WEEK #2 RESULTS

October 8, 2018

Salem Grace United (2) at Bethlehem #1 (1)

G#1:  SGU, 5-3

Down 2-1 in 3rd, SGU takes lead for good on a Gary Evers 2-run HR;

Evers also HRs in 9th to finish with 3 RBI;

Jim Bowe hits a solo bomb in 2nd & doubles in a run in 5th;

Luther Henline has 3 hits for B#1;

A B#1 rally in 9th is sniffed out by a 1-out, bases-loaded, twin killing;

Scott Samson, Ken Rahe & Ken Sieving drive in B#1's tallies

with Rahe's coming in final frame

G#2:  B#1, 3-2

B#1 grabs a 3-0 lead in 4th & holds on for win;

Henline has an RBI double in 3rd, while Dean Schuerman &

Jim Fields hit back-to-back jacks in 4th;

Evers hits his 3rd  HR of night in 5th to cut B#1's advantage to 3-1

& Bob Dierker goes yard in 7th to make it a 1-run contest;

Dierker finishes with 3 hits, including a pair of deuces;

Rahe has 3 safeties to pace B#1

G#3:  SGU, 9-3

SGU jumps out to a 3-0 lead in 1st & scores in all but 3 innings

en route a series-clinching win;

Evers sparks his club with 4 hits, including yet another HR;

Evers, Dierker & Don Young hit consecutive bombs in opening

frame to set tone for finale;

Young belts 3 solo center strikes for game with his other HRs

coming in 6th & 9th innings;

Bowe also hits a solo HR in 3rd as SGU connects for 6 in contest;

John Schulte of SGU adds an RBI triple in 5th & scores on

1 of Evers' 3 doubles for game;

Henline, Rahe & Schuerman knock in B#1's runs with

Schuerman hitting a solo HR in 6th for team's last tally

SGU improves to 4-2; B#1 drops to 2-4

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BG Nazarene (1) at Zion Luckey (2)

G#1:  BGN, 10-7

Trailing 7-0 after 3 innings of play, BGN rallies for game's

final 10 runs in a contest featuring 41 hits;

Bernie Blasius' 2-out, 2-run double in 7th puts BGN up to stay;

Jody Yowler (2B) & Lish McIntosh (2B) each have 4 hits for

winners, while Kevin Miller has 3 (2-2B);

Mike Barbour drives in 3 on a double & triple;

Blasius ends with 4 RBI, including another 2 RBI deuce in

4th to start team's comeback;

Michele Lewis also drives in 2 on a solo HR & a double;

Zion's Rick Nelson leads both sides with 5 hits (4-2B, RBI),

while teammates Brian Burrell (2 RBI) & Dick Eilert (RBI)

add 4 & 3 hits, respectively

G#2:  ZL, 12-5

Zion breaks open a 6-5 game with 5 runs in 8th & another in 9th, handing BGN its 1st loss of season;

Jim Hansen (RBI) turns in a 5-hit game for ZL, while

Burrell (RBI 3B) chips in with 4;

Eilert (2B) & Nelson (3-2B, 5 RBI) have 3 safeties each;

Nelson & Dan Meyer both drive in 2 in Zion's big

8th inning on doubles;

Jessie Sundemeier accounts for ZL's last run with a solo HR;

Yowler (2B) & Barbour (2B) pace Naz with 3 hits apiece;

McIntosh hits a 2-run HR in 3rd followed by a Lewis

2-run shot in 6th & a Miller RBI single in 7th

G#3:  ZL, 10-9 (13 innings)

The offensive fireworks continue in finale as Zion

strokes 22 hits for 3rd straight game;

Hosts rally in this classic with 4 in 8th (all with 2 out)

to tie game at 9 & win it in 13th on Mike Moenter's

walk-off RBI triple following a lead-off single by Hansen;

Moenter also has big 2-RBI triple in 8th sandwiched around

run-scoring singles by Hansen & Nelson;

