Game Summary

BOX SCORE - June 29, 2008 - Game at Warner Park after a Mallards game - Pictures

Pitchers:
Lake Mills - Wegner (L), E. Wollin (6), McFarlane (8)
Evansville - Drefahl (W)
Strike Out Leaders:
Lake Mills - Wegner 3, E. Wollin 3
Evansville - Drefahl 7
Leading Hitters:
Lake Mills - None
Evansville - Je. Rasmussen 2x5, Manion 3x3, B. Cashore 2x5
Doubles:
Evansville - B. Cashore

EVANSVILLE HOME TALENT BASEBALL WINS AT WARNER PARK

On Sunday, June 29th Evansville Jays played Lake Mills Grays in a Southeast Section Home Talent baseball game at Warner Park. Sunday was Evansville Community Night at the Mallards. Evansville residents received discounted Mallards tickets for the 3:05 pm Mallards game with the Home Talent game to follow. Evansville took control of the game early and never looked back to go on to win 9 to 0 to extend their current Sunday League winning streak to 6 games.

Evansville is now in sole possession of first place of the Southeast Section West Division with a record of 6 wins and 1 loss. Evansville was previously tied with Stoughton, but Stoughton lost to Deerfield 5 to 4 on Sunday.

Evansville's starting pitcher, Matt Drefahl, had an outstanding performance. He pitched a complete game 3-hit shut-out while striking out 7 and only walking 3. Drefahl ended the game by catching a line drive back at him and doubling off the runner on first. The other Jays exciting double play worth mentioning was in the eighth inning. With one out and a runner on first third baseman, Brent Cashore, dove towards the line to catch a line drive, and then he quickly got to his feet and threw across the diamond to double off the runner at first. The Evansville crowd roared to their feet to cheer on the "web gem" or "top play nominee" (ESPN lingo).

Evansville Jays scored first in the bottom of the second inning when with one out Chad Rasmussen reached on an error, and then Derek Cashore and Craig Paton each walked to load the bases. Now with two out, Jeremy Rasmussen singled to score brother Chad. Next batter, Nick Manion, walked to score Derek. Score Evansville 2 Lake Mills 0.

The Jays tacked on another run in the fourth inning when Derek Cashore led off the inning with a base hit and stole second base. Two batters later, Craig Paton walked. Next batter, Jeremy Rasmussen, hit a base hit. Derek was unable to score from second on the hit, but advanced to third in which he later scored on a sacrifice fly by Nick Manion. Score Evansville 3 Lake Mills 0.

Evansville doubled their score in the fifth inning by adding 3 more runs. It started with one out when Jerod Steindl singled. Two batters later and with two outs, Derek Cashore was hit by the pitch. Steindl scored on a base hit by Jon Frey with Derek and Jon advancing to third and second on the throw to home plate in an attempt to throw out Steindl. Next batter, Craig Paton, hit a clutch 2-out 2-RBI base hit to score Derek and Jon. Score Evansville 6 Lake Mills 0.

Again the Jays added 3 more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Jays started the inning with 3 straight base hits by Nick Manion, Brent Cashore and Jake Bronkema. Manion scored on Bronkema's single. Brent scored on a pass ball by the catcher. Bronkema scored on a sacrifice fly by Jerod Steindl. Final score Evansville 9 Lake Mills 0.

Evansville (6-1) will play Stoughton (5-2) at the Fourth of July Festival on Friday, July 4th starting at 12:00 pm at Lake Leota Park. Come down to the park after the parade and check out your local baseball team. On Sunday, Juy 6 Evansville will play at Utica starting at 1:00 pm, and on Thursday, July 10 Evansville will travel to Waunakee for a 6:00 pm start. For the latest schedule and results please visit the team's website at www.evansville.hometalent.org.

This week the Evansville Home Talent Team would like to recognize their Gold Sponsors: Allen Realty, Allen Custom Flatwork and Evansville Oil Pros. Next week the Silver sponsors will be listed. A complete list of sponsors is listed on the team's website.