Bold Ass Predictions

		Your Junk my Happy Zone
		by Brandon Corbett

For those unfamiliar, a bold ass prediction reaches well beyond expectations. It is absolutely not a safe bet; saying it may call into question your credibility and sanity. When it comes true, though, having said it earns you the respect of a savant. Feel free to share any of your bold ass predictions in the comments, and sign your name so we can praise your foresight in August. Here are five of my bold ass predictions for 2013.


Nick Coffee will have double-digit extra base hits.
He had zero in 2012, but his bat began livening up late and in offseason games. Nick's routinely knocking the ball over outfielders heads, and even blasting a couple monster home runs. Only 9 players in 2012 had double-digit extra base hits (6 of them with less than 15), so this is a greater feat than it at first may seem. I think he'll do it the hard way, too, by keeping it in the park for most of them: 7 doubles, 4 home runs. All this attention paid to his offense, though, will once again see Nick snubbed for a Diamond Digit.


The Westside Warriors will win the 2013 Commissioner's Cup.
There are many questions about what their final roster may be, but I'm buying the hype that Alex Shore is selling. With the list of names he's working with you can count on the Warriors running out a talented squad every game day, regardless of whether or not some pieces change from week to week. Also, even if only featured in a limited role, the addition of Sam Hatt sends Westside's stock skyrocketing. He and Shore will be a dangerous 1-2 lefty punch in the lineup, and his guidance can also calm Maclin Malloy's "Wild Thing" tendencies on the mound: making for a lights-out rotation.


Chandler Phillips will lead the league in Ks.
Chandler was fourth in 2012 with 131, just 10 shy of the league lead. He only toed the rubber in 7 games, however, for a total of 52.1 innings. While true that all the 2012 K leaders pitched between 50 and 55 innings, I expect Chandler's innings to increase to around 65 this season as he gets more regular starts. His KPI of 2.5 will see him cutting down 162 batters on the season, running away with the "K crown" as the pitchers ahead of him in 2012 are not likely to see their innings increase


The Wicked Aces will throw 5 perfect games on the season.
Justin Hughes, Evan Bischoff, and Austin Bischoff all threw one in 2012. New signing, Evan Bortmas, threw two. The bats may be bigger and the mound further, but these pitchers will just be better. Evan (Bischoff) will reprise his against King Friday; Bortmas will avenge his only loss from last season by sitting the Squirrels down; Hughes will get one against the Islanders; and Austin will come up with two in huge games: the first against El Diablos, and then a nine inning thriller against the Ducks in the playoffs as the exclamation.


Ryan Alexia will lead the league in stolen bases.
Alexia had a .377 OBP last season, which was over two-times his AVG. His second year in the league will bring an increase in number of hits, and that good eye of his will inflate his OBP into the high .400s. Expect David Buhr to employ steals intelligently as a new facet of the game. We will see Ryan turning singles or walks into doubles and scoring opportunities at will for the Belgian offense: successful in seven out of nine attempts, three of which set up a game-winning run.

Fall Fantasy: Player Awards and Stats

	♔ ♔ ♔	-	Chandler Phillips
	Chandler was ordered by new El Diablos Captain, Mark Phillips, to play in the fall. He came, he hit the ball - a ton, and is leaving with three crowns. He could have the quintuple crown, if such a thing existed, also leading in OBP and SLG%. Mark's managing looks to be paying off already.
	Fall Clown Shu	-	Evan Bischoff
	Evan had a great 2012 season on the mound (0.00 Era, 0.61 WHIP, 70 K) yet his name was barely brought up in Clown Shu talks due to "lack of innings". Unsatisfied, Evan threw his lot in for fall ball to prove he is the real deal. And here he is: second in ERA, first in WHIP. Command struggled adjusting to mid-pitch with 10 BB, but he allowed the fewest hits of any pitcher (6). What clinched the Fall Shu for Evan were his two wins to give his team the championship.

