Club softball team starts 2-0 with timely hitting, slick fielding

The National Press Club softball team is 2-0 after the opening weekend of the Metropolitan Media Softball League’s 2011 season.

Big Blue swept USA Today 10-5 and Gazette 4-2, with a combination of timely hitting and slick fielding.

The Club pulled away from an always-tough USA Today squad thanks to a five-run third inning. First basemen Mike Young was 3-for-3 with a single, double, and a homerun. He also scored three times. Kiel Dolence and Ted Costigan made their Press Club debuts, contributing at the plate and in the field, as did fellow newcomer Derrick Gingery.

In game two, veterans Mike Diegel and Clay Kaufman each scored twice.

The next games for Big Blue are at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at Layhill Park in Silver Spring against AP and Bloomberg.