| | Published May 8th, 2013
| Lafayette Little League Box Scores
| | Submitted by Todd Bequette | | |
Majors Division
April 27
Cardinals 8 Orioles 7
The red-hot Daniel Dinerman powered the Redbirds past the Orioles in a tight one at Buckeye Field. Dinerman was a perfect three-for-three at the plate, including a towering two-run homer. Colin Kirbach chipped in with a double to the gap, and Keziah Smith drove in two runs for the winners.
Cardinals 5 Yankees 3
Ryan Dougherty blasted a two-run homer for the Cards that capped a come-from-behind win. The winners rallied from a three-run deficit on the strength of clutch hits by Scott Brydon and Jake Wixom before Dougherty put the Cards ahead to stay. Chris Rogers and Brydon starred on the mound for the Cardinals.
April 23
Cardinals 4 Tigers 4
The Redbirds and Tigers settled nothing in a tight extra-inning contest at Buckeye. Cardinal pitchers Eddie Burns, Nikki Wixsom and Scott Brydon combined to allow no earned runs over seven innings. Ryan Dougherty snatched the tie from the jaws of defeat with a steal of home in the bottom of the seventh.
April 19
Tigers 9 Cubs 1
Cole Berzins sparked a seven-run second inning with a long homerun and the Tigers never looked back. Tiger hurlers Berzins, Ross Ney and Mikey O'Donnell combined to limit the Cubs to a single run. Owen Hansen led the Cub offense with two singles and a walk, while Charlie Baker scored the Cubbies' run. Colby Burns was solid for the Cubs on the mound, allowing only a single run in two innings of work.
April 15
Giants 4 Tigers 3
Aidan Alagappan capped off an extra-inning thriller at Buckeye Field with a walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the eighth. Sam Saracevic started the scoring in the first frame for the Giants, only to have the Tigers tie it in the bottom half on a steal of home by Ross Ney while Jack Franz occupied the Giant defense in a rundown between first and second base. Pitching ruled until the late innings as Cole Berzins, Ney and Garrett Dunn dominated on the mound. The Tigers inched ahead, 2-1 in the fifth on a Berzins triple and an RBI by Ryan Everly, only to see the Giants tie it in the sixth. Back came the Tigers in the top of the eighth on Berzins' daring steal of home, setting the stage for Allagapan's game winner for the G-men.
April 13
Cubs 7 Nationals 6
The Cubs pushed across two runs in the bottom of the sixth when Willem Elings delivered the walk-off hit. Reider Martinsen clubbed a three-run homer for the winners, and Lucas Eppinger plated two on a ringing double down the right field line. Closer Colby Burns shut down the Nationals over the final two innings to collect the win. The Nats were led by Jack Wickline's two-hit day, and stellar defense by Noah Elze, whose defensive gem thwarted an early Cub rally.
April 10
Nationals 10 Tigers 4
The Nationals sprinted to a three run lead in the first inning and held off the hard charging Tigers. Andrew Torres led the way for the Nats with three hits, and D.J. Panfili clouted a home run. Justin Bocks added two hits and Reed Sabey chipped in with an RBI single. Ian Archer notched two solid innings on the mound for the winners. For Tigers, Cole Berzins and Ross Ney collected three and two hits, respectively, while reliever Mikey O'Donnell cooled the National bats with a scoreless inning n the mound.
AAA Division
April 22
Indians 7 Brewers 1
Sam Higgins and Will Stryker pitched and hit the Tribe to victory. Higgins pitched two scoreless innings while striking out three, knocked in a run and scored another. Stryker struck out four in his two scoreless innings on the hill, and clubbed a double to left center. Jack Wood went two-for-three for the winners, knocking in a run with a booming double. For the Brew Crew, Chris Salem was a perfect two-for-two at the plate, including a ground-rule double that bounced over the fence in deep centerfield. Brewer Nathan Enrici turned in the play of the game at third, snaring a sure double down the line and getting his man at first with a perfect throw.
April 20
Pirates 7 Brewers 0
The Pirates rode the strong arm of Luke Vandenberg and hot hitting of Kyle White to victory. Vandenberg struck out four in two innings on the mound, while White was a perfect two for two at the plate and also pitched two shutout innings. Jimmy Harrington chipped in for the winners with a ringing triple and solid defense. For the Brewers, crafty lefty Ryan Lim struck out 4 in two innings on the mound, and Kade Finegold pitched a perfect sixth and drove a double to the fence.
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