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SECTIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
Riverton
Saturday, May 28
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| Mt.
Pulaski |
4 |
F |
| Williamsville |
5 |
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Williamsville scored 3 times in the bottom of
the sixth to pulled ahead for good as they
defeated Mt. Pulaski 5-4. Williamsville
scored the first run of game in the bottom of
the first, but Mt. Pulaski score a pair in the
3rd to go ahead 2-1. Alex Urbas tied the
game in the 3rd with a solo home run to right,
but Jeff Tobias erased that tie with a home
run of his own the next inning. Mt.
Pulaski added another run in the fourth to
make it a 4-2 game. It stayed that way
until the bottom of the sixth when
Williamsville scored a run on a fielder's
choice to make the score 4-3. Then one
out later, Charlie Jouett drilled a 2 run Home
Run to put the Bullets ahead for good.
Andrew Veach pick up the win in relief of
David Miller while Collin Brennan was credited
with the save. John Foley pitched the
complete game for Mt. Pulaski. The top
hitter for the Hilltoppers, Chase Lowery -
catcher - left the game in the 3rd inning with
a dislocated left thumb. |
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2005
SEMI-FINAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, May 21
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| Pleasant
Plains (23-14) |
8 |
F
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| Mount
Pulaski (25-6-1) |
9 |
| Jeff
Tobias produced the game-winning rbi in bottom of
seventh, doubling in Chase Lowery, who led off with a
single and advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Korey
Letterle. Lowery had two hits and two rbi's.
John Foley was the winning pitcher, relieving starter
Josh Blaum in the top of the 6th. Dan Gleason
recorded a 2-run homer in the 1st inning, with 3 rbi's
for the game. Plains had a big game from Nick
Beard, pitcher & 1st baseman, with 2 home runs and
4 rbi's. Plains tied it with an un-earned run in
the top of the 6th against Foley. But Foley
retired the Cardinals in order in the top of the 7th
inning. Both teams combined for 20 hits, 10
walks, 3 hit batsmen, with only 2 errors. The
Hilltoppers led 8-4 after 4 innings in this
"seesaw" encounter. This was "a
State Tournament type of game". |
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| At
Riverton* |
| SECTIONAL
SEMIFINAL |
| Mt.
Pulaski |
3 |
F |
| Normal
(University) |
2 |
| A
well pitched complete game by both Ben Reeser (U-High)and
Josh Blaum (Mt. Pulaski). The game went to extra
innings after U-High's Josh Cox lead-off the bottom of
the 7th with a triple, which forced Mt. Pulaski to
intentionally walk the next two batters. Blaum
then got the next batter to ground out 1-2 and then
struck out the next two batters. Josh Blaum then
helped himself by driving in the winning run with a
triple in the top of the 8th to make the score, 3-2.
Blaum held the Pioneers in check in the bottom of
the 8th to allow the Hilltoppers to reach the sectional
championship in back-to-back years. Mt.
Pulaski goes up against Williamsville, a 8-7 comeback
semi-final sectional winner over Olympia. This
sectional championship match-up will be this Saturday in
Riverton at 10:00 am. |
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