth, Mike P. , Jerry and Mike T. went single, triple, single for a 3-1 lead. A single by Andy and a triple by Mike P. scored one in the seventh and the scoring was closed out in the eighth on a single-triple-single by David, Tom and Dick. The Final - Christ Church 6 - Portland 2.
Christ Church never trailed in Game Three after scoring single runs in the first and second on a single and triple in each inning- Mike P. and Bob in the first and Tom and Andy in the second. Jerry singled in the third and doubled in the fifth; Tom singled in the fourth and sixth; and Mike Peak singled in the seventh, his hit coming after a lead-off home run by Dick. In the eighth a single-triple-single by David, Tom and Andy produced Christ Church's fourth and fifth runs. Portland's sole run was a fifth inning HR by Brittany. The Final - Christ Church 5 - Portland 1.
