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2005 Roy Hobbs World Series: Parkhurst returned from the hurricane-shortened Open Division (28+) World Series in Florida after hitting .565 (13 for 23, 8 RBI) and helping the Dayton Braves reach the championship game (10/29).
Coach's Corner: Final Sunday of Fall Ball (10/23) rained out. K.C. Fread is our Silver Slugger this fall (see above in Meridians News) even with a 2-week break in between some at-bats.
CC: Meridians go up 5 runs early (10/16), but find themselves digging out of a hole (literally, in the landing zone of the mound) by giving up 6 runs. Moore steps up for his first pitching stint since high school to earn the win in relief as well as stroking a double to drive in the tying run and scoring the winning run himself. Fread keeps hitting and being a brick wall behind the plate.
2005 NABA World Series: Jack Parkhurst and Ralph Lewis came back from the National Adult Baseball Association World Championship Series in Phoenix with championship rings by going undefeated through their 8 games with the (38+) Bluff City White Sox (Memphis). Parkhurst keeps them perfect in the middle of the week (10/12) to end pool play with 2 RBI in the 9th inning of Game 5. Lewis earns the championship game MVP (10/15) going 3-4 with 3 runs scored and 4 RBI.
Cincinnati Yankees: Casey Hall goes the entire 11 innings (9/28) "in what turned out to be one of the most exciting games of the year (Roy Hobbs National Division championship). The Yankees rallied from an early 6-3 deficit to take leads of 7-6 and 8-7 (but) the Royals (tied) the game in the bottom of the 10th and eventually (won) it in the 11th."
CC: We figured out the knuckleball in Game 1 and then cruised to a 20-5 win in 5 innings. Jon Cremons goes the distance in his Meridians debut. Fread accounts for all of our runs (5 RBI, 1 run scored) in Game 2, but just not enough as we split the doubleheader (9/11).
CC: We take the game (8/28) behind Kamm's 3rd win over the Bombers in as many starts against them. Fread pushes for the clean-up spot as he continues to put up a huge on-base% from the 4 hole (pushes in our 1st run with a bases-loaded BB). Moore stood up there taking walk after walk from the lead-off spot. Singley hits all day with Bush playing an exciting left-handed 3rd base and helping spark our 1st inning runs with a BUNT (team rules are out the door...)
Cincinnati Yankees / Roy Hobbs update: "Casey Hall fired a complete game for the victory 8/28. All Star Mike Soto added three more hits, giving him 44 for the season and the league's batting title at .571."
CC: Meridians eliminated from the 2005 NABF Tournament (8/11). Hall gutted it out on just 3 day's rest (complete game with Cincinnati Yankees on 8/7), but Cutter scored our only run.
CC: We found our bats [4 guys with 2(+) hits], but ran into an ever-hitting Montgomery Inn team (8/10) to drop the first game in the tournament (which we have done each of the last 4 years now). Down 5-0, 5-2, 9-2, 9-6, 9-8 ~ we kept at it and did score that 9th run, but they kept finding holes and hit for awhile in the 7th. Koppenhafer clubbed a 2-run home run and a double, Cutter cracked a double, triple and creased one down the right field line as well; Bush hit all night including a double and a rocket that about left their 1st baseman one-legged. Percy remained "gutsy" in his last appearance for the Meridians before heading to the mountains of Colorado.
CC: Koppenhafer blatantly defies longstanding Meridians concrete bylaws by BUNTING in game 1 of Friday's doubleheader (7/29), but fortunately for him - it was needed and he executed. Kope bunted over Fread (tying run) and Percy (winning run) who started it all with a single each in the top of the 7th to start a 4-run rally. Percy gets the Complete Game win. Kamm won the nightcap to beat the Bombers for the 2nd time in a week with 6 more K's and Bush gets the 2-inning Save. Hall makes an interesting debut at 2nd base and combines with Bush on another SportsCenter moment as Casey makes a good play to knock down a ball to his left and rifles the ball right AT the 1st base bag, which Scott dives to catch and tags the bag simultaneously!
Casey finally makes his Roy Hobbs debut (7/27) after teasing the Cincinnati Yankees since last fall. Game balls go to the two Meridians: "Casey Hall fires a three hit shutout and the Yankees blank the Brew Crew 8-0. Hall faces just 24 batters, three over the minimum! Mike Soto continues his torrid hitting with three more hits."
No-hitter from Casey Hall wrapping it up in 5 innings (12 K's & only 3 balls in play)! 2 squibbers were gobbled up by Parkhurst and 1 back to Casey himself. Only runners allowed were via 2 walks and 1 HBP. Final was exactly 10-0 (7/21) with every Meridian scoring (Cutter twice).
CC: Great performance from Casey Hall going 8 innings (1 extra) with the offense (timely hitting) and defense (late double play) helping just enough to get past the Cheviot Patriots (6/23).
CC: Coach jogged out to 3rd in the bottom of the 7th (6/9) realizing that he hadn't had a ground ball all night. 3 successive followed without an out to show for it. The first was easy enough, but coach's submarine throw defied its title by sailing 3 feet over the 1st baseman's head. The second was scored a hit, but a corner guy/part-time catcher should be able to take a chopper down the line in front of the bag and make a throw across the diamond - but the throw was up the line. The only way to properly end this personal drama is a double play ball (which coach got, but threw up the line & high to 2nd to cap off his performance for the night). So coach's 3 for 4 and HBP night helped, but that everyone else in the lineup either scored or hit one in themselves (or both) allowed the 'cirque de la 7th' to take place. A 10-run lead turned into just a win...
CC: Jared out-pitched a minor league-quality lefty (12-to-6 curveball and good heat) Friday night (5/27). The lefty had 18 K's, 7 hits and 1 earned run to Cutter's 10 K's, 2 hits and 0 earned runs. A tie (1-1, 8 innings) with the best team in the Roy Hobbs league (Cinci Suds) is bittersweet, but it's a good follow-up to Percy's 2-1 victory over the Hilltoppers the weekend before (5/22).
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