The amiable Pirates broke ice early at New Scotland scoring a run in the top of the first on consecutive singles by Rick Knipper, Jim Ansel, and Jim Denny grabbing a 1-0 lead. Bottom of the first had the Arachnids pushing across 2 via singles from Stephan Koutsakis, Ralph Caputo, and Jim Wing, a sac fly by Darrel Duncan, and a walk to John Reel. It stayed 2-1 Spiders until the bottom of the 4th when the home team scored 2 more highlighted by doubles by Reel and Wayne Nicholsen and a Tom King single-4-1 Arachnids. The 5th and 6th saw the Arachnids tack on 7 more runs aided by 8 more hits.

Leading hitters for the Pirates were Jimmy Jaziewicz and Denny 2-3 each. The Arachnids were led by Caputo, Koutsakis, Nicholsen, Reel, Wing, and Bobby Noto all with 2 hits.

Koutsakis was sharp on the mound striking out 7, walking 1, and surrendering 9 hits to the solid hitting Pirates.

Final score 11-2 Arachnids.

-- Edited by crowbait on Tuesday 23rd of August 2022 09:25:05 AM