Monday, April 20, 2009

One Boneyard to Another, and MBC Again Falls Short, 9-4


After leaving their home park stacked high with BBQ rib bones, the MBC 13’s traveled to Bellevue and found themselves in another Bone Yard, the home field of O’Brien Auto Group, coached by none other than Jay Buhner a/k/a The Bone.

O’Brien looks to be the top team in the league. They were big, well coached, and swung the bats very well. They have 10 runned most of their opponents. MBC stayed with them most of the way, and rallied at the end to make them nervous.

MBC took an early lead with a two out RBI single by Spencer Hogger. In the second inning they took a 2-0 lead when Tino Peleti scored Keenan “Bone Stacker” Heller (who showed no ill effects after eating his weight in ribs last night). The O’Brien team roared back to tie it hitting a double and a triple in the second inning and broke away with a five run fifth inning, and added two more in the sixth.

Magnolia scratched back with a run in the sixth and one more in the seventh. Jimmy Sheldrup lead off the seventh with a huge double and MBC scored Jimmy and loaded the bases with no outs with the heart of the order due up. O’Brien countered with the little Bone, Jay’s son; coming in for relief. Throwing off speed balls ala Jamie Moyer (I guess Jay learned something hanging around the master) the little Bone retired the next three in order.

Stuart Fairchild battled this hard hitting team nicely and was relieved by Nick Reeves. Stuart received high praise from the Bone himself who took it upon himself to take Stuart aside and tell him how well he had done limiting his hard hitting bunch to just three hits and four runs.

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