Park loses in Quarter-Finals of Burnsville Tournament
Sunday, June 8th, 2008Friday, June 6-Sunday June 8th, 2008 @ Burnsville
Game 1Park vs. Lake Elmo
Park lost a tough one in their opening tournament game, falling 4-3 to Lake Elmo.
Jimmy Heck started for Park, and pitched great, allowing only 3 runs on 6 hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out three. Grant Welsh pitched the last two innings, allowing only one run on three hits. He struck out one.
As has been the case many times this year, Park didn’t start hitting until the late innings. Against two crafty left-handers, Park kept beating the ball into the ground, and through five innings had no runs on three hits.
In the 6th, we scored two runs when Scott Foltz singled, Nick Omodt doubled and Derrick Keller singled.
In the bottom of the 7th, Grant Welsh doubled and scored on a Foltz single. Park had the tying run on second when the game ended, and left seven runners on base during the game.
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Game 2 vs. Bloomington
This game had everything, except a great final score, as Park fell to Bloomington 7-6.
John Gallice started for Park and allowed five runs on four hits in five innings. He walked two, hit two batters, and struck out 10.
Park scored three in the first when Tre Munson singled, stole second, then Nick Omodt, Scott Foltz, and Derrick Keller singled. We added another in the second when Munson doubled and scored on a Foltz single.
Trailing 5-4 in the sixth, Dylan Vosika doubled to lead off the inning, Max IntVeld ran for him, advanced to third on a Munson infield single, and scored on a Foltz bloop single with an incredible slide home. Ryne McNary singled in Munson to give Park a one run lead.
McNary, who relieved Gallice in the sixth, allowed a bleeder up the middle, an infield single, then a hard single scored two. Park got out of the inning when McNary got the next batter to hit into a 1-6-3 double play.
In the bottom of the 7th, Park’s David Petit led off with a walk, but Park couldn’t bring him around, and the game ended with Park losing by a run.
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Park vs. Lakeville
In order to advance to Sunday, Park needed a win, and, for tie-breaker’s sake, couldn’t allow many runs. They went out and won, 12-0, with Derrick Keller throwing a complete five-inning game, allowing only two hits (to the first two batters he faced), four walks, and he struck out four.
The offense was scoring early and often. Park scored two in the first when Tre Munson singled, stole second, scored on a Scott Foltz single, and Foltz scored on a Keller single.
In the second, Park scored five, all with two outs, when Jimmy Heck singled, Munson reached on an error, Foltz singled, Keller reached on an infield pop-up that fell, Nick Omodt singled, and Jack Bordewick walked. After Omodt stole third, Bordewick got in a rundown between first and second while Omodt scored.
Park took the third inning off, then scored three in the fourth when Munson doubled, Keller, Omodt, Bordewick and Grant Welsh singled.
In the fifth, we added our last two when Munson doubled, stole third, and scored on a Foltz sac fly. Keller walked, David Petit reached on an error, and Keller scored on a Dylan Vosika single.
Defensively, Ryne McNary made a nice play in the hole at short and threw to Paddy Clancy covering for a force, and David Petit made a great play in the outfield, and moved to short in the last inning and made a great play on a slow roller.
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Quarter Final Game
Park vs. Lake Elmo
Park was glad to hear that they’d get another crack at Lake Elmo, but had about the same luck, falling 6-4.
Jimmy Heck started for Park and an infield error led to four unearned runs, and John Gallice relieved with two outs in the first inning. Gallice pitched 3-1/3, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks.
In the top of the fifth, down 6-0, Park rallied. Dylan Vosika walked, Jack Borewick and Ryne McNary singled, Scott Foltz singled, and Tre Munson, running for Foltz as a courtesy runner, scored on a Derrick Keller single.
Keller pitched a scoreless 5th and 6th, but Park came up empty in the 6th and 7th despite two runners on in the 6th, Bordewick and McNary, who each singled. In that inning, Vosika was robbed of a sure double by a diving catch by the Lake Elmo left fielder.
Defensively, after the first inning, Park played great, with McNary, playing shortstop, grabbing a ball behind second base, then firing to Bordewick who made a great scoop on a one-hopper.
David Petit made one of his patented diving catches in right, and Munson made some nice catches on the big field (400 feet to center).
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