SOUTHGATE– On July 13th, the Rockets once again picked up a W over the SweatSox, this time in a 6-5 thriller at the GATE. We made it real interesting at the end, scoring 2 in the bottom of the 7th to bring us within 1, and then put the tying run at 3rd and the go-ahead run at 2nd with the meat of our order coming up, but it just wasn’t meant to be.
Dillon Lowry finally got the call to start for the SweatSox, and deserved much after giving up just 1 ER over his 7 innings pitched. Our Asshole held his own against our nemesis, and even moreso his tongue while the SweatSox out-errored the Rockets 4-0. His valiant, but losing effort did still earn him a post-game erotic shower, and probably another baby 9 months from now.
The offense was led by Kent Johnston, Ross Hughes, and Jaspreet Sanghra, each of whom had a 2-hit night. Honorable mention to Marc Lett who laid down a brilliant sacrifice bunt to move a couple runners into scoring position, but neither Josh Ramage nor I, Shaun Keay, could cash them in. If only Craig had warned us against such a strategy, but he never left the 3rd base area all night (3B + 3B coaching, no PA’s).
Note: I, Shaun Keay would like to apologize to Josh Ramage for posting his stripper story on our Twitter. He’s not against that story being told, he just prefers it be shared here on the site. So here it is done properly, officially, and for the record:
Josh once got paid by a “big person” stripper to go get a dance from a “little person” stripper.
After the game, we had some sticks (thanks Marc), a dip (thanks Letts), and some ‘za (thanks Justine). And then the Three Best Friends had some wings, a brew, and a chew (thanks Summerhays).
Final SweatSox vs Rockets Notes/Thoughts:
- List of places we should be stashing bottles of ibuprofen: upstairs, downstairs, pocket, truck, baseball bag, car, office, and golf bag.
- Kent needs at least a day of rest after Ashura before he can play baseball.
- Do not doubt the Hair.
- Oh yeah, and truck ibuprofen.
- Cory was definitely leading the witness.
- Kelly 1 made a pregame parking lot apperance.
- Rafael Castillo can hit a fastball.
- Is it time for a new SweatSox manager?
- Intentionally walking the bases loaded for Marc Lett would’ve been a bold strategy.
- The Tecate’s did not end up resurfacing.
- Jas and Marc’s pool jet became 1.
- An assist is when you throw the ball, a put-out is when you catch it.
- Josh believes the SweatSox should switch to cotton uniforms.
