PANTHERS DEFEAT PULASKI 8-6 IN PULASKI
THE HOFA PARK PANTHERS DEFEATED THE PULASKI REDS ON SUNDAY JULY 12TH IN PULASKI BY A SCORE OF 8-6. THE REDS STRUCK FIRST WITH TWO RUNS IN THE SECOND TO GO AHEAD 2-0. HOFA PARK SCORED ONE RUN IN THE 3RD TO MAKE IT 2-1. JOHN JAROSINSKI SINGLED TO OPEN THE INNING, MOVED TO SECOND ON A PASSED BALL AND SCORED ON TYLER JACOBSEN'S DOUBLE.
THE PANTHERS ADDED 3 RUNS IN THE 4TH TO TAKE THE LEAD 4-2. JEFF LAJEUNESSE WALKED TO OPEN THE INNING, JAKE PAMPERIN THEN SINGLED AND JARROD JOSSART WAS HIT BY A PITCH TO LOAD THE BASES. JOHN JAROSINSKI THEN REACHED ON AN ERROR. TWO RUNS ENDED UP SCORING WHEN JAROSINSKI'S GROUND BALL WAS THROWN AWAY AT SECOND BASE ON AN ATTEMPTED DOUBLE PLAY. JOSSART FINISHED THE SCORING ON A RBI GROUND BALL BY MATT ZITTLOW.
HOFA PARK THEN MADE THE SCORE 7-2 IN THE 5TH. JON RUPNO WALKED AND DEREK DORN SINGLED. JEFF LAJEUNESSE THEN HIT AN RBI FLY BALL TO SCORE RUPNO AND BRENT BELAIRE FOLLOWED WITH A TWO RUN HOME RUN. PULASKI SCORED A SINGLE RUN IN THE 6TH AND TWO MORE IN THE 7TH TO MAKE THE SCORE 7-5.
HOFA PARK SCORED AN INSURENCE RUN IN THE TOP OF THE 8TH. CODY HAASE REACHED ON A BUNT SINGLE WITH ONE OUT, ADVANCED TO SECOND ON A GROUND BALL TO SECOND AND SCORED ON A SINGLE BY JEFF LAJEUNESSE. PULASKI SCORED A SINGLE RUN IN THE 8TH TO PULL WITHIN 8-6 BUT MATT ZITTLOW CAME IN AND CLOSED THE DOOR IN THE 9TH FOR THE SAVE.
JEFF LUEDKE PICKED UP THE WIN ON THE MOUND THROWING 8 INNINGS, ALLOWING 6 RUNS (3 EARNED) ON 9 HITS WHILE STRIKING OUT 8 AND WALKING 1. MATT ZITTLOW PICKED UP THE SAVE THROWING A PERFECT 9TH.
LEADING HITTERS FOR HOFA PARK INCLUDED TYLER JACOBSEN WHO WENT 2 FOR 5 WITH A DOUBLE AND TWO RBI. BRENT BELAIRE WHO WENT 2 FOR 5 WITH A HOME RUN AND TWO RBI AND JAKE PAMPERIN WHO ALSO WENT 2 FOR 5.
PLAYER AB R H PITCHER IN AB K W H R ER HP INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOT
M. ZITTLOW 5 0 1 LUEDKE (W) 8 36 8 1 9 6 3 1 HOFA PARK 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 8
T. JACOBSEN 5 0 2 ZITTLOW (S) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 PULASKI 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 6
J. RUPNO 4 1 0 _____________________________
D. DORN 5 1 1 TOTALS 9 39 8 1 9 6 3 1
J. LAJEUNS 3 1 1
B. BELAIRE 5 1 2
J. PAMPERIN 5 1 2
J. JOSSART 2 1 0
W.VOMASTIC 2 0 0
J. JAROSIN 3 1 1
C. HAASE 1 1 1
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TOTALS 40 8 11