Timp Sports Weekly
June 8, 2009
Publisher's Message
With the high school sports seasons over until fall, we are now focusing on summer baseball action. For this issue, we will be looking at stories about games played recently in the American Fork Pony and American Fork-Pleasant Grove Colt leagues. We will also look at the return of American Legion baseball to American Fork. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com
Pirates Win American Fork Pony League Through Sinking White Sox 16-4 June 2
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In what was a tight battle for the American Fork Pony League's regular season championship June 2, the Pirates staged a 12-run rally in the fifth inning to sink the White Sox 16-4. The explosive rally earned the Pirates a regular season pennant.
Last year, the Giants beat the Pirates for both the regular season and post-season pennants.
Pirate Coach Brian "Bucket" Parker said, "We won the league outright tonight. We haven't lost game all year. We were able to take the game tonight in spite of missing four key players."
The first four innings went down as one of the tightest battles for the Pirates this spring. Taking only one league loss into the June 2, the White Sox looked as though they would have an awesome chance of winning the regular season title.
The White Sox's first pitcher, Emmett Green, opened the game by striking out Ken "Bam Bam" Thomas. After No. 2 hitter Brock Tanner had singled off Green, he worked his way around to third base, only to see Riley "Beatie" Smith ground out to the pitcher, ending the first's top half.
Pitching for the Pirates in the bottom of the first, Thomas walked Jake Ingerson and Jade Lucker. Though the pitcher tagged Ingerson at the plate soon afterwards, Lucker beat a throw to home, scoring the game's first run.
The next inning, the Pirates loaded the bases on two outs. Tanner singled in Riley "Fun Side" Cox, and Pirate Colby "Foot Long" Walker scored the tie-breaking run on an infield error.
The White Sox didn't let the Pirates enjoy their 2-1 lead for long. Reliever Lucker didn't let a single Pirate get on base during the top of the third. Walked by Thomas in the bottom of the third, Brandon Wright came home on two errors. Thomas fanned three straight batters, though, to delay the White Sox from retaking the lead.
Singling into left during the fourth's top half, Tanner stole his way around to third. On two outs, Smith singled Tanner in to put the Pirates ahead 3-2. Lucker shut them down briefly by striking
out Cox.
The lead once more slipped from the Pirates' grasp during the bottom of the fourth. On one out, Tommy Nelson singled Green in, and he scored a go-ahead run to give the White Sox a 4-3 advantage.
"In the fifth, we decided it was to time to show them our potential. When we had the bases loaded on one out, Keaton ["Big Foot" Whittern] hit a big, two-run double that got a rally going for us. It snowballed from there," Parker said.
Whittern's two-run hit put the Pirates ahead 5-4, and they never looked back. A two-run double hit by Tanner helped the Pirates rack up 13 runs in the ensuing rally, which caused the White Sox to go through three pitchers.
In the bottom of the inning, the White Sox couldn't put any runners on base.
Highland White Sox Sock AF Dodgers With 17-1 Loss in Colt League Action June 5
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Through belting out 11 hits, the Highland White Sox socked the American Fork Dodgers 17-1 in AF-PG Colt League action at American Fork's Rotary Park June 5.
Singles from Jory Bowers and Jordan Rasmussen empowered Highland to take firm control of the game during the top of the first. After Rasmussen's single had reeled Bowers in, the White Sox scored their next two runs on American Fork errors.
Three strikeouts in the bottom of the first prevented the Dodgers from rallying back, even though they did put Mitch McGeary on base through a walk.
American Fork held Highland's lead to 3-0 until the top of the third. With that inning opening with a Rasmussen triple hit into center, the White Sox quickly turned the game into a rout. Preston Jensen singled in Rasmussen, and Highland became very difficult for American Fork to shut down. The Dodgers went through a string of pitchers while the White Sox jacked up the score through clubbing seven hits, including Austin Arnett's three-run double.
On one out in the bottom of the third, Jensen Frampton singled in Colby Massa for American Fork's only run for the night. Frampton attempted to turn his single into a double, but Highland forced him out at second.
Singling on one out in the top of the fourth, White Sox Josh Bezzant soon stole home, opening another rally. As soon as Taylor Jensen had reached third base on two errors, Rasmussen singled him in. Rasmussen then stole home, concluding the evening's scoring.
AF Cubs Take Down PG Angels 9-2 In Colt League Action June 2
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In June 2 American Fork-Pleasant Grove Colt League action at Rotary Park in American Fork, the American Fork Cubs fell the Pleasant Grove Angels 9-2.
Known only as Aki, American Fork's leadoff batter epitomized the hitting power that the Cubs displayed that devastated Pleasant Grove during the six-inning game. In going 2-3 at the plate, Aki smacked two doubles into left field. However, he didn't drive in any runs. By the time the game ended, American Fork had racked up 11 hits.