Pitching Stats


Batting Stats

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.

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Game 6: 12 2 6 Curves (1-1)  VS.  Sinkers (2-0)

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- The Curves make no lineup changes despite the loss. The team feels confident that the pieces laid out as they are - 1. Bischoff, 2. Buhr, 3. Nagorski, 4. Hewlett, 5. Coffman - will be more than good enough to win the Fall Championship with Evan Bischoff taking the mound (They did score 9 in the loss, with runs at the top and RBIs from the back end).

- Sinkers haven't played since 10/14 in a 17-15 shootout win over the Risers. Asked whether the layoff may hurt their production Phillips responded, "we got this." Then asked if Sinker's championship shirts will feature the slogan Hughes interupted, "will? Been wearing mine since September," as he lifted his jersey to show off a shirt reading "Sinkers, Fall Champions 2012, We always had this." No mention of their lineup, but they haven't changed anything yet. Why start now?

Top 1st
Buhr and Hewlett reach base on a single and walk, but they come sandwiched between two ground outs and a fly out. Curves unable to get anything going against Phillips in the first.

Bot 1st
Easy inning to start the day for Bischoff: two outs on the ground and a lazy pop out. Score is 0-0 after one.

Top 2nd
Two one-out singles (Buhr, Nagorski) and a walk (Hewlett) get a threat going for the Curves. A fielders choice by Coffman keeps the bases loaded with two outs for Bischoff, who makes up for his K earlier in the inning with a 2 RBI double to right-center. Buhr follows with his third hit of the game, a single scoring both Coffman and Bischoff. The inning ends on a Nagorski fly out to left, but four runs in for the Curves.

Bot 2nd
Hewlett robs a home run off the bat of Phillips on the first pitch of the inning. The deep fly shakes Bischoff up, and he walks the next two batters. He settles back down, getting Braden and Alexia on more routine fly outs. 4-0 Curves after two innings.

Top 3rd
Cleansing inning in the third for Phillips with help from Alexia and Hughes turning a double play (SS - 2nd - mound) on Coffman after a Hewlett walk. Bischoff then slaps a single to left, but nothing comes of it as Buhr flies out to Roszell in center. Sinkers quiet the opponents bats, but need to wake theirs up to get in this championship deciding game.

Bot 3rd
Two more walks (Phillips, Braden) by Bischoff, but he gets the other three batters out on fielder's choices. No harm, no foul... and no hits given up yet on the day. Score remains 4-0 Curves.

Top 4th
Three up, three down for the Curves in the fourth. They make it a busy inning for Roszell chasing down fly balls in left, but nothing else. Still comfortable in command of the game, though.

Bot 4th
That comfortable feeling gets a little less as Phillips hits a hard drive to left to lead off an inning for the second time, and this time out of the reach of Hewlett. Solo home run. Bischoff seems to shake off this hard hit quicker getting the next two batters out in the air then on the ground. Braden then steps up and crushes another ball deep to left and over the wall. Second solo home run of the inning. Alexia grounds out to finish the inning, but the Sinkers get on the board and back into this game. They still trail the Curves 4-2 with one inning left to play.

Top 5th
After that scare, the Curves look to add some insurance with the top of the order due up. Bischoff steps up with a single, and Buhr hits a one-hopper to Alexia in short left that he handles for the first out (FC 2nd). Phillips then kicks it up a notch needing just two pitches K to Nagorski, get Hewlett to pop out to right and end the inning. Curves hold onto their two run lead needing just three more outs to win the Fall Championship.

Bot 5th
Bischoff walks Phillips, then trades out runners on the next two batters with fielder's choices to the circle: both out at second. One out left to get, but Braden keeps the Sinkers alive with a single to left. Alexia draws a walk, bringing Phillips back up to the plate. He draws his second walk of the inning, pushing Hughes across the plate. Tying run standing at third, two outs. Roszell slaps the ball into right, Buhr charges in and flips the ball to Bischoff for the final out! 12 2 6 Curves hang on and win the Fall Championship in exciting fashion 4-3!

