Summer Co-ed Softball at Northacres Sundays

Well, the weather finally gave us a break for the season openner at Northacres! It's no surprise that our Player of the Week also comes from the "game of the week". While the Barking Geckos were looking at extending their success from last season, it was newcomers Masterbatters in the other dugout giving last season's champs all they could handle! This game had 5 lead changes and 5 out-of-the-park homeruns! Almost as though it were scripted, this battle of two teams with plenty of power came down to the bottom of the 7th inning with Masterbatters leading by a run. Chris Johnston of Barking Geckos got the bottom of the inning off to a quick start by tomohawking a high pitch for a base hit & then used his aggressive baserunning style to tie the game up. Then came the play of the game when Aaron Asis of Barking Geckos made a heads-up play from third . . Aaron tagged up on a shallow hit and used his wheels to motor towards home. The defensive throw was right on the money, so Aaron did a textbook slide to narrowly avoid the tag and win the game!!! Congrats to Barking Geckos and their Co-Player(s) of the Week, Chris Johnston & Aaron Asis!

Going 3-4 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs, Kevin Hutchinson powered the Bad Booze Bears in a 27-7 rout of the Blue Mooners.

Hot enough for ya? That was the question of the day! The only thing hotter was the last game of the day when PB Army faced off against Masterbatters! Masterbatters jumped out to an early lead which quickly disappeared. PB Army held the lead for 5 innings while Masterbatters looked for an answer to PB's timely hitting & great defense . . . they got their answer going into the last inning. With PB Army leading Masterbatters 11-9 into the final inning, Masterbatters stacked on an incredible 8 runs lead by Colin Robinson's inside-the-park homerun! Colin then came out in the bottom of the 7th inning to pitch a complete game and preserve a 15-17 victory for Masterbatters! No one left it all on the field more than Colin as he "sacrificed the body" while taking an errantly thrown softball right in the back on his aggressive baserunning to home plate. Congrats to Masterbatters & Colin Robinson, Player Of The Week!!!

Player of the Week goes to Josh Hartnett, along with the rest of the Masterbatters in their Championship winning day! The saying "offense wins games, defense wins championships" could not have been more true after witnessing the spectacular plays! Armed with potent bats, Beltre-like gloves, and a great attitude, the Masterbatters were champions in more than one way. Congrats to an excellent season Masterbatters!!!!!