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Hawkinsville
Tournament
Thursday Night
Sumter Co– 7
Dodge Co - 1
Hunter Weldon – Win 5 innings pitched 3 strikeouts 5 hits allowed
Brandon Looney – HR
Ryan Weaver – single
Hunter Weldon – Single
Allen Gleeson – 2 Singles
Hunter threw a lot of strikes and Defense played great.
Friday Night
– Championship Game
Sumter Co - 7
Dodge Co – 6
Thomas Welch – 4 innings pitched – 5 strikeouts,
Mike Russell – Win – 3 innings pitched - 4 strikeouts
Geoffrey McDonald – single
Thomas Welch – Double
Hunter Weldon – Double
Allen Gleeson – 2 doubles , single
Mike Russell – single
Stallions started out flat and fell behind 6-1. in bottom of 4th there was a rain delay for over an hour. Stallions got back to work and tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when Thomas Welch hit a standup double with the bases loaded sending the game into extra innings.
Hunter Welch started the bottom of the 7th with a ground rule double and moved to 3rd on a sac fly. Dodge then intentionally loaded the bases with 2 walks trying to set up a force play at the plate, Alex Mast then hit copper up the middle that the pitcher was not able to handle allowing Weldon to score the winning run.
After the rain delay Mike Russell came in and really turned the game around striking out 4 and allowing only 1 hit in the last 3 innings.
Kiwanis Tournament
Sumter Co. - 23
Marion Co - 0
Mike Russell – win – struck out all 6 batters he faced
Geoffrey McDonald – single, double
Thomas Welch – 2 singles
Reed Dillard – single
Hunter Weldon – Double, single
Allen Gleeson – 2 singles, double
Brandon Looney – double
Alex Mast – 2 singles
Cason Fort – Single
Sumter Stallions – 9
Colquitt Razerbacks – 3
Allen Gleeson – win, 10 strikeouts, 5 hits allowed,
Geoffrey McDonald – double , single
Thomas Welch – single
Hunter Weldon – 2 homeruns, double
Allen Gleeson – single
Mike Russell – 2 singles
Reed Dillard – home run, single
Alex Mast – double
Aaron Morris – single
Hunter Weldon and Reed Dillard led 13 hit attack. Allen pitched really well. He was hitting his spots and kept the razorback hitters off balance. Stallions are playing with a lot of confidence after winning the Hawkinsville tournament and winning the first 2 games in the Kiwanis tournament.
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