The Martha's Vineyard Times

Summer softball roundup

By Ralph Stewart
June 27, 2012

The men's and women's slow pitch leagues moved into the second week of the season with triple headers at Veterans Park.

Tuesday night, the Creamers improved to 3-0 with a 3-2 win over the Honeys in eight innings.

The Creamers took an early 2-0 lead and held on until the seventh inning when Martha Scheffer belted a two-RBI line drive down the left field line to tie the game.

In the bottom half of the eighth, the Creamers loaded the bases and Veronika Buckley hit a walk-off shot into left field to win the game for the Cream Team.

Down on Field 'B', the Rug Sox met the steadily improving Shady Ladies and posted a 7-4 win.

The Shadies lost half of the team that won the 2010 championship and patched a new team together just in time for the 2012 season. Their first game was predictably awful, the second--a 25-8 loss to the Creamers on June 21--was better, and Tuesday's well-contested but close defeat was most encouraging.

The Sox are 1-1 after one week. Last season, they had to wait until the first playoff game in early August to get their first win.

In Tuesday's nightcap, the defending champion Snaps (3-0) downed the Late Fees, 14-5. Last Thursday, the Snaps humbled the Honeys, 15-7.

On the men's circuit, the defending champion Hurricanes and the Wildcats have screamed out of the gate to post 4-0 records.

Monday night, the 'Canes blanked the Blazers, 15-0, while the 'Cats rode a Noah Stobie home run and superb defense, especially by Kyle Crossland, to claw the Treds, 5-2.

The best game of the night was between the Sons of Pitches and Highlanders. S.O.P prevailed, 10-9, in eight innings, to win their first game of the season.

Last Thursday, June 21, the 'Cats beat the Blazers, 11-5, the Highlanders topped the Treds, 18-9, and the Brewhas bested S.O.P, 17-9.

On June 20, the 'Canes trounced the Treds, 18-3, the 'Cats beat S.O.P., 14-2, and the Highlanders downed the Brewhas, 15-6.