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Brewery, Salty Dog, Crazy Flamingo Continue to Roll
in First Week Tournament Action
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By Randy Wesolowski and Kevin Byrnes
n the Marco Division, Brewery extended their win-
ning streak to five with victories over higher-seeded
Sami’s and regular season champ Joey’s Pizza to
advance to the winner’s bracket of the double-elim-
ination tournament and a date with Snook Inn, who
narrowly defeated Sandbar. Salty Dog defeated Na-
cho Mama’s to run their impressive winning streak
to six and 11 of their last 12, and now have a showdown
with Island Division regular season champ Dolphin Tiki,
who won their first game against DaVinci’s. In the Gulf
Coast Division, regular season champ Crazy Flamingo
continued their winning ways with victories over Doreen’s
and American Legion and now take their six-game win
streak into the championship round of their tournament.
For the complete, up-to-date results and standings, visit
the league website at marcoseniorsoftballleague.com.
Marco Island Senior Softball Results
As of March 15, 2024
Photos by Nick Jacullo
Shortstop Bruce Borden of Doreen’s hustles down the
first base line after a base hit as on deck hitter Frank
Caso follows the action.
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ISLAND DIVISION With the win, Nacho Mama’s earned a date with Salty
Dog in the next round, while Speakeasy will await the loser
Tuesday March12, 2024 of Dolphin Tiki / DaVinci’s game.
DaVinci’s 12 Verdi’s 3 Thursday March 14th, 2024
DaVinci’s cooled off the surging Verdi’s team using a
Dolphin Tiki 15 DaVinci’s 9
combination of timely hitting and strong defense to win
the opening round contest. The big inning for DaVinci’s Top-seeded Dolphin Tiki was engaged in a tight battle
was the fourth when they put up five runs to increase their with DaVinci’s before finally creating some separation
lead to 7-0, highlighted by a run scoring single by Gary Re- with a four-run eighth inning that provided the final mar-
vall, a run scoring double by Tom Polston, a two-run dou- gin of victory in a game that featured many highlight-reel
defensive plays by both teams.
ble by Doug Aksimit, and a run scoring single by Art Sinisi.
Earlier in the game, DaVinci’s scored three times in the
Polston had the big stick for DaVinci’s with three hits
top of the fourth on run scoring singles by Tom Gazzillo
and three RBIs, and Revall and Ed Adrian also punched
and John Haskins that tied the game at 5-all. The Tiki an-
out three hits for the winners.
swered with four runs in the bottom half, capped by a two-
The bats were mostly silent for Verdi’s, with Matt
run triple by Scott Golan. Then in the sixth inning, Gazzillo
Minik the lone hitting star with three hits in the contest.
and Haskins went to work again each getting run-scoring
DaVinci’s pitcher Sinisi limited Verdi’s to 13 hits and no hits to bring DaVinci’s to within two, 9-7. But Tiki again
walks. answered with two of their own on a sacrifice fly by John
DaVinci’s will face top-seeded Dolphin Tiki in the next Kelly and a double by Golan. One inning later, DaVinci’s
round while Verdi’s will await the loser of the Salty Dog / put two more on the board on a sacrifice fly by Ed Adrian
Nacho Mama game.
Nacho Mama’s 12 Speakeasy 11
Trailing 8-1 in the middle of the fifth inning to Speak-
easy, Nacho Mama’s finally came to life with back-to-back
two-run doubles by Matt Evangelista and Tom DeAngelo
in the bottom of the fifth. Then trailing 9-5 in the eighth in-
ning, Nacho’s struck again with a five run inning, capped
by a three-run double by Ken Polarek that gave them a
10-9 lead. Speakeasy retook the lead in the top of the ninth
on a run-scoring single by Craig Cunningham and a sacri-
fice fly by Glenn Davis. Nacho’s however had the final say
in the bottom of the ninth scoring the tying run on an En-
rique Cuevas double and the game winner on a sacrifice fly
by Evangelista.
Also contributing to the Nacho’s offense were Paul
Nussbaum and Mike Shone who each slashed three hits.
Jeff Robinson and Bob Masulis each had three hits to
lead Speakeasy, with Masulis knocking in a pair of runs Pitcher Dave O’Brien of Speakeasy watches the flight
with a fourth inning single. Cunningham finished the of the ball after launching a base hit in a game with
game with two RBIs, as did Jeff Kaczka and Joe Rocco. Nacho Mama’s.
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