Springfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 3
Churchill     0 0 4 4 0 0 X - 8 9 0

Bates, Dudley(5) and R Helfrich
Lessel and Kearney
WP Lessel
LP Bates

2B Ralston DeZarn, Thompson
RBI Thompson 4, Kearney 3

              IP    H     R      ER   K   BB
Bates    4     9      8        5     4     2
Dudley  2      0      0       0      2     1
Lessel  7      2      0        0    11     1

On the other side of the ball Kameron Bates set down the Lancers in the 1st 2 innings without any scoring. In the bottom of the 3rd the Lancers got busy. Murray reached on an error, a went to 2nd on a bad pickoff throw by the catcher. Leadoff batter Pomeroy drew a walk and then Chase Kearney singled to left to drive in Murray and Pomeroy also scored when the left-fielder over ran the ball and Kearney moved up to 2nd. DeZarn then drove one to deep left that the outfielder got a glove on but could not pull in and he was on base with a 2B and Kearney advanced to 3rd. It looked like Bates would escape without further damage when he K's Subway Jones, but Jordan Thompson hit a wedge shot up the 1st base line that landed just fair and drove in two more runs. Wallis followed with another base hit before a pop up to 1st ended the inning with the Lancers on top 4-0. After Lessel retired the Millers in order, Murray got the Lancers started again with a 1 out single, and then he gets credit for a steal when he was picked off 1st but beat the relay throw to 2nd. Pomeroy lines a single to left to send Murray to 3rd and moves in to 2nd when the throw in from the outfield goes to 3rd. Kearney follows that with a soft line drive to center for a base hit that scores two. A walk to Subway and a 2B down the line by Thompson scores 2 more and the Lancers are on top 8-0. Blaine Dudley comes on to pitch two scoreless innings for the Millers, but Lessel is too tough and the Lancers have a big win. Hitting stars for the Lancers include Pomeroy who went 1 for 2 with a pair of walks and 2 runs scored, Kearney who went 2 for 4 with 2 runs and 3 RBI and Thompson who went 2 for 2 with 4 RBI.

N Eugene 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 9 1
Churchill   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1

DeHaven, Harpole(6) and Pachano, DeHaven(6)
Martinez,Smith(7) and Kearney
WP DeHaven
LP Martinez

2B Long, DeZarn
RBI Pachano, Harpole

Pitching Stats

                  IP    H   R ER K BB/HP
DeHaven  5     2   0   0    6  1
Harpole    2     1   0   0     3  1
Martinez    6.3  8   3   3    4  2/1
Smith           .7  1   0   0    2  0

Churchill 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 = 5 5 1
Thurston 0 0 1 0 2 5 x = 8 7 1

Lessel, Murray (6) & Kearney
Watson, Clift (6) & Goddard

2B C Smith
      T Hoover
3B  C DeZarn
HR - T Goddard
RBI C Smith, Jones, DeZarn, Thompson, Murray
        T Goddard 3, Hoover 3

Goddard's bat speed warps body,
knocks ball out of park
3 for 4 with three rbi's

New Thurston Mascot

Thurston may be coached by Phil Dube, but the players must be looking to Alfred E. Newman for advice. The "'What? Me Worry?" Colts pulled off another late inning come from behind win Friday night in a game played in sloppy conditions.
  The Lancers had their chances. Churchill couldn't take advantage of six walks/hit batters, two hits and an error during their first four at bats. The Lancers stranded 8 runners on base the first four innings, scoring just once in the third on an RBI single by Devin Murray to go up 1-0..
  Fortuneately for Churchill, pitcher junior Jake Lessel was pitching a masterful game in tough weather conditions, striking out five through four innings, and giving up just one run on an Aaron Hoover single, which plated Kristian Smith in the third, which tied the game at 1-1..
  The Lancers took the lead again in the top of the fifth. The Colts walked Bryson Jones, who wasn't seeing in a lot of hitable pitches. Colin Smith then doubled in Jones. Churchill stranded two more runners in the 5th, but Lessel had the lead 2-1.
  Lessel quickly got the first two outs, but walked Joey Urness. Jarren Goddard came to the plate and when the Lancers moved their fielders to the right side of the field, signaling a fastball, Goddard loaded up and jacked it out of the park, for a 3-2 Colt lead at the end of five.
  Churchill also must have a couple of copies of Mad magazine in the dugout. The Lancer's didn't seem too worried and scored twice in the top of the sixth. Junior catcher Chase Kearney singled, soph Jordan Thomson laid down a great sac bunt. Junior Jake DeZarn tripled in Kearney. Elder statesman, senior Bryson Jones then hit a sac fly to right to score DeZarn for a Lancer 4-3 lead.
  The Comeback Colts couldn't get anything going in their first two at bats in the bottom of the sixth. But after two outs, Stefan Drake singled and the merry-go-round began. Lessel waked the next batter to put men on first and second with two outs. Murray , covered in mud from head to toe, came in to relieve. He walked Kristian Smith to load the bases, with Aaron Hoover coming to the plate. A grounder was all Murray needed to get out of the inning, and he got it, but the ball was just inside the third base line and just outside of the third baseman's glove. Hoover's double scored two and the Colts were up 5-4. An infield error scored two more. Goddard ended the Colt scoring with an RBI single.
  Frosh Aaron Clift, who came in in relief in the sixth, continued into the final inning. Clift hit a batter, struck out a batter and hit a batter. A pattern was developing and he should have struck out the next batter to continue the pattern, but he plunked the batter. However, the next Lancer flew out, and then the final out was fittingly, a strike out.
  Given the sloppy conditions, it was quite a performance by Churchill's Lessel. He went 5 2/3 innings, struck out six and gave up five hits. Lancer Devin Murray, besides getting the most muddy uniform prize, and there were lots of finalists, made a great play at third in the bottom of the fifth. He tracked down a hard grounder going to his left, slid about 8 feet in the mud, came to a halt and somehow got the throw off accurately and nailed a pretty quick Kristain Smith.
  Thurston's Aaron Hoover was 2-4 with a double and three rbi's. Goddard was 3-4, with a homer and three rbi's. Thurston's Kyle Watson got the start, went five innings, struck out five and allowed just three hits.
  (I hope this is an accurate rendition of the game. I ran out of ink before things got crazy. Plus the people in the Mancave (they allow women in there now) were distracting me.
  gh

