From Fred Hanker’s Long Beach Black Sox team website:
Rupp Throws Shutout in SCIFL Finals at Palm Springs
The Long Beach Black Sox won their 3rd consecutive tournament and 12th game in a row beating Travis Price and The Panteras 3-0. Ron Rupp beat The Panteras again throwing a complete game shutout striking out two and allowing 5 hits. No batter would reach third base for the Panteras the entire game. Travis Price and Ron Rupp both pitched outstanding games. The game was tied 0-0 after 2 innings with both pitchers on their game. In the Sox 3rd with 2 outs Matt Shaw tripled to left. Fred Hanker than hit the first pitch he saw up the middle for a RBI double making the score 1-0. The score held up thru the 4th and 5th innings. The Sox turned inning ending double plays in both of those innings. In the bottom of the sixth with one out Fred Hanker lined a single to left field. Todd Budke followed with a single to right field with Hanker going to third. With 2 outs and 2 strikes Gerald Pyle hit a long fly ball to right field which the right fielder misplayed and 2 unearned runs scored making the score 3-0. Hanker and Budke scored on the error. Ron Rupp put The Panteras away in the 7th inning and the Sox victory. The Sox 1-2-3 hitters did all the damage going 4-8 off Price with 3 runs and a game winning RBI by Fred Hanker. The Sox only got 5 hits as Fred Hanker was 2-3 and Matt Shaw tripled and Todd Budke and Gerald Pyle also singled. Long Beach celebrates another championship for 2009. This is also the 25th tournament The Long Beach Black Sox have won in their career. They improve to 24 – 4 in the SCIFL and have a stronghold on 1st place.
Click here to view Fred Hanker’s Photo Gallery from the SCIFL Palm Springs Weekend
Bottom Row left to right, Carlos Romero, Doug Shaw,Chris Martinez, Fred Hanker, Matt Shaw; Top Row left to right, Ron Rupp, Todd Budke, Chris Paiva, Randy Clay, Gerald Pyle, and Ken Shaw.
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Hey G – put a cap on that head ! 😉