Defending KC 399 Tops Ottawa in Legion Bracket Showdown
In Orlis Cox Field action KC 399 defeated Ottawa 5-2 to stay atop the District 2 A-team bracket while Lawrence rallied from behind to beat KC 199 7-5. Weather clouds threaten finals as rain could force schedule changes.
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Terry Ostmeyer
American Legion
Lawrence
Kansas City Post
Orlis Cox Field
KC 199
KC 399
Ottawa
Bob Shaffer
Iola
Post
Hawks
Dan Korona
Shaffer Dominates as Ottawa Scoring Struggles vs. KC 399
Shaffer struck out nine and walked seven as Ottawa finally plate two runs on wild pitches and a Beets double. Kansas City 399 stalled by miscues, with Zych and Hoffman's hits providing the only KC offense, while Shaffer’s 11th homer capped Ottawa’s late rally.
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Ross Harkins
Hawks
Mark Kendell
Kent Shelley
Bucky Scribner
Lawrence
Scribner
KC 199
Post
Ottawa
KC 399
Kansas Citions
Gary Zych
Phil Hoffman
Shaffer
Hoffman
Dan Burgess
James Waldy
Kansas City
Darren Beets
Burgess
Beets
Paapre
Mueller
P Reed
Mill
LE Brill
Ce Schoch
Waldy
Ke We
R. 2Ych
P Mampton
Wow
G. Zych
Beebe
Duckers
RF Bird
Hutch Rally Beats Ottawa In Babe Ruth State Tourney Final
Hutchinson downed Ottawa 7-6 in the winners bracket final, scoring three in the sixth to erase a 6-4 deficit. Garden City and Olathe won losers bracket games, setting up a late-night rematch path to determine the next survivor. Ottawa’s Troy Grace and Hutchinson’s Brad Wingert led the hit parade as Hutch reclaimed momentum in the double elimination tournament.
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Arkansas
Hutchinson
Ottawa
Hutch
Garden City
Olathe
Arkansas City
Baxter Sprit
Hutchinson Club
Troy Grace
Brad Wingert
Craig Pietchall
Wingert
Fletchall
Join Hoskins
Utawe
Mark Dengel
Ottawans
Gary Robertson
Claude Pressleg
Grace
Adrian Rava
Vic Curie
Itawa
Norris Delivers Walk-Off Single Lifts Indians Over Royals 4-3
Cleveland pinch hitter Jim Norris drove a bases loaded single in the bottom of the ninth to erase a 3-2 deficit and beat Kansas City. Tom Veryzer, Rick Manning, and Andre Thornton helped spark the rally, while Whitey Herzog criticized bullpen choices after a shaky ninth.
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Cleveland
Jim Norris
Kansas City Royals
Indians
Royals
Norris
Whitey Herzog
Kansas City
Larry Gura
Sid Monge
Sid
Torborg
Pete LaCock
Tom Veryzer
Rick Manning
John Grubb
Manning
Andre Thornton
RBI
Doug Bird
Gary Alexander
Thornton
Bernie Carbo
Rose ties Keeler in bid for record streak
ATLANTA AP Pete Rose becomes the closest to Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak as he ties Willie Keeler's NL mark of 44 with a single off Phil Niekro. The 45,007 crowd roared as Rose received 44 roses and fireworks erupted after the hit. Niekro praised the feat as a milestone for baseball.
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Atlanta
Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Willie Keeler
Atlanta Braves
Phili Nekro
Rose
Keeler
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Larry McWilliams
McWilliams
Niekro
Jerry Royster
Rod Gilbreath
Gilbreath
Liberal Bee Jays Lead NBC Tournament Seedings
The Liberal Bee Jays of Kansas are the top seed in the National Baseball Congress tournament in Wichita, with Rapid City South Dakota second. Alaska’s teams again figure prominently in the field of 37 teams alongside entrants from California, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, and Michigan still awaiting its champion.
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Wichita
Kan
Liberal Bee Jays
Kansas
National Baseball Congress
Rapid City
S.C
Alaska
NBC
Kenai
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Michigan
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Memorial Stadium
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Banter Springs
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Mark
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