FUN BUNCH BOUNCE BACK WITH A VENGEANCE
Team "mercies" Impact in six innings to go 2-0
OTTAWA-What a difference one game makes. After yielding uncharacteristically quiet bats in the first game, the fun bunch listened with baited breath as" field marshal" read them the riot act in the pre-game "pep talk". "Listen very carefully, as I am only going to say this once. I don't want to see a single pop-up or ground out or base running error this game. There - simple isn't it?", he ended rhetorically as the team shifted their gaze downward, afraid to look him straight in the eye. But respond they did as they went on to score 13 runs in six innings and more importantly keep Impact to a single run as they kept them scoreless in five of the six innings with great defensive play. Steve "downtown" Saunders hit a three run shot in the first inning to get the ball rolling, and the team scored five runs in the second without using a homer on some clutch hitting throughout the lineup. John "hans solo" Devries lived up to his moniker when he belted a solo shot for no particular reason in the fourth--fist pumping as he crossed home plate. "whoops, sorry about that guys, I guess I should be wearing my 'hans solo' shirt", he giggled trying to stifle a laugh that wasn't shared by his teammates. "Look 'hans solo', that ego run won't hurt us in this game but if we were in tight that bit of selfishness could cost us", team captain Alison "bulldozer" Hale scolded him loudly, quickly bringing him back to reality with a thud. Heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, the fun bunch were up 12-1, needing only a single run to employ the mercy rule. As if on cue, Lindsay "line drive" Andrusek hit a solid single and advanced to second on another single by Nancy "knock em out of the park" Harris, to bring Martin "the gazelle" Desjardins to the plate. Having gone three for three up to that point, martin promptly drilled a solid single to cash in "line drive" to score the thirteenth run and end the ball game.
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