Games of April 13 AKA Chris Hall Day

I don't know if I've ever seen a hitter dominate a doubleheader quite like this. Chris Hall had 7 hits in 7 at bats, scored 4 runs, drove in ELEVEN, doubled twice, and homered. Thanks to Hall's outburst, Dave Rosengard defeated Sam Melendez, 15-8, and Havelock Hewes beat Jeff Appell, 8-6.

In the first game, Hall homered and drove in 7 runs. Carl Weinberg also homered, crushing his 100th ever SFL home run to deep right-center in the bottom of the sixth inning.

The second game was a tight battle, with Jeff Appell taking a 6-4 lead into the 5th inning. He intentionally walked Ian Parfrey with two men on and two outs, and-- who else-- Chris Hall ripped a bases-clearing double to deep left-center, and was then driven in by Carl Weinberg's triple.

Havelock Hewes set down the heart of the opposing order in the sixth inning, and got a huge outfield assist from Zach Nilva to preserve the win in the seventh.

2014 stats are now available in the right sidebar. League leaders will be updated once we've played a few more games.

Defense Of Scoring Decision by Havelock Hewes

  Critical feedback from a scoring decision I made Sunday was worthy of an explanation.  Zach Nilva hit a soft liner to short centerfield. My reading of the play was that the centerfielder, Eric Schulman, got a good jump on the ball and was running to catch it.  He extended his glove, while running, and the ball bounced off his glove. This was a play that could have been scored either way.   I applied our scoring rubric of "average difficulty and average skills." I believe most outfielders would not have gotten to the ball and because Eric was running and extending his arm to catch the ball it was not an easy play.  

Regular Season Opener

Havelock Hewes prevailed over Freddie Melendez, 12-7, in the first game of the 2014 season at the Heckscher fields. Hewes helped himself with three hits and three RBI, and Carl Weinberg smacked his 99th career HR, a solo bomb to left-center.

The second game was won by Sam Melendez, 4-3, over Jeff Appell. Melendez entered the final inning nursing a 3-2 lead, but Zach Nilva tripled to left, and scored on an infield grounder by Greg Hilska. Melendez escaped without further damage when Phil Ciccone's long liner to left landed in Matt Mishkin's glove. This set the stage for Chris Hall to hit a hard liner through the SS hole that scored Eric Schulman with the winning run.