Nelson's single in 8th gives him a cycle for game

(2B-3B-HR-x-1B-2B) as he finishes with 5 hits & 3 RBI;

Hansen (RBI) ends game with 4 hits, while Eilert &

Mike Hoelter contribute 3 each;

Yowler (2B) & Barbour (2B, HR, 3 RBI) both reach safely 4 times;

Mark Armbruster (2B, 3B) & Miller have 2 RBI apiece for BGN;

Both teams combine for 53 runs & 127 hits over series;

Nelson ends 3-game set with 13 hits & 9 RBI

Naz dips to 4-2; Zion evens record at 3-3

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New Rochester (2) at Pemberville Presbyterian (1)

G#1:  NR, 2-1 (10 innings)

Ryan Chamberlain's 2-out double in T-9th holds up as winning hit;

NR takes a 1-0 lead in 5th on Jim Dobson's 2-out RBI single,

but PP ties game an inning later on a Jim Jones RBI triple;

Dobson leads both sides with 3 hits, including a double

G#2:  NR, 5-3

NR pushes win streak to 3 games with its middle game win;

Lyle Schroeder hits a pair of 2-run HRs in both 2nd & 4th frames,

pushing NR's advantage to 5-1;

Adam Snyder singles home NR's 1st run of game in 2nd,

plating Gary Chamberlain who leads off with a triple;

A Steve Williams double (his 1st of 2 for game) in 1st gives

PP an early 1-0 cushion;

PP draws to within 2 runs in 6th on Al Troutt's solo HR & a

Jones 2-out double, but can't muster any further offense

G#3:  PP, 7-3

PP uses 4 HRs to capture finale with Will Tezak leading

way with a pair of lead-off solo bombs in 2nd & 7th innings;

Tezak's last round-tripper proves to be difference in game;

Chester Griswold's 2-run shot in 8th puts PP up by 4;

Ron Curtis belts a solo HR in 4th to tie game a 3-3;

Jones drives in pair on his RBI single in 1st &

his run-scoring triple in 8th;

Williams again hits a pair of doubles;

Russ Siek leads NR with a trio of 2-baggers;

Stev Bockbrader puts NR up 1-0 in 1st with an RBI double

& Keith Roberts connects on a 2-run deuce in 4th giving his

team its last lead of contest at 3-2

NR improves to 4-2; PP drops to 2-4

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Bethlehem #2 (2) at BG St. Mark's (1)

G#1:  BGSM, 5-4

Todd Kurfess hits a lead-off, walk-off HR in 9th to win it for

BGSM after B#2 rallies for 3 in 8th to deadlock contest;

BGSM goes ahead 1st on Larry Zimmerman's 3-run bomb in 2nd;

Ken Finley then hits an RBI triple in 6th for B#2;

Keith Miller puts hosts back up by 3 with a solo HR in 7th;

Rick Cajka (3B), Finley (1B) & Ken Gerwin (3B)

have RBI hits for B#2 in 8th;

Miller also adds a double to pace BGSM in hits

G#2:  B#2, 7-1

 Mike O'Brien (RBI), Pepper Martin & Travis Ford

(3-2B, HR, 2 RBI) pace B#2 with 4 hits apiece, while

Duane Peters (2 RBI) adds 3 safeties;

The aforementioned shooters combine for 15 of team's 20 hits;

A big 4-run 4th proves to be difference in game with John Keiser

(2-run HR) & Ford (solo HR) providing big blows;

Peters chips in RBI singles in both 4th & 5th stanzas;

Miller accounts for lone BGSM run with a solo shot in 5th,

1 of only 4 BGSM hits for game 

G#3:  B#2, 7-6

B#2 strikes for 5 in 2nd & holds on for dear life for series win;

Ford connects on a 3-run HR to start B#2 rally which is

capped off by a Kit Keiser 2-run center finder;

