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GODDARD – The HBC Hammer 16U and 15U baseball teams both won their bracket championship Sunday at the Midwest World Series at the Genesis Sports Complex. The 16U defeated KSR 12-1 in the semifinals then knocked off the Kansas/Oklahoma Bombers 3-0 in the finals. The 15U had a forfeit win in the semifinals then defeated the Mountain Lions 8-0 in the finals.
The 17U lost their bracket play opener to the Wichita Aeros 5-4 Sunday morning.
17U
The Hammer struck first in their bracket player opener versus the Aeros on a Lane Rolfs two-run double in the top
of the fourth inning. The Aeros responded with five runs in the bottom of the
inning. Rolfs drove in his third run of the game with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Cooper Sanders added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Tanner Boxberger suffered the complete game loss with three strikeouts and two walks.
The 17Us went 2-1 in pool play. They beat the Cage Rats 7-3 before losing to the Liberal Rattlers 4-3 on Friday. They knocked off the Grays 9-1 on Saturday.
Lex Lummus had three this and drove on two runs and Lane Rolfs had two hits and two RBIs and picked up the complete game victory with five strikeouts and one walk versus the Cage Rats. Lummus and Corbin Werth both had two hits in Friday’s second game versus the Rattlers. Brendan Stults was the tough luck loser with seven strikeouts and three walks in the complete game effort.
Rolfs had two triples and drove in three runs in Saturdays’ game with the Grays. Dylan Haselhorst added two RBIs and Arec Mendoza picked up the complete game victory.
The 17U Hammer finished their season with a 14-9-1 record.
16U
The Hammer defeated KSR 12-1 in their bracket opener then beat the
Kansas/Oklahoma Bombers 3-0 in the finals. They scored two runs with two outs
in third inning. Carter Graham’s single scored Cooper Johnson with the first run.
Graham later scored when Jalen Smith reached on an error. The Hammer added an
insurance run in the sixth on an error.
Jonathan Cano allowed only one run with five strikeouts and three walks and picked up the complete game win.
Against KSR, the Hammer scored seven in the bottom of the first, three in the second then two in the fourth on Jalen Smith’s inside the park home run for the run-rule victory. Jonathan Cano, Trace Jacobs and Cooper Lindenmeyer all had three hits. Weston Werth drove in three runs. Lindenmayer and Smith both had a pair of RBIs. Jacobs allowed one run on one hit with 10 strikeouts and no walks in the four-inning complete game victory.
The 16Usr went 1-2 in pool play. After a 2-0 win over the Cagerats on Friday, they lost 14-1 to 316 Elite Baty then 9-7 to the Liberal Rattlers on Saturday.
Ian McGuire and Jonathan Cano both drove in runs with base hits versus the Cagerats. McGuire struck out eight and walked five and picked up the complete game victory.
316 Elite Baty used a couple of seven-run innings to defeat the Hammer in Saturday’s first game. Logan Schoenberger drove in the 15Us lone run with a single.
In their final pool play game against Liberal, the Hammer scored three in the top of the first but the Rattlers answered with seven in the bottom of the inning. Jalen Smith had two hits and drove in two runs. Cooper Johnson tripled and drove in a run. Carter Graham and Weston Werth also had RBIs.
The 16U Hammer completed their summer with a 20-7 record.
15U
After receiving their second forfeit win of the tournament from the Kansas
Canes, the 15U won their bracket championship with an 8-0 win over the Mountain
Lions Sunday afternoon. The Hammer scored a run in the bottom of the first on
an Ian Nehls single then added two in the second on a Kaleb Roe single and error.
They blew the game open with a five-run sixth. Nehls drove in two runs in the
inning on a fielders choice then later a single in his second at-bat of the frame.
They also scored on a Jaxson Chartier sacrifice fly, a passed ball and bases loaded
walk to Roe.
Jake Hoopingerner scattered three hits with nine strikeouts and only one walk in the six-inning complete game victory.
The 15Us went 1-2 in pool play. After being awarded a forfeit win over Kansas Canes on Friday, they lost 5-0 to the Wichita Rangers and 11-0 to the 316 Jones on Saturday.
The 15U Hammer finished with a record of 11-14-1.