Mountain Times - Volume 48, Number 23: June 5-11

SERVICE DIRECTORY
The Mountain Times • June 5-11, 2019 • 33
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Brandon Remick of Clear River Tavern tags out Jaxon Smith of Chinese Gourmet, heading for home plate.
Killington Softball League:
Two games with similar outcomes
By Dave Hoffenberg
Both games last week had similar story lines. The away
team scored first, lost the lead, battled back and won close
games 19-13.
The Clear vs. Chinese Gourmet
The first game pitted The Clear, coming off their worst
loss, against Chinese Gourmet, coming off a win. The Clear
scored two in the top of the first and then sent their veteran
ace pitcher, Ronzoni Hacker, to the mound for his first game
of the season. He gave up up an inside-the-park home
run to the very first batter he faced, Jimmy Mee. With one
out and runners on the corners, Josh “Purple Guy” Souza
got The Clear out of a jam by turning a sweet double-play.
Ronzoni got the only hit the next inning but his team failed
to bring him home and then the Chi Go tied it up 2-2 in the
bottom. Again the Clear could only manage one hit, no runs
and this time suffered a “Cold Beer K” by newcomer Josh
Stevens. The third was a bad inning for The Clear defensively
after they gave up six straight hits which led to an 8-2
lead. Ronzoni was able to deliver back-to-back “Cold Milk
K’s” to end the onslaught. That fired him up as he vowed no
more innings like that from the Chi Go. It fired his team up
too and then Tall Tom Gilligan blasted a deep home run to
start the fourth. The Clear hit through their order and then
some, adding nine more runs to regain the lead, 12-8. Stevens
redeemed himself that inning by smacking a three run
shot. A couple of costly errors brought the Chi Go within
two again, 12-10. The Clear loaded the bases in the fifth but
stranded those runners. The Chi Go failed to bring their
runners home as well and saw Stevens turn a double-play
and then Mee “CMK” for the second straight time to end
an inning. The Clear got those two runs back in the sixth to
take another four run lead, 14-10. The Chi Go cut the lead
to one in the bottom after Matt Lorman’s two run shot and
a nice looking sac from Dom “Little Dolph” Battista. That
was Battista’s third RBI of the game. They had a chance for
more but Ben Seamen “CMK’d” to end the inning. The Clear
was not done and Taylor Zink led off with a double. Ronzoni
then suffered his first “CBK” of the season but DJ Dave Hoffenberg
drove Zink home for an insurance run. The Clear
got four more insurance runs to take their biggest lead of
the game, 19-13, into the bottom of the seventh. Ronzoni
delivered a lead off “CMK” looking to John Gatto, for his
second of the game. Mee hit a double but his team failed to
bring him home to suffer their first loss of the season.
McGrath’s Sushi vs. Karrtel
Speaking of losses, McGrath’s Sushi was fighting to avoid
their third straight loss to start the season and standing in
the way was the Karrtel. Chris George started the scoring for
the Karrtel with a two run home run in the top of the first.
M.S. took care of things in the bottom, scoring four with
a big home run by Ryan Townhend for a 4-2 lead. A grand
slam erased that lead in the second, 6-4 and Josh Linton
kept it there with a “CBK” in the bottom. Mike Smith got a
home run in the third and the Karrtel added another run
to stretch their lead 8-4. The veterans from M.S. tied it up
in the bottom 8-8, with runs from Cliff Melendy, Big Josh
Tarleton and Nate “The Reverend” Mispel. It was crazy
eights going into the fourth and crazy defensively for M.S.
after they gave up eight runs to go down 16-8. In that inning
the Karrtel had a couple of homers including one from Evan
Anderson. Melendy scored again and a couple others to cut
into the deficit 16-11. The Karrtel put those three runs back
on the board for a 19-11 fifth inning lead. M.S. could only
muster two more runs with Mispel scoring Tarleton and
Townsend with a nice looking sac to score Mispel but it
was not enough to avoid being winless through three
games and match the Chi Go with a 19-13 loss.
STANDINGS
First Chair First Stop Moshers Base Camp 2-0
Clear River Tavern 2-1
TIE: Chinese Gourmet 1-1 and Karrtel 1-1
5) McGrath’s Sushi 0-3
SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, June 5
Clear River Tavern vs. Chinese Gourmet at Killington
5:50 p.m.
FCFSMBC vs. Clear River Tavern at Killington 7 p.m.
Monday, June 10
Chinese Gourmet vs. Karrtel at Killington 5:50 p.m.
McGraths Sushi vs. FCFSMBC at Killington 7 p.m.
Wednesday, June 12
Clear River Tavern vs. Karrtel at Killington 5:50 p.m.
Chinese Gourmet vs. McGraths Sushi at Killington 7 p.m.
Party to follow at McGrath’s Irish Pub at 8 p.m.
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