The Boom Box Score - Green Giants 8, Boom Goes the Dynamite 7

Boom Goes the Dynamite (7-4) failed to put a dent in the Green Giants' bid for a perfect season, falling 8-7 to the league leaders last night in St. Louis Park Mixed C action at Aquila Park.

Trailing 8-4 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Boom rallied with three runs on a bases clearing double by Meghan Potter to cut the Green Giants' lead to one. After holding the Giants (11-0) scoreless in the top of the seventh, Boom loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom half of the inning on a single by Casey Kurtt and walks by Jim Strick and Alyssa Downing. Boom's then-leading hitter Matt Slieter had a chance to play the hero, but he hit a bad pitch that went to the Giants' second baseman who fired to first for the final out.

The loss, coupled with HGH's 15-3 win over The Chiefs last night, pushes Boom into a tie for third place with Skeet Skeet, entering the final week of the season. Boom faces HGH (8-3) next week, while Skeet Skeet takes on the Green Giants.

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. Ryan Maus, 2. Jeff Keiser, 3. Jim Strick.
* Nick Joos/CoSIDA Goat of the Game: Matt Slieter.
* As a team, Boom hit a very pedestrian .400.
* Boom's seven guys went a combined 10-for-17 (.588) with three RBI, one walk, two doubles and a triple while Boom's six ladies went 4-for-16 (.250) with four RBI, one walk and one double.
* Boom's top of the order (spots 1-5) hit 8-for-14 (.571) with six RBI, three doubles and a triple, while the bottom of the order (spots 6-13) hit 6-for-19 (.316) with one RBI.
* Out of Boom's 14 hits, 10 were singles.
* Matt Slieter suffered his first loss as an active player. Boom is now 6-1 with Matt Slieter in the lineup (1-3 without).
* Production: Meghan Potter is averaging .714 RBI per at bat. The next best ratio is Cathy Behr at .621. No male player has better than a .481 ratio (Strick).
* Boom is 7-1 with Kieran Kurtt in attendance and 0-3 without the 8-month year old in the stands.
* Kevin Kurtt became the first Boom player with 10 doubles on the season. He had his fourth straight game with a double.
* Only Kevin Kurtt, Jeff Keiser, Kevin Noth and Steve Geller have played in all 11 games this season.
* RBI Totals (Female - 70, Male - 82)
* Run Totals (Female - 49, Male - 103)
* Kevin Kurtt has scored in all 11 games this season. He leads the team with 21 runs scored.
* Kurtt is the lone Boom player with multi-hit games in all 11 contests this season.
* With his 1-for-3 outing, Matt Slieter had his first game without multiple hits. He also failed to score a run for the first time this season.
* Jim Strick has two or more hits in all nine of his games played this season.
* Ryan Maus had his third straight two-hit, one-run game.
* Jeff Keiser had his first multi-RBI game since notching five on May 20 vs. Absolute Bail Bonds.
* Keiser hit his second triple of the season.
* Keiser now has recorded multiple hits in all but one game (June 24 vs. Myslajek Ltd, 1-for-2).
* Keiser had fans in the stands for the first time in his career as wife Leah and sister-in-law Sara made the game's attendance stand at two.
* Cathy Behr suffered her first hitless game of the season. She did, however, notched her ninth consecutive game with an RBI.
* Meghan Potter struck out twice last night, tying Casey Kurtt for the team lead (2).
* Potter has had multi-RBI games eight times this season, including last night's three RBI effort. She has had three or more RBI in five games this year.
* Potter failed to score a run for only the second time this season.
* Kevin Noth had his second hitless game of the season.
* Alyssa Downing drew her fourth walk of the season, tying her for the team lead with Casey Kurtt.
* Steve Geller failed to record a multi-base hit for the first time since May 27 vs. Skeet Skeet.
* Geller has scored in three consecutive games.
* Boom has drawn 16 walks this season, while Boom's opponents have reached base on balls 28 times.
* Kevin Kurtt now leads the team in runs, hits, singles, doubles and sacrifice flies.
* Keiser's strikeout-to-walk ratio stands at 1:1.714, while Steve Geller's is at 1:4.
* 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 (13), and third in home runs (0) and batting average (.741), while Keiser ranks first in home runs (2) and RBI (13), and fourth in batting average (.667)
* 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 (25) and home runs (0), and second in batting average (.629). Behr ranks first in home runs (0) and batting average (.655), and second in RBI (18).
* Jeff Keiser is Boom's leader in the John Miller Enterprises Race for the Triple Crown (pitching), Keiser first in wins (5), ERA (6.25) and strikeouts (7). In second place, Steve Geller ranks second in wins (2), ERA (8.76) and strikeouts (4),
* 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 4.86 runs this season.
* Boom's average margin of loss is 2.25 runs this season.
* Boom averages 14 runs per game and allows an average of 11.7 runs per game.
* Boom is now 2-2 in one-run games this season.

