Come Sail Away, Saved by the Ball open kickball season with wins

Three June 16 results at Bassett’s Creek Park quickly drew a line between the teams that were ready and the ones already chasing ground. Come Sail Away, Saved by the Ball and Kicking Names, Taking Ass all opened CSC Sports’ TUESDAY KICKBALL summer slate with wins, and the margins told the story: one club broke loose with offense, one won by strangling the scoreboard, and one survived the night’s closest game.

Come Sail Away set the tone with the night’s biggest cushion, beating Fried Kicken 12-5. That seven-run gap pointed to a lineup that was producing across the board rather than waiting on one swing to change the game. Fried Kicken, meanwhile, will have to tighten both ends of the field if it wants to keep pace, because giving up 12 in an opening game leaves little room to settle in.

Saved by the Ball delivered the sharpest defensive answer of the night, holding Rubber Balls and Liquor to one run in a 7-1 victory. In a league where kickball scores can swing fast, that kind of control matters just as much as a big inning. Rubber Balls and Liquor now faces an immediate offensive reset after being limited so completely that the gap never had a chance to shrink.

The most competitive matchup came when Kicking Names, Taking Ass edged Incredi-balls 7-4. That three-run margin suggested a game where the winner did enough in key moments to stay ahead, while the loser stayed close enough to make the final minutes matter. For Incredi-balls, the path back is obvious: turn a respectable showing into something cleaner in the field and more efficient at the plate before the standings harden.

The league began Tuesday, June 16, as an eight-date regular season that runs through Aug. 4, with postseason play to follow. CSC lists the summer league as a 10v10 coed format open to all ages, with games staged between 6:00 PM and 9:05 PM at Bassett’s Creek Park and Taft Park in Minneapolis. Bassett’s Creek Park, at 110 Penn Ave. N., adds its own local weight to the night, with athletic fields, a soccer field, a softball field, tennis and volleyball courts, playgrounds and walking paths built around a park whose creek traces back through Minneapolis history.

After one night, the league already has shape: three winners at 1-0, three teams at 0-1, and enough separation to make the next round feel important.