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Posted Jul 17/15 - CROSSROADS NITE, ROCKETS DOWNED BY SLUGGERS 10-08

July 17, 2015  summit city sluggers 10- Portland rockets 8

 

Good  morning baseball fans, it’s a beautiful day in Portland.  On  a hot summer nite, would you offer your neck to the wolf with the red roses,  now there is a blast from the past,  kinda makes me hungry for some meatloaf.  Thurs nite in Portland the rockets served up the silver platter to the summit city sluggers losing 10-8. 

It was kinda hot, especially in the 7th inn.  Score tied 3-3, starter mitch waters needed one more out to make it through the inn. And we couldn’t find it,. Mitch with 2 out 2 on was tagged for 3 runs, and reliever Austin branock 3 also, they get 6 in the inn.\

Waters goes 6 plus inn, 122 pitches 5 earned runs struck out 9.

It was a great crowd on hand,  it was Crossroads financial credit union nite, and man the golf carts were everywhere,. Now that crossroads team is pretty spunky, games and prizes, and kids doing there thing, 

It gives me that warm feeling to see so many people out sharing  and you cant beat fun at the ole ballpark,  tony Reynolds on hand almost like a dj spicing it up with good music;

Becky white orchestrated the gaming, her redkey softball team she coaches were state champs at one time, her son shane a fine rocket pitcher some years ago. The bob clark family on board.  A special thanks to jim gehinger and his wife for their contribution to the home team. Hey even my sister mickey was on hand. A special happy birthday wish today to our rocket favorite, mariloyn maloy now living in ft wayne.  Love ya in portland

Rockets did make it interesting a 3 run home run by alex delk closed the gap, his second in 2 nites, a 2 run single by tom mccowan made it 10-8 and we had the tying run on second but not to be as the rockets stranded 13 runners on their second nite in a row of 13 hits.

3 glaring errors too contributed.

Delk , waters gesslin, mccowan and Brandon mccowan all had 12 hits.

One of the highlights the crossroads gang singing take me out to the ballpark, and dusty pierson 10 year old willie mays baseball throwing out the first pitch.  Just seeing all the folks even from out of town, my friend neal spencer, my old teammate mark and chris hearrn, and how about that rendition of the national anthem,  Chelsea taylor, a bollenbacher, made chills run up and down,

A great nite for baseball at the corner, I guess the sluggers did not get the memo, we are to win on crossroads nite,  janet bantz said emphatically we will do it again next year.

Rockets return home sat 1 pm dh vs ft wayne expos after playing them tonite in ft wayne,

Game tonite at Carrington field, tyler Reynolds the starter

Rockets record now 15-5

Like the old coach ray miller said, we wont win em all, but well win the next one

Randy miller pg 14





 


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