On a very warm summer day in July, the Redstockings and Buckeyes met
again in Rising Sun. The Redstockings were loose, with lots of ribbing
toward acting captain, Speedy. The Buckeye's called the coin toss and
lost, so the Redstockings took the field. The Buckeyes scored two runs in
the first. The Redstockings responded by scoring two as well in the bottom
of the first. It sea sawed back and forth every inning. The
Buckeye's scored two more in the second. The Redstocking's scored 3 in the bottom of the 2nd. In the third, the mighty Ice Wagon hit a ball DEEP into left center, almost bouncing off of a headstone in a nearby graveyard for a triple, plating two Buckeyes. It was 8-5 after the top of the third. The Redstockings got many key hits by everyone in the third, making the score 9-8 Redstockings after 3 innings. Stonewall had many key hits in the game along with Joe, Joe Gilkey-O. Going into the 9th inning the score was tied 15-15. The Buckeyes again had timely hits, scoring 2 runs. The Redstockings responded by having Juggles lead off with a hit, followed by Bird Dog with another single. Knuckles came up and stroked a nice line drive hit, scoring Juggles and sending Bird Dog to third. Stonewall followed with a clean hit to center, scoring Bird Dog to tie the game at 17 all. With the throw going home, Knuckles went to third with Stonewall at second with no outs. Big Dog came to the plate and hit a short fly to right field. Speedy came up and hit a short fly to left for two outs. Then Pic came up and hit a fly to left for the third out. The captains met and agreed to play one more inning to break the tie. The Buckeyes had two, two outs with two men on base.
Woody hit a short fly to center. Speedy and Pic couldn't decide who should catch it resulting in a collision. The Buckeyes scored 3 runs to take a 20-17 lead but the Redstockings would not give up. They scored 2 runs and had runners on first and second with two outs. Knuckles came up and delivered a shot to center,scoring Joe, Joe, making it 20-20. Stonewall came up and hit a shot to left, but Handy was there to make another nice catch to end the game at 20 all. It was a great time by all. Papa, Slappy, and Mudder had some very
key hits as well. In this writers opinion, this was the most entertaining game played this year. Big thanks to Rising Sun for having us come out again and to "Mudder's Cranks".