The Tribune

WHILE their co-ed team remained undefeated, Golden Gates Native Baptist dropped their first men’s game as newcomer Anointed To Reign Ministry pulled off the upset to highlight the Baptist Sports Council’s 2012 Softball Classic regular season action at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

Anointed to Reign stunned Golden Gates 15-14 as they made their debut into the league. But before they could really celebrate, they suffered an 18-5 rout at the hands of St Paul’s in their double header.

Golden Gates still maintain their lead in the men’s division at 2-1, while St Paul’s and Anointed To Reign are even at 1-1 for second. Idled Macedonia round out the field of four at 0-1.

In the co-ed division, Golden Gates had a field day with a 23-10 rout as they welcomed Evangelistic Temple into the league and in their rematch of last year’s finals, Golden Gates pounded St Paul’s 19-7.

Golden Gates pushed their front running record to 5-0, while St Paul’s holds onto second at 3-1.

In other games played, St Paul’s co-ed blasted Ebenezer 13-2, St Paul’s co-ed clobbered Salem 21-8, St John’s co-ed held off Macedonia 11 and Macedonia 19-and-under outslugged Golden Gates 13-5.

Here’s a summary

of the games played:

Anointed to Reign 15,

Golden Gates 14

Tony St Remy tripled and scored the winning run in the bottom of the field for the big men’s upset win. It was St Remy’s third run in the game. Steve Morley had a solo and three-run homers to lead the attack.

Ramon Johnson had a perfect 4-for-4 day with a two-run homer. He had six RBI in total with three runs scored. Richard Bain Jr was 3-for-4 with two RBI and four runs scored and Eugene Pratt was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer. Junior Moss was the losing pitcher.

St Paul’s 18, Anointed To Reign 5

Robin Shepherd went 3-for-4 with a RBI double and a three-run triple, scoring three runs, Addie Finley was 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, Deval Storr was 2-for-4 with a pair of triples, scoring twice and Brad Wood Jr had just one hit, but scored four times in their men’s victory.

Harold ‘Banker’ Fitzgerald was the winning pitcher while Alfred “Skater’ Munnings was the loser.

Munnings helped his cause with a two-run double and Adrian Major tripled and scored a run.

Golden Gates 19, St. Paul’s 7

Richard Bain Jr was 3-for-3 with four RBI and two runs scored and Eugene Pratt was also 3-for-3 with three RBI, scoring three times in their co-ed win.

Ramon ‘Shaky’ Johnson was the winning pitcher. Marvelle Miller suffered the loss.

Garvin Duncombe had a two-run homer and Miller was 1-for-1 with a RBI and two runs scored.

St John’s 13, Macedonia 11

Torri Rolle was 3-for-4 with two RBI, scoring four times and Keishlyn Taylor scored three times while Marville Miller added a two-run double in their co-ed win. Vernie Curry was the winning pitcher. Michael Ingraham was tagged with the loss.

Kevin Moss was 2-for-4 with three runs scored, Tim Clarke was 2-for-2 with a RBI and two runs scored and Brian Capron was 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Golden Gates 23, Evangelistic Temple 10

Richard Bain Jr was 2-for-2 with a three-run and a two-run homer, Anthon Rolle had a two-run homer and Ramon Johnson added a three-run homer, while Tikara Collie scored three times in their co-ed win.

Ramon Johnson was the winning pitcher. Fred Tapier suffered the loss.

Fred Tapier had a three-run homer and he along with Danae Cash and Daniel Cash all scored two runs.

St Paul’s 21, Salem 8

Addie Finley was 2-for-4 with a two-run and a three-run homer, Chris McPhee had a two-run homer, Alcott Forbes a solo shot and Melissa Hall had a pair of doubles, scoring three times in St Paul’s co-ed win. Harold ‘Banker’ Fritzgerald got the win and Cadwell Taylor Jr was tagged with the loss. Taylor Jr went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and Ray King was 2-for-2 with a RBI double and a two-run triple.

St Paul’s 13, Ebenezer 2

Addie Finley and Keron Sands both had a two-run homer, Shaunda Bethel was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, Melissa Hall was 2-for-2 with a RBI and two runs scored and Joey McDonald had a RBI triple and scored twice in their co-ed win. Brad Wood Jr was the winning pitcher. Geray Turner and Gloria Forbes scored the two runs in the loss.

Macedonia 18, Ebenezer 7

Tim Clarke had a perfect 3-for-3 day with a pair of two-run home runs, Zhivargo Archer was 3-for-3 with a three-rum homer and Courtney Smith was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer to lead Macedonia in their co-ed game. Michael Ingraham was the winning pitcher and Ellis Adderley suffered the loss. Adderley also helped his cause with a RBI single and run scored, while McCoy Lewis had a two-run single and a run scored.

Macedonia 13, Golden Gates 5

Zhivargo Archer was a perfect 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and Winton Hanna was 3-for-4 with four runs scored in Macedonia’s 19-and-under win. Michael Ingraham was the winning pitcher and Kejanno Morley was the loser. Van Hutchinson Jr was 2-for-3 with a two-run single in the loss.

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE

Field One

11am - Evangelistic Temple vs St John’s (Co-ed)

Noon - Salem vs St John’s (Co-ed)

1pm - Salem vs Evangelistic Center (Co-ed)

2pm - St Paul’s vs Evangelistic Center (Co-ed)

Field Two

11am - Ebenezer vs Golden Gates (Co-ed)

Noon - St Paul’s vs Macedonia (Co-ed)

1pm - Anointed To Reign vs Macedonia (M)

Here’s the standings going into Saturday’s games

Teams W L Pct. GB

Men’s Division

Golden Gates 2 1 .666 -

St. Paul’s 1 1 .500 1

Anointed To Reign Ministry 1 1 .500 1

Macedonia 0 1 .000 11/2

Co-Ed Division

Golden Gates 5 0 1,000 -

St. Paul’s 3 1 .750 11/2

Salem Union 2 2 .500 21/2

St. John’s 1 1 .500 21/2

Macedonia 1 3 .250 31/2

Evangelistic Temple 0 1 .000 3

Ebenezer 0 3 .000 4

19-And-Under Division

Macedonia 2 0 1,000 -

Golden Gates 0 2 .000 2