There were three games scheduled in the Bob Owens Slow Pitch softball league on Thursday but only two were actually decided on the field. In the opening contest Speak the Word Ministries was unable to field a team and they had to forfeit the game to Anchor Dive. In the other games, the Seaborne Stealers and the Softball Inc were both winners of two highly contested contests.

Stealers 18, Wyatt Heat 16

Game two Thursday night was a matchup of two of the league’s powerhouses in the Seaborne Stealers and Wyatt Heat and as expected, it was highly contested. In the end the second place Stealers was able to pull away for an 18-16 well earned victory. It was the Stealers with 18 runs on 20 hits and four errors, while the Heat finished with 16 runs on 15 hits and two errors. Sam Ramos was the winning pitcher while Dexter DeSouza got the loss. Top batters for the winners were Adam Howell (4 for 5 with two home runs and five RBIs) and Owen Pimentel (3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs). for Wyatt Heat Spencer Hendrickson was 4 for 4 with two home runs and four RBIs and Steven Rosario was 3 for 4 with two home runs and three RBIs.

Softball Inc 9, Dirty Dozen 6

Thursday’s night cap pitted two teams on opposite ends of the league standing spectrum when the first place Softball Inc faced the cellar dwelling Dirty Dozen. Anyone expecting to see a blowout by the powerful league leaders came away disappointed because the Dirty Dozen gave them a real tough fight. In the end, however, Softball Inc had just enough to pull out the 9-6 victory. The winners finished with nine runs on 11 hits and three errors while for the Dirty Dozen it was six runs on nine hits and four errors. Cody St. Pierre was the winning pitcher and the Jason Roberts got the loss. Top batter for Softball Inc was Adam Harris 2 for 3 with two home runs and four RBIs). For the Dirty Dozen, Brian Bailey was 3 for 3 with one RBI and Nate Cohn was 2 for 2 with two RBIs.