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La Porte Girls Softball Association Tournament
Little Cedar Bayou Park, La Porte, TX
May 5-7, 2000
2 Pool/Double Elimination/8 Teams |
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| The Texas Aces went undefeated in the La Porte Girls
Softball Association Tournament, outscoring opponents 38 -3. Outstanding
pitching by Kimberly and Rhiannon in the final two games, accompanied by
strong Aces defense, as well as Aces bats, led the team to victories over
the Naturals and the Ballistics. |
Final Tournament Results: First
place, team and individual trophies.
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Opponent |
W/L/T |
Us |
Them |
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| Pool 1 |
Friendswood Flames |
W
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5
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0
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| Pool 2 |
Angleton Xplosion |
W
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6
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0
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| Bracket 1 |
Angleton Ice |
W
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18
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0
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| Bracket 2 |
Friendswood Flames |
W
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3
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0
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| Bracket 3 |
La Porte Naturals |
W
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3
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2
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3rd |
| Bracket 4 |
Deer Park Ballistic |
W
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3
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1
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2nd |
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also there:
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Bay City Pride |
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Baytown Base Bandits |
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| Pool Game 1.
Friendswood Flames (visitors) vs. Texas Aces (home). Won 5-0. Pitcher Lauren. |
| Lauren pitched a no-hitter in the first pool game of
the tournament, with 5 strikeouts and only 2 walks in three full innings
pitched. For the Aces, Kendall led off with a safe bunt, followed
by a single from Portia, and both came home on a 2-run double by Jenna.
In the top of the 2nd, after one strikeout, the Flames got a runner on
1st base on an Aces error, but Jenna caught the runner stealing 2nd with
a good throw to Brytish at short. Lauren walked another batter, but
Jenna caught that one stealing too! In the bottom of the 2nd, Kimberly
walked, and advanced on a safe bunts by Rhiannon and Lauren. Kimberly
scored on a sac fly by Tiffany that almost brought in two runs, but Lauren
was caught in a run down for the 3rd out before Rhiannon could cross the
plate. In the bottom of the 3rd, Kendall again led off with
a safe bunt, and scored on an RBI double from Portia. Portia scored
on an RBI double by Jenna. Kelsea lined out to 3rd, and the Flames
did manage a double play as they caught Jenna off 3rd. |
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1
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2
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3
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R
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H
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E
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| Friendswood Flames |
0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| Texas Aces |
2
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1
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2
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5
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8
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1
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| Pool Game 2.
Texas Aces (visitors) vs. Angleton Xplosion (home). Won 6-0. Pitcher Kimberly. |
| In the 2nd pool game, Kimberly allowed only one hit in
2.3 innings pitched, with 1 walk and two strikeouts. Portia singled
in the first, but was left stranded. Amy singled in the 2nd with
a safe bunt, and Kesha and Rhiannon walked to load the bases. Lauren was
hit by a pitch for an RBI. Tiffany followed with a single to bring
in another run. Jenna singled in the 3rd, followed by a walk for
Kelsea. Amy hit an RBI single to score Jenna. Kesha loaded
the bases after being hit by a pitch. Kimberly hit a double to bring
home 2 runs, and another came home on a single by Rhiannon. |
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1
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2
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3
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R
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H
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E
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| Texas Aces |
0
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2
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4
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6
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7
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0
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| Angleton Xplosion |
0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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| Bracket Game
1. Texas Aces (visitors) vs. Angleton Ice (home). Won 18-0. Pitchers Rhiannon/Tiffany. |
| In the first bracket game, the Aces faced a new team.
In the first inning, Kendall walked and came in on a double by Porta. Then
Jenna walked, and Brytish got in two runs on a safe bunt. Kelsea
grounded out but brought home Brytish. Amy and Kesha walked, followed
by an RBI safe bunt by Rhiannon. Lauren got on with a safe bunt to
load the bases, and Kendall walked for the second time in the inning for
an RBI. Portia brought home two more runs on a single, and Lauren
scored on an error. Jenna brought home two on a double before a sac
bunt and a ground out ended the inning with the Aces up by 10 runs.
