Tut-tut, Tuttle Triumphs Again

In a game where the home team always seemed to be several runs a step behind, the Bad News suffered its first loss of the season last Monday, falling to Team Tuttle by the score of 13-7.

The News did show some signs of scrappiness over the course of the game. Down by four and with two outs in the second, Frank Stingone had a big hit, bringing home a pair of runners to get the News back in the game. Stingone would go on to repeat the feat in the sixth, as the News mustered a bit of a rally, getting its first three runners on. Not to be out-Franked, Franc Crisafulli continued his torrid pace at the plate, raising his average to .778 on the season with a perfect 3-for-3 day.

Finally, Nicole Chantharaj provided some key post-game prophesizing, noting that while the Bad News had beaten Team Tuttle during the 2007 regular season, in the end, the News succumbed to Tuttle in a play-off nail biter. Parse that statement as you will.



Next game: The Bad News won't take the field again until Monday, June 2, at 7:15 p.m., when the team faces Transurban at the sandlot known as DeWitt Clinton.

Team Tuttle 13 - Bad News 7

Game 3 Box Score
5/19/2008

TEAM    1  2  3  4  5  6  7   FINAL
TT      2  2  0  0  5  3  1   13
SM      0  3  0  1  0  2  1   7

PLAYER             AB  R  H  RBI  BB   AVG
J Bernstein 2B      3  0  1   0   0   .333
  J Bergen 2B       2  1  2   0   0   .625
A Korney 3B         4  0  1   1   0   .545
P O'Leary SS        3  0  1   0   0   .444
J Murphy C          4  0  0   0   0   .286
D Nash OF           4  2  2   0   0   .667
C Korney OF         3  1  2   0   0   .556
F Crisafulli 1B     3  2  3   1   0   .778
N Chantharaj OF     3  1  1   0   0   .250
F Stingone OF       3  0  2   4   0   .600
J Marino P          3  0  1   1   0   .333

2B - P O'Leary (1)
3B - J Bergen (1); D Nash (1)

A Yak By Any Other Name ... Still Loses

In an annual rite of spring, Scared Hitless (The Team Formerly Known as the Screaming Yaks), fell to the Bad News in six innings, by the score of 9-4.

The renaming proved foolishly prophetic, as Scared Hitless saw its serious attempts at a rally thwarted in successive innings by the Bad News middle infield. Shortstop Jay Bergen got a bit dusty in closing out the third inning, smothering a ball hit up the middle and flipping it to second baseman Chrissy "Nice & Easy" Korney to get the bases-loaded out. Then, in the fourth, and with two runs already in, Korney made a nice play on a ball hit hard to her right, recording the 4-3 out and making her big sister very proud in the process.

Pat O'Leary and Franc Crisafulli provided the bulk of the offensive firepower for the Bad News, with O'Leary going 3-for-4 with three runs scored, and Crisafulli going 3-for-3 with three RBIs. But the game ball had to go to Rachel "More Than Just the Fourth Girl" Jenkins, who caught the full game with no complaint, and delivered timely knocks, going 1-for-3 and driving in four of the Bad News' runs.



Next game: Monday, May 19, at 7:15 p.m. The Bad News takes on Team Tuttle (who was responsible for the team's 2007 playoff loss) at the Coleman Oval.

Scared Hitless 4 - Bad News 9 (6 innings)

Game 2 Box Score
5/13/2008

TEAM    1  2  3  4  5  6  7   FINAL
SH      1  0  1  2  0  0  X   4
SM      0  3  3  3  0  X  X   9

PLAYER             AB  R  H  RBI  BB   AVG
D D'Amico 1B        3  0  2   1   0   .667
  Jeffy Poo OF      1  0  1   0   0  1.000
C Korney 2B         4  0  2   0   0   .500
J Bergen SS         4  1  2   0   0   .500
A Korney 3B         4  1  2   0   0   .714
P O'Leary P         4  3  3   0   0   .500
N Chantharaj OF     3  2  1   1   0   .200
F Crisafulli OF     3  1  3   3   0   .667
R Jenkins C         3  0  1   4   0   .333
J Bernstein OF      3  1  1   0   0   .333
A Vaupel OF         3  0  1   0   0   .333

2B - N Chantharaj (1)

Bad News Renders Legal Aid Society Moot

Legal Aid Society 1 - Bad News 6 (5 innings)

Game 1 Box Score
5/5/2008

TEAM    1  2  3  4  5  6  7   FINAL
LAS     0  1  0  0  0  X  X   1
SM      0  1  5  0  0  X  X   6

PLAYER             AB  R  H  RBI  BB   AVG
J Marino OF         3  1  1   3   0   .333
   D Nash OF        2  1  2   0   0  1.000
C Korney 2B         3  1  1   1   1   .500
P O'Leary SS        2  0  0   0   0   .000
J Murphy C          3  1  2   0   0   .667
F Stingone OF       2  1  1   0   0   .500
A Korney 3B         3  0  3   1   0  1.000
F Crisafulli 1B     3  0  1   1   0   .333
N Chantharaj OF     2  0  0   0   0   .000
D DaCosta P         2  0  1   0   0   .500
J Bergen OF         2  1  1   0   0   .500

2B - J Marino (1); F Stingone (1)
Over-the-Fence Out - J Bergen (1); F Crisafulli (1);
                     J Marino (1); P O'Leary (1)