The Dodge City Rangers 16U American Legion baseball team manufactured some big innings, including a four-run third and a five-run fifth, in a first-round game of Class AA American Legion zone tournament.
As a result, the Rangers run-ruled Great Bend 12-1 in five innings at Cavalier Field. The game was moved from Demon Field after heavy rains Wednesday night left it too muddy to play on.
The two teams meet again tonight at 6 at Demon Field in an elimination game. The winner advances to play top-seeded Hays, and only a Hays loss would force a third day on Saturday to determine the zone champion and a berth in the state tournament.
In the lid-lifter, Dodge scored two runs in the second inning, keyed by Adley Davis’ RBI single, driving in Simon Arevalo. Cale Woydziak also scored on the play on an error on the relay throw back to the infield. He had reached on a two-base error.
The Rangers surged ahead 6-0 with four runs in the third.
Dakota Duckett highlighted the inning with a two-run single. Taylor Murphy led off the inning by lining a double down the left-field line. After Austin Weiser singled, BJ Tieben executed a sacrifice before Duckett’s base hit made it 4-0.
One of the Rangers’ other two runs in the came on a balk on Braves pitcher Taylor Turner, who took the loss.
After Tieben’s sacrifice fly to left drove in Jordan Doan, who earlier singled, the lead stretched to 7-0.
The Rangers were able to put the run-rule into effect in the fifth after plating five more runs for its 12-1 advantage.
Woydziak started the burst with a one-out single and scored on Davis’ RBI double. After Doan singled, Murphy came through with the Rangers’ fourth straight hit, an RBI double to right-center. Dylan Roy later drove in the final run.
Great Bend scored its lone run in the bottom of the fourth on Ethan Henderson’s RBI single, driving in Chad Touslee, who led off with ha double to left-center.
Josh Austin shrugged off a jam in the fourth, getting back-to-back strikeouts after the Braves had loaded the bases.
He finished with a four-hitter, and only yielded three walks.
Hays 18, Dodge City 3
In the late game, Hays got a leg up on its foes after beating Dodge.
Hays exploded for 15 runs on 10 hits in the second inning alone. It went through the lineup two times, with 17 straight batters reaching base before Hays No. 9 hitter Landon Leiker struck out for the first out.
The run-rule went into effect after 3 1/2 innings.
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The Dodge City Rangers 16U American Legion baseball team manufactured some big innings, including a four-run third and a five-run fifth, in a first-round game of Class AA American Legion zone tournament.
As a result, the Rangers run-ruled Great Bend 12-1 in five innings at Cavalier Field. The game was moved from Demon Field after heavy rains Wednesday night left it too muddy to play on.
The two teams meet again tonight at 6 at Demon Field in an elimination game. The winner advances to play top-seeded Hays, and only a Hays loss would force a third day on Saturday to determine the zone champion and a berth in the state tournament.
In the lid-lifter, Dodge scored two runs in the second inning, keyed by Adley Davis’ RBI single, driving in Simon Arevalo. Cale Woydziak also scored on the play on an error on the relay throw back to the infield. He had reached on a two-base error.
The Rangers surged ahead 6-0 with four runs in the third.
Dakota Duckett highlighted the inning with a two-run single. Taylor Murphy led off the inning by lining a double down the left-field line. After Austin Weiser singled, BJ Tieben executed a sacrifice before Duckett’s base hit made it 4-0.
One of the Rangers’ other two runs in the came on a balk on Braves pitcher Taylor Turner, who took the loss.
After Tieben’s sacrifice fly to left drove in Jordan Doan, who earlier singled, the lead stretched to 7-0.
The Rangers were able to put the run-rule into effect in the fifth after plating five more runs for its 12-1 advantage.
Woydziak started the burst with a one-out single and scored on Davis’ RBI double. After Doan singled, Murphy came through with the Rangers’ fourth straight hit, an RBI double to right-center. Dylan Roy later drove in the final run.
Great Bend scored its lone run in the bottom of the fourth on Ethan Henderson’s RBI single, driving in Chad Touslee, who led off with ha double to left-center.
Josh Austin shrugged off a jam in the fourth, getting back-to-back strikeouts after the Braves had loaded the bases.
He finished with a four-hitter, and only yielded three walks.
Hays 18, Dodge City 3
In the late game, Hays got a leg up on its foes after beating Dodge.
Hays exploded for 15 runs on 10 hits in the second inning alone. It went through the lineup two times, with 17 straight batters reaching base before Hays No. 9 hitter Landon Leiker struck out for the first out.
The run-rule went into effect after 3 1/2 innings.
Class AA American Legion
Zone 7 Baseball Tournament
Thursday
At Demon Field
Dodge City 12, Great Bend 1
123 45 R H E
Dodge City 024 15 — 12 13 0
Great Bend 000 10 — 1 4 4
Josh Austin & BJ Tieben; Taylor Turner & Mitch Johnson. W — Austin. L — Turner. 2B — Dodge: Taylor Murphy, Cale Woydziak, Adley Davis; Great Bend: Chad Touslee.
CRUNCHIN’ THE NUMBERS
Dodge City — Murphy 2-for-3, 2 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Austin Weiser 2-4, 1 run; Tieben 0-1, HBP, SAC, SF, RBI, run; Dakota Duckett 1-4, 2 RBIs; Simon Arevalo 2-3, 2 runs; Cale Woydziak 1-3, 2B, 2 runs; Davis 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs, run; Jordan Doan 2-3, 2 runs.
Great Bend — Daniel Herrman 1-for-2; Mitch Johnson 0-2; Dakota Conaway 0-3, Chad Touslee1-2, 2B, run; Braden Jones 1-2; Ethan Henderson 1-2, RBI; Bryce Hoffan 0-1, Taylor Turner 1-2; Dalas Schmeidler 0-2.
