May 21:
Game 1 - After a day of on again, off again rain, the wind picked up at the right time for the games to begin. Juggies Taphouse jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning, but later fell behind to the Sauer RV Storage Lakers 4-5 in the 3rd inning. Juggies Taphouse then changed their Jiggers and jumped ahead 7-5 after 4 innings. The Sauer RV Storage Lakers came out of storage and scored 4 runs in the 5th and 5 runs in the 6th to pull the drinks off the table and put them in storage to come away with a 14-9 win.
Highlights forJuggies Taphouse was a 3/3 night for owner/sponsor Kasey Slinging Valkenburg (2 RBI’s), Jamie Spray them all over White (1RBI) and a 2/3 night for Blair boomer Lutz (1RBI), Todd go go get it Toews and Jim dulling Dulle.
Highlights for the Sauer RV Storage Lakers was a 3/4 night for Trevor flooring Fauth (4RBI’s), Gerard Reno Hittel (2RBI’s), Mike Road Runner Shantz, and Curtis Scherger. Terry BoJangles Satens went 2/3 at the plate by using his keen eye and billy goat presence. Another fine pitching performance by Wilf woooo Broesky.
Thanks to the scorekeeper, announcer who also guessed the weather right, the umps (they don’t take bribes), and especially the fine touch by having the ladies in the kitchen to ensure the guys didn’t’ have to spend all their time counting. Well done.
Game Report By Curtis Scherger
Game 2 - Elmer & Harold’s Astros pulled out a 12 - 8 win over the Morrison Health Mavericks in the middle game on a cool night. For the Astros, Kelly Lutz went 3/3 with 3 RBI’s, Rick Parker was 2/3 with a home run and 3 RBI’s and both Fred Bohnet and Fred Kelln punched out base hits. For the Mavericks, Dave Hammel was 3/3 with 4 RBI’s and John Engel and Leon Moch were both 2/3 with each hitting a home run with 3 RBI’s.
Game report By Bill Ramage
Game 3 - The last game of the night between Logo’s Rebels and the Garage Pub Fog. The Rebels took an early lead with 2 and 5 in there first 2 innings. The Fog chipped away to close the gap 10-7 after their top half of the 6th. Then the Rebels scored 5 in their bottom half of the 6th to hang on to a 16-7 final.
Like to thank Gary and Randy upstairs and the B to B Blue Jays on the ground!
May 20:
Game 1 - Elmer & Harold’s got their first win of the year by a 15 - 8 score over the Station Coffee. For E & H, Frank Merkl, Kelly Lutz, Keith Lutz, Rick Parker, Darrell Jesse & Bill Ramage were all 3/3 with Kelly hitting the only home run of the game. For Station Coffee, Wayne Miller, Rod Groves, John McFee & Trent Rasch were all 2/2. E & H out hit Station Coffee by a close margin of 24 - 19.
Game Report By Bill Ramage
Game 2 - The Stewart optical eye guys were fortunate to get a win over Copper Coulee Silver foxes 12-4. Great defense by the thieven weasel Roland Schlenker. He made a pile of good catches to help shut down a good offense. Randy Biko was stellar on the mound as well.
Jeff Thompson and James Phillips lead the offense for the eye guys with 3 hits each followed by Darrell Bonogofsky with 2 hits including a homerun plus 2 hits from Rob Price and Bryon Witkowski. Sam Montoya, Paul Savage and Glenn Kessler had 2 hits for the Silver Foxes.
Great night for ball, thanks to the good umps and concession guys from Redi!
Game Report By Jim Stewart
Game 3 - On a cooler evening, the Bumper to Bumper Blue Jays were able to outlast the Sauer RV Storage Lakers by a score of 12 to 10. Leading the way for the Blue Jays was Andy Stroh with two home runs including an inside the park grand slam in the third inning. A five run fifth inning for the Jays included key hits by Chad Stahl and Kerry Buss with two out. Back to back doubles by Kenn Kallis and Mike Peters and a sac fly from Andy Christie helped the Jays take the lead for good in the sixth inning. The Lakers were lead by Curtis Scherger with a three run home run in the fifth inning and a three hit night for Gerard Hittel.
Game Report By Andy Stroh
May 19:
Game 1 - Well Red Sox fans, we got off to a slow start letting Juggies get 5 runs in the first. We came back with 3 of our own to make it close. Juggies scored 2 more in the 3rd to make it 7-3, including Blaine Lutz solo shot. They scored 1 more in the 5th to make it 8-3. But in the 6th the Red Sox started their comeback Boyd Hamm hit a solo shot and we pushed across one more to make it 8-5. In the seventh Juggies scored one run to make it 9-5. Then the Red Sox came up to bat. Boyd Hamm once again hit a monstrous 3 run homer to make it 9-8, then Jack Simons hit a gigantic solo homer to tie the game at 9 and folks that’s how the game ended. Blaine Lutz had one homer for the Juggies and Boyd Ham with 2 and Jack Simons with one for the Red Sox. An excellent game all around with an exciting finish. Thanks to the umpires and concession crew and the announcer and scorekeepers for an excellent job as usual.
Game Report By Bob Marfleet
Game 2 - It was a great game between the Copper Coulee Casino and Mikes Meats Meateors with Copper Coulee Casino starting off with a couple of runs in the first, before Mikes Meats jumped ahead with 4 runs for them lead by Tim Johnson’s 3 for 3 night. With Copper Coulee Casino having 6 guys with 2 for 3 night coming back and taking the lead before Mikes Meats Meatoers came back to tie the game behind 3 guys having 3 for 4 night. Final score 10-10.
Game Report By Kelly Martin
Game 3 - Stewart Optical scored 5 runs in each of the first, third and fifth innings and held on for a 16-9 win over the Redi Recyclers. The first seven batters in the lineup accounted for 18 hits in 21 trips to the plate and were led by Darrell Bonagofsky and Jim Stewart who both went 3-3 with a home run each. Roland Schlenker and Jeff Thompson both went 3-3 as well. Bill Rothwell made a number of great defensive plays at third base for the Eye Guys taking away a few certain base hits. It was also great for the Optical team to welcome back Brian Christman from his biking injury, nice to have a full roster.
For the Recyclers Keith Kleckner was a perfect 3-3 while six other players chipped in with two hits each. The Recyclers scored four runs each in the fifth and sixth innings but couldn’t push across any more runs in the seventh. It turned out to be another beautiful night at the Diamond, thanks to all the volunteers that make this league possible.
Game Report By Jeff Thompson