About three inches is all that stood in the way of a doubleheader sweep and a first-place tie in the Layhill Division for Big Blue Saturday. With two outs and the bases loaded in a tie game in the top of the sixth inning, Bill Holland launched a line drive over third base, only to see the third baseman grab it at the top of his mitt. A few inches higher and it would have been a two-run single. Instead, Atlantic Video got a run in the last of the sixth and won, 5-4.
In game 2, NPC overcame some early errors to rally and defeat the Examiner, 14-11, scoring four runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to come from behind. The big blow was Mike Young’s grand slam home run.
NPC now stands at 6-4, tied with Team Video and AP for second place in the Layhill Division, one game behind Atlantic Video. (AP defeated Team Video last weekend.) More importantly, if the season ended Saturday, we’d be in the playoffs.
That’s what makes this weekend so important. We play the Gazette, which is having a terrific season, and Washingtonpost.com, which is not. AP has the same two opponents, so we need to match them in order to ensure that a playoff spot is in the balance when we play them in the last game of the season. Team Video plays AOL and WRC, and Atlantic Video has Comcast as an opponent, so we could pick up some ground with a strong performance. We beat the Gazette two years ago to win the division championship.
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