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Beavercreek Sox run-rule Lebanon

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BEAVERCREEK — After battling to a second-place finish in a 15U tournament earlier in the week, coach Rick Carver’s Beavercreek Sox 14U youth baseball team enjoyed playing a foe its own age for a change on Tuesday, June 20.

The Sox run-ruled the visiting Lebanon Warriors, 11-1, in 5 innings at Rotary Park.

The team has been busy.

In the past eight days, the Sox have played nine games. Counting it’s three-game runner-up performance on the final day of the Stone Quarry Slugfest in Vandalia, Beavercreek has now won three of its last four games for a 13-9-1 overall record. The Sox are now 5-3-1 in the 14U Midwest Ohio Baseball League.

Carver said he saw signs of his team finally starting to gel together, after Tuesday’s win.

“They played complete fundamental baseball,” he said. “We’ve got a good pitching staff and we’re getting more aggressive at the plate. That’s one thing we’re trying to teach. Sometimes we’ll get two strikes and we’ll look at the third one.

“I like the way they ran the bases tonight. We’ve been talking about getting good leads, and I think you saw that tonight.”

Carver said the core of the team has been together for roughly five years now, ever since they played together in 9U leagues.

“That’s the encouraging part, just watching them come together and play like a solid baseball team,” Carver said.

Beavercreek’s Mason Snow was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with a double, two singles an RBI and two runs scored. Jamison Anderson went 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored, Drew Strehle went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and a run scored.

All but one batter in the Sox’ lineup reached base either by base hit, walk or getting hit with a pitch. Anthony Johnson ended the game by getting plunked with a pitch in the fifth inning to score Wade Reynolds with the 11th an final run.

Sox starting pitcher Drew Yeary scattered seven Lebanon hits while striking out four Warrior batters and walking two to record the win. Lebanon scored its lone run on a two-out single in the third inning.

Beavercreek has a few days to rest before heading to Kettering’s State Farm Park to take on the Dayton Classics for an 8:15 p.m. game.

Drew Yeary pitched the complete-game win in the Beavercreek Sox’ run-ruled 11-1 win, June 20 over the Lebanon Warriors in 14U Midwest Ohio Baseball League action.
http://www.xeniagazette.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2017/06/web1_DrewYeary_PS.jpgDrew Yeary pitched the complete-game win in the Beavercreek Sox’ run-ruled 11-1 win, June 20 over the Lebanon Warriors in 14U Midwest Ohio Baseball League action. John Bombatch | Greene County News

Sox catcher Caleb Anderson looks for the umpire’s call after tagging out his second Lebanon runner at home in the second inning of Tuesday’s 14U baseball game at Beavercreek’s Rotary Park. Beavercreek won the game, 11-1.
http://www.xeniagazette.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2017/06/web1_KalebAndersonOutHome1st_PS.jpgSox catcher Caleb Anderson looks for the umpire’s call after tagging out his second Lebanon runner at home in the second inning of Tuesday’s 14U baseball game at Beavercreek’s Rotary Park. Beavercreek won the game, 11-1. John Bombatch | Greene County News

His players told him to smile so Beavercreek Sox coach Rick Carver did, while lining the base path prior to the June 20 Midwest Ohio Baseball 14U game with Lebanon at Beavercreek’s Rotary Park.
http://www.xeniagazette.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2017/06/web1_CarverSmile_PS.jpgHis players told him to smile so Beavercreek Sox coach Rick Carver did, while lining the base path prior to the June 20 Midwest Ohio Baseball 14U game with Lebanon at Beavercreek’s Rotary Park. John Bombatch | Greene County News

Drew Yeary (16) hits a practice pitch from T.J. Anderson prior to Tuesday’s June 20 youth baseball game at Rotary Park in Beavercreek.
http://www.xeniagazette.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2017/06/web1_T.J.AndersonYeary_PS.jpgDrew Yeary (16) hits a practice pitch from T.J. Anderson prior to Tuesday’s June 20 youth baseball game at Rotary Park in Beavercreek. John Bombatch | Greene County News

Mason Snow of the Beavercreek Sox 14U baseball team smacks a fourth inning double in Tuesday’s June 20 11-1 run-rule win over the Lebanon Warriors. Snow went 3-for-3 at the plate in the win at Rotary Park.
http://www.xeniagazette.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2017/06/web1_MasonSnow2B4th_PS.jpgMason Snow of the Beavercreek Sox 14U baseball team smacks a fourth inning double in Tuesday’s June 20 11-1 run-rule win over the Lebanon Warriors. Snow went 3-for-3 at the plate in the win at Rotary Park. John Bombatch | Greene County News

By John Bombatch

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