6/27/2011 - Bainbridge

We lost an exciting game to Bainbridge last night 8-6. We waited until the 6th to do all our scoring and took a 6-4 lead into the top of the 7th. One out away from the win, old man winter corked a pathetic single (he ended up on 3rd) behind second base - the start of our demise in this one. Special thanks to Nystrom, Danny, Jeffery, and April "the rally starter" for filling some open lineup holes in this game. DI opponent on Friday night at 7:00.

6/26/2011 - Game 1 - West Greentree, Game 2 - Alliance

It was a good old-fashion double-header on a sunny Sunday afternoon and simply put, our bats were on fire. We scored 35 runs in the two games and finished with a team batting average of .608 for the day. Both of these teams are decent DIII teams with .500 or better records even after today.

 First up was West Greentree. We got the win 13-3 playing all 7 innings. Hands-down highlight of the game was Dave Gish launching a triple in the gap during his first ever DACSL atbat...oh yeah, and he did it in a pair of New Balance tennis shoes.

Next up in the 4-oclocker was Alliance. We got another W with a score of 22-12. We scored 12 runs in the first 2 innings, but it still took us 6 innings to reach the +10 mark and put an end to this one. Their 3-man outfield didn't hurt us.
A solid day of softball...we're back at .500 for the first time since we were 1-1 for about an hour before dropping the 2nd game of a double-header way back on April 27. The win streak sits at 7, record at 9-9, division position at 4th and climbing, and team OBP/Avg at .548 and .531...great numbers that give an optimistic outlook to a squad who was at 2-9 and in 7th place 3 weeks ago.

We have another game tomorrow night at 7:00 and look to keep rolling.

Textbook Bryan Miller.

Ben ripping.

6/23/2011 - WOLC

We won another one against Word of Life Chapel on Thursday night. I wasn't at the game so I don't know much about it. I do know we have a double-header against two Division III teams on Sunday, giving us a reasonable (I don't want to jinx it by saying likely) chance to get to .500 for the first time in team history. One game at a time...time will tell.

6/17/2011 - Hershey Naz.

Just when we though it couldn't get any easier than our last game...we "earned" a W in this one via forfeit. That makes it 4 in a row and we've improved our record from 2-9 to 6-9 in less than 2 weeks. It should probably be noted that the teams we beat during this win streak have a combined record of 9-45.

Next up is Word of Life Chapel round deux on 6/23 at 7:00.

6/15/2011 - Harvest Community

The Brown brothers know how to end games...first Ben jacks a walk-off triple on Monday, then Chris lays out to make an insane diving catch to end tonight's contest. A 15-2 win was the outcome but it could have been closer. Harvest hit multiple line-drives right into the gloves of our fielders. We played solid defense all evening and didn't give anything away. Our old friend/opposing pitcher Dice didn't disappoint us by singing several classic rock songs laced with Chubaka noises, all while toeing the rubber.

We have a nice little 3-game win streak going, our defense is starting to run like a Swiss watch, our team OBP sits at .544 and is creeping ever closer to our target of .550. Things are starting to look up for this group of skinny white boys and it couldn't have come at a better time, next up is Hershey Naz on 6/17 at 7:00.

Tom followed Bryan's homerun in the 5th with one of his own.
Check out the ball on the left side of the picture...that one's not coming down anytime soon.

Zach had a 3 for 3 night at the plate...thanks to his ability to
cut the ball in half with the good part of the bat.

6/13/2011 - Etown Mennonite Red

We relied on a 9-run first inning nest-egg to carry us to victory in this one. The score went back and forth but in the end it was a line drive 2-run triple off the bat of Ben Brown in the bottom of the 7th that wrapped up the 17-16 W. That win makes it 2 in a row and we have a chance to make it 3 on Wednesday, 6/15 against one of the league's relics...DICE!

Kreg launches a chest-high pitch deep into left field.

6/5/2011 - Community Chapel

The losing steak is over! We beat Community Chapel in a 14-4 landslide this afternoon punctuated by Bryan Miller's walk off inside-the-park home run to put us at the +10 mark with 2 outs in the bottom of the 5th. The losing steak stops at 6, just 1 game shy of our team's worst skid since rejoining the DACSL in 2009.

Next up is Hershey Naz. 6/9 at 7:00.

Chris...

Zach...

...and Nate square off on 18-28mph pitches

6/3/2011 - Etown BIC

We're having trouble avoiding the big inning. In this case it was a 10 run bottom half of the 5th that ultimately doomed our chances in this one. We lost 17-8, our losing streak is at 6, and our season record sits at a division worst 2-9. Brighter days are just around the corner for our squad, I guarantee it.