Gamers End Season With Split Against Warriors

New Hyde Park, NY -

With the #1 seed for the playoffs in sight the Gamers (10-4) came out strong against the Warriors, (6-8) exploding for 8 runs in the first inning easily setting up a 15-2 run rule victory.

The eight run explosion was highlighted by consecutive triples from Adam Goldberg, Greg Roll, and Jon Zafonte. Stu Plotkin and Brian Malfettone then followed with sucessive doubles keeping the rally going until it was capped off by a bases clearing double from Craig Shames.

In the second inning Greg Roll hit a 2 run homerun to get the inning started off on the right foot and the Gamers plated 5 more runs highlighted by a Plotkin double, a triple from Eric Dundon, and rbi singles from Danny Balestas and Jeremy Webman.

In the second game the Gamers came out flat against a Warriors team fighting for their playoff lives. After failing to score in the first two innings the Gamers went ahead 3-2 after scoring 3 runs in the third on RBI singles from Dave Roll and Goldberg and a sac fly from Zafonte. But the Warriors answered right back with four runs of their own off of Malfettone, who was making his first pitching appearance of the year. Malfettone actually pitched really well, picking up a strikeout, and making one of the plays of the year, bare handing a throw from Plotkin after a grounder to first base, to narrowly get the speedy Jimmy Mac hustling down the line.

Despite that defensive play, a diving catch from Greg Roll and Plotkin throwing a runner out at home, the Gamers still found themselves trailing by six runs going into the 7th inning. They rallied furiously including a 3 run homerun from Goldberg but still fell three runs short.

The Warriors will now await the results of the other games today to find out if they made the playoffs while the Gamers will take solace knowing that they locked up the #2 seed with the split.