The month of June wound down in an upbeat way for the Morris Eagles baseball team, which won Friday and Sunday contests on June 25 and 27. It was upbeat for the Eagles as a team and for Chase Rambow as an individual, with Chase continuing to develop a new chapter in his diamond career after shoulder surgery.
Rambow, whose mechanics have always appeared textbook (not that this guarantees against injury), was called to the pitching mound to help right the Eagles' ship in the fifth inning of the Friday game.
Morris 13, Wheaton 7
Rambow relieved an off-and-on Andy Lembcke in the June 25 contest. Lembcke allowed the Wheaton Walleyes to score six runs (five earned) in four innings. He walked six batters and allowed five hits. It wasn't quite his day at the Wheaton diamond.
Chase Rambow got into the groove, fanning eight Walleye batters as he finished out the game in this 13-7 triumph.
Rambow allowed five hits and one run (earned) in his five innings. He walked two.
Wheaton seized the early lead, 2-0 in the second inning, but the Morris Eagles surged to score five in the third. The host Walleyes found new life in the fourth inning with four runs, and now the score is 6-5 with Wheaton up.
The Eagles drew up even on the scoreboard with one run in the fifth, and they persevered by adding one run each in the sixth and seventh innings and then three in the eighth and two in the ninth.
The Morris line score was a solid 13 runs, 12 hits and just one error. Wheaton's numbers were 7-10-2.
Chase Rambow complemented his pitching with one-for-four numbers at bat, plus he scored two runs and stole a base. Ross Haugen had the other stolen base. Haugen, the #3 batter in the order, drove in three runs and scored two while going one-for-five.
Lefty leadoff batter Kirby Marquart scored three runs while going two-for-five. Cory Marquart, batting #2, pounded three hits in four at-bats, drove in three runs and scored one. Eric Asche had a one-for-five day with two runs and an RBI. Dusty Sauter contributed with two-for-four numbers and a pair of ribbies. The ageless Matthew Carrington went two-for-four, scoring a run and driving in one.
Former UMM Cougar Bobby Culbertson crossed home plate twice and drove in a run. Walks were received by Cory Marquart (2), Asche, Rambow (2), Adam Torkelson (2), Carrington, Culbertson and Craig Knochenmus.
Morris 12, Appleton 4
Two days after their winning exploits at the Wheaton diamond, Morris was at it again, carving out a victory with a double-digit run total. The Eagles had a short-handed look as they took the diamond in Appleton to play the A's. This has been a dues-paying season for the A's and they got no relief in the June 27 affair.
John Lembcke helped the Eagles by "coming out of retirement." John did more than just hold his own, as he connected for a two-run home run (to left-center) in the third in this 12-4 Morris Eagles win.
Dusty Sauter attacked the A's with five hits in six at-bats. One of Dusty's hits was a double, and he drove in three runs while upping his average to .361. He has set the pace in RBIs.
Andy Lembcke supplied a distinctive highlight by stealing second, third and home (on a throw) in the fifth inning. Wow!
Adam Torkelson did a workmanlike job on the mound, overcoming some early control difficulties. Adam pitched six innings, fanning eight batters, to get his fourth win of the summer. He gave up five hits and walked five batters.
Jamie Van Kempen had his pitching arm called on for two innings and he fanned one batter and walked one. Craig Knochenmus set down two A's on strikes in one inning.
The Eagles were aggressive on the basepaths, epitomized by Andy Lembcke's work in the fifth, and other Eagles with stolen bases were Sauter, Knochenmus and Culbertson.
Matthew Carrington worked Appleton's pitching for three walks. Chase Rambow occupied the leadoff spot in the order and he posted two-for-six numbers with two RBIs. Craig Knochenmus had a hit and scored a run.
Carrington managed three official at-bats in spite of walking three times, and he went one-for-three with two RBIs and a run. Adam Torkelson socked three hits in six at-bats and scored two runs. John Lembcke went two-for-six with two runs and two RBIs.
Jamie Van Kempen had a three-for-five day with two runs and one RBI. Andy Lembcke had a hit and scored a run. Bobby Culbertson went one-for-four with two runs and an RBI.
The Morris line score was a superb 12-19-0 (runs-hits-errors).
This was the Eagles' ninth win against five losses, and in league the numbers were stellar at 8-2 coming out of the weekend.
Morris Eagles baseball came out of Sunday with a four-game lead over Montevideo with four league games remaining. Fans are starting to sense the home stretch of the schedule, and then the playoffs where the results count most!
-Brian Williams - morris mn Minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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