After jumping out to a huge lead in the first inning of Game 1, a sudden downpour cooled off the Empty Pitchers' hot bats, with the team going on to drop two games to the Designated Drinkers, 19-9 and 12-6.
In Game 1, the Pitchers batted around in the order to start off the game, and collected 7 runs before the scorebook started getting soggy. Jason and Raul got the job done at the heart of the order, both going 3-for-4. Jason also hit a solo homer in the third and Eric's Quest to Bat 1.000 lived on, with him contributing a perfect 2-for-2 (with a walk) game. But shaky defense and leaving the bases loaded in the fifth inning spelled doom for the Pitchers, who soon enough found themselves damp and defeated by the Mercy Rule.
In Game 2, the Pitchers showed signs life in the first inning, before succumbing to their painfully slow softball death. An anemic offense couldn't put a runner on base for the second, third or fourth innings, until Matt F. thankfully hit a single while leading off the fifth. Even Eric proved mortal (going 2-for-4 -- the sole player with multiple hits), and saw his average drop to a piddly .857.
It was a cruel return to softball reality after last week's fattening of the stat lines. Fingers crossed that a similar harsh reality doesn't await over Memorial Day Weekend.
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