Fans everywhere enjoy a good friendly, everyone enjoys giving into a good fantasy, and everyone loves the Fall - just too bad there isn't much Wiffle going on. Ah-ha! (Take on Me) That's where the the friendly and fantasy can come across even stronger. Four teams of five have been arbitrarily selected to compete and entertain us over the slow months. To determine the outcome of each at-bat a random number generator from 1 to 1000 is used. Each player's number ranges are different: their AVG and OBP are multiplied by the opposing pitcher's WHIP to set the ranges for hits and walks; from there a player's percentage of singles, doubles, triples, and home runs are spread over their "hit range": singles start at 1, home runs end at the highest number in the hit range. Walks follow above hits, and a pitcher's number of strikeouts in the 2012 season set the strikeout range after walks. Every number above that is an out made in the field: numbers closer to 1000 are fly outs, while lower numbers are ground outs. Depending on the situation sacrifice flies, advancing runners, peg outs, and double plays also come into play. You'll see that strikeouts and walks are disproportional to a real game, and that just adds to the entertainment! Let's just say everyone agreed to play these friendlies mid-pitch.
Top 1st -
Sinkers start out hot with a single off the bat of Justin Hughes, followed immediately by a Dylan Braden double. Adam Cosby settled in to retire the next two batters before a walk to Chris Roszell. With the bases loaded he got Hughes out in front for a lazy fly ball to end the inning.
Bot 1st -
Chandler Phillips got outs every way possible: on the ground, in the air, and with the K. However, between those he gave up singles to Joel Crozier and Chris Lewis, and then hung a ball right in Pfefferle's sweet spot - resulting in a deep fly over the left field wall that put the Cheese up 3-0 early.
Sinkers scorecard Top 2nd -
Sinkers respond quickly with six runs scored on four 2-out hits. A single by Hughes brought Alexia in from second; then a double to the wall by Braden scored both Phillips and Hughes; Alexia kept it alive with an infield single, and finally Phillips hit a 3-run blast to straight away center before Cosby got Roszell to ground out to end the inning. Sinkers on top 6-3.
Bot 2nd -
The Cheese get two runs back. Pfefferle delivers again in his second at-bat with a sac-fly to left, scoring Cosby; Sinkers tried to make the out at home, advancing Lewis to third. Alex Shore then got his first hit of the day to push Lewis across the plate. Cheese pull back within one. 6-5 Sinkers lead after two.
Top 3rd -
Sinkers put the ball in play, but the Cheese didn't give them any breaks. A single, fielder's choice on the lead runner (at second), single, and another fielder's choice on the lead runner (at third) set up a Chris Roszell single with runners on first and second. Sinkers tried scoring Alexia from second, but he was cut down by a peg from the pitcher on a good relay from the outfield. Sinkers remain up 6-5.
Bot 3rd -
Easy inning for Phillips and the Sinkers, surrendering only a Pfefferle single between two Cheese fly outs and Phillips' second strike out. Score remains 6-5 Sinkers after three.
Cheese scorecard Top 4th -
Sinkers threaten, but are unable to score - in almost identical fashion to the first inning. A lead-off single, a double that wasn't deep enough to score the lead runner, two weak outs right at the pitcher, a Roszell walk, and a high fly-out to end the inning. Cheese keep it close, down one going into the home half of the fourth.
Bot 4th -
Phillips has settled in, now: getting the first 1-2-3 inning of the day, and retiring the last 5 batters. Cheese are running out of chances. 6-5 Sinkers going to the 5th.
Top 5th -
Cosby got routine ground balls from the first two batters for easy outs, and looked poised to take his team to the plate needing only one run. However, Phillips helped out his own cause - and gave his team their first run since the six-run second - with a home run that snuck over the right field wall on the first pitch; his second of the game. Roszell then drew his third walk of the game off a seemingly shaken Cosby. Adam settled down quickly, though, getting a third easy ground ball out off the bat of Hughes to end the inning. 7-5 Sinkers; final call for the Cheese.
Bot 5th -
Phillips started off the 5th confidently by retiring his six consecutive batter. He then got into a lengthy battle with Crozier, who fouled off multiple close strikes before coaxing a walk and bringing the tying run to the plate. Cosby stepped up and drove a first-pitch single into right field that pushed Crozier to third. Lewis then hit a drive to the wall in left-center, but watched it get robbed by a great Roszell grab. Crozier scored from third on the sacrifice, but the ball came in quickly to hold Cosby at first. Two outs and Pfefferle, already 2-3 with 4 RBI, coming to the plate. After a hard hit line-drive foul, Pfefferle got jammed and hit a lazy pop fly to Alexia at short to end the game. Sinkers hold off the cheese to win 7-6.
