Tournament Champion – Twin City Gray Sox from St. Joseph

Tournament Runner-Up – Explorer Legends from Midland

Pool Play Official Order of Finish

#1 – Gray Sox – 4-0

#2 – Explorer Legends – 3-1

#3 – J2 Tanning 1-3 record, 30 runs allowed, 23 runs scored

#4 – Carey All State – 1-3 record, 30 runs allowed, 7 runs scored

#5 – Tiffany’s – 1-3 record, 33 runs allowed
 

Individual Awards: Picture LtoR: Todd L, Aaron, Todd S, Darren.

Outstanding Pitcher – Todd Lubkemon, Gray Sox (4 wins, 0 losses, 11 IP, 3 R’s, 6 H’s, 18 K’s, 1 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Aaron Davis, Gray Sox (7-14, .500  avg, 6 R’s, 9 RBI’s, 3 HR’s, 1 DB)

Outstanding Infielder – Todd Schultz, shortstop for Explorer Legends (4-7, .571 avg)

Outstanding Outfielder – Darren Haut, left fielder for Explorer Legends (7-13, .538 avg)

Game Results:

Game 1: Twin City Gray Sox – 13 (8 hits) over Carey All State – 0 (0 hits) in 4 innings

WP – Doug Gillis (3 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 5 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Mike Rappette (1 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Kyle Engle (3 IP, 13 R’s, 8 H’s, 0 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Carey All State – Dough Gillis and Mike Rappette threw a combined no hitter!

Twin City – Fabio Silvestre homered twice, Aaron Davis, Deke Knuth, and Jared Knuth each homered, singles by Reid Benson, Adrian Thomas, and Matt Fites.

Game 2: Explorer Legends – 5 (7 hits) over Tiffany’s – 2 (4 hits) in 9 innings

WP – Zach Lach (7 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (9 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Legends – Zach Lach homered twice, TJ Radosa had 2 hits with a double, Bill Berkenpas, Larry Lamphere, and Darren Haut each singled

Tiffany’s – Kyle Gnatkowski had 2 hits, singles by Jamie Tackabury and Brad Gnatkowski

Notes – The game was tied 2-2 going into the top of the 9^th until Tiffany’s recorded 3 runs to take the lead 5-2. Larry Lamphere and TJ Radosa each had RBI singles in the top of the 9^th.

Game 3: Carey All State – 5 (9 hits) over J2 Tanning – 2 (2 hits)

WP – Rick Engle (10 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Seth Reinecke (8 K’s, 1 BB)

Carey – Robin Allen had 3 hits with a triple, Brendon Haut had 2 hits, Josh Laugh doubled, singles by Kyle Engle, Lenny Grennon, and Rob Smith.  

J2 – Seth Reinecke had 2 hits with a triple

Game 4: Twin City Gray Sox – 9 (9 hits) over Tiffany’s – 3 (4 hits)

WP – Todd Lubkemon (13 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Drew Thompson (5 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 6 H’s, 3 K’s, 6 BB’s) with relief from Kyle Gnatkowski (1 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Reid Benson had 3 hits with a double, Jared Knuth homered, singles by Erich Biggart, Aaron Davis, Derek Weaver, Matt Fites, and Blaise Zimmer.

Tiffany’s – Kyle Gnatkowski had 2 hits, Cam Wiechman and Jamie Tackabury each homered  

Game 5: Explorer Legends – 3 (10 hits) over J2 Tanning – 2 (3 hits)

WP – Greg Wright (3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 3 KK’s, 1 BB) in relief of Doug Sleep (4 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 5 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Seth Reinecke (3 K’s, 1 BB)

Legends – Todd Schultz, Zack Lach, and Darren Haut each had 2 hits, Mike Hoon doubled, singles by Steve Lashuay, Bill Berkenpas, and TJ Radosa

J2 – Ben Burmeister had 2 hits with a double, Scott Watkins singled

Game 6: Tiffany’s – 9 (13 hits) over Carey All State – 1 (2 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Pete Loachridge (3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Kyle Engle (3 2/3 IP, 7 R’s, 11 H’s, 2 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Robin Allen (1 1/3 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB)

Tiffany’s – Lee Foco and Jamie Tackabury each had 2 hits with a homerun, Logan Amend had 2 hits with a triple, Cam Wiechman had 2 hits with a double, Kyle Gnatkowski had 2 hits, Drew Thompson homered, singles by Steven Hecht and Brad Gnatkowski

Carey – Dave Dufort and Nick Lashuay both singled

Game 7: Twin City Gray Sox – 7 (8 hits) over Explorer Legends – 0 (3 hits)

WP – Fabio Silvestre (6 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Zack Lach (2 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 7 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Greg Wright (1 2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Jared Knuth and Aaron Davis both homered and doubled, Erich Biggart had 2 hits, Derek Weaver homered, Deke Knuth singled

Legends – Singles by Mike Hoon, Dave Ganton, and Darren Haut

Game 8: Twin City Gray Sox – 7 (9 hits) over J2 Tanning – 1 (3 hits)

WP – Doug Gillis (14 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Seth Reinecke (2 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Aaron Davis had 2 hits with a homerun and 5 RBI’s, Erich Biggart and Reid Benson each had 2 hits, singles by Jared Knuth, Adrian Thomas and Deke Knuth.

J2 – singles by Trevor Collins, Ben Burmeister and Sean Binkley.

Game 9: Explorer Legends – 6 (12 hits) over Carey All State – 1 (5 hits)

WP – Greg Wright (7 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Rick Engle (4 1/3 IP, 4 R’s, 7 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Robin Allen (2 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 5 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB)

Legends – Darren Haut had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Mike Hoon had 3 hits with a homerun, Bill Berkenpas doubled twice, singles by Steve Lashuay, Zack Lach, Larry Lamphere, and Gregg Sauve

Carey – Kyle Engle and Lenny Grennon each had 2 hits, Brenden Haut singled

Game 10: J2 Tanning – 18 (17 hits) over Tiffany’s – 15 (15 hits)

WP – Sean Binkley (4 K’s, 11 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (5 IP, 7 R’s, 9 H’s, 5 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Drew Thompson (1 IP, 11 R’s, 8 H’s, 0 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Drew Thompson had 3 hits with a homerun and 2 doubles, Jarred Bender homered twice, Cam Wiechman had 2 hits with a homerun, Gary Thompson had 2 hits with a double, Todd Sprowl had 2 hits, Steven Hecht homered, singles by Lee Foco, Jame Tackabury, and Logan Amend.

J2 – Sean Binkley had 5 hits with 2 homeruns and a double, Trevor Collins had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Ben Burmeister had 3 hits, Scott Watkins had 2 hits with a homerun, Troy Stowell had 2 hits with a double, Jeff Kreisler homered, and Seth Reinecke singled.

Championship Game: Twin City Gray Sox – 10 (10 hits) over Explorer Legends – 0 (2 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Todd Lubkemon (4 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 5 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Mike Rappette (1 IP, 1K), LP – Doug Sleep (2 1/3 IP, 8 R’s, 7 H’s, 2 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Zack Lach (1 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB).

Gray Sox – Derek Weaver had 3 hits with a double, Jared Knuth homered. Matt Fites doubled, singles by Erich Biggart, Reid Benson, Aaron Davis, Deke Knuth and Blaise Zimmer.

Legends – 2 hits by Todd Schultz.