9-10 tournament action continues
Rubley’s, the regular season champions, downed Dependable Brakes 11-5, while Hot Wheels was a 14-7 winner over the West Side Auto Scrappers.
In Rubley’s win, Justin Ware pitched three innings to pick up the win and Tylan Martin went four innings for Dependable Brakes giving up eight runs in the loss.
Rubley’s scored two in the first, five in the third, one in the fourth and three in the fifth. Dependable scored two in the third, one in the fourth and two in the fifth.
For Rubley’s Zack Rubley had two hits on the night, including a over-the-fence home run. Jaques Elam and Lee Northcutt had one hit each. For Dependable Brakes, Daulton Foster, Martin and Kaleb Tilton had one hit each.
• Hot Wheels pounded out eight hits, while holding West Side Auto to two hits for the win. Three pitchers worked for West Side — Luke Hillis, Nathan Patterson and Austin Wright — with Hillis taking the loss. Nick Grandey picked up the win, going the distance and striking out seven batters, allowing two hits.
For Hot Wheels, Kaleb Rymer led the way with three hits, Tyler Forth and Grandey had two hits each and Kyle White had one hit. For West Side, Nathan Patterson had the only two hits of the night.
• Saturday afternoon Hot Wheels slipped past Hills Creek Nursery, winning 3-2.
Ethan Wilson pitched three innings, allowing one run to get the win for Hot Wheels. Kaleb Rymer came in the top of the fourth and allowed one run to pick up the save.
Hills Creek used three pitchers on the day with Wade Justice giving up two runs. Conner Dixon pitched two innings giving up one run on one hit and Lazaro Alvarez saw action in the last inning striking out two.
Hot Wheels scored two runs in the first inning and the go-ahead run in the fourth. Hills scored one run in the first and one in the fourth.
For Hot Wheels, Tyler Fourth, Logan McCormick and Rymer had one hit each. For Hills Creek, Mitchell Steiner, Austin Panter and Alvarez had one hit each.
• In the second game of the day Dependable Brakes picked up a win due to a forfeit by D.C. Roofing.
• In the third game, Fulmer Brothers squeezed past Security Federal 4-3 in the finals of the winners bracket. Micah McColloch and Logan Walker worked three innings each for the Yankees, with McColloch getting the win and Walker picking up the save with six-strike outs.
Grayson Woods gave up four runs on five hits in the loss for Security Federal. Dylan Barnes pitched three innings allowing one run on two hits. Security Federal took an early lead, scoring one run in the first inning, one in the second and one in the third. Fulmer Brothers put the game away in the fourth after scoring one run in the first with four runs crossing the plate in the inning.
For Fulmer Brothers, Walker and Jacob Reagan had two hits each. Kevin Flatt, Kendall Rutledge and MaCrae Thomsen had one hit each. For Security Federal, Barnes and Ridge Reynolds had one hit each.