Neither team could score during the first inning. In the top of the second inning, Angel Tony Pitts hit a single into center, but American Fork soon pinched him for a second out during a fielder's choice play at third.
Cub Jim Davis opened the second's lower half through singling into left. As soon as a Caden Taylor single had moved Davis to third, Kaden McMurtry hit a two-run single. McMurtry attempted to steal home, but catcher Mitch Carr tagged him. Brayden Schneider hit a triple, only to become stranded on base.
American Fork held the Angels scoreless during the game's first four innings.
In the third inning, Derek Durfey singled Aki in to open a long rally for the Cubs. Taylor Taylors tripled Durfey in, then stole home. Soon Burt Miller hit a two-run double, then came on an error.
Matt Yates' fifth-inning double opened the way for the Angels to fly onto the scoreboard at last.
On one out, Ryan Dumas doubled Yates in, then came home on a Scott Call sacrifice fly. American Fork soon slapped the Angels with a double play that retired them into the field. The Cubs didn't let Pleasant Grove make any more runs after the fifth.
During one out, Tonks singled Kyler Houston in, but got thrown out at second while attempting to extend the hit into a double. Davis singled into left, but Pleasant Grove kept him stranded on base.
The Cubs got even by not letting any Pleasant Grove player get on base in the sixth.
Morgan Trojans Bounce Past AF Cardinals in Both Games of American Legion Doubleheader
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly
The return of American Legion baseball to American Fork June 4 got spoiled by the Morgan Trojans, who defeated the American Fork Cardinals in both ends of a doubleheader played at American Fork's Rotary Park. Morgan won both games by scores of 8-7 and 6-2.
With one out in the top of the first game's opening inning, the Trojans bounced ahead 2-0 on singles from Lantzen Toomer and Curtis DeYoung.
While Morgan was basically a team staffed with players who had seen action in the recent 3-A baseball season, the team that the Trojans took comprised mainly of lads who didn't play for the American Fork Cavemen's baseball team this year. Though also a team in the American Fork-Pleasant Grove Colt League, the Cardinals proved, however, they could hold their own against Morgan.
Opening the bottom of the first with a double, Cardinal C.J. Miller soon got forced out at third. Singling into right, Devin Anderson, American Fork's No. 2 hitter, also got forced out. However, Jordan "Salty" Saltmarsh soon stole home for the only Cardinal run of the inning.
The next inning, Morgan's Tanner Earl doubled Graham Mortensen in and scored a run himself on Cormick Beshears' sacrifice fly in right field.
Morgan's 4-1 lead vanished abruptly in the bottom of the second. As soon as pitcher Garrison Alder had walked Regan Grossgebauer and Matt "Huck" Finn, Miller hit a three-run homer over the left-field fence to tie the game at four.
On two outs in the third, Toomer tripled into right, and Kade Dearden singled him in. Dearden then went on to steal home
Singling into right in the bottom of the third, Cardinal Taison Smith soon scored on an error at third. Morgan didn't let American Fork go on a scoring rally that inning, though.
Getting on base through being hit by a Smith pitch in the fourth, Earl tried stealing second, but American Fork put him out there. Reliever Smith didn't let Morgan make any runs in the fourth.
With one out in the bottom of the fourth, Anderson singled in Finn to tie the game at six. Morgan retaliated by slapping American Fork with a double play.
It turned out to be one of two crucial events late in the game. The other crucial event was Morgan's loading the bases on one out. An Earl walk scored a run, and Beshears hit a one-run single to conclude Trojan scoring for the game.
Singles from Smith and Matt "Lugnut" Ludlow resulted in the Cardinals loading the bases on two outs in the bottom of the fifth. A Grossgebauer walk scored Smith, but Alder struck out Miller to end the inning.
With American Fork keeping the Trojans from capitalizing on Jordan Wombsley's sixth-inning single, the Cardinals received a sweet opportunity at pulling back out in front. However, after Smith had hit his third straight single to go 3-4 at the plate, Alder struck out Ludlow.
Getting on base through an error in the top of the first, Earl soon came home on a passed ball, triggering athree-run rally, highlighted by Wombsley's one-run single.
Morgan held American Fork scoreless during the first three innings of Game 2. During those same three rounds, the Trojans made all of their runs. In the second inning, Beshears singled Earl in. The next inning, Morgan picked up two runs on an error and a Toomer sacrifice fly.
Getting on through an fourth-inning walk, Anderson scored the first American Fork run during a fielder's choice play at second. In the fifth, the night's scoring concluded with a Miller sacrifice fly scoring Ty Roberts.
Throwing for six innings during the game, Cardinal Jim Davis posted 10 strikeouts.
