The Freight finished atop a 24-team field at the 2005 edition of the Altamont 4th of July Tourney, improvinng their record to 18-11. The Freight have now won the Altamont Tourney 3 years in a row and 4 of the last 5 years. Alan Meinhart, who earned his team-leading 7th win in the semifinals, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Pitcher. Player/Manager Rich Well was named the Tournament MVP.(The team's 5-0 run included a pair of 7-0 wins in the tournament's first weekend.) Game 3 Vandalia The Freight 5 Belleville Wolfpack 3 -------------------------------------------- Belleville Wolfpack 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 – 3 7 0 Vandalia The Freight 3 0 0 0 0 2 x – 5 7 3 -------------------------------------------- WINNING PITCHER: Alan Meinhart (6-5) 7 IP, 10 K, 7 H, 6 BB, 3 R, 1 ER and Well.
LOSING PITCHER: Barry Dalmasso 6 IP, 4 K, 7 H, 1 BB, 5 R, 5 ER and Bryan. Freight Hitters: Mike Simmons 1-3/Jeremy Moore1-2, 2b/Rich Well 2-3, HR (4), 4 RBI’s/Nick Casey 1-3/Bob Nagel 1-3/Greg Bellaver 1-3, 2b Freight Recap: The Wolfpack scored first in the top of the 1st. The Freight came right back and scored 3 as Simmons 1b, Moore HBP and Well hit a 3 run HR. The Wolfpack scored 1 in 3rd and 1 in the 5th to tie the score. The Freight scored 2 in the bottom of the 6th as Moore hit a 2b, Well RBI single and Buscher scored on a double steal to make the score 5-3. The Wolfpack put guys on 2nd and 3rd with no outs but Meinhart struck out 3 in a row, to put the Freight into the winners bracket championship. GAME 4 Vandalia The Freight 9 Altamont Home Center 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vandalia The Freight 0 4 2 1 2 – 9 9 1 Altamont Home Center 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 1 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Win-Alan Meinhart (7-5) 4 innings/6 K/1 H/1 BB/0 R/0 ER – Marty Cloe 1 inning/2 K/0 H/0 BB/0 R/0 ER and Casey Loss-Guse 4 innings/5 K/8 H/2 BB/7 R/7 ER – Riedle 1 inning/0 K/2 BB/2 H/2 R/2 ER and Booher Freight Hitters: Mike Simmons 1-2/Jeremy Moore 1-4, HR (7), 2 RBI’s/Rich Well 2-3, 2b, RBI/Nick Casey 1-3/Greg Bellaver 1-2/Joe Kelly 1-2/Kevin Cook 3-3, 2 2b’s, 4 RBI’s/Bob Nagel 1-3 Freight Recap: The Freight scored 4 in the 2nd on Bellaver 1b, Kelly BB, Cook 2 RBI 2b, Simmons 1b and Moore 2 run HR. The Freight scored 2 in 3rd on Bellaver BB, Sturdy reached on error and both ended up scoring on wild pitches. The Freight scored 1 in 4th on Cook 1b and Well RBI 2b. The Freight scored 2 in 5th on Arnold BB, Sturdy BB, Kelly 1b and Cook 2 RBI 2b. GAME 5 Vandalia The Freight 9 Altamont Home Center 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vandalia The Freight 1 0 0 2 6 -9 11 1 Altamont Home Center 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 3 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Win – Marty Cloe (2-1) 4 innings/5 K/0 BB/3 H/2 R/0 ER – Brad Sturdy 1 inning/2 K/0 BB/0 H/0 R/0 ER and Casey/Well Loss – Riedle 5 innings/2 K/11 H/5 BB/9 R/9 ER and Booher Freight Hitters: Mike Simmons 1-3/Mark Burnam 2-3, 2 RBI’s/Kevin Cook 1-1, HR (1), 4 RBI’s/Nick Casey 1-2, 2b/Greg Bellaver 1-2/Bob Nagel 2-3/Joe Kelly 1-2/Jeff Jarrett 1-1, RBI/Brian Buscher 1-3 Freight Recap: The Freight scored in the top of 1st on a Burnam 1b, Nagel 1b and wild pitch. Home Center scored 2 in bottom of 1st to take the lead. The Freight scored 2 on 4th on Kelly 1b, Jarrett BB, Buscher 1b, Simmons 1b, and Burnam 2 RBI 1b. The Freigth scored 6 in the top of 5th on Nagel 1b, Bellaver 1b, Arnold BB, Jarrett RBI 1b, Simmons BB, Cook hit an inside the park grand slam. Final Place Standings: 1st – The Freight 2nd – Altamont Home Center 3rd – Teutopolis Wessel’s 4th – Belleville Wolfpack