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2017-18
Week #16 Results
Pemberville Methodist extends 1st-place lead to 3 games
thanks to 2 wins & a Stony Ridge sweep of Bethlehem #2;
BG Trinity also captures 3 victories, while
Pemberville Presbyterian notches 1st series win since December;
Zion continues charge with 2 more victories as
does Bethlehem #1
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Bethlehem #1 (2)
@ New Rochester (1)
B#1 gets back on track by taking road series
NR starts night with 6-5 win in opener;
After grabbing early 3-1 lead after 1st inning, NR finds
itself trailing 5-4 late in game;
Team rallies to tie contest in 8th on a leadoff HR
by Gary Chamberlain & then wins it in walk-off fashion
on an Adam Snyder 1-out, walk-off double;
NR gets 3 in 1st on 5 singles & a bases-loaded
sacrifice by Lyle Schroeder;
Schroeder also hits a solo HR in 3rd & finishes game
with 2 RBI as does Snyder;
Sonny Castillo produces 4 hits for NR, while Ken Rahe
& Jim Fields have RBI triples for B#1;
Dave Apgar & Mel Karns also have run-scoring doubles for B#1;
B#1 bounces back nicely with a 7-5 win in G#2;
Tied at 2-2 entering B-6th, B#1 scores 5 to break game open;
Inning is capped by Dean Schuerman's grand slam;
Rahe has another RBI triple in 2-run B#1 1st stanza;
Snyder has RBI double in 4th for NR & Chamberlain
hits another lead-off HR, this time in 5th, to knot score at 2;
Castillo churns out 4 more singles;
B#1 works some late-inning magic in G#3 as guests score 6 runs
over last 2 innings to secure 8-3 victory;
NR battles back from 2-0 deficit in 3rd to eventually take
a 3-2 lead after 7 innings;
Jim Dobson starts comeback with solo HR in 6th & then
Russ Siek & Chamberlain connect with RBI doubles in 7th
to give NR what would be a short-lived advantage;
Rahe drives in 2 with triple in 8th for B#1 & Schuerman also
plates a run with a 3-bagger 3 batters later;
In 9th, B#1 strings together 5 singles to put game out of reach;
Rahe & Karns end game with 3 & 2 RBI, respectively;
Karns produces 3rd straight, 3-hit game;
Castillo leads both sides with 11 hits (all singles) over series;
Schuerman drives in 6, while Rahe plates 5 on
7 hits, including 3 triples;
Karns ends night with 4 RBI with a double among his 9 safeties;
Dave Helm also contributes 7 hits (3-2B);
Snyder (7 hits w/ 3-2B) & Chamberlain have 3 RBI apiece for NR
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Pemberville Methodist (2)
@ BG St. Mark's (1)
BGSM takes opener, but PM wins series
Trailing 6-4, BGSM rallies for 3 in 8th on Roger Hayward's
3-run bomb & hosts hold on for win;
Tom Lemmerbrock drives in 2 for BGSM, including an
RBI double in 3rd;
Dave Otte plates a run for BGSM in 5th with a triple
& Keith Miller hits a solo HR in 7th;
Bob Jividen leads PM with 4 hits, including an RBI double
in team's 3-run 7th that erases 3-2 BGSM lead;
Darren Pash knocks in 3, including run-scoring
triples in both 3rd & 8th frames;
PM starts game with auto out before Arron Brockschmidt
arrives halfway thru for 1st action of season;
PM builds 7-0 advantage, bolstered by 5 tallies
in 3rd, en route to 7-3 win in G#2;
Pash has 5 hits & 2 RBI with 1 coming on a run-producing
double in 5th inning;
Rick Ward nets 4 hits & 2 RBI with his triple in 2nd
giving PM a lead it would not let go;
BGSM scores all 3 of its runs in 7th on RBI extra-base hits
by John Kunstmann (3B), Hayward (2B) & Miller (2B);
PM holds on for 2-1 victory in finale as Rick Ward,
Alex Ward & Pash spearhead squad with 3 hits each;
RBI singles by Alex Ward & Tom Jividen in opening
frame prove to be all PM needs to claim 7th series
win in last 8 attempts;
Miller gives BGSM hope in 7th with solo HR, but
team can't get equalizer rest of way despite lead-off hits
in last 2 innings;
Pash paces PM with a series-best 11 hits, while Bob Jividen (9),
Alex Ward (9), Rick Ward (8) & Tom Jividen (7) account for 33 more;
Lemmerbrock is BGSM's hit leader with 5 & Miller
