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PITTSBURG —
Lindburg Pharmacy Red Sox outfielder Tristin Perrin will always remember what happened during the Ted Carnino League championship game.
In the bottom of the sixth, with two outs and the winning run on third base, not to mention a 3-2 count, Perrin lived out the dreams of every baseball player when he found a hole on the right side of the Wells Fargo White Sox infield and drove in the championship game-winning run.
Perrin extended his arms in the air as high as possible after he stepped on first base and teammate Logan Kunkler had already crossed home plate for the thrilling 7-6 win Thursday night at Ted Carnino Field.
Extra base hits, by and large, constructed the story of the game between the Red Sox and the White Sox.
In the bottom of the first, Gianni Piccini led off with a triple and scored on a RBI double by No. 2 hitter Blaise Dawson. With that red-hot start, the Red Sox only came out of the first inning with one run scored.
Red Sox ace Ben Boekhout made the White Sox scuffle in the first two innings — Boekhout struck out four and the White Sox did not hit a ball out of the infield, as their only hit against Boekhout came on an infield single by catcher Conner Gorman.
The White Sox took advantage of a change of pitcher in the third inning with five runs on four hits.
Cooper Ratzlaff and Gorman each hit two-run doubles — Ratzlaff plated Nathan Newby and Samuel Patterson and Gorman knocked in Caleb Hamilton and Cooper Cleland. Newby and Patterson, two bottom of the order hitters, did their jobs by reaching base and the big hitters did their job by driving in runs. Hamilton added a RBI single, scoring Ratzlaff.
The Red Sox pecked away on the White Sox lead in the third, fourth and fifth innings until going ahead 6-5 in the fifth.
Perrin and Piccini reached on walks in the third, setting up Dawson for his second extra-base hit of the contest. Dawson blasted a triple deep into the outfield, scoring Perrin and Piccini easily on the solid hit.
Matt Cicero singled in the fourth and scored on the double of the next hitter, second baseman Braden Lewis.
Piccini, seemingly in the middle of everything offensively for the Red Sox, led off the fifth with a walk, advanced forward two bases on wild pitches and scored on a J.W. Johnson grounder to pitcher Cooper Cleland. Cleland looked down Piccini at third and threw onto first to record the out but the speedy Piccini slid under the tag safely for a tie score.
Lindburg Pharmacy Red Sox outfielder Tristin Perrin will always remember what happened during the Ted Carnino League championship game.
In the bottom of the sixth, with two outs and the winning run on third base, not to mention a 3-2 count, Perrin lived out the dreams of every baseball player when he found a hole on the right side of the Wells Fargo White Sox infield and drove in the championship game-winning run.
Perrin extended his arms in the air as high as possible after he stepped on first base and teammate Logan Kunkler had already crossed home plate for the thrilling 7-6 win Thursday night at Ted Carnino Field.
Extra base hits, by and large, constructed the story of the game between the Red Sox and the White Sox.
In the bottom of the first, Gianni Piccini led off with a triple and scored on a RBI double by No. 2 hitter Blaise Dawson. With that red-hot start, the Red Sox only came out of the first inning with one run scored.
Red Sox ace Ben Boekhout made the White Sox scuffle in the first two innings — Boekhout struck out four and the White Sox did not hit a ball out of the infield, as their only hit against Boekhout came on an infield single by catcher Conner Gorman.
The White Sox took advantage of a change of pitcher in the third inning with five runs on four hits.
Cooper Ratzlaff and Gorman each hit two-run doubles — Ratzlaff plated Nathan Newby and Samuel Patterson and Gorman knocked in Caleb Hamilton and Cooper Cleland. Newby and Patterson, two bottom of the order hitters, did their jobs by reaching base and the big hitters did their job by driving in runs. Hamilton added a RBI single, scoring Ratzlaff.
The Red Sox pecked away on the White Sox lead in the third, fourth and fifth innings until going ahead 6-5 in the fifth.
Perrin and Piccini reached on walks in the third, setting up Dawson for his second extra-base hit of the contest. Dawson blasted a triple deep into the outfield, scoring Perrin and Piccini easily on the solid hit.
Matt Cicero singled in the fourth and scored on the double of the next hitter, second baseman Braden Lewis.
Piccini, seemingly in the middle of everything offensively for the Red Sox, led off the fifth with a walk, advanced forward two bases on wild pitches and scored on a J.W. Johnson grounder to pitcher Cooper Cleland. Cleland looked down Piccini at third and threw onto first to record the out but the speedy Piccini slid under the tag safely for a tie score.
Boekhout gave the Red Sox the go-ahead run in scoring position when he doubled three batters after Piccini. Boekhout forced a throwing error at third base and scored the go-ahead run as the ball went into the outfield.
The White Sox recovered in the top half of the sixth inning. Cleland reached on an error, advanced to second and came home on two wild pitches.
The Red Sox finished their season 14-1, regular season and postseason champions of the Carnino League.
John’s Sports Center Giants 13, Meadowbrook Mall Twins 9: Hits do not always tell the story in a baseball game and nothing proves that more than the consolation game Thursday night at Ted Carnino Field.
The Twins outhit the Giants 9-2 and lost the game in part to an incredible 14 base-on-balls in the first two innings alone, as well as three errors. The Giants scored nine runs in those first two innings without a single hit.
“We came a long way,” Giants head coach Eddie Lomshek told his players after the game. “We won our first two, then we forgot how to play for three or four. We did a great job . . . the good news is that we saved our best for last. We played our three best games this week. We had one bad inning (Wednesday night) but other than that, it’s been a great tournament.
“Alright, everybody should be proud and hope you enjoyed playing. Reece’s grandparents (third baseman Reece Schulz) have cupcakes and what do you tell them?”
The Twins produced six runs in the bottom of the second — Blaise Prewitt, hitting at the bottom of the order, drove in two with a single and Gavyn Elkamil hit in two with a big hit. Elkamil and Kyle Kubler would score on wild pitches to get the Twins back into the game after their rough start.
Giants reliever Brandon Petty came on in the third and only allowed two runs over three innings of work, earning him a game ball from the umpires.
The Giants plated three crucial runs in the fifth, recording their only two hits, including a RBI double by Brinegar.
J.L. Hutchinson League
Thursday, June 28
Ted Carnino League Tournament
Championship Game
Lindburg Pharmacy Red Sox 7, Wells Fargo White Sox 6
WFWS 005 001 — 6 6 1
LPRS 102 121 — 7 11 1
Cooper Cleland, Cooper Ratzlaff (3), Cleland (5), Caleb Hamilton (6) and Conner Gorman. Ben Boekhout, Brett O’Hara (3), Boekhout (5), Gianni Piccini (6) and Blaise Dawson. WP: Piccini. LP: Hamilton. 2B: Ratzlaff, Gorman; Dawson, Boekhout, Scotty Russell, Braden Lewis. 3B: Piccini, Dawson.
Consolation Game
John’s Sports Center Giants 13, Meadowbrook Mall Twins 9
JSG 631 03 — 13 2 0
MMT 161 01 — 9 9 3
Ben Brinegar, Brandon Petty (3) and Kage Hunt, Brinegar (5). Gavyn Elkamil, Colby James (2), Elkamil (5) and Kyle Kubler. WP: Brinegar. LP: Elkamil. 2B: Brinegar; Elkamil, James. 3B: Elkamil. SB: Hunt, Brinegar; Elkamil. HBP: Blaise Prewitt. LOB: JSG 8, MMT 2.
