The Thomson Area Merchants split a pair of games at the Jack Grafmeier Memorial Tournament in a cold and wet Kimberly, WI. One of the scheduled games was rained out on Saturday night.
The Merchants opened play on Saturday afternoon against the Aspen Interiors, currently ranked #4 in the World with Aspen getting a come from behind 7-6 victory. Andrew Putnam got the start and gave up 6 runs in 4 innings on only 4 hits. The Merchants pounded out 9 hits and 6 runs led by Scott Glazier, BJ Gulick, and Rob Bennett with 2 hits apiece. Nick Shailes tied the game for Aspen in the top of the 4th with a two run homer and Sean O'Brien doubled in the winning run off Rob Schweyer in the top of the 7th after a Thomson error.
On Sunday, the merchants collected 14 hits to beat The Bar on the Avenue 8-1. Rob Schweyer pitched the first 4 innings for the Merchants with 13 strikeouts while giving up 1 hit. Andrew Putnam pitched 2 innings giving up 1 hit and 1 run. Offensively, the Merchants got 3 hits from Cody and Gulick. Glazier and Gulick each had triples.
The Merchants would like to thank Rob Schweyer for joining us and helping us out. Thomson will be off this coming weekend but will be at the Iowa Area ISC Qualifier beginning June 19 when Jonas Mach from the Czech Republic will be joining the team. The latest news, results, and stats can be found on the team website at
www.thomsonfastpitch.com.
