Sluggers Game Summary
SHRINERS
June 26

Shriners Top Sluggers 15-7
Shriners break it open with six runs in final frame.

Robert ãStretchä Orleman, got his first loss of the season, but through no fault of his own. Four Green and White errors gave the Shriners Hospital Fez the edge they needed to improve to 4 and 1 on the year.

The Sluggers took their only lead of the game in a four-run second inning, thanks to back-to-back RBI singles from Will ãThe Naturalä Jamieson and Lisa ãQ-Loä Chiuchiolo followed by a two-run opposite-field poke by Brandon ãWaiting Forä Guttman.

The Shriners took off their fez, and came back in the top of the fourth with five runs to take a two-run lead. They shut down the Sluggers in the bottom of the fourth, and added another run to their lead in the top of the fifth. Isaac ãThe Tool Manä Taylor added a sac fly in the fifth inning to move the Sluggers back within two. Each team tacked on one more run in the sixth, ensuring a close-fought battle. Then came the seventh and final inning.

ãThatâs when things slipped away from us,ä Coach Tony told reporters at the Red Hat. ãYouâve got to hand it to Stretch. He pitched a hell of a game, but they were able to get those key hits when they needed them.ä Two Slugger errors aided the Fez in opening things up in the top of the seventh. ãAdd in a few bad calls by an umpire with a union card,ä Skip added ãand it all adds up to a big inning for the bad guys.ä

Defensive Player of the Game
Isaac ãThe Tool Manä Taylor, in his premiere at backstop, helped erase two Shriners runs at the plate in the fourth inning. One came on a throw from George ãThe Hit Manä Hart on a slow dribbler to third. The other came from Robert ãStretchä Orleman on a come-backer to the mound.

Offensive Player of the Game
Brandon ãWaiting Forä Guttman was the only player to go 2 for 2 at the plate and score two runs. His home run÷a two-run job in the second inning÷put him in a four-way tie for the team-lead in dingers at the All-Star break.

Letâs hope Guttmanâs homer wasnât his swan song with the Sluggers. Heâs temporarily leaving the game to pursue other interests. ãI just need to find myself,ä Guttman said in a post-game interview. ãIâm too in touch with my inner child. This is a kidsâ game. We get paid to come out here and play like kids. I need to see who Brandon Guttman really is. When I find out, Iâll probably return to the sport of softball, but I canât guarantee anything. Iâll keep you all posted.ä

Player of the Week
Dan ãDingerä Landesman, eked out Player of the Week honors over Guttman. Landesman made a splash coming back from missing the last game due to ãpersonal reasonsä going 2 for 3 with 2 RBI, a triple, a solo shot, and a run.

Ah yes, the solo shot. Having been fed up with his right-handed batting results, the switch hitter decided to go to his more natural left-handed batting. Why struggle with the right-handed batting in the first place? ãI have more power from the right side,ä Landesman said, ãbut I can place the ball better lefty.ä

Tell that to the Shriners right fielder, who watched in awe as Landesman placed an 0-1 pitch on top of the Field 1 backstop with two outs in the sixth inning. The majestic, no-doubt-about-it long ball was Dingerâs first of the season. Reporters can finally brush the cobwebs off his old nickname.

Speaking of nicknames, Landesman also reminded us of his only other nickname ãThree-Bagger Danä when he hit his team-leading third triple of the year in the third inning.

Landesman also provided some much-needed fancy glove work in center field. His most notable catch came in the third inning when he added a pirouette to a leaping stab, robbing a Fez of a sure triple. See Landesmanâs Player of the Week stats here.

Next Game
After the All-Star break next week, the Sluggers get set for a three-game road trip as they take on the Merrill Lynch Mob, Tuesday, July 10th at 5:30 on Field 1 of the Esplanade. All fans receive a free beer at the Red Hat after the game.

Batting Summary

No.	Name	Pos	AB	R	H	BI	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	SF
8	Tony Vinciguerra	SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Craig Trumm	1B	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Robert Orleman	P	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Dan Landesman	CF	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
25	Matt Ronzio	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	George Hart	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Noah Cushing	DH	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Will Jamieson	LF	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Michelle Fugere	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Lisa Chiuchiolo	2B	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Wendy Millard	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Brandon Guttman	SF	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	Aaron Mathieu	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Brian Wightman	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Isaac Taylor	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Matt Hunt	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals		33	7	16	7	1	1	2	0	0	1

Linescore	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Shriners Hospital	1	1	0	5	1	1	6		15	17	3
Sluggers	0	4	1	0	1	1	0		7	16	4

Pitching Summary

No.	Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
24	Robert Orleman (Loss)	7	17	15	11	3	1	2
	Totals	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0