Power Outage defeat Pirates in Game 7
The Pirates had made the early running as they secured a 2-0 lead at the end of the first inning, including an inside the park homer from Tramore Frazer.
Neither team made any inroads into the Pitchers in the second Inning with Smith striking out two and getting Alliston Leonard to pop up to Right Field to end the Pirates at bat. Allen “Woodrow” Smith got out of a jam in the bottom of the Inning after allowing Rhodni A. Skelton a Triple.
In the top of the 3rd Rico Garcia put some bat on ball to reach 2nd Base, Nateshon Thomas Doubled to deep Left Field, bringing home Garcia in the process and then reached home plate himself on an fielding error at 1st Base to make the score line 4-0.
Pirates were undone by Allen’s 3rd consecutive strike and some smart catching at the plates to remain scoreless.
After a scoreless 4th Inning for the Pirates, who saw Dwight Brooks and Nicos Penn become Strike Outs number 7 and 8 to Smith, Power Outage got their game going when Skelton, with two outs, struck to deep right field and reached 2nd on a catcher’s error. Koi Frett then drove deep into the park, bringing home Skelton and making it 4-1.
Fraser and Garcia became strike outs number 9 and 10 for Smith at the top of the 5th Inning and then it all went wrong for the Pirates and a tiring “Woodrow”.
After Nateshon Thomas was caught short at 1st base to end the Pirates at bat, Kyle Callwood got things underway, reaching 1st and then rounding to 3rd on a “double” drive by Jarmali James to right centre field. Jamal Allen then smashed the ball down the right foul line to bring home both his team mates to make the score 4-3.
Allen then made the scores level and another Skelton shot to right field allowed Jeremey Penn to score the go ahead run at 5-4 and worse was to come for the Pirates as Skelton also came home on another fielding error to make it 6-4.
Two wild pitches by Smith gave the Pirates a glimmer of hope as they faced a “Do or Die” 6th inning as they reduced the deficit to just one, but Smith, who stated afterwards that this would be his last competitive game as a Pitcher, dug deep into his vast experience and sat down the next two batters, including Garcia, who reached a full count, to record strike outs 11 and 12 and hand his team the Power Outage the Championship Trophy.
Smith sank to his knees at the mound and for a brief moment the crowd and players all seemed to hush as Smith made one last gesture of respect to the mound that has served him well for so many years and from which he has entertained, thrilled, delighted, dazzled and amazed countless opponents, team mates and fans.
“I feel real good, this is my last game, I’m done, I’m finished. I would like to thank the fans and the teams I’ve played with, but this is it for me. I thank God for this victory,” he said.
The Trophy, sponsored by Chappy’s Snow Cones and the winner’s cheque of $1,000, donated by the Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, Minister for Education and Culture, were eagerly accepted by Power Outage who celebrated long into the night at the Softball Field which was crammed to the rafters for a fitting end to the season.
Power Outage had 8 hits, made 4 errors and left 4 on base. Skelton went 3 for 3 with 2 runs scored, Jamal Allen went 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and 2 RBI. Levron Sarauw finished 1 for 2 with 1 RBI.
For the Pirates who scored their runs from 5 hits, Rico Garcia went 2 for 3 with 2 runs, Fraser had the inside the park homer and went 1 for 4 with a run scored and 1 RBI and Thomas went 1 for 2 with 1 run and 1 RBI.
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