EAST  HAMPTON,  N.Y.  - Chevy  Chase  provided a crucial run, and Alec  Baldwin  helped insure that everyone did the right thing.
Chase  blasted a line drive that helped turn the tide in favour of a team of the Artists  team when it was down pat 2-0 in a star-studded Hamptons  charity softball game against the Writers.
The  Artists  went on to pull ahead 4-2, their second victory in the series in two years.
Baldwin  was an umpire for Saturday's  competition at the far east end of Long  Island.
It  was the 60th installment of the annual Artists  and Writers  Game,  a tradition started by artists including Jackson  Pollock  and Willem  de Kooning.
Saturday's  game raised more than $60,000 for hospice, sidereal day care and drug rehabilitation services. It  also was played in memory of actor Roy  Scheider,  a veteran of the Artists  team, world Health Organization died in February  at age 75.
        
        
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