Rubley?s clinches 1st place

Rubley?s Rangers clinched the regular-season championship in the boys? Senior League Friday, wrapping up their campaign with a 12-3 victory over Medley?s Braves.

With the win, the Rangers improved to 7-1 on the year, and will carry the No. 1 seed into the Senior League tournament.

Zack Rubley earned the win on the mound, pitching two innings of two-hit ball and giving up a pair of unearned runs. He balanced four strikeouts against five walks. Justin Ware and Gage Myers both saw action in relief.

Kaleb Rymer took the loss for Medley?s, allowing 10 runs on 11 hits through four innings. He walked four and fanned six before giving way to Logan Walker, who pitched an inning of relieve, allowing two more runs.

Rubley?s took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, and padded that advantage with two runs in each of the next two innings before Medley?s trimmed the gap to 7-2 in the bottom of the third.

The Rangers added three more runs in the fourth, and a pair in the fifth before surrendering the Braves? only other run in the bottom of the final inning.

Nick Grandey went 3-for-3 with a double and a triple, scoring four runs. Myers was 3-for-4, while Rubley, Ware and David Adcock had two hits each. River Underwood added a hit to the winning cause.

The Braves got a pair of hits from Ethan Wilson, while McKennen Robbins and Rymer had one apiece.

In other action on Friday, The Hills Creek Reds picked up their first win of the summer, defeating the Handy Rental Tigers 5-4 thanks to a fifth-inning comeback.

Lazaro Alvarez got the win after pitching an inning in relief of Connor Dixon. Alvarez gave up a hit, walked two and fanned two. Dixon had allowed four hits and four runs, walking six and striking out seven.

Luke Hillis got the start for the Tigers, pitching two frames of one-hit, one-run ball while walking two and fanning three. Spencer Pryor took the loss out of the bullpen, allowing four runs on six hits.

At the plate, Austin Panter and Taylor Hobbs had two hits each for the Reds, who trailed 3-1 after two innings and 4-3 after three. Alvarez, Dixon and Robert Eschenbacher added a hit apiece.

The Tigers were led by Pryor?s two hits, while Wesley Dyer, McCain Smock and Dakota Thatch had one each.

? Last Thursday, the McCormack Royals posted nine runs in the third on their way to a 17-4 win over the Morris? Auto Body Yankees.

Ryne Fults pitched his way to the win with three innings of work, giving up four runs (three earned) on four hits and two walks while striking out two. Jordan Dennis pitched an inning of relief.

Cory Sydenstricker got the loss for the Yanks, allowing four runs over two innings of work. Jacob Newby was touched for the nine-run third, and Robbie McCullough gave up four in the fourth.

Dennis and Lee Northcutt had three hits apiece for the Royals, while Logan McCormack and Ridge Reynolds both had two. Fults, Logan Chandler and Jacob Griffin had one hit each.

The Yankees? hits came from Patrick David, Sydenstricker, Will Warren and Christopher Gross.

In Thursday?s late game, Ethan Wilson hurled a complete game for the Braves, giving up two runs on two hits and four walks while striking out 10 in a 7-2 win over the Security Federal Giants.

Nathan Patterson took the loss, giving up five runs in the first inning. Kaleb Tilton, Grayson Woods and Jonathan Burton all saw action out of the bullpen.

The Braves got two hits from Logan Walker, while Wilson helped his cause with a single. McKennen Robbins and Dakota Myers also had hits in the winning effort.

For the Giants, Garrison Holmes and Grayson Woods had their team?s only hits, and each scored a run.

The Senior League season was scheduled to wrap up on Tuesday night.