Champion – Circle Tap Dukes from Denmark, WI

Runner-Up – Gray Sox from Benton Harbor

Pool Play Order of Finish:

1. Circle Tap Dukes – 4 wins, 0 losses
2. Gray Sox – 3 wins, 1 loss, 12 runs allowed
3. Snappers – 3 wins, 1 loss, 14 runs allowed
4. Lightning – 2 wins, 2 losses
5. Wranglers – 0 wins, 4 losses, 38 runs allowed
6. Homer Aces – 0 wins, 4 losses, 39 runs allowed

Individual Awards: LtoR: Travis, Layton, Federico, Joshua, Ryan with Marquardt Family representatives.

Outstanding Pitcher – Layton Reid, Circle Tap (2 wins, 0 losses, pitched in 4 of 5 games for Circle Tap, 13 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 27 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Ryan Sinclair, Circle Tap (6-11, .545 avg)

Outstanding Infielder – Federico Eder, Circle Tap, shortstop (8-16, .500 avg)

Outstanding Infielder – Travis Stram, Gray Sox, third base and pitcher (4-6, .667 avg)

Outstanding Outfielder – Joshua White, Circle Tap, left fielder (7-14, .500 avg)

Game Results:

Game 1: Gray Sox – 8 (12 hits) over Lightning – 3 (5 hits)

WP – Todd Lubkemon (6 IP, 3 R’s, 4 H’s, 9 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Fabio Silvestre (1 IP, 3 K’s), LP – Sean Kelly (6 IP, 8 R’s, 11 H’s, 9 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Jordan Eckman (1 IP, 1 K, 1 BB)

Gray Sox – Travis Stram had 3 hits, Aaron Davis and Derek Weaver each had 2 hits with a homerun, Ben Knuth had 2 hits, Jared Knuth and Deke Knuth homered and Paul Hoisington singled.

Lightning – Tony Wark had 2 hits, singles by Brian Skirka, Adam Saylor and Ryan Tundevold.

Game 2: Circle Tap Dukes – 10 (10 hits) over Wranglers – 0 (0 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Roman Godoy (3 IP, 9 K’s with 9 batters faced) with relief from Layton Reid (2 IP, 6 K’s with 6 batters faced), LP – Zach Lach (2 IP, 4 R’s, 5 H’s, 1 K) with relief from Kyle Gnatkowski (2 IP, 4 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 4 BB’s) and Graham Church (1 IP, 2 R’s, 1 H, 2 BB’s)

Dukes – Manuel Godoy had 3 hits with a homerun, Josh White had 3 hits with a double, Federico Eder had 2 hits with a homerun, singles by Matt Ratliff and Ryan Sinclair.

Wranglers – no hits.

Tournament Director Note: This is the first time I have witnessed a perfect game where every batter was struck out and this one involved two different pitchers – 15 plate appearance and 15 strike outs.

Game 3: Snappers – 12 (14 hits) over Homer Aces – 3 (3 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Jon Gwizdala (17 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Bryan Boyd (5 IP, 9 R’s, 12 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Brock Winchell (1 IP, 3 R’s, 2 H’s, 1 BB)

Snappers – Randy Wheelock had 3 hits with a double, Blaine Milheim and Tim Hansen each homered and singled, Trent Pell doubled and singled, Greg Heath homered, singles by Shea Bryant, Guy Thurston, Caleb Roberts and Devon Milheim.

Aces – singles by Chaz Hopkins, Steve Myers and CJ Finch.

Game 4: Gray Sox – 14 (15 hits) over Wranglers – 0 (0 hits) in 4 innings

WP – Fabio Silvestre (6 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Zach Lach (2 IP, 8 R’s, 8 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s) with relief from Kyle Gnatkowski (1 IP, 6 R’s, 7 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB)

Gray Sox – Zak Wasserman had 2 hits with a homerun, Erich Biggart had 2 hits with a double, 2 hits each by Paul Hoisington, Derek Weaver and Deke Knuth, Aaron Davis doubled, singles by Ben Knuth, Adrian Thomas, Reid Benson and Jeff Weaver.

Wranglers – no hits.

Game 5: Circle Tap Dukes – 10 (7 hits) over Snappers – 0 (1 hit) in 5 innings

WP – Layton Reid (7 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Greg Heath (2 K’s, 6 BB’s)

Dukes – Matt Ratliff and Tom Crouch each had a double and single, Ryan Sinclair homered, Tyler Dudley doubled, Federico Eder singled.

Snappers – Trent Pell singled.

Game 6: Lightning – 14 (10 hits) over Homer Aces – 5 (8 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Jordan Eckman (9 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Brock Winchell (4 1/3 IP, 14 R’s, 10 H’s, 3 K’s, 5 BB’s) with relief from Jeff Sherman (2/3 IP).

