Last night The Company split a two game series with Softball Team, who entered the night 8-0.

Game 1 was a duel, the home team had a clear advantage and the last at bat.  With a tie game in the bottom of last and bases loaded, Justin O’neale came through with a single into left field.  Ashley Davis scored the winning run as Softball Team suffered their first loss of the season.  (W, 8-7)

During game 2, we found ourselves in an early hole.  After the first inning, The Company was down 8-1.  As the game went on our bats came alive; but when time ran out we had fallen just short. Game 2 ended in a loss, losing by just one run.  (L, 8-7).

Another notable mention from last night must be Liz Kornacki, who helped us out on short notice, contributed at the plate and made several plays at second base.  Thanks so much Liz!

Following last weeks wash out, the field at Hunton Park held off the rainy conditions Monday morning and field was ready to play come 8:10pm that night.

Ryan Sutphin, our teams leader in innings pitched this season, arrived at the field Monday night armed with a bag of new pitches.  But when it was all said and done, Sutphin would reply on his  his consistent ability to keep the ball over the plate and the defense behind during game 1.   The Company went the entire first game without an extra base hit; but the team put together a string of great at bats and pushed across 10 runs.  Unfortunately, in the top of the last inning, so did T-Mobile.  They were able to get just enough players around to score and tie the game.  The game ended in a tie, the first tie of the season for The Company. (T, 10-10)

Game 2 would be a different story.  The offense continued to be steady, building on an early lead each inning.  The story in game two was the team defense.  T-Mobile was held to only 4 hits and 1 run as The Company won game 2. (W, 11-1)

Team notable mentions include:  Laurie Huebner,who got both starts at second base, made multiple great plays, and  threw out a number of opponents at first base;  Ashley Davis, who found a new position behind the plate and reached base 5 times in 7 at bats Monday Night; and Mike Boswell, who returned to the line-up after a few missed weeks due to a prior commitment and had a 4 for 5 night at the plate with 2 runs scored and a couple of RBI’s.