The weather was very favorable for San Quentin’s Opening Day softball, as Golden Gate Ministries came to challenge the Hard Times team. A hard time is what the prison team got in a 23-7 drubbing.
Dwight “Sleepy” Kennedy, opened with a double. The next batter, Ke Lam, slapped a double, scoring Sleepy from second. Third baseman Alton “Coach” McSween ripped a single up the middle, scoring Ke Lam. Next Brian Walker hit a single, scoring another run. After inning one it was 5-0.
Golden Gate posted runners at first and second, but third baseman McSween ended the threat with some smooth glove work.
S.Q. launched another attack as Kennedy, using his speed, beat out a hit. Ke Lam rocketed one up the middle, scrambling to second on an error. McSween advanced both runners with a single, Dalton “Big Cat” Martin scorched one up the middle, sending “Coach” to second, and Jeff Brooks hit a base hit, going to third on an error and scoring Dalton.
Golden Gate Ministries showed a little life with two runners on. Joe Evans blasted a shot over left-center fielder Kennedy’s head for a three-run homer. S.Q. loaner player Paul Oliver smashed one up the middle for one of his two doubles on the day.
The hit of the day belonged to S.Q.’s Eric “E-Man” Post, who blasted a mammoth shot over the left field fence, landing on the roof of the Education Building, causing Officer Frazier to run out of the building to see what happened.
The onslaught continued. With “Junkyard” Broadway on second base, Kennedy poked a double up the middle, scoring Junkyard. Ke Lam cleared the fence in left, for one of his two homeruns on the day. Right-hander McSween batted left-handed for a double to the right field fence. Dalton continued the onslaught, hitting the right field fence, scoring McSween. With Dalton on second, Sean belted one through the second base side of the field, scoring Dalton. Jeff Brooks sent another one through the hole, scoring Sean.