June 8, 2009
Publisher's Message
With the high school sports seasons over until fall, we are now focusing on summer baseball action. For this issue, we will be looking at stories about games played recently in the American Fork Pony and American Fork-Pleasant Grove Colt leagues. We will also look at the return of American Legion baseball to American Fork. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com
Pirates Win American Fork Pony League Through Sinking White Sox 16-4 June 2
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In what was a tight battle for the American Fork Pony League's regular season championship June 2, the Pirates staged a 12-run rally in the fifth inning to sink the White Sox 16-4. The explosive rally earned the Pirates a regular season pennant.
Last year, the Giants beat the Pirates for both the regular season and post-season pennants.
Pirate Coach Brian "Bucket" Parker said, "We won the league outright tonight. We haven't lost game all year. We were able to take the game tonight in spite of missing four key players."
The first four innings went down as one of the tightest battles for the Pirates this spring. Taking only one league loss into the June 2, the White Sox looked as though they would have an awesome chance of winning the regular season title.
The White Sox's first pitcher, Emmett Green, opened the game by striking out Ken "Bam Bam" Thomas. After No. 2 hitter Brock Tanner had singled off Green, he worked his way around to third base, only to see Riley "Beatie" Smith ground out to the pitcher, ending the first's top half.
Pitching for the Pirates in the bottom of the first, Thomas walked Jake Ingerson and Jade Lucker. Though the pitcher tagged Ingerson at the plate soon afterwards, Lucker beat a throw to home, scoring the game's first run.
The next inning, the Pirates loaded the bases on two outs. Tanner singled in Riley "Fun Side" Cox, and Pirate Colby "Foot Long" Walker scored the tie-breaking run on an infield error.
The White Sox didn't let the Pirates enjoy their 2-1 lead for long. Reliever Lucker didn't let a single Pirate get on base during the top of the third. Walked by Thomas in the bottom of the third, Brandon Wright came home on two errors. Thomas fanned three straight batters, though, to delay the White Sox from retaking the lead.
Singling into left during the fourth's top half, Tanner stole his way around to third. On two outs, Smith singled Tanner in to put the Pirates ahead 3-2. Lucker shut them down briefly by striking
out Cox.
The lead once more slipped from the Pirates' grasp during the bottom of the fourth. On one out, Tommy Nelson singled Green in, and he scored a go-ahead run to give the White Sox a 4-3 advantage.
"In the fifth, we decided it was to time to show them our potential. When we had the bases loaded on one out, Keaton ["Big Foot" Whittern] hit a big, two-run double that got a rally going for us. It snowballed from there," Parker said.
Whittern's two-run hit put the Pirates ahead 5-4, and they never looked back. A two-run double hit by Tanner helped the Pirates rack up 13 runs in the ensuing rally, which caused the White Sox to go through three pitchers.
In the bottom of the inning, the White Sox couldn't put any runners on base.
Highland White Sox Sock AF Dodgers With 17-1 Loss in Colt League Action June 5
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Through belting out 11 hits, the Highland White Sox socked the American Fork Dodgers 17-1 in AF-PG Colt League action at American Fork's Rotary Park June 5.
Singles from Jory Bowers and Jordan Rasmussen empowered Highland to take firm control of the game during the top of the first. After Rasmussen's single had reeled Bowers in, the White Sox scored their next two runs on American Fork errors.
Three strikeouts in the bottom of the first prevented the Dodgers from rallying back, even though they did put Mitch McGeary on base through a walk.
American Fork held Highland's lead to 3-0 until the top of the third. With that inning opening with a Rasmussen triple hit into center, the White Sox quickly turned the game into a rout. Preston Jensen singled in Rasmussen, and Highland became very difficult for American Fork to shut down. The Dodgers went through a string of pitchers while the White Sox jacked up the score through clubbing seven hits, including Austin Arnett's three-run double.
On one out in the bottom of the third, Jensen Frampton singled in Colby Massa for American Fork's only run for the night. Frampton attempted to turn his single into a double, but Highland forced him out at second.
Singling on one out in the top of the fourth, White Sox Josh Bezzant soon stole home, opening another rally. As soon as Taylor Jensen had reached third base on two errors, Rasmussen singled him in. Rasmussen then stole home, concluding the evening's scoring.
AF Cubs Take Down PG Angels 9-2 In Colt League Action June 2
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In June 2 American Fork-Pleasant Grove Colt League action at Rotary Park in American Fork, the American Fork Cubs fell the Pleasant Grove Angels 9-2.
Known only as Aki, American Fork's leadoff batter epitomized the hitting power that the Cubs displayed that devastated Pleasant Grove during the six-inning game. In going 2-3 at the plate, Aki smacked two doubles into left field. However, he didn't drive in any runs. By the time the game ended, American Fork had racked up 11 hits.
