Lights Go Out at Deerfield
9-Sep-03
The first game called due to darkness occurred tonight at Deerfield.  The tie game, which was called in the top of the 9th will be resumed as soon as all six players can reschedule.
Incomplete Box Score at Time of Game Being Called
Wild Night at The D
8-Sep-03
Just when you thought things were getting boring.  Just when you thought you’d seen it all with LWL…a big game comes along.   The final game Monday night was one of those big games.
Chris, Scot and Scott held onto a 1-0 lead for most of the game, twice getting out of an inning with an opponent on third base.  But Avery, John and Sam weren’t about to just give up.  Sam led off the top the of the 6th  rolling a ball through Scott Marks' hands in left field and ended up at first base.  A drive to right field from Avery put runners at first and third with nobody out for a struggling John Schneiderwind.
John popped up just to the 3rd base side of 2nd base, an easy ball handled by Scott Marks.  Sam, showing some aggressive base running tagged on the short fly and headed from home.  A perfect throw, a rocket from Scott in left field had Sam nailed by three steps, but Gallaway, who was behind the plate, mishandled the ball and Sam scored.
“I really feel bad about that play at the plate.  The game should have been over right there.  We don’t often have close plays there, and in a 1-0 ballgame you have to make the play.  We had plenty of time, I just didn’t make sure I caught the ball first, and then put the tag on,” Gallaway said on committing his 10th error of the season.
Avery ended up at second on the play, but it didn’t really matter where he was, because in the next at-bat, Sam continued to contribute, knocking a two-run homer that gave his team a 3-1 lead.  The shot came off Scot (one-T) who was pitching in only his 8th career inning and only his third time facing Sam.
“That was definitely a mistake pitch,” said Gallaway.  “It’s very hard for a rookie to come in and face Sam in that kind of a situation though.  I had been reminding Scot (one-T) all night about Sam, and showing him where to pitch since I was catching.  However, on that last at-bat, I wasn’t focused either.  I didn’t show him where to position the ball, and after the excitement of the play at the plate, I think he just forgot…don’t give Sam anything away or he’ll drive it over the fence in the opposite field.”
The rookie’s mistake seemed to spell doom for his team, but they ended the inning quickly after that with a routine ground ball out from Avery sending Chris, Scot and Scott to the bottom the 6th trailing by two.
Scot, getting a quick chance to redeem himself for his one bad pitch the previous inning, led off with a single.  Scott Marks grounded out to the pitcher, John, but advanced the runner to second.  Chris drove a ball to right which scored Scot, but he had to hold himself, the tying run, at first as Sam made a smart play in the field and didn’t worry about the runner at home.  But, just like the previous half-inning, after scoring a run, the first person to score would immediately be the next up to bat.
In the top of the 6th, Sam followed his run scored with a two-run homer to give his team the lead.  In the bottom of the inning, the rookie Scot (one-T), one out away from his second career loss, needed a hit to keep the inning alive.
“At that point it had gotten so dark it was tough to see the ball,” Gallaway said.  “Standing on first base, I was just trying to pick the ball up off the bat so I could see if I could get to third.”
John’s pitch to Scot in that AB is probably one that he would like back.  A two-run walk-off homer over the left field fence that raised John’s ERA to 3.53, the worst in the league, and took away a great comeback his team had made in the top of the 6th.  It was Scot’s first homer, and his 3rd and 4th RBI, including his first GWRBI.
In a night that also saw Sam hit three doubles in one game, and the team of Avery, Chris and Scott lose for the first time in five games, the final game Monday was one to remember.
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A Perfect Three-Way
Caleob, Chris and Sam Team Up to Toss Perfect Game
8-Jul-03
It was the second perfect game in league history, and the first in 3 on 3 competition, when Caleob King (#10), Chris Gallaway (#5) and Sam Pierron (#13) collected their 12th straight out in tonight’s game.
Jason Royer, John Schneiderwind, and Partha Mazumdar were the victims in the game.  Their pitching wasn’t much better than their hitting as the trio gave up five runs on nine hits and never really got anything started in the contest.
John, who with Caleob, was part of the only other team that threw a perfect game, came up short all night at the plate, drawing the collar for all three games and ending up 0-14.
“I didn’t want to be on the receiving end of the perfect game,” John said, “no one does.”
After being on the winning side of the perfect game last time, John celebrated at Long John Silvers, however, his plans tonight were different.
“I have some mac and cheese left over from last night that I’m going to microwave and eat with stale tortillas.”
The defensive play of Caleob, Chris and Sam was tested; every out in the game was on a ball put into play.  In the previous perfect game there were five strikeouts with only seven balls having to be handled in the field.
“There were a couple of scares and close plays,” Chris said.  “When you have that many balls put into play, something is usually bound to break loose.  We were just fortunate to get out of there.”
The game ball will be signed in a ceremony at a future game.
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12 up, 12 down, Caleob and John Are Perfect!
First League No-Hitter is a Perfect Game at a Swampy Constant Park
6/9/2003
(LAWRENCE, Kansas) – Rain early in the day and throughout the first game of Tuesday night’s triple-header made for swamp-like conditions at Constant Park, but it didn’t affect the arms of Caleob King (#10) and John Schneiderwind (#00) in the final game of the evening.
The duo threw not only the first no-hitter of the year, it was a perfect game.  Striking out Jesse Hodges five times, a new one-game record, and sending Hodges and Chris Gallaway each home with 0 for 6 nights, with only one ball even hit in the air.
The humidity and wind blowing from the north east most of the night created terrible playing conditions.  “The stench (from the nearby Kansas River) was extra special tonight,” Gallaway said, “it just doesn’t get any better than that.  And the bug count was five or six times the normal, it was spectacular all around.  However, they earned the game, the stench didn’t affect that.”
King and Schneiderwind only needed two runs on three hits to win the game, both driven in by Schneiderwind on a 2-run homer off Hodges, his second game winning RBI.
King ended up with three wins at the end of the night, while Schneiderwind was 1 and 2.  They both celebrated at Long John Silvers following the game.
“I needed some grease,” Schneiderwind said.
The duo realized they had thrown a no-hitter, but being somewhat light on all around baseball knowledge, they didn’t realize it was a perfect game, the toughest feat in Wiffleball.
“I said to Jesse before we batted in the sixth, they’ve got the perfect game going, we have to bust it up. A hit, an error, I don’t care; we have to bust it up.  I don’t even care if we lose,” Gallaway said.
But it was to no avail.  Hodges struck out and Gallaway hit a soft grounder back to the pitcher.  The game ball, the last groundout from Gallaway to pitcher Schneiderwind, will be signed during a ceremony commemorating the event next week.
Before the games started, Schneiderwind was recognized in a ceremony as the most improved player at the 15 games into the season point.
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