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Posted Jul 17/12 - Dodgers Come From Behind in Game 2 to Complete Sweep

While this reporter was away battling mosquitoes and boredom, the Dodgers just kept on rolling. They followed up two wins over Master Batters with a tightly contested sweep over the always entertaining Oh Crud! In between all of that, they finished the May Tournament Playoffs amid some controversy. It would seem the league neglected to mention that the winner of the first game had to play again immediately in their emailed schedule while the loser didn't. Playing 5 and 5, the Dodgers showed what has become consistently solid defense on their way to a victory, then had to run back to the diamond after leisurely making their way to the clubhouse for an assumed break and were unprepared for game action. The first two innings showed just how unprepared the Dodgers were after committing too many errors to count on their way to an embarassing loss. While it's understandable when there are an uneven number of teams that back-to-back games are sometimes necessary in tournaments and teams are used to playing double headers for regular season games (because they expect them), if it's going to be the very first game of the day then a little warning shouldn't be too much to ask for.

As for last night's games, the Dodgers (again playing 5 and 5) jumped out to an early lead in the first game behind solid defense and timely hitting and never looked back. Oh Crud! used the long ball to score a quick 6 runs in the first two innings of the second game while the Dodger bats cooled off. It wasn't until a 4-run top of the fifth, capped by a 3-run homerun by the Attack Monkey, that they took the lead and held on for the win. As a result of the late inning heroics and some timely catches in the outfield, the Monkey took male PoG honours. Not to be outdone by a monkey with a ****, Erin "Still Needs a Nickname" Koga, finished the night going 5 for 6 and was hammering the ball every at-bat.

Not to take anything away from the Dodgers performances, but Oh Crud! looked to be battling some injuries and even tighter contests are expected next time these two teams meet. Next up is another favourite opponent in Wind Burn for some makeup games on Friday the 20th.

OT

 





 


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