Rays slip to defeat (From Braintree and Witham Times)

Rays slip to defeat

9:16am Thursday 12th June 2008 in Sport

Braintree Rays Baseball Club were beaten 8-6 by Enfield Old Timers - after throwing away a 4-1 lead.

Wesley Seymour, Daryl Seymour and Shane Macro all scored for the Rays in the first inning, with RBI's from Macro and Glenn Barton.

The Old Timers were held to just a single run from Gary Liston as Wesley Seymour's pitching was strong and there were no runs added in the next three innings.

A very impressive infield supporting Seymour, with three straight outs in the second and a double play, turned in the third inning at home and first.

The fourth inning saw Braintree held by the Old Timers turning their own double play at first.

But Braintree countered again with another out made by Barry Barnard at home plate to stem the advance of the Old Timers.

Braintree added an additional run care of Daryl Seymour, RBI'd by Macro to settle in to a 4-1 lead at the top of the fifth inning, before the Old Timers managed to bring home Michael Harrold to make the score 4-2.

Braintree added a further run in the sixth inning from Rudy Moss, RBI'd by Dan Grimwood.

But the Old Timers managed to bring home Walker, Harrold, Turpin and Raybould and Braintree's 4-1 lead turned into a 6-5 deficit, with three innings left.

No scores from either team in the seventh saw both sides trying to break free in the eighth.

Braintree scored another run to bring the game to 6-6, courtesy of Wesley Seymour RBI'd by his brother.

However, the Old Timers countered with runs from Harrold and Turpin RBI'd by Tony Smyth.

Braintree were unable to force an extra inning, as Old Timers won 8-6.

Braintree's next game is against Herts Raptors on Sunday at King George V Playing Field, off Cressing Road, starting at 1pm.