Independents hosting Grangers of Rochester Hills
Saturday, July, 28, 2007 | vs. Rochester Hills
Bay City
12, Grangers 3
Three Hands Lost, and a Whitewash to Boot!
Carroll Park, Bay City, MI – It was a clear, blue sky that greeted the visiting Grangers of Rochester Hills as they entered our humble town, and a bubbling crowd of spectators who anxiously awaited the match between two very fine ball clubs. The Grangers entered the contest having already defeated Bay City in Rochester Hills by a score of 22-12, and held a record of 6 wins to 2 losses. Bay City had just come off a tight scratch in Midland and held a record of 7 wins to 3 losses. Bay City had hoped that perhaps this day would see them on the winning side against the Grangers, and help speed them on their way to the upcoming World’s Tournament in Detroit.
The coin toss before the match saw Bay City come out on top, but in this instance they decided to allow the Grangers to strike first in the contest. The results appeared near disastrous, as the first Granger striker, “Barnraiser” McKay, placed a clean safety between the third sacker and the short stop for the Bay Citys. The next striker, “Moonlight” Otlewski would also make his first and now there were runners at first and second. “Anvil” Wynne would step to the plate for the Grangers and lace a fine single to left. Due to respect of the Bay City left fielder, Branden “The Rope” Revette, the Granger gentlemen chose not to try for their ace just yet, and left the bases packed. Mr. Johnson, the next striker, would lose his hand, and would then bring “Goodfella” Prasetek to the stripe. “Goodfella” drove a hard liner to center field and it scooted past the Bay City defense, as a result three runs would score and Mr. Prasetek would make his third with ease. The next two strikers would lose their hands and “Goodfella” would be held out of the scoring.
The Bay City nine would start their first innings down 3-0 to the gentlemen from Rochester, and they appeared to have their work cut out for them. The Independent strikers did not shrink from their duty as “Tanner” LeRoux would make his first on a drive to the short stop. LeRoux would then make his second by theft. The next striker “Big Wood” David would then move him onto the third sack by losing his hand to the right side of the infield. Bay Citys third striker was none other than “Kid” Garcia who promptly drove a howitzer to the long field that scored Mr. LeRoux and allowed Kid to reach his second. The string of scoring strikers would not stop there as Mister McInerney struck a ball that allowed Kid to tally, and then Misters Dinauer and Revette each reached base safely and would later score along with the aforementioned Mr. McInerney. By the time the Bay Citys had lost all three hands for the innings they had scored 5 aces and sent nine men to the plate. Bay City now led the contest at 5-3.
Perhaps two weeks of travel, as the Grangers had traversed to Macinac Island just last weekend, and a vicious Bay City defense was too much for the Granger strikers as they would be whitewashed for the rest of the contest. The Independents would treat the home crowd to diving catches and brilliant throws throughout the concluding 8 innings. If Henry Chadwick himself had been in attendance of the match he would have marveled at the home town nine’s “scientific” base ball play.
Although the Grangers would not add to their tally total for the day, the Bay Citys would add 4 more runs in the third innings when Misters O’Laughlin, David, Garcia and McInerney would all tally. Mr. O’Laughlin would be the subject of much admiration during the fifth innings when he would drive a howitzer to the long field and allow Misters Banister and Brissette to each score an ace and the strike would allow Mr. O’Laughlin to safely reach his second. Unfortunately Mr. O would be left standing on second and would not tally. Previously in the innings though, Mr. Johnson would “High Step” it home on an infield daisy cutter by Mr. Brissette. That would bring the total of Bay City runs to 12, and that would be more than enough on the day.
In all, the spectators were allowed to see ball playing at its finest, as whitewashing was the color of the day. The Bay Citys would be whitewashed in six of their innings, while the Grangers were skunked in eight of theirs. Hearts and bats were both broken by fine plays by the champion caliber clubs, and many bully plays were abounded. It was grand play by all, and most left the ball grounds hungry for the next match in the town by the bay.
Ballists H.L. Runs
LeRoux ss 2 1
David 3rd 3 1
Garcia 1 2
McInerney 1 2
Dinauer D. 2nd 2 1
Revette lf 2 1
Koch 1st 3 0
Dinauer J. 2 0
Freehling c 3 0
Johnson c 2 1
Decuf cf 2 0
Banister rf 1 1
Brissette p 2 1
O’Laughlin p 1 1
Total 27 12
Three Hands Lost, and a Whitewash to Boot!
