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Game Day Gazette for Thursday March 12, 2026

Game Day Gazette

 March 12, 2026

With game time temperatures barely over fifty degrees, there was a noticeable shortage of players for both team. The Green team drew six players out of the bucket and Gray drew three. Thanks to all of the guys that showed up early to get in an extra games as 100% of you were able to get in the first game. Welcoming back Jim Aaron for his first game of the season. Jim and John Flowers are participating this season as “free agents” and therefore not assigned to a specific team but always welcome to come out and play.

Game 1 8:30 a.m. Green (1-1-0) vs. Gray (3-0-0)

First & Second Inning Recap:

Green-Team manager, Tom Kelm, was off at a fishing tournament so yours truly took the helm for today’s game. After finally getting the lineup figured out between late arriving regulars and working in our six mercenaries, Green stepped up to the plate as heavy underdogs to the undefeated Gray squad. Dean Hector led off with an infield single. Luis Sanchez slapped a hard grounder up the middle for a single. Denny Malloy and Paul Rubin drew back-to-back walks to force in the 1st run of the game. Ken Mockler drilled a single up the middle to drive in two more runs. Paul scored the 4th run on William Powell’s fielder’s choice groundout to 2B. P Ray Pilgrim steadied and got Jim Aaron to ground into a fielder’s choice and struck out Ken Brown to end the inning. 2nd– Jim Foelker led off the 2nd with a single. Jim Maloy flew out to CF for the 1st out. Ray then retired both Barry McRee and Bubba Barnett of comebackers to the mound to complete the scoreless inning.

Gray– looking unbeatable after three games (winning by an average of seven runs), Gray was looking to make it four in a row. Scott Wright led off with a sharp single to right field. Gary Coyle hit a sinking liner to CF that I managed to get my glove on, but the ball popped out giving Gary a double. Peter Atkins drove in both runners with a single to left. Ray smacked a hard single to left to moved Peter to 3B. Phil Stanch bounced into a fielder’s choice as Peter scored the 3rd run. Lynn Simpson and Margarito Canava followed with back-to-back singles to load the bases. P Luis Garcia worked his way out of the jam by retiring Larry Coons and Mike Mordecai to end the inning. 2nd– Mercenaries Doc Hobar and Patrick Schmidt opened the inning with singles. Scott ripped another single to right (would not want to play IB when he is hitting!) to drive in the 1st run. Gary flew out to center for the first out. Peter smacked a double to drive in both runners. He scored on Ray’s single. Phil and Lynn completed the five-run inning with back-to-back singles to give Gray a four-run lead.

End of 2nd Score: Gray 8 Green 4

Third Inning Recap:

Green– down by four runs, Green responded with a five-run outburst to regain the lead. Dean started the inning with a ground single to 3B. Luis singled up the middle to keep the rally going. Denny went down on strikes for the 1st out. Paul singled over Gary outstretched glove on a liner down to left field. Ken Mockler (Green’s hitting star of the game!) knocked in two more runs with a line single up to CF. William’s single scored Paul from 3B. Jim grounded into a fielder’s choice for the 2nd out. Ken followed with an absolute bomb over Phil’s head in right center for a two-run triple to complete Green’s five-run inning.

Gray- scratched out three runs to take the lead. Margarito walked to start the frame. Larry singled but was forced out at 2B on Mike’s grounder to short. Doc lined a single to right to bring in Margarito with the inning’s first run. Patrick followed with a single to drive in Larry.  Luis got Scott to bounce to 2B for the force and the 2nd out. Gary came through with a big hit to drive in Doc with the 3rd run. Peter grounded into a fielder’s choice at 2B to retire the side.

End of 3rd Score: Gray 11 Green 9

 Fourth Inning Recap:

 Green– continued to pound the softball as they put up five runs in the inning to regain the lead in this see-saw affair. Mercenaries started this inning off on the right note as Jim F. and Jim M. opened with back-to-back singles. Barry lined a single to CF to bring in the 1st run. Bubba lined out to 2B, and Dean flew out to CF, and it looked like Ray might wriggle out of the inning with little damage. However, Luis reached on an infield single to score Jim M. Denny kept things rolling with a hard single to right field as Barry scored the 3rd run. Paul finished off the inning with a bases-clearing drive to left center to score two more runs.