BGSM chips away with a pair of solo HRs in both 5th

(by Dave Otte & Tom Lemmerbrock) & 6th (by John Kunstmann

& Otte) frames to make it a ballgame;

Finley hits what turns out to be a big 2-out, 2-run triple in 9th

as BGSM strikes for a pair on Cheryl Kurfess'

2-run HR just 3 batters later;

BGSM's rally falls a run short after Todd Kurfess is stranded

at 1st after collecting his 4th hit of game with 1 away

B#2 moves to 4-2; BGSM slips to 2-4

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BG Cloverdale (2) at Stony Ridge (1)

G#1:  SR, 5-2

Down 1-0 in 4th, Myrl Bretz hits a 3-run HR for SR

& club would not trail rest of contest;

Lori Dewyre produces 4 hits for hosts, including a key

2-out, 2-run triple in 8th after BGC cuts deficit to a single tally

in 7th on a Ben Peters RBI double;

Rick Traver's RBI single in 4th temporarily puts BGC up 1-0;

Ed Boelkens leads SR with 3 hits to match Peters of BGC

G#2:  BGC, 5-2

BGC gets all of its runs in its final 2 innings, scoring once in 7th

on a Seth Peters single & 4 more in 8th on another Peters single

immediately followed by a Jim Meyer 2-out, 3-run bomb;

Dewyre produces 2 more RBI for SR on a triple in 1st

& a solo HR in 6th

G#3:  BGC, 5-3

Craig Kleine breaks out for a 4-hit game as BGC claims

its 1st series victory of season;

Kleine has an RBI single in 1st to put squad up 1-0 & then

doubles in 9th to plate team's final run;

Ben Peters makes it 2-0 with an RBI single later in 1st;

BGC's other tallies come home on solo HRs by Paul Wachter

in 4th & Meyer in 8th;

Dewyre gets SR on board with an RBI 3-bagger in 1st

& Steve Kurfess ties game with a run-scoring deuce in 2nd;

Jigs Sandwisch's 2-out, triple in 7th briefly evens score at 3-3;

Doug Brough has 3 hits for SR

BGC improves to 2-4; SR falls to 1-5

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BG Trinity United (0) at Pemberville Methodist (3)

G#1:  PM, 2-1

PM scores both of its runs in 7th on an RBI double by

Paul Spicer & a 2-out single by Rick Ward;

TUM gets on board in 9th on Dana Kratzer's lead-off HR,

but can't draw even;

Ward leads both sides with 4 hits, while Dana &

Brad Kratzer (2B) each collect 3

G#2:  PM, 9-4

PM slams 27 hits en route to win after coasting to 7-1 lead in 7th;

PM snaps a 1-1 tie in 4th & never looks back after Tom Jividen

& Alex Ward collect RBI singles;

Both Jividen & Ward finish game with 3 RBI;

Jividen also collects 6 hits, including a double, while

Darren Pash has 5 hits with a pair of RBI doubles

in 8th & 9th stanzas;

Alex Ward & Bob Jividen each contribute 4 hits to PM's attack;

Gary Manning plates 3 of Trinity's 4 runs with a 2-out bomb in 4th;

Andy Janes knocks in 1st TUM run in 3rd on a 2-out 3-sacker

G#3:  PM, 8-7

Alex Ward breaks a 7-7 tie in 9th with a 1-out, walk-off RBI triple

scoring Pash who singles for 5th time;

Ward's 4th hit is his 2nd triple of contest & results in his 3rd RBI;

Spicer plates 4, including a 3-run HR in 6th that puts PM up, 7-3;

TUM ties game in 7th on Manning's grand slam after

Janes & Kratzer duo load bases to start frame;

Manning's hit would be Trinity's last;

Janes finishes finale with 4 hits, while Manning has 3, including

an RBI double in 2nd & lead-off HR in 6th;

Manning ends game with 6 RBI & 9 for series

PM stays perfect at 6-0; BGTUM drops to 2-4

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