Game Day Gazette
April 23, 2026
Heavy rainstorms throughout the week threatened our chances to play on Thursday. However, the sun came out on Wednesday and the PARD crew did an awesome job of getting the field ready for play. As a result, the cry of “Play Ball” resonated from Krieg Field #2 albeit with a brief thirty-minute delay.
Today marked the start of the 2nd session so all teams get to start anew with a clean record. Just in case you forgot, Gray was crowned as the champs of the first session with their gaudy 10-2-0 record. Congrats to Peter and his ball club!
Game 1 8:30 a.m. Red (0-0-0) vs. Gray (0-0-0)
First & Second Inning Recap:
There is an old saying that you don’t play the games on paper and this game proved how true that statement is. Based on win/loss records from the 1st session, this was the best vs. the worst, and a blowout would have been the likely result. But this is why we play the games on the field!
Red– in addition to their regular crew, Red picked up Jim Aaron and Terry Thompson as mercenaries for this morning’s game. Doc Hobar, healed up from an earlier hamstring injury, led off the game with a sharp single down the 3B line. Barry McRee flew out to left center for the 1st out. Ken Brown slapped a single to right center, moving Doc to 3B. Bobby Hawthorne grounded to short for the 2nd out with Doc scoring on the play. Sal Lopez drew a walk, but Terry Watts bounced into a fielder’s choice to close out the frame. 2nd – Mickey Poole led off the 2nd with a flyball out to left center. Larry King and Butch Barber followed with back-to-back infield hits. Morris Carter went down looking for the 2nd out. Terry Thompson flew out to center field to retire the side in the scoreless 2nd inning.
Gray– Bobby Miller was behind the plate for this game and he was giving P Terry Thompson a generous strike zone to start this game. Scott Wright was the 1st victim as he was called out on strikes to lead off the inning. Peter Atkins popped out for the 2nd out. Gary Coyle stroked a single past the shortstop for Gray’s 1st hit. Tim Coyle, hustling in from the parking lot, stepped up and crushed the first pitch over the fence for a two-run homer to give Gray the lead. Ray Pilgrim and Mike Carroll followed with back-to-back hits, and it looked like Gray was on its way to a big inning. Terry stymied the rally by getting Lynn Simpson to ground sharply to 2B for the final out. 2nd– Phil Stanch opened the 2nd with a looping single to right. Terry retired Art Monzingo on a pop up to the catcher and Margarito Canava on a pop fly to short for two quick out. David Safely grounded to right and Larry King came off the bag at 1B to field the ball. Doc smartly covered the base as Red completed a 3-4 putout to retire the side.
End of 2nd Score: Gray 2 Red 1
Third Inning Recap:
Red-Jim Aaron led off the inning with a long flyball to right center, but Phil was in great position and made the catch near the fence for the 1st out. Doc laced a single to left center. Barry flew out to CF for the 2nd out. Ken reached on an infield single, and Bobby H. walked to load the bases. P Ray Pilgrim wriggled out of the jam, getting Sal to ground into an inning ending fielder’s choice.
Gray- Nick Roberts went down swinging to open the 3rd. Scott decided not to put his 2nd at-bat in the hands of the umpire and smoked a ball to center for a single. Peter fouled out for the 2nd out. Gary grounded sharply to 3B, but Ken made a clean stop and his strong throw to 1B beat Gary by several steps to end the inning.
End of 3rd Score: Gray 2 Red 1
Fourth Inning Recap:
Red– Terry W. led off the frame with a single to right center. Mickey grounded back to the pitcher and Ray wheeled, fired a strike to Tim as part of a 1-6-3 double play. Larry started a two-out rally with a single up the middle. Butch and Morris followed with back-to-back singles to center field to load the bases. Terry T. lined a single to CF to score Larry with the 1st run. On the play, Ken (pinch running for Morris) took off at the crack of the bat and came flying towards 3B, unfortunately, the runner from 2B (Butch) either was told to hold up or did not fully commit to trying to score. As a result, Red found itself in a rundown. Somehow both runners made it back to their respective bases without making the 3rd out to keep the inning alive. Jim A. made them pay with a hard-hit ball up the middle to drive in two runs. Doc followed with a double to left center to bring in two more runs and complete the unlikely five-run inning.
