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Posted Aug 4/14 - ROCKETS GO 1-2 IN WBC ADVANCE TO REGIONAL

Aug 4. 2014 world baseball congress results

Ft. wayne jackers win world baseball congress tournament in Portland this weekend.

The jackers defeated the summit city sluggers 5-1 Sunday to take the title.

The portland rockets were defending champs, the last 2 yrs. But not to be this year.

The rockets played their guts out and were running on fumes at the end. The boys of summer played 3 games and they were exciting.  3 games and all went extra innings.

Never have eaten tums before . bet I do today. The field was the most competitive it ever has been. Tournament director kurt rammel from ft.recovery put it together, and it was a classic.

Ft wayne jackers record now 26-11

Summit city sluggers now 30-10

Portland rockets now 26-13

Miami valley wolverines now 25-13

 

Our best team was our workers , angi, brad krisite susan  our public address announcer Samantha Thomas drew rave reviews from a great crowd each day.

Really, people went out of their way, to say how grand the sounds and sights were at the ballpark and I agree.  It really was a buzzin at the corner of western and blaine,  and I loved it when Samantha Thomas revved em up. She would yell, yes yell at them, are there any  slugger fans out there, any jacker fans out there, and when she yelled for rocket fans, they cheered and it was noteworthy, goose bump noteworthy.

Atta girl sam.

Rockets even had a special visit from the maloys who made the weekend

As did baseball fans chuck and Kathy etlzler. A visit with tim devoss, david lyons, and chris hearn will always brighten your spirits. From ft. wayne we had kudos from bob sharluka , former editor of the Decatur daily democrat who was very complimentary on the tournament.

Rockets fought tooth and nail all weekend, mitch waters and connor milligan got it done fri nite. Rockets win in 8 inn 4-2 .  late in the game heroics by Dalton tinsley and 3 straight Ks by connor milligan with runners on.

3 hits by billy geeslin, the last one a bunt single that was botched rockets win

Saturday 4 games at runkle-miller field, and  they went long. None longer than rocket games with the jackers and the sluggers.

Game 2 dan bollenbacher went all 9 inn, 146 pitches 9 Ks 0 walks, gotta like that, 3 hits by tj lindstrand but the jackers got 3 runs on dumpy hits over a drawn in infield 3 times.

Rockets lose in 9 inn 3 2, then lose the nightcap to the sluggers 3-2 in 8 inn.

Yes the boys got a little feisty, mitch waters ejected on a strike 3 call. Bad call I might add.  In fact umpire assigner eric harmon made a call to his crew to make sure things tightened up.  Tempers flared a couple of times as benches emptied. A jacker runner tried to take out catcher Justin Marrero, he lost. And was tossed.

Rockets mounted a last inn. Rocket rally to come back and tie the game. Bases loaded 0 out, logan hug scored one on a double play ground out, and tinsley singled in lindstrand to dramatically tie the game. They score in the 9th and we don’t.

In the night cap, rockets had just 4 hits and waste a fine pitching performance by tyler Reynolds he goes 6 inn giving up just 2 runs, Justin miller goes 2 inn and does not give up a hit, but one walk and an error and rockets go down 3-2

 Season record now 26-13

Now rockets go to nabf regionals in ft wayne, we enjoyed our trips last 2 yrs to Louisville and Cincinnati, now this year to ft. wayne

8 team field in Portland bracket we play 1230 vs ft wayne jackers, then 6 pm vs Chicago clout, then fri at 2 vs. south bend Yankees.

Other bracket is Mishawaka brewers, ft. wayne expos, south bend cardinals and berrea blue sox.

Winner goes to world series at battle creek Michigan.

Can we win this regional???

We are in the pool of death, and we will take em one game at a time

Now an answer, a resounding YES!!!!

 





 


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