Game 1-1884 Era: Simsbury Taverneers: 6 - Providence Grays: 9

Game 2-1873 Era: Simsbury Taverneers: 13 - Providence Grays: 12

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On a cloudy cool afternoon, the Providence Grays traveled to Simsbury and were hosted by the Taverneers in an exciting double header featuring two eras of play, 1884 for Game 1 and 1873 for Game 2.

The Taverneers want to extend a special Thank You to Dave Moore who sang the National Anthem at the beginning of both games.

Game 1

The game was head to head for the first four innings with excellent fielding by both teams.  The Taverneers, playing gloveless for the first time, overcame their unfamiliarity with barehanded play in the field and matched the Grays with hits.  In the fifth inning the Grays had a hitting streak scoring 7 runs which forced the Taverneers to play catch up for the remainder of the game.  While the Taverneers continued to hit and score, they were not able to cross the plate enough times to pull the game back in their favor.  Bryan "The Kid" Marchinkoski pitched a strong early game while Hank "The Hammer" Newman finished through the ninth.  Once again Duncan "The Judge" MacKay had a very strong game behind the plate with Brian Logan stepping in to complete the game.

Game 2

The more developed version of the underhand era rules (1873) made for a challenging game and the Taverneers competed against the Grays with all they had.  With lots of hits and great fielding (including another "Hidden Ball Trick" by the Taverneers), the Taverneers worked hard throughout the game chasing down hits and knocking the ball around the infield and outfield.  The Taverneers were down by 3 runs in the bottom of the ninth and after a multi-player hitting streak with two outs, they tied the game 12-12.  The teams went into extra innings and the Taverneers won the game in the bottom of the 10th with an exciting poke into the outfield by Steve "Hands" Patrina to drive in the winning run.

Unfortunately, however, throughout the day the team suffered a few injuries with one pulled hamstring, one dislocated finger and some miscellaneous hand bruises (see below for representative photos similar to the Taverneers' injuries).  Get better soon Taverneers team members!

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