Explorer Tournament - Friday night
June 10, 2006
Midland, MI
Midland, MI
Opening night at the '06 Boulevard Lounge tournament got underway with 3 games. Weather was perfect for ball and a good turnout of fans showed at the Stadium.
Game 1
Explorers 4 Coppens 1
WP - Doug Gillis (4H, 12K, 0BB), LP - Rick Engle (7H, 11K, 6BB)
Engle drove in a run with a double in the 3rd inning and Kevin Coppens had 2 hits for Coppens. For the Explorers, Todd Moore drove in 2 runs with a single in the 6th. Steve Horning and Craig Crawford hit back to back homers in the 7th. Steve Roberts was 2x3 (plus 2 stolen bases).
Game 2
Priority Mortgage 5 Rice Creek 2
WP - Duke Vanderark (6H, 4K, 4BB), LP - Sean Kelly (10H, 6K, 2BB)
Rice Creek scored 2 unearned runs in the top of the 1st and Ryan Saylor had 4 hits. Terry Boetsma drove in 2 runs with a double in the 3rd. Scott Gruppen drove in 2 with a single in the 4th. Dave Lach, Boetsma and Jeff Geggen each had 2 hits.
Game 3
Oshawa 7 Priority Mortgage 6
WP - Rob Bennet (8H, 7K, 0BB), LP - Tracy Boetsma (11H, 3K, 1BB)
Matt Dasilva and Rob Bennet homered for Oshawa while Sammy Tyler, Bennet, Carl Moloney and Jamie Plirson each had 2 hits. Mike Gruppen homered for Priority while Dave Lach, Terry Boetsma and Gruppen each had 2 hits.
Games begin Saturday morning at 9:00 and finish with a set of games at 9:00 p.m.