New Lenox, IL - Tuesday's battle between High Voltage and 2023 league champion, Chuck's, was to temporarily settle first place rights as each team had 3-1 records coming into the action. Chuck's won the battle to get the third base dugout and didn't stop there in route to a 17-12 victory over the Volts. The action started off with the visiting Volts pushing two runs across the plate to score Koz and Stapes on separate RBI's by Zlogar and Jeff. Chuck's did not waste time in the bottom of the inning by scoring the first four batters to take a 4-2 lead heading into the 2nd. Foster started things with a one out single and later scored on an RBI double by Jay to tighten the score at 4-3 after Chuck's went out 1-2-3 in their half of the inning. Sutes led off the third inning with a single and scored on a Jeff RBI single to tie up the game. Jeff came around to score with a two out Jack RBI base-on-balls for a brief 5-4 Volt lead before Chuck's put up a three-spot in the bottom of the inning to lead 7-5 after three. HV answered back in the top of the 4th with a Stapes walk and Sutes two-RBI homerun to tie the game at 7. Chuck's made a bunch of noise in their half of the inning but could only score one run and lead 8-7 after four innings. The volts went out quickly in the top of the 5th inning and Chuck's scored four times to essentially take control of the game at 12-7. The Volts inched closer with a Stapes solo homerun and a Sutes run on a Dylan sacrifice fly to trail 12-9 going into the bottom of the 6th. Chuck's sent eight men to the plate in the bottom of the inning to score five runs and lead 17-9 after six frames. The scrappy Volts went out valiantly with runs by Jack, Koz, and Jay on RBI's from Jay, Stapes, and Sutes. The killer in the 7th inning was still having the bases loaded with no outs and not being able to produce a hit after the initial scare. The 17-12 win puts Chuck's in a two-way tie for first place with the Brew Jays at 4-1. The 3-2 Volts fall into solo third place for the time being with next week's action against Corona ended the world at 7:30PM. Join us for Ryno Wears a Sweatshirt Night as the temps promise to threaten the 90 degree mark.
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Standings - Jays and Chuck's tied for first place with High Voltage in third place. Volts at 2nd in runs scored, just one behind Chuck's. The Volts lead in runs against with 42 thus far in five games.
Backdoored - Chuck's should change their name to Pricks. In a prick move, Chuck's slid into the third base dugout through the backdoor to send the Volts packing to the rarely visited bees nest dugout down the first base line. Thanks to that dick move, the Gazette had to pick up the insurance cost for staff members for one hour of play while they were ducking and dodging wild throws. On a slightly different tangent, Chick's pitcher walked nine Volts last night. Shoulda had more than 12 runs boys. If anyone wants a defensive tip, here it is.......stand on the 3rd base line when #9 (Coach) is batting and have the shortstop move way to his right. This is officially the last Chuck's reference of this issue. #vomit
Signs - Not sure if you sports fans saw these signs hanging all around the Lion's Den on Tuesday night. No comment needed from the NLCPD on these
Caution: Zlogar Running signs as they are self-explanatory.
Arms Raised in a V - Not tonight Jeremy. Oh for five, and all coming on fineable pop outs.
Which Way - The crowd needed to be escorted to their spots tonight with the unfamiliarity of the first base line accommodations. Maybe someone out there keeps stats of this sort of thing as we wonder what the franchise win/loss record is in games played using the east dugout versus games using the south dugout. Jackie Stats, where are you?
Doppelganger - Foster, if you want to see what you look like when you drop your shoulder, look at your twin brother here. Grow that beard back and you and King Jeremy the Wicked can be each other's stunt double.
Easter Eggs - I leave them in nearly every edition and will not talk about them unless someone brings them up to me. Could be a tribute to an event, a person or band. Might be a tip of the cap to an individual but there are Easter eggs laying all over the place throughout the years. Shout out to new subscriber Jay Modelski for finding a random egg from way back that I would bet sailed over folks heads. Gotta also love a guy who is so bored that he would go back and read the catalog of Gazettes past. Cheers! ...............and keep looking. You never know when you'll step on an easter egg.
Dog Days - Is it just me or do the Sutor's need a dog? They all have a wonderful touch with dogs and it is clear that dogs like them back. If you're not in the market for your own dog Sutes family, at least the Gazette knows who to turn to for after hours doggy care.
Scouting - Looks like Linea Potato is trying a new angle on recruiting for the Brew Jays. She was overheard asking Bill$ if he would rather umpire again and give the Brew Jays every call OR play a diminished roll on the aging squad. His choice.
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