Senior League season begins
Justin Ware and Nick Grandey got the Senior League?s Saturday action off to a memorable start last weekend, combining for a no-hitter to lead Rubley?s Rangers over the Morris? Auto Body Yankees.
Ware pitched four innings, striking out 11 batters, and Grandey balanced three strikeouts against two walks in two innings of relief.
At the plate, Tyler Forth paced the winning team with a 2-for-2 game, while Grandey, Zach Rubley and Brody Fernandez also had hits.
Cory Sydenstricker got the loss for the Yankees, working two innings on the mound. Dillon Rowland, Alex Hillis and Cory Cantrell all saw action out of the bullpen.
In other Senior League action:
Giants 12, Braves 8
The Security Federal Giants rallied over the final two innings Saturday to hand Medley?s Braves a 12-8 loss.
Grayson Woods got the win in relief, pitching a perfect fifth and sixth inning as his Giants scored three runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth to pull off the come-from-behind victory.
Woods was on in relief of Garrison Holmes, who pitched two innings after coming on in the third to replace starter Nathan Patterson.
Woods helped his cause with two hits, while Eric Cantrell also had two, including a double. Patterson, Kaleb Tilton, Holmes and Jonathan Burton had a hit each. Medley?s got two hits each from Logan Walker and Ethan Wilson, who doubled and tripled, while Zach York, Nelson Huckeby and Mitchell Morton had a base hit apiece.
Walker worked three innings to start the game on the mound for the Braves, while Wilson took the loss in three innings of relief and York pitched the seventh.
Rangers 7, A?s 2
Rubley?s Rangers got a complete-game two-hitter from Zack Rubley, who fanned 14 batters in a victory over the Woodlee?s Body Shop A?s.
Rubley walked just three batters, and helped his cause with a double at the plate, while Nick Grandey had three hits, including a double. Aaron Taylor had two hits for the A?s, while Cody Parkhurst had one.
Brett Mullican took the loss for Woodlee?s, working four innings and fanning seven batters while allowing four runs on four hits. Blake Carter and Aaron Taylor worked an inning of relief each.
Tigers 6, Yankees 1
The Handy Rental Tigers scored four runs in the fifth to pull away for good, with Luke Hillis and Spencer Pryor combining for a one-hitter over Morris? Auto Body Yankees.
Hillis fanned six batters over four innings, while Pryor came in to pitch the fifth, allowing the Yanks? only run.
At the plate, the Tigers got hits from Mac Britton, Pryor and McCain Smock, while the Yankees? hits came from Patrick David, Robbie McCullough, Chase Stewart, Dillon Rowland, Alex Hillis and Will Warren.
Cory Sydenstricker worked four innings, taking the loss for the Yankees, while Rowland and Cory Cantrell came in out of the bullpen.
A?s 10, Tigers 0
Derek Brumley pitched a four-inning shutout, allowing just one hit as the Woodlee?s Body Shop A?s defeated the Handy Rental Tigers to wrap up Saturday?s action.
Brumley fanned seven batters and walked two, surrendering a hit to the Tigers? Wesley Dyer.
McCain Smock took the loss, giving up two hits, three walks and three runs in the first. Luke Hillis and Mac Britton pitched in relief.
The A?s hits came from leadoff man Brett Mullican, who went 3-for-3, as well as Daniel Carter, Aaron Taylor, Brumley and Dillon Tubb.
In Monday?s opening night games:
Braves 8, Reds 1
nelson Huckeby and Logan Walker combined to pitch a two-hitter for Medley?s Braves, with Huckeby getting the win with his three innings of shutout work. He struck out five batters, and walked three. Walker fanned three and walked two in three innings of relief, allowing just one run in the fourth inning.
Medley?s got three hits from Walker, including two triples, while Zach York had two and both Huckeby and McKennen Robbins had singles. The Hills Creek Reds got a hit each from Mitchell Barrett and Connor Dixon, while Lazaro Alvarez took the loss on the mound, working four innings and allowing five runs on four hits. Dixon and Austin Panter pitched an inning of relief.
Cardinals 12, Royals 0
Micah McColloch, Joel Rowland and Austin Green pooled their efforts to pitch a one-hit shutout as the Midway Electric Cardinals downed the McCormack Royals in Monday?s nightcap.
McColloch allowed just one walk and struck out five batters through two innings of work, while Rowland fanned the side in the third and Green pitched the fourth, giving up a hit to Seth Grissom but fanning three more batters.
Ryne Fults started for the Royals, giving up a run, and Lee Northcutt took the loss as the Cards got to him for four runs on four hits. Jordan Dennis and Ridge Reynolds saw an inning of relief work apiece.
McColloch went 3-for-3 for the Cardinals at the plate, scoring three runs, while Casey Tomberlin and Rowland had two hits each. Other hits came from Jacob Reagan, J.T. Morgan, Kyle Haley, Travis Ayers, Green and Roderick Lusk.