This Week In CCJBL Baseball!!!
Monday June , 26
Shannon Eagles @ Chadwick Silver Streaks, Handel Park
Junk-baller Kenny DeNunez took the bump for the visiting Eagles and was opposed by ace Jered Weaver. And this lived up to the billing!
DeNunez got himself into a jam in the top of the first when he allowed two bases on balls and a single to Frankie Lindor to load the bases with two out but coerced Reggie Sanders into a harmless fly out to escape any permanent damage to his E.R.A. Weaver dodged a bullet in the bottom of the third when Chip Hale got himself thrown out at home on an Endy Chavez single to end the frame.
The games only score took place the next inning when Weaver gave up back-to-back doubles from Adrian Gonzalez and Rabbit Maranville with two outs. Larry French threw two hitless innings to close things out against the Streaks, who feel to 4-5 on the season, while Shannon improved to that identical record.
Final Score: Shannon 1, Chadwick 0
Chadwick Performance Highlights:
Lindor 1-3, E
Weaver 1-1, 2b: Pitching L, 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 5 K
Root 1 IP, BB
Shannon Performance Highlights:
Chavez 2-3
Gonzalez 2-3, R, K, 2B
Maranville 1-3, RBI, 2B
DeNunez W, 4 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K
French S, 2 IP, BB, 2K
Savanna Indians @ Lanark Beavers, Eastland H.S.
Hector Espino gets things started against Beavers hurler "Dizzy" Dean in the first with a run-scoring SAC fly. Lanark answers back in it's half of the inning when superstar Craig Grebeck scores Johnny Ward with a safety squeeze! Lanark leaves the bases loaded against Greg Maddux in the third and soon regret that failure when reliever David Price was touched for two runs on a triple by Mikey Kingery the next inning!
Maddux and reliever "Windy " McCall cruise through the Beavers hitters the rest of the way to improve the Indians record to 6-3. Lanark falls to 5-4 having lost three of their last four ballgames.
Final Score: Savanna 3, Lanark 1
Lanark Performance Highlights:
Ward 2-3, R, SB
Dean 3 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 4 BB, K
Price L, 2 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, BB, K
Finley 1 IP
Savanna Performance Highlights:
Frisch 2-3, 2 R, BB
Kingery 1-2, 2 RBI, BB, 3B
Reese 1-2, BB, SB, E
Espino 0-1, RBI, BB, Sac Fly
Maddux 1-3, E: Pitching W, 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, BB, 5 K
McCall S, 1 IP
Mt. Carroll Hawks @ Milledgeville Missiles, Milledgeville H.S.
A quick start for both teams in this contest! Bases on balls machine Rickey Henderson gets on to the lead off the game against Mt. Carroll's Johnny Vander Meer, steals second as usual, and eventually scores on an Eric McNair fly out. Not to be outdone the scrappy Hawks taly one in thier half ot he first as well when Mikey Moustakas drives a Fernando Valenzuela screwball to the fence, scoring Willie Wells from second base!
Vander Meer struggles mightily in the second again, surrendering three straight hits and two runs before being pulled in favor of "Old Hoss" Radbourn. But Fernando cannot hold the lead and gives up two runs in the bottom of the third on a game-tying blast off of the bat of little powerhouse Mike Trout! Radbourn and Missiles reliver Ray Brown keep things tied up through six. Extra innings!
Milledgeville went down easily in the top of the seventh. "Gee" Walker ripped a lead-off double off of Brown in the bottom half, however. Brown got Todd Benzinger on a strike out but Eddie Joost walked it off with a sharp single to drive home Walker for a Mt. Carroll victory!
Both teams now stand at 4-5.
