July 7, 2014 firecracker classic Portland rocket notes
Defending champion rockets go 2-2 on weekend in firecracker
classic at Carrington
Field this weekend.
Happy july 4th to all god bless america
Rockets in dramatic fashion win fri nite opener 6-5 over
south bend cardinals in 10 excruciating inn.
A Dalton
tinsley walk off blast off the fence ended the game and made
A winner of mitch waters pitching in relief 3 inn.
Rockets trailed 5-0 in the last 2inn, insert rocket rally,
tied it up and won in extras.
Craig martin the starter, connor milligan and Justin miller
pitched before mitch came on and dominated from there.
Rockets earned the bye and returned sat and needed to defeat
the ft. wayne
league leader
Expos twice. Portland pitchers dan bollenbacher and tyler Reynolds pitched awesome.
Rockets outhit the opp. 5 hits to 4 yet the breaks beat the
boys and lose 2-0.
They score amazingly 2 times on balls hit back to the
pitcher.
Dan bollenbacher who has been the workhorse all summer, went
the distance scattering 4 hits w 4 Ks.
Rockets rebound and trounce the expos 10-0 in the nightcap.
Tyler Reynolds was all that and more, 6 ks and 3 hits. Tinsley the straw that stirs the drink, goes 3-3 and
the rocket attack is back on track.
Jackers coach Brown shared w me his opinion that Dalton
tinsley of kokomo and our Cf out of Shawnee state is our best player.
Our goal in any tournament,,,advance to championship Sunday
and baby we are there;
Sunday matchup vs the
jackers, winner advances to the finals
With mitch on the mound we like our chances. We are not too pleased about playing at 11
am on Sunday morning. In fact, we take
em on whenever, and guess what, there 28 year old starting pitcher overslept
and they had to go to plan B
Rockets billy geeslin scores on waters double, pops out his
shoulder, then pops in his shoulder then plays the rest of the game, a little
tape –good to go
Rockets lead, but in the 3rd mitch hits 2 batters
in a row, the second one is the call of the game, the guy wears it,,,w 2 strikes
he crowds the plate, turns his shoulder into the pitch and gets the call,
So trouble looms in the form of brian hakes, walk him would have been a good choice to
load the bases,,,but he hits his 3rd home run of the tournament and
the jackers romp 9-3
Milligan and alex delk pitch in relief
In the finals the expos win 4-3 over the jackers for the
championship
Rockets attack paced
by geoff bowers of lima
w 6 hits 5 each by tinsley, geeslin and Thomas mccowan.
Highlights 3 different days in ft. wayne and saw don and marilyn maloy twice.
In fact the Reynolds of Muncie and the affolders of berne
and the barnes of kokomo
we had a good fan contingent.
Rockets have won 7 of their last 9
But the jackers have beaten us 4 of 5 this year.
Portland
record 14-9 jackers are now 17-6
Happy birthday this weekend to my friend Robert freemyer
from ft. recovery
Thanks buffalo bar and grill for the ice this weekend.
Rockets on a homestand,,,,come see us when you need a break
from the fair,,,home games tues , thurs and sat afternoon.
Thurs rockets vs. twin city bankers at 7pm hope Vicky tague and Charlie can make it
Stick one an extra one in the cooler for the old coach
Randy miller
Pg 14
Player ab r
h rbi
Tinsley 15 2
5 1
Barnes 11 0
1 0
Geeslin 13 2
5 2
Bowers 15 4
6 1
Waters 13 2
3 2
Delk 12 4
2 1
Mccowan 11 2
5 3
Affolder 10 1
3 2
Miller 8 0
2 1
Krumlauf 6 1
2 1 |