By Todd hall NWIBL Bridgetown Thunder
NWIBL All-Stars Capture Walk-Off Win Over NABA
September 3, 2009 - 11:00 PM The Circles' Stephen George singled in
teammate Sam Hargrave to give the NWIBL All-Stars a 4-3 walk-off
victory over the NABA All-Stars in a inter-league showdown on
Wednesday night at Sckavone Field. George redeemed himself with the
game-winning hit after giving up a two-run lead in the top of the
ninth inning.
Both teams would score a single run in the first inning. NABA scored
its run on a bases-loaded single by the Royals' J.P. Wilson. The
Circles Kevin Davey answered with an RBI single to tie the game.
The game stayed tied until the seventh inning. The Angels' Ryan Joy
walked to lead off the inning. After Davey struck out, Todd Hall of
the Bridgetown Thunder lined a single to right field, moving Joy to
third. Hargrave then plated Joy with a sacrifice fly to right,
giving NWIBL a 2-1 lead.
NWIBL tacked on an important run in the eighth. Aaron Byer of the
Dodgers walked, and Timmy Bildstein had an infield single.
Bridgetown's Kyle Henderson sacrificed the runners to second and
third with a bunt, and Joy plated Byer with another sacrifice fly.
However, NWIBL would give up the lead in the top of the ninth.
George, who walked two batters in the inning, surrendered a two-out,
full count, bases loaded single by Jason Short of the Portland
Pirates, tying the game. However, NWIBL didn't waste long to mount a
rally. Hargrave led off the bottom of the ninth with a deep double
off Jesse Martin of the Pirates. Mike Welch moved Hargrave to third
on an infield grounder. George then lined a 3-2 pitch into the
right-centerfield gap to give the NWIBL the dramatic win.
Hall finished the game with two hits, including a double. Henderson
also added an infield single and the key sacrifice bunt to help the
NWIBL capture the win. "Tonight was a lot of fun," Henderson said
afterwards. "There are some great baseball players in this city, and
it was fun to get a little league rivalry going."
Nationals Hammer Thunder's American Team in All-Star Game
August 30, 2009 - 08:30 PM JJ Moorman and PJ Hiser of the Portland
River Hawks slammed home runs to lead the National team over the
American, 12-4, in the 2009 NWIBL All-Star Game on Sunday afternoon
at Sckavone Field. Moorman's first-inning grand slam was part of a
6-run inning off American starter Ryan Moore of the White Sox.
Kyle Henderson, Todd Hall, and Ran Berger each collected a hit for
the Americans. Henderson's hit was an RBI double. Berger also
pitched the final three innings, giving up four runs on four hits,
including Hiser's longball. However, the other three hits were
either infield grounders or bloopers. Berger also struck out three.
The All-Star Game marks the end of a very successful inaugural
season of NWIBL baseball. We look forward to continuing to expand
our league and increase the level of play even more in 2010
By Todd hall NWIBL Bridgetown Thunder
Northwest Independent Baseball League
Contact Information:
Duane Wangenheim
503.208.2009
Baseball@nwibl.org
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