After starting out the season 2-0-1, TPG was primed for a successful 2012. Then the rain started. We led the league in rainouts (3), and did not play for 6 weeks. Muscles started cramping. Gloves got dusty. Bats were definitely rusty. The rain-induced "vacation" ended with TPG squaring off against Gensler, and it was not a fair fight. We did everything we could not to get Mercy'd and lost 14-2. The following week (hey we did not have a rainout!) we lost a close battle to KPF, and saw our record an even .500 at 2-2-1.
But our stone was rolling. The moss was gone. Amazing what regular playing will do to a team. TPG took the field last night against Perkins Eastman looking to regain momentum and find ourselves back in playoff contention. Leading off the 1st, TPG scored a run on 3B Tony "Married to the firm" Franzese's RBI double. We had a lead. But PEA came right back in the bottom of the 1st and scored 2. Oh crap. Now we were losing.
A scoreless 2nd, and you could cut the tension with a knife. Emergency RF Alessandra "Really? You need me to play?" Belfiore made a spectacular catch turning a would be HR into a long out. This was a must win game for TPG. Top of the 3rd, and DH Derrick "The Mouth" Blocker led off the inning with a single. A hit parade followed, and TPG scored 4 to regain a lead that would not be given up.
With the game still close, TPG blew the doors off when SS Tommy "Guns" Anderson came up with bases loaded and 2 outs in the 5th inning. A bases-clearing 3 RBI triple, and TPG now led 10-3. Sadly Tommy was held up at 3B, so his streak of consecutive games with a HR ended at 4. Shockingly, TPG scored 2 more runs in the 7th as DH Derrick "The Mouth" Blocker hit a triple (!?) - and yes his blood sample was sent to the lab for PED testing after the game (results came back negative). Final score 12-6 TPG.
Game balls go to Derrick Blocker (3-4, 2 1Bs, 3B, 3Rs), Tommy Anderson (2-4, 4 RBIs), and Alessandra Belfiore (RBI, flawless RF).
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