Sub-Par Effort Good Enough for a Purple Win

Our bad defense continued against the Seattle Select Purple team but MBC 14 rallied with just enough offense to win 10-5.

Poor John Peterson got the start and worked four innings allowing just one hit and striking out three. Shoddy defense behind him led to two runs. Chris Luttinin relieved and came in to pitch to a shoe box strike zone and promptly gave up three runs before Nick Reeves could come in to complete the game.

Offensively MBC scored two in the first and three in the third. In the first Nick Reeves singled and was driven in by Stuart Fairchild's single. Stuart took third on Jake Hawken's single and scored via the double steal deal when Jake stole second. In the third the Purple team got sloppy committing two errors which combined with singles by Tino Peleti, Jake Hawken and Spencer Hogger led to our three runs.

As mentioned above, shoddy defense and a disappearing strike zone allowed the Purple team to tie the game in the fifth. In the MBC fifth, Mitchell Smith led off with a walk, stole second and was moved to third on Jimmy Sheldrup's ground out. He looked to be stranded at third with two out until Keenan Heller drove a full count pitch over the left fielder's head to give MBC the lead for good.