Crown Point defeats Newburgh 8-2, advances to Junior (age 17 &under) American Legion State Finals

A USA-365.com Update by Dave Woodworth

7-29-2006
Team (Record) / Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Crown Point Post 20-B x x x x x x x 12 x x
Newburgh, IN x x x x x x x 3 x x

Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 83 degrees, Junior American Legion State Championship game at Harrison High School in Evansville, IN.



Team (Record) / Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Crown Point Post 20-B 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 8 13 1
Newburgh, IN 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 3

Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 83 degrees, Junior American Legion State Tournament game at Harrison High School in Evansville, IN.

10:00AM Game Summary:  Eric Clayton drove in the first run in the third inning of the game for Crown Point with a single to center, scoring Jack Standley.  Tommy Parks drove in two RBIs with a triple in the 5th inning. He later score on a Mike Hernandez single.

In the seventh inning, Standley led off with a single, and later scored on Parks' RBI double.  Mike Hernandez had an RBI single to score Clayton and advancing Parks to third base. James Frasure later hit a deep sacrifice fly to center field, allowing Parks to tag up and score from third base.  Kyle Bacon also reached base on a fielding error by the Newburgh third baseman, allowing another run to score for Crown Point

Eric Clayton went the distance on the mound for Crown Point Post 20-B, striking out 9 as he earned the win. Parks went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored.  Hernandez also went 3-for-4 at the plate, while Frasure singled twice in three at-bats.

Team (Record) / Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Crown Point Post 20-B 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 6 3
Bristol Post 143-B 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 4 1

Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 80 degrees, Junior American Legion State Tournament game at Harrison High School in Evansville, IN

Game Summary:  Mike Hernandez pitched the entire game for Crown Point Post 20-B in picking up the victory over Bristol Post 143 on Thursday night.  Jack Standley led Post 20 offensively with two runs, two RBIs and three stolen bases. Eric Clayton went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.

Crown Point advances to the state championship game Sunday, July 30 against the Saturday night winner of Terre Haute / Newburgh in the double elimination tournament. Post 20-B remains undefeated as of Saturday and can win the tournament outright with a win in Sunday's scheduled 12:00 p.m. game.  

 

CROWN POINT POST 20-B
Manager: Larry Samano - 4th year

2006 JR. "B" LEGION REGIONAL TOURNAMENT (age 17 & under) at Crown Point Teagle Field

(1B) Tue, 7-18  Crown Point #20B - 9, South Bend #50B - 6
(2B) Wed, 7-19  Hammond #168B - 7, South Bend #50B - 4 
(Thur, 7-20  Both B and A games cancelled due to rain
(3B) Fri, 7-21  Crown Point #20B - 11, Hammond #168B - 5 
(4B) Sat, 7-22  Hammond #168B - 7, Crown Point #20B - 3  
(5B) Sun, 7-23  Crown Point #20B - 13, Hammond #168B - 3, title

Crown Point Post 20-B advances to state tournament

 

 

2006 JR. "B" AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT (age 17 & under) at Harrison High School, Evansville

Thu, 7-27  Crown Point #20B - 7, Bristol #143B - 3

Sat, 7-29  Crown Point #20B - 8, Newburgh - 2

Sun, 7-30  Crown Point vs. Terre Haute / Newburgh - 12:00 p.m.

  For more information on American Legion Baseball, see www.americanlegionbaseball.org.

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