Jan. 23, 2007 — On a night of hotly contested games in the Bob Owen’s slow pitch softball league at D.C. Canegata ballpark, the one that stood out was the second contest of the night between bitter rivals, Anchor Dive and 40 Caliber. Anchor Dive had the early success, but 40 Caliber’s success came in the late innings, on their way to a hard-fought 16-13 win.
Batting first, Anchor Dive got on the board with two runs on an RBI single by Danny Rodriguez and a fielder’s choice RBI to Carmelo Torres. 40 Caliber responded with three runs on a two-run home run off the bat of Orlando Benitez and a bases-loaded walk drawn by Sylvester Blake to take a 3-2 lead after one inning.
Anchor Dive retook the lead in the top of the second at 5-3, plating three runs on a two-run shot by Danny Rosa and a solo shot off the bat of Joe Phillips. 40 Caliber came up empty in the bottom of the inning.
In the top of the third, Anchor Dive erupted for eight runs, which included a two-run, towering blast over the center field fence off the bat of Rodriguez, a three-run shot by Edwin Rivera, a two-run double by Fernando Irizarry and an error by the 40 Caliber center fielder Wayne Scott, to take a 13-3 lead.
40 Caliber, however, answered with eight runs of their own on a three-run home run by Robert Ramsingh, a two-run shot by Angel Torres, a sac fly by Freddy Benitez and RBI singles by Steve Nisky and Mapleton Lawrence, to trail 13-11 at the end of three complete innings.
After Anchor Dive failed to score in the top of the fifth, 40 Caliber got one run on a solo shot off the bat of Blake to get to within one at 13-12.
Anchor Dive again failed to score in the top of the sixth, and 40 Caliber took full advantage in the bottom half of the inning, taking the lead for good at 16-13 on a three-run shot by Orlando Benitez and a solo shot by Angel Torres. It turned out to be the final score of the game as Anchor Dive went quietly in the top of the seventh.
Steve Nisky went the distance for 40 Caliber while Allen Woods got the loss. Top hitters for 40 Caliber were Benitez (4-for-4 ,with two home runs and five RBIs), Torres (3-for-3, with two home runs and three RBIs) and Ramsingh (2-for-3, with a home run and three RBIs).
For Anchor Dive, top hitters were Danny Rosa (3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs), Rodriguez ( 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs), and Edwin Rivera (1-for-4 with a homerun and three RBIs).
Wyatt Heat 11, Speak the Word 9
In game one Monday night, it was a battle for first place between Wyatt Heat and Speak the Word. The Heat was able to prevail in a close ball game, 11-9. Bill Harris got the win for the Heat, while Mark Beharry suffered the loss for Speak the Word.
The Heat was led at the plate by Steve Rosario (3-for-3, with a home run and three RBIs), David Gonzalez (2-for-2, with a homerun and three RBIs) and Adam Harris (2-for-3, with a home run and one RBI). For Speak the Word, Norbert Pickering was 2-for-2, with two home runs and two RBIs; and Ulric Benjamin was 1-for-2, with a home run and two RBIs.
Terminix Killer Bees Sting Seaborne Stealers, 13-10
Game three of the night saw the league's last winless team finally get a win, when the Killer Bees pulled off a monumental upset, knocking off the powerful defending champion Stealers, 13-10. Rod Graci, the Killer Bees ace pitcher, kept the Stealers big bats off balance all night en route to his first pitching victory to gave him a record of 1-10 for the season.
Samuel Ramos, whose record now goes to 7-5, suffered the loss for the Stealers. Jeff Elvins led the way at the plate for the Killer Bees by going 3-for-4, with three home runs and five RBIs; Phillip Dribeaux was 3-for-3, with a home run and one RBI; and Graci was 2-for-4, with a home run and one RBI.
For the Stealers, the big bats were Michael Schjang (3-for-4, with a home run and one RBI), Eric Flynn (2-for-3, with a home run and two RBIs) and Ramos (1-for-2, with a home run and one RBI).
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