Announcement
Aj Palumbo took the hill on another unseasonably cold day at The Trojan Sandlot in this young season with battery mate George Jenkins behind the dish. The battery & Trojans D worked effectively to strand Northampton runners on base, & through five innings Palumbo finished his work without letting in a run while striking out 3 and giving up two hits. On Offense Joseph Webber led off the game with a single and was advanced to 3rd on a sac bunt and sac fly by CK Kinsley and Cullan Wadsworth respectively, but was not able to cross the plate. In the bottom half of the second Adam Mellinger was the lone Trojan on base via a walk. In the bottom of the 3rd the Trojans plated the first run of the game after Adam Smith singled and advanced to 2B on a George Jenkins sac bunt and 3B on a Joseph Webber sac fly. CK Kinsley then singled to CF scoring Smith for the first score of the game and a 1-o Trojan lead. Cullan Wadsworth then reached on a HBP but was LOB.
Adam Mellinger led off the Bot 4 with a double to the LCF gap, advanced to 3rd on a Will Algard sac bunt and then scored on a wild pitch and a 2-0 Trojan lead. Matt Ervolina then BB and advanced to 2B on a ball in the dirt and moved to 3rd on a Adam Smith GO. George Jenkins then doubled twice down the LF line in the same AB (had to be there) scoring Ervolina to make the score 3-0. Jeremy Piatkiewicz then came in to run for Jenkins (2 2B's in the same AB can be exhausting) and scored on a Joseph Webber double to increase the Trojan lead to 4-0. CK Kinsley then BB and Cullan Wadsworth doubled to LF scoring Webber from 2nd and Kinsley from 1st and increasing the Trojan Lead to 6-0 thru 4.
Aj Palumbo and the Trojans D worked out of a jam in the Top of 5, and in the bottom of the frame Will Algard singled and stole 2nd but was LOB and the Trojans lead remained 6-0 over the KKids thru 5 innings of play. Collin Duff came on in relief in the sixth and with the help of a Cullan Wadsworth "Superman Web Gem" grab in CF allowed only 1 KKid to score while maintaining a 6-1 Trojan lead. CK Kinsley BB again in the Bot 6 but was LOB. Top of 7 the KKids looked to mount a rally against the Trojans and did plate a couple to make the score 6-3, however, Collin Duff induced a Ervolina to Kinsley to Algard DPlay (to be now known as an EKA) and a FO to J Webb (Joseph Webber) in LF to squash the rally & secure a 6-3 Trojan Victory over the KKids from Northampton!