Churchill 2 3 1 2 6 - 14 10 0
Marshfield 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 4

Thompson,Smith(4), Murray(5) and Kearney
Stevens, Johnson(5) and Jones
WP Thompson
LP Stevens

2B Murray
3B Murray
HR Jones, Smith
RBI Jones 4, Smith 3, Kearney 2, Murray 2, Pomeroy, Lessel

                       IP H  R ER K BB/HP
Thompson 3.7 0  0    0   6    5
Smith             .3 0  0    0   0    0
Murray             1 0  0    0   3    0

Stevens          4 6  8    5   4   3/2
Johnson         1 4  6    6   0   1/2

Churchill Bye

Churchill     0 1 1 3 1 0 0 = 7 5 1
Willamette  0 0 1 1 0 0 0 = 1 3 3

Lessel & Kearney
Waggoner, Svennson (4) & Leber

2B   - C Wallis
RBI - C = Pomeroy, Murray

Devin Murray dodging ump.
HIts key 4th inning rbi

What's wrong with this picture?
a) the runner is going towards 3rd from home
b) the catcher is bowing down to a runner
c) the runner is duckwalking
d) the cathcer has lost a contact lens

Jacob DeZarn and Skyler Perales
turn three double plays.
OK, Perales did all the work on one.

Haskin, Bartlett(5) and Swindling
Martinez, Smith(4) and Kearney
WP Haskin
LP Martinez
Save Bartlett

2B Marist Britt 2
Churchill Pomeroy, DeZarn, Arruda, Stolarczyk
RBI Marist Britt 2, Haskin Baird
Churchill Pomeroy, DeZarn

Tuesday 26th

Churchill            1 0 0 0 0 0 2 = 3 9 2
South Eugene  2 0 1 0 1 0  x = 4 6 2

Thompson & Kearney
Larson, Schindler(7) & Giland

2B - (C) - DeZarn 2, Pomeroy
         (SE) Craig
3B - (C) Jones
         (SE) Craig
HR - none
RBI - (D) - Thompson 2, Jones
         (SE) - Schindler 2, Craig

   A late rally by the Lancers falls just short and the Axemen prevail 4-3 Tuesday afternoon at the South field.
   The Lancers struck 1st in the top of the 1st when Pomeroy leads off with a 2B to the wall in left, Kearney is HBP, a K and an infield hit by Jones loads the bases with 1 out. Thompson flies to center to score Pomeroy, but Carlos Larson gets another fly ball out to right field to end the inning.
  South scores 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st thanks to some shoddy defense by Churchill. Spencer Dunlap delivers a one out single up the middle and a throwing error by the 2nd baseman puts Gus Craig and Dunlap on 2nd and 3rd respectively. Another throwing error by the 3rd baseman on a ground ball by Schindler scores both runners putting the Axeman on top 2-1. Thompson worked a 1-2-3 2nd and Larson escaped a 2 on 2 out jam by getting a ground ball out. DeZarn leads off the 3rd with a 2B and reaches third when Jones grounds out. Larson gets out of the jam by getting another grounder to 3rd with the runner holding and then gets the next hitter on a called strike 3. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 3rd Craig lines a 2B in the gap and scores on a single by Schindler. It stays 3-1 until the bottom of the 5th when Dunlap gets on with a 2 out infield hit and Craig follows him with a 3B to the gap in right center to score Dunlap.
  We head to the top of the 7th with South on top 4-1. The Lancers have left at least one base runner on in each of the 1st 6 innings with no one crossing the plate after the 1st inning. In the top of the 7th Larson gets a foul pop to 3rd for the 1st out of the inning and after a 9 pitch at-bat Kearney works for a 1 out walk. DeZarn follows with his 2nd 2B of the day with a shot down the line in left to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out. At that point the South coach brings Schindler to the mound to put out the fire. However, Jones gets his 3rd hit of the day with an RBI single to right center sending DeZarn to 3rd. Jordan Thompson hits a slow grounder to 2nd that scores DeZarn and sends Jones to 2nd with 2 out. Schindler sends South home happy when he gets the final out on a called 3rd strike. For the 6th straight game Churchill wins the hits battle 9-6, but loses the game 4-3.
  The hitting stars for the game were Gus Craig for South who went 2-3 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI, and Spencer Dunlap who went 2-3 with 2 runs scored. For Churchill Pomeroy went 2-3 with a run scored, DeZarn went 2-4 with a run scored and Jones went 3-4 with 1 RBI.
  by DD