The Boom Box Score - Boom Goes the Dynamite 17, Jobdig 5

Boom Goes the Dynamite (7-3) got back in the winning column with a convincing 17-5 win over Jobdig (0-10) on Tuesday night to hang on to second place in the St. Louis Park Mixed C standings. Boom out-hit winless Jobdig 24-11, and had a team batting average of .706 (24-for-34). Tied with HGH for second place, Boom remains three games back of the 10-0 Green Giants in the standings.

Against Jobdig, Boom Goes the Dynamite built a 10-0 lead after two innings to cruise to the five-inning victory. Pitcher/General Manager Jeff Keiser (Avon, Ct.) returned to the mound with three scoreless innings to improve to 5-0 on the season. Keiser walked two, struck out two and allowed one home run.

Boom's offense was led by outfielder Meghan Potter's season-high five RBI. The Hibbing, Minn., native went 2-for-2 with two doubles and a sacrifice fly. Ten Boom players recorded multi-hit games, while only two went hitless (Casey Kurtt, Andrea Smith).

Boom Goes the Dynamite takes on the league-leading Green Giants on Tuesday, July 15 at 9:15 p.m., at Aquila Park Field #2. Boom then will take part in the St. Louis Park Softball Playoffs on Friday-Sunday, July 18-20. Details on Boom's postseason have not yet been made available by League Commissioner Sam Lombardo.

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. Meghan Potter, 2. Ryan Maus, 3. Andrea Smith.
* Nick Joos/CoSIDA Goat of the Game: None.
* Boom's six guys went a combined 16-for-18 (.889) with nine RBI, three doubles and a triple while Boom's six ladies went 8-for-16 (.500) with eight RBI, two walks and three doubles.
* Out of Boom's 24 hits, seven went for extra bases.
* Steve Geller has eight consecutive hits. Geller is hitting .818 over his last four games.
* Boom is 6-0 with Matt Slieter as an active player (1-3 without).
* Production: Meghan Potter is averaging .688 RBI per at bat. The next best ratio is Cathy Behr at .653. No male player has better than a .529 ratio (Slieter).
* Boom is 7-1 with Kieran Kurtt in attendance and 0-2 without the 8-month year old in the stands.
* Kevin Kurtt recorded his first game-winning RBI of the season with a sacrifice fly in the second.
* Potter tied Boom's season-high with five RBI, tying Jeff Keiser's five on May 20.
* Kevin Kurtt became the first Boom player with 10 extra base hits on the season. He had his third straight game with a double.
* Only Kevin Kurtt, Jeff Keiser, Kevin Noth and Steve Geller have played in all 10 games this season.
* RBI Totals (Female - 66, Male - 79)
* Run Totals (Female - 47, Male - 98)
* Kevin Kurtt has scored in all 10 games this season. He leads the team with 19 runs scored.
* Kurtt is the lone Boom player with multi-hit games in all 10 contests this season.
* Kurtt has recorded an RBI in five straight games.
* Casey Kurtt went hitless for the first time since June 17, but walked twice and scored twice.
* Jeff Keiser failed to record an RBI for the second consecutive game.
* Keiser notched his first three-hit game since May 27.
* Keiser hit a season-high two doubles.
* Meghan Potter had her first two-double game since May 27.
* Potter had had multi-RBI games seven times this season. She recorded her first sacrifice fly of the year on Tuesday.
* Jim Strick has two or more hits in all eight of his games played this season. However, he failed to record an RBI for the second straight game.
* Cathy Behr notched her eighth consecutive game with an RBI. She now has six multi-RBI games this season.
* Behr recorded her third game with three or more hits.
* Steve Geller has now notched five straight multi-hit games.
* Geller had his second straight game with a triple.
* Boom has drawn 14 walks this season, while Boom's opponents have reached base on balls 28 times.
* Matt Slieter has two or more hits in all six of his games played this season.
* Kevin Noth had his first three-hit game of the season with three singles. It was his first multi-RBI game since May 27.
* Ryan Maus had his second straight two-hit, two-RBI game.
* Kevin Kurtt now leads the team in runs, hits, singles, doubles and sacrifice flies.
* Keiser's strikeout-to-walk ratio stands at 1:2, while Steve Geller's is at 1:4.
* 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 second in RBI (13), and third in home runs (0) and batting average (.720), while Keiser ranks first in home runs (2), third in RBI (11), and fourth in batting average (.667)
* 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 (22) and home runs (0), and second in batting average (.656). Behr ranks first in home runs (0) and batting average (.731), and second in RBI (17).
* Jeff Keiser is Boom's leader in the John Miller Enterprises Race for the Triple Crown (pitching), Keiser first in wins (5), ERA (6.40) and strikeouts (6). In second place, Steve Geller ranks second in wins (2), ERA (8.76) and strikeouts (4),
* 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 4.86 runs this season.
* Boom averages 14.7 runs per game and allows an average of 12.1 runs per game.

