Friday Little League
American League Results for Friday, May 3.
In Game 1:
The Wabash Welding Services Braves win over the Siders Premier Properties Yankees 10-4.
For the Braves – Brantley Hicks and Jacob Waite each had RBI doubles in the win over the Yankees.
For the Yankees – The Braves pitchers pitched well against us. The Yankees tried to make a comeback but fell short, said Manager Bill Futrell.
The Braves are now 4-0, and the Yankees fall to 3-1
In game 2: It was the Zimmerman Law Office Pirates blanking the Bott Mechanical White Sox 10-0.
For the Pirates – Dexter Freeman threw a no hitter and struck out 12 of 15 batters he faced, leading the Pirates to the victory over the White Sox. Quiten Poe , Alvero Camaras, Gunner Faust, and Westin Pretorius all had base hits. Myles Holley, who was scorching the cover off the ball all night, had the game winning hit with runners on second and third.
For the White Sox – Wesley Schultz pitched 3 innings, gave up 5 runs, and struck out 5 batters, but only allowed 1 hit. There were offensive stats, as the Sox scored no runs and had no hits.
American League Results for Saturday, May 4
In Game 1: The Kalenborn Wear Protection Services Orioles win over the Trophy Center Plus Tigers 17-5.
For the Orioles, they played well and played as a team. Wyatt Poole, Drew Stanley, Jeremiah Ramsey, and Layton Booth all did well at the plate.
For the Tigers – they had a good eye at the plate with 11 walks. Archer Jones recorded his first strike out in his first pitching appearance of the season.
The Orioles are now 1-2 and the Tigers drop to 0-5
In Game 2: The Zimmerman Law Office Pirates beat the Lundquist Realty Red Sox 17-2
For the Pirates – the main take away from the game was 2 nine year old players finally got to make their pitching debut like their older Pirate brothers. Liam Hubbard and Marteen Camaras both recorded their 1st ever strike outs as American League pitchers. Liam, always thinking he was never going to pitch because he was too small, and Marteen not expecting to pitch because he will soon have to return home to Spain. “If you only could’ve seen the joy on these boy’s faces”, stated Manager Alan Zimmerman.
For the Red Sox – Krishna Patel goes 2 for 2 at the plate. Zakarie Howard makes the catch of the year in right field. Miah Leach and Krishna scored both runs and Miah pitched well.
The Pirates are now 3-1 and The Red Sox are 1-3
In game 3: The Bott Mechanical White Sox get the “W” over the Todd Adams State Farm Giants 13-12
For the White Sox – Tristan Haupert pitched 3 innings, had 6 strikeouts, and allowed 2 hits. Angel Hubbard went 2 for 2 with a double, had 1 RBI, and scored 3 runs. Carson Davis went 1 for 1, with a walk, and 3 RBI. Eli swope went 1 for 2 and had 2 RBI. Noah Palmer went 1 for 1, with a walk. Tristan Haupert also went 1 for 1 with 3 RBI.
For the Giants – Caleb Vanlandingham went 1-3 with a triple.
Gage Starr received the game ball – he pitched 3 innings while striking out 3 batters.Gage Honeycutt closed on the mound, striking out 4 batters.
The White Sox and Giants are now 2-2 on the season.
