FEAST TO FAMINE
Team wins sixth in a row with only eight players
OTTAWA-What a difference a week makes. After fielding their largest team of the season last thursday, the fun bunch could only manage to scrape together four of each for a total of eight this week as has been the case for most of the season. Nevertheless, the players who showed up clearly came to play as they once again cruised to a win maintaining a wire to wire lead from the first inning on. They were playing the Athletics--a team that had beat them badly at the start of the season--and were looking for payback. With five wins in a row, the fun bunch knew this game would be a tough one to win in order to maintain their winning streak. Returning after last week's solid debut was Carrie "bone crusher" Lehn, who continued to make solid contact with the ball as well as do an admirable job at second base. The fun bunch women all played great with everyone scoring at least one run, and Chantal scoring four. Leah " roadrunner" Morrel and Alison "bulldozer" Hale both went six for seven and scored three runs . The boys played equally as well: Andrew "gazelle 2.0" Campbell had five hits and a home run. John "hans solo" devries also had five hits and three runs scored. Paolo "slip-n-slide" Daros played with enthusiasm all night. Richard "wild thing" bujold even showed up at the end of the fourth inning, decked out in hard hat, grubby work uniform and steel-toed boots--as he took a quick detour between job sites--insisting that he be allowed to play. After being physically restrained by his teammates he wished everyone good luck and hopped back into his pickup to continue his night shift at Latcon Demolition. Transcending the game, however, was the stunning performance of steve "downtown" saunders. With superlatives simply unable to describe the feat bore out on that night, "downtown" put on a show of monumental proportions--even by his standards. Seven hits, six runs scored, two home runs, two triples, two doubles, a single, and ten RBI's. No that is not the total for the team, but rather a typical "aw shucks" night at the ball diamond for "downtown"--captain, leader, mentor of the fun bunch juggernaut.
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