The Long Beach Black Sox are in Beaumont, CA, for 4th of July Weekend, trying to win the Beaumont tournament for 5TH TIME IN A ROW!
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Saturday game 2
From Fred Hanker
Won game two 8-5 on Dave Demaio’s 2 Hr and 6 RBI. We are 2-0 in winner’s bracket final. I was 2-4 with a double and RBI tying the game in the 6th with my double.
Dave DeMaio Homers Twice for Black Sox; Photo courtesy LB Black Sox website
Details:
Dave Demaio hit 2 home runs and drove in 6 runs to lead Long Beach to an 8-5 come from behind win over the host Beaumont in front of a partisian crowd. The Sox fell behind 1-0 in the first but ralied for 3 in the 4th to take a 3-1 lead. In the 4th Joe Janecki singled and Dave Demaio hit a long 2 run home run. Ron Rupp walked and scored on a Larry Watts RBI single. in the 5th Long Beach made it 4-1 on a Joe Janecki double and Dave Demaio RBI double. In the bottom of the 4th Beaumont scored 5 innings to tie the score 4- 4 after 5 innings. In the 6th with the score tied Victor Hallman reached on a hit by pitch. Martin Borgen sacrificed and reached on a throwing error to second. Fred Hanker with 1st and 2nd and 0 outs doubled off the right field fence scoring Hallman. Dave Demaio with one out followed with a 3 run home run to ice the game. Sean Barker went the distance for the win allowing 3 earned runs in the complete game win. The Sox are 2-0 and play Sunday at 12:30 against Colton. Dave Demaio led the Sox attack going 3-4 with a double 2 home runs and 6 RBI. Fred Hanker was 2-4 with a RBI game tying double. Joe Janicke was 2-4 with 2 runs.
Saturday:
Sox win 4-3 scoring 3 in the 6th on Janicke home run in Beaumont game one. We play at 7:00 tonite versus Beaumont Coyotes
The details, from the LB Black Sox website:The Long Beach Black Sox were in danger of suffering their 1st loss in Beaumont ever but they scored 3 runs in the 6th inning to overcome a 3-1 defecit. Joe Janicke followed a Fred Hanker RBI double with a 2 run home run. Randy Clay pitched brilliant allowing only 2 earned runs. The Sox took a 1-0 lead in the 3rd inning when Sean Barker hit his 1st career Sox home run. The score would stay tied until the top of the 6th when Corona led by a 2 run home run by Marcel Bernal which gave Corona a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the 6th. In the Sox 6th Martin Borgen led off with a double. Fred Hanker followed with a RBI double making the score 3-2. Joe Janicke followed with a 2 run home run giving the Sox a 4-3 lead.
Randy Clay threw a perfect 7th to give the Sox the win. Fred Hanker was 2-3 with a RBI double. Joe Janicke was 1-3 with a 2 run home run. Martin Borgen was 1-3 with a double and run scored. Sean Barker was 1-2 with a solo home run and Brittany Adler was 1-2 including her 1st career Sox hit. The Sox play at 7:00 tonite versus Beaumont Coyotes with Sean Barker getting the bal