Wow! Sounds like some game! The pitching duel that wasn't... --- In
corkballuniverse@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <roberty@n...> wrote:
> In South St. Louis Corkball League play last night Markwort
Sporting
> Goods and pitcher Jeff (the ironman) Vilmer squared off against Tim
> Kobler and Reinhold Electric. With two of the leagues top pitchers
> on the mound you would have expected a low scoring event. But this
> wasn't the case. After a scoreless first inning Markwort loaded
the
> bases and punched one across to take the lead in the second. But
> Electric answered back with four runs of their own in one inning to
> take a 4 to 1 lead. They then added another few runs on a Kobler
> triple and lead the game 6 to 1. Trailing by 5 Markwort then went
to
> work. In thier last at bat they loaded the bases and punched 4
runs
> across the plate making it a 6 to 5 game. With bases still loaded
> and two out Kobler struck out the rookie John Amorso with one of
his
> nasty knuckly curves to end the game. What a game!
>
> In another suprising development, the big lefty Mike Jockish
actually
> lost a game. With the bases loaded and two out Jeff Greaves, one
of
> the leagues best hitters, stepped into the batters box to do battle
> with the mighty Jock. Greaves got the best of the battle this time
> delivering a base hit to right field and giving Jock his first lost
> of the year.