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Cubs trail Pirates by three
By Tim Sherwood
The area’s continued wet weather again played havoc with the Minor
League’s third full week of play, where the Cubs’ 3–4
record is slowly gaining on the Pirates, still undefeated for six games.
On Monday, June 23, the Pirates won the week’s first game by forfeit,
only to lose 10–2 in a scrimmage game against a patchwork Indians
team. Using players borrowed from other teams, the (mostly) Indians pounded
out 17 hits, with three each coming from Nathan Hardman, Liam Creighton
and Grant Reigelsperger. Hardman, Creighton and Fisher Lewis all scored
two runs each. The normally tough Pirate defense was missing in action,
and the usually hard hitting Pirates managed only eight hits, starting
with Augie Knemeyer’s triple in the third, which was knocked in
by Nate Gillman-Baggett. Aiden Cooney scored the only other Pirate run
after hitting a single and then being sent home on Isaiah Taylor’s
hit.
Rains on Wednesday, June 25, forced the postponement of contests between
the Reds and Dragons as well as the Yankees and Pirates. Rain on Thursday
also shortened a make-up game to three innings that saw the Cubs defeat
the Dragons 7–3. The Cubs put five runs on the board in the first
inning after base hits from Kaner Butler, Evan Pace and James Fulton and
a double by Adam Greene. Ethan Perkins then stepped to the plate and hit
his first two-run home run. Butler and Greene both tripled and Greene
scored on Evan pace’s second hit and RBI of the game. Taran Pergram
led off for the Dragons with one of his two doubles and was sent across
the plate by Jake Savage’s single. Grant Reigelsperger then smashed
a triple, scoring Savage, and later crossed the plate off Zane Pergram’s
base hit.
A wet field took Friday’s game to the field with lights, where Miranda
Pelzl knocked in the winning run that propelled the Cubs to a 3–2
victory over the Yankees. Adam Green scored the team’s initial run
when he was knocked in by James Fulton’s single. Sulayman Chappelle
was then knocked in by Sawyer HaleWolfe, both of whom went two for two.
The Yankees rallied in the fourth to tie the game at 2–2 when Joe
Thorp hit one of his two singles and was then knocked in by Ian Chick’s
base hit. Liam Weigand followed with another base hit that scored Chick
to tie the game. Other Yankee hits came off the bats of Ben and Cameron
Croft and Danny Horton.
Rain again on Saturday morning, June 29, forced the postponement of the
Dragons vs. Indians, but the skies cleared for two other games. In the
first, the Yankees bounced back from their loss to the Cubs to defeat
the Reds 6–3. Ian Chick led with a single and a triple, two runs
scored and a pair of RBIs. Ben Croft, Joe Thorp and Tyler Restau all scored
after base hits, as did Liam Weigand, who went two for two and added an
RBI. Cameron Croft smacked a first-inning single that scored two runs,
while Olivia Chick earned an RBI with a base hit of her own while Evelyn
Greene also singled. Down 6–0, the Reds mounted a fourth-inning
rally when Christian Werner and Tom Amrhein both singled and were then
knocked in by Keanan Onfrey-Curley. He subsequently scored their final
run.
Saturday’s second game included at least one hit by every Pirate
player in the team’s 14–0 shutout of the Cubs. Jacob Whetsel
led the charge with a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored, including
a home run. Jared Scarfpin went two for three and also scored a pair of
runs and knocked in three others. Nathan Miller and Aaron Sherwood also
each scored two runs and an RBI. Rookie Jasmine Davidson’s work
at the batting cage has paid off, as she smashed a single and a pair of
doubles and scored a run. Meanwhile, another rookie, Aiden Cooney, earned
the game ball for his two for three performance with a run scored and
three RBIs.
No games are scheduled for the upcoming holiday weekend, leaving three
full weeks of play remaining. Find the latest schedule updates, scores,
standings and player stats on the league’s Web site at www.leaguelineup.com/ysoyouthbb.com.
YSHS soccer sign up
Any student who is interested in playing soccer
this fall for the Yellow Springs High School boys soccer team should send
an e-mail with their name, address, phone number, age and year in school
for the coming school year to Jim Hardman at james.hardman@sinclair.edu.
In addition, any boy who didn’t play on last year’s team should
include a brief note detailing soccer playing experience. Team activities
are being planned to begin in mid-July, and all information will be sent
out via e-mails to the team distribution list.
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