Midland Explorer’s Tournament – Complete Results

Thanks to Kyle Beane for this complete report:

Midland Tops Field; Planggers, Ashland Mets earn ISC berths

[MIDLAND, MICHIGAN]

A Division Results
Game 1 – A Division
Mickeys 8, UpToDate 0 (5 innings)
WP – Eric Wilson (5K), LP – Mike Spagnoulo (5K)
Mickeys – Blalock (2) HR. UTD – Tim Roberts had only hit

Game 3 – A Division
Twisters 9, Kelders 2 (5 innings)
WP – Rick Engle (6K), LP – Brian Whitman (12K)
Twisters – Freed, Brandt, Rutledge each with 2 hits. Kelders – Schneider with 2 hits.

Game 7 – A Division
DeLau 8, Duncan 1 (5 innings)
WP – Bryan Boyd (5K), LP – Layne Bender (6K)
DeLau – Beebe with grand slam HR and 6 RBI.

Game 9 – A Division
Kelders 7, Mickeys 4
WP – Price (4K), LP – Wright (3K)
Kelders – Bialochowski with 3 hits. Stankowski (HR) and Houseman each with 2 hits.
Mickeys – Way with 2 hits. Blalock with a 2-run HR.

Game 10 – A Division
DeLau – 4, Twisters 1
WP – J. Graf (9K), LP – S. Wilson (7K)
DeLau – Wright 3×4. Kucharczyk and Hodges each with 2 hits. Hurst with a 3-run HR.
Twisters – Faccio with an RBI single.

Game 12 – A Division
Duncan 7, UpToDate 0
WP – S. Kelly (6K), LP – D. Lach (1K)
Duncan – Gaugler, Smart, Foor each with 2 hits.
UpToDate – Lach and Krager each with a single.

Game 15 – A Division
Duncan 12, Twisters 9 (8 innings)
WP – Hodge (3K), LP – S. Wilson (3K) in relief of Engle.
Duncan – Hodge 4×4 with HR. S. Kelly with HR. Foor with game winning double in bottom of the 8th.
Twisters – Freed 3×4. Brandt 2 doubles. Faccio and Thurston with HRs.

Game 17 – A Division
DeLau 4, Mickeys 3
WP – Boyd (7K), LP – E. Wilson (5K)
DeLau – Fulmer and Kucharczyk each with 2 hits. Boyd 3×3.
Mickeys – Beech – HR and 2 RBI.

Game 18 – A Division
Kelders 4, UpToDate 1
WP – Price (4K), LP – Spagnoulo (1K)
Kelders – Heemstra and Houseman each with 2 hits. Stankowski with 2 RBI.
UpToDate – Craig Histed with 2 hits. Ken Benson with RBI single.

Game 19 – A Division
Kelders 15, DeLau 0 (3 innings)
WP – Whitman (8K), LP – Wright
Kelders – 10 walks. Corcoran, Whitman, Price and Tuka each with 2 RBI.

Game 20 – A Division
Duncan 7, Mickeys 4
WP – Layne Bender (8K), LP – Wright (8K)
Duncan – Smart and Foor each with 3 hits. Huppert and Atkins each with 2 hits. Walker with a grand slam HR.
Mickeys – Beech with a HR.

Game 24 – A Division
Twisters 5, UpToDate 0
WP – Nichols (10K), LP – Lach (7K)
Twisters – Freed 2×4, 2 RBI. Epple 2×4. Faccio 2×4. B. Brandel 2×3.

A Division Standings
Kelders 3-1
Duncan 3-1
DeLau 3-1
Twisters 2-2
Mickeys 1-3
UpToDate 0-4

Game 26 – A Division Semi-Final
Duncan 9, DeLau 4

Game 27 – A Division Semi-Final
Twisters over Kelders

Game 28 – A Division Championship
Twisters 8, Duncan 7 (8 innings)
WP – Nichols, LP – Hodge
Twisters – Faccio with 2 RBI and John Brandel with 2 hits.
Duncan – Gaugler, Cobb, Foor, and Brown (HR) each with 2 hits.
Twisters were down 7-5 in the 7th, but a with a runner on 1st, Guy Thurston hit a triple to drive in 1 and scored on an overthrow to tie the game. A John Brandel sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 8th scored the winning run.

A Division – 1st Place – Michigan Twisters. 2nd Place – Duncan Outlaws
Most Valuable Pitcher – Ryan Nichols – Twisters – 3 wins including championship game.
Most Valuable Hitter – Craig Foor – Duncan – 12×19, 1 HR.

