Cardinals take 11-12 Cal Ripken tourney title
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The Cardinals drew first blood in the top of the first, sending four runs across the plate. The Giants came up empty in their half of the inning. Gateway added one run in the top of the second. The Giants put one run on the board in the bottom of the inning.
Both teams went down in the third. In the top of the fourth Gateway added another run to take a 6-1 lead. The Giants stranded two runners in the bottom of the fourth. Gateway broke the game open in the top of he fifth by sending six runs across the plate. Security Federal tried to rally in the bottom of the inning, but came up with just one run as the game was called due to the 10 run rule.
Tyler Glenn worked all five innings allowing just two runs on eight hits with five K’s. Garrison Holmes worked the three innings and Cody Fults worked two innings as the two gave up 10 hits walked eight, while striking out six.
For the Cardinals, Glenn and Joel Rowland collected three hits each. Tylan Martin added two hits, Roth Nunley, J.T. Morgan, Micah McColloch and Cody Forth added one hit each. Glenn had a double, triple and homerun, while McColloch’s hit was a double.
For the Giants, Caleb Underhill and Holmes had two hit apiece with each getting a double. Fults, Kaleb Tilton, Gavin Lewis and Cole Warden picked up one hit each.
Gateway worked its way through the winners bracket and defeated the Giants on Saturday 18-2. The Giants defeated the Medley Braves 12-2 to make it to the championship game.
On Saturday the Giants slipped past the McCormack Royals 4-3. Holmes picked up the win with four innings of work and Ryne Fults took the loss.
For the Royals, Mitchell McCorkle and Hunter Daniel had two hits each. McKay Boles, Dustin Rhea, Dustin Morris, Lee Northcutt, Logan McCormack and Ridge Reynolds had one hit each. Underhill and Warden had to hits each to lead the Giants. Michael Martin and Holmes added one hit each.
In the Cardinals and Braves game, Nunley picked up the win with Ethan Wilson taking the loss. For the Braves, Kaleb Rymer had two hits, Adam Fann, Caleb Northcutt, Cody Robinson and Wilson had one hit each. For the Giants, Rowland went four-for-four, Martin and Nunley had three hits each. McColloch added two hits, Glenn, Jacob Reagan and Forth had one hit each.
In the loser bracket finals, Security Federal’s Fults picked up the win, while Rymer took the loss for the Braves. Underhill, Lewis, Holmes and Nathan Patterson had two hits each for the Giants. Tilton, Warden and August Palombo added one hit each. For the Braves, Northcutt had two hits, Robinson, Rymer and Wilson added one hit each.
PHOTOS INFO:
(left) Security Federal pitcher Cody Fults prepares to deliver a fastball during the second inning during the Cal Ripken tournament championship game Monday night. (Dale Stubblefield photos)
(right) Tyler Glenn rips a triple to right-center during the first inning. Glenn pitched five innings and added three hits from the plate to help Gateway Tire win the tournament title.