Kyle Chapman Pony League 13YO Zone

The K.C. 13 year old All-Star team used a balanced hitting attack, good fielding, aggressive base running, and excellent pitching to defeat Toros Baseball 9-3 in the opening game of the Westbury Summer Tournament at Schaffer & Schaffer field in the Westbury Little League complex on Thursday night. K.C. managed to score in every inning, while holding the Toros to 2 unearned runs in the 3rd inning. In the top of the first, K.C. capitalized on some soft Toro defense by converting errors by the third baseman, the first baseman and the pitcher into the first run of the game. Pat Brosch then singled, and Trey Hibbert drove him home with an RBI double to make it 2-0 K.C. after one. K.C. added a run in the 2nd inning on a lined double down the left field line by Jared Rothenberg. Jared was balked to third, and scored on a Jeremy Schaffer sacrifice fly to center field. K.C. led 3-0 after 2 innings. K.C. doubled its lead in the third, scoring runs on a walk to Pat Brosch, an error by the pitcher, a 2 base error by the third baseman on a Jeffrey Rohrbach grounder, a walk to Trey Hibbert who then stole second, and a neat double to the outfield by Grant Haynes to drive in Jeffrey and Trey. The Toros cut the lead to 6-2 in the bottom of the third on a one out walk, an infield error, and a pair of two out singles. Ross Chan pitched the first 2 2/3 innings of the game, giving up only 2 unearned runs on three hits, striking out 5 and walking only 2. A very nice effort for Ross. K.C. bumped the score to 7-2 in the 4th inning on a two out single by Pat Brosch, a wild pitch advancing Pat to second, and a hard ground ball single down the right field line by Jeffrey Rohrbach to score Pat. The score went to 8-2 in the K.C. 5th inning on a leadoff walk to Grant Haynes, a grounder to third which resulted in Jeremy Schaffer reaching first base and Grant going to second, Grant's steal of third base, and Ross Chan's pretty single just over the infielders to score Grant. K.C. scored its final run of the game in the 6th inning on a 1 out single by Jeffrey Rohrbach, a stolen base and Grant Haynes' RBI hit (his second hit and third RBI of the game). The Toros added a meaningless run in the bottom of the 6th on a double, a fielder's choice, and an infield error, to close out the scoring and give K.C. the win by the score of 9-3. Colin Bear relieved Ross Chan with two outs in the third inning. All Colin was able to manage was shutting out the Toros over the last 3 1/3 innings, scattering 3 hits, striking out 7 batters and walking none. Truly one of the best relief efforts that the K.C. 13's have seen all year. After leaving the field around 11pm, the K.C. 13's will have to sleep fast and recharge for their 6pm game against Westbury at Schaffer & Schaffer field in the Westbury Little League complex on Friday night. For those in attendance at Friday's game, you will notice at least 4 familiar faces, as Westbury has added four K.C. players for this tournament. Meanwhile, the K.C. 14's practiced for 2 hours at K.C. field in anticipation of their opening game of the Pony Sectionals in Port Neches tomorrow (Friday) night at 6pm. For those in attendance at either game, frequent score updates will be given by Scott Rothenberg in Port Neches for the 14 year olds game and Lisa Rothenberg at Westbury Field for the 13 year olds. That way, no matter where you are, you'll know what is going on at both fields. This is Scott Rothenberg saying, see you at the ballpark tomorrow. Goooooo K.C.!!!!