Lightning – Paul Miklovik had 3 hits, Doug Counterman had a homerun and single, Ryan Tundevold doubled, singles by Adam Saylor, Jordan Birch, Sean Kelly and Adam Acmoody.

Aces – Jordan Sherman had 2 hits, Chase Nevin homered, singles by Alex White, Preston Sherman, Steve Myers, CJ Finch and Alex Butler.

Game 7: Circle Tap Dukes- 8 (11 hits) over Gray Sox – 0 (1 hit) in 6 innings

WP – Daniel Champman (16 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Travis Stram (3 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Dukes – Matt Ratliff had a homerun and double, Tyler Dudley had a homerun and single, Ryan Sinclair and Manuel Godoy each had 2 hits, singles by Federico Eder, Joshua White and Tom Crouch.

Gray Sox – Aaron Davis doubled.

Game 8: Lightning – 8 (9 hits) over Wranglers – 1 (2 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Jordan Eckman (5 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 4 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Sean Kelly (1 IP), LP – Graham Church (3 IP, 5 R’s, 4 H’s, 3 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Kyle Gnatkowski (2 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) and Zach Lach (2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H)

Lightning – Doug Counterman had 2 homeruns, Chris Rivard had 2 hits with a homerun, Ryan Tundevold had 2 hits, singles by Paul Miklovik, Tony Wark and Adam Acmoody.

Wranglers – Aaron Krafft homered and Alec Bergman singled.

Game 9: Circle Tap Dukes – 11 (13 hits) over Homer Aces – 0 (2 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Roman Godoy (4 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 11 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Layton Reid (2 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Bryan Boyd (5 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Dukes – Tyler Dudley had 3 hits with a  homerun, Manuel Godoy and Federico Eder each had 2 hits with a homerun, Josh White had 2 hits, singles by Ryan Sinclair, Matt Ratliff, Zan Vanlieshout and Derrick Vmentum.

Aces – singles by Alex White and Preston Sherman.

Game 10: Snappers – 12 (10 hits) over Lightning – 0 (1 hit) in 4 innings

WP – Jon Gwizdala (9 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Sean Kelly (3 IP, 9 R’s, 9 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Jordan Eckman (1 2/3 IP, 3 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB)

Snappers – Tim Hasen had 2 hits with a triple, Tim Hansen had 2 hits with a double, Guy Thurston, Justin Krenzke and Caleb Roberts each had doubles, sinlges by Greg Heath, Randy Wheelock and Bill Berkenpas.

Lightning – Tony Wark had a single.

Game 11: Gray Sox – 2 (3 hits) over Homer Aces – 1 (3 hits)

WP – Todd Lubkemon (17 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Bryan Boyd (9 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Reid Benson had 2 hits with a triple and Ben Knuth singled.

Aces – Preston Sherman had a solo homerun and single and Steve Myers doubled.

Scoring:

Gray Sox - Ben Knuth led off 2^nd inning with a single, went to second on a passed ball, scored on Benson’s single.

Aces – Preston Sherman hit his solo homerun to lead off the bottom of the 2^nd inning to tie the game at 1-1. Steve Myers then doubled, next two batters struck out before a hit batter put runners on 1^st and 2^nd followed by the 3^rd strike out.

Gray Sox – With one out in the top of the 7^th inning, Benson tripled. The next batter struck out and with two outs, an infield ground ball was misplayed and the run scored to go up 2-1.

Lubkemon finished with 17 strike outs for the Gray Sox and Boyd finished with 9 strike outs. Both threw fantastic games!

With the win, Gray Sox earned their spot in the championship with a 3-1 record and only allowing 12 runs. The next team to possibly go 3-1 had allowed 13 runs before their final game on Sunday.

Game 12: Snappers – 6 (9 hits)over Wranglers – 1 (2 hits)

WP – Jon Gwizdala (11 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Zach Lach (2 K’s, 0 BB)

Snappers – Justin Krenzke had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Trent Pell homered, Blaine Milheim tripled, Greg Heath doubled, singles by Davin Milheim, Guy Thurston and Tim Hansen.

Wranglers – David Krafft and Cody Harris singled.

Game 13 CHAMPIONSHIP: Circle Tap Dukes – 8 (12 hits) over Gray Sox – 0 (2 hits)

WP – Layton Reid (4 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 8 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Daniel Chapman (3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 7 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Fabio Silvestre (4 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Dukes – Zane Vanlieshout had 3 hits, Tyler Dudley had 2 hits with a homerun, Federico Eder had 2 hits, Ryan Sinclair tripled, Leo Latasa doubled, singles by Manuel Godoy, Joshua White and Tom Crouch.

Gray Sox – Travis Stram doubled and Reid Benson singled.