Friday 22nd

Sheldon  0 0 0 0 3 1 0  - 4 2 1
Churchill 0 0 0 0 2 1 2  - 5 8 2

Cunningham, Nielsen(6) and D Lewis
Lessel and Kearney
WP Lessel
LP Nielsen

2B CH Thompson
HR CH DeZarn
RBI SH D Herr, D Lewis
        CH Wallis, Murray, DeZarn, Kearney

   The Churchill Lancers and Sheldon Irish opened the 2nd half of league play with a game that looked a lot like the 1st game they played 3 weeks ago at Sheldon. Jake Lessel and Cason Cunningham dominated the hitters in the 1st few innings with Lessel sailing through the 1st 4 innings allowing no hits, no runs, with 5 K's and only 2 walks.
   Cunningham also allowed no runs through 4 innings, allowing only a 2 out single to Devin Murray in the 3rd and he had 6 strikeouts and only 1 BB through four.
   In the top of the 5th Dylan Lewis leads off with a clean single to left to break up Lessel's no-hitter. Andrew Leung puts down a nice sac bunt that moves Lewis to 2nd. Lessel walks the next 2 batters to load the bases with only 1 out and the top of the order coming up. Land hits a ground ball to 1st that is bobbled and no throw is made and the Irish take the lead 1-0. Dan Herr hits a ground ball to the 2nd baseman and he gets the force at 2nd, but makes a poor throw to 1st that allows a 2nd run to score on the play. Lessel bears down and K's the next hitter to get out of the inning trailing 3-0. The Irish score 3 runs on 1 hit, 2 walks and 2 costly Churchill errors.

The Lancers bounce back in the bottom of the 5th when Jordan Thompson hits a bloop 2B that lands just inside the line in right field. Brandon Doerksen follows with a sharp single to left to put runners on 1st and 3rd with nobody out. Kyler Wallis puts down a nice bunt that scores Thompson and moves Doerksen to 2nd. Skyler Perales lines a single to left that moves Doerksen to 3rd and Murray hits a fly to center that scores Doerksen pulling the Lancers within a run. Cunningham gets a pop fly to 1st to get out of the inning with Sheldon still on top 3-2.
   In the 6th inning Mitchell Lewis draws a one out walk and moves to 2nd on a wild pitch. He scores from 2nd when his twin brother Dylan lines his 2nd hit of the game into right field. Lessel gets a ground ball to 3rd and a strikeout to end the inning. In the bottom of the 6th Jacob DeZarn gets that run back for the Lancers when he rips a drive over the center field fence for a solo HR. After Cunningham throws one ball to Bryson Jones he is replaced on the mound by Brett Nielsen and gets out of the inning after allowing a 2 out hit to Thompson and we head to the 7th with the Irish still on top 4-3.

Lessel works a quick 7th inning getting 2 K's and Devin Murray makes a real nice play on a bunt by Dan Herr to retire the side. It looks like the Lancers will go quietly when Nielsen retires the 1st 2 batters in the inning, but Murray gives the Lancers some hope when he lines a single into right center field. Murray moves to 2nd on a wild pitch, and on to 3rd when Pomeroy strikes out, but reaches 1st when the ball in the dirt gets away from the catcher. Chase Kearney hits the 1st pitch from Nielsen sharply up the middle and the 2nd baseman is able to knock it down but he can't make a play and the tying run scores and Pomeroy moves to 2nd. With a 1-1 count on DeZarn the pitcher tries to pick Kearney off 1st and throws wildly past the bag. Pomeroy takes off from 2nd and he scores easily and the Lancers have another big victory over the top team in the league 5-4. Lessel gets the complete game victory, allowing only 2 hits, 4 runs, (only 2 earned) with 9 K's and 5 BB's. Dylan Lewis was 2 for 3 with 1 RBI for the Irish. Devin Murray was 2 for 2 with a run scored and a sac fly, Jordan Thompson was 2 for 3 with a run scored and Jake DeZarn was 1 for 3 with that solo HR for the Lancers The Lancers outhit the Irish 8-2