HOUGHS NECK - After cruising through the first round of the playoffs the McInnis Carpentry softball club was feeling confident about their chances against 6-time defending champion Flanagans.
The Carpenters were coming into the matchup after outscoring a tough Local team an impressive 53-21. Flanagans brought the high-flying Carpenter offense to the ground, rocking the black and orange 28-1, their worst loss in club history.
"They gave us a wake-up call tonight," said Hammers GM Tom Fratolillo "The delivered a knockout blow early. . . at 21-0 after only three innings, that's tough to come back from against any team, let alone Flanagans. The good news is this is a best of five, not a one and done tournament. We're a better team than what we showed tonight. There's really no where to go but up from here."
There were few, if any, bright spots to game one of the semifinal matchup. The Hammers were held to only five hits through six innings and sent no more than four batters to the plate in any of those innings. "We laid an egg tonight," said team captain Scott Logan "Simple as that. But we'll bounce back . . . 'cause I said so."
The Hammers didn't have a runner reach second until the top of the 5th. With one out and runners at the corners in the 7th, Neal Plant's hustle down the line to beat out a close double play saved the Carpenters from their first shutout ever.
In three game against Flanagans the Hammers have been outscored an alarming 61-9 and currently own a 11 game winning streak over the M.C. club.
2 comments:
Once again the frauds are exposed.
#3 seed? Manet put up a better fight than you clowns.
Game. Set. Series.
The author of the first comment better watch their mouth.
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