SSA Slow Pitch gets in the swing

The sultans of swat wasted no time Tuesday night as the hitters of the 2004 Men’s Island Wide Slow Pitch Softball League woke from their slumber to score a combined 102 runs in three games at the Oleai Sports Complex.

The underhanded lobbers had plenty of practice getting turned around as batter after batter put on a display of field artillery not seen since the invasion of ’44.

The action got underway when Bud DZ faced off with Island Mix to start the season. In the closest game of the night, Bud DZ downed the Mix 13-11 powered by the bat of Robert Bansil. Bansil was a solo shot away from hitting for the homer cycle as he smacked a two-run, a three-run blast, and a grand salami to rack up nine runs batted in for the night. The only other player that was able to go yard was Tony Luzama of the Island Mix in a losing effort.

The second game of the night was between Fadang and Bud Light, but only if you can call it a game instead of a slaughter. Bud Light opened up a can on Fadang to the tune of 31 runs.

Fadang took the lead briefly in the first when Mike Muna crossed the plate off of a Jeff Pangelinan sacrifice fly to center. Bud Light started with six in the bottom of the first, but the carbonated colossus cranked out 16 in the second to take a 21-point lead.

Mel Sakisat had a pair of homers and nine RBI’s at the plate, while Craig Sanchez and KMCV’s Bob Coldeen held Fadang to Fa-one before the game was called off via the league’s 30-run mercy rule in the fifth inning.

Brotherhood and Natibu got together for the third and final game of the night for a stunner. Leading 18-16 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, Brotherhood was coming off of a three-run rally to retake the lead. Rally seemed to be the word of the night as the teams traded the lead five times. The last lead change occurred when Eric Tudela, Nick Castro, and Chris Camacho hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to go up 19-18.

That was just what the Natibu needed to get going because kept scoring until the game was called on account of the 10-run mercy rule.

Tudela hit four that went yard three times, rounded the bases for an inside-the-parker and went a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate. In all, the Natibu smacked 11 homeruns in the game.

There’s plenty more slow pitch action coming your way as the 2004 Men’s Island Wide Slow Pitch Softball League continues tonight at 6:30pm in Oleai, and every Tuesday and Thursday night throughout the season.

If you are interested in more information about the SSA, contact president Robert A. Guerrero by calling 235-1580 or 888-0215.