Spector Group Softball headed into the 2017 SLAM Season with a fresh new outlook on the upcoming season as it reloaded it's roster with some new and some old faces. With one rookie season out of the way and into the second year of the league, Spector Group Softball could go no where but up as it tries to improve on last year's 2-7 Record.
Spector Group opens the season against last year's playoff team, HH/GS. Team SG had a lot to prove in this match up and NEEDED to show that they belonged. Due to some train problems, SG literally arrived as the coin was being flipped by big blue and as the clock ticked 5:30, all you heard was "PLAY BALL......."
Rushing on to the sidelines, Spector Group didn't get to warm up nor get a few early swings to get the rust out since the weather hasn't been kind enough to allow for any real practice. After losing the coin toss, Team Spector Group lead off the Top of the 1st with Jared "The Mild Manner" Morganstein" (2-4, 1 Run) with a bloop single to lead SG's new potent lineup and racing out to a 3 run lead as new Rookie Sensation, Josh "The Engineer"Feit, (3-4, 4 RBIs, 3 Runs, HR, 2B) who in his first at bat showed why he was SG's #1 over draft pick by driving an RBI single to start the early hitting. Team HH/GS followed with 3 runs of their own in the bottom half to end the 1st inning tied 3-3.
The game was starting to blow open in the 2nd inning, when Scott "The undercover Boss" (2-4, 3 RBIs, 3 Runs, HR) showed why he is the boss, when he launched a 3 run homer to give SG a 6-3 edge and team SG never looked back .....and then the hits kept on coming as Chris "The Cycle" Thibodeau (4-4, 4 RBIs, 1 run, 1B,2B, 3B, HR) followed with his own Home Run to show why he was last year's Team MVP to give Team Spector Group a 8-3 lead.
However, HH/GS still had some fight left in them as they closed the gap to 3 runs in the 5th but ultimately Spector Group pulls out the game with solid defense all around lead by Short Stop, Joe "The bachelor NO-MORE" Carretta (2-4, 2 Runs) who grabbed every single ball in site.
Final Score Spector Group wins 15-10. As Spector Group scores a team record 15 runs in a single game. Game ball goes to the Rookie sensation Josh "The Engineer" Feit and last year's team MVP Chris "The Cycle" Thibodeau, who combined for 8 RBIs on 7 of 8 AB. Congrats to the team for the great start to the season and can only hope to build on this momentum.
Hats off to HH/GS for a well played and competitive game. Good luck to you guys the rest of the season.
Go Team!
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