Tournament Champion – Twin City Gray Sox from St. Joseph

Tournament Runner-Up – Oetman Excavating from Moline

Pool Play Official Order of Finish

2 pool play games were not played on Sunday due to weather.

#1 – Gray Sox – 3-0

#1 – Oetman Excavating – 3-0

#3 – Wranglers 2-2 record

#4 – Explorer Legends – 1-2 record

#4 – Crouch Electric – 1-2 record

#6 – NMFP 0-4 record
 

Individual Awards: (Pic - LtoR: Dylan, Blaine, Rory, Adrian)

Outstanding Pitcher – Rory Miller, Gray Sox (2 wins, 0 losses, 11 IP, 4 R’s, 12 H’s, 13 K’s, 6 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Adrian Thomas, Gray Sox (6-6 1.000 avg, 5 R’s, 5 RBI’s)

Outstanding Infielder – Dylan Cuddahee, Oetman (6-12, .500 avg)

Outstanding Outfielder – Blaine Milheim, Oetman (6-12, .500 avg)

Game Results:

Game 1: Twin City Gray Sox – 15 (12 hits) over Northern Michigan Fast Pitch – 4 (7 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Rory Miller (7 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Kyle Beane (4 K’s, 6 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Erich Biggart had 3 hits including a homerun, Derek Weaver had 2 hits with a double, Adrian Thomas had 2 hits, Aaron Davis homered, Rory Miller doubled, singles by Jared Knuth, Fabio Silvestre, and Colin Fry.

NMFP – Randy Wheelock had 2 hits, Nick Karazewski homered, Caleb Roberts doubled, singles by Blaise Zimmer, Josh Bush, and Ben Schley.

Game 2: Wranglers – 5 (9 hits) over Explorer Legends – 2 (7 hits)

WP – Zack Lach (12 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Rick Engle (3 IP, 3 R’s, 6 H’s, 4 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Doug Gillis (4 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 6 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Wranglers – Colin Bernreuter and Aaron Krafft each had 2 hits, Nathan Krafft doubled, singles by David Lach, Matt Klenk, David Krafft, and Alec Bergman.

Legends – Mitch Bohn had 2 hits, Mike Hoon doubled, singles by Timm Richardson, Eric Isenhart, Bryan Kuehne,  and Dave O’Keefe.

Game 3: Oetman Excavating – 6 (11 hits) over Crouch Electric – 4 (9 hits)

WP – Dylan Cuddahee (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Kevin Dirschell (5 IP, 6 R’s, 11 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s) with relief from Jeremy Ball (1 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s)

Oetman – Tim Hansen had 3 hits with a double, Dylan Cuddahee and Devin Milheim each had 2 hits with a double, singles by Taylor Meyering, Blaine Milheim, Mike Gruppen, and AJ Tassos.

Crouch – Tim George homered and doubled, Brandon Elser and Jeremy Ball each had 2 hits, singles by Zach Horn, Benjy Gray, and Brad Thenen

Game 4: Twin City Gray Sox – 5 (4 hits) over Explorer Legends – 2 (3 hits)

WP – Fabio Silvestre (9 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Pete Finn (5 IP, 5 R’s, 3 H’s, 6 K’s, 6 BB’s) with relief from Dave O’Keefe (1 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Jared Knuth had 2 hits with a double, Jeff Gaugler homered, Rory Miller singled

Legends – Todd Schultz homered, Steve Lashuay and Nick Lashuay both singled

Game 5: Wranglers – 8 (5 hits) over Crouch Electric – 0 (1 hit) in 5 innings

WP – Zack Lach (4 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Andy Dillon (2 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Wranglers – Nathan Krafft had two hits with a triple, Zack Lack homered, Aaron Krafft and Alec Bergman each singled

Crouch – Andy Dillon singled

Game 6: Oetman Excavating – 5 (7 hits) over Northern Michigan Fast Pitch – 2 (7 hits)

WP – Mike Gruppen (1 K, 4 BB’s), LP – Nick Karazewski (6 1/3 IP, 4 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 4 BB’s) with relief from Kyle Beane (2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB)

