KFDM COOP Posted August 12, 2006 Report Posted August 12, 2006 http://www.panews.com/sports/local_story_224010557.html Ruth 16 Stars fall in opener The Port Arthur News MONTICELLO, Ark. – It wasn’t the start Mid-County’s 16-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars wanted, but at least they’ve got three more pool games to straighten it out. Mid-County made five errors on the infield, had two players picked off second base and stranded 12 runners Friday as North Kitsap, Wash., took advantage for an 8-3 win on the opening day of the Babe Ruth 16-year-old World Series. Up next for Mid-County is a 3 p.m. meeting today with a team from Syracuse, N.Y. After each team plays four pool games, the 12-team field will be cut to six for bracket play beginning Thursday. North Kitsap scored two runs in the top of the first on a two-run homer by James Smith and never trailed against Mid-County and pitcher Justin Richard. But Mid-County’s deficit was just 3-1 going into the final inning. North Kitsap scored five time in the top of the seventh. Four of the runs were unearned, with three coming on a home run by Jamaal Smith. Mid-County actually outhit its opponent 10-5 in the game with no player getting more than one of them. The Texans got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third, cutting North Kitsap’s lead to 2-1. Shae Campbell led off with a single, went to second on Adam Broussard’s bunt and third on Zeke Pedraza’s single. V.J. Bunner’s double scored Campbell and Chris Jones, the winning pitcher, walked Josh Cabra to load the bases with one out. Then Smith retired the next two batters to work out of the jam. Mid-County used a double play on a double-steal to get out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam of its own, but that was after three straight errors had upped North Kitsap’s lead to 3-1. After going down 8-1 in the top of the seventh, Mid-County scored one run on a pinch-hit double by Dillon Ford and an RBI single by Richard. Again, they had the bases loaded with one out. Again, North Kitsap retired the next two hitters, with relief pitcher Robert Jordan whiffing two batters to end the game.
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