Giants trample Woodlee Auto Body
The 11-12 Cal Ripken baseball league is getting down to the nitty-gritty as the league is half-way through its tournament.
Friday night the Security Federal Giants came up with two big innings to down the Woodlee Auto Body A’s 14-4.
The A’s struck first with four runs in the first inning, but Giants pitcher Cody Fults got things under control and pitched shutout ball over the next three innings, giving up just two hits on the night. The Giants scored six runs in the second, six runs in the third and added two runs in the fourth.
Brett Mullican took the loss with three innings of work. For the A’s Mullican and Aaron Taylor provided one hit each. For the Giants, Garrison Holmes led the way with three hits. Fults added two hits, Kaleb Tilton and Nathan Patterson had one hit each.
In the second game, the McCormack Royals defeated Rubley’s Rangers 15-4. Dustin Rhea got the win with four innings of work, giving up six hits, while fanning six. Zach Rubley took the loss working two innings and Justin Ware worked three as both pitchers gave up five hits each.
The Royals scored five in the first, seven in the second and three in the fourth. Rubley’s sent three runs across the plate in the first and one in the third.
For the Royals, Rhea and Dustin Morris collected three hits each. Mitchell McCorkle had two hits, McKay Boles and Logan McCormack added one hit each. Slater Parks and Ware had two hits each for the Rangers. Nick Grandey and Ken Clayton added one hit each.
Thursday night the Gateway Tire Cardinals rolled past the Security Federal Giants 10-3 as Tylan Martin and Tyler Glenn combined on the mound to hold the Giants to six hits. Martin picked up four strikeouts on the night with Glenn fanning five.
Caleb Underhill took the loss with five innings of work, while giving up six hits and fanning 11 batters. Cody Fults worked one inning allowing five runs on four hits.
The game remained scoreless until the third when the Giants sent one run across the plate. They added one in the fourth and one in the fifth. The Cardinals scored their first runs in the fourth with two runners crossing the plate, five in the fifth and three in the sixth to secure the win.
For the Cardinals, J.T. Morgan collected three hits, Joel Rowland and Glenn had two hits each. Morgan Adcock, Micah McColloch and Cody Forth added one hit each. Security Federal’s Underhill had two hits, Fults, Gavin Lewis and Cole Warden had one hit each.
In the second game of the night the Medley Braves held Rubley’s Rangers to just one run to pick up a 11-1 victory.
The Braves scored three runs in the first, one in the second, two in the third and five in the fourth. The Rangers only run came in the fourth. Justin Ware got the win with two innings of work, striking out six and Zach Rubley went two innings with three K’s. Kaleb Rymer took the loss with eight k’s on the night.
For the Braves, Jagger Ledbetter and Caleb Northcutt had two hits each. Rymer and Austin Fisk picked up one hit each. Nick Grandy and Ken Clayton picked up one hit each for the Rangers.