FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Montelongo’s to give away 24 topazes and a half karat diamond in Bombers first home playoff game.

Bryan-College Station, TX (July 28, 2008) –

Are diamonds really a girl’s best friend? Montelongo’s Diamond Derby, which will take place during the first home playoff game, will give Bomber fans an opportunity to see for themselves. Montelongo’s Fine Jewelry will give away $7500 of jewelry that includes 24 topazes and a half karat diamond in the promotional event that will take place for the second consecutive year. The jewels will be mounted on a necklace provided by Montelongo’s for the winners to take home.

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KSU SPORTS

FROM CBB NEW SOURCE

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Each Monday, k-statesports.com takes look at current and former Wildcats in collegiate summer leagues and in the professional ranks.

Coastal Plain League

Playing for the Fayetteville (N.C.) Swap Dogs, sophomores-to-be Carter Jurica and Jason King continue to rank among the team’s leading hitters… Jurica went 5-for-15 to improve his season average to .235 with four doubles and 14 RBI… He is also 8-for-10 in stolen base attempts… Against Florence on Sunday, Jurica was 2-for-3 with one walk and one run scored… King was 4-for-14 last week with one RBI and two runs scored… King’s average improved for the second-straight week as he is now the team’s second-leading hitter… On the season, the third baseman is hitting .269 with six doubles, two triples, one home run and 12 RBI… Against Thomasville on Friday, King drove in the Swap Dogs’ lone run in an 8-1 loss… The Swap Dogs, who finished the first half of the season second in the south division, are in fifth during the second half with a 7-13 record.

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Riley Boening Picture From Donald J Boyles

In the TCL contest last night pitting the Pump Jack of East Texas and the Copperheads of Coppell it was a pitcher duel between the Pump Jack Michael LaCourse and the Copperheads Riley Boening.

LaCourse went a very strong 6 inning giving up 4 hits and striking out 7 while allowing 3 walks in a no decision before giving away Ed Hurta in the 7th. Ed takes the loss after giving up a lead off single to Marcellous Biggins, Hurta comes back to get Michael Pair to fly out to center field for the first out of the inning. This brings up Robert Barbosa, who lines one to right field for a one out double to bring in Biggins for the first run of the game. The 2nd out of the inning was recorded when Jaron Shepard flied out to left field. Then a critical error by Pat McCrory allows Bryan Johns to reach first base which allows Barbosa to score the 2nd run of the inning. Travis Sample grounds out to end the inning.

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Picture from the Pump Jacks

The East Texas Pump Jacks started Saturday in a tie with the Coppell Copperheads for second place, 2.5 games behind the McKinney Marshals for first.

When Saturday night’s game in Coppell concluded, not only had the Pump Jacks slipped into third place, but the Copperheads had done something that no other team had been able to do this season: Beat East Texas in extra innings.

Coppell scored in the bottom of the tenth inning to steal a win from the Jacks, 8-7, and take over second place all alone with seven games remaining in the regular season. The top two teams in the league will have home-field advantage in the TCL playoffs, which begin on Tuesday, August 5.

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Jake Smith- Univerity of Alabama and MiKinney Marshals- picture from Kelly Lambert/Staff

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

McKinney, TX (July 26, 2008) –

The Brazos Valley Bombers managed just four hits in a 6-0 shut out to McKinney tonight, as they dropped their fourth consecutive game. Brazos Valley was handcuffed by the Marshals quartet of pitchers, Jeremy Heatley, Michael Bolsinger, Adam Scott and Joey Centanni. The Bombers will return to McKinney tomorrow to try to even up the series at 5:05 pm.

The Marshals scored three in the first inning on three hits and a Bombers error to take the lead. Trey Sperring, who was making his third start of the season, seemed to be struggling with his control early on but got back on track. He pitched well, but allowed four unearned runs due to a couple of errors. Jonathon Conrad pitched effectively in two innings in relief, but the Bombers were unable to get anything going offensively in the loss.

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Eric Udell Courtsey of the Baylor Bears

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Bryan-College Station, TX (July 25, 2008) –

Brazos Valley Bank Ballpark was hopping with excitement on Fireworks Friday as a TCL Record 1,684 fans filed in to watch the Bombers battle the East Texas Pumpjacks. The Bombers had the lead early, but were unable to hold on as they lost 5-4 in a heartbreaker.

