Winter Haven Senior Softball Club

Winter Haven Senior Softball Club
Winter Haven, Florida

March 9th - No fresh news on the National League front. The Mets lost their fifth consecutive game since the realignment. However, they will be in the end of season playoff game since going 8-0 in the first half.
The Astros seem to be reaping the benefits of the changes as they moved into a tie for first place. They won against the sole proprietor of first prior to the game today. The Cardinals dropped to 4-2 in the second half standings.
The Royals surprised the Red Sox with a 31-22 final score. With the exception of the forfeit loss, the Red Sox had a 3-1 series lead over the Royals heading into the game this morning.
The Tigers put together three strong offensive frames to outlast the Athletics. The lineup shakeup juggling act by Tigers manager Larry Powell paid dividends this morning. Jack Benson was moved into the depths of the scorecard and served as a leadoff hitter in two of his four trips to the plate. He responded with a 3 for 4 performance.
Don Keller was able to delay his season ending surgery for two weeks due to hospital scheduling and the cleanup hitter went 3 for 4. He pounded out a triple and a double within the three hits.


Astros	12	Cardinals	9
Rockies	34	Mets	26
Royals	31	Red Sox	22
Tigers	18	Athletics	11

LEADING HITTERS:

Astros
Ron Thompson: 4 for 4 with 2 doubles.
Frank Miller: 3 for 3 with 1 homer & 1 walk.

Cardinals
John Fulton: 3 for 4.

Rockies
Ron Augenstein: 5 for 5 with 1 triple, 1 double, & 1 walk.
Bill Evans: 5 for 6 with 4 doubles.
Reg Barnes: 3 for 4 with 1 homer, 1 triple, 1 double, & 2 walks.
Dave Podbielski: 3 for 4 with 1 walk.

Mets
Bernie Peterson: 5 for 5 with 1 homer & 1 triple
Rich Palmer: 1 for 1.
Joel Freedman: 3 for 4.

Royals
Denny Shaffer: 5 for 5 with 2 doubles & 1 walk.
Jim Laffoon: 4 for 4 with 1 homer, 1 walk, & 1 sacrifice fly.
Pat Accetta: 4 for 5 with 1 sacrifice fly.

Red Sox
Mike Tomasso: 5 for 5 with 1 triple & 1 double.
Ken Ota: 4 for 5.

Tigers
Bernie Mohan: 3 for 3 with 1 walk.
Sam Lopez: 2 for 2 with 1 double, 1 walk, & 1 sacrifice fly.
Don Keller: 3 for 4 with 1 triple, 1 double & 1 walk.
Jack Benson: 3 for 4 with 1 double.

Athletics
Greg Bombard: 3 for 4 with 1 homer.
Chris Constantine: 3 for 4 with 1 double.

National League homers: Ed Guspyt & Frank Miller (Astros); Jerry Noble (Cardinals); Reg Barnes & Doug McLellan (Rockies); Walt Leggett, Bernie Peterson, & John Stewart (Mets).
American League homers: Jim Laffoon (Royals); Freddy Gonzalez (Tigers); Greg Bombard (Athletics).

Lee Tomlinson returned from Mayville, Michigan. He is a National League pool player who was the DH for the Cardinals. Welcome back, Lee.

March 5th - The Mets continued their skid, although the game wasn't lost until the latter innings.
The Mets had the lead through four frames but the Cardinals scored the maximum five runs in the fifth to tie the game. Five consecutive singles and one critical error accounted for the five runs. Bill Triolo, Fred Ducham, Ted Taylor, Jerry Noble, and Bill McEllister all connected for base hits in the home fifth for the Cardinals. An outfield error on a ball hit by Ron Carrothers allowed the final two runs to cross home plate.
The Mets tied the game in visiting ninth frame. Pool player Hector Marinacci had a lead off double, followed by an inside-the-park homer by Bernie Peterson. Gale Doty singled in the ninth but was stranded at first when the third out was recorded.
Needing only one run to log a victory, Bill McEllister singled and advanced to third when Ron Carrothers had a base hit. Bill raced home when winning pitcher Ted Granoski reached base on a booted ball in the infield.
The Astros easily handled the Rockies. Winning

pitcher Ray Mills, who is the number three starter on the team, gave up only six runs. The Rockies couldn't figure out the pitcher until the fourth inning, when they scored their first runs of the game.
The Athletics evened their season record with the Royals as the two sub .500 teams played against each other. The shaky defense of the Royals extended some of the innings for the Athletics and they took full advantage of the miscues. Five of the eight base runners who reached on errors made it all the way around to score.
The Red Sox game against the Tigers wasn't decided until the final frame. The score was knotted at 11-11 heading into the ninth inning. Al Andrews began with a single, followed by base hits from the bats of Joe D'Herin and Don Erb. Oddly enough, no base runners had scored up through that point. In any case, Chuck Duff stepped to the plate with the bases juiced and slammed an opposite field, inside-the-park grand slam homer.
Red Sox pitcher Larry Wells took the mound for the first time this season, pitched a complete game, and shut down the top of the Tigers lineup in the ninth. And a sort of strange lineup it was. Players normally down in the order were moved to the top, with a few exceptions. Anyway, the strategy failed to work and the Tigers are now two games back in second place behind the Red Sox.


Cardinals	16	Mets	15
Astros	21	Rockies	6
Athletics	17	Royals	7
Red Sox	15	Tigers	11

LEADING HITTERS:

Cardinals
Ted Taylor: 4 for 5 with 1 homer & 1 double.
Fred Ducham: 4 for 5.

Mets
Gale Doty: 4 for 4 with 1 walk.
Doug Chamlee: 4 for 5 with 1 homer & 1 triple.
Bernie Peterson: 4 for 5 with 1 homer & 1 double.
Bert Snyder: 3 for 4.

Astros
Mike Stepp: 4 for 4 with 3 doubles.
Elmer Wilcox: 4 for 4 with 1 triple.
Ed Guspyt: 3 for 4 with 1 double.
Marshall Bloom: 3 for 4.

Rockies
Reg Barnes: 3 for 4.
Sam Harrell: 3 for 4.
John Merritt: 3 for 4.

Athletics
Russ King: 3 for 4 with 1 triple & 1 walk.

Royals
Jim Laffoon: 3 for 3 with 1 walk.

Red Sox
Don Erb: 5 for 5 with 1 homer & 1 triple.
Al Andrews: 4 for 5 with 1 triple & 1 double.
Joe D'Herin: 4 for 5 with 2 doubles.

Tigers
Ron Butler: 5 for 5 with 1 double.
Freddy Gonzalez: 3 for 4 with 1 double & 1 sacrifice fly.

National League homers: Jerry Noble 2 homers & Ted Taylor (Cardinals); Doug Chamlee & Bernie Peterson (Mets); Marty Martinez (Astros).
American League homers: Chris Constantine (Athletics); Chuck Duff & Don Erb (Red Sox).

Hector Marinacci returned from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the Senior Circuit and played with the Mets this morning. The lefty hasn't lost his stroke as he went 3 for 5 with two doubles. Welcome back, Hector.

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