Carroll Park, Bay City, MI – It was a clear, blue sky that greeted the visiting Grangers of Rochester Hills as they entered our humble town, and a bubbling crowd of spectators who anxiously awaited the match between two very fine ball clubs. The Grangers entered the contest having already defeated Bay City in Rochester Hills by a score of 22-12, and held a record of 6 wins to 2 losses. Bay City had just come off a tight scratch in Midland and held a record of 7 wins to 3 losses. Bay City had hoped that perhaps this day would see them on the winning side against the Grangers, and help speed them on their way to the upcoming World’s Tournament in Detroit.
The coin toss before the match saw Bay City come out on top, but in this instance they decided to allow the Grangers to strike first in the contest. The results appeared near disastrous, as the first Granger striker, “Barnraiser” McKay, placed a clean safety between the third sacker and the short stop for the Bay Citys. The next striker, “Moonlight” Otlewski would also make his first and now there were runners at first and second. “Anvil” Wynne would step to the plate for the Grangers and lace a fine single to left. Due to respect of the Bay City left fielder, Branden “The Rope” Revette, the Granger gentlemen chose not to try for their ace just yet, and left the bases packed. Mr. Johnson, the next striker, would lose his hand, and would then bring “Goodfella” Prasetek to the stripe. “Goodfella” drove a hard liner to center field and it scooted past the Bay City defense, as a result three runs would score and Mr. Prasetek would make his third with ease. The next two strikers would lose their hands and “Goodfella” would be held out of the scoring.
The Bay City nine would start their first innings down 3-0 to the gentlemen from Rochester, and they appeared to have their work cut out for them. The Independent strikers did not shrink from their duty as “Tanner” LeRoux would make his first on a drive to the short stop. LeRoux would then make his second by theft. The next striker “Big Wood” David would then move him onto the third sack by losing his hand to the right side of the infield. Bay Citys third striker was none other than “Kid” Garcia who promptly drove a howitzer to the long field that scored Mr. LeRoux and allowed Kid to reach his second. The string of scoring strikers would not stop there as Mister McInerney struck a ball that allowed Kid to tally, and then Misters Dinauer and Revette each reached base safely and would later score along with the aforementioned Mr. McInerney. By the time the Bay Citys had lost all three hands for the innings they had scored 5 aces and sent nine men to the plate. Bay City now led the contest at 5-3.
Perhaps two weeks of travel, as the Grangers had traversed to Macinac Island just last weekend, and a vicious Bay City defense was too much for the Granger strikers as they would be whitewashed for the rest of the contest. The Independents would treat the home crowd to diving catches and brilliant throws throughout the concluding 8 innings. If Henry Chadwick himself had been in attendance of the match he would have marveled at the home town nine’s “scientific” base ball play.
Although the Grangers would not add to their tally total for the day, the Bay Citys would add 4 more runs in the third innings when Misters O’Laughlin, David, Garcia and McInerney would all tally. Mr. O’Laughlin would be the subject of much admiration during the fifth innings when he would drive a howitzer to the long field and allow Misters Banister and Brissette to each score an ace and the strike would allow Mr. O’Laughlin to safely reach his second. Unfortunately Mr. O would be left standing on second and would not tally. Previously in the innings though, Mr. Johnson would “High Step” it home on an infield daisy cutter by Mr. Brissette. That would bring the total of Bay City runs to 12, and that would be more than enough on the day.
In all, the spectators were allowed to see ball playing at its finest, as whitewashing was the color of the day. The Bay Citys would be whitewashed in six of their innings, while the Grangers were skunked in eight of theirs. Hearts and bats were both broken by fine plays by the champion caliber clubs, and many bully plays were abounded. It was grand play by all, and most left the ball grounds hungry for the next match in the town by the bay.
Ballists H.L. Runs
LeRoux ss 2 1
David 3rd 3 1
Garcia 1 2
McInerney 1 2
Dinauer D. 2nd 2 1
Revette lf 2 1
Koch 1st 3 0
Dinauer J. 2 0
Freehling c 3 0
Johnson c 2 1
Decuf cf 2 0
Banister rf 1 1
Brissette p 2 1
O’Laughlin p 1 1
Total 27 12