The Bombers trailed 1-0 entering the third inning, but came through with a huge inning to take a 4-1 lead. With runners on the corners, Nick Anders hit a sharp single up the middle, scoring Chad Colbert to tie the game at one. One pitch later, Danny Hernandez put the Bombers on top with a two-run triple to deep center field. He then scored on Cliff Vaughn’s groundout to extend the lead to three runs.

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J.P. Brown Picture from Pacific

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Once again the Marshals fell short at Coppell (20-19) as the Copperheads defeated McKinney (21-17) on Thursday at the Snake Pit, 6-5.

J. B. Brown (Pacific) blasted two home runs for the Marshals, driving in three of the five runs, but it wasn’t enough as the Copperheads cut McKinney’s TCL lead down to 1 and 1/2 games.

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Doug Buser from SoonerSports

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

NORMAN, Okla. — Throughout the summer, SoonerSports.com will bring fans weekly updates of current Sooners competing in the numerous summer baseball leagues around the country. Fans can also access information on former Sooners playing in Major League Baseball and its minor league affiliates.

The seventh installment, along with links to each of the players’ statistics, are listed below:

Summer Collegiate League
Doug Buser (Kitsap Bluejackets) and Garrett Buechele (Palm Springs Power) continue their outstanding play in the West Coast League. On July 18 and 20, Buser hit .500 for the Bluejackets in their series against the Corvallis Knights. The first game the Bluejackets won 4-2 but the second game they fell 3-1. For the season, Buser is hitting .328 with 13 RBIs and nine stolen bases.

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From the Bombers!

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The Brazos Valley Bombers lost the first game of the series at Brazos Valley Bank Ballpark, falling to the East Texas Pumpjacks 6-5. Jacob Liedka pitched six effective innings, allowing six hits and three runs, but was only able to receive a no-decision after Dustin Rasco blew the save. Although he struggled in the first two innings, Jacob Liedka bounced back on track and pitched effectively the rest of the way.

The Pumpjacks got the early jump on Jacob Liedka in the first inning, as Josh Riley hit a three run home run over the left field fence. Liedka ran into more trouble in the second inning, but with the help of a few spectacular defensive plays by Danny Hernandez and Nick Anders, was able to get out of the inning without allowing any runs.

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Raynor Campbell-Picture from Baylor Bear website

HYANNIS, Mass. — Baylor infielder Raynor Campbell was named to the 2008 Cape Cod League All-Star Game, the league announced recently. Campbell, a member of the Wareham Gatemen, was one of two non-pitcher reserves selected for the West All-Stars. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. CDT Saturday at Veterans Field in Chatham, Mass. The game will be televised on the New England Sports Network (NESN), available on DirecTV channels 623 and 624 (HD).

Campbell, who will be a junior at Baylor next season, ranks seventh in the Cape Cod League with a team-best .342 batting average (38-for-111). His batting average is exactly 100 points higher than the Wareham team average (.242), and Campbell has provided 14 percent of Wareham’s hits this summer. He also has two home runs, nine RBI, 20 runs scored. Campbell ranks fourth in the Cape with a .438 on base percentage.

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Entrance to Drillers Park-Picture taken by Donald J Boyles

Mike Lieberman the General manager of the East Texas Pump Jacks invited me out to Kilgore to get a first hand report of how the new team is doing in Kilgore, Texas.

If you are not familiar with Kilgore, Texas, Kilgore is nestled right in between Tyler(the Rose Capital of the World), and Longview. Kilgore at one time boasted a single downtown city block with the densest concentration of oil derricks in the world. In late summer 1931, as tumultuous conditions persisted in the burgeoning new “boomtown,” the state sent a star of its own, legendary Texas Ranger Manuel T. (Lone Wolf) Gonzaullas, to help restore order. And during World War II, oil from East Texas field literally helped “fuel” the efforts of the Allies. More than 80 oil derricks dot the Kilgore skyline today, all topped with lighted stars as reminders that our country’s Stars and Stripes waves free, due in large part to the contribution East Texas oil made to victory for our Allies.

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Mike Sharