Challengers break out the big sticks.Byline: Paula Lincoln The Register-Guard AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in 45 states in the USA. Purpose According to the American Legion, the purpose of American Legion Baseball is to give young men "an opportunity to develop their skills, personal fitness, Jon Keller hit a pair of two-run home runs and the Eugene Bi-Mart Challengers played nearly flawless defense in their opening-round game of the 2006 American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. baseball state tournament at Swede swede: see turnip. Johnson Stadium on Wednesday night. The result was a 15-8 victory over the East County Knights of Gresham in a game that took nearly three hours to play and in which the losing team outhit the winners 17-16. `They were fastballs,' said Keller of the pitches that gave him his fifth and sixth home runs of the season. `I figured we had to try and keep the hits going.' The Challengers will face Salem Post 9 in a game scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Post 9 swept the Challengers in a best-of-three playoff series last week to earn its berth in the tournament. The Challengers had already qualified as the host team. Keller, who was 3-for-6 on Wednesday, hit a leadoff homer in the top of the sixth inning to give Eugene a 12-2 lead and for a time, it appeared that the Challengers might be able to end the game in seven innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. because of the 10-run rule. `Yeah, some of the guys thought we could do it in seven, but they (the Knights) were hitting and we had to play nine,' Keller said. Shortstop Kyle Haskin was 3-for-6 with a single, double and a two-run triple that helped the Challengers take a 6-2 lead in the third. Center fielder Dan Winterstein was 2-for-5 with a single and a triple. J.J. Mascolo, Dan White and Tyler Martell added two hits apiece for Eugene. Starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Mike Ward scattered 10 hits over six innings but gave up just three runs before being relieved by Chris Rice. Rice, Mike Dickman and Alex Besaw pitched one inning each. The Knights will play McMinnville in a loser-out game at noon today. AAA STATE AMERICAN LEGION TOURNAMENT At Swede Johnson Stadium WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Medford Mustangs 7, Lake Oswego Lake Os·we·go A city of northwest Oregon, a residential suburb of Portland. Population: 35,800. Northwest Realty 0 Salem Post 9 9, McMinnville Colvin Auto 3 Corvallis Richey's Market 22, Columbia Gorge Hustlers 17 Eugene Bi-Mart Challengers 15, East County Knights 6 |
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