Oetman – Blaine Milheim homered twice, Taylor Meyering homered, Steve Meyering Jr doubled, singles by Dylan Cuddahee, Devin Milheim, and Josh Meyering

NMFP -  Blaise Zimmer had 2 hits, Ben Schley homered, Randy Wheelock doubled, singles by Caleb Roberts, Josh Bush, and Bob Nichols

Game 7: Twin City Gray Sox – 20 (13 hits) over Wranglers – 5 (5 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Todd Winkworth (6 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Zack Lach (4 IP, 14 R’s, 10 H’s, 5 K’s, 6 BB’s) with relief from Adam Kirkpatrick (1 IP, 6 R’s, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Erich Biggart had 3 hits with a homerun, Reid Benson and Adrian Thomas each had 3 hits, Jared Knuth had 2 hits with a double, Aaron Davis homered, Rory Miller singled

Wranglers – David Lach had 2 hits including a homerun, Joe Gorney had 2 hits, and Aaron Krafft homered

Game 8: Explorer Legends – 9 (12 hits) over Northern Michigan Fast Pitch – 2 (5 hits)

WP – Doug Gillis (5 IP, 2 R’s, 4 H’s, 6 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Rick Engle (2 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Kyle Beane (5 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Legends – Todd Schultz had 3 hits, Mike Hoon had 2 hits with a homerun, Bryan Kuehne had 2 hits with a double, Mitch Bohn had 2 hits, singles by Darren Haut, Dave O’Keefe, and Dale Robbins

NMFP – Randy Wheelock doubled twice, singles by Blaise Zimmer, Kyle Beane, and Ben Schley

Tournament Director Note: 30 minute rain delay in the bottom of the first inning with the lead off batter at the plate.

Game 9: Oetman Excavating – 7 (11 hits) over Wranglers – 0 (4 hits)

WP – Dylan Cuddahee (5 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Zach Lach (3 K’s, 1 BB)

Oetman – Tim Hansen, Blaine Milheim and Devin Milheim each had 2 hits, one hit each by Taylor Meyering, Dylan Cuddahee, Josh Meyering, Mike Gruppen and AJ Tossos (all hits were singles).

Wranglers – David Krafft had a double, singles by Zack Lach, Matt Klenk and Alec Bergman.

Game 10:  Crouch Electric – 11 (10 hits) over NMFP – 9 (9 hits)

WP – Kevin Dirschell (4 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Jason Peters (4 IP, 7 R’s, 7 H’s, 3 K’s, 6 BB’s) with relief from Nick Karazewski (2 IP, 4 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 2 R’s)

Crouch – Branden Elser and Tim George each had a homerun and single, Benjy Garey had 2 hits, Zach Horn doubled, singles by Andy Wade, BJ Risner and Brad Thenen.

NMFP – Caleb Roberts had 3 hits with 2 doubles, Randy Wheelock and Josh Bush each homered and singled, singles by Kyle Beane and Nick Karazewski.

Game #11 was delayed due to rain on Sunday morning.

Game 11: Game 11 was cancelled as both teams were moving on to championship game.

Game 12: Game 12 was cancelled and teams refunded some entry fee money due to rain delays and their desire to begin the travels home.

Championship: Twin City Gray Sox – 7 (5 hits) over Oetman Excavating – 0 (5 hits) in 6 innings.

WP – Rory Miller (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Dylan Cuddahee (3 K’s, 7 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Rory Miller had a 2 run homer, Reid Benson doubled, singles by Chris Regan, Jared Knuth and Adrien Thomas.

Oetman – Dylan Cuddahee had 2 hits, singles by Taylor Meyering, Blaine Milheim and Devin Milheim.

Notes: Gray Sox scored 3 in the top of the first without the aid of a hit with three walks, a sacrifice fly and a couple wild pitches. They then scored 2 more on Rory Miller’s homerun in the 3^rd inning before adding the final 2 runs in the top of the 6^th inning with the help of a couple of walks followed by two singles to go up 7-0.

This is the 4^th consecutive year the Gray Sox have won the Harbaugh Invitational tournament.