NOTE:
This week's article combines Sept 30th make ups for Round 2 (originally scheduled for Fri, Sep 26th) and Oct 3rd Roun3 games.

8:20pm - Granny O'Shea's versus Bar Boy - 90ft field - Round 2 on Sep 30th

After an edge of your seat victory last week, Granny O'Shea's continued on to the second round of the Reilly Cup Winners' Bracket. They squared off Tuesday against 3rd seeded Bar Boy. The game started off with 3 runs in the first for O'Shea's as the top of the order patiently drew three walks for two runs and added a SAC fly by Bob Thompson to close out the inning. Bar Boy chipped away 2 runs of their own in the bottom of the second inning. In the third inning, Lenny Balestrieri and Don Carlin each singled as Bob Kirk drove a double in the gap for 2 runs. O'Shea's now had a 5-2 lead. This week Granny's defense was on top of their game as the errors decreased and the run production for O'Shea's went up. The fifth inning had a five run breakout as Don Carlin and Mitch Maghakian singled in runs while Walter Hasemann drove in 2 of his own. Bar Boy would not give in as they scored 2 more runs to help close the gap to 12-4. After a narrow victory last week, O'Shea's was looking for a cushion and found it in the 8th inning. Lenny Balestrieri stepped up with a 2 run RBI single and Bob Kirk cleared the bases with a 3 run shot (7 RBIs for the night) that helped Granny O'Shea's shut down Bar Boy 20-5. Bruce Kubart and Mike Hadnagy helped with RBIs during the night while Al Celeste, Brian Mulcahy and Lyle Nigro all helped out with key hits and multiple runs scored. Thank you to Brian for pitching a close game and his battery mate Lyle as he turned some nice plays behind the plate, especially a slow roller where he gunned a man out at first.

9:40pm - Barco versus Zwanger Pesiri - 60ft field - Round 3 on Oct 3rd

Karl Dessel stroked the game winning hit to cap a rousing 9th inning rally that lifted Zwanger-Pesiri to a 4-3 win over Barco Construction. Trailing 3-1 with two outs in the bottom of the 9th and with no runners on base, George Eicher, Tom Dittmeier, Bino Reverberi, Rich D’Amico and Dessel strung together consecutive singles. D’Amico’s hit tied the game, one of three singles he had on the night. D’Amico was even more impressive at shortstop, snaring a number of hot shots with his back hand and starting two key double-plays. Pitcher Brian Tinney was equally impressive in the field, robbing Barco of at least two hits with his quick glove. Also stepping up in the field, Joe Manning and Tom “T” Ball both saved errors with scoops at first. Ira Berger sprung like a cat to grab a swinging bunt and nailed a runner at first. John DeFalco caught an over the shoulder pop-up and Dessel cut down a runner at the plate with a throw from right field. In a night of very little scoring, Jerry Mazza and Marc Fischer both doubled in the 1st for ZP’s only other run. And after a season of chronicling Tom Dittmeier’s many hitting exploits, balanced reporting requires we mention his first at bat and the wind that scattered players and spectators at Allen Park!