LARRY
LAGER'S DEFEAT FAVORED F.H. LACROSSE IN REGULAR SEASON OPENER
GALESBURG, MI - On a brisk blue-gray Thursday
evening at Eye of the Steiger Field, while most were waiting for the
final game of NHL playoffs to begin, the WiffleWars regular season
kicked-off with a Larry Lager's (1-0) 6-0 romping of the heavily
favored and Memorial Day champs, Forest Hills Lacrosse (0-1).
After an average start at the plate during the Memorial Day
tournament Larry Lager's, Josh Steiger proved his dominance once
again with 2 doubles and 2 three-run homers, in the first and fourth
innings of play. The second of the two being over the center
field fence making it, arguably, the longest bomb of the year.
Steiger went 4 for 6 to top off a defensive performance that can
only be described by the Incubus song 'Stellar'. “I’m just
glad we pulled off the win.” Says an always-modest Josh Steiger.
“It’s early still though, anything can happen.”
Larry Lager pitcher, Matt Lapinski, didn't fair as well as Steiger
from the batter's box, going 1 for 6, but made up for it on the
mound. Lapinski made his way to the hill John Rocker-style and
continued his stunning pitching. Facing merely 10 batters in
his 4th complete game of the year, with 4 strikeouts, 0 walks, and
only giving up 2 hits. Lapinski pitched this complete game
earning both the win and the shut out. "Inconsistency in
my pitches has became my consistency" says Lapinski, "but
honestly, I owe so much of my success to [Josh] Steiger. He's
the true work-horse of the team." Lapinski is still
nursing a sore left foot, but showed little signs of it on the
mound, only on his travels down the first baseline. Also talk
of Steiger's decrepit arm are no more as he looked 100% in his
regular season debut. Forest Hills Lacrosse goes to 0-1 in the
regular season with slugger Matt Sutter going 0 for 8 and
teammate Adam "I'm like a bird" Dove going 2 for 5.
The two shared pitching duties, alternating innings, but neither
could seem to find the strike zone. However the loss isn't
getting FH Lacrosse’s Adam Dove down, "We started off the
Memorial Day tournament with a loss, and came back to win it."
As for teammate Matt Sutter he was a little more bitter about the
incident. Directed at both Lapinski and Steiger, "I can't
believe you beat us, you can't come to my house to watch the [NHL
finals] game." Not only did the Larry Lager's show up,
but they were also fed a wonderful meal by Mrs. Sutter. FH
Lacrosse will have the opportunity to redeem themselves as the
season continues next week. A make-up game between the CC
Jiggs and Team Marsha is being scheduled. A special thanks to
Brandon Wilkins and Zach Jones for showing up when their teammates'
didn't.
Once again the Lager's rely on the valuable
pitching of Lapinski (left) and his bag of tricks. |