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2017-18

Week #15 Results

Pemberville Methodist maintains 1-game lead over

Bethlehem #2 for league's top spot after both squads earn sweeps;

BG Nazarene, BG Trinity United, Stony Ridge, & Zion Luckey

are also series winners

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BG Cloverdale (0)

@ Pemberville Methodist (3)

Visiting BGC puts up battle, but PM escapes with sweep

PM wins opener, 2-1, with Tom Jividen ending contest

in 9th with 2-out walk-off triple;

BGC ties game in 8th on Craig Kleine's 2-out, solo HR

after Darren Pash hits an RBI triple in 6th to put PM ahead 1-0;

Pash ends game with 4 hits;

Rick Ward has 6 of PM's 21 hits in team's 7-1 victory in G#2;

Bob Jividen & Alex Ward both contribute 4 safeties;

BGC goes up 1-0 in 2nd on Paul Wachter's RBI single & lead

stands until Pash drives in 2 on his RBI 3-bagger in 5th;

PM adds runs in 3 of next 4 innings with Ward

& Chris Soals having RBI triples during that stretch;

Down 5-0 entering its last at bats, PM stages a frantic

9th-inning rally to win nightcap, 6-5;

PM starts B-9th with 3 consecutive singles, then following an out,

registers 3 straight singles again before Pash's bases-loaded

triple with 2 down ends game in walk-off fashion;

Pash finishes contest with 5 hits, while Caleb Peters produces

2 doubles, a HR & 2 RBI for BGC;

Pash concludes series with 11 hits, while Rick Ward (9),

Alex Ward (8), Bob Jividen (8) & Tom Jividen (7) combine for 32;

Ron Merritt leads BGC with 6 hits (2B, RBI)

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New Rochester (1)

@ BG Nazarene (2)

BGN wins 5th series in last 7 outings

NR claims opener, 8-7, rallying for 4 runs in 8th for win;

Visitors trail 7-4 entering 8th, but string together 5 straight

extra-base hits, including a 2-run HR by Lyle Schroeder,

his 3rd bomb in as many at bats;

Earlier Schroeder hits solo shots in 5th & 7th innings

& finishes contest with 4 RBI;

Adam Snyder has 4 doubles for NR & knocks in 2;

Jody Yowler produces 4 singles for BGN, while Brendan Yowler,

Kevin Miller & Phil Cribbs each collect 2 RBI;

BGN holds 7-2 lead after 4 frames, but can't hold on;

BGN rebounds to win G#2, 5-4;

Jody Yowler has 4 more singles, while Brendan Yowler

also posts 4 hits, including a 2-run triple in 1st inning;

Down 2 in 9th, BGN strikes for pair to take lead;

Lish McIntosh ties it with a double & Brendan Yowler

puts in front for good with a single;

Snyder hits 2-run blast for NR in 8th that puts team up 4-3;

BGN breaks loose for 12-4 win in finale as 3 players --

Todd Nienow, Mike Barbour (2B) & Brendan Yowler

(3B, 3 RBI) -- record 4 hits;

BGN pounds out 20 safeties & after trailing 1-0 into 4th, registers

4, 3-run innings (4th, 5th, 7th, 8th) & never looks back;

Michelle Lewis hits 3-run HR for BGN in 4th, Brendan

Yowler drives in 2 on a triple in 5th & Mark Armbruster connects

with a 2-run 3-bagger in 8th;

Miller ends contest with 2 RBI for hosts;

Schroeder knocks in 3 of NR's tallies with a HR in 7th

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BG St. Mark's (1)

@ Stony Ridge (2)

SR continues climb with 3rd straight series win

SR claims opener, 4-0, with Rick Lees leading

way with a pair of RBI triples;

SR breaks scoreless tie in 6th with 3 runs, including

a solo HR by Jigs Sandwisch;

Lees' 2nd triple of game in 8th adds insurance for hosts;

BGSM manages just 2 hits & both teams combine for just 11;

It's SR that struggles offensively in G#2, but BGSM isn't

much better in escaping with 1-0 victory;

John Kunstmann's 2-out RBI triple in opening frame

stands as lone run of contest;

Team's combine for 10 safeties with BGSM only netting 4;

Earl Hagg of SR has 2 hits for 2nd straight game;

SR takes series with 6-3 win in finale;

SR jumps ahead with 4 runs in 2nd & never looks back;

Sandwisch & Steve Kurfess have RBI triples in 2nd,

while Sandwisch adds another solo HR in 4th;

Jeremy Orth strokes an RBI double in 7th to push lead

to 6, before BGSM breaks shutout in 8th

on Larry Zimmerman's RBI double;

Cheryl Kurfess ends scoring for guests with 2-run HR in 9th;

Sandwisch & Hagg have 6 hits apiece over series,

equaling BGSM's 3-game team total of 12, including

4 by Todd Kurfess

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Bethlehem #2 (3)

@ Pemberville Presbyterian (0)

B#2 records 2nd sweep in as many weeks

Visitors win opener, 9-4, as Ken Gerwin hits for cycle;