The Ice had 3-up 3-down in the 1st. Kimberly led off the 2nd with
a double, and scored when Lauren got on base on an Ice error after two
outs. Tiffany got the Ice 3-up 3-down in the 2nd. |
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| Portia and Jenna got the Aces bats started again in the
3rd, with back-to-back singles. Brytish drove home a run with a single,
and Kelsea grounded out for another RBI. Kimberly followed with and
RBI single. Tiffany got a single after another out, and Lauren followed
with an RBI single. Kendall reached on an error, and Portia hit a
single to bring home two more runs for a 7-run inning. |
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| Unfortunately, the Ice wouldn't even take their last
at bat. We know what it's like to be in their shoes.
It reminded us of our first fall season in A-ball when we faced the Texas
Peppers for the first time! The score was quite similar.
Hang in there, Ice! We've been there before, too! But you should
never quit, because quitters never win. |
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2
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3
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H
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E
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| Texas Aces |
10
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1
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7
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18
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14
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0
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| Angleton Ice |
0
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0
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x
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0
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0
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3
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| Bracket Game
2. Texas Aces (visitors) vs. Friendswood Flames (home). Won 3-0.
Pitcher Rhiannon. |
| Rhiannon pitched 4 full innings, allowing 2 hits, with
3 strikeouts and 3 walks. Kendall led off the second bracket game
with a safe bunt. Portia followed with a deep single, but was tagged
out trying to get an extra base. Jenna grounded out to bring home
Kendall. The Flames first batter grounded out to first. A single
got one runner on base, but Rhiannon struck out the next batter, and Kelsea
made a great catch of a pop foul to end the inning. In the
2nd, Kelsea reached on error, and Brytish doubled to bring her home.
After Amy advanced Brytish to 2nd with a sac bunt, Rhiannon grounded out
but brought in another run. In the bottom of the 2nd, Rhiannon walked
two batters in a row with two outs, but got the next batter with a ground
out. Jenna got a base hit in the 3rd and Amy singled in the 4th,
but both were left stranded. The Flames got on with a single up the
middle in the bottom of the 4th, but the runner was quickly caught stealing
2nd with a throw from Kelsea to Portia at short. The flames got another
base runner on a walk, but two quick groundouts ended the game with the
Aces on top 3-0. |
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
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H
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| Texas Aces |
1
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2
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0
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0 |
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3
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5
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0
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| Friendswood Flames |
0
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0
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0
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0 |
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0
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2
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1
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| Bracket Game
3. La Porte Naturals (visitor) vs. Texas Aces (home). Won 3-2. Pitcher
Kimberly. |
| The Naturals put the Ballistic in the loser's bracket
on Saturday night, so the Aces played the Naturals on Sunday with Kimberly
pitching. Kimberly completed 6 full innings, allowing only 2 hits
with 1 earned run, 1 walk, and 8 strikeouts. Great pitching Kimberly! |
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| The Naturals leadoff batter got on base on an error,
then Kimberly struck out the next batter looking while the runner managed
to advance to 3rd. The next batter grounded out to Brytish at short,
but the runner scored. Kimberly got the next batter swinging.
In the bottom of the inning, after one out, Portia hit a double, followed
by a single by Jenna and a safe bunt by Brytish to load the bases.
However, all three runners were left stranded. Kimberly struck out
the next Naturals batter swinging on a great change-up, but the following
batter hit a single for the Naturals first hit of the game. The next
batter got on after a fielding error, and the runner scored. Two
quick groundouts left a runner on 3rd. Kesha ripped a single up the
middle in the bottom of the 2nd, and advanced on a sac bunt by Lauren,
but was also left stranded on 3rd. The Naturals were 3-up 3-down
in the top of the 3rd, with a groundout back to the pitcher, a grounder
to Brytish in right field, and a groundout to Jenna at 3rd. Portia
led off the Aces batters with a single in the bottom of the 3rd.
After two outs, Kelsea walked, but both runners were left stranded.
The Naturals were 3-up 3-down again in the 4th, with a groundout to Jenna,
and two more strikeouts by Kimberly. |
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| Things finally turned around in the bottom of the 4th,
as Amy led off with a safe bunt and scored on a single by Kesha.
Lauren hit another safe bunt, and Kesha scored and Lauren got to 3rd when
the Naturals overthrew first base. Portia hit a safe bunt, but Lauren
got caught in a run down between home and 3rd for the 2nd out. Jenna
hit a single, but Jenna and Portia were both left stranded, but the ball
game was now tied 2-2. In the 5th, the first Naturals batter reached
on an Aces error, and Kimberly struck out the next batter. The Naturals
then ripped a single up the middle, but Lauren fielded it and made the
throw to home and got the lead runner trying to score. A flyout to
right field then ended the top of the inning. The Aces couldn't score
in the bottom of the 5th, and time had expired, so the game went to International
Tie-Breaker rules. The Naturals runner on 2nd advanced to 3rd on
a sac bunt. The next batter reach first on a bunt while Kimberly
held the runner at 3rd. Kimberly struck out the next batter on a
full count called strike, but walked the next batter to load the bases.
Kimberly got the next batter swinging to leave the bases loaded and the
score still tied. Amy started out on 2nd for the Aces in the bottom
of
the 6th. After one pop-up out that held Amy at 2nd, Lauren hit a
bunt and the Naturals tried to throw her out at first, but again overthrew
the ball (probably in haste to hold Amy to 3rd), and Amy scored to end
the game with the Aces on top once again! |
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| La Porte Naturals |
1
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1
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0
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0 |
0 |
0 |
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2
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2
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0
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| Texas Aces |
0
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0
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0
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2 |
0 |
1* |
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3
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11
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4
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*International Tie Breaker
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| Bracket Game
4. Ballistic (visitor) vs. Texas Aces (home). Won 3-1. Pitchers Rhiannon/Kimberly. |
| The Naturals took 3rd place after losing to the Ballistic
in the loser's bracket, leaving the Aces to play the Ballistic in the championship
game. Rhiannon started off pitching in the game, and got the first
batter on a strikeout, the second on a grounder back to the pitcher, and
then Portia caught a fly ball to right field for the 3rd out. Rae
pitched the first two innings for the Ballistic. Kendall led off
the Aces with a safe bunt, and then reached 3rd on a double to left field
by Portia. Jenna followed with another double to left field that
brought in 2 runs. Brytish hit a fly ball to left field that looked
like it was going to drop, but the left fielder made a great catch for
the out while Jenna held up at 2nd. Kelsea grounded out, but advanced
Jenna to 3rd. Then Kesha hit a hard line drive to short that Lauren
(Ballistics) jumped up and caught for the third out, leaving Jenna stranded,
but the Aces were on top 2-0. |
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| In the 2nd inning, Rhiannon caught the first batter looking
for a strikeout. The next batter got on with a safe bunt, and Rhiannon
walked the next. A single up the middle brought home one run for
the Ballistics, but two runners were left stranded on two groundouts.
Lauren got on with a safe bunt for the Aces, and advanced to 2nd on a sac
bunt by Amy. Rhiannon dropped a hit over Rae's head for a single
and scored Lauren. Kendall advanced both runners with a sac bunt,
but a groundout left 2 runners stranded. The Ballistic had one base
runner in the 3rd that reached on error. Jenna led off for the Aces
with a single to left field with Lauren pitching for the Ballistic.
Jenna tried to go to 2nd on an overthrow, but she got tagged out on a throw
to short by the right fielder. A flyout and a groundout ended the
inning. |
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| The Ballistic had 3-up 3-down in the 4th with a groundout
to Brytish at short, and a fly ball and a line drive to Lauren at 2nd.
The Aces had one baserunner in the 4th when Lauren got on with a safe bunt.
Rhiannon had a little trouble in the top of the 5th and walked the first
two batters. Kimberly came in for the save, and got the next three
batters with a fly ball to Brytish at short, a fly ball to Kesha in left
field, and a grounder back to the pitcher. The Aces had two baserunners
on walks with 1 out in the bottom of the 5th inning when time expired,
ending the game with the Aces winning 3-1. |
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| Deer Park Ballistic |
0
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0
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1
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0
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1
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2
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0
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| Texas Aces |
2
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1
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0
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0
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0* |
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3
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7
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1
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*Time expired with runners on 1st & 2nd with only 1 out. |
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