Category: Game recap 2021

Cats Show Birds No Mercy

Two rainouts and three weeks had passed since Sea Kittens (5-1, 1-0 2nd half MSCR Kenosha League) last gamboled about the red dirt infield of the Olbrich Playfields, but the squad looked as fresh and feisty as ever in a 21-4 mercy rule romp over Swinging’ Eagles (1-5, 0-1) Wednesday July 21.  The Cats played with a nine-player lineup for only the 10th time in club history, but the missing defender wasn’t missed this night

Kittens Shred Renovations

The Pup takes it all in- the first slowpitch softball game of his life! Sea Kittens (4-1) pounced on an unsuspecting and unprepared Driftless Renovations (3-2) squad at Olbrich Park June 30, gashing the opponent for 10 runs in the first inning on the way to a 17-2, 5-inning mercy rule victory.  The win gave the Cats’ unofficial title of MSCR Kenosha League first-half champion, non-Silver Eagle division. Pitcher Joe Hennessy came out dealing in

Cats Out-Fun Silver Eagle

A wise man once said, “strikeouts are boring.  Besides that, they’re fascist.  Throw some ground balls- it’s more democratic.”  And so it also goes with home runs in slow-pitch softball.  Sure, the image of brutish Brutus lumbering to the plate with his lumber and launching a soft-tossed pitch into orbit is one image of the game, but is it really more interesting or appealing or exciting or fun than the magic of 10 rank amateurs

Kittens Stymie Offenders

Sea Kittens (3-0) continued its unblemished opening to the 2021 MSCR Kenosha League season with an 11-0 shutout of Players’ Olbrich Offenders (1-2) at Olbrich Park Wednesday night.  The Cats used a combination of timely-enough hitting and timely-enough defense to cruise to a victory that by many accounts could have been more lopsided. Joe Coffeecat Hennessy made his first start of the season for the Cats and quickly found himself in trouble in the first