Sweep the Legs Johnny…….Well, we came up just a few swings away from completing a sweep but we were happy to walk away with a split Friday night.

The rain held off and the team was primed and ready to go taking on our uni-rivals the Beat -Downs in Game 1. Koko took the mound and we had a back and forth battle from the beginning. The Beat-downs bats were swinging for the Left field fence and were keeping Mikey and Cisco on their toes spraying hits their way all night. Our defense was solid for the night and our bats came alive when the 2nd half of the line-up came through all night and carried us through the game. DonJuan found a way to raise his league leading OBP by 2.5% points and JW was a mad man mashing the ball with a caveman club swing he recently acquired.

We held the Beat downs down and forced them to play our style of game. We had our opportunity heading into the final inning to walk away victorious but we ran out of outs and lost 13-11 in the first game of the double header. “I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery and in the last inning we didn’t have the heavy artillery to win the war” said Richard “Big Daddy” Gutierrez after the game.

No Mercy! Strike First and Strike Hard. That is our team motto and that is exactly what we did in the 2nd game as we were hungry and were not going to be denied by anybody including Top Shelf for our win no matter what. Top Shelf was going down and we could sense it from the beginning and we knew they were the perfect slumpbuster to hit on. Capt. Tucci had the line-up set and handed Koko the ball and asked him for a solid outing because he knew our bats were going to be there. Our defense was solid in this game as we were primed and ready after sprinting over from field 2. AC was pumped and ready for a win and did not take kindly to one of their players talking some smack to him over at 1st base. AC wanted a win and was going to do everything in his power to make sure we got it. What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brusher her off, tell her I'm sorry. But my mother wouldn’t make it to second.” AC said from the dugout.

The X-man Xavy had a stellar game at 2nd base eating up everything hit his way before pulling a muscle running the bases late in the 4th inning. Roundhouse Rob had one of his best all around performances by flashing his glove at the hot corner and almost gunning down a helpless batter from his knees after a diving stab. However, RR saved his best for the plate and came through when we needed it the most belting a long ball deep to center and driving in 3 runs to help set the pace for the night. Our bats were on fire and everybody contributed to the team’s success in this one which is exactly what we needed. We jumped out to a 13 run lead early and didn’t look back. “I have all the faith in the world in my guys and we were waiting to break out, and I knew it was coming in this game, you could just see it on the guys faces in the dugout we were going to win and win big” Capt. Tucci said at the post game press conference.

With a 13 run lead the team started to celebrate a bit and began dreaming of pitchers at gators. Johnny Blaze had another solid game fielding and reminded the team to keep its head on straight when Top Shelf began to show some life in the 6th inning. “I knew we had to go for the kill and couldn’t let them hang around” Blaze said. He also pointed out that in Softball you can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why softball is the greatest game of them all.

Top Shelf started to put a few runs on the board after starting a feud with the UMPS but Mad Dog came in and shut the door on their comeback and the team added 4 more runs in the bottom of the sixth to seal the slumpbuster.

“I was proud of my teammates tonight because this was a collective victory. Everybody pitched in and we had a hell of game. “The strength of the wolf is in the pack, and our team really came together and showed the fans at Red Bug Lake what we were made of and what we are capable of when were running on all cylinders” Greiveldinger said after the game.

Nothing tastes sweeter than a beer unless it is a beer after a win, so let’s go drink some beers Mikey said running off the field in victory. And that is exactly what the team did heading over to Gators and in the Olympic spirit broke our own world record by putting away an astounding 67 pitchers. The Lady Kai’s were out in numbers and cheered on the team to victory and were proud of their men they said from a team statement.

Well, we will look to continue our winning ways this Friday at 8:30 as we take on the Cessna. See You Under the Friday Night Lights!