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Show THE CUBS won the playoff for first place in the Bronco League, Saturday. Members of the team are: front row. left to right, Jason Barnes, mascot; Leonard Martinez. Kyle Ben-nion, Ben-nion, Quinn Bennion, Greg Young, Stacy Hadlock and back row, Jay Barnes, coach; George Murphy, Lee Jenkins, Jeff Jackson, Travis Carroll, Shane Kavanaugh, Nolan Jackson, coach. Missing when the picture was taken were Jerry Rich and Jamie Powell. . y ) i V ; .-'V,' r, ' , , J v 1 . i f : J I I i ' . , ' ' M ' . v. TWO BASEBALL players, Stacy Hadlock, left and Quinn Bennion, right, leap high in the air, but are unable to come up with the baseball. Also in the picture is Travis Carroll. The Cubs beat the Braves, 20-7, Saturday, for the honor of winning the first place trophies. - 7 S ;, '- ') : i J ! ! SECOND BASEMAN, Quinn Bennion guards the bag and keeping an eye on the man with the ball, the pitcher, is Bobby Roberts. Roberts connected for a home run for the Braves. i ,f ; i I':- j lz-: - . : x- ,., ;;;rem t , i r I ndup b : ' r1 $ ft7" .i. was a ( "v ordtob , . oUJt x , ever ' rtbeen J jVou. can I br0r " I -:ered t vonhis f f U I ; Mr v. se wou ; 7 V f ' -isefirs 'S mmmm ' s '..(" rem "ddle br Osgood ;;eatNas ivei.He to rid CUBS' BASEBALLER, Jeff Jackson sends the baseba - 0kT orbit during a game with the Braves, Saturday iS3mpa' ts going Cubs bea Braves, 2Q-7 f rod for Bronco championshif The Cubs were behind 7-1 after two innings in-nings of action in the Bronco League championship game with the Braves. Saturday, but the Cubs out scored the Braves, 19 to 0 in the rest of the game to break the three-way tie for first place due to a 20-7 victory. The Braves, Cubs and Yankees tied first place honors during the regular season. A 1-0 lead was gained by the Cubs in the top of the first inning on a run by Stacy Hadlock. Jeff Jackson doubled with two outs and Hadlock scored the Cubs' first run in the ball game. Two runs were scored by the Braves in the bottom of the first inning for a 2-1 lead. John Sadlier reached first base on an error and Bobby Roberts singled to drive in Sadlier. Chad Anderson and Marty Wood flied out to Cub centerfielder, Travis Carroll. Steve Labrum was walked and Roberts scored and Jerry Hardman motored to first base on an error. The final batter struck out. The first two Cub batters in the top of the second inning, Carroll and Kyle Bennion got on the base paths, but they also committed the first two outs of the inning. Carroll was walked and Bennion Ben-nion was hit by the pitcher. Carroll took a huge lead off second base and got caught in a run down. Bennion motored to second base and Carroll was tagged out. Bennion decided to return to first base and was tagged out for a doubleplay. Greg Young struck out to end the inning. Five runs in the bottom of the second inning presented a 7 to 1 lead to the Braves. Fred Coats reached first base on an error and Sadlier was hit by the pitcher. Roberts walked and an error paced Anderson on the base paths and scored Sadlier. Coats committed the first out when he was tagged out. Wood siiled to load up the bases and Roberts scored when Jamie Thacker was walked. Labrum advanced to first base on a fielder's choice when the Cub shortstop fired the ball to home plate, but failed to nip the runner as Anderson Ander-son scored for the Braves. A walk to Hardman sent home Wood and a free pass to Danny Fountaine enabled Thacker to cross home plate with a 7-1 lead. Coats struck out and the third out was gained when a runner run-ner was forced out at third base. The Braves' advantage was reduced reduc-ed to three runs w hen the Cubs scored three runs in the top of the third inning inn-ing to make the score, 7 to 4, in favor of the Braves. George Murphy motored to first base on a high throw to the bag with two outs. Lee Jenkins knocked in Murphy with a double and Jeff Jackson reached first on an error. A single by Quinn Bennion drove in Jenkins and Jackson. Zero runs w ere scored by the Braves in the bottom of the third inning, but the Cubs w eren't held scoreless as they erupted for five runs in the top of the fourth inning for a 9-7 lead. Kyle Bennion Ben-nion was walked and Hadlock singled with two outs. A single by Murphy knocked in Bennion. Jenkins singled in Hadlock and an inside the park homer, which was actually a single and errors, er-rors, presented a 9 to 7 lead to the Cubs. An error placed Labrum on first base, but the next two runners committed com-mitted outs number two and three and thus the Braves were blanked in the bottom of the fourth inning. Two Brave pitchers were:: and blasted due to a hot hfc; "' by the Cubs in the top of ttii: 0(J a ing, which produced 11 ras z 3!' to 7 advantage. Carroll, Young were walked to lo:; ::?'Jtin bases. Shane Kavanaugh res;. ' first out as he was out of i:, j-3a ; box when he took a sci; ts baseball. " jffern Carroll scored when Hiiu ball was dropped and ; imI ed at home plate with anr i!'K)r when Murphy was walked. Ar Jenkins scored Young and s ;i Jackson knocked in Hadiocs l : :-;.jc r phy with a 14-7 lead. Benny::.. just in Jenkins with the 15th Car:: l;:'ewt A double by Carroll drove;.,. lisP c and Bennion with a 17 toTs:. Tellsvi Carroll scored on a fielder:: leapi which placed Bennion on s Young was walked and ffe gained a fielder's choice wtei was forced out at third base 1-singled 1-singled to fill up the bases a:;'. scored on a walk by L Kavanaugh was driven in r: lead on a single by Jenkins , was involved in a run doT s second and first base and tte -1 was fired to catcher and be . Hadlock out at home plate for: t j out of the long inning. U The Braves needed to scr ff runs in order for the game to:: I due to the ten run rule, but ir j v sion wasn't accomplished ass shutout in the bottom of the i'-ing i'-ing and the Cubs w on the ga score of 20-7. |
