Brewton Babe Ruth Indians and Orioles take Tuesday wins

Published 11:02 am Wednesday, May 25, 2011

In Tuesday’s Brewton Babe Ruth games in Brewton, the Indians and the Orioles picked up wins.
The Indians defeated the Yankees 6-3 in game one while the Orioles drilled the Pirates 17-5 in game two.
After Tuesday’s games, the Indians lead the league standings with an 8-1 record followed by the Orioles with a 5-4 record and the idle Cardinals in third place with a 4-4 record.
The Yankees are in fourth with a 3-6 record followed by the Pirates with a 2-7 record.
Games will resume Thursday in Brewton between the Orioles and the Cardinals and the Pirates and the Yankees.
Teams will have Friday off due to high school graduation and Monday off due to Memorial Day.
The season will resume Tuesday and Thursday in Brewton. The final games of the season will be played Friday, June 3, in Brewton.
All games are now being played at T.R. Miller’s baseball field in Brewton according to league president Mike Perry Wednesday.

Indians 6, Yankees 3
A four-run first inning for the Indians led them to a 6-3 win over the Yankees Tuesday night in Brewton to keep them on pace for the league championship.
Following the four-run first inning, the Indians led 4-0 through three innings after both teams failed to score.
In the top of the fourth, the Yankees scored all three of their runs to cut the lead to one, but saw the Yankees add one in the bottom of the inning and one later in the sixth to get the win by three.
Rob Stokes and Tyler Joyner pitched for the Indians and held the Yankees to one hit.
Stokes went four innings and picked up the win allowing no hits, three runs, none earned, walked two, hit one and struck out six.
Joyner went three innings allowing one hit, no runs, walked one and struck out four.
Cam Easterling had the lone hit for the Yankees going 1-for-2.
For the Indians at the plate, Brandon Carmichael, Stokes, and Keaton Parker were all 1-for-3 with Stokes having one RBI.
Joyner was 3-for-3 and Ryann Gray was 1-for-2 with one RBI. Tripp Floyd was 1-for-2 with a double and one RBI and Dylan Etheridge was 2-for-2 with two RBIs.
Rob Jones took the loss on the mound for the Yankees going six innings and allowing 10 hits, six runs, five earned, walked none, hit one and struck out nine.

Orioles 17, Pirates 5
The Orioles scored 12 runs in the first inning Tuesday night against the Pirates to propel them to a 12-run romp, 17-5.
The Pirates struck first in the game with two first inning runs, but that soon went away as the big first inning for the Orioles gave them a 10-run lead after the first inning, 12-2.
In the second, the Pirates scored three runs to cut the lead to 12-5, but saw the Orioles add one in the bottom of the inning along with one in the third and three in the fourth to get the win in five innings.
For the Pirates, Alex O’Keane and Chris Jones were both 2-for-3 at the plate and Lane Chavers was 1-for-2.
O’Keane took the loss on the mound going 1/3 of an inning allowing three hits, six runs, five earned runs, walked three and struck out none.
Patrick Glass and Taylor Elliot also pitched in the loss.
For the Orioles, Dominique Jackson earned the win going four innings allowing four hits, five runs, five earned, walked eight and struck out four.
Justin Sessions went one inning allowing one hit.
At the plate for the Orioles, Jared Salter was 2-for-4 with a double and a triple and Jackson was 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
Zac Griffin was 2-for-3 with a triple and one RBI and Tyler Reid was 2-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs.
Chandler Brown had one RBI and Dakota Stokes was 2-for-3 with one RBI. Christian Mancil was 1-for-2 with two RBIs.

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About Adam Robinson

My name is Adam Robinson and I have been the Sports Editor of the Brewton Standard since September 2007. I cover all the local sports in the Brewton area. I am a 2007 graduate of Troy University with a degree in Print Journalism with a contract in Sports Information. I married Shari Lynn in June of 2007 and we welcomed our first child, Hatlee, in April of 2010.

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