Meridians Baseball

Daron Williams makes an '09 cameo just days before he ships out to Iraq on July 5th.   The Meridians' #2 Starter from 2008 enlisted last fall and will be serving a one-year tour training the Iraqi Police as an MP.  We wish Daron the best on his adventure and we were glad to have the 3 Williams brothers on the field at the same time once this year.

Not getting much work in during basic and his initial service in Hawaii, Daron comes out a bit rusty and one run does come across against us, but no more as he works hard through 6 innings.   Big brother Blain closes the door in the 7th.

We start our scoring in the 2nd despite hard-hit balls in the 1st by Fread and Moore.   Lead-off walks come around to score on knocks by Derek Williams, Chris Wood (1st Meridians' hit), Couture (2 hits, from Kraus' Wed. night team) and Blain Williams.   The 3rd starts off with some early fireworks as Chuck Moore loses one in the trees well past the centerfield fence.   Blain (2 hits) follows suit in the 4th with a laser in the same direction for his 1st home run of '09.   Younger brother Derek (2 hits, 2 runs) follows with a moon shot of his own to left in the 5th (his 1st '09 bomb).

Every Meridian has a hit or a walk - B. Williams, Fread, Moore, Cutter and Wood with both.

Meridians move to 9-0 in league play with the 9-1 final.