Kirzner outlasts 1st half champs Grefer in 9innings.
When Teams Grefer and Kirzner met in the first half, it was the 4th inning before Kirzner’s team had a man reach base. By then the score was 15-0. It was a different game as the 2nd half of the season gets under way. Kirzner led this one 9-1through 5 1/2 innings. The excellent pitching of David Fox kept the opposing batters off guard and the hitting of Mike Small (4-5, HR & 2 runs scored) and Jerry Kirzner (3-5, 2 RBI & 3 runs scored) helped pad the lead. Grefer’s team wasn’t the 1st half champs for nothing. They came back on consistant hitting to score 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th and tied the game with 3 more in the 7th. Kirzner scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th on the great baserunning of Jeff Finklestein, the gutsy stamina of Todd Wasserman, who pulled a side muscle and couldn’t swing a bat or run but was able to get a bunt down, and the power hitting of Joe Goldberg (3-5, 2 Rbi) with a 2 out double to bring in an insurance run. Grefer had the tying runs on base in the in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs when Fox got opposing pitcher Barry Kaplan to fly out to LCF.
When Teams Grefer and Kirzner met in the first half, it was the 4th inning before Kirzner’s team had a man reach base. By then the score was 15-0. It was a different game as the 2nd half of the season gets under way. Kirzner led this one 9-1through 5 1/2 innings. The excellent pitching of David Fox kept the opposing batters off guard and the hitting of Mike Small (4-5, HR & 2 runs scored) and Jerry Kirzner (3-5, 2 RBI & 3 runs scored) helped pad the lead. Grefer’s team wasn’t the 1st half champs for nothing. They came back on consistant hitting to score 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th and tied the game with 3 more in the 7th. Kirzner scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th on the great baserunning of Jeff Finklestein, the gutsy stamina of Todd Wasserman, who pulled a side muscle and couldn’t swing a bat or run but was able to get a bunt down, and the power hitting of Joe Goldberg (3-5, 2 Rbi) with a 2 out double to bring in an insurance run. Grefer had the tying runs on base in the in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs when Fox got opposing pitcher Barry Kaplan to fly out to LCF.