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 Emporia's Tate Demler (center) celebrates with teammates Jarod Mercer (13) and Nick Kirmer after scoring the winning run in the bottom of the sixth and final inning of the championship game of the Cal Ripken Baseball Kansas State 10-year-old Tournament at Don Hewett Field Monday afternoon. Emporia defeated Cimarron River 5-4 after going into the inning trailing 4-2. (Kenny Felt/Captured Images) |
Emporia was in the driver's seat going into the morning as it had beaten Cimarron River 6-3 in Sunday's winners' bracket final and moved straight into this game without a loss in the tournament. The Rattlers, meanwhile, had to stew on the loss for a while before holding off the Haysville Dirtbags in Sunday's elimination bracket final for a 3-2 win.
(For reference, all games at this level are six innings.)
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Cimarron River center fielder Jacob McCarter goes to his knees to snag a line drive for the first out of the fourth inning of the championship game versus Emporia Monday morning. (Scott Nuzum/Tribune photo) |
Cimarron River threatened first and scored first. In the top of the first inning, the Rattlers had two runners on base with just one out. But Emporia pitcher Tate Demler snagged a line drive out of the air and caught the baserunner off second for an inning-ending double play.
In the second, Rattler first baseman Kaiden Long reached base on an error. Anthony Vasquez followed up with a single to right. After a double steal, Long scored on a fielders' choice. Vasquez, who moved to third, tried to score on a passed ball. But hustle from catcher Bryce Baumwart and Demler on a passed ball instead resulted in an inning-ending out.
Emporia tied it in the bottom of the third. Demler singled up the middle with two outs. Baumwart followed with another hit and Nick Kirmer drew a bases-loading walk. Baumgardner then came up and drove Demler home to tie it at 1-1.
Cimarron River scored three times in the top of the fifth inning. Jared Hasik led off with a double to left and moved to third on a passed ball. Cole Hinkle walked, then stole second. Timothy Fitzgerald came up and tripled both runners home. Stevie Lira plated Fitzgerald with a ground out, putting the Rattlers up 4-1.
Kirmer singled home Baumwart in the bottom of the fifth to bring Emporia within one run. Baumwart, who had struggled in his first inning of pitching duty in the fifth, then got the Rattlers in order in the sixth.
Trent Burd led off the bottom half of that inning and was hit by a pitch. Jarod Mercer followed up with a triple to left field that brought Burd home. An errant throw back to the infield allowed Mercer to score the tying run.
The Rattlers changed pitchers. With the bases empty and nobody out, Demler singled up the middle and eventually moved to second on a passed ball. But Hasik, the new pitcher, struck out his first two batters. Baumgardner responded to the situation with a double to the deepest part of the outfield that brought Demler home.
With that hit, Baumgardner, who was two for two at the plate, was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Demler had three hits for Emporia.
Hasik had two hits for Cimarron River. Fitzgerald was named his team's MVP after he pitched five-plus innings, walking two and striking out four.
WOW Awards -- handed out to players on each team who make outstanding plays -- went to Lira and Baumwart.
Emporia receives a berth in a regional tournament, which will be held in Burlington, Colo., beginning Thursday. An online bracket shows Emporia will receive a first-round by and play Friday afternoon. Teams from Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota will take part as well as tournament host East Central All-Stars.
Fitzgerald also received the Commissioner's Award for outstanding play, sportsmanship and conduct during the tournament. Fort Scott received the sportsmanship award.
at Don Hewett Field, Fort Scott
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Friday's Games
Game 1: Haysville 5, Coffeyville 4
Game 2: Emporia 11, Lyons 1
Game 3: Cimarron River 13, SPIAA 3
Game 4: Fort Scott 11, Ottawa 1
Game 5: Coffeyville 12, Lyons 7 (Coffeyville eliminated)
Game 6: SPIAA 10, Ottawa 8 (Ottawa eliminated)
Game 7: Emporia 2, Haysville 1
Game 8: Cimarron River 12, Fort Scott 2
Game 10: Haysville 12, SPIAA 3 (SPIAA eliminated)
Game 9: Fort Scott 7, Coffeyville 3 (Coffeyville eliminated)
Game 11: Emporia 6, Cimarron River 3 (Winners' bracket final)
Game 12: Haysville 6, Fort Scott 1 (Fort Scott fourth)
Game 13: Cimarron River 3, Haysville 2 (Haysville third)
Game 14: Emporia 5, Cimarron River 4 (Championship)
Saturday's Games
Game Five
Lyons.................... 311 110 -- 7 3 x
Coffeyville............. 201 45x -- 12 8 x
Batteries -- Lyons: Waite, Clark and Clark, Lint; Coffeyville: Lanning, Hershey and McCune. WP -- Lanning. LP -- Clark.
2B -- none. 3B -- Coffeyville: Taylor, McCune, Becker, Lanning. HR -- Coffeyville: Taylor (fourth inn., none on, none out).
MVP -- Lyons: Brendan Clark; Coffeyville: Corey Taylor. WOW Award -- Lyons: Riley Karleskint; Coffeyville: Connor White.
