Were Eva Peron alive today, she’d pull up a chair and look Evergreen Park Diamondbacks outfielder Sergio Senese straight in the eyes to let him know that nobody, including Argentina, is crying for him.

On the heels of a tough 3-2 loss to the Orbitz, Senese went on his typical tyraid about [insert something – nay, anything, here], which comes as no surprise to fans that have followed the team closely.

It started in the fifth inning of Game One, with the Diamondbacks ahead 6-3. Veteran right-handed pitcher Ed Sochacki was on the mound pitching his last inning. The Orbitz rallied, putting two aboard when a ground ball to second base caught Pete Gubricky off-guard as he was cheating toward second in an attempt to pick the runner off. The base hit scored the runner from second and Senese went all second-grade.

“C’mon! Senior!” he whined from the outfield, in a plea to have a new pitcher inserted.

But alas, it was on deaf ears his cries fell as the Diamondbacks were able to get out of the inning with a one-run lead. Thad Sochacki was brought on for the 6th and 7th innings to seal the victory, but prior to his relief appearance, Senese took issue with the player.

“Don’t we have someone else we can put in?” he inquired. “We don’t want to lose this game.”

The Diamondbacks didn’t lose the game and Thad went on to pick up his first save of the season, while brother Ed improved to 2-0 on the year despite allowing a season-high five runs over his five innings of work.

The Diamondback offense had plenty of opportunities to put the game out of reach, but they stranded 12 runners. Fortunately a timely bases-clearing double by rookie Ronald Coleman was just enough for Diamondback offense to get the job done.

The victory in Game One was enough to silence Senese for all of half an hour, which was greatly appreciated by the rest of the Diamondbacks.

Game Two featured an old-fashion pitchers duel with Don Myczek facing off against former Diamondback Todd Zasadil.

The Orbitz jumped out to an early two run lead on a couple of flair hits just over the heads of the Diamondback infielders. Sergio Senese and rookie outfielder Ronald Coleman exchange words regarding the merits of diving for a few of the balls, but veteran Senese decided to get the last definitive word in by claiming “nobody tells me when to dive for the ball.”

The Diamondbacks, who struggled all day against Zasadil’s 55mph heater, managed to score a couple of runs over the course of the game to tie things at two runs apiece. Thad Sochacki went 3-3 during Game Two and Eddie Milas smacked a triple and managed to later score.

With things tied at two, Milas entered the game to relieve Myczek, who despite his tremendous pitching performance, walked away with another no-decision. Milas quickly retired the first two batters in the top of the seventh, but ran into troubles after issuing a walk and following up by hitting two Orbitz batters to load the bases. A squib infield hit later – properly located between the first baseman Jim Ceszak and second baseman Thad Sochacki, and the Orbitz took the lead.

The Diamondbacks failed to rally in the bottom of the seventh inning but controversy again reared its ugly head when Sergio Senese barked to interim manager John “Senior” Gubricky to replace extra hitter Ed Sochacki with a substitute. Sochacki, who an inning earlier decided to remove himself from the game and yielded his at bat to Ted Andrysiak, was not amused at the tone in Senese’s voice. After the game, Sochacki, despite being just as productive at the plate as Senese (0-2, 2K’s) that afternoon, was overheard talking about seeking a trade in the offseason.

Tagged with: Ceszak, Don Myzcek, Ed Sochacki, Evergreen Park Diamondbacks, John Gubricky, Orbitz, Sergio Senese, Thad Sochacki

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