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OPENING NIGHT RESULTS
BG Nazarene (3) at Stony Ridge (0)
G#1: BGN, 7-0
BGN gets a balanced hitting attack in opener with 5 players
collecting 2 hits each, including Michele Lewis who
has a double & 2-run HR;
Lewis' bomb in 8th caps a 5-run inning for BGN to blow game open;
Brendan Yowler (3B), Lish McIntosh (1B) & Mark Armbruster (3B)
all drive in runs to start BGN's rally in 8th;
Jody Yowler hits a 2-out RBI single in 5th to break a scoreless
tie & then Kevin Miller makes it 2-0 in 6th with
his 2-out RBI double;
Ed Boelkens of SR leads both sides with 3 hits;
Scott Atkinson & Doug Brough make their WCDL debuts
with BGN & SR, respectively
G#2: BGN, 15-5
Naz bangs out 23 hits in middle game with 7 players notching
at least 2 hits with McIntosh (2B) & Armbruster (2B, 3B)
leading with 4 hits each;
Jody Yowler, Todd Nienow & Miller chip in 3 safeties apiece;
Armbruster & Miller fall a HR short of cycle;
BGN erupts for 8 runs in 1st on 10 hits, including a stretch
of 7 consecutive batters reaching safely;
Lewis, Miller & Armbruster each knock in 3,
while Nienow plates 2;
In all, 8 different players drive in at least a run for BGN;
Lewis' HR is BGN's only multi-RBI hit of game;
Boelkens again leads SR with 3 hits;
Brough has a 2-run double in 3rd for SR & Jeremy Orth a 2-RBI
triple in 9th & scores on a Rick Lees single;
Dan Dewyre has 2 singles in his WCDL debut for SR
G#3: BGN, 6-4
BGN earns sweep in what proves to be most
competitive game of series;
Orth puts SR ahead 1-0 in 1st with an RBI triple, but Atkinson
hits a 2-run HR in 4th to cap a 4-run inning that puts
BGN in front to stay;
Brendan Yowler makes it 5-1 with his RBI triple in 7th, but
SR rallies for 3 in its half of frame to cut deficit to 1 run as
Orth has another triple (this time driving in a pair of runs)
& Lori Dewyre scores him with a single;
Mike Barbour's 2-out RBI double in 9th gives
BGN a much-needed insurance tally;
Jody Yowler & Miller have 3 hits each for BGN,
while Boelkens & Larry Michel turn in 3 apiece for SR;
Boelkens ends series with 9 singles
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Bethlehem #1 (1) at New Rochester (2)
G#1: NR, 7-3
NR's offense clicks in opener, but mainly in later innings;
Ken Rahe gives B#1 a 1-0 lead in 1st with a 2-out RBI triple
& his club pushes advantage to 2 runs in 3rd when Mel Karns
delivers a 2-out RBI 3-bagger;
NR starts chipping away in 4th when Sonny Castillo hits
a lead-off HR & then Castillo ties it in 6th with a 1-out RBI triple;
NR posts 2 in 7th to grab lead for good as Jim Dobson &
Ryan Chamberlain produce RBI singles;
NR puts game to bed in 8th with 3 more tallies on RBI hits
by Jim Bockbrader (lead-off HR), Russ Siek (2B) & Dobson (2B)
with the later 2 run-scoring safeties coming with 2 down;
B#1's rally in 9th -- a Kenny Sieving RBI double -- falls well short;
Dobson leads both sides with 3 hits (2 RBI)
G#2: B#1, 7-3
B#1 evens series with 7 runs of its own in middle contest,
rallying late for victory;
Down 3-2 entering 8th inning, B#1 puts up 5 runs on RBI
hits by Harry Reynolds (1B), Dean Schuerman (3B), Sieving (1B),
Dave Helm (1B) & Scott Samson (1B);
Sieving, Andrew Kreais (2B), Helm & Samson all produce
clutch 2-out hits in 8th;
Helm (2B) & Reynolds (3B) both have 3 hits for B#1, while
Schuerman & Rahe produce 2 triples apiece;
Reynolds & Schuerman (3B) start B#1's comeback in
its 2-run 6th with 2-out RBI hits;
