Singapore Rats

It was hot, hot, hot on Sunday!  And so were The RATS as least in the beginning.  This past Sunday The RATS and Fattboys did battle as always to once again determine the League Championship!  It was all or nothing for the Rats who needed to win both games to take 1st Place! 

THIS IS OUR YEAR!!

In game 1 The Rats came out firing!!  Though we were down 2-0 going to the bottom of the 1st, The RATS did not let this stop them.  With numerous hits sandwiched in between numerous errors by the Fattboys infield, the RATS sent 16 men to the plate to take a 13-2 lead after 1!!  Looked easy from there..Well this is The RATS!! The RATS bats went cold from the 2nd - 5th innings while the Fattboys continued to score at will eventually taking a 3 run lead going into the bottom of the 6th, leading 16-13.  It started to look good for The RATS with  consectutive hits by Chief,Uncka Steve, Jay D and Steve Davis. We scored 2 runs by then and for some crazy reason our fearless Aussie 3rd base coach, we won't mention names, sent Jay home who was easily thrown out which would have been the tying run.  The Fattboys were held hitless in the the top of the 7th so The RATS needed 2 runs to win the game!! HJ grounded out but Travis lined a 2B and Gregg P drew the all important walk to get the winning run on base! Chad followed with a clean single scoring Travis then Bill also singled to move the winning run to 3rd base and the bases loaded.  The here comes Coach Mumbles, off of his recent Grand Salami in Jakarta could he do it again or would he ground out into a DP to take the game into extra innings.  Well it sure looked like a DP ball which he hit ever so slowly to the SS, but with his blazing speed he was able to beat out the relay throw and Gregg scored the winning run!!  RATS 17-16 Fattboys!  Whooha!!

So now it came down to the final game to see who wins the League Championship.  The RATS started off well scoring 3 runs in the the top of the first! But the Fattboys unloaded on Frank H ( did I mention the 4 walks!!)  and scored 15 runs to lead 15-3 after the 1st inning.  Well I could sit here and say The RATS gave it a good fight and clawed their way back into the game, scoring at will each inning and holding the Fattboys socreless till we tied it up in the top of the 6th and then in the 7th Coach Mumbles hit another Grand Salami to take a 4 run lead into the bottom of the 7th and then holding The Fatboys to only 2 runs to win 19-17!!  I could say that.....did The RATS mount the most monumental comeback in RAT LORE?  Holy Cow Batman!!  But that would be stretching the truth and we didn't drink that much Tequila..In reality The RATS had no more fight left and lost 19-6 after 5 innings!

Hitting Stars!!!

Jay D,            6-6, 1.000 BA
Steve Chief,    4-6, .666 BA
Steve New Daddy Davis 3-6, .500 BA
Gegg P, 3-5, .600 BA
Travis, 4-6, .666 BA
Chad, 3-6 .500 BA

Sport Playas!!
None here!!

No Stars

Unka Steve, 2-6, .333 BA
Len : The NOSE", 0-6, .000 BA
Mumbles, 0-5,.000 BA
Tony ( HJ), 2-6, .333 BA
Biil Sport Playa, 1-4 .250 BA
James, Joe, Matt, Frank - All 0fers!

Thanks

Harris