2017-18

WEEK #3 RESULTS

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BG St. Mark's (2)

@ Salem Grace United (1)

BGSM records 1st sweep of season with 2 road wins

BGSM gains upper hand in opener, 9-1, behind 4-hit effort by

Todd Kurfess & 3 RBI from Dave Otte (2-3B);

John Kunstmann's 2-run HR in 8th gives BGSM its 1st lead

of G#2 & stands as winner in 3-2 conquest;

Kurfess paces both sides with 3 hits;

SGU salvages win in finale by score of 3-2;

Bob Dierker snaps 2-2 tie in 8th with solo blast;

John Schulte has 3 hits for SGU & finishes series with 6 plus an RBI, while Jim Bowe collects a pair of G#3 RBI triples;

Kurfess ends night with series-best 7 hits & Kunstmann

(3-3B, HR, E) turns in a series-high 4 RBI

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Zion Luckey (3)

@ Pember. Presbyterian (0)

Zion hands PP its 1st series setback of year

Zion comes out slugging in 12-1 win in opener;

Andy Lang has 2 solo HRs & 3 RBI for hosts, while

Dick Eilert (2 RBI, 2B) & Mike Moenter (2 RBI)

produce 4 hits apiece;

Rick Nelson adds 3 doubles (RBI) in team's 22-hit attack;

Both offenses struggle in G#2 with Zion claiming 2-0 victory;

ZL scores single runs in 7th (Nelson RBI single)

& 8th (Eilert RBI double) for only scoring of game;

Nelson leads Zion to 5-3 win in finale with 3 RBI doubles;

Alan Troutt hits 2 solo HRs & 2 doubles for PP;

Troutt finishes series with 5 hits & 3 RBI;

Eilert leads Zion with 8 series hits (2-2B) to go along with 3 RBI

& Nelson paces club in RBI with 5 on 7 hits (6-2B)

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Bethlehem #2 (2)

@ Bethlehem #1 (1)

B#2 takes series in battle of 1st-place squads

John Keiser remains on roll for B#2, producing 4 HRs

(including another grand slam) & a bases-loaded triple

en route to 12 RBI on night (all in his first 11 at bats);

Keiser now has 9 HRs for season (4 slams) & 29 RBI;

B#2 takes opener 8-5 with Keiser's 3-run bomb in 1st

giving team lead never lost;

Keiser's lead-off error in 7th starts 3-run uprising in which

Kit Keiser's 2-RBI double proves to be winning hit;

Father John ends scoring with a solo HR in 8th;

B#2 lays down lumber in G#2 with a 13-1 victory;

John Keiser's 3-run triple in 1st sparks a 5-run frame;

Keiser adds a solo blast in 4th & then connects on

a grand slam in 6th;

Not to be overshadowed (but were), B#2's Mike O'Brien (RBI, 2B)

& Rick Cajka (RBI, 3B) both have 5-hit games;

B#1 controls finale from start, but has to hold on for 6-5

win as B#2 records 4-run 8th to make things interesting;

Dave Helm's solo HR in 7th stands as deciding run;

Helm also has an RBI triple in 1st;

Vic Schuerman hits a 3-run center shot in 6th for B#1

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BG Cloverdale (2)

@ BG Nazarene (1)

BGC grabs pair in exciting series

BGC claims opener, 8-7, as Ben Peters breaks deadlock

in 10th inning with solo HR to complete shooting cycle;

Peters hits single in 2nd, double in 4th, triple in 6th & double in 8th

before his winning blow to finish 5-for-5 with 3 RBI;

Seth Peters also drives in 3 on a pair of HRs;

Mike Barbour (RBI, 2B) leads BGN with 4 hits;

In G#2, BGC takes another squeaker, this time, 7-6;

Ben Peters adds 3 more hits (2 RBI), including a solo

HR in 7th which holds up as winning hit;

Barbour again paces BGN with 3 RBI coming on a double & triple;

BGN avoids sweep in G#3 with a 5-3 victory;

Tied at 1-1 entering B-6th, BGN strikes for 4 consecutive

1-out solo HRs by Mickey Gore, Lish McIntosh,

Brendan Yowler & Kevin Miller to break game open;

BGC moves to within 1 run in 8th on a Paul Wachter

2-run bomb after a Jim Meyer walk, but can't force extras

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New Rochester (0)

@ Stony Ridge (3)

SR sweeps at home to lift record to 6-3

SR takes opener, 2-1, thanks to Myrl Bretz's 2-run double

in 5th that puts hosts on board first;

NR closes to within a run in 9th on Jim Bockbrader's RBI

double, but team can't get equalizer;

SR takes another 1-run game in middle contest, winning 5-4;

Rookie Larry Michel's 2-out RBI triple in 9th

breaks a 4-4 deadlock & holds up as winning hit;

Michel finishes with 4 hits & knocks in 3;

Jeremy Orth also has 4 hits (RBI) for SR, including 2 triples;

In G#3, SR erases an early 1-0 NR lead with game's next

5 runs & cruises to 6-3 win;

Jigs Sandwisch produces 5-for-5 game (2B, 3B) with 2 RBI,

while Ed Boelkens has 4-hit finale;

Stev Bockbrader has 2 doubles, a triple & 2 RBI for NR

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BG Trinity United (0)

@ Pember. Methodist (3)

PM gains share of 1st place with sweep of short-handed TUM

PM takes opener, 6-5, behind 4-hit games from

Rick Ward & Darren Pash;

Pash drives in 4, including a 2-run triple;

Making his WCDL debut, PM's Chris Jordan gets

a hit in his first 4 at bats;

Mike Farr has a pair of RBI triples for Trinity;

PM claims G#2 by score of 7-1 as Alex Ward leads

victors with 5 hits (2B, 3B) & 3 RBI;

PM breaks open 1-run game with 5 tallies over 6th & 7th innings;

Rick Ward adds 4 more hits, including a double;

Rick Ward has 5 hits (HR) for PM in 7-5 G#3 win

to conclude night with 13 safeties;

Pash finishes with 9 hits & 5 RBI, while Alex Ward

also knocks in 5 on 8 hits;

Jordan collects 7 hits (3B) & 2 RBI (both in G#3) in his

first career series;

Dana Kratzer leads Trinity with 2 RBI in finale & 5 for evening;

Brad Kratzer paces TUM with 7 series hits (2 RBI, 2B, 3B);

Trinity played with an automatic out for all 3 games & has

done so for but 1 1/2 games this season

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