Received: 6/13/06 2:24:58 PM From: "Mike Kelley" <mkelley(at)frontier-radio.com>
Subject: Fantastic Final in Elkhart Iowa Liberty Bank Albaugh Invitational -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elkhart, Iowa First of all, the Pueblo Bandits would like to thank all of the folks in Elkhart for putting on a great tournament despite difficult weather conditions. Great job! A few brave fastball fans braved the elements on Sunday at Memorial Park. With gusty winds, light drizzle, and falling temperatures, those still in attendance were rewarded with a good old fashioned, 1-0 championship nail biter. The sun even crept out for the last couple of innings to warm up the air as the drama on the field unfolded. In the end, the Pueblo Bandits prevailed over the Minndak Millers in a classic pitchers duel. The Bandits scored in the top of the 8th on a sacrifice fly. The Millers had the tying run gunned down at the dish by Bandit center fielder Frank Basurto in the bottom half of the 8th. Standout Bandit hurler, Jeremy Manley battled injury, and inclement weather to earn his fifth win in five starts on the weekend. Rob Schweyer took the tough loss after a well-pitched effort for the Millers. World-class ISC stat man Bret Baughman should post box scores and/or game summaries soon. Manley allowed only two earned runs the entire weekend. The Bandits posted a 5-1 mark on the weekend reaching the finals for the fourth time in four tournaments, winning three. Pueblo is now 7-2 against top 20 teams this season including wins over Team Rainey, Circle Tap, and stand 2-0 against both the Minndak Millers and Quad City Sox. The Bandits have split 1-1 with Socal and are 0-1 vs. Albaugh. Manley is 6-1 in those games with Peter Mersereau going 0-1 in his lone start against a ranked opponent in Albaugh. The Bandits are playing well and looking to improve on their current #19 ranking. (Somehow slipping from #18 a month ago) Manager Chris Santos is proud to point out that "the Bandits compete in every tournament without picking up non roster, big name players, even when we are short handed. We play with the guys on our roster, not everyone can say that." Pueblo has been getting big contributions from the entire lineup all season. This weekends notable performances were by SS Lauro Felix, 2B Gabe Moraga, C/1B Dave Frank, and CF Frank Basurto for key defensive plays and timely hitting. From: "Mike Kelley" <mkelley(at)frontier-radio.com> Als Fastball List *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball Visit our New Web Site! http://www.pmihrm.com VIA http://www.webbox.com _______________________________________________ Alsfastball mailing list Alsfastball@fastpitchwest.com http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com