Red Sox Win a Pair of Nailbiters

The Red Sox battled the Comets for a pair of one-run wins to bring their winning streak to 11 games.

In the first game, Bill Johnson led off with a walk and scored on an error in the bottom of the eighth to win the game 3-2 in extra innings. Eric Guise pitched his fifth complete game to improve to 9-0 on the season.

The second game featured a once-in-a-lifetime play in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Comets loaded the bases with no outs, trailing by one run. In relief, Joe Malloy allows a lazy flyball to centerfielder Bryan Withrow. With the runner on third base tagging up, Bryan throws a rocket to catcher Steve McDermet who tags the runner out at a close play at home. The runner on second attempts to sneak to third base on the play, but Steve was having none of it. He threw a strike to third baseman Bill Johnson who tagged him out at third. F8-2-5, inning over. Brett Hiett came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and closed the door on the Comets for his second save and the Sox win 4-3.

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Red Sox	17	2	.895	-
Philadelphia A's	14	5	.737	3
Philadelphia Colt .45s	11	7	.611	5.5
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Montco Phillies	8	11	.421	-
Philadelphia Comets	6	12	.333	1.5
Aston Outlaws	0	19	.000	8

Next week (7-18 10am), the Red Sox battle the second place A's at Latshaw McCarthy.

Win Streak Reaches 9

The Red Sox racked up eight extra base hits on the way to demoralizing the 2nd place A's 15-3 in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader. The Sox offense racked up 19 hits (8 for extra bases) while scoring a run in every inning except the 2nd. Starting pitcher Eric Guise settled down after a 3-run first inning and held the A's scoreless for the remainder of the game on the way to his fourth complete game of the season.

The Sox kept the momentum going the second game by shutting out the A's 6-0. The Sox pitching staff took advantage of solid defense and kept the A's scoreless for 13 straight innings after the first inning of the first game. Matt Altomare pitched his second consecutive shutout to improve to 4-1 on the season.

Click here for updated stats. Stat of the week: Red Sox sluggers Eric Guise and Jason Williams are #1 and #2 in the GPMABL in slugging percentage.

With a nine game winning streak, the Red Sox improved to 15-2 and stretched their lead to 3 games over the second place A's.

The league takes a break for the Fourth of July Holiday and will return to play the following week. The Red Sox return home on July 11 to host the Comets at Latshaw McCarthy at 10am.

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Red Sox	15	2	.882	-
Philadelphia A's	12	5	.706	3
Philadelphia Colt .45s	10	6	.625	5
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Montco Phillies	7	10	.412	-
Philadelphia Comets	6	10	.375	.5
Aston Outlaws	0	17	.000	7

Red Sox Win Sloppy One Over the Outlaws

For Father's Day, the Red Sox took on the Outlaws for a 9-inning affair. Both teams displayed subpar defense, but the Sox outlasted the Outlaws 15-7.

Eric Guise hit his second home run of the season and took the win on the mound to lead the Red Sox to victory. The win preserves a 1 game lead for the first place over the Penn Division rival A's.

The Red Sox visit Medford, New Jersey next week to take on the A's in a battle of the teams with the two best records in the GPMABL.

Goose Eggs

There was nothing but goose eggs on the scoreboard for the Phillies thanks to solid pitching and defense from the Red Sox. In the battle of first place teams, the Sox beat the heat and waited out a 20 minute rain delay to top the Philles 6-0 the first game and 7-0 the second.

Matt Altomare pitched a complete game shutout for his third win of the season, while Eric Guise and Brett Hiett combined to shut out the Phillies in the second game. Doug Kugler had five hits on the day, and Bill Johnson had 4 RBI to lead the Red Sox offense. Click here for the updated stats.

Stat of the week: The Red Sox pitching staff leads the lead with a WHIP of 1.072.

The Red Sox hold their one game lead over the A's.

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Red Sox	12	2	.857	-
Philadelphia A's	11	3	.786	1
Philadelphia Colt .45s	6	6	.500	5
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Montco Phillies	7	7	.500	-
Philadelphia Comets	4	8	.333	2
Aston Outlaws	0	14	.000	7

The Red Sox will visit Aston, PA to battle the Outlaws in a nine inning Father's Day game on Sunday June 20 at 10 AM.

The Brooms Return

After a week off for the Memorial Day holiday, the Red Sox returned to the diamond and took two from the Outlaws. In the first game of the doubleheader, the Red Sox scored six runs in the first inning and didn't look back. On the mound, Brett Hiett and Joe Malloy combined for 12 strikeouts to lead the team to a 8-4 victory. In the second game, the Sox uncorked eight extra base hits, including Eric Guise's first career GPMABL home run. Guise also matched a career high with 12 strikeouts while pitching his third complete game of the season.

The stats have been uploaded and can be viewed here.

Stat of the week: The Red Sox lead the league in doubles, triples and home runs.

The Red Sox improved to 10-2 and retain a one game lead over the A's.

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Red Sox	10	2	.833	-
Philadelphia A's	9	3	.750	1
Philadelphia Colt .45s	4	6	.400	5
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Montco Phillies	7	5	.583	-
Philadelphia Comets	4	6	.400	-
Aston Outlaws	0	12	.000	7

Take a visit this Sunday, June 13th at 10am to Norristown to see the Red Sox battle their fellow first place team, the 7-5 Phillies at Latshaw/McCarthy.

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Stats Are Up

The stats have been updated for yesterday's doubleheader against the A's.

Stat of the Week: The Red Sox pitching staff leads the league in strikeouts with 78.

Updated standings:

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Red Sox	8	2	.800	-
Philadelphia A's	7	3	.700	1
Philadelphia Colt .45s	4	4	.500	3
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Philadelphia Comets	4	4	.500	-
Montco Phillies	5	5	.500	-
Aston Outlaws	0	10	.000	5