It was a ‘slam-happy’ final day in the annual Jamestown tournament
Grand-slam home runs by Zac Sather, Cory Miller and Devin Croal Sunday afternoon powered the Post 334 team to the championship of the Jamestown tournament.
Post 334 came from behind to beat Huron 8-5 in the semifinal game, then outlasted host Jamestown Post 14 in the final 17-8 to take the title and complete a five-game weekend sweep.
But it was the grand slam home runs that proved to be the difference!
In the first game, Post 334 and pitcher Cody Beam feel behind 5-0 in the second inning and trailed 5-1 going into the bottom of the fifth when Andy Evans singled and Sumo Schroer walked before they were bunted up to second and third by Joe Brinda. Preston Ghizoni then singled home Post 334’s second run of the game and Croal walked to load the bases for Sather.
Huron made a pitching change at that point and on the first pitch by the relief man was blasted over the the right field wall and into the James River by Sather for the grand slam and instant 6-5 Post 334 lead. The team added another run before the inning was complete and Schroer tacked on a solo home run over the left field wall in the sixth to give Post 334 closer Bill Hirschi a three-run cushion which he transformed into the 8-5 win.
In game two, Miller, the quiet center fielder, blasted Post 334 into a 4-0 lead in the top of the first with his grand slam. Later in the game, after Jamestown rallied from a 12-2 deficit to close within three runs, 12-9, Croal hit the game and tournament championship-clinching grand salammi over the right center field fence. It was the second baseman’s fourth hit of the game (a single, two doubles and the four-run bomb) and gave him five RBI.
Posted: July 20th, 2008