Lumber Company

Lumber Company played in the Memorial Day weekend USSSA "C" Qualifier in Joliet, IL and finished the weekend with a disappointing 1-2 finish, good for 4th place. The Lumber Co. opened the tourney against Money an Elite "D" team from Orland Park, IL. Money scored 8 runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back winning the game by a final score of 16-5. Lumber Company's second game had them matched up with Lethal Softball, a "C" team from Romeoville, IL. This game had several lead changes, with the Lumber Co. scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to take a 10-9 lead which ended up being the final score giving the LoCo the victory. In the LoCo's third and final game of the tourney they were matched up with Primetime a familiar foe who is a "C" team also from Joliet. In this game Primetime scored 5 quick first innings runs and were able to hold off the Lumber Co., winning by a final score of 9-3. Leading the LoCo offense in this tourney was E.Boe, .800; R.Nurczyk, .625; B.Munday, .600; B.Walsh, .556 and J.Filas, .556. Lumber Company's next game is Thursday night in JPD league play at 9:30pm against Ken's Beverage. The Lumber Co.'s next tournament is a NSA "D" World Series Qualifier in Country Club Hills, this weekend, June 4th and 5th. *To view the entire tournament results click on this article's headline