HOFA PARK DEFEATS NICHOLS 5-4 IN A DRAMATIC 11 INNING GAME
THE HOFA PARK PANTHERS DEFEATED THE NICHOLS NITROS ON SATURDAY JUNE 20TH IN HOFA PARK BY A SCORE OF 5-4 IN 11 INNINGS.
HOFA PARK OPENED THE FIRST INNING WITH 4 RUNS, MATT ZITTLOW AND TYLER JACOBSEN OPENED THE INNING WITH WALKS AND AFTER JON RUPNO REACHED ON AN ERROR TO LOAD THE BASES DEREK DORN SINGLED HOME ONE RUN. PRESTON HUNKINS FOLLOWED WITH ANOTHER RBI SINGLE. RUPNO THEN SCORED ON A GROUND BALL DOUBLE PLAY AND DORN LATER SCORED ON AN ERROR BY THE PITCHER ON AN ATTEMPTED PICK OFF.
NICHOLS SCORED ONE RUN IN THE 5TH AND 3 MORE RUNS IN THE 7TH TO TIE THE GAME AT 4. HOFA PARK THEN LEFT A RUNNER IN SCORING POSITION EACH OF THE NEXT 3 INNINGS BUT COULD NOT SCORE.
IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 11TH JON RUPNO DOUBLED WITH ONE OUT AND DEREK DORN WAS INTENTIALLY WALKED, THEN WITH TWO OUT RYAN ROZMIAREK HIT AN INFIELD SINGLE TO LOAD THE BASES. JOHN JAROSINSKI HIT AN LINE DRIVE DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE TO SCORE THE WALK OFF HIT TO WIN THE GAME.
MATT ZITTLOW PITCHED THE PANTHERS TO VICTORY THROWING THE LAST 4 2/3 INNINGS IN RELIEF OF DAVE LANDERS. ZITTLOW ALLOWED NO RUNS ON 4 HITS WHILE NOT WALKING A HITTER AND STRIKING OUT 4. TOP HITTERS FOR HOFA PARK INCLUDED JAROSINSKI WHO WENT 4 FOR 5 AND RUPNO WHO WAS 2 FOR 6.
PLAYER AB R H PITCHER IN AB K W H R ER HP INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOT
M. ZITTLOW 3 1 1 D. LANDERS 6 1/3 28 8 1 10 4 1 2 NICHOLS 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4
T. JACOBSEN 4 1 0 M. ZITTLOW 4 2/3 16 2 0 4 0 0 0 HOFA PARK 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
J RUPNO 6 2 2 __________________________________
S. ADAMSKI PR IN 7TH
D. DORN 4 1 1
P. HUNKINS 4 0 1
M. SOCHA 0 0 0
R. ROZMIAREK 6 0 1
J. JAROSINSKI 5 0 4
J. CALLENDER 3 0 0
L. ZABLOCKI 1 0 0
C. HUNKINS 5 0 1
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TOTALS 41 5 11