Ottawa.................. 010 232 -- 8 5 x
SPIAA................... 221 41x -- 10 7 x
Batteries -- Ottawa: Melden, Evans and Collins; SPIAA: Ka.Stein, Strain and Martinez. WP -- Ka.Stein. LP -- Melden.
2B -- Ottawa: Evans. 3B -- Ottawa: Beauchamp; SPIAA: Ka.Stein, Bird, Kelly. HR -- none.
MVP -- Ottawa: Clayton Evans; SPIAA: Keagan Stein. WOW Award -- Ottawa: Matt Beauchamp; SPIAA: Anthony Martinez.
Haysville............... 000 001 -- 1 1 2
Emporia................. 000 011 -- 2 6 2
Batteries -- Haysville: Allen, Johnson (4) and Wiseman; Emporia: Demler, Baumwart (4) and Baumwart, Baumgardner (3). WP -- Baumwart. LP -- Johnson.
2B -- none. 3B -- none. HR -- none.
MVP -- Haysville: Trenton Allen; Emporia: Bryce Baumwart. WOW Award -- Haysville: Blake Dickey; Emporia: Ryan Mejia.
Cimarron River...... 221 304 -- 12 7 2
Fort Scott.............. 101 000 -- 2 2 4
Batteries -- C.R: Lira and Vasquez; Fort Scott: Barnes, Brown (5) and Brown, DeLaTorre (3). WP -- Lira. LP -- Barnes.
2B -- C.R.: Hinkle. 3B -- none. HR -- none.
MVP -- C.R.: Timothy Fitzgerald; Fort Scott: Chase Brown. WOW Award -- C.R.:Stevie Lira; Fort Scott: Kaleb DeLaTorre.
SPIAA.................... 111 000 -- 3 4 5
Haysville............... 460 20x -- 12 7 0
Batteries -- SPIAA: N.Stein, Broz (2), K.Stein (3) and Strain, Martinez (3); Haysville: Dickey, Rodd (4) and Lemmons. WP -- Dickey. LP -- N.Stein. Save -- Rodd.
2B -- SPIAA: N.Stein, Larabee; Haysville: Allen, Manuel. 3B -- Haysville: Rodd. HR -- none.
MVP -- SPIAA: Jaden Valles; Haysvillle: Timothy Fitzgerald. WOW Award -- SPIAA: Landon Bird; Haysville: Cade Hinkle.
Fort Scott.............. 340 000 -- 7 4 1
Coffeyville............. 002 010 -- 3 5 2
Batteries -- Fort Scott: DeLaTorre and Brown; Coffeyville: White, McCune (2), Hershey (3) , McCune (6) and Lanning. WP -- DeLaTorre. LP -- White.
2B -- Coffeyville: White, Allen. 3B -- none. HR -- none.
MVP -- Fort Scott: Kaleb DeLaTorre; Coffeyville: Bradley Hersey. WOW Award -- Fort Scott: Wyatt Tourtillott.
Game 11
Emporia................. 000 600 -- 6 7 4
Cimarron River...... 100 020 -- 3 4 3
Batteries -- Emporia: Demler, Baumwart (3), Demler (6) and Baumwart, Baumgarnder (3); C.R.: Hasik, Fitzgerald (4) and Vasquez. WP -- Demler. LP -- Hasik.
2B -- C.R.: Fitzgerald. 3B -- Emporia: Demler, Mejia. HR -- none.
MVP -- Emporia: Ryan Mejia; C.R: Anthony Vasquez. WOW Award --Emporia: Bryce Baumwart; C.R.: Stevie Lira
Fort Scott.............. 000 001 -- 1 2 8
Haysville............... 104 01x -- 6 7 2
Batteries -- Fort Scott: Bradbury and DeLaTorre; Haysville; Allen and Wiseman. WP -- Allen. LP -- Bradbury.
2B -- Haysville: Johnson. 3B -- Haysville: Rodd. HR -- none.
MVP -- Fort Scott: Jacob Bradbury; Haysville: Trenton. WOW Award -- Fort Scott: Dalton Barnes; Haysville: Blake Manuel.
Haysville............... 000 002 -- 2 3 2
Cimarron River...... 000 21x -- 3 3 0
Batteries -- Haysville: Allen, Johnson (4) and Baumwart, Baumgardner (3). WP -- Baumwart. LP -- Johnson.
2B -- none. 3B -- none. HR -- none.
MVP -- Haysville: Seth Strohm; C.R,: Dylan Ketcherside. WOW Award -- Haysville: Blake Dickey; C.R.: Kaden Long.
Game 14
Cimarron River...... 010 030 -- 4 6 2
Emporia................ 001 013 -- 5 10 3
Batteries -- C.R.: Fitzgerald, Haslik (6) and Vasquez; Emporia: Demler, Baumgardner (3), Baumwart (5) and Baumwart, Baumgardner (5). WP -- Baumwart. LP -- Hasik.
2B -- C.R.: Hasik. 3B -- C.R.: Fitzgerald; Emporia: Mercer. HR -- none.
MVP --C.R.: Timothy Fitzgerald; Emporia: Brady Baumgardner. WOW Award -- C.R.: Stevie Lira; Emporia: Bryce Baumwart.