Gray– Tim lined a base hit up the middle to start the frame. Ray blasted a shot to right center over Phil’s head for a run-scoring double. Mike grounded out to short for the 1st out. Lynn popped out to 1B on a nice catch by Larry and Phil lined out to 2B, leaving Ray stranded at 2B.
End of 4th Score: Red 6 Gray 3
Fifth Inning Recap:
Red– playing like they had nothing to lose. Red increased their lead with three runs in the inning. Barry singled to lead off the frame and Ken doubled to put runners in scoring position. Bobby H. smacked a single to CF to score both runners. Sal flew out to left for the 1st out. Terry W. walked and Mickey was retired on a flyball to right center. Larry picked up his 3rd hit of the game as he drove in Bobby with the 3rd run. Butch grounded to 1B to close out the inning.
Gray– the inning got off to a promising start as Art and Margarito banged out back-to-back singles. David grounded to 2B and Doc fielded the ball tagged out the runner from 1B and fired to IB to complete the rally killing double play. Nick fouled out to the catcher to retire the side, leaving Gray down by six runs.
End of 5th Score: Red 9 Gray 3
Sixth “Open” Inning Recap:
Red- sensing their first win of the season was in reach, Red kept on attacking and added four more runs in the buffet. Morris reached on an infield single to start the inning. Terry lined a double to CF to score Ken for the 1st run. Jim smashed a flyball to deep center for a run0scoring triple. He scored on Doc’s single for Red’s 3rd run. Barry lined a double in the left center gap to score Doc to push Red’s lead to ten-runs. At this point, Bobby M. called for a flip flop and Gray came up to bat.
Gray- down by ten but with the top of the order due up, Gray did not go away without a fight. Scott led off with a single and Peter drew a walk. Gary reached on an infield single to load the bases. Tim singled up the middle to bring in two runs. Ray’s single drove in Gary with the 3rd run. Mike lined out to 3B for the 1st out. Ken tried to double off the runner on 1st but the throw got away from Larry allowing Tim to score the 4th run. Lynn singled to right to drive in Ray with the 5th run and cut Red’s lead to five. Phil grounded to IB and Sal (came in when Larry went down on an earlier play) threw to 2B to get the force for the 2nd out. Art bounced back to Terry for the final out as Red ended their nine-game winless streak with a resounding victory over the might men in Gray! Congrats to Morris and his team!
Final Score: Red 13 Gray 8
Game 2 9:30 a.m. Blue (0-0-0) vs. Orange (0-0-0)
Both managers, Johnny Neville and Bruce Barnett, were out for this one. We wish them both speedy recoveries from their illness/surgery and hope they will be back at the helm next week.
First & Second Inning Recap:
Blue– as most of us have seen, Blue is a notoriously slow starting team and today was no exception. Henry Flores led off the game with a single. Don Roets flew out to right center for the 1st out. Mike Hill lined a ball to right center that Jim Foelker could not hold on to and fell in for a single to put runners on the corners. Raul DeLeon, back in the lineup after being out for some time, flew out to CF for the 2nd out. Tommy DeLeon singled to right to bring in the 1st run. Chris Hurst looped a single to left center to keep things going but Donnie Janac hit into a fielder’s choice to end the inning. 2nd– Jeff Broussard drilled a single down the 3B line to kick off the 2nd inning. Jim Maloy and Leon Citoka hit into back-to-back fielder’s choice groundouts for the first two outs in the frame. Lucky Hoffman singled to left but P Terry Thompson (quickly ascending to be one of the top pitchers in this league!) retired Daniel Baladez on a grounder to short to retire the side.
