In its final tune-up before the ISC II Tournament of Champions, the #5 ranked Ashland, OH Stock Pack team won the Elkhart, IN tournament this past weekend posting a 5-1 record and improving their overall tournament record to 17-5-1 on the year. Stock Pack started the day on Saturday by losing to the host Duncan Outlaws, but responded by bouncing back to win their next two games vs. the DC Current and Kelder¢s of Ludington, MI. On Sunday, Stock Pack started out the day by beating the Goshen, IN Gators, and then followed that victory up by avenging their previous loss to Duncan. In the finals, Stock Pack beat the Michigan Twisters (who had advanced to the finals by beating the Rice Creek Lightning) 8-3. On the mound, pitchers Ty McKinney and Jim Yates both had fine weekends. Ty was the winning pitcher in each of the 5 victories, but Jim Yates logged many innings throughout the weekend and threw the ball well the entire tournament. McKinney also led Stock Pack at the plate hitting .529 with 1 HR. Other leading hitters for the weekend included: Trevor Urban (.444, 2 HR) , Jr. Rodriguez (.316), Jason Whiteley (.381, 1 HR), Chad Honaker (.333, 1 HR) and Pete Spoerl (.368). Stock Pack is looking forward to this coming weekend as they travel to Appleton, WI in hopes of improving on their back to back 5th place finishes.
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