Out There wins Forest Park 14 inch fall league
FOREST PARK, IL - Out There finished the season with 8 wins and only 1 loss to take 1st place in the Forest Park 14 inch fall league. The Screw Balls finished in 2nd place with a 8 and 1 record, losing only to Out There 10-7 on November 2nd. Sik Wit It finished in 3rd place, losing both to Out There and Screw Balls in the last 2 weeks of the season.
Out There and the Screw Balls both started the season 5 and 0, until Out There beat the Screw Balls 10-7 on November 2nd. Out There went on to lose the next week to the Rockets 6-5 to drop to 5 and 1 but finished the season with 3 straight wins. The Screw Balls recovered from the loss to Out There by winning their last 3 games to also finish at 8 wins and 1 loss.
Sik Wit It started the season 7 and 0, only to lose the last two games to Out There and the Screw Balls. In a close game with Out There, Sik Wit It failed to score in the bottom on the 7th in a tie game with bases loaded and no outs, eventually losing in extra innings to drop to 7 wins and 1 loss. Sik Wit It went on to lose the last game of the year to the Screw Balls, finishing at 7 wins and 2 losses.
Brian Rice from Out There and Mike Chillo from Sik Wit It finished the year 1st and 2nd in the batting title. Rice batted .818 and Chillo batted .739.
Rice also led the league with 5 homeruns, Kevin Sherman from Sik Wit It ended 2nd with 2 homeruns, and five players all tied for 3rd with 1 homerun, Mike Felder, Darren Palandri, Dan Cashin, and Chillo from Sik Wit It and Ron Vojik and John Beckman from Out There.
Vojik led the league with 16 RBIs for Out There, Rice finished in 2nd with 14 RBIs and Palandri was 3rd in the league with 13 RBIs.
Vojik and Rice led the league with 14 runs, Tony Dusek from Out There was 3rd with 12 runs, Chillo was next with 11 runs, and Ryan Sherman from Sik Wit It and Larry Ray from Out There finished the season with 10 runs.
Dusek also finished the season with the most hits at 19, Rice followed with 18 and Chillo finished in 3rd with 17.