FORE RIVER FIELD, QUINCY - After losing to Quincy two weeks ago, the defending champion Bulldogs were faced with the daunting challenge of winning four straight games to defend their title. They were up for it, winning a wild game against the Dirt Dogs, ousting the number 1 seed Brew House and then coming back from a 10-1 deficit in the deciding game to win their third Sunday Night Softball League championship.
"It feels great!," said Bulldogs rightfielder Wally Galuski "It was tough run to just get back to face these guys again. But once we made it through last week we felt confident about our chances."
After winning a defensive grudge match in game one the Bulldogs found themselves in trouble as the Quincy bats exploded for 10 runs in the first two innings of the final game. Quincy left fielder Ray Phillis connected on a three run homer to left-center to give Quincy a comfortable nine run lead. Unfortunately Quincy would not score again until the 7th, leaving the bases loaded twice in the 4th and 6th innings.
The Bulldogs took advantage of Quincy's stalling offense, cutting lead in half with a four-run fourth inning. The offense finally came around in the 5th as Bill Clarke, Jesse Winter, Josh Preble and Henry Martin all had hits during a big seven-run outburst to push the Bulldogs ahead 12-10.
Quincy loaded the bases in the sixth on hits by Tom Fratolillo, Bill Marchand & Dean Salvatori and seemed poised for a big inning. After a pop up to third, Steve Waas lifted a shallow fly ball to left center field. Fratolillo, tagging from third, gambled and lost on a great throw from Bulldog outfielder Jesse Winter and was called out at the plate on a very close call to end the threat.
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