Friday Oct 10 Final Report Final:
In Huff n Puff’s final game of the tournament, the Rundy’s Legends got the win by a 17 - 3 score. It was a simple case of the Huff n Puffs hitting the ball right at the opponents and the Legends were hitting all the gaps. Ron Jarvis and Bill Ramage went 2/2 in the game. The team finished 3 and 3 during the tournament and came away with a bronze medal.
Report By Bill Ramage
Thursday Hi-Lites
The Purple Gang played very well handing the Huff n Puffs a one sided loss by the score of
14 - 1. Glen Ebel drove in the only run of the five inning game. Hoping for better results tomorrow.
Report By Bill Ramage
Wednesday Hi-Lites:
On a beautiful, sunny day with a temperature of 30c, the Huff n Puffs played a solid game offensively and defensively in a 19 - 10 win over a team named Long Strange Trip (must be a story there as the jerseys had what looked to be magic mushrooms). Bill Chapman led the way going 4/4 and every player contributed at least one hit in a 27 hit attack with 3 of the 5 innings ending with the 5 run limit. Defensively, there were 3 highlights: Kenn Kallis had to stretch to reach a hard ground ball and still managed to throw in time for the out, Jim Larson had a long run to left field to snag a fly ball and Jim Fink caught a bullet driven back to him at the pitching spot. Jim also pitched the 5 inning game without surrendering a walk.
Report By Bill Ramage
Tuesday Hi-Lites:
The Huff n Puffs suffered a 20 - 8 defeat against Treasure Coast (Vero Beach, FL) in the Tuesday, Oct. 7 morning game. In the 5 inning game, Treasure Coast scored the maximum 5 runs in 4 of the 5 innings. The Huff n Puffs had a good second inning where the team scored 5 runs highlighted by a triple off the bat of Glenn Kessler. Other than that, the bats were mostly silent.
Report By Bill Ramage
Monday Hi-Lites:
In Game 1 on Monday at 1:50 pm, the Huff n Puffs started out with a 18 - 4 win over the Silver Streakers (Bakersfield, CA) in a game that was called after 5 innings with the mercy rule in effect. Every player had at least one hit. The offensive star of the game was Glenn Kessler who was a perfect 4/4 with 3 singles and a double. Jim Fink went the distance on the mound without giving up any walks.
In Game 2 on Monday at 3:10 pm, the Huff n Puffs kept the bats rolling in a 20 - 8 win over the Magnum Force (St. George, UT). Once again, everybody was hitting well. The team managed 26 hits in 5 innings scoring the maximum 5 runs in each inning. The offensive highlights of the game included an inside the park home run by Bill Chapman and a very deep fly ball that rolled to the fence that Glenn Kessler turned into a triple.
Report By Bill Ramage