The North 19th Brewing crew and the Belgrade Builders met Sunday for the co-ed softball title at the Four Corners complex. First pitch was scheduled for 6 p.m. The ball went up at 6:52.

Forty-three minutes earlier, both teams pulled into the lot. The complex occupies ground where alfalfa grew last summer. Now it holds three lighted diamonds, a mattress store, a taco franchise, and 387 parking spaces that vanish by 3:30 on a weekday.

“We did six laps before a Tacoma pulled out,” said Brewing catcher Mara Lindquist, 29, who manages the taproom and picks up shifts at the Co-op deli. “Their pitcher circled in a diesel dually the whole time. He got a spot near the portables. That was the game right there.”

The Builders roster carries a concrete finisher, a fence contractor, and a project manager who lists the four-story condos rising past left field. The Brewers field a barista, a ski tech, and a graphic designer who works remote for a Denver firm. Both teams dressed 14. Nine Brewers and eight Builders reached the dugout before the second inning.

Umpire Walt Hensley, 64, tracked headlights across the infield grass. He called darkness at 7:18 with the score knotted 5-5. Hensley has worked valley rec leagues since 1995. He recalls when Four Corners meant a propane tank and a decision about dinner.

“The line held about like the parking,” Hensley said. “Neither side had depth on the bench or in the lot.”

League director Tara Voss rescheduled the finale for 3 p.m. next Saturday. Captains agreed to meet at the Belgrade Park and Ride. The Builders’ project manager texted the group a satellite photo of the lot with arrows.

The alfalfa never had this problem.