May 31, 2009 — Fire saw an early 3-0 lead disappear in the top of the fourth inning, but rallied late to beat Public Works, 7-5, Thursday night in the Governmental Softball League at the D.C. Canegata Ballpark.
After Public Works failed to score in the top of the first inning Fire got on the board with an unearned run in the bottom of the inning to take the early 1-0 lead.
That lead was extended to 3-0 in the bottom of the third inning after a scoreless second inning. Fire picked up their two runs on a two-run home run off the bat of Arthur Canaii after Public Works again failed to score in their half of the inning.
Public Works erupted for four runs in the top of the fourth inning on a two-run double by Luis Roman and a two-run home run off the bat of Elijah Ramirez to take a 4-2 lead after four innings as Fire failed to score in the bottom of the inning.
Fire then responded with four runs in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead for good at 7-4 after Public Works failed to score in the top of the inning. They scored four runs on an RBI double by Elroy Bates, an RBI single by Canaii, and two unearned runs on three costly Public Works errors.
Mark Finch’s RBI single in the top of the six brought Public Works one run closer at 7-5, but it would be as close as they would get as both teams failed to score the rest of the way.
Troy Brown got the win on the hill for Fire while Secundino Roman got the loss for the Public Works. Top hitters for fire were, Canaii 3 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs, and Ronald Schjang was 2 for 3. For Public Works, Orlando Benitez was 3 for 4, Luis Roman 2 for 3 with two RBIs and Danny Rosa was 2 for 3.