Gary Chamberlain has a pair of triples for NR, including
a clutch 2-out, 2-run triple in 3rd that pushs NR's
advantage to 3-0;
Dobson drives in NR's 1st run with a 2-out single in 2nd
G#3: NR, 7-2
Again, winning team produces 7 runs as NR takes series;
NR builds a 6-0 lead after 3 frames en route to win;
Dave Snyder & Adam Snyder have back-to-back,
2-run doubles to put squad up 4-0 after 1;
Stev Bockbrader's bases-loaded single pushes lead to 5 in 2nd
& Ron P. hits a 2-out solo bomb in 3rd;
Dave Snyder accounts for NR's 7th tally with a solo HR in 7th;
6 NR players have 2 hits each;
B#1 gets on scoreboard with single tallies in 7th & 8th stanzas;
Schuerman hits a solo shot in 7th & Reynolds has a
bases-loaded single in 8th
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Zion Luckey (1) at Salem Grace United (2)
G#1: ZL, 7-0
Zion breaks open a 1-run game with 3 tallies in both
8th & 9th innings en route to shutout victory;
Curt Juergens & Mike Moenter each post 3 hits for Zion;
Dan Meyer leads guests with 3 RBI, including an RBI
double in 1st that stands as game winner;
Meyer also hits a 2-run double in 8th;
Moenter drives in a run in each of last 2 innings;
Jessie Sundemeier makes his WCDL debut for Zion &
Charles Krawetzke does likewise for SGU;
SGU has just 5 hits in opener
G#2: SGU, 6-2
Jim Bowe leads SGU with 4 hits (all doubles), while
Gary Evers chips in 3 doubles of his own;
As a team, SGU produces 12 doubles of its 13 hits;
SGU grabs an early lead in 1st on RBI 2-sackers by Bowe &
Bob Marsh & later extends lead to 4 in 3rd on run-scoring
deuces by Marsh & Don Young;
ZL gets its only runs of game in 4th on an RBI triple by Andy Lang
& a follow-up single by Dick Eilert;
SGU closes scoring with back-to-back RBI doubles by
Young & Evers in 9th;
Eilert equals Bowe with 4 hits, while Lang has 3
G#3: SGU, 6-5
SGU strikes for 5 runs in 5th, but needs a 1-out, walk-off triple
by Gene Fairbanks in 9th to win it;
Young (2B), Evers (2-run HR) & Fairbanks (2-run HR in his 1st at bat of night) drive in SGU's runs in explosive frame;
Zion puts together an impressive rally in 9th to tie it;
Mike Hoelter knocks in his team's 1st run with a 1-out,
bases-loaded single;
Down to its last out, pinch hitters Meyer & Rick Nelson deliver
with consecutive 2-run doubles to stay alive
Pemberville Methodist (3) at BG Cloverdale (0)
G#1: PM, 4-2
PM gets on board 1st on Tom Jividen's 2-out RBI double in 5th,
but BGC responds for pair on Jim Meyer's 2-run HR
a half inning later;
PM regains lead in 8th on an RBI double by Grace Jividen &
a 2-out RBI single by Rick Ward;
PM adds an insurance tally in 9th on another RBI double
(with 2 outs) by Grace Jividen;
Ward & Tom Jividen (2 RBI) have 3 hits each for PM,
while Rick Traver & Ben Peters pace BGC with 2 safeties
G#2: PM, 5-4 (10 innings)
After BGC takes lead in 9th of middle game, PM counters with a
2-run 9th of its own for a walk-off win;
Alex Ward delivers big hit, a 2-out RBI single, after Darren Pash
ties it 2 batters earlier with a 1-out RBI triple;
BGC scores 2 in 2nd on another 2-run HR by Meyer,
this time with 2 outs;
BGC makes it 3-0 in 4th when Ralph Aufdenkamp produces
a 2-out RBI triple;
PM uses a 3-run 4th to tie game as Pash delivers a big 2-run,
2-out triple & Tom Jividen plates him with a single;
Pash finishes with 4 hits & Ward with 3;
Ron Merritt also has 3 hits for BGC
G#3: PM, 6-3
BGC takes a 3-0 lead in 1st on 4 hits, but would go hit-less
rest of way with last 25 batters going down in order starting
