2018 Enriquez Bomb Secures Hardcor Walk-off Championship in Fresno 50+

Fresno MSBL, 50+ Division

Hardcor 12, RoughRiders 10

‘Enriquez Dinger Secures Walk-off Championship’

Submitted by Tim Fujioka, Hardcor manager

Thanks go out to the Fresno MSBL for another great season of hard work and dedication. I don’t think the league could run without the professionalism of league president Bob Schiotis.

The 50+ Hardcor team won the 2018 Championship game over the RoughRiders 12-10. The RoughRiders started off with scattered hits to take an early 5-1 lead after two complete innings. In the Bottom of the fourth Hardcor scored four runs to tie up the game but the RoughRiders would regain the lead in the top of the fifth by scoring five runs to make it a 9-5 ball game.

In the Bottom of the ninth Oscar SiFuentes cracked a stand up double to start off the inning. Gil Hernandez then drew a walk bringing Jorge Enriquez to the plate. The strategy was for Enriquez to bunt them over into scoring position but Enriquez had something else in mind. On a 2-1 count Enriquez launched a high fly ball to left field to give team Hardcor a walk off 3-RBI home run to win the game!

Here are some final stats from the game:

ENRIQUEZ 4-4, HR, RBI-3, SB: SIFUENTES 3-3, 2B, SB: FUJIOKA 3-3, 2B, RBI, SB: GARCIA 2-3, SB: LEVINE 2-3 SB-2

It was an awesome eight team division well run by the Fresno MSBL board. Several teams beat each other during league play making it anyone’s title at the end. Hardcor appreciated praying with all the teams prior to each game, a tradition we would like to carry on for 2019…Tim