July 19, 2018 at 4:29 a.m.
Wild winners
Portland beats Summit City, 16-15, on walk-off single
Wild winners
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In the previous five games against the Sluggers this season, the Rockets had allowed an average of three runs per game.
The Sluggers scored that, and more, in just the first inning.
And the Rockets and to fight tooth and nail to sweep the season series.
Cody Krumlauf laced a single through the left side of the infield with bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to bring home Mitch Waters as the game-winning run on Wednesday as the Portland Rockets fought off the Summit City Sluggers 16-15 at Portland Memorial Park's Runkle-Miller Field.
“We just wanted to see if all the numbers worked on the scoreboard or not,” said Portland Rockets manager Randy Miller, whose team trailed by as many as six and blew a three-run lead twice.
“We scored every inning but the first. We showed exactly the product that I didn't expect to see yet still win the game.”
Krumlauf walked to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases full. Waters stood on third, Malave Bettinger was on second and Tristen Becker occupied first base. All three of them reached on walks.
Krumlauf was looking for a fastball from former Delta Eagle Jake Van Pelt, who had nowhere to put the Rocket catcher.
Krumlauf, who was 0-for-3 with an RBI for the day, put the 0-1 pitch from Van Pelt between third baseman Max Moser and shortstop Cole Stigleman – both 2018 Jay County High School graduates – and Waters sprinted home to complete a wild game that featured 30 hits and 13 walks.
“A sigh of relief,” Krumlauf said of his thoughts when he watched his hit make it through to the outfield. “We didn't play Portland Rocket baseball today like we can and we're capable of.”
Alas, the Rockets (13-10) won their fourth in a row and went a perfect 6-0 against the Sluggers this season.
“We came out swinging and hit the ball well tonight,” said Summit City manager Todd Farr, who is also an assistant at Jay County. The Rockets shut out the Sluggers twice this season and have now scored 13 or more runs against them three time
s.“[We] capitalized on a few errors on their end early to take the lead and kind of get some momentum.,” Farr added. “It was a good game.”
Summit City, which had more players on its roster who play, or played, for Jay County (five) than the Rockets (two), jumped on Waters (a 2002 JCHS graduate) for four runs in the first inning.
An error allowed the first run to score before Corbin Maddox hit a two-run single and JCHS senior Ryan Schlechty had the first of his game-high four hits to drive in another run.
Portland made it 4-2 with a pair of runs in the second before Summit City appeared to break things open with another four-run third. Jacob Geesman, a 2017 JCHS grad, and Schlechty tallied RBIs in the frame.
The Rockets started to chip away, making it 8-3 after the third and 8-5 one inning later. In the fifth, Zeth Tanner launched a three-run home run, his second of the game, to put Portland out front 9-8. Another two runs in the sixth made it 11-8.
Moser's two-run single with two gone in the seventh tied it again at 11-all before Portland built a 14-11 advantage in the home half of the inning.
Ahead 15-12 with three outs to get, Portland reliever Chase Ruiz struggled, walking the first three batters who eventually came around to score. Malik Wirges caught the Portland defense sleeping as he swiped home on a throw back to the mound. Krumlauf applied a tag but lost the ball in the process as Wirges tied the game.
“We tried to be as gracious as hosts as possible,” Miller said. “We were gifting here and there. … It was like a dag-gone circus out there.”
Ruiz and Tanner both led the Rockets with three hits apiece. Becker also went deep as he and Tanner hit back-to-back jacks in the second inning.
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In the previous five games against the Sluggers this season, the Rockets had allowed an average of three runs per game.
The Sluggers scored that, and more, in just the first inning.
And the Rockets and to fight tooth and nail to sweep the season series.
Cody Krumlauf laced a single through the left side of the infield with bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to bring home Mitch Waters as the game-winning run on Wednesday as the Portland Rockets fought off the Summit City Sluggers 16-15 at Portland Memorial Park's Runkle-Miller Field.
“We just wanted to see if all the numbers worked on the scoreboard or not,” said Portland Rockets manager Randy Miller, whose team trailed by as many as six and blew a three-run lead twice.
“We scored every inning but the first. We showed exactly the product that I didn't expect to see yet still win the game.”
Krumlauf walked to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases full. Waters stood on third, Malave Bettinger was on second and Tristen Becker occupied first base. All three of them reached on walks.
Krumlauf was looking for a fastball from former Delta Eagle Jake Van Pelt, who had nowhere to put the Rocket catcher.
Krumlauf, who was 0-for-3 with an RBI for the day, put the 0-1 pitch from Van Pelt between third baseman Max Moser and shortstop Cole Stigleman – both 2018 Jay County High School graduates – and Waters sprinted home to complete a wild game that featured 30 hits and 13 walks.
“A sigh of relief,” Krumlauf said of his thoughts when he watched his hit make it through to the outfield. “We didn't play Portland Rocket baseball today like we can and we're capable of.”
Alas, the Rockets (13-10) won their fourth in a row and went a perfect 6-0 against the Sluggers this season.
“We came out swinging and hit the ball well tonight,” said Summit City manager Todd Farr, who is also an assistant at Jay County. The Rockets shut out the Sluggers twice this season and have now scored 13 or more runs against them three time
s.“[We] capitalized on a few errors on their end early to take the lead and kind of get some momentum.,” Farr added. “It was a good game.”
Summit City, which had more players on its roster who play, or played, for Jay County (five) than the Rockets (two), jumped on Waters (a 2002 JCHS graduate) for four runs in the first inning.
An error allowed the first run to score before Corbin Maddox hit a two-run single and JCHS senior Ryan Schlechty had the first of his game-high four hits to drive in another run.
Portland made it 4-2 with a pair of runs in the second before Summit City appeared to break things open with another four-run third. Jacob Geesman, a 2017 JCHS grad, and Schlechty tallied RBIs in the frame.
The Rockets started to chip away, making it 8-3 after the third and 8-5 one inning later. In the fifth, Zeth Tanner launched a three-run home run, his second of the game, to put Portland out front 9-8. Another two runs in the sixth made it 11-8.
Moser's two-run single with two gone in the seventh tied it again at 11-all before Portland built a 14-11 advantage in the home half of the inning.
Ahead 15-12 with three outs to get, Portland reliever Chase Ruiz struggled, walking the first three batters who eventually came around to score. Malik Wirges caught the Portland defense sleeping as he swiped home on a throw back to the mound. Krumlauf applied a tag but lost the ball in the process as Wirges tied the game.
“We tried to be as gracious as hosts as possible,” Miller said. “We were gifting here and there. … It was like a dag-gone circus out there.”
Ruiz and Tanner both led the Rockets with three hits apiece. Becker also went deep as he and Tanner hit back-to-back jacks in the second inning.
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