Game 1: Sinkers @ Cheese
Top 1st -
Sinkers start out hot with a single off the bat of Justin Hughes, followed immediately by a Dylan Braden double. Adam Cosby settled in to retire the next two batters before a walk to Chris Roszell. With the bases loaded he got Hughes out in front for a lazy fly ball to end the inning.
Bot 1st -
Chandler Phillips got outs every way possible: on the ground, in the air, and with the K. However, between those he gave up singles to Joel Crozier and Chris Lewis, and then hung a ball right in Pfefferle's sweet spot - resulting in a deep fly over the left field wall that put the Cheese up 3-0 early.
Sinkers scorecard Top 2nd -
Sinkers respond quickly with six runs scored on four 2-out hits. A single by Hughes brought Alexia in from second; then a double to the wall by Braden scored both Phillips and Hughes; Alexia kept it alive with an infield single, and finally Phillips hit a 3-run blast to straight away center before Cosby got Roszell to ground out to end the inning. Sinkers on top 6-3.
Bot 2nd -
The Cheese get two runs back. Pfefferle delivers again in his second at-bat with a sac-fly to left, scoring Cosby; Sinkers tried to make the out at home, advancing Lewis to third. Alex Shore then got his first hit of the day to push Lewis across the plate. Cheese pull back within one. 6-5 Sinkers lead after two.
Top 3rd -
Sinkers put the ball in play, but the Cheese didn't give them any breaks. A single, fielder's choice on the lead runner (at second), single, and another fielder's choice on the lead runner (at third) set up a Chris Roszell single with runners on first and second. Sinkers tried scoring Alexia from second, but he was cut down by a peg from the pitcher on a good relay from the outfield. Sinkers remain up 6-5.
Bot 3rd -
Easy inning for Phillips and the Sinkers, surrendering only a Pfefferle single between two Cheese fly outs and Phillips' second strike out. Score remains 6-5 Sinkers after three.
Cheese scorecard Top 4th -
Sinkers threaten, but are unable to score - in almost identical fashion to the first inning. A lead-off single, a double that wasn't deep enough to score the lead runner, two weak outs right at the pitcher, a Roszell walk, and a high fly-out to end the inning. Cheese keep it close, down one going into the home half of the fourth.
Bot 4th -
Phillips has settled in, now: getting the first 1-2-3 inning of the day, and retiring the last 5 batters. Cheese are running out of chances. 6-5 Sinkers going to the 5th.
Top 5th -
Cosby got routine ground balls from the first two batters for easy outs, and looked poised to take his team to the plate needing only one run. However, Phillips helped out his own cause - and gave his team their first run since the six-run second - with a home run that snuck over the right field wall on the first pitch; his second of the game. Roszell then drew his third walk of the game off a seemingly shaken Cosby. Adam settled down quickly, though, getting a third easy ground ball out off the bat of Hughes to end the inning. 7-5 Sinkers; final call for the Cheese.
Bot 5th -
Phillips started off the 5th confidently by retiring his six consecutive batter. He then got into a lengthy battle with Crozier, who fouled off multiple close strikes before coaxing a walk and bringing the tying run to the plate. Cosby stepped up and drove a first-pitch single into right field that pushed Crozier to third. Lewis then hit a drive to the wall in left-center, but watched it get robbed by a great Roszell grab. Crozier scored from third on the sacrifice, but the ball came in quickly to hold Cosby at first. Two outs and Pfefferle, already 2-3 with 4 RBI, coming to the plate. After a hard hit line-drive foul, Pfefferle got jammed and hit a lazy pop fly to Alexia at short to end the game. Sinkers hold off the cheese to win 7-6.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | |
| 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| SINKERS (1-0) | CHEESE (0-1) | |||
| OFFENSE | OFFENSE | |||
| Hughes | 4-6, RBI, R | Shore | 1-5, RBI | |
| D. Braden | 3-5, 3 2B, BB, 2 RBI, R | Crozier | 2-4, BB, 2 R | |
| Alexia | 2-6, 2 R | Cosby | 2-5, R | |
| Phillips | 3-6, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R | Lewis | 2-4, RBI, 2 R | |
| Roszell | 1-3, 3 BB | Pfefferle | 2-4, HR, 4 RBI, R | |
| PITCHING | PITCHING | |||
| Phillips | 6 R, 9 H, HR, BB, 3 K | Cosby | 7 R, 13 H, 2 HR, 4 BB, 1 K | |
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