Final Score: Mt. Carroll 4, Milledgeville 3
Milledgeville Performance Highlights:
Henderson 1-2, R, 2 BB, 2 SB, CS
McNair 0-2, RBI, Sac Fly
Kruk 1-2, R, 2B, K
Dyson 1-3, RBI, 3B
Valenzuela 1-1, R, RBI: Pitching 3 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, K
Brown L, 3 1/3, 1 ER, 4 H, K
Mt. Carroll Performance Highlights:
Wells 1-3, R
Jackson 1-2, R, 3B, Sac
Trout 2-3, R, 2 RBI, HR
Moustakas 1-2, RBI, 2B
Walker 1-1, R, 2B
Joost 2-2, RBI
Vander Meer 1 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, BB
Radbourn W, 5 2/3, 0 R, 4 H, BB, 4 K
Monday, June 29
Chadwick Silver Streaks @ Milledgeville Missiles, Milledgeville H.S.
Chadwick strikes early, scoring single runs in each of the first two inning off of Missiles starter Hilton Smith. Hank Bauer and Reggie Sanders with RBI's. Milledgeville cuts the lead in half in the bottom of the second when Martin Dihigo singled off of Steve Karsay, swiped second base and scored on a Jarrod Dyson hit.
Streaks reliever Charlie Root gave up a Dixie Walker double with two gone in the fifth and was subsequently pulled in favor of Jered Weaver. The Chadwick ace was rudely greeted by Eric McNair, who tied things up with a sharp run-scoring base hit. Nobody scored in the sixth, sending the game to extras, for Milledgeville the second game in a row!
They would come out on top of this one, unlike Monday, when Fernando Valenzuela singled off of Weaver to lead off the seventh, was moved to second and then third on ground outs and scored on a clutch tow-out hit by McNair!
For Chadwick their third straight loss dropped their record to 4-6 and Milledgeville improved to 5-5 entering tournament play.
Final Score: Milledgeville 3, Chadwick 2
Lanark Beavers @ Mt. Carroll Hawks, Point Rock Park
Lanark got "LaLooshed" in this contest by the Hawks eccentric starting pitcher. "Nuke" went the distance and got a shutout against the Beavers. Meanwhile, Mt. Carroll's bats got a run in the first off of Chuck Finley on a "Mookie" Betts single and added another in the fourth when Todd Benzinger took "Dizzy" Dean yard!
That was plenty with LaLoosh on the bump dealing. The Hawks even their record at 5-5 while Lanark, at one point 4-2, dropped to 5-5 also.
Final Score: Mt. Carroll 2, Lanark 0
Lanark Performance Highlights:
Finley L, 2 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, K
Dean 3 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 3 K
Mt. Carroll Performance Highlights:
Betts 1-2, RBI, SB
Benzinger 1-1, R, RBI, HR
LaLoosh, 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 3 K
Savanna Indians @ Shannon Eagles, Lions Park
A duel between two tough hurlers, "Satchel" Paige of Shannon, and "Candy" Cummings of Savanna!
Both pitchers cruise through four with nary a legitimate threat against them. Greg Maddux, on in relief of Cummings, is surprisingly the one to give up a run when Chip Hale scores on a Kenny DeNunez single in the fifth. DeNunez stays in the game to pitch the sxith for the Eagles and despite allowing two walks, finishes the game by shutting down the Indians bats.
Savanna falls to 6-4, but still secures to top tournament seed, while Shannon ups their record to an even 5-5.
Final Score: Shannon 1, Savanna 0
Savanna Performance Highlights:
Kingery 1-2, BB, K (only hit)
Cummings 4 IP, 0 R, 4 H
Maddux L, 1 IP, 1 ER, 3 H
Shannon Performance Highlights:
White 2-3, CS
Hale 1-1, 2b, R
DeNunez 1-1, RBi: Pitching S, 1 IP, 0 R 2 BB, K
Paige W, 5 Ip, 0 R, 1 H, BB, 7 K
CCJBL Standings
Savanna 6-4
Lanark, Milledgeville, Mt. Carroll, Shannon 5-5
Chadwick 4-6
League Leaders (keep in mind tournament games DO count for league statistics. These are NOT final.
