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COEDS WINDING DOWN, POSITIONING FOR PLAYOFFS

The Government and Industrial Coed Slowpitch Softball League is winding down as teams fight to secure playoff spots.
There were three games on Wednesday. Police beat Apex15-1, Postal edged National Guard 10-9 and Justice/Territorial Court surpassed Internal Revenue Bureau/Human Services 18-13 in the nightcap.
Police's Antonio Matthews led his team from the mound. He allowed Apex just five hits and added a two-for-three performance at the plate. Simon Venzen, Henry Thomas Jr. and Kerry Harrigan had two hits each. Thomas hit a 3-run home run in the first inning. Police scored four runs in that inning.
Harrigan and Terrence Manning added back-to- back home runs in the nine-run second inning. Nine of the eleven Police starters reached base safely.
For Apex, Anthon Cannonier and Jeffrey Hodge went perfect at the plate with two hits in two at bats. But Apex committed eight errors.
Police improved to 5-4. They have secured fifth place in the Watlington division and a playoff spot.
The six top teams in each division make it to the playoffs. The others will play in a single elimination tournament called "the best of the rest."
In game two, National Guard jumped out on top with a three-run home run off the bat of Hank Warner. The Guardsman got another two runs in the third thanks to Warner again as he led the inning off with a single. He was driven home by a triple by Nigel Richardson. Richardson then scored on a single by pitcher Gail Joseph.
Postal's Elvin Durant and Juan Rivera went perfect at the plate in two and three at bats respectively. Postal rallied back from a 6-3 deficit in the fifth inning by scoring two. They then added five more runs in the top of the sixth inning to take the lead 10-5.
National Guard tried to come back in the seventh inning. Terrence Holland started the inning off with a single. Kareem Henley then followed with a two-run inside-the-park home run. However, National Guard could not score any more runs. Joseph absorbed her first lost of the season.
Postal improved to 2-6, as Liston George picked up the victory. The defeat knocks National Guard out of first place in the Watlington division.
In the final game, Justice/Territorial Court scored nine runs in the bottom of the sixth to come back against IRB/HS. Akil Brathwaite was perfect in four at bats for Justice/Territorial Court. Shawn Roebuck hit a two-run home run in the third. Dale Brathwaite picked up the win.
IRB's William Lawrence had two home runs, a two-run in the first and a solo in the sixth. IRB/HS ends the regular season winless, 0-10.

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