Mesa Verde Partners takes showdown

Defending champion Mesa Verde Partners won its second consecutive

Wednesday League regular season championship by downing rival Sports

World, 11-8, in a Men’s Summer 16” Slow Pitch Softball showdown at

Riddle Field.

With the win, Mesa Verde Partners won the regular season crown

with a 7-2 mark.

Sports World was a game back in the league standings at 6-3.

Sports World’s 4-0 first inning lead didn’t hold up long, as Mesa

Verde erupted for nine, second inning runs. The outburst included

home runs by Steve Bryant and Steve McKinley.

Sports World had taken its 4-0 lead behind a three-run home run by

Lance Stewart and back-to-back singles by Paul Corey and Scott

Bakkum.

In other games:

Courtesy Auto Body 4, Sammy’s Burgers 3

John Verdugo Jr.’s third inning three-RBI home run helped Courtesy

Auto Body end its regular season on a winning note.

Bede Arabe and Chuck Emanuelle each singled twice in the win.

Marco Johnson and Arlin Reid each hit solo home runs and Dave

Brobeck singled twice for Sammy’s Burgers.

Final regular season standings: 1. Mesa Verde Partners, 7-2; 2.

Sports World, 6-3; 3. Courtesy Auto Body, 3-6; 4. Sammy’s Burgers,

2-7.