530 Sports: Softball Season Concludes
Sep 19, 2019 12:00AM ● By By Joshua Porcayo
Misfits batter, Frank Terry, switch hits during a 530 Sports season softball game. Photo Courtesy of Joshua Porcayo
GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) - The conclusion of week 8 marked the end of the regular season for 530 Sports’ slow pitch softball summer season on Thursday, September 12, 2019. Every team in both leagues competed each week in hopes of making one of four playoff spots. In the Monday night league, week 8 meant everything for all six teams, as a win or a loss would continue or end a season. The Ball Busters entered week 8 as the number one seed and beat Pitches Be Crazy 17-5 to take first place in the regular season. A win by Sons of Pitches over Softball & Chill and a loss for All About That Base by the Dirty Birds mixed the entire playoff picture up.
The regular season concluded as follows: 1st place Ball Busters (6-2), 2nd place Sons of Pitches (4-4), 3rd place Dirty Birds (4-4), 4th place All About That Base (4-4), 5th place Softball & Chill (3-5), and 6th place Pitches Be Crazy (3-5).
The Tuesday and Thursday night league wasn’t as close of a playoff race as the other league, but Pitch Please upset a perfect regular season for Team H&H with an 8-6 victory. The regular season concluded as follows: 1st place Team H&H (7-1), 2nd place Misfits (6-2), 3rd place Maximum Effort (5-3), 4th place Pitch Please (5-3), 5th place Team SS (3-5), 6th place Default Judgement (2-6), 7th place Knuckle Heads (2-6), and 8th place ATAP (2-6).