contributes 4 extra-base safeties (2-2B, 2-HR)
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BG Nazarene (1)
@ Zion Luckey (2)
Zion takes 3rd straight series thanks to explosive 3rd game
Zion falls behind early, but rallies to take opener, 6-3;
Brendan Yowler gives BGN a 2-0 lead in 1st with a 2-run triple;
ZL posts 4 in 3rd to take lead on RBI hits by Rick Nelson (2B),
Andy Lang (1B), Jessica Lang (E) & Dan Meyer (2B);
Yowler cuts deficit to a run in 5th with an RBI base hit,
but Zion gets single tallies of its own in 6th (Nelson 1B)
& 7th (Curt Juergens 2B) for breathing room;
Brian Burrell (2-2B) leads Zion with 4 hits;
Nelson ends with 2 RBI (2-2B);
Mike Barbour paces visitors with 4 safeties (2B), while
Yowler accounts for all 3 RBI;
BGN evens series with 8-5 win in G#2;
Zion takes 3-0 cushion in 2nd, but BGN quickly ties with
3 in its 2nd & garners lead for good with 2 in 5th;
RBI hits by Nelson (2B) & Andy Lang (1B) stake Zion ahead
2-0 in 1st & Moenter's RBI single in 2nd puts in front by 3;
Julie Gore cracks a 2-run HR in 2nd for BGN &
Mickey Gore immediately follows with a solo blast;
Yowler (3B) & Kevin Miller (1B) have mirror RBI
hits in 3rd & 5th frames;
RBIs by Andy Lang (2B) & teammate Jim Hansen (1B)
make it 7-5 in 6th, but Todd Nienow closes scoring
in 8th with an RBI single;
Juergens & Moenter (RBI) have 4 hits each for Zion,
while Andy Lang drives in pair;
Offensive flood gates open in G#3 with Zion
coming out on top, 18-11;
BGN strikes 1st on an RBI single by Yowler in opening
inning, but ZL scores game's next 16 runs, including
a 5-run 1st & 7-run (9 hit) 3rd frame;
Up 18-5 in 9th, BGN flexes its muscles by putting 6 on
board with 4 coming on a Lish McIntosh grand slam;
McIntosh also hits a 3-run HR an inning earlier;
Zion's lineup top 4 produce 21 of team's 29 hits;
Juergens has 6 (3 RBI), while Burrell, Moenter &
Nelson corral 5 each;
Meyer also contributes 4 doubles (RBI);
Nelson hits 2 doubles, a triple & knocks in 7;
All of Nelson's hits plate at least a run with his doubles in
1st & 3rd each bringing in a pair;
Andy Lang has 5 RBI with a 3-run bomb in 1st & 2-run,
2-sacker in 3rd;
Jessica Lang hits a 2-run center finder in 4th;
Yowler has 4 of club's 21 hits in a losing effort;
Moenter leads series with 12 singles & knocks in a run;
Juergens nets 11 hits (2B), including 6 in finale, &
closes with 4 RBI;
Burrell also hits double digits in hits with 10 &
Nelson produces 10 RBI on 9 hits (7-2B, 3B), while
Andy Lang drives in 8 on 7 safeties (2-2B, HR);​
Zion ends night with 29 runs on 61 hits;
BGN churns out 22 runs on 50 hits;
Yowler reaches 9 times (3-3B, 2B) for BGN &
equals McIntosh with 7 RBI;
Nienow (RBI) also has 7-hit night (all singles) for guests
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Salem Grace United (0)
@ BG Trinity United (3)
Trinity sweeps for 5th series win in last 6 tries
TUM offense comes alive in 12-1 win in G#1;
Don Young's solo HR in 2nd puts SGU ahead 1-0, but
it's all Trinity after that;
TUM takes lead in 3rd with 4 consecutive 2-out hits producing a
pair of runs on Mike Farr's double & Brad Kratzer's single;
Trinity puts 2 more on board in 4th when Gary Manning
connects on a 2-run bomb & then ices game with a
monster 8-hit, 8-run 8th inning with all its scoring coming
across after 2 were retired;
Big hits in frame came on Farr's bases-loaded triple &
Dana Kratzer's 3-run center strike;
Andy Janes & Dave Avery (RBI) lead TUM with 4 hits each,
while Dana Kratzer ends with 3;
Trinity breaks open a 2-2 game with 3 runs in 8th & 2 more
in 9th for a 7-2 victory in middle match-up;
Manning has big blow in 8th with a 2-out, 3-run HR,
while Brad Kratzer has a 2-run double in 9th;
Shelby Janes hits a solo shot in 2nd to tie contest at 1-1,
then later Farr hits an RBI double;
Andy Janes adds 5 more hits (all doubles) to his ledger
in 5 trips to line;
Jim Bowe puts SGU up 1-0 in 1st with a 2-out RBI double
& Gene Fairbanks ties game at 2-2 in 7th with a 2-bagger;