with a DP to end 1st inning;
BGC gets its runs on RBI hits from Craig Kleine (1B),
Seth Peters (3B) & Jerry Charles (2B);
Arron Brockschmidt's 2-out, 3-run bomb ties it in 4th for PM;
Paul Spicer's bases-loaded single in 5th gives PM lead for good;
PM adds 2 more in 6th on 2-out RBI hits by
Tom Jividen (3B) & Alex Ward (1B);
Tom Jividen, Rick Ward & Spicer all end with 3 hits
BG Trinity United Methodist (2) at BG St. Mark's (1)
G#1: BGTUM, 4-1
Mike Ruthenberg has big opening game for TUM with 4 hits,
including an RBI double in 6th;
Dave Avery & transfer Bill Bosworth each add 3 hits for Trinity
with Bosworth hitting a solo HR in his 1st at bat with his new club;
Bosworth finishes contest with 2 RBI, including an RBI single in 2nd;
TUM scores 2 in 1st & never looks back;
Dana Krazter's 2-out RBI single in 1st proves to be deciding hit;
Todd Kurfess has 3 of BGSM's 6 hits;
John Kunstmann accounts for hosts lone run with an
RBI triple in 4th
G#2: BGSM, 4-2
BGSM uses a late 2-run rally to capture middle contest;
Trailing 2-1 entering 8th, Roger Hayward & Tom Lemmerbrock
hit RBI doubles to give BGSM a lead it would not lose;
Hayward connects on a bases-loaded single in 9th for
his team's final tally;
Larry Zimmerman gives BGSM its 1st lead of season with
an RBI triple in 4th;
Dave Otte & Hayward finish game with 3 hits each;
Down 1-0, Trinity scores twice in 1st on Ruthenberg's RBI single
& Andy Janes' run-scoring 3-bagger, but would score no more;
Avery & Janes close with 2 hits apiece
G#3: BGTUM, 9-3
Trinity regains its offensive prowess in finale, scoring 4 times
in opening stanza;
Mike Farr (3B), Ruthenberg (1B), Kratzer (3B) & Parish (1B)
all drive home runs in 1st;
Kratzer & Parish connect on back-to-back jacks in 3rd after
BGSM narrows gap to 1 run after 2 innings of play;
Janes leads both sides with 5 hits, including an RBI single in 5th;
Ruthenberg (2B), Kratzer (3B, HR) & Parish (2B, HR) each
produce 3 hits with Kratzer & Parish just missing hitting for cycles;
Gary Manning drives in pair on a double in 8th for TUM;
Kurfess has 3 more hits for BGSM;
Zimmerman (solo HR in 1st), Keith Miller (solo HR in 2nd)
& Larry Weiss (2-out triple in 2nd) account for BGSM's tallies
Pemberville Presbyterian (1) at Bethlehem #2 (2)
G#1: B#2, 3-2 (10 innings)
John Keiser hits walk-off, 1-out double in 10th to win it;
Al Trout's 2-out triple in 9th ties game at 2-2;
Travis Ford hits solo HRs in 4th & 6th innings for B#2;
Will Tezak accounts for PP's other run with his solo HR in 6th;
Jim Jones & Troutt of each collect 2 hits for PP as do
Pepper Martin, Keiser & Ford for B#2;
G#2: B#2, 10-3
Ken Gerwin & Kit Keiser pace B#2 with 3 hits apiece
with Keiser belting a pair of 2-run bombs in 5th & 9th;
Gerwin drives in pair, including a run-scoring triple in
opening frame;
Big 6-run, 6th inning for B#2 breaks open a 2-2 deadlock;
Mike O'Brien, Ken Finley & Ford each have RBI triples in
deciding stanza;
Jones leads PP with 3 hits, including an RBI triple in 1st;
Chris Tezak hits a solo center strike in 8th for PP
G#3: PP, 3-2
Visitors salvage series with 1-run victory in finale as Will Tezak's
2-out triple in 6th proves to be difference in snapping a 2-2 tie;
Troutt, Steve Williams & Chester Griswold each have 2 hits
to pace PP with Griswold knocking in 2 on a pair of RBI triples
in 2nd & 4th innings;
O'Brien, Finley & Ford (2B, HR) have 2 hits each for B#2;
Ford's solo HR in 4th temporarily ties game at 2-2