Orange- jumped on starter Tommy DeLeon with five runs in the 1st and four in the 2nd to take a commanding lead in this contest. Terry Thompson singled to lead off the inning and Bobby Miller and Patrick followed with back-to-back hits to load the bases. Jim Foelker smacked a double to left center to drive in two runs. Steve Kendig’s single brought Patrick in with the 3rd run. Adam Gordon was retired on a pop up to the catcher for the 1st out. Bubba Barnett lashed a single to center to drive in Jim for the 4th run. Jerry Mylius looped a hit to right to load the bases and Greg Tolander finished off the five-run frame with an RBI single. 2nd– Paul Rubin singled up the middle to start the 2nd and moved to 2B on Jack Spellman’s single. Terry bounced into a fielder’s choice for the 1st out. Bobby smacked a double to left to score Paul. Patrick was retired on a groundball to 2B for the 2nd out Jim stayed hot at the plate with a two-run single to left center. Steve and Adam followed with back-to-back hits with Jim crossing the plate for the 4th run. Bubba flew out to CF to end the inning.
End of 2nd Score: Orange 9 Blue 1
Third Inning Recap:
Blue- little to report as Blue’s offense remained anemic in this one. The first two batters (Alex Valles and Dave Berra) hit into groundball outs at 3B on good defensive stop by Adam Gordon. Henry popped up to the pitcher to end the inning.
Orange- Raul came into pitch in this frame. Orange looking to extend their lead saw Jerry and Greg reach on infield singles to start the inning. Paul fouled out for the 1st out, but Jack S. ripped a drive down the right-field line for a two-run triple. Terry lined out to 3B for the 2nd out. Bobby doubled to score Jack with the 3rd run before Patrick was retired on a smash up the middle that Raul somehow managed to hold on to for the final out.
End of 3rd Score: Orange 12 Blue 1
Fourth Inning Recap:
Blue-P Terry T. continued to get the Blue hitters to pound the ball into the ground. Don and Mike each grounded out to 3B to start the inning. Raul reached on a flyball to shallow center but was forced out at 2B on Tommy’s grounder to short to close out the frame.
Orange– Jim F. capped off a perfect 3-3 day at the plate with a lead-off single. He moved to 3B on Steve’s double to left. Adam went down on strikes and Bubba bounced back to the pitcher. Jerry came through with a big two-out single to right to put Orange on the board and push their lead to 14-1.
End of 4th Score: Orange 14 Blue 1
Fifth Inning Recap:
Blue– Chris led off with the single but Terry retired the next three batters to keep the lead at thirteen runs. At this point, the teams flip flopped and Blue remained at the plate for their buffet inning.
Sixth “Open” Inning Recap:
Blue– Leon and Lucky ground out to 3B and short, respectively to start the open inning. Daniel singled (only the 4th hit over the last five shut out innings) but Alex bounced out to 2B to end the game.
Final Score: Orange 14 Blue 1
Season to-date Standings:
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ASSL C league 2025 Season to-date Standings |
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Win |
Loss |
Ties |
Win % |
Scored |
Given up |
Diff. |
Games Behind |
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Gray |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0.769 |
167 |
112 |
55 |
– |
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Green |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0.667 |
118 |
90 |
28 |
2.00 |
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Orange |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0.600 |
118 |
91 |
27 |
2.50 |
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Blue |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0.300 |
61 |
126 |
-65 |
5.50 |
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Red |
1 |
9 |
0 |
0.100 |
100 |
145 |
-45 |
7.50 |
Next Games: Monday April 27, 2026
Game 1 8:30 a.m. Blue (0-1-0) vs. Green (0-0-0)
Gray has umpiring duties for this one.
Game 2 9:30 a.m. Red (1-0-0) vs. Gray (0-1-0)
Rematch after Thursday’s shocking defeat of Gray by the previously winless Red Storm. Can Red make it two in a row or will they come back to earth and back to .500 with a loss to Gray?
All will be revealed on Monday!
Blue will be taking on the umpire responsibilities in this game.
Orange will have a bye on Monday so their players (along with the unassigned players) will have priority in the draw.