VANDALIA, ILLINOIS - THE FREIGHT MEN’S FASTPITCH
RECORD COMING IN: 11-4
RECORD GOING OUT: 15-4
Virginia, IL Round Robin Tourney Champions
Game 1:
Mendon, Il - Mississippi Valley 8
Vandalia, Il - The Freight 16
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Mendon, Il - Mississippi Valley 013 301 – 8 10 2
Vandalia The Freight 113 353 – 16 19 2
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Win- Brad Sturdy (1-0) 5 innings/9 H/7 R/7 ER/7 K/4 BB –
Payton Cloe 1 inning/1 H/0 R/0 ER/0 K/0 BB and Well
Loss- Smith innings/8 H/2 R/1 ER/7 K/1 BB and Jones
FREIGHT HITTERS: Mike Simmons 2-5, HR, 2 RBI / Bob
Nagel 4-4, 2 2b, 1 HR, 2 RBI’s / Rich Well 5-5, 2 HR,
6 RBI’s / Mark Burnam 2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI’s / Kurt
Hickenbottom 2-4, 1 2b / Jeff Jarrett 2-4 / JD Arnold
2-4
FREIGHT RECAP: The Freight scored 1 in the 1st on a
Nagel 2b and Well RBI 1b…..in the 2nd Buscher HBP,
Jarrett reached on an error and Buscher scored on a
wild pitch…..in the 3rd Nagel hit a HR, Well 1b, and
Burnam 2 run HR…..in the 4th Jarrett 1b, Arnold sac,
Simmons 2 run HR, Nagel 1b, Well 1b and Hickenbottom 2
run 2b……in the 5th Jarrett 2b, Arnold RBI 1b, Simmons
1b, Nagel RBI 2b, Well 2 run HR, Burnam 1b,
Hickenbottom RBI 1b…..in the 6th Curll 1b, Nagel BB
and Well 3 run HR……Brad Sturdy picks up his 1st
Freight win of the year…..
GAME 2
Peoria, Il – Rudd’s Trophies 0
Vandalia, Il - The Freight 3
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Rudd’s Trophies 000 000 0 – 0 3 1
Vandalia – The Freight 000 102 x – 3 9 3
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Win-Jose Deloren (1-0) 7 innings/3 H/0 R/0 ER/8 K/1 BB and Well
Loss-Howell 4 innings/4 H/1 R/1 ER/3 K/0 BB – Mike
Reis 3 innings/5 H/2 R/2 ER/1 K/0 BB and Smith
FREIGHT HITTERS: Mike Simmons 1-3 / Bob Nagel 1-3 /
Rich Well 2-3, 2b / Kurt Hickenbottom 2-3, 2 RBI’s /
JD Arnold 1-2
FREIGHT RECAP: The Freight scored 1 run in the 4th on
a Well 2b, Burnam sac and Hickenbottom suicide squeeze
RBI….in the 6th Simmons 1b, Well 1b, and Hickenbottom
RBI……
Game 3:
Jacksonsville, Il – West Central Fastpitch 0
Vandalia, Il - The Freight 7
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West Central Fastpitch 000 000 0 – 0 3 4
Vandalia The Freight 402 000 1 – 7 14 2
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Win- Payton Cloe (1-1) 5 innings/3 H/0 R/0 ER/5 K/2 BB –
Greg Bellaver 2 innings/0 H/0 R/0 ER/5 K/0 BB and
Simmons
Loss- Franke 7 innings/14 H/12 R/12 ER/3 K/1 BB and
Jones
FREIGHT HITTERS: Brian Buscher 3-3, RBI / Kurt
Hickenbottom 1-1 / Mark Burnam 1-4 / Mike Simmons 1-3,
RBI / Nick Casey 2-4, RBI / Greg Bellaver 3-3 / Kevin
Cook 1-4, 3b, 2 RBI’s / JD Arnold 3-3, RBI
FREIGHT RECAP: The Freight scored 4 in the 1st on a
Buscher 1b, Burnam 1b, Simmons sac fly RBI, Casey RBI
1b and Cook 2 RBI 3b……The Freight scored in the 3rd on
a Bellaver 2b, Curll fc and Arnold RBI 1b and Buscher
RBI 1b…….The Freight scored the final run in the 7th
on a Casey 1b, Bellaver 1b and Cook RBI……
GAME 4
Bowen, Il – Bowen Merchants 19
Vandalia, Il - The Freight 25
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Bowen Merchants 114 427 0 - 19 19 4
Vandalia – The Freight 926 017 x – 25 20 7
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Win-Greg Bellaver (1-0) 2 innings/6 H/5 R/3 ER/3 K/0 BB –
Nick Casey 5 innings/13 H/14 R/8 ER/6 K/3 BB and Well
Loss-Ricoh 7 innings/20 H/25 R/22 ER/1 K/11 BB and
Smith
FREIGHT HITTERS: Mike Simmons 4-4, 2b, 2 RBI’s / Bob
Nagel 5-6, 2 HR, 2b, 6 RBI’s / Rich Well 2-4, HR, 2
RBI’s / Nick Casey 2-5, 2 2b / Greg Bellaver 1-4, 2
RBI’s / Mark Burnam 2-4, 3b, 1 RBI / Kurt Hickenbottom
3-5, 2b, 5 RBI’s / Jeff Jarrett 1-2
FREIGHT RECAP: The Freight win as Casey and Bellaver
scatter 19 runs…..recap is too long to type…..sorry…..
Final Standings
The Freight 1st Place
Rudd’s Trophies 2nd