	1	2	3	4	5	R	H
	0	4	0	0	0	4	7
	0	0	0	2	1	3	3

12 2 6 Curves  (2-1)			Sinkers  (2-1)
OFFENSE			OFFENSE
E. Bischoff	3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R		Hughes	0-4, BB, R
Buhr	3-5, 2 RBI		D. Braden	2-4, HR, BB, RBI, R
Nagorski	1-4, R		Alexia	0-4, BB
Hewlett	0-2, 3 BB		Phillips	1-2, HR, 3 BB, 2 RBI, R
Coffman	0-4, R		Roszell	0-4, BB
PITCHING			PITCHING
E. Bischoff	3 R, 3 H, 2 HR, 7 BB		Phillips	4 R, 7 H, 3 BB

Standings
	W	L	+/-
	2	1	-1
	2	1	+2
	1	2	-1
	1	2	0

The 2012 Fall Fantasy season comes to a rousing close. The 12 2 6 Curves took advantage of the Sinkers' cockiness and jumped out quickly to a 4-0 lead. It was big hits by E. Bischoff and Buhr in the top two spots that pushed in the runs, and that's just what they did all fall long. A classic 1-2 duo, combined to hit .517 with a .576 OBP. Their power numbers were modest, though they did hit four doubles: more than the rest of the league combined. It was the entire team getting into the act, though, to get the win with numbers 3, 4, and 5 - Nagorski, Hewlett, and Coffman - coming around to score those big early runs.

Bischoff had an off night giving up 7 walks and 2 home runs, while getting no strike outs. Luckily his defense played a great game behind him to allow only 3 hits to a powerful Sinkers offense. Even with two players vying for the triple crown, said offense showed no real life until the fourth inning. True, Phillips did have a home run robbed in the second, but taken with the rest of the Sinkers' ABs on the day, it seemed more like hitting for the home run crown than to win the game. A flat performance by the favorites, but they get to go out on fire regardless; those shirts they had made are in need of burning.

Player stats and awards for the Fall Fantasy season to come at the end of the week.

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.

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Game 3: Sinkers (1-0)  VS.  Risers (0-1)

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-  Sinkers run out the same lineup after winning their first game, citing "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Joe Seto takes the mound in their second game.

-  Risers change things up at the top of the order, switching Franzen and Tomlinson, an attempt to spur their offense to more than three hits - and perhaps timely hits. Justin Hughes toes the rubber.

Top 1st -
Huge inning for the Sinkers, who continue to roll after their win. Justin Hughes and Dylan Braden start off with back-to-back singles. Alexia then hit a grounder into left, but Kyle Tomlinson gunned it back into Joe Seto in the circle erasing Hughes; fielders choice, 1 out. Chandler Phillips again rips a ball into play, this one to left-center and deep enough to score Braden from second. Runners on first and second. Chris Roszell hits a deep fly off the wall in right-field over the head of Mike Constanti. Both Alexia and Phillips, charging hard realizing Constanti was playing in, come around to score; 2-rbi 2B. Batting for the second time in the inning, Hughes hits a slow bouncer into left for a single, advancing Roszell to third. Braden then steps up and blasts a hanging 2-0 pitch down the left-field line; 3-run HR. Alexia then grounds out for the second time, followed by a Phillips walk. Roszell again hits a fly ball to right, but this time Constanti's in position to make the catch. 6-0 Sinkers to start the game.


Sinkers scoresheet Bot 1st -
Needing to claw back, the Risers come out swinging. Greg Franzen hits a hard shot to left, but Roszell goes to the ground and takes away a hit with a nice grab. Kyle Tomlinson steps up and hits another bullet, this one finds the ground in center and he reaches with a single. For the third batter in a row, Seto hits a ball hard to left, but gets underneath of it for out number two. Constanti steps up and swings on the first pitch, the fourth hard hit in a row, a long drive over the fence in center; 2-run HR. Brandon Mushinski gets frozen on a full-count slider to end the inning. 6-2 Sinkers after one.

