| BABA Grand
          Championship Weekend
 Waupaca
          captures B.A.B.A. title
 SUNDAY,
          SEPT. 4, 2011
 65TH
          ANNUAL GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP
 Waupaca Lakemen  10 - Tigerton Tigers  0
 Zac
          Peterson, GameMost Valuable Player
 
 
 Waupaca
          captured the 66th Annual B.A.B.A. Grand Championship Sunday with a
          10-0
 victory over
          Tigerton. It was the second straight title for the Lakeman as they
          defeated the Tigers a
          year ago at Tigerton. The
          winners grabbed a 3-0 first inning lead thanks in part to some shaky
          defense by the
          Tigers. After leadoff man Jeff Riddle was hit by a pitch, Jason Wanty
          reached on an error.
          Luke Behn then singled to load the bases. A walk to Braden Kaminske
          plated the first
          run. Then with two outs, Andy Wanty singled home a pair of runs to
          make it 3-0 Waupaca. The
          winners added three more in the fourth when catcher Casey McDaniel
          blasted a solo
          homer to left and later in the frame two runs scored on a throwing
          error by Tigerton shortstop
          Dylan Berg. A pair of
          singles and a hit batsman loaded the bases in the fifth for the
          Lakemen and Jeff
          Riddle followed with an RBI single as the winners increased their
          margin to 7-0. Waupaca
          added two more runs in the sixth when Luke Behm and Rocky Mondello singled
          and later scored on Wanty’s two out base hit. The
          Lakemen plated their final run in the eighth when Tom Wanty was hit
          by a pitch and
          scored after a walk and two more hit batsmen.   Zac
          Peterson, the games Most Valuable Player, was the winning pitcher.  He
          allowed just four
          hits, struck out eight, walked two and hit a batter. Nick
          Desrochers took the loss, working 5-1/3 innings. Paul Sellner
          finished for the Tigers.
          They combined to allow 10 hits, walked three and hit five batters.
          They struck out eight. Andy
          Wanty led the Waupaca offense going 3 for 4 with 4 RBI. Jeff Riddle
          was 2 for 5 with an
          RBI, Luke Behm was 2 for 4 and Casey McDaniel was 2 for 4 with an
          RBI. Braden
          Kaminske drove in three runs and Wes Austin had an RBI and was 1 for
          3. For
          Tigerton, Ben Schoen was 3 for 4 and Tom Berg was 1 for 4. Following
          the game, awards were presented by B.A.B.A. Commissioner Craig Brei and
          League Sec./Treas. Gordy Boldig. |