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Posted Jul 23/12 - rockets split vs jackers regular season closes 22-9

July 23,2012 portland splits vs ft wayne jackers

Good morning baseball fans, it’s a beautiful day in Portland. The Portland rockets finished their regular season sat. at Carrington field vs the ft wayne jackers. the rockets lost game one 1-0 but won the nitecap 5-2. the split gives Portland the season series vs. ft. wayne 3 games to  2. 

In game one an old fashioned pitchers duel, rockets had just 2 hits, the jackers had 3 but they pushed across an unearned run in the 3rd vs. mitch waters. Ft wayne wins 1-0 ---mitch goes the distance striking out 7 walks one hits 2 and almost starts a fight, all in one hour 13 min.  rockets had 3 baserunners in the contest vs old rocket pitcher garret wiejak, he pitched for Portland in 2007, 2008----and doesn’t play for the jackers ----he just shows up as a hired gun .  the 3 baserunners 2 picked off----are you kidding me??????

Game 2 rockets righten the ship,,,with ace dan bollenbacher on the mound, he throws 84 pitches and battles out of jams all day, rockets win 5-2----dan gives up 2 runs on 6 hits fans 5 walks none,  effective relief pitching by eathan daggett and travis gray nails down the win.  Rockets outhit the jackers 8-5 in game 2

Zach tanner from Yorktown, the old pro released from the gary south shore railcats, went 3-3 with a big triple in the 5th , Thomas mccowan clutch 2 out hit brings in zach with the go ahead run. Also driving in runs, tanner a sac fly in the 6th drives in Austin bridges, Austin bridges drove in mccowan in the 2nd.  Dalton tinsely also had a sac fly in the second.  Dalton tinsely, rocket 2nd year cf from kokomo saw his 30 game hitting streak end vs. wiejak,,,,,,he has worked to make himself a steady fixture in the of and will make some college coach a fine leadoff hitter,  he currently attends Danville but is being courted by glen oaks and parkland===ah, glen oaks former rockets carey waters and good friend tyler fullenkamp went there

Speaking of former rockets had a conversation with david lyons about a reunion of guys who played for Portland Bryant collett Montpelier pennville the old independent league

Such a reunion hopefully at the world baseball congress tournament here in Portland aug 3, 4, 5  nice names like hoehamer, shawver, chittum, masters

Rockets now wrap up the regular season 22-9   league playoffs are up this weekend however teams up north have wrapped it up, rockets are heartland league champs again

But will not have to drive to south bend to vie for the title,  strangest league I have ever seen and many say a thanks  to league organizer and dropper victor canales.

Happy birthday billy ballgame, billy geeslin our pitcher from coldwater.  Well wishes to daddy daggett who had surgery Sunday eathans father from huntington

 

 

Rockets will await outcome of ft. wayne and cinci city leagues to  hopefully find an opponent for sat. at present sat we will have a team workout and open grill out at 1 pm come out and join us, young ballplayers are welcome to shag fly balls with the team,

Come see these athletes fine tune their game getting ready for the world baseball tournament in Portland, teams are already booked at the holiday inn from Chicago and  Cleveland, 

Rockets split vs ft wayne lose 1-0 to wiejak that turkey and win 5­-2 to go 22-9 on the season

Hope to see ya sat at the ole ballpark, cooler in hand

Randy miller pg 14

 

 

 

 

 

 





 


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