Royals 3rd and 4th move one team on!

On a hot humid night in Nevada the 3rd and 4th Baseball team saw their split squad teams advance one team on to the 3rd place game Thursday night. CN2 playing in the winners bracket faced a strong Nevada 2 team with CN1 waiting for the loser of that game. CN2 vs. Nevada 2 - The boys put out a vailant effort in their game with Nevada 2 but strong pitching and some timely hitting on Nevada2's part dropped CN2 into the losers bracket of the tournament. For the game CN2 managed only 3 hits as the Nevada pitchers kept the Royal bats silent. For the game Steven Cutler was 1 for 2 with a sharp single to short and Tanner Clatt was 1 for 2 with a home run on a rocket to center field, Tanner scored the only run for the Royals in the 1-5 loss. Dustin Henderson had an excellent at bat in his only plate appearance of the night as he foul tipped a ball and rocketed a line drive the fell just foul down the 1st base line. On the mound for the Royls were Tanner Clatt who pitched 3 innnings, allowed 7 hits, 4 runs (only 2 of them earned due to errors) and had 8 strikeouts, and Steven Cutler who pitched 1 inning allowing 4 hits, 1 run and had 1 strikeout. Defensively Wayne Beard made a nice play on a hot smash to 1st for a putout, Tyler Helgeland made a nice catch on a pop-up to 2nd, and the play of the game came when a Texas-Leaguer dropped in front of the outfielders but behind the infielders and Hunter Beard raced from shortstop to behind 2nd and threw to a waiting Steven Cutler who had covered 2nd base from his pitching position to tag the Nevada runner at 2nd. CN1 vs. CN2 - Unforutnately CN2's loss dropped them into an elimination game vs. a waiting CN1 squad meaning only one Royal team would play on. The first game had also taken its toll on the players as Wayne Beard was unable to play due to an injury and Steven Cutler who was slated to pitch more innings in the 2nd game injured his pitching arm in the first game also. For the game CN1 rapped out 9hits and scored 5 runs while allowing only 2 hits to the CN2 squad. Tyler Anthony was 1 for 2 with a single and a run scored, Garret Tiarks was 2 for 2 with 2 singles and 2 runs scored, Grant Tiarks was 2 for 2 with 1 run scored and aRBI on a single and a triple to center field, Brady Stoeffler scored twice and had a RBI reaching on a fielder's choice and a sacrifice. Ben Pepper was 2 for 2 with 2 RBI's on a double and a Home run however the run was wiped off after he was ruled to have missed 2nd base. Parker Eley was 1 for 2 with a single on the night and Trenton Erickson was 1 for 2 with a single. Brady Stoeffler took the mound for CN1 and pitched 3 innings allowing 2 hits, 1 run and had 7 strikeouts, Grant Tiarks came on in the 4 th and pitched 2 innings allowing 0 hits, 0 runs and had 4 strikeouts. Grant had 2 assists while pitching, turning 2 come-backers into outs by fielding his position, he also had 2 unassisted putouts while playing 1st at the start of the game. Tyler Anthony had 2 putouts while playing first. For CN2 Jared Roberts was 1 for 2 with a lead off double and a run scored and Tanner Clatt was 1 for 2 with an RBI double. Hunter Beard took the mound for CN2 and pitched 2 and 2/3 innings allowing 9 hits, 5 runs and had 4 strikeouts, Tanner Clatt performed yeoman duty as he stepped in to pitch another 1 1/3 innings after having pitched most of the 1st game and allowed 0 hits, 0 runs and struckout 4 batters. CN1 plays the winner of CM1 and Nevada 3 at 6:00 Thursday for 3rd place in the tournament.