It was a steamy night in Joliet as Those Guys and the T-Ball All-Stars squared off for the third time this season. TBA got started dropping 5 runs in the first inning and it took Those Guys until the 3rd inning to get the scoring started. Steve Maver led off the inning with a triple, Donnie Markus then singled him in to start the scoring. Jason Novak, Bryan Kouba, Todd Runkle and Doug Schreiber all added hits in the inning as well. The 4th inning started off like the 3rd inning, newcomer Chris Blatti started the inning off with a triple and Steve Maver singled him in to start the scoring again. Steve Maver led all hitters going 4-5 with 3 singles and 1 triple. Chris Blatti would have hit for the cycle if his home-run had not counted as an out! The defense was on display last night as well. Chris Blatti had a routine fly ball hit his way, he dropped the ball but came up firing and got the runner out at third base on an absolute missile to Ben Knight. Those Guys held on in the 7th inning to secure a 11-10 victory and look to keep the momentum going into the end of the season. Next week is going to be tricky as most of the players will be at open house’s for their children’s school. Ben Knight is working to get the game changed so we will not have forfeit the game. Stay tuned to see what happens.
