LaBREQUE FIELD, HOUGHS NECK - The Morrell Club completed their surprising semi-final upset of the top seeded Chefs with a 10-5 victory last night in Houghs Neck Softball playoff action at LaBreque Field.
The Chefs offense, which looked so good for the second half of the season, stalled and struggled to score throughout the series. "We just couldn't get it going," said Chefs outfielder Dennis Joyce "It's frustrating, But hats off to the Morrell Club, they hit well and made big plays when they had to."
The Morrell Club pushed runs across in the first and second innings. For most the game it seemed thats all they would need. The 2-0 lead held until the fifth inning when the Chefs offense finally showed signs of life. Getting hits from Joyce and Steve Miller and taking advantage of Morrell Club errors, the Chefs took a 5-2 lead in the top of the 5th.
After cutting the lead to one in the fifth the Morrell Club exploded for a six run sixth on hits by Sean McDonald, Jaime Shatzle, Matt Fratolillo and Mark Nutley. The inning was highlighted by Nutley's three-run triple to right. "Just trying to drive the ball with no outs and the bases juiced," said Nutley "I was looking for something down and in. . . fortunately I got it, put good wood on the ball and it found a gap in their defense."
The Morrell Club's 10-5 lead held as the Chefs went quietly in the seventh. With the win the number five seed Morrell Club (16-11) advances to the finals and will attempt to derail six-time defending champion and number two seed Flanagans (22-3). Flanagans is undefeated in postseason play and is coming off a semi final sweep in which they outscored McInnis Carpentry 56-16.
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Wait a second, that wasn't the Championship? there's another round left?
I put good wood on something!!
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