The Boom Box Score - The Chiefs 16, Boom Goes the Dynamite 14

Boom Goes the Dynamite (6-3) lost 16-14 to the 3-6 Chiefs, and that's all we're going to say.

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. Steve Geller, 3. [redacted].
* Nick Joos/CoSIDA Goat of the Game: Emily Wood.
* Geller made his first start at pitcher since May 27, picking up the loss to move to fall to 2-3. He walked four and did not record a strikeout.
* Boom's six guys went a combined 13-for-18 (.722) with seven RBI, three doubles and a triple while Boom's six ladies went 8-for-17 (.471) with seven RBI, one walk, one double and one triple.
* Out of Boom's 21 hits, 15 were singles.
* Alyssa Downing had her fourth 3-for-3 game of the season, hitting a single, double and a triple with 2 RBI.
* Downing reached base for the ninth consecutive game.
* Boom lost its first game with Kieran Kurtt in attendance. Boom is now 6-1 with Little KK present and 0-2 without the 8-month year old in the stands.
* Kevin Kurtt has scored in all nine games this season. He leads the team with 18 runs scored.
* Kurtt is the lone Boom player with multi-hit games in all nine contests this season.
* Alyssa Downing became first Boom player to be named first star of the game twice this season.
* Lisa Hardy had her second hitless game of the season.
* Jeff Keiser failed to record an RBI for the first time since the fourth game of the season.
* Cathy Behr notched her seventh consecutive game with an RBI. She now has five multi-RBI games this season.
* Jim Strick has two or more hits in all seven of his games played this season. However, he failed to record an RBI for the first time this season.
* Andrea Smith had her second consecutive multi-RBI game.
* Fleet-of-foot Kevin Noth hit only his third double of the season.
* Steve Geller had his second three-hit game of the season. He has now notched four straight multi-hit games.
* Geller had a season-high 3 RBI and hit his first triple of the season.
* Boom has drawn 12 walks this season, while Boom's opponents have reached base on balls 26 times.
* Keiser's strikeout-to-walk ratio stands at 1:2.5, while Steve Geller's is at 1:4.
* 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 (.727), while Keiser ranks first in home runs (2), second in RBI (11), and fourth in batting average (.633)
* 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 third in batting average (.633). Behr ranks first in home runs (0) and batting average (.696), and second in RBI (15).
* 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 (8.76).
* 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 14.4 runs per game and allows an average of 12.8 runs per game.

Kieran is sooooooo big

What Kieran fails to recognize is that he is, in fact, quite small for his age (8 months as of yesterday).

The Kyle Coughlin Fence of Remembrance

Above is an actual photo of The Kyle Coughlin Fence of Remembrance (link).