Able Fence put the pressure on with a trio of runs in the top of the first inning on singles by Scott Zoeller and Mike Harris, a double by Jim Huff, a two-run base hit by John Lavine, and a two-bagger by Alan Garbarino.

Computers America answered in the bottom of the inning as Jerry Wilkerson tripled and scored on a single by Cort "TV" Fernald, then made it a 3-2 game in the second on a double by Tom Cavanaugh and one-baggers by Al Davidson and Rick Barber.

The score stood at 5-4 after four innings and the Fencemen sealed the deal in the fifth on successive singles by Harris, Huff and Mike Weiss. In the end, Scott Zoeller zipped up his equipment bag with a double and three singles, Mike Sagouspe stroked a triple and two singles, Huff had a double and a pair of singles, Harris had three singles, Weiss whacked two, and there were one each by Keith Lou and John Walker.

Computers America slipped into sleep mode, at least until another team entered the losers' bracket, with a trio of singles by Fernald, a triple and double by Wilkerson, a double and single apiece by Cavanaugh and Andy Pankonen, two singles each by Allen Davidson and Barber, doubles by Rich Van Hess and John Kalleen, and a one-bagger by Paul Merrill.

The Sluggers scored four times in the top of the first inning on walks by the manager Dave White, John Bulleri and George Shawvers, a single by Bill Cline, and a double by Tim Wilson.

The Rally Rats made it 4-3 in the bottom of the inning, largely on a triple by Chris Deal, then rolled out to an 8-4 lead in the second on the first of four singles by Karl Blake, base hits by Dom Bertolucci, Mike Bicheler and Matt Larson, another three-bagger by Deal, who later singled as well, and one-baggers by Toby Tyler and Bruce O'Brien.

Sluggers came back to lead 9-8 in the top of the 3rd, then exterminated the Rally Rats with an 11-run fifth, clinching on Cline's third single of the game. The Sluggers also posted four singles by "the Old Hippy" Larry Klemetson, three by Marc "Get Dirty" O'Keefe, a double and single each by Steve Gilday and John "The Mouth" Williams, a couple of singles each by Bob Bulleri and Glen Hearrell, and lone hits by George Shawvers and Gerry Steppler.

Aside from Blake's and Deal's outpourings, the Rats recorded two singles each by Bertolucci, Bicheler, Matt Larson, Tyler, O'Brien, Peter Johnson, and Ron Kilby.

The Sluggers staged a four-run first-inning rally, sort of a tradition for them at that point, on singles by Tim Wilson, Bob Bulleri, Bill Cline, and Steve Gilday and doubles by George Shawvers and Glen Hearrell.

The Fencemen tallied twice in the bottom of the inning thanks to a home run by Mike Harris, who also hit safely in the third, advanced on a single by Mark Yanuskiewicz and scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly ball.

Mark O'Keefe cranked out a three-run home run for the Sluggers in the fourth, and the clincher came in the fifth on singles by Glen Hearrell, John Williams and Mike Hall, and a double by Marc O'Keefe. John Bulleri bagged four singles for the Sluggers, O'Keefe homered, doubled and singled, Hearrell had two doubles and a single, Bob Bulleri blasted three singles, Tim Wilson and George Shawvers stroked a double and single each, and there were a couple of singles apiece by Steve Gilday, Mike "The Kid" Hall and Larry Klemetson.

The Able Fence attack included four singles by Scott Zoeller, a homer and two singles by Harris, a triple and two singles by Jim Huff, and two singles apiece by Yanuskiewicz and manager John Walker.

Able Fence got most of the job done in the bottom of the first frame, scoring six times on singles by Scott Zoeller, Mike Harris, Mark Yanuskiewicz, and John Lavine, a base-clearing triple by Keith Michelucci, and additional hits by Alan Garbarino, Mike Weiss, and John Walker. The clincher came in the third on a leadoff home run by Harris. The Fencemen also finished with a home run and two singles by John Lavine, two triples and a single by Michelucci, a double and single by Mike Ayers, and a pair of singles each by Scott Zoeller, Yanuskiewicz, Garbarino, and Walker.

Computers America signed off with three singles each by Ray Honda and Cort "TV" Fernald, two apiece by Jerry Wilkerson and Tom Cavanaugh, and one-baggers by John Kalleen and Dave Carter, among others.

The Sluggers put together a four-run rally in the top of the third inning on hitting by "the old hippy" Larry Klemetson, Mike Hall, Tim Wilson, and John Bulleri, and a double by Bob Bulleri.

Able Fence battled back to make it 4-3 in the bottom of the inning, but the Sluggers delivered the decisive run in the fourth on a double by Mike Hall. The Sluggers went on to collect a double and two singles by MVP Bob Bulleri, three singles by John Bulleri, a home run and single by Glen "Home-Run" Hearrell, a triple and single by Bill Cline, a pair of singles by George Shawvers, and John Williams.