FORT RUCKER, Ala. (June 26, 2015) -- As Fort Rucker intramural softball players get ready for the playoffs, teams played their final games of the regular season to position themselves for their runs at the championship.
The 6th Military Police Detachment's Guns and Hoses took on the B Company, 1st Battalion, 145th Aviation Regiment's Hit Happens during both team's final games of the regular season where Hit Happens came out on top, 12-2.
Despite both teams having only nine players, some of which were fill ins, the game started off with Guns and Hoses coming on strong with Hit Happens lagging behind, but the B Co. team turned things around with a string of base hits in the second inning, allowing them to take and keep the lead.
One of the big downfalls for both teams was the nine-player rule, which states that if a team has only nine players, each 10th batter earns the team an automatic out, But despite the rule, Hit Happens managed to rally to pull out a win.
"It was a nice to close out the season with a win," said W01 David Sprick, team captain. "It was a team effort and everyone contributed 110 percent."
The game started off slow for the B Co. team, which took to the plate first. They hit a pop fly to left field with their first at bat, followed by a ground ball to second, but were unable to beat the throw to first for their second out.
They managed to get a runner on base, but another ground ball to second base allowed Guns and Hoses to tag the runner for the third out.
The 6th MP team took to the plate and had better luck, able to keep the ball on the ground and out of their opponent's hands to get runners on base. An RBI brought in their first run and a sacrifice allowed them to get another run in before a pop up gave them their third out to lead 2-0 going into the second inning.
Not to be outdone, Hit Happens managed to turn things around with multiple base hits that seemed to rattle the 6th MP team, who seemed to fumble the ball at every turn, allowing B Co. to bring in multiple runs.
Hit Happens ran with their newfound momentum and were able to find the gaps in their opponent's defense, even managing a three-run, in-the-park homerun due to multiple errors on Guns and Hoses' part.
The onslaught continued until a popup to left field ended the B Co. team's time at the plate, leading 11-2 and giving the 6th MP detachment a chance to catch up.
Try as they might, however, Guns and Hoses couldn't seem to find their footing in the game as their opponent's defense proved too much for the team. But as hard as Hit Happens' defense played, Guns and Hoses' defense played just as hard, not allowing their opponents to extend their lead any further in the third or fourth inning.
Neither team seemed to make any more headway, but Hit Happens needed only to hold off their opponents to pull out a win, but instead of waiting it out, another in-the-park homerun by Hit Happens player, Martin Baldwin, in the top of the fifth was the nail in the coffin for the 6th MP detachment.
Guns and Hoses was unable to score a run with their time at bat in the bottom of the fifth, allowing the 10-run rule to go in effect, winning the game for Hit Happens, 12-2.
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