Westport – In a series of consecutive hard-fought games, the Fogelberg Falcons swept 4 games against the Westport Fleas Thursday night running their record to 6-2. The Falcons have positioned themselves in prime playoff position as the KCBL begins to wrap up in the next couple of weeks.
“There is a lot of ball to still be played, but yeah, I like how hard we fought tonight,” Manager Don Zimmer said after the game. “You have to give the Fleas credit, every time we thought we had them under wraps they fought back and our guys seemed to have the answer offensively.”
The theme of the evening happened in game two when the Fleas seemed to have a sure-fire victory, up by 7 in the 9th… After committing 3 errors and surrendering numerous hits, Falcons Mel Ott slams a walk-off home run for the victory.
An interesting side story for the Falcons was the on-field personnel, as Lifetimer Paul Molitor and pseudo-lifetimer Lou Boudreau were benched for the final 2 games of the series after failing offensively all season long. “Look, no one EVER has their position locked in around here. We have guys that have done amazing things for us through the years, and we will give them a chance when we can, but this was an opportunity to give some other guys a chance and they got the job done,” Zimmer said. “BJ hit pretty good in the 2 hole, Honus has been swinging it great all year… Teams need chemistry and I will play whoever needs to be played to get that chemistry.”
Fogelberg Falcons KCBL 2011 stats through 8 games:
GAME RECAPS from gamechanger.io
Game 1:
Fogelberg Falcons cruises past Westport Fleas, 9-3
Fogelberg Falcons pounded Westport Fleas on Thursday 9-3 at Macintosh Stadium in eight innings.
Fogelberg Falcons came out swinging, scoring four runs in the first inning to jump ahead of Westport Fleas early.
R Kiner racked up three RBIs on one hit for Fogelberg Falcons. Kiner homered in the first inning.
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Game 2:
Fogelberg Falcons top Westport Fleas behind Morgan’s two hits, 17-15
Thursday was a great day for J Morgan, as he clubbed two home runs to carry Fogelberg Falcons to a 17-15 victory over Westport Fleas at Macintosh Stadium.
Fogelberg Falcons hit three home runs in the win. Home runs for Fogelberg Falcons came when Morgan homered in the second and ninth innings and M Ott homered in the ninth inning.
M Mantle, P Molitor, C Fisk, L Gehrig, L Boudreau, R Kiner, Ott, Morgan, and H Heilmann all collected hits for Fogelberg Falcons. Mantle led the team with three hits.
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Game 3:
Offenses dominate as Fogelberg Falcons outscores Westport Fleas 16-15
The bats were busy at Asbury Park on Thursday, and when the dust cleared Fogelberg Falcons had a 16-15 win over Westport Fleas.
Fogelberg Falcons got its bats going early, scoring five runs in the first inning to pull ahead of Westport Fleas.
J Morgan racked up three RBIs on four hits for Fogelberg Falcons. Morgan homered in the fourth inning and singled in the first, second, and fifth innings.
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Game 4:
Fogelberg Falcons top Westport Fleas behind Ott’s four hits, 18-17
A great effort by M Ott carried Fogelberg Falcons to an 18-17 win over Westport Fleas on Thursday at Asbury Park.
Ott racked up seven RBIs on four hits for Fogelberg Falcons. Ott singled in the fourth and seventh innings and homered in the first and eighth innings.
