PCF/HH Scores 35 Runs in Pair of Wins

The combined team from Pei Cobb Freed and Partners/Hart Howerton showed the S.L.A.M. league that when given the opportunity, they can score like the best of them. The Black and Red followed up a narrow 8-5 loss to SOM/Swanke/Cooper on July July 28 with back-to-back wins last week -- a 17-4 victory in six innings over Ronnette Riley/Davis Brody Bond and an 18-0 blowout through five innings against Gruzen Samton on Thursday.

RR/DBB showed some tenacity, putting up the first 2 runs of the game to take a brief 2-0 lead into the bottom of the first, but PCF/HH bounced back with 4 runs to take a 4-2 lead after the first that they would never relinquish. Against GSA, The Black and Red started off slow, with 1 run apiece over the first two innings, but began to put the game away after taking an 8-0 lead in the third.

While Mark Maljanian and Juan Monahan made tremendous contributions from the plate, Dwidson Metayer must be recognized for batting 1.000 on the week: a perfect 6-for-6 from the seventh spot in the lineup. When the bottom of your lineup comes through the way The Black and Red's has, it creates a multi-headed monster that most teams cannot control.

The following is a break down of all player stats from last week:

Carl Pearson: 4-for-5 with 1 double and 2 runs scored
Mike Copeland: 3-for-4 with 1 triple, 2 runs scored and 1 RBI
Mark Maljanian: 6-for-8 with 3 doubles, 5 runs scored and 5 RBI
Yusuke Okabayashi: 1-for-3 with 1 walk and 2 runs scored
Carlos Sagastume: 3-for-5 with 2 walks, 1 double, 5 runs scored, 1 sacrifice fly and 2 RBI
J. Strong: 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored and 4 RBI
Juan Monahan: 6-for-8 with 1 double, 2 triples, 1 home run, 4 runs scored and 7 RBI
Ron Rainone: 4-for-8 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 runs scored and 4 RBI
Dwidson Metayer: 6-for-6 with 1 walk, 5 runs scored and 3 RBI
Tony Rodriguez: 4-for-5 with 2 doubles, 1 run and 2 RBI
Brian Ferry: 2-for-2 with 1 double, 1 run scored and 3 RBI
Cate Foster: 3-for-6 with 1 walk, 1 double, 2 runs scored and 4 RBI

PCF/HH gears up again today to face The Philips Group (5-4) at 7 p.m. on Central Park's Great Lawn, Field 4. The two wins improved PCF/HH's record to 6-3, good for fifth place in the 12-team S.L.A.M. League.