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Bullets win two of three at Plains Invite
The host Williamsville Bullets baseball team scored the final 10 runs of the game and defeated Riverton 12-2 in
five innings last Wednesday.
Travis Combs was 2-for-2 (both triples), and he scored three times and knocked in three runs. Matt Osman was
3-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBI and a triple.
WHS had five triples overall in the game, with Nick Kamrath (two runs) and J.P. Meyer (run, RBI) both having
three-baggers.
Brandon Donnelly (two runs, RBI) had two hits, and Adrian Brown (run, RBI) and Ryan Casson (run, RBI) both
had one hit. Derek Borjon also had one RBI.
Combs also got the win on the mound, going the first three frames; he yielded three hits and fanned five.
Donnelly stole home in the first and Osman singled in Combs to put WHS up 2-0.
The Hawks, who got two hits from Brennan Garcia (RBI) and one hit from Bret Thixton (run), pulled even with
single markers in the second and third.
Combs’ two-run triple highlighted a four-run third; Osman also singled in Combs and Casson’s sac bunt
plated Osman.
In the fifth, Kamrath and Combs had back-to-back triples, then Combs, who is hitting .466 with 25 RBI,
scampered home on a wild pitch.
Borjon’s sacrifice fly plated Osman, who tripled. Meyer tripled in Casson, who singled, and Meyer tripled in
Casson. Donnelly finished the game with a single that scored Brown.
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Friday as part of the Plains Invite, WHS crushed Macomb 13-3 in five innings.
Borjon, hitting .400 with 21 RBI, was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and four RBI. Combs (three runs, two RBI)
and Casson (two RBI, run) both contributed two hits.
Brown (two RBI) and Zach Mast had the only other Bullet hits.
Donnelly scored three times and Kamrath twice; Osman and Nick Roscetti also scored once each. Jonny Cain
had one RBI.
Austin Lamkey got the win in relief; he faced five batters, fanning four of them.
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Saturday at the Plains Invite, the Bullets were edged by the Pinckneyville Panthers 9-8.
Meyer had three doubles and one RBI, and Casson had two hits, including a double, and he had one RBI.
WHS left the tying run on second base in the seventh.
Dunlap then whipped the Bullets 16-6, taking advantage of seven errors. The Eagles scored seven times in the
first inning and never looked back.
Donnelly, who is hitting at a .476 clip with 32 runs scored, was 2-for-3, including a triple, with one RBI. Brock
Kamrath had two hits and scored twice.
Coach Jess Buttry was pleased with his team’s effort against the Bombers and was happy with “the way we
battled” against Pinckneyville, but “I was unhappy about not showing up against Dunlap.”
The host Williamsville Bullets baseball team scored the final 10 runs of the game and defeated Riverton 12-2 in
five innings last Wednesday.
Travis Combs was 2-for-2 (both triples), and he scored three times and knocked in three runs. Matt Osman was
3-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBI and a triple.
WHS had five triples overall in the game, with Nick Kamrath (two runs) and J.P. Meyer (run, RBI) both having
three-baggers.
Brandon Donnelly (two runs, RBI) had two hits, and Adrian Brown (run, RBI) and Ryan Casson (run, RBI) both
had one hit. Derek Borjon also had one RBI.
Combs also got the win on the mound, going the first three frames; he yielded three hits and fanned five.
Donnelly stole home in the first and Osman singled in Combs to put WHS up 2-0.
The Hawks, who got two hits from Brennan Garcia (RBI) and one hit from Bret Thixton (run), pulled even with
single markers in the second and third.
Combs’ two-run triple highlighted a four-run third; Osman also singled in Combs and Casson’s sac bunt
plated Osman.
In the fifth, Kamrath and Combs had back-to-back triples, then Combs, who is hitting .466 with 25 RBI,
scampered home on a wild pitch.
Borjon’s sacrifice fly plated Osman, who tripled. Meyer tripled in Casson, who singled, and Meyer tripled in
Casson. Donnelly finished the game with a single that scored Brown.
***
Friday as part of the Plains Invite, WHS crushed Macomb 13-3 in five innings.
Borjon, hitting .400 with 21 RBI, was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and four RBI. Combs (three runs, two RBI)
and Casson (two RBI, run) both contributed two hits.
Brown (two RBI) and Zach Mast had the only other Bullet hits.
Donnelly scored three times and Kamrath twice; Osman and Nick Roscetti also scored once each. Jonny Cain
had one RBI.
Austin Lamkey got the win in relief; he faced five batters, fanning four of them.
***
Saturday at the Plains Invite, the Bullets were edged by the Pinckneyville Panthers 9-8.
Meyer had three doubles and one RBI, and Casson had two hits, including a double, and he had one RBI.
WHS left the tying run on second base in the seventh.
Dunlap then whipped the Bullets 16-6, taking advantage of seven errors. The Eagles scored seven times in the
first inning and never looked back.
Donnelly, who is hitting at a .476 clip with 32 runs scored, was 2-for-3, including a triple, with one RBI. Brock
Kamrath had two hits and scored twice.
Coach Jess Buttry was pleased with his team’s effort against the Bombers and was happy with “the way we
battled” against Pinckneyville, but “I was unhappy about not showing up against Dunlap.”
Issue Date: April 30, 2009