Cal Ripken junior league wraps regular season
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The West Side Auto Cubs took second place at 6-2, clinching the No. 2 slot on Thursday night with an 8-4 win over the Woodlee’s Garage White Sox.
Hayden Jones got the win on the pitcher’s mound for the Sox, scattering three hits over four innings. He gave up three runs (two earned) and struck out two before being relieved by Austin Wright, who fanned two and allowed one run in the fifth.
Jones helped his cause with a 3-for-3 day at the plate, driving in two runs and scoring tow more. Alex Walker provided two big hits, belting a home run and connecting for a triple, while Collin Hutchins had a single.
The White Sox got a hit each from Daulton Foster, Mitchell Barrett, Dylan Jones and Samuel Arnold. Foster took the loss in relief of Cory Cantrell.
In other Ripken action:
Yankees 15, Indians 9
The Covenant Academy Yankees closed out the season last Friday with a win over the All State Indians, with four Yankee pitchers combining for a one-hitter.
Travis Ayers worked the first inning and picked up the win, as the Yanks led 4-2 going into the second. Lee Carden struck out four batters over two innings of relief, and Kendall Rutledge and Hunter Chilton pitched a hitless inning of relief apiece.
Chilton went 3-for-3, driving in five runs, while Ayers, David Lee and Evan Jones had two hits each.
The Indians’ only hit came from Jacob Griffin, while Alex Hillis got the loss, pitching two innings before giving way to Jacob Newby.
Indians 7, Astros 5
Drew Davidson went 2-for-2, scoring two runs, as the All State Indians posted five in the first on their way to a win over the Dairy Queen Astros.
Blake Dugan, Alex Hillis and Jacob Newby also had hits, with Hillis and Newby combining on the mound in the winning effort. Hillis struck out nine over four innings, while Newby came on in relief, fanning three batters.
The Astros’ hits came from Dustin Bond, Dillon Tubb and Micah Welch, who doubled and drove in two runs. Colin Stubblefield got the start on the hill, with Dakota Myers fanning 10 batters in four innings of relief.
Yankees 13, Cubs 7
A seven-run third helped the Covenant Academy Yankees to a win over West Side Auto on May 26, with Travis Ayers finishing 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
David Lee and Kendall Rutledge also had hits, and Lee pitched two innings of one-hit ball before giving way to Hunter Chilton.
The Cubs’ Austin Wright, Jonathan Reed and Hayden Jones pitched two innings each, while their hits came from Collin Hutchins, Wright and Jones.
Tournament action was postponed by rain on Monday, but was scheduled to begin, weather permitting, on Tuesday night.