Independents vs. Kawkawklin Old Timers & Friends
Saturday, May, 12, 2007 | at Kawkawlin

D-Train
Bay City 18, Kawkawlin 1

Kawkawlin Twp. Park, Kawkawlin, MI – The Independents of Bay City opened play this year traveling to the township of Kawkawlin, in order to take on some fine gentlemen of the local hamlet. The match was umpired by “Honest” John Gravlin, and began with the customary coin toss. The fellows from Kawkawlin were fortunate enough to win the toss, but chose to allow the Bay Citys to strike first.

The Bay Citys found their striking to be in fine form, despite the winter break, and tallied 4 aces in the opening innings. As was per usual Misters LeRoux, Garcia, and Koch all had a hand in the scoring, but they were also joined in the parade of runs by a newcomer just home from his time with the Union lads, Mr. Jason “Mac” McInerney.

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After retiring to the field the Bay Citys put on a fine display of fielding by whitewashing the Kawkawlin gentlemen for the next 8 innings. Many a hands were lost to the infield play of Misters LeRoux at short stop, and Mr. David at the third sack. Their diving plays and lightning throws were held fast by the first sack combinations of Mr. Justin Garcia, who found time in the winter doldrums to join the ranks of fatherhood and saw his play not diminish in the slightest, and Mr. Koch last season’s newfound gem. The pitching of Mr. O’Laughlin and Mr. Brissette was also brilliant on this day, as the Kawkawlin fellows did not get a striker past second sack until they tallied their lone ace behind a fellow named Scott.

mighty mac at bat
While holding down the opposition, The Independents found themselves making good progress on the bases and scored 13 more runs in a balanced display of striking throughout the match.

Despite the final score, The Kawkawlin gentlemen came off quite well in their first organized match and will not doubt be better for their experience in the future. As for Bay City, they will host the River Hogs from Midland County next Saturday at Carroll Park in their first home match of the season.