Top 2nd -
Seto gets Hughes out with an easy fly ball to Franzen in center, but Braden counters with his second home run of the game three pitches later. Seto then gets another fly out to Franzen before Phillips steps to the plate and - starting a dangerous trend - hits the second pitch he sees over the fence in left. Roszell then grounds out to Tomlinson in left to end the inning. Two solo home runs make it 8-2 Sinkers.

Bot 2nd -
Top of the order for the Risers, and Franzen leads things off with a walk. Tomlinson hits another ball into the outfield, but this one is tracked down by Braden for out number one. Seto then helps out his cause catching up to a full-count fastball and putting it over the right field wall for a two-run home run. Constanti, already with a home run in his first at-bat, follows and takes a huge cut at a similar fastball, but cannot connect and strikes out. Mushinski determined now to be caught looking again swings at a hard inside-slider on the first pitch, which jams him and is caught by Alexia at second for the third out. Five batters to the plate for the second inning in a row, and again the Risers get two back. 8-4 Sinkers after two.

Top 3rd -
Leading off for the third time, Hughes reaches base also for the third time on a walk. Braden steps in 3-for-3 with two home runs, but Seto doesn't back down: getting him out in front of a slow curve popped up back to the mound; 1 out. Alexia then steps in and gets his first hit down the left field line; advance Hughes to second. Phillips follows suit with a drive into the left field corner for a double, bringing Hughes around to score; Alexia holds at third. The safe base-running pays off as Roszell turns on a curve and hooks it inside the left field foul pole for a 3-run home run; his third, fourth and fifth RBIs of the game. Seto rebound striking out Hughes, but then gives up a single and two walks to load the based for Roszell. Chris comes through again with a single, scoring Braden; bases remain loaded for the top of the order. Seto gets Hughes to strike out for the second consecutive time, ending the long inning. Sinkers add 5, go up 13-4


Risers scoresheet Bot 3rd -
Franzen draws a walk to lead off the third, just as he did in the second. Tomlinson follows with a single to right; Franzen tests Braden's arm and gets to third safely, Tomlinson stays at first. Seto pulls his team one closer with a sac fly to center. Constanti then singles to center, and Tomlinson takes advantage of a bobble by Braden and advances to third. Mushinski draws a walk to load the bases, keeping the Risers' charge alive. Franzen gets hold of a pitch, driving it to left, caught by Roszell, but deep enough to score Tomlinson from third. Tomlinson then walks to load the bases for Seto, already 1-2 with a HR. He bloops a single into right-center, which brings in Constanti and Mushinski, and pushes Tomlinson to third. Constanti then goes right back to right-center hitting a double past Braden that rolls along the wall; Tomlinson and Seto come around to score. Mushinski then comes through with his first hit in a big way, a line-drive 2-run home run scraping over the left field fence to bring the Risers back within three. Hughes regains his composure and gets Franzen to roll over an offspeed pitch to end the inning. Risers get eight, and we have ourselves a game! Sinkers lead cut to 13-12 after three.

Top 4th -
Sinkers seem over-anxious to get runs back as Braden and Alexia swing early and weakly fly out. Phillips and Roszell slow things down with back to back walks, but then Hughes gets caught looking on a first-pitch K. Seto has his first scoreless inning of the day. Score remains 13-12 Sinkers.

Bot 4th -
The Risers continue rolling from the last inning. After a lead-off flyout, Seto walks, Constanti singles, and Mushinski hits his second home run to left in as many at-bats to give the Risers their first lead! Hughes responds angrily: striking out Franzen on two pitches, and getting Tomlinson to pop out to Alexia at short. All of a sudden it's last call for the Sinkers. Risers lead 15-13.