Neither team could score during the first inning. In the top of the second inning, Angel Tony Pitts hit a single into center, but American Fork soon pinched him for a second out during a fielder's choice play at third.
Cub Jim Davis opened the second's lower half through singling into left. As soon as a Caden Taylor single had moved Davis to third, Kaden McMurtry hit a two-run single. McMurtry attempted to steal home, but catcher Mitch Carr tagged him. Brayden Schneider hit a triple, only to become stranded on base.
American Fork held the Angels scoreless during the game's first four innings.
In the third inning, Derek Durfey singled Aki in to open a long rally for the Cubs. Taylor Taylors tripled Durfey in, then stole home. Soon Burt Miller hit a two-run double, then came on an error.
Matt Yates' fifth-inning double opened the way for the Angels to fly onto the scoreboard at last.
On one out, Ryan Dumas doubled Yates in, then came home on a Scott Call sacrifice fly. American Fork soon slapped the Angels with a double play that retired them into the field. The Cubs didn't let Pleasant Grove make any more runs after the fifth.
During one out, Tonks singled Kyler Houston in, but got thrown out at second while attempting to extend the hit into a double. Davis singled into left, but Pleasant Grove kept him stranded on base.
The Cubs got even by not letting any Pleasant Grove player get on base in the sixth.
Morgan Trojans Bounce Past AF Cardinals in Both Games of American Legion Doubleheader
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly
The return of American Legion baseball to American Fork June 4 got spoiled by the Morgan Trojans, who defeated the American Fork Cardinals in both ends of a doubleheader played at American Fork's Rotary Park. Morgan won both games by scores of 8-7 and 6-2.
With one out in the top of the first game's opening inning, the Trojans bounced ahead 2-0 on singles from Lantzen Toomer and Curtis DeYoung.
While Morgan was basically a team staffed with players who had seen action in the recent 3-A baseball season, the team that the Trojans took comprised mainly of lads who didn't play for the American Fork Cavemen's baseball team this year. Though also a team in the American Fork-Pleasant Grove Colt League, the Cardinals proved, however, they could hold their own against Morgan.
Opening the bottom of the first with a double, Cardinal C.J. Miller soon got forced out at third. Singling into right, Devin Anderson, American Fork's No. 2 hitter, also got forced out. However, Jordan "Salty" Saltmarsh soon stole home for the only Cardinal run of the inning.
The next inning, Morgan's Tanner Earl doubled Graham Mortensen in and scored a run himself on Cormick Beshears' sacrifice fly in right field.
Morgan's 4-1 lead vanished abruptly in the bottom of the second. As soon as pitcher Garrison Alder had walked Regan Grossgebauer and Matt "Huck" Finn, Miller hit a three-run homer over the left-field fence to tie the game at four.
On two outs in the third, Toomer tripled into right, and Kade Dearden singled him in. Dearden then went on to steal home
Singling into right in the bottom of the third, Cardinal Taison Smith soon scored on an error at third. Morgan didn't let American Fork go on a scoring rally that inning, though.
Getting on base through being hit by a Smith pitch in the fourth, Earl tried stealing second, but American Fork put him out there. Reliever Smith didn't let Morgan make any runs in the fourth.
With one out in the bottom of the fourth, Anderson singled in Finn to tie the game at six. Morgan retaliated by slapping American Fork with a double play.
It turned out to be one of two crucial events late in the game. The other crucial event was Morgan's loading the bases on one out. An Earl walk scored a run, and Beshears hit a one-run single to conclude Trojan scoring for the game.
Singles from Smith and Matt "Lugnut" Ludlow resulted in the Cardinals loading the bases on two outs in the bottom of the fifth. A Grossgebauer walk scored Smith, but Alder struck out Miller to end the inning.
With American Fork keeping the Trojans from capitalizing on Jordan Wombsley's sixth-inning single, the Cardinals received a sweet opportunity at pulling back out in front. However, after Smith had hit his third straight single to go 3-4 at the plate, Alder struck out Ludlow.
Getting on base through an error in the top of the first, Earl soon came home on a passed ball, triggering athree-run rally, highlighted by Wombsley's one-run single.
Morgan held American Fork scoreless during the first three innings of Game 2. During those same three rounds, the Trojans made all of their runs. In the second inning, Beshears singled Earl in. The next inning, Morgan picked up two runs on an error and a Toomer sacrifice fly.
Getting on through an fourth-inning walk, Anderson scored the first American Fork run during a fielder's choice play at second. In the fifth, the night's scoring concluded with a Miller sacrifice fly scoring Ty Roberts.
Throwing for six innings during the game, Cardinal Jim Davis posted 10 strikeouts.
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