East Meadow, NY - In a likely first round playoff preview the Gamers (12-4) split two slugfests with the strong hitting Eagles who are the league's leading offense. The Gamers won the first game 14-8 but dropped the night cap 17-14 after their seventh inning rally fell short.
In the first game Rob Rathbun showed no ill effects of his hyper extended knee going 4 for 4 with 2 homeruns and 4 rbis earning him the new nickname of AROB. Not to be outdone Rathbun's double play partner Rob Roll also went yard as one of his three hits.
The Nicholson family clan, Zac (2 for 3 with 2 runs) and younger brother Luke (2 for 3) added to the Gamers offensive attack as did super sub Anthony Vega (2 for 3 with 2 runs).
In the second game the Gamers fell behind 10-1 after two innings, digging a hole that they could not climb out of although they sure did try. Billy Bezouska chipped in three hits, Rob Roll drove in five more runs, Peter Hon added two clutch hits, and Greg Roll went 2 for 3 with 2 runs and 3 rbis to lead the Gamers comeback attempt.
Craig Shames, who was promoted from third string catcher to ace pitcher before the first game went 4 for 5 on the day with 7 rbis while adding 3 strikeouts and 17 walks to his league leading totals.
All in all, it was a pretty good day for the Gamers except for members of the Malfettone family. Lcf Brian Malfettone went 2 for 8 on the day to extend his hitting slump to 9 for 29. To add insult to injury, prior to the sixth inning the umpire asked the lady sitting down the first base line to move back a few feet. The lady was Brian's dad Phil who will now be known as Phylis.
Brian did exact some revenge though leading off the seventh inning with a double and coming around to score after 'rubbing one out' in the ice cream truck behind home plate. However that was all the Gamers got as their rally fell short.
The Gamers will be off next week before their regular season finale against the Stallions.
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