LEGION BASEBALL UPDATE
The Grants Pass Nuggets clinched no worse then 2nd place in ‘Area-4 League’ American Legion baseball action and will have the home field for the Super Regionals as the Nuggets claimed a road sweep in Roseburg.
The Nuggets beat Roseburg 7-2, and 9-8 (9) in extra innings in the nightcap.
Grants Pass trails Medford by 1-game with each team closing out the season with a twinbill Tuesday night. Grants Pass finishes at Eugene, while Medford wraps up league play at Klamath Falls.
Grants Pass pitcher Neil Bastendorff pitched a complete-game victory in game one of a doubleheader at Legion Field allowing just 2 runs on 7 hits, and fanning 4 without giving up a walk..
A 5-run seventh inning, coupled with two Doc Stewart’s errors in that inning led the way to the win.
The Nuggets won the nightcap 9-8 in 9-innings as Tyler Rund struck out 5 batters in the final 3 innings of relief. Jake Ireland pitched the first 5 scoreless innings. Roseburg scored 6-runs on just one hit in the 6th inning to make it a 1-run game.
But, in the 10th, Cade Kissel delivered an RBI Single leading Grants Pass to the season series sweep of Doc Stewarts.
Grants Pass, 13-and-5 in league, and 24-and-16 overall finishes the regular season in Eugene tomorrow night at 6pm facing the Challengers, and will host the Super Regional Playoffs Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon against the #3 seed from Area-2 (Portland).
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AREA-4 STANDINGS 7/17:
Medford 14-4 27-8 –
Grants Pass 13-5 24-16 -1
Eugene 10-8 18-18 -4
Willamette Valley 8-10 15-14 -5
Roseburg 7-11 13-21 -7
Klamath Falls 2-16 10-27 -12
Tue:
Eugene v Grants Pass
Klamath Falls v Medford
Willamette Valley v Roseburg
(End of regular season)