ISC Division Results
Game 2 – ISC Division
Explorers 3, Planggers 0
WP – Patterson (13K, 5H), LP – Sleep (6K, 7H)
All runs scored in 6th inning. Crawford 2×3, RBI. Beane and Ketelhut with one RBI each.

Game 4 – ISC Division
Scarborough 4, Ashland 3
WP – Skelton (6K), LP – Wilson (11K)
Ashland scored 2 unearned runs and Gerard Long had a solo HR. Scarborough – A. Scott and Skelton with an RBI each and Lang with 2 RBI, including game-winning single in bottom of the 7th.

Game 5 – ISC Division
Twins 7, Planggers 6 (9 innings)
WP – D. Scott (in relief of Koert), LP – Sleep (in relief of Plangger)
Twins – Eidt, B. Miller, Levy, White each with 2 hits. Dale Levy double for game-winning hit in bottom of 9th.
Planggers – Binkley, Liebler, Brown each with 2 hits. Wiley with 2-RBI triple.

Game 6 – ISC Division
Explorers 1, Ashland 0
WP – Joseph (11K, 4H), LP – Long (2K, 4H)
Crawford, 2×3, solo HR for game’s only run. Kevin Scott 2×3 for Ashland.

Game 8 – ISC Division
Twins 7, Scarborough 2
WP – D. Scott (13K), LP – A. Scott (0K)
Twins – Eidt with 2 HR, Levy 4×4 with HR. B. Miller, White each with 2 hits.
Scarborough – Skelton and Laing each with 2 hits.

Game 11 – ISC Division
Explorers 9, Scarborough 2
WP – Lynch (4K, 3H), LP – Skelton (1K, 7H)
Horning and Moore, 2×3, Frick 2×4 – each with 1 RBI. Beane 3×3, 1 RBI. Ketelhut 2 RBI. Matt DiSalva 2×3 for Scarborough

Game 13 – ISC Division
Twins 4, Ashland 2
WP – T. Martin (14K), LP – Wilson (7K)
Twins – C. Miller with 2 hits. R. White with 2-run HR in the 7th.
Ashland – Wilson with an HR.

Game 14 – ISC Division
Explorers 3, Kitchener 1
WP – Patterson 4-0 (9K, 7H), LP – Koert (8K, 7H)
Benson 2×3 with 3 RBI. Evan Boyd with RBI single for Twins.

Game 16 – ISC Division
Planggers 5, Ashland 2
WP – Sleep (7K), LP – Long (4K)
Planggers – Zaborowski 3×4. Binkley 2×4. Adam 3×4 with 2-run double.
Ashland – Wilson with solo HR.

Game 21 – ISC Division
Scarborough 9, Planggers 8
WP – A. Scott (5K), LP – Plangger (3K)
Scarborough – DiSilva 3×3 with HR. Scott with 2 hits.
Planggers – Lawmaster – 2 run HR. Webb 2×4. Zaborowski 2 doubles.

ISC Division Standings
Explorers 4-0
Twins 3-1
Scarborough 2-2
Planggers 1-3
Ashland 0-4

Game 22 – ISC Division Semi-Final
Twins 9, Scarborough 2 (6 innings)
WP – Scott (7K), LP – Skelton (5K)
Twins – Eidt 2×3 with HR. C. Miller 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Game 23 – ISC Division Semi-Final
Explorers 2, Planggers 0
WP – Patterson 5-0 (9K, 6H), LP – Sleep – 7K, 8H)
Moore RBI double. Crawford RBI single. Dave Wiley 2×3 for Planggers.

Game 25 – ISC Division Championship
Explorers 13, Kitchener 7
WP – Joseph 3-1 (2K, 12H), LP – Martin (4K, 6H), Paul Koert in relief
Explorers – Benson 2×4, Moore 2×3 (HR). Frick 3×4. Beane 3×3, 2 RBI. Crawford 2 RBI.
Twins – Eidt 3×4 (HR), 2 RBI. Levy 4×4 (HR), 3 RBI.
Twins jumped to a 5-0 lead after 3 innings, but Explorers scored 5 in bottom of inning. Twins back with 2 in the 4th and Explorers answered with 4 in the bottom of that inning. Four more Midland runs in the 5th and 6th ended the slugfest.

ISC Division – 1st Place – Midland Explorers. 2nd Place – Kitchener Hallman Twins.

ISC World Tournament Berths awarded – Planggers and Ashland (this tournament was an ISC East Region qualifier. Explorers already earned their berth via the Erie tournament. Kitchener and Scarborough are Canada East teams).

Most Valuable Pitcher – Grant Patterson, Explorers – 3-0, 21 innings, 30K, 1R, 3BB.
Most Valuable Hitter – Dale Levy, Twins – 12×21. 3 HR.

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