Sir Lord Baltimore 9, OSK 6

Sir Lord Baltimore improved a game on Tuesday night to make their record 4-5, downing OSK in a grudge match. Earlier in the year, OSK took advantage of bad SLB defense and slaughtered the team, 13-3.

But none of that sloppy gameplay was evident in the rematch, as the Sirs defense harnessed the chatty OSK through 5 innings. Michael "K" K turned in his best performance of the year, retiring six batters on strikes and walking none. In the outfield, Adam C tracked down numerous flyballs and linedrives, at one point gunning a throw from left center field to secure a double play with 2B Joan S.

The play came just moments after another great Adam C-to-Joan S connection to throw out the same runner, but the ump missed the call. Adam C had fired the ball down a pipe and Joan S caught it on a dive, keeping her foot superglued to the bag. Getting the double play was redemption.

SS Adam R also turned in a double play when runners were at first and second in the second inning, covering the bag and the throw to first.

True to form, sluggers Michael K and Adam C also showed up at the plate, with two homeruns each. While they each knocked linedrives for one of the 4-baggers, it was their legs that carried them on the other hits. One of Adam C's in-the-parkers actually came on a hard hit grounder to the OSK shortstop, who failed to glove it.

In a comedic moment, Adam R sailed a flyball to right field. When the catch was dropped, he was ready to sprint to second base -- except he'd missed the bag at first. Legs flailing, he looped around to tag up and by this time the ball was still rolling in the close-cut grass, so he had time to race to third.

That's the sort of play that put the Sirs ahead 7-3 by the third inning, hoping to gain six more to return the favor of a slaughter. But after OSK put a couple runners on base in the sixth with only one out, a hard shot to right field resulted in a 3-run homer. The game got interesting with a score of 8-6. Michael K sat down the next batter and Kevin D reeled in a fly ball at shortstop to end the threat.

That's when Michael K legged out his second homerun to finalize the score at 9-6. The Sirs took the field for the top half of the seventh, but it was made meaningless when, in an outstanding play in a game of outstanding plays, Joan S deftly fielded a hard shot to 2B and flipped the ball in for the out.