ROLLINSFORD -- Going up against the Dover Co-Rec League champion TJ's, a.k.a. Navy Yard is never a welcome prospect on any team's schedule, but the Parrotheads held their own with the softball jugernaught for several innings before falling 14-6 at Goldstar Park Wednesday night.
As expected, Navy Yard hitters jumped all over Parrotheads starting pitcher Justin Palmer and built a 10-0 lead by the second inning. The score ballooned to 13-0 before the Parrotheads offense came to life in the bottom of the fourth inning after the team strung together a series of stinging singles which led to two runs. Over the next three innings, the Parrotheads played better defense and chipped away at the lead with another four runs, but it wasn't enough to cover Navy Yard, a team that has captured the league title two years in a row.
The loss dropped the Parrotheads season record to 2-3 and the team will now have more than a week to regroup before they play Chumley's on June 18. Palmer, the Parrotheads coach, was pleased the team played better than it did in Monday's loss to Post 47.
"We definitely put in a good effort today and I think everybody played well. Even though they jumped on us early with a lot of runs, we never gave in and we kept battling all the way to the 7th inning," said Palmer, who pitched another complete game and recorded two strikeouts.
Bob Cook made good on his promise to eat his pregame ration of donuts and ice coffee so his bat would get going again and it paid off when Cook bashed three hits and knocked in two of the Parrotheads runs.
Outfielders Jason Claffey and Adrian Alfond also played some strong defense and each had a pair of hits. The Parrotheads also threw out their first runner at the plate when Alfond started a relay to Palmer who applied the tag as the Navy Yard runner slid towards home.
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