GRUESOME,  FOR A BIG WIN. 

Game # 6

June 02, 2022

Hurtin' Units vs. The Gruesome Devils

Hurtin' Units win 22-9

Team Record- 5-1-0

Keogh Park- Coming into this game the Hurtin' Units record was 4-1-0, the only loss coming at the bats of the Rusty Rebels. The Rebels to this date were still unbeaten and had a record of 4-0-0, with only 4 games played. 

After our game with the Gruesome Devils we were now 5-1-0 and with 10 points we had moved up to the top of the standings, at least for the moment. The Units have played 6 games this season, 2 a week for the last 3 weeks and will only play one game next week. 

The weather for the Gruesome game was excellent, a sun cloud mix with a temperature in the high teens. There was a soft breeze keeping the baseball in the park.

At game time, the Units only had 8 players in red shirts, plus 1 Roger (Kahuna) B. as a sub. Missing from this game were Fernando, Chilly, Jon D., and Enrico. Rico was the only one I didn't know about ( I didn't realize he was stuck in traffic and emailed me), I called Rob J. to come and sub for us. 

The Units were the home team for this game, we took the 3rd base dugout and umpire was Joe T. 

In the first inning, the Units actually looked a bit nervous, the infield had a bit of a new
look with Marc at short for the night and Kahuna at second base, and Russell was playing in right field. The Units settled down and closed the door on the Devils. In the bottom of the inning, the Units would score only a single run. In the top of the second inning, the Devils would score a single run tying the game, but in the bottom of the inning, the Units bats would come to life and with a few timely walks by Steve, the Units would string together a 7 run inning. 

In the top of the 3rd inning, things seemed to get a little more interesting, Marc had a bit of a tough inning at short and the Devils took advantage of it, the Devils would score 5 runs and leave 2 runners stranded on base to end the inning. The Units would score only a single run in the bottom of the inning. The score at the end of 3 complete innings was 9-6 for the Units. 

Over the next 3 innings, the Units defense tightened up and only allowed a single run to cross the plate. And over those 3 innings, the Units offense took control and scored 13 more runs to increase the lead. The score at the end of 6 innings was 22-7 for the Units. The Devils would score 2 more runs in the top of the 7th inning, the Units did not bat and the final score was 22-9.