Gunnison came from behind twice to defeat Park City Rangers 4-3 in 10 innings. There were 8 batters hit by a pitch and 1 really bizzare play that had everyone confused. In the eight inning, with Park City down 3-2, they had the bases loaded with no one out. Tanner Stevenson flied out to center field. Stevenson kept running and was eventually tagged out after rounding second base and passing Scott Beckwith, the runner in front of him. Two runs scored on the play and it was eventually ruled that two outs were called on the play. This made the strike out of Brandon Cox the third out. Mario Mativi pitched the final three innings for Gunnison to pick up the win.
Gunnison advances to play the winner of game 25 on Thursday, August 7.
Park City drops into the elimination bracket and will play El Dorado on Wednesday, August 6.
Waves Sweep By Yankees
The San Diego Waves came to play the Maxim Yankees Monday evening. They jumped to an early 3-0 lead in the second inning. In that inning Buck Afenir hit a home run to start things off. Maxim could not get anything started as they could only manage 2 runs on 2 hits off of three Waves pitchers. Brett Hartmon and Cody Burgener combined for half of San Diego's hits as they had 2 apiece.
The Waves advance to play the Hays Larks on Tuesday, August 5 at 7:30 P.M.
Maxim will play Rock City in an elimination bracket game on Wednesday, August 6.
Senators Vote Sluggers to Elimination Bracket
Although the Wichita Sluggers took an early 3-2 lead, 3 runs would be all they would score on Monday afternoon. Vienna would score seven runs in the remaining 3 innings to defeat Wichita 9-3. Vienna was led offensively by Tyler Townsend as he went 3 for 5 with a run scored and 3 RBI's. One of his three hits was a home run that broke the game open. Kyle Hald came in to pitch the final 5 innings and gave up 2 hits while striking out 5 to pick up the win.
Vienna advances to play winner of game 11 on Friday, August 8.
Wichita will await loser of game 25 and will play on Wednesday, August 6 in hopes of staying alive in the tournament.
Bombers Silenced
The Southern California Bombers could not get anything going as Kenai defeated them 11-1 in 7 innings. Joe Gardner scattered 4 hits over six runs giving up the lone run off a home run hit by Frank Corpus in the first inning. Kenai meanwhile scored 11 runs on 15 hits. Every hitter in the starting lineup had at least one hit for the Oilers. They were led by Nick Ciolli who went 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI's.
The Oilers advance to play Clarinda on Tuesday, August 5.
The Bombers drop into the elimination bracket and will play the Austin Gold Sox on Tuesday, August 5.
