Vs Gotham City 2, Williamsburg 1

#1 Two solo BP HRs by Branyan (5) and Chavez (16) waste a fine effort by Odalis Perez (4-7, 3.49). Burgess were undone in 6^th when they had runners on first and 3^rd and no out but could not score. On an attempted suicide squeeze, Chris “A” bunter Singleton popped into DP; then Burnitz choked on his own BP HR chance (1-16). Gargoyles such as Felipe ss4e17 Lopez and Russ Branyan rf5e9 turned in some web gems to help Astacio (4-6, 6.25).

#2 Burgesses 4-12-0, Gargoyles 3-7-0, 10 innings

Burgesses storm back from 3-1 deficit with 2 in 9^th off Shawn Estes and then beat Kaz Sasaki (L,1-2, 2.38, BS,3) in 10^th. Two injuries had Gargoyles with outfield of Jones-lf-4, Branyan cf-5, and Kreuter rf-4. Lead off hit in 10^th was an x-chance that Branyan muffed. Next was an x-chance that I believe Nunez blew. Boone followed with single. Santana won (2-1, 3.65). HR-Chipper (5)

#3 Gargoyles 7-12-0, Burgesses 6-14-2, 15 innings Burgesses rally from 5-2 deficit to tie at 6 with Burnitz HR (11). Finally, Gargoyles draw 2 BBs in 15^th, the latter to walk in winning run. 4 innings of no-hit relief by Santana wasted. Hawkins won 4-1, 3.00. Save-Nelson (1, 6.19) L-Looper 0-1, 3.38. HR-Guillen (1) Bagwell (14)

#4 Burgesses 4-9-0, Gargoyles 3-9-2, 10 innings Lady Luck pays back Burgesses as Branyan blows a 1-18 BP HR chance then in bottom of 10^th, Branyan rf5 blows x-chance allowing Wilton Guerrero to scamper home with 4^th run. WIL tied game in 6^th converting a 1-11 chance at home just barely (catcher blocking plate rule came into effect, safe was 1-14 –Zaun c4 at plate, “13” came up). Looper W 1-1, 3.14 Hawkins L, 4-2, 3.14.

Waukesha @ Williamsburg: Burgesses 6-9-0, Keglers 5-9-1

#1 Thome jerks a grand slam (24) lifting Burgesses. Randall Simon error was critical. WIL withstands bases-loaded rally in top of 9^th; one run scores on wild pitch but Eischen (F6) nails Edmonds for save, his 4^th, 1.88. Santana won it, 3-1, 3.58. Rodriguez L,0-2, 2.88. Arthur Rhodes (BS,3, 2.19) burned by Thome. HR-Mabry (1) a PH job. Jeter (6).

#2 Burgesses 8-13-0, Keglers 5-12-1 Everything came up snake eyes as Burgesses hang “8 spot” on the Rocket in very 1^st inning and then hang on. We even convert a 1-3 chance on a cut-off throw in the first inning.

Clemens L,6-4, 4.76. Sosa won it in relief 3-2 as Maroth faltered, 4.81.

#3 Burgesses 4-8-0, Keglers 2-6-0 Sparks (W, 3-6, 6.83) went 5 IP and Santana (S, 4, 3.48) 4 IP to shut down Kegler offense. Martinez had 2 solo shots (8) and Jacque Jones drilled his 11^th. Padilla L, 6-4, 5.74.

#1 Burgesses 9-14-1, Braves 1-5-2 Tom Lampkin broken open a tense 2-1 game with a 3 run jerk (7) off reliever Josh Beckett. We padded our stats further and wound up with a nice win. Kirk Saarloos improved his ERA (0-6, 11.57) as he allowed only 4 runs in 6+. Maroth now 5-4, 5.96. Thome HR (25).

#2 Burgesses 5-8-3, Braves 3-5-2 Thome had a 3 run blast (26) and Santana followed Sparks (W,4-6, 6.43) with 3 2/3 of no-hit relief (S,5, 3.28).

Stephens was collared for loss, 1-3, 6.55.

#3 Burgesses 3-8-0, Braves 2-5-0 Nip and tuck game saw Braves slip ahead in top of 8^th on Flaherty’s solo blast (2) but Sullivan (L, 1-1, 5.03) yielded HR to Boone (6) to tie and then in 9^th he faced 2 LHBs Burnitz and Singleton who singled and tripled, game over. Looper W,2-1, 2.88.

#1 Knights 2-6-1, Burgesses 1-8-1 We fail to convert our chances. Byrd flies the distance (W,3-6,3.78) and beats Dessens (L,4-6,5.14)

#2 Burgesses 8-16-1, Knights 6-8-0 WIL rallies from 6-1 deficit as bullpen shuts down Knights. Big blow was 3 run jerk by Bellhorn (9) off Worrell.

WP-Cornejo 3-1, 5.93. LP-Worrell 0-5, 5.48, BS,2. HR-Varitek 2 (10), Jones (13) Thome (27)

#3 Burgesses 8-10-0, Knights 2-6-1 Burgesses play Longball: Thome (28) Boone (7) Singleton (2) and Burnitz (12). WP-Santana 4-1, 3.06 LP-Ashby 5-4, 4.22.