Sluggish Gamers Split Against Legends

Levittown, NY -

On paper it seemed as though the Gamers (4-2) would have a decided advantage over the hometown Levittown Legends (1-5). And then they played the games. Perhaps it was the hour delay to the game or the fact that no one could find the field. Or maybe it was the fact that Greg Roll, Scott Zimmerman, and Jeremy Webman were missing from the lineup. Either way the Gamers could not get their bats going failing to score more than ten runs in either game.

Luckily for them they were able to play solid defense to keep the games close. In the first game, they got off to a quick 2-0 start after Jimmy Dundon doubled in a run and the newly acquired Stu Plotkin followed with a triple. But after that they failed to score more than one run in any other inning with the bottom of the order going a combined 3 for 14.

The second game wasn't much better offensively for the Gamers as they were shut out for the first three innings before rallying for 2 runs in the fourth and 3 more in the sixth capped by a two run triple from Jimmy Dundon. However, they still trailed by two runs going into the bottom of the 7th inning. Craig Shames led off with a single and Eric Dundon followed with one of his own. That set the tables for the top of the lineup and Jon Zafonte came up huge with a two run double to tie the game somehow scoring Rob Roll all the way from first base despite Rob having a bad knee.

After holding the Legends scoreless in the top of the eighth inning they squeezed across a run in the bottom of the innning as Dave Roll lead off with a single and eventually scored on a single to centerfield by Brian Malfettone. It wasn't pretty but in typical Gamers fashion they were able to grind out an impressive come from behind victory.