Top 5th -
Seto pitches around Braden, putting the tying run on first to start the inning. Alexia responds with an infield single down the first-base line; runners on 1st and 2nd. Phillips then drives a one-hop shot at normally-teammate Tomlinson; Kyle knocks it down and keeps a run from scoring, but is unable to make an out. Bases loaded. Roszell steps in and just misses his second home run of the game; Franzen robs him in left-center, but Braden scores easily and Alexia moves up to third with one out. Hughes hits a sharp drive to Tomlinson in left for out number two, and Tomlinson relays the ball to Hughes to try to get Alexia at home; the throw is late, and Phillips takes second. No other player who you'd want up, Braden is already 4-6 and has two home runs on the day, and he delivers again: a two-run bomb to straight away center! Seto then gets Alexia to ground out, but the Sinkers retake the lead 17-15. Pressure is back on the Risers.

Bot 5th -
Seto seems shaken leading off the innging after the rough top-half, and strikes out chasing a slider off the plate. Constanti then gets underneath a ball, popping out to Alexia in foul territoty. Risers down to their last out. Mushinksi keeps things alive with a single into right, bringing up the top of the order. Franzen fights off a hard inside fastball, but is only able to ground it right back to Hughes on the mound - who picks the perfect time to pickup his first blank frame. Sinkers blow a big lead, but come back and hang on to win 17-15!

	1	2	3	4	5	R	H
	6	2	5	0	4	17	16
	2	2	8	3	0	15	11

Sinkers  (2-0)			Risers  (0-2)
OFFENSE			OFFENSE
Hughes	2-5, BB, Sac, RBI, 2 R		Franzen	0-4, 2 BB, Sac, RBI, 2 R
D. Braden	5-7, 3 HR, BB, 6 RBI, 6 R		Tomlinson	2-5, BB, 3 R
Alexia	2-7, BB, 3 R		Seto	2-4, HR, BB, Sac, 5 RBI, 3 R
Phillips	4-4, HR, 2 BB, 3 RBI, 4 R		Constanti	4-6, HR, 4 RBI, 4 R
Roszell	3-5, HR, Sac, BB, 7 RBI, 2 R		Mushinski	3-5, 2 HR, BB, 5 RBI, 3 R
PITCHING			PITCHING
Hughes	15 R, 11 H, 4 HR, 5 BB, 4 K		Seto	17 R, 16 H, 5 HR, 6 BB, 3 K

Standings
	W	L
	2	0
	1	0
	0	1
	0	2

It looks like the Sinkers and Risers got together and decided to play a football game. 32 runs, 9 home runs. Chandler Phillips went 4-4, yet still is likely not the player of the game for the Sinkers: Dylan Braden's 5-7, 3 HR, 6 RBI and 6 R performance, as well as Chris Roszell's 3-5, with a sac fly and 7 RBI performance trump even perfect set of plate appearances. This was a slugfest, no, a firefight. Both teams hit, and hit... and hit. The bottom of the order threw most of the punches for the Risers. Constanti went 4-6 with a HR, 4 RBI, and 4 R, while Mushinski dug into the five-spot well going 3-5 with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 3 R. The difference in the game was at the top of the Risers order, which again after the change still could not produce: getting only 1 RBI from the 2 top spots.

This Sinkers win guarantees their shot to play for the fall championship against the 12 2 6 Curves. Their win over the Cheese in game one gives them the tie-breaker if both teams end up 2-1, so only the 12 2 6 Curves can win over the Sinkers. The Risers fall out of contention with the loss today, but have one game yet to play against the Cheese for third place. No matter the result of next week's Cheese vs. Curves game, the head-to-head tiebreaker means both game five (Cheese vs. Risers) and six (Curves vs. Sinkers) will decide third and first place, respectively.

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.

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Game 1: Sinkers @ Cheese

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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