June 16, 2014 rockets split weekend games vs. northeast
kekionga, jackers
Rocket notes: start
weekend with an exciting victory 3-2 over northeast kekionga
Indiana tech college club,
a strikeout by craig martin of marion
with the bases loaded,
Then finish the weekend with a strikeout with 2 on to
preserve a 2-0 2 hit shutout win
Over the ft wayne
jackers, with 2 men on base. This clutch punchout from big dan
Bollenbacher of berne,
he struck out 9 and threw a 73 pitch gem, one of the best games
Pitched I have ever seen.
He flat out dominated.
Dan in his 7th rocket season, retired 13 of the
first 15 batters, and did his job in one hr. and 30 min.
As I told his mom and dad, happy fathers day , I think I
just adopted your son
Before the game I had told scott bollenbacher , who like
dan, rode his motorcycle to the game---be prepared to watch a workhorse take on
the load,,and we will ride that horse to the finish. And we enjoyed the
journey.
My other adopted son, mitch waters, 8 rocket year veteran,
scored in the 1st inn. On cody
Krumlaufs groundout, and rockets tacked on a run in the last
inn. Singles by krumlauf, alex delk, and then a clutch rbi bingo by colin
affolder finished the scoring
Rockets win a big one 2-0
Jackers had one big threat with 2 on and no out , in the 5th,
we needed a big break,
Coach doug tinsley said we need a 5-3 double play,
Next pitch ground ball to billy at 3rd, steps on
bag, bowers scoops the low throw at 1st, 5-3 dp. As mel allen would say, how about that.
Saturday was persimmons ridge day, lots of smile , the group had rocket hats
from patriot sportswear, the group included my old buddy Gerald Kunce who
helped in the
Making of sportland.
Tyler Reynolds the winner with a 6 hitter Portland
3 kekionga 2 coach kip mcwilliams of
tech on hand .
Billy geeslin and geoff bowers scored in the 6th
inn. As the rockets held on, bases loaded
Martin on for the punchout.
Game 2 went crazy, travis gray took the loss, beat 15-10
. they went up 5-0 and we came back and
tied it 5-5. but rocket pitching just wore down. Martin, delk, affolder and gary Williams all pitched.
Highlight of the day,
a visit from rocket standout ss Jason murray of bluffton. Jason was an
all mac player from ball state and one of our stable of ss from the 90s. he is
now a coach for liberty university, his
message to the team was touching.
His start, was in Portland,
to ray miller and Portland
he learned commitment and to love your brothers, and to appreciate.
Another highlight,
billy geeslin hit his 1st home run of the season.
Rockets the splitsers, lost game one Sunday 4-1 to garrett
wiejak and the jackers. The rockets had 11 hits, but they had 12, mitch waters took the loss. Connor milligan
also pitched. They had ohhhhh so many
hits with 2 strikes.
Rockets 1st baseman Thomas mccowan of Dunkirk, took a hard
groundball of the chin, and had to leave the game for 2 stitches. Tom did get the out, and to his credit did
not want to come out, but was bleeding like a stuck pig, sherri Reynolds
attending thought best to doctor up.
On the weekend, geeslin had 6 hits, 5 each by Dalton tinsley and alex
delk
Rockets travel to Indiana
tech wed 7 pm. Start. Home sat.
Record 6-6 jackers record 10-2
Time of dh sat. 4hr
59 min , sun. 3 hr. 49 min.
Difference, pitching
and umpiring
Wed starter Justin miller or craig martin.
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