Published May 18th, 2016
Lafayette Little League
Submitted by Todd Bequette
May 3, 2016
Dodgers 3 Cardinals 0
Joe McCauley, Charlie Solari and Graham Smith combined for a no-hitter as the Dodgers edged the Cardinals in a pitchers' duel. After Sam Winkles pitched two shutout innings for the Cards, the Dodgers broke through in the third when Smith's sharp single to right plated Sam Bequette with the first run of the game. Mitchell Sweeney led the Dodgers offense with two hits and a pair of RBIs. For the Redbirds, Will Berrien pitched two scoreless innings in relief.

May 7, 2016
Dodgers 8 Whitesox 2
Charlie Solari led the 13-hit Dodger attack with a mammoth home run to right-center. Brady Brinkman, A.J. Keohane, Graham Smith and Joe McCauley all collected two hits for the winners. Connor McPhail starred on the hill for the Dodgers, hurling two shutout innings. For the Southsiders, Eli Pancoast and Logan Mikalis led the way with two hit a piece.

April 30
Giants 6, Royals 0
Colin Godfrey, Eli Berkowitz, and Zach Anderson combined for a 4-hit shutout for the orange and black. The hard-throwing trio combined for 14 strikeouts. For the first-place Royals, Patrick Volk and Jack Wood limited the winners to one earned run over three and two-thirds innings while striking out seven. R.C. Means starred at the plate for the Royals, lashing a long double to the fence in left center.

April 28
Royals 12, White Sox 8
Aidan Nelson and Jack Wood led the potent Royals attack with home runs in a barn burner at Buckeye Field. At the top of the Royals order, Sam Meade, Wood and Nelson went a combined 8 for 11 at the plate while driving in seven. For the Pale Hose, sluggers Miles Bergman and Logan Ketcham hit tape measure home runs. Matthew Muren, Ely Pancoast, Bergman, Ketcham, and Logan Mikalis accounted for ten hits and seven RBIs for the Whitsox.

Giants 6 Dodgers 4
Eli Berkowitz crushed a towering solo home run to straight away centerfield for the go ahead run, and Colin "The Right Arm of God" Godfrey pitched two and a third shutout innings as the Giants won on the last week of the regular season. Godfrey added a triple and a single at the plate for the winners. For the Dodgers, Graham Smith pitched two shutout innings and lashed a double to the wall in left center. Triple A call-up Tate Nelson singled in his major league debut.

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