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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 @ Ft. Snelling
Park vs. Minneapolis

Payback is fun, and Park beat Minneapolis, 11-2, a week after falling to them at home, 11-7.

Derrick Keller pitched a complete game, allowing two runs on four hits, four walks and six strikeouts. The defense was nearly perfect, with Jack Bordewick scooping a couple balls out of the dirt, and Jimmy Heck, Max IntVeld, Ryne McNary, and Paddy Clancy fielding every ball flawlessly off the beautifully manicured Minneapolis infield.

The outfield was equally strong, with David Petit and Grant Welsh each making tough plays look easy.

Park started the scoring in the first when Tre Munson walked, stole second, and scored on Keller’s single. In the third we added another when Scott Foltz singled, Clancy walked, and Bordewick singled in Foltz.

Clinging to a 2-1 lead in the fourth, Park exploded for four when Heck singled, Munson and Nick Omodt walked, Foltz singled in Heck, with Munson getting nailed at third. John Gallice doubled in two more, then scored when Clancy reached on an error.

Park put the game away in the fifth when Bordewick and McNary walked, IntVeld was beaned in the back, Welsh reached on an error, Petit singled, and Foltz blasted a 3-run double into the left field corner. Foltz was the hitting star of the day with four hits, Munson added two, and Keller, McNary, Bordewick, Heck, Gallice and Petit each collected one hit.

(Record 6-4)
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Friday, May 30th 2008 @ Carlson
Park vs. Eden Prairie

There’s no question we’re getting closer to beating the vaunted Eden Prairie team! In fact, we were one swing of the bat away from winning this one, but fell 9-8 on a rainy night.

John Gallice started for Park and allowed four runs on six hits, four walks, three strikeouts, and two errors, before being relieved by Jimmy Heck with two outs in the fourth. Heck would pitch the last 3-1/3, allowing four runs on seven hits, no walks, three strikeouts, and an error behind him.

Park took an early 1-0 lead in the first when Tre Munson singled, stole second, advanced on a Scott Foltz groundout, and scored on a Derrick Keller infield single. Trailing 9-1 in the sixth, Park looked dead in the water (remember, it was raining), but added two more runs when Foltz singled, Heck walked, Nick Omodt walked, Foltz scored on a wild pitch, and Heck scored on an RBI-groundout by Ryne McNary.

Park trailed 9-3 in the ninth, and again was left for dead….then…

Munson walked to start the inning, Paddy Clancy was retired, Foltz singled, Keller walked, Heck singled in Munson, and the bases were loaded. Omodt tripled to the gap to score three more, and all of a sudden the score was 9-7 with one out. Dylan Vosika singled in Omodt to pull Park within one, and went to second on a Grant Welsh groundout (he was safe by a step!).

IntVeld reached on an error to put runners on first and third, two outs, down by one with…..Munson up! A single would tie the game, and one of his patented extra-base hits would win the game! Munson drove the first pitch he saw sky high, but the Eden Prairie left fielder grabbed it to end the game! Ugggggggggh.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 @ Rotary
Park vs. Eden Prairie

The U10s beat Eden Prairie in dramatic fashion Tuesday night in one of the most tightly played games of the season. The two teams were evenly matched, and were knotted at 3-3 after regulation.

In the extra inning, Park kept the visitors off the board in the top half of the 7th, then won the game on a steal of home by Luke Cichoski!

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