Toyota of Clifton Park Softball is back in the fast lane!

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5/17/2011

Softball Week in Review

Softball Week in Review

The week of May 8, 2011 started in auspiscious fashion with a fairly clean 7-5 Wolverines victory over Ballbusters who honored their name only in a verbally berating sense. John C provided comic relief with some awful baserunning. "Yeah, pretty embarrassing...nobody wants to be put out at 1B on a hit to the outfield..." said John C, "but I was kind of hurting toward the end of the game. I hit the ball hard to right and their RF--all knees and elbows--high-tailed it after the ball. I kind of figured there was no way he could throw me out--he was hardly a physical specimen--then wham! A laser to 1B. Personally I think I was safe, but that's not how the ump saw it." Video replays, on the other hand, clearly show John C was thrown out by no less than 4 steps.

On Monday, EYS MisFits beat up on their perennial playoff foe, All-Stars, 24-10. With their reworked lineup featuring offseason aquisition Eric G, EYS looks primed for another very deep playoff run. John C started the game in the circle and flummoxed All-Stars offense with a dizzying array of knucklers, two seamers, and curve balls. Close through 4 innings, the EYS offense lived up to its promise in the bottom of the 5th delivering an effective knock out blow to All-Stars. The stage is now set for a huge regular season rematch on June 21 under the lights on Nott Road #1.

Toyota of Clifton Park faced an unfamiliar opponent on Thursday: Local 7 Hitmen, who feature a season lengthening combination of poor defense and punchless offense. Fred C capped their offense while providing Toyota with another quality start. Toyota's 2-0 start with 27 runs scored is much improved over last season, but a real test comes this Thursday when they host Synergy Fitness at Mullen's Park. Synergy has pasted their opponents over 3 games scoring 57 runs while surrendering only 6.

The feature game for Friday pit Anarchy against Blood, Sweat & Beers. Anarchy pitcher Chris provided a strong start for her team and held a lead for 6 1/3 innings. Anarchy's lack of offense and several defensive miscues ultimately betrayed Chris's effort to pitch Anarchy to their first victory. Anarchy's next chance to grab a W comes this Wednesday against Jim's Masonary.

Enrico Palazzo did not play during the previous week and both their May 15 and May 17 games were rained out.



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