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Tuesday June 01, 2004
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Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Little League
Baseball Wright leads Auburn Elks over
Kiwanis
By Journal Sports
Staff
Nolan Wright led Auburn Elks Lodge #1691 over
the Auburn Kiwanis Club 14-9 last Monday with three singles, two
runs and an RBI in Auburn Little League Majors action. Tim Bendana
hit a triple and a double and scored three runs.
Bryce Starks
had a triple with two runs and an RBI and Steven Schmidt had a
double, two runs and two RBIs. Matt Dougherty had a double with a
run and an RBI. Matt Steele had a single, two runs and an RBI. Nick
Rohde had a single and a run. Griffin Quick scored a run and Garrett
Burlingame had an RBI.
For the Kiwanis, Michael Reale had a
double, two runs and an RBI and Joe Marich and David Daniel each hit
a single and scored two runs. Michael Bray, Reilly Newman and Kyle
Wells each scored a run and had an RBI and Bill Betts scored a
run.
Auburn Elks Lodge #1691 2, Auburn Journal
1
The Elks needed seven innings to beat the Auburn
Journal last Wednesday in a nail-biter. Bendana knocked in Dougherty
for the Elks’ first run in the first inning. The next inning, Conner
Hand singled and scored on Cody Barger’s single to tie it up. Then,
in the seventh inning, Bendana hit a triple and scored on Schmidt’s
hit.
For the Elks, Matt Ryan hit a double and Starks hit a
single. Dougherty pitched two strong innings and Bendana pitched
five shutout innings.
For the Journal, Steven Cox hit a
double and Buster Machado and Tanner Yurdana each hit a single. Cox
gave up only one run in three innings and Caleb Mitchell pitched
three scoreless innings.
Placer Sierra Bank 6,Union Bank
2
Union Bank took an early lead with two runs in the
first but Placer Sierra Bank recovered well with four runs in the
third and two more in the fifth.
Eric Weaver had a double,
single and one RBI and Ryan Lipsmeyer had a double and two RBIs.
Pitcher Anthony Amara had nine strikeouts in three innings and
Lipsmeyer had six strikeouts in three innings.
For Union
Bank, Michael Caldwell had a triple and an RBI while Matt Stuck had
a double and two RBIs. Josh Klem pitched four innings and had five
strikeouts.
Placer Sierra Bank 2, Auburn 20/30 Club 1
With no score after one inning, 20/30 was first on the
scoreboard in the second inning with a double from Derek Bovee that
knocked in PJ Bandanza. Auburn 20/30 remained up 1-0 until the 4th
inning when Placer Sierra answered with a double from Amara who
later stole home for the tying run. In the 5th inning, Placer Sierra
pulled ahead on a double hit by Colin Brown who was knocked in for
the winning run with a single by Lipsmeyer.
Auburn
Outdoor 3, Auburn 20/30 Club 2
Nick Linthicum of Auburn
20/30 pitched five innings, facing only 18 batters and giving up
only two hits. Unfortunately for 20/30, both those hits were home
runs by Michael Gray of Auburn Outdoor Sports.
Gray hit his
first home run in the opening inning for a 1-0 lead. The next two
innings went 1-2-3 for both sides, which showed some impressive
defense, including a long fly ball caught by Kevin Harcus from 20/30
in right field.
In the fourth inning 20/30 pulled ahead on
singles from Linthicum and Koal Swisley who were knocked in on a fly
ball hit by Bovee and a single from Alex Hostetler. In the bottom of
the inning Gray was up a second time and hit his second homer, tying
the score 2-2. In the fifth, Auburn Outdoor scored the winning run
for a final score.
Auburn Little League
Major
Division
Team W L
Placer Sierra Bank 14 3
Union Bank 14 3
Elks Lodge 13 4
Auburn 20/30
7 9
Auburn Outdoor Sports 7 10
Auburn Journal 6 10
Edgewood Veterinary 4 13
Kiwanis Club 2
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