Cubbies take 1 to the dome... literally!

On a perfect day, with 2 on and 1 out in the 4th inning, Buck Grayson hit a high fly ball to left that was lost in the sun by Cubs leftfielder "Doc" Merrill. Lowering his head and covering his face, the ball ricocheted off the TOP of his head - and travelled an estimated 3o extra feet OVER the fence for a cranium aided 3 run HR. Luckily, Doc was ok and never lost consciousness, but the Cubs never woke up.
Great game pitched by Mike Thompson W(6 inn,3ER,1 bb) and Mario Chavarian Sv(3inn,1ER,1bb) sealed the deal.

BOX SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Westside Matanzas 400300011 9 9 3
Culver City Cubs 020012010 6 11 2

Date: May 1, 2011     Time: 10:00am      Venue: Culver City HS   

Westside Matanzas
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Robert Mendoza 2 1 1 1 2 0
Michael Alcala 3 1 0 0 1 0
Refugio Esparza 4 0 1 0 0 0
Eric Orue 2 2 2 0 2 0
Orlando Chavarria 3 1 1 0 0 0
Jason McClure 3 0 1 2 1 0
Rick Robb 4 1 1 0 0 2
Lonnie Jackson 1 1 1 1 1 0
Buck Grayson 4 1 1 3 0 0
Dion Deas 3 0 0 0 0 3
Alvin Yano 2 1 0 0 0 0
Mario Chavarian 2 0 1 0 0 1
James Espinosa 1 0 0 0 0 1
Sheldon Philip-Guide 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Thompson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 10 7 7 7
2B: Orue, Robb
HR: Grayson
SB: Esparza
HBP: Chavarria, Jackson (2), Yano
Culver City Cubs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jaime Miranda 4 0 2 0 0 0
Jake Alba 4 1 1 1 0 0
Steve Benson 4 0 0 0 0 0
David Merrill 3 1 0 0 0 0
Vince Teixeira 3 0 0 0 1 0
Kirk Mayer 4 0 2 1 0 0
David Martinez 4 0 1 0 0 1
Tony Brown 3 1 0 0 1 3
Al Martinez 3 1 2 2 0 0
David Jaffe 2 1 1 1 0 1
Mike Maganza 3 0 1 1 0 0
Brian Hendricks 2 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6 2 5
2B: Jaffe, Maganza
3B: Alba, Martinez
SB: Brown, Martinez
HBP: Jaffe

Westside Matanzas
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Mike Thompson (W) 6.0 8 5 3 1 2 0
Mario Chavarian (S) 3.0 3 1 1 1 2 0
HB: Chavarian
Culver City Cubs
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Kirk Mayer (L) 7.0 7 8 6 5 6 0
Mike Maganza 2.0 2 1 0 1 2 0
HB: Mayer (3), Maganza

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