Trinity registers 3rd sweep of season with a 3-2 conquest in
finale as Andy Janes reaches 4 more times, including twice on deuces;
His RBI single in 6th ties game at 1-1;
Mike "Babe" Ruthenberg puts hosts in front 3-1 in 7th
with a 2-out, 2-run HR;
SGU, however, cuts deficit to 1 run in 9th on Bowe's 2-out
RBI single after a 1-out Bob Dierker triple;
Fairbanks plates SGU's 1st run with a 2-out RBI triple in 5th;
SGU produces just 5 hits for game;
Andy Janes leads series with 13 hits (7-2B), including a
stretch of 9 consecutive hits over G#1 & G#2;
All 13 of his safeties come in his last 14 at bats;
Avery quietly turns in a 9-hit night;
Young leads SGU with 4 hits (3-2B, HR) in his return to lineup
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Pemberville Presbyterian (2)
@ BG Cloverdale (1)
PP gets off schneid, breaking 9-game losing string
PP wins opener, 6-2, behind 4 solo HRs, including 3 in 5th inning;
Al Troutt, Will Tezak & Ron Curtis all go deep in 5th
to push advantage to 4-0;
Julie Williams gives PP a 1-0 lead an inning earlier with
an RBI double & hits another run-scoring 2-sacker in 7th;
Steve Williams ends PP scoring with a solo HR in 9th;
All 9 PP hits are for extra bases;
BGC scores its runs in 6th to cut deficit to 4-2
on Paul Wachter's 2-run HR:
PP earns 7-5 victory in G#2 as Tezak strokes 2 doubles
& a HR while Jim Jones adds 4 singles;​
Tezak hits 2-run shot in 1st, but BGC gets run back in 2nd on
Ron Merritt's RBI triple with 2 down;
BGC takes lead in 6th with 3 runs on single-triple sequence
with Caleb Peters (3B), Craig Kleine (1B) & Ben Peters (3B)
knocking in tallies;
PP answers big time with 4 on RBI doubles from Troutt,
Curtis (2 RBI) & Tezak;
Clubs trade runs in 7th with Seth Peters hitting a 2-out
solo HR & Tezak driving in another on a 2-out double
to finish game with 4 RBI;
PP records 9 more extra-base safeties;
Hosts jump out to 4-0 lead in nightcap with 2 runs in both
2nd & 3rd innings & then hold on for 5-4 win;
Caitlin Davenport, in her 1st ever at bat, hits an RBI triple
in 2nd & scores on Wachter's single;​
Caleb Peters cracks 2-out solo HR in 3rd & Ben Peters
plates another with RBI triple;
Julie Williams gets PP on board with an RBI double in 4th,
then a Troutt 2-RBI double cuts BGC's lead to 1 in 8th;
Caleb Peters boosts advantage back to pair in his
team's 8th with a solo center strike;
Tezak belts a 2-out HR for PP in 9th to get within
1 again, but guests can't push another across;
Troutt finishes game with 3 doubles & 2 RBI;
PP nets 8 addition extra-base hits to finish series with 26;
Troutt (4 RBI), Curtis (3 RBI) & Jones all register 7 hits each
over series for PP while Tezak leads squad with 6 RBI;
Caleb Peters, 1 of 4 BGC players with 4 hits, hits
2 triples & 2 HRs en route to 3 RBI;
Wachter also finishes with 3 RBI
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Stony Ridge (3)
@ Bethlehem #2 (0)
SR wins 4th straight series with road sweep
SR takes opener 10-2 as Ed Boelkens goes 6-for-6;
Guests build 8-0 lead before B#2 cracks scoreboard in 7th;
Larry Michel adds 4 hits & 2 RBI for SR, while
teammate Fred Swihart collects a pair of doubles &
a triple to along with 4 RBI;
Lori Dewyre also drives in 2 on a HR in SR's big 6-run 6th;
Russ Abke & Rick Cajka account for both B#2 runs
with RBI singles;
SR jumps in front again with 2 in 3rd & never looks
back in 4-1 victory;
Earl Hagg has RBI triple in 3rd, Swihart a solo HR in 4th
& Jeremy Orth an RBI 3-bagger in 5th as part of SR's attack;
Orth also has RBI single in 3rd;
John Keiser's solo HR in 7th breaks shutout;
SR completes sweep with 4-0 win in G#3;
Hagg & Orth produce 2-run triples in 3rd & 5th innings,
respectively, for game's only runs;
B#2 loads bases in 1st, but only gets 1 hit rest of way
as last 21 shooters go down in order;
SR holds lead entire series;
Boelkens finishes with 9 hits, while Hagg (3-3B) &
Michel have 7 apiece;
Mike O'Brien & Ken Finley pace B#2 with 5 hits each