Gamers Win In IMPRESSIVE Fashion

Lynbrook, NY - In a statement game to let the defending champion Cobras know that they have some competition this fall, the Gamers swept the Toasted Heads in impresive fashion that featured a second game rout by the score of 41-0.

The first game was a lot closer as the Gamers held on to win 18-15 in a game they once trailed 7-2 in. They tied the game up with a 5 run fourth inning then took the lead for good with an 11 run fifth. The Toasted Heads fought back with a seven run 7th to send the tying run to the plate but Sp Craig Shames picked up a big strike out, one of four on the day for him, as the Gamers escaped with a big win.

Clearly upset that the first game was so close, shortstop Rob Roll lead off the second game with a solo homerun. That would prove to be the game winning hit as the Gamers went on to score 8 more times in the inning to build a 9-0 lead. It was 15-0 after two innings and 23-0 after three. And that's when the Gamers went to work scoring 18 times in the top of the fourth inning to completely demoralize the Toasted Heads who wound up just calling the game so that they could go home and watch football.

During the 18 run fourth inning the first 19 batters all reached base safely as the Gamers batted around twice in the innning. All the offense added up to 41 runs, 12 of which were driven in by 1b Ian Ziegler as four of his five hits were three run homeruns.

Also going deep on the day were Rob Roll (twice), Billy Bezouska, John Schultz, Greg Roll (twice), Rob Rathbun, and Anthony Vega. Rathbun's homerun might be the most ridicilious of all time though as he blooped a hit into the right field corner on a check swing. Bezouska also warrants consideration for stealing home when he realized that time hadn't been called yet on his triple as does Schultz who basically just kept running on a double.

Other players who blew up in the second game were Scott Goldsmith (4 hits and a walk with 4 runs), Scott Zimmerman (4 hits, 4 runs), and Dave Roll (4 hits, 4 runs). All in all, Shames scored one run, Rob Roll two, and everyone else at least three as the team clicked on all cyclinders during the rout.

Defensively, Shames had a one hit shutout thanks to a Dave Roll to Rob Roll to Billy Bezouska relay throw that gunned down a runner at homeplate. That was the closest the Toasted Heads would get to scoring the rest of the day as the Gamers put the finishing touches on the most impressive win in their franchise history.

Amazingly the blowout didn't even push the Gamers into first place as the Cobras also won in two big blowouts and hold onto their first place positioning with a higher plus/minus. Something will give next week though when the two power houses collide at Eisenhower Park.