Jun 14, 2006 - 02:09:02 CDT
Elegant? No, the Bismarck Governors' 13-9 Legion baseball victory over Mandan on Tuesday at Municipal Ballpark was far from elegant.The game bore more resemblance to a brawl than to ballet.
Hits littered the landscape and so did stranded runners - 30 of them. Twenty-two runs and 35 hits were not what might have been anticipated with Brian Borr on the mound for Mandan and Brandon Solemsaas going for Bismarck.
"It was one of those nights. I don't know if the pitchers didn't have all their stuff or what it was," said Torey Bohan, who drove in four runs for the Governors. "The guys were hitting the ball."
But it was a win nonetheless, a divisional win and a win over Mandan.
"It's always nice to beat them," Bohan said. "There's always a rivalry that goes into it and playing nine innings gives it a different feel."
The Governors, who rapped only three hits through the first four innings, solved Mandan right-hander Brian Borr for six hits in the fifth.
Tim Jallen, Daniel Eichele, Josh Standing Elk and Justin Connell all supplied RBI singles and Torey Bohan contributed a two-run single to the uprising.
When the smoke had cleared, the Governors led 8-4 and were ahead to stay.
Three more runs in the sixth and two in the eighth put Bismarck in the driver's seat 13-6.
Bohan led the Bismarck attack with a single, double and four RBIs. Josh Standing Elk and Zach Wentz each rapped three hits for the Governors.
Paul Moch drilled five hits for Mandan and Chad Brucker added three.
Each team invested three pitchers in the game and the only one who wasn't scored on was Moch, who worked the final two-thirds of an inning for Mandan.
Mandan 202 000 113 - 9 19 3
Bismarck 101 063 02x - 13 16 1
Brian Borr, Mike Quast (5), Paul Moch (8) and Ryne Jungling; Brandon Solemsaas, Torey Bohan (5), Matt Kranzler (8) and Bohan, Justin Connell (5), Bohan (8). W - Bohan, 1-0. L - Borr, 0-2. HR - None.
Highlights: M - Paul Moch 5-for-5, 2 R, 1 SB; Jungling 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBIs; Matt Keller 2-for-3, double, 3 BB, 1 R; Jared Quast 2-for-5, double, 4 RBIs; Chad Brucker 3-for-6, 2 RBIs.
B - Tim Jallen 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBIs; Zach Wentz 3-for-5, 3 R, 1 RBI; Torey Bohan 2-for-3, double, 1 R, 4 RBIs; Josh Standing Elk 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBIs; Justin Connell 2-for-5, 2 RBIs; Matt Kranzler 2-for-5, 2 R;
Records: Mandan 0-1 Western Division, 4-3 overall; Bismarck 1-0, 7-0.
Reps 15, A's 2
The Bismarck Reps sent 18 batters to the plate in a 12-run fourth inning that sewed up a 10-run-rule-shortened preliminary game win over the Mandan A's.
The Reps rapped nine hits off a trio of A's pitchers and also benefitted from nine walks and three errors.
Darron Olson led the Bismarck attack with a single and triple. He knocked in two runs and scored three times.
Left-hander J.B. Johnston picked up the victory for Bismarck, surrendering four hits and retiring the final six Mandan batters in order.
Mandan 101 00 - 2 4 3
Bismarck 012 (12)x - 15 9 1
Jason Mellmer, Tony Fleck (4), Justin Heldstab (4) and Sam Salveson; J.B. Johnston and Tyler Johnson. W - Johnston. L - Mellmer. HR - None.
Highlights: M - Salveson 2-for-3, double, 1 R; Kyle Jefferson 1-for-1, double, 1 R, 1 RBI. B - Darron Olson 2-for-3, triple, 3 R, 2 RBIs; Jon Hausauer 1-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI; Drew Eichele 1-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB; Nate Schlosser 1-for-2, 2 R, 2 RBIs, 1 SB; Zach Miller 1-for-2, double; D.J. Schmitz 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBIs; Justin Dauenhauer 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB; Drew Hausauer 1-for-1, 2 R; Johnston 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO.
Records: Mandan 3-4, Bismarck 4-1.
MANDAN 14-14, HAZEN 3-9
(Monday)
Mandan 14, Hazen 3
Mandan 170 33 - 14 9 3
Hazen 300 00 - 3 4 3
Brandon Leingang and Matt Bosch; Chris Kruckenberg and Jordan Hagerott. W - Leingang. L - Kruckenberg. HR - Mandan, Jeff Werner.
Highlights: M - Werner 3-for-3, 2 doubles, 2-R HR, fifth inning, 6 RBIs; Leingang 1-for-2, 3 R, 1 RBI; 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO.
Mandan 14, Hazen 9
Mandan 200 424 7 - 14 7 0
Hazen 001 131 3 - 9 11 0
Jason Mellmer, Reid Jungling (5), Brandon Leingang (7) and Matt Bosch; Ethan Fritel, Mike Clarys (4) and Oster. W - Mellmer. L - Fritel. HR - Hazen, James Lorenz.
Highlights: M - Mellmer 0-for-1, 3 BB, 4 R, 1 SB; Bosch 2-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBIs. H - Lorenz 3-for-4, 3-R HR, seventh inning, 2 R, 4 RBIs.
Records: Mandan 3-3.
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