Aurora Improves to 24-5 after going 3-1 and earning #1 seed at Plangger Invitational

[Al's Fastball News]

Received: 6/19/07 9:07:23 AM 
From:  "Perkins, Dave" <Dave.Perkins(at)AGEDWARDS.com> 

  
Subject:  Aurora Improves to 24-5 after going 3-1 and earning
#1 seed at Plangger Invitational  
    

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Aurora Improves to 24-5 after going 3-1 and earning #1 seed at
Plangger Invitational

Aurora, IL

Aurora Dolan & Murphy started the weekend strong at the Plangger
Invitational in Elkhart, IN, earning the #1 seed entering Sunday’s
elimination play.  The Shamrocks went 3-0 on Saturday defeating
the #14 ranked Midland Explorers, #23 ranked Ashland Mets, and
#24 ranked Plangger Furniture.  Aurora took a 4-2 lead into the
5th inning of the semi-final game versus the Ashland Mets.  With
two outs, the Shamrocks were unable to come up with a couple
of plays opening the door to Ashland’s offense.  The Mets posted
four runs in the fifth.  The Shamrocks answered with one run
in the seventh, but left two runners stranded for a disappointing
loss and elimination.

With the solid one-two punch of Juan Potolicchio and Jonas Mach
and an upgraded offense, Aurora has reached the semi-final in
every tournament this year (the last two, Walcott and Grafmeier,
were not played out due to rain).  The Shamrocks have many key
wins this season that include the #8 ranked Circle Tap and the
#14 ranked Midland Explorers.  The Shamrock’s will play a DH
against the Springfield Brandt's next Sunday, June 24th before
heading into a great stretch of tournaments that includes:  Boys
of Summer (Denmark, WI), AFSA Classic (Aurora, IL), Thomson Round
Robin (Thomson, IL), ASA Major (South Bend, IN), and ISC WT (Kitchener,
ON). 



Below is a summary of Aurora’s four games this past weekend:
         

Game 1:
Aurora     4
Midland   3

WP:  Juan Potolicchio
LP:   Grant Patterson

DJ Cocks RBI single to score Dave Schuett in the bottom of the
seventh.



Game 2: 
Aurora    1
Ashland  0

WP:  Juan Potolicchio (17 K’s)
LP:   Tom Berube

Dave Schuett - RBI



Game 3: 
Aurora             4
Benton Harbor  1

WP:  Jonas Mach (2 hits, 15 K’s)
LP:   Rick Plangger

PJ McKinney - 3x3, triple, RBI, Tobin - RBI

*****#1 Seed entering Elimination Play*****

Game 4:
Aurora    5
Ashland  6

LP:    Juan Potolicchio
WP:  Jeff Wilson

Gutesha:  HR (2 RBI), Perkins D.:  2x3 (RBI)



Dave Perkins
www.dmshamrocks.com
dperk10(at)gmail.com



 

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