Batting Average
Clemente, Shannon .448
Gonzalez, Shannon .423
Grebeck, Lanark .417
Hamilton, Lanark .400
Ward, Lanark .394
Kingery, Savanna .393
Manwaring, Milledgeville .385
Walker, Milledgeville .379
Wells, Mt. Carroll .375
McNair, Milledgeville .370
Hits
Ward, Lanark 13
Clemente, Shannon 13
Hamilton, Lanark 12
Gonzalez, Shannon 11
Kingery, Savanna 11
Frisch, Savanna 11
Walker, Milledgeville 11
Runs
Wells, Mt. Carroll 7
Kingery, Savanna 7
8 tied with 6
RBI
Gibson, Chadwick 8
Trout, Mt. Carroll 7
Baez, mt. Carroll 7
Kingery, Savanna 7
Frisch, Savanna 6
Walker, Milledgeville 6
McNair, Milledgeville 6
Clemente, Shannon 6
Wells, Mt. Carroll 6
Jackson, Mt. Carroll 6
Doubles
Hamilton, Lanark 4
Higgins, Lanark 3
Gonzalez, Shannon 3
Walker, Milledgeville 3
Kingery, Savanna 3
Triples
Kingery, Savanna 2
Jackson, Mt. Carroll 2
Samuel, Chadwick 2
Home Runs
Trout, Mt. Carroll 4
Gonzalez, Shannon 3
Gibson, Chadwick 2
Mantle, Savanna 2
Jackson, Milledgeville 2
Wells, Mt. Carroll 2
Jackson, Mt. Carroll 2
Stolen Bases
Henderson, Milledgeville 10
Ward, Lanark 6
Coleman, Chadwick 6
Wells, Mt. Carroll 4
Reese, Savanna 3
White, Shannon 3
Walks
Mantle, Savanna 8
Henderson, Milledgeville 7
Lapp, Mt. Carroll 6
Wells, Mt. Carroll 5
Biggio, Chadwick 5
Strikeouts
Dean, Lanark 9
Mantle, Savanna 8
DeNunez, Shannon 8
Betts, Mt Carroll 7
Several Tied With 6
Errors
Reese, Savanna 5
Hornsby, Shannon 2
Hale, Shannon 2
Ward, Lanark 2
Grebeck, Lanark 2
Iannetta, Lanark 2
Wells, Mt. Carroll 2
Lindor, Chadwick 2
Dihigo, Milledgeville 2
Team Average
Lanark .271
Shannon .268
Mt. Carroll .260
Savanna .253
Chadwick .226
Milledgeville .215
Runs Scored
Mt. Carroll 37
Savanna 28
Chadwick 25
Lanark 25
Shannon 24
Milledgeville 22
Wins
Dean, Lanark 4
Valenzuela, Milledgeville 4
Maddux, Savanna 3
Cummings, Savanna 3
DeNunez, Shannon 3
Saves
Price, Lanark 3
Smith, Milledgeville 3
McCall, Savanna 3
DeNunez, Shannon 2
E.R.A.
Weaver, Chadwick 1.48
Maddux, Savanna 2.32
McCall, Savanna 2.45
Cummings, Savanna 2.65
Finley, Lanark 2.70
French, Shannon 2.70
LaLoosh, Mt. Carroll 2.81
Innings Pitched
Dean, Lanark 33
Maddux, Savanna 31
LaLoosh, Mt. Carroll 25 2/3
Smith, Milledgeville 24 2/3
Weaver, Chadwick 24 1/3
Root, Chadwick 23 1/3
Team E.R.A.
Savanna 2.44
Lanark 3.18
Chadwick 3.61
Mt. Carroll 3.81
Milledgeville 4.12
Shannon 4.26
Run Differential
Savanna +9
Mt. Carroll +9
Lanark 0
Chadwick -4
Shannon -5
Milledgeville -7
Well, that's a wrap on the CCJBL regular season! Coming soon, my regular season and Tournament Preview!
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