Pitches Be Trippin

First Place

Summer Co-ed Softball at Lower Woodlands Fridays

Pitches Be Trippin capped off their storybook season with a championship on Friday evening at Lower Woodland Park. The champs entered the night needing two wins to secure the title, and in both contests their offense was the star of the show.

The semi-final pitted them against the formidable Vicious and Delicious. The two teams had met in week 2 of the season and played to a 16 -16 tie, representing the only minor blemish on their otherwise perfect season. But here would be no tie this time. Pitches cruised to a 31-18 victory with Adrian D leading the way at the plate with 7 RBIs.

The final matchup against Balco Bombers proved to be more of a test. Balco sent home Caught in a Pickle in the first semi-final of the evening, giving them time to rest up and watch game 2. While Pitches Be Trippin’ jumped out to an early lead and never gave it up, the game was close until the end. Heading into the bottom of the 6th the lead was only 2 runs, but the champs offense stepped up again. Pitches put up 6 runs in their final at-bat with an impressive rally, which was kicked off by Allison H lining a double down the left field line that stayed just fair. It was one of many hits on the night for Allison, who was named player of the game for her performance. A scoreless top of the 7th, capped off by a leaping catch by shortstop Josh L for the 3rd out, sealed the 21-13 win.