SUNDAY, September 22—On this cool crisp night, Louise & Jerry’s squared off against the Slingers at Mama Johnson Field in a marquee doubleheader.  The Slingers  were coming off a red-hot summer with their 8 and 2 record and championship win in the Chris Davis Division.  The team decided to step their game up and returned to the George Brett Division.  These two highly competitive teams put on a show with their match-up coming down to the last out.

The gloves were out Sunday night, and not because the temperatures dropped.  Both teams had their A game on defense, not letting anything drop or go by.  Slinger 3^rd baseman Katie Fritz put on a show all night long, stopping everything that was hit near her and making it look easy.  Louise & Jerry’s 3^rd baseman John Rivera played the left side of the diamond perfectly and made a great diving catch on the foul line and threw the runner out from his knees to end the inning.

Both teams put some runs up from the long ball. In the bottom of the 2^nd inning L&J John Rivera hit a 2 run shot into right field to give his team the lead.  He wasn’t the only one displaying power Sunday night, because Slinger captain Jason Orr hit two solo shots to keep his team in the game.

In top of the 6^th inning Louise & Jerry’s had a 5 to 1 lead and had a man on 2^nd base with slugger Angel Romano at the plate.  Angel has displayed in the past his power, and he hit a shot to deep center but it was caught by Andrew Thurmond.  L&J Chris Lyons with his speed tried to tag home from 2^nd base and Andrew made a great throw to shortstop Ryan Hall who gunned down Chris Lyons sliding at the plate to get the out.

The Slingers scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 7^th inning to tie the game up 5 to 5 to bring the game to extras.

Louise & Jerry Angel Lefty gave his team the lead with a 2 run triple in the top of the 8^th inning. The Slingers looked like they were going to come back again in the bottom of the 8^th inning when they had a man on first base with 1 out.  L& J 2^nd baseman Stephanie Soares had another storyline in mind.  She made a great heads up double play when the ball was hit to her; she tagged the runner going to 2^nd and threw the runner out at 1^st to end the game. 

Louise& Jerry’s defeated Slingers 7 to 5.