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Cartel, Anchor Dive Pound Out Wins In Softball

Dec. 5, 2008 — There were only two games played in the Bob Owens Slow Pitch Softball league on Thursday after the defending champions, Wyatt Heat, forfeited to the National Guard Hummers in the opener at the D.C. Canegata Ball Park.
Cartel 13, Speak The Word 9
The Cartel were able to come up with some timely hitting and limited Speak The Word’s top hitter Norbert Pickering’s plate appearances to just two at-bats, to come away with a 13-9 victory in game two on Thursday. It was the Cartel with 13 runs on 21 hits and two errors while Speak The Word had nine runs on eight hits and they committed three errors.
The winning pitcher was Dave McFarland, while Steve Nisky got the loss. Top hitters for the Cartel were Kenneth Milligan 4 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs and Roger Moore, 3 for 3 with a home run and five RBIs. For Speak the Word, Pickering was 2 for 2 with a home run and two RBIs, and Sylvester McIntosh was 1 for 1 with a home run and three RBIs.
Anchor Dive 16, 40 Caliber 7
In Thursday’s nightcap, 40 Caliber continued to shoot blanks as they lost their second game for the week, 16-7, to Anchor Dive. Earlier in the week they were roughed up by the Seaborne Stealers, 30-5. It was Anchor Dive with 16 runs on 22 hits with three errors, while 40 Caliber had seven runs on nine hits and committed two errors. Edwin Sankitts got the win on the hill for the Anchor Dive and Gabriel Jagroup got the loss.
Anchor Dive was led offensively at the plate by Koal Snyder who was 3 for 3 with five RBIs, and Ryan Rawlins was 3 for 4 with a home run and one RBI. For 40 Caliber, Orlando Benetez and Jeffrey Newton were both 2 for 3 with one RBI.

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