Lumber Company

The Lumber Co. won the June 4th NSA "D" World Series Qualifier in Country Club Hills, IL. The Lumber Co. went 5-1 in route to their tournament Championship. For their win the LoCo earned a NSA "D" World (Indianapoilis, IN), Regional (Arlington Heights, IL) and State (Kankakee, IL) berths. Lumber Company opened the tourney with Gamers. Lumber Company scored 14 first inning runs and never looked back winning this game by the 12 run rule in 5 innings. The final score was Lumber Co. 19, Gamers 4. Game number 2 had the LoCo matched up with Jesse Oaks. The Lumber Co. again came out fast scoring 7 runs in the top of the first inning, however the LoCo bats then went cold and they did not score again. They were leading Jesse Oaks 7-6 going into the bottom of the 7th, but a Jesse Oaks 2 run walk off homerun sent the Lumber Co. to the losers bracket, final score Jesse Oaks 8, Lumber Co. 7. In the loser's bracket the Lumber Co. had some work to do. The first team they sent home was Snafu. The LoCo bats got hot once agian as they cruised to a 21-5, 4 inning run rule victory over Snafu. Next up was Hell Yeah. In a game that was back and forth, a Lumber Co. 4 run 6th inning put the Lumber Co. ahead for good winning by a final of Lumber Co. 12, Hell Yeah 11. The win advanced the Lumber Co. to the championship game and a rematch with Jeese Oaks, a team the LoCo needed to double dip to take home the tourney crown. In a game with the wind howling in, runs were at a premium and the LoCo were able to plate 5 and play good defense to shut out Jesse Oaks to win by a final of 5-0 and force the if game. Now with both teams having 1 loss this game was for all the marbles. Jesse Oaks took an early 4-0 lead, but a 7 run 3rd inning gave the Lumber Co. a lead they would never relinquish. The final score was Lumber Co. 9, Jesse Oaks 7. Nice work men. It took a total team effort with all 13 guys contributing to play 6 games in 6 hours in the heat. Leading the LoCo offense all tournament were J.Pool, .667; J.Behun, .583, 6 RBIs; J.Lesnik, .571, 7 RBIs; E.Boe, .529, 4 HRs, 14 RBIs; R.Nurczyk, .556; M.Wallace, .500, 6 RBIs; B.Walsh, .500, 6 RBIs; R.Motta, 9 RBIs and K.Wallace 1 HR. Lumber Company's next game will be on Thursday, June 9 at 7:30pm against Marino Construction/Stone City/D'Arcy on field #4.