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Don’t Mess with the Hoft; Idiots end losing streak with Comeback Win
By VI Sports Insider | June 8, 2010
The Village Idiots rebounded from two straight losses with an impressive come from behind win on Monday night against Shines. Trailing 9-0 in the third inning, the Idiots scored 23 runs over the next four innings to run rule the Shines 23-11 after six. The Idiots, now 4-2, will look to stay hot on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm versus Wank Longboards/Sutton Place.
The VI came down Monday night all looking focused and ready to play and snap out of their two game funk. Despite their attitude the Idiots looked flat early and Shines took advantage going up 9-0 in the third inning. In the bottom of the third, third baseman Dan Knipscher finally gave VI their first hit and helped setup a rally. After Roy Vaccaro’s one out walk, Steve Esposito crushed one off the press box. Too bad the press box is in foul territory and it was Espo’s third strike. Now with two outs, a VI regular fill-in and softball legend Paul “Fatty” loaded the bases with a single to right. Tom Weber, batting leadoff for the injured Chris Lang, smacked a two-run double to get the Idiots on the board. Second baseman Tom Stanley followed with a two-run single to make it 9-4 and the Idiots were back in the game.
Vaccaro settled down on the mound and held Shines to just one run in the top of the 4th making it 10-4. That’s when the Idiots turned it up a notch. Pete Allocco and Knipscher each drove in a run to start the rally. Three batters later the Idiots made it hurt with two outs once again when Esposito (6 RBI) crushed a two-run triple cutting it to 10-8. After an RBI single from Fatty, Weber (4 RBI) hit a two-run homer putting the Idiots up for the first time at 11-10. Stanley and Tom Casal kept it going with two straight singles setting up “The Hoft”, Wesselhoft who crushed a 3-run homerun to left-centerfield making it 14-10 VI. The Shines would get a meaningless run in the fifth inning but the Idiots answered with three more runs, all on Esposito’s three-run jack to leftfield. Now leading 17-11, the Idiots scored six more runs in the sixth inning for the run rule win 23-11. The Hoft came up big again this time with a Grand Slam to deeeep left-center. Then after an Allocco “K” and a Danny Hansen RBI single, Esposito’s sacfly ended the night for the Shines. Wesselhoft ended the night with a game high 7 RBIs and Vaccaro picked up his second win of the season (2-1, 13.76 era). When asked after the game if he was happy with his performance Wesselhoft quickly responded, “Yeaaaaaaaa!”
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