Gerwin starts off with solo HR in 2nd & completes circuit

with 2-run triple in B#2's big 6-run 7th that

breaks open a 2-run game;

Kit Keiser adds 2-run bomb for B#2;

John Troutt drives in 3 for PP with 2 coming on a HR in 8th;

Chris Tezak contributes an RBI triple for hosts;

B#2 blanks PP, 5-0 in middle contest;

Ken Finley goes 4-for-4 with an RBI;

Rick Cajka & Gerwin each have RBI triples;

Pepper Martin strokes a 2-run double for winners;

B#2 completes sweep with 3-2 victory in finale as

Cajka's 2-out double in T-9th snaps 2-2 deadlock;

Chris & Kim Tezak knock in 1 run each for PP with

Kim's run-scoring double tying game in 8th;

Finley has 3 more hits, including an RBI triple in 7th

that gives B#2 a short-lived lead;

Finley leads both sides with 8 hits, while teammate

Cajka & PP's Jones have 6 each;

B#2 winning streak reaches 6 games

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BG Trinity United (2)

@ Bethlehem #1 (1)

TUM wins opening pair en route to series victory

Trinity takes G#1, 3-2, in 10 innings;

Gary Manning hits 2-out RBI double in extras

scoring Dana Kratzer who triples with 1 out;

Mike Farr's RBI triple with 2 outs ties game in 9th at 2-2;

B#1 scores both of its runs in 8th on 2-out safeties

by Ken Rahe (3B) & Mel Karns (1B) erasing a 1-0 deficit;

Dan Saygers, 1 of 5 players in contest with 3 hits,

doubles in TUM's 1st run in opening frame;

Win is Trinity's 1st in extras this year in 4 attempts;

Trinity's Mike Ruthenberg hits a 3-run bomb in 2nd inning

to give team a lead it wouldn't lose & Manning belts a 2-run

blast in 5th as TUM wins 9-3 in G#2;

Andy Janes & Brad Kratzer help Trinity's cause with RBI triples;

Andy Kreais & Dean Schuerman hit solo HRs for B#1;

B#1 salvages series with 10-8 victory in nightcap;

Rahe (4 RBI) & Karns (3 RBI) produce 4 hits each with

Rahe stroking RBI triples in 1st, 7th & 8th innings;

Rahe's 2nd triple of game breaks 2-2 deadlock in club's 5-run inning;

TUM cuts lead to 7-6 in 8th with 4 tallies on 5 doubles,

but B#1 counters with 3 in its half of 8th, including another

Rahe 3-bagger that plates pair;

Trinity rallies in 9th for 2, but can't get equalizer;

Dave Avery & Dana Kratzer (2 RBI) have 4 hits apiece for TUM

with Kratzer recording doubles in each of his last 3 at bats,

including RBIs in 8th & 9th;

Farr plates 3 for Trinity on a 2-run triple in 3rd that ties

game at 2-2 & later on a double in 9th;

TUM has 10 extra-base hits in game;

Jim Fields (3B) & Dean Schuerman (2-run HR) have B#1's

other RBIs, all in 7th;

Dana Kratzer (2 RBI) & Rahe 96 RBI) each finish with

9 hits over series, while Avery has 8 & Karns 5 RBI

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Zion Luckey (2)

@ Salem Grace United (1)

Zion grinds out series victory over HR-happy SGU

Zion trails 6-4 into T-9th, but erupts for 4 capped by Rick

Nelson's 2-out, 3-run HR giving team an 8-6 win;

Nelson finishes with 4 RBI, while Brian Burrell goes

5-for-5 with a double & an RBI triple;

John Schulte belts a 3-run HR for SGU in 6th to put

team ahead by pair of runs;

Jim Bowe hits a 2-run double in 1st to give SGU early lead;

Zion makes it 5 wins in a row with a 7-6 victory in G#2;

SGU jumps out to a 3-0 lead in 1st on Bob Marsh's RBI

triple & Chris Lockoski's follow-up 2-run HR;

Zion gets all 7 of its runs in 3rd inning on 8 hits,

including 7 straight to start frame;

Jim Hansen has big blow in rally with a 3-run center shot;

Lockoski ends game with 3 RBI on 2 HRs & Marsh adds

a solo bomb to his hit arsenal;

SGU is team to pull off rally in G#3 with a 6-5 conquest;

Zion builds a 5-0 advantage into 6th, but SGU chips

away with 3 in 6th & 2 in 8th to force extra frames before

Bob Dierker ends it with a 1-out, walk-off solo HR in 11th;

Hansen's 2-run bomb in 4th puts ZL up 2-0 & team tacks

on 3 more in 5th on RBI hits by Burrell (2B),

Moenter (3B) & Nelson (1B);

SGU comeback starts with 3 in 6th, including a 2-run HR

by Don Taulker who also hits a solo shot in 2-run 8th;

Dierker hits 2 doubles before belting game winner;

SGU slugs 10 HRs over series & ends 6-game season set

against Zion with a whopping 22 middle markers

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