 Gray– fought back with three runs of their own to knot the score at 14-14 in this epic battle. Ray led off with his 3rd hit of the game but was erased on Phil’s grounder to 2B. Lynn grounded out to Jim Aaron at short as he flipped to Ken for the force at 2B. At this point, Luis struggled on the mound walking both Margarito and Mike.  Larry smacked an RBI single to left to bring in the 1st run. Doc completed his perfect day at the plate with a single to right to bring in two more runs to tie the game.

 End of 4th Score: Gary 14 Green 14

Fifth “Open” Inning Recap:

 Green- continued to attack and put up their 3rd consecutive five-run inning in the buffet. Ken M. completed a perfect day at the plate with a leadoff single. The next six batters all had singles to help Green put up five more runs. William slapped a single to left and Jim A. drilled an RBI single to center to start the scoring. Ken laced an RBI single to right for the 2nd run. Jim F. drove in the 3rd run with a line single to center. Jim M. (yes, we had three Jim’s in our lineup for today’s game) singled to bring in the 4th run. Barry capped off the scoring with a run-scoring single for the 5th run. At this point, there were two men on base, five runs in and nobody out. I know Bubba bounced out to the pitcher and the inning ended with Dean grounding out to 3B but there was another out somewhere that stopped the scoring?

 Gray– chasing five runs to keep their perfect record intact, Gray had the top of their lineup coming to bat. Scott crushed a drive over Barry’s head in right for a leadoff triple. He scored easily on Gary’s ground single to left. Peter followed with a screaming line drive to left center that looked like extra bases, but Jim “Stabber” Foelker leapt for the ball and came down with it for the defensive play of the game for the 1st out. Ray singled to complete his perfect 4-4 day at the plate. Phil popped out to 2B for the 2nd out. Lynn kept the game alive with a single to CF to score Gary, but Luis was able to get Margarito on a flyball to 2B to end the game and Gray’s dream for a perfect season!

Final Score: Green 19 Gray 16

Game 2 9:30 a.m. Orange (1-1-0) vs. Red (0-2-0)

First & Second Inning Recap:

Orange– leadoff hitter, Terry Thompson, drove a two-strike pitch about 280 ft. down the left field line but the ball drifted into foul territory for the first out. Jack Adams reached on an infield hit to get things going for Orange. Adam Gordon grounded to 3B, and Mike Mordecai threw to 2B for the force and the 2nd out. Orange rallied as Steve Kendig stroked a double to right center to score Adam with the game’s first run. Jim Foelker lined a clean single to left to move Steve to 3B. He later scored on Patrick Schmidt’s single to right. Jerry Mylius drew a walk to load the bases, but P Jack Kelly, in his 2026 debut, managed to get Bubba Barnett to roll into a force at 2B to end the inning.  2nd– Greg Tolander led off the 2nd with a sharp single to CF. Rick Parker popped out to 3B for the 1st out. Orange’s only mercenary, Ji, Aaron followed with a ringing double down the left field line. Terry stepped up and crushed a ball to left center that spilt the fielders and rolled to the fence. He was able to circle the bases for a huge three-run home run! Jack lined out to 2B on a great play by Doc Hobar for the 2nd out. Adam lashed a drive to left center and with his speed, was able to get to 3B on the play. He scored on Steve’s single for the 4th run of the inning that ended with Jim’s fly out to CF.

Red-down by six Red struggled in the first two innings and could only come up with one run on four hits. Doc Hobar flew out to right to open the inning. Butch wrapped a single past 2B to get on base. Sal singled with a line drive over 3B to move Butch up a base. Ken Brown bounced into a fielder’s choice out at 2B for the 2nd out. Terry Watts came through with an RBI single to right center to bring in the first run for Red. Bobby Hawthorne ended the inning with a grounder to 3B that Adam turned into a force out at 2B. 2nd– Mickey Poole led off the 2nd with a line single to CF. Jack Kelly went down looking on a tough pitch from Terry T. Mike Mordecai grounded into a force out for the 2nd out on another fine play from Adam at 3B. The inning ended as Larry King grounded to short and Jim Aaron flipped to 2B for the force.

End of 2nd Score: Orange 6 Red 1

Third Inning Recap:

Orange- Jack Kelly held the Orange lineup in check in the 3rd allowing two hits and leaving two men on base. Patrick led off with a single. Jerry popped out to short for the 1st out. Bubba grounded into a fielder’s choice at 2B for the second out. Greg reached on an infield hit, but Rick lined out to 3B to end the inning.

Red– scratched out a run to close the gap to four runs. Barry McRee led off the inning with a single through the 5/6 hole. David Kruse went down swinging for the 1st out. Doc grounded to short and Jim A. got the force at 2B for the 2nd out. Butch hammered a ball to right field for a double to drive in Doc with the only run of the inning.

End of 3rd Score: Orange 6 Red 2

Fourth Inning Recap:

 Orange-Sal Lopez came in to pitch the 4th. Terry greeted him with a lined single over 3B to start the frame. Jack singled but was forced out at 2B on a nice play on Adam’s grounder to 3B. Steve singled to singled to drive in the first run. Jim Foelker doubled to right center to drive in the 2nd run. Patrick finished up the scoring as he smoked a ball to center field for a two-run triple. Jerry’s pop up to 2B ended the inning.

 Red– bounced back with a couple of runs to stay within six runs of the lead. Ken drilled a shot up the middle for a leadoff hit. Terry lifted a ball over the right fielder’s head for a double to easily score Ken. Bobby was retired on a grounder to 3B for the 1st out. Mickey singled to left center to move Terry to 3B, and he scored on Jack Kelly’s base hit to right. Mike grounded to short and Jim Aaron came home with the throw that beat Mickey to the plate for the 2nd out. Larry grounded out to 3B to end the threat.

End of 4th Score: Orange 10 Red 4

Fifth “Open” Inning Recap:

Orange- Sal struggled with his control and walked the leadoff hitter, Bubba, to start the buffet. Greg reached on an infield hit as Sal was unable to field the ball cleanly on a grounder up the middle. Rick hit into a fielder’s choice for the 1st out. Jim Aaron hit a bomb to left center for a bases clearing two-run triple. Terry reached on Sal’s 2nd walk of the inning. Jack singled to score Jim, but Terry was thrown out trying to advance to 3B (8-6-5) on the play. Jack looked to advance on the throw to 3B but Adam’s throw to 2B beat him by a step for an inning ending double play (5-4).

Red- looking at a nine-run deficit, Red was unable to put up much of a fight in the final frame. The first two batters (Barry and David) both grounded back to Terry as Red was quickly down to their final out. Doc lifted a flyball to center and Jim F. squeezed it for the final out.

Final Score: Orange 13 Red 4

Session 1 Standings:

 

 

ASSL C league 2025 1st Session

 

Win

Loss

Ties

Win %

 Scored

Given up

 Diff.

Games Behind

Gray

3

1

0

0.750

63

41

22

          –  

Green

2

1

0

0.667

41

31

10

     0.50

Orange

2

1

0

0.667

40

32

8

     0.50

Blue

1

2

0

0.333

26

38

-12

     1.50

Red

0

3

0

0.000

15

43

-28

     2.50

 

Next Games: Monday March 16, 2026

Game 1 8:30 a.m. Green (2-1-0) vs. Orange (2-1-0)

Key matchup for the two teams that are tied for second place behind the front running Gray team. Who will emerge as the true contender vs. pretender for the much sought after crown of the C division? All will be revealed on Monday…

Blue has umpiring duties for this one

Game 2 9:30 a.m. Blue (1-2-0) vs. Red (0-3-0)

Red is still looking to get in the win column while Blue looks to extend their winning streak to two games.

Green will be taking on the umpire responsibilities in this game.

Gray will have a well-deserved bye on Monday so their players (along with the unassigned players) will have priority in the draw.

The weather is supposed to turn chilly Sunday night and into Monday morning so there is a chance we will not be able to play. We will be watching the forecast and letting you know as soon as a decision is made.

Enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend and maybe we’ll see you come Monday.

Paul