Junior Babe Ruth League -- June 3
Published on June 4 2014 4:31 am
Last Updated on June 4 2014 4:31 am
Written by Millie Lange
Mid-Illinois Concrete and Sehy & Jones picked up big scoring victories in Junior Babe Ruth League action at Paul Smith Field Tuesday.
Mid-Illinois handed Tri-Power Towing a 10-2 defeat in the opening contest. Mid-Illinois took a quick 3-0 first inning lead and never looked back.
Brent Beals pitched a six-hitter for the win. Mid-Illinois had seven hits led by Beals with three singles and an RBI and Zach Bateman with two singles and two RBI.
Tri-Power was led by Ryan Kruger with a triple.
In the second game, Sehy & Jones Optometrists tallied an 11-3 win over Washington Savings Bank.
Both teams tallied single runs in the third inning before Sehy & Jones moved ahead with a run in the fourth then tallied runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.
Brett Koester pitched a one-hitter. Caleb Wendt had a triple and an RBI for the winners.
At Community Park
Game One
Tri-Power Towing 000 101 0 -- 2-6-1
Mid-Illinois Concrete 340 012 0 -- 10-7-0
WP -- Beals. LP -- Osborne.
Tri-Power Towing -- Kruger, triple; Osborne, double, 1 RBI; Belleville, single; Kruger, single; Celip, double; Thames, single
Mid-Illinois Concrete -- Beals, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Sechrist, single, 1 RBIb; Bateman, 2 singles, 2 RBi; Kuhns, single
Game Two
Sehy & Jones 001 132 4 -- 11-4-1
Washington Savings Bank 001 000 2 -- 3-1-1
WP -- Koester. LP -- Kitten.
Sehy & Jones Optometrists -- Koester, single, 2 RBI; Jansen, single, 1 RBI; Wendt, triple, 1 RBI; Lehman, single
Washington Savings Bank -- Althoff, single, 1 RBI