Boom Goes the Dynamite stayed in second place in the St. Louis Park Mixed C League standings with a 13-11 win over Myslajek Ltd. last week. Boom (6-2) hit .613 as a team, including a 12-for-16 (.750) effort from the guys, to push Boom's winning streak to four games.Leading 13-3 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, Boom pitcher Jeff Keiser proceeded to walk four to help Myslajek rally with eight runs to cut the lead to two. The sixth inning began with Boom up to bat, but misguided umpire Sammy H. Keller made his second boneheaded call of the night, ending the game due to time limit after two Boom batters. According to USSSA rules, the inning, once started, should have been completed to its entirety (both the top and bottom halves of the inning). Myslajek has filed a protest with St. Louis Park Softball Commissioner Sam Lombardo, while Boom has asked for clarification on the rule, as well as a suspension of Keller.
Boom looks to add to its winning streak against The Chiefs on July 1 at 7:15 p.m., at Dakota Park West. Boom rolled to a 14-10 win over The Chiefs on June 3.
Game notes from the above box score (season stats are below and also available at slowpitchstats.com; standings are available here):
* Duffy's Pizza Three Stars of the Game: 1. Alyssa Downing, 2. Andrea Smith, 3. Casey Kurtt.
* General Manager Jeff Keiser's selections of a trio of Boom ladies for the three stars of the game have been called into question as the ladies as a whole hit a pedestrian .467 (7-for-15) on the night.
* Keiser made his fourth straight start at pitcher, picking up the win to move to 4-0. He walked a season-high four and recorded one strikeout.
* Boom's six guys went a combined 12-for-16 (.750) with five RBI and six doubles, while Boom's six ladies went 7-for-15 (.467) with eight RBI, two walks, four doubles and a triple.
* Out of Boom's 20 hits, 11 went for extra bases.
* Keiser hit his first sacrifice fly of the season.
* Alyssa Downing reached base for the eighth consecutive game with a triple and a walk.
* Boom improved to 5-0 with Kieran Kurtt in attendance. Boom is 0-2 without the 8-month year old in the stands.
* Casey Kurtt broke out of a 0-for-9 hitting slump with a 2-for-3, one double, one RBI, tworun output.
* Kevin Kurtt has scored in all eight games this season. He leads the team with 17runs scored. He has scored two or more runs in the last four games.
* Kurtt is the lone Boom player with multi-hit games in all eight contests this season.
* Alyssa Downing became the eighth different first star of the game in seven games.
* After going 13-for-15 (.867) in her first five games, Downing is hitting just 1-for-8 (.125) in her last three games. Downing does, however, lead the team with three triples.
* Ryan Maus had his first hitless game of the season.
* Lisa Hardy was recorded a walk in two of her three games.
* Keiser failed to record a multi-hit game for the first time this season.
* Jim Strick has two or more hits in all six of his games played this season. He notched his first game with multi extra-base hits on Tuesday.
* Matt Slieter has two or more hits in all five of his games played this season. He failed to knock in a run for the first time on Tuesday.
* Steve Geller has notched three straight two-hit games.
* Andrea Smith hit her first two doubles of the season. She also had a season-high 3 RBI (her first multi-RBI game of the year).
* Cathy Behr missed her first game of the season due to work obligations.
* In Keiser's four starts on the mound, Boom has committed just three errors. During Geller's four starts, Boom committed 22 errors.
* Boom has drawn 11 walks this season, while Boom's opponents have reached base on balls 22 times.
* Keiser's strikeout-to-walk ratio stands at 1:2.5, while Steve Geller's is at 1:3.
* Jim Strick and Jeff Keiser are Boom's male leaders in the John Miller Enterprises Race for the Triple Crown (batting, minimum 33.3 percent of games played). Strick ranks first in RBI (12), and third in home runs (0) and batting average (.737), while Keiser ranks first in home runs (2), second in RBI (11), and fourth in batting average (.630)
* Meghan Potter and Cathy Behr are Boom's female leaders in the John Miller Enterprises Race for the Triple Crown (batting, minimum 33.3 percent of games played). Potter ranks first in RBI (17) and home runs (0), and second in batting average (.633). Behr ranks first in home runs (0) and batting average (.700), and second in RBI (13).
* Jeff Keiser is Boom's leader in the John Miller Enterprises Race for the Triple Crown (pitching), Keiser first in wins (4), ERA (7.00) and strikeouts (4). In second place, Steve Geller ranks first in strikeouts (4), and second in wins (2) and ERA (7.86).
* Boom has not hit a home run since Jeff Keiser had two round-trippers in the 21-20 win over Absolute Bail Bonds on May 20.
* Boom's average margin of victory is 3.67 runs this season.
* Boom averages 14.5 runs per game and allows an average of 12.5 runs per game.
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