{"id":2169,"date":"2012-06-12T19:30:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T02:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2169"},"modified":"2012-06-12T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T02:30:57","slug":"stapleton-all-star-youth-baseball-team-defeats-rockies-in-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2169","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton All Star Youth Baseball Team Defeats Rockies in Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nIn what turned out to be an embarrassment for the Colorado Rockies baseball club, the Stapleton All Sports Lil\u2019 Bombers All-Star Team<\/a> defeated the Rockies 7-6 in 7 innings. Zach Richardson (8) hit a two run double off of Juan Nicasio in the top of the sixth plating Jack Manthey (4) and Reece Ferrufino (6) to take the lead. After a leadoff walk to Eric Young, Asher Sittler (7) induced a double play to Sky Sox Brendan Harris, and struck out Dexter Fowler to end the game.\n\n\u201cEven though it\u2019s an exhibition, we still expected to win,\u201d said Rockies Manager Jim Tracy. The 7-9 year old youth team continued to fight after being down early. Rockies pitcher Jamie Moyer kept the All-Star team at bay the first three innings, as the kids had yet to see pitches that slow. All-Star starter Jacob Wallace (7) settled down after allowing a three-run first highlighted by a Tulowitzki solo home run.\nThe All-Star team finally got something going trailing 4-0 in the top of the fourth when Payton Nowell (6) legged out an infield single. After a ground out sacrifice, Nowell scored on a double off the wall by Gabe Shelton (7). Shelton scored on the very next pitch on Lincoln Anolin\u2019s line drive single to right.\nThe Rockies added two runs in the bottom of the fourth to extend to a 6-2 lead, scoring both runs with two outs. Back to back doubles by Carlos Gonzalez and Brandon Roberts (Sky Sox) followed by a single by Jordan Pacheco added the runs. \u201cAt that point, we were ready to call it a day,\u201d said Rockies outfielder Gonzalez. \u201cIt was good to get the extra work in, but obviously, it didn\u2019t end as we expected. Heck, we didn\u2019t even get tacos.\u201d\nIn the top of the fifth, the All Star team added three runs to close the gap. With one out, Jakob Koinzan (7) singled and Nate McHugh (7) followed up with a single of his own. With a 2-2 count against reliever Esmil Rogers, Lucas Brennan (7) sent a hanging breaking ball 483 feet into the left field bleachers, narrowing the gap to 6-5.\nAfter Sam Scott (7) pitched a perfect fifth and sixth inning including three strikeouts, the stage was set for Zach Richardson\u2019s sixth inning heroics. \u201cI made a mistake on the pitch,\u201d said Nicasio. \u201cWe had done our scouting and knew Richardson was good with off-speed pitches. \u201cI just didn\u2019t hit my spot.\u201d The Rockies have won five in a row, and hope the debacle on May 24th is what they needed to get back on track.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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