3rd MXS leaves 673d FSS in dust, starts season 2-0

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  • By Senior Airman Christopher Gross
  • JBER Public Affairs
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska --  The June 7 intramural softball matchup, the 3rd Maintenance Squadron versus the 673d Force Support Squadron, didn't seem like much of a challenge at all for the 3rd MXS, as they easily defeated their opponent with a score of 14 to 3, starting them off 2-0 for the season.

The maintenance crew came out ready to play, scoring at least one run in six of the seven innings.

Their defense was also on top of its game, only allowing 10 batters to the plate in the first three innings of the game.

It almost looked like there was some type of hope for the FSS team, as Leslie McDowell homered to start off the bottom of the fourth inning, making the score 1 to 5.
However, the MXS retaliated in their next at-bat, scoring five of their 14 runs in the top of the fifth.

The FSS would score their other two runs in the sixth and go zero for three in the seventh leaving them to start their season 0-2.

3rd MXS coach Chad Corcoran said his team played decently, although they still have some kinks to work out, but they were pleased with the win.

He said his expectation for the rest of the season is to "be competitive and go out and have fun."

After going 0-2 to start the season, 673d FSS coach Laurie Doughty seemed very optimistic.

She said her team is still learning but feels when they come around and pull together, good things are going to happen.

"We've got good players out here, very strong and talented players," she said. "(We) just need to be a team, come out and have fun, sometimes it just takes having fun to win games."