HOFA PARK BASEBALL

CROOKS, JACOBSEN LEAD PANTHERS TO 4-1 VICTORY OVER THE NAVARINO RANGERS

THE HOFA PARK PANTHERS DEFEATED THE NAVARINO RANGERS BY A SCORE OF 4-1 IN NAVARINO IN DAIRYLAND LEAGUE ACTION ON SUNDAY JUNE 14TH.

AJ CROOKS PITCHED A COMPLETE GAME ALLOWING 5 HITS, WALKING ONE WHILE STRIKING OUT 3 FOR THE VICTORY.  HE KEPT THE RANGER'S HITTERS OFF BALANCE ALL DAY ALLOWING A HIT IN THE FIRST, FIFTH, SEVENTH INNINGS AND TWO HITS IN THE 9TH TO ALLOW NAVARINO'S ONLY RUN.

THE GAME WAS SCORELESS IN THE TOP OF THE 9TH INNING, WITH TWO OUTS JARROD JOSSART WALKED, CODY HAASE SINGLED AND MATT ZITTLOW WALKED TO LOAD THE BASES.  TYLER JACOBSEN THEN HIT A BASES CLEARING DOUBLE TO MAKE THE SCORE 3-0.  JON RUPNO THEN FOLLOWED WITH AN RBI SINGLE FOR A 4-0 LEAD.

JACOBSEN WAS THE LEADING HITTER FOR THE PANTHERS WITH A 3 FOR 4 DAY WITH 3 RBI AND TWO DOUBLES AND A WALK. THE PANTHERS MANAGED JUST 5 HITS IN THE GAME WITH RUPNO GOING 1 FOR 3 AND HAASE 1 FOR 3.

THE WIN PUTS THE PANTHER'S RECORD AT 3-2 IN DAIRYLAND LEAGUE ACTION AND 5-5 OVERALL.

PLAYERS      AB R H      PITCHER    IN AB K W H R ER HP        INNING  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  T

M. ZITTLOW     4  1  0   CROOKS (W)   9  30  3  1 5  1  1  1       NAVARINO  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1   1

T. JACOBSEN   4  1  3   ______________________________   HOFA PARK  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4   4

J. RUPNO         3  0  1                         9  30  3  1 5  1  1  1

D. DORN          3  0  0

P. HUNKINS     1  0  0

J. LAJEUNESSE 4  0  0

J. PAMPERIN    4  0  0

J. WARNACUT  1  0  0

S. ADAMSKI (PR IN 7TH)

J. JOSSART      1  1  0

C. HAASE        3  1  1

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TOTALS           28 4  5