 by Gigi Pilcher July 13, 2002
The rain was pouring down through out the game which may have given Ketchikan a slight edge over Juneau until the bottom of the second inning. At that point Ketchikan took over
Start-up pitcher for Ketchikan was Casey Bass with Brian Brown catching. The lead batter for Juneau hit a home run on the first pitch to score a run for Juneau. The next three Juneau batters struck out. Brandon Pilcher led off for Ketchikan with a base hit down the third base line. B.J. Pahang got a hit that went to the short stop who threw it to second to tag Pilcher out. Pahang made it to first. Casey Bass was up next when B. J. Pahang stole second base. Casey took first on a walk. Austin Wolf came up to bat when a wild throw by Juneau gave Pahang the opportunity to steal third, then home scoring for Ketchikan. Wolf made it to first with Bass on third when Brandon Eubanks got a solid hit to bring Bass home. Kyle Howe was up to bat with runners on first and second when Austin Wolf stole home on a passed ball. Howe's hit to short stop got him to first but Eubanks was out at second. Nate Norton followed Howe in the batter's box with a fly caught by Juneau. The first inning ended with Ketchikan 3 to Juneau's 1. Ketchikan's catcher, Brain Brown made a great play on Juneau's first batter at the beginning of the second inning. The second Juneau player got a base hit and later stole second while Casey Bass struck out the next two batters. Ketchikan led off with Brian Brown getting a walk to first base. Ricky Grams made a hit down the middle of the base line that took Brown to third and got Grams to second. Brandon Pilcher walked to first and the bases were loaded. Next, B.J. Pahang walked to first and Brown walked home. The bases were still loaded with Casey Bass up to bat. Bass walks - along with Ricky Grams who came home. With the bases still loaded, Austin Wolf hits a pop-up fly for the first out on Ketchikan. Brandon Eubanks hits a ground ball that brings Pilcher and Pahang home. With one out and two men on base, Kyle Howe comes up to bat and slams a three run home run. The second inning ended with Ketchikan 10 and Juneau 1. During the third inning both teams managed to hold their ground and keep their opposing team from scoring any runs. In the fourth inning, Juneau got in two runs - ending the fourth inning with Ketchikan 13 and Juneau 3. Entering the 5th inning Juneau had to score or the ten run rule would give the game to Ketchikan. Juneau rallied and managed to get five runs in and held Ketchikan, ending the fifth inning with the score, Ketchikan 13 and Juneau 8. During the 6th inning, after three hours, Ricky Grams went in for Casey Bass as pitcher. Ketchikan held Juneau to no runs. At the top of the seventh inning, Ketchikan's Michael Meacock took over as pitcher and with Juneau with no runs, the game ended with the score Ketchikan 13, Juneau 8. Ketchikan plays the Wrangell/Petersburg
combined team tomorrow at 1:00 pm in Petersburg with Juneau going
up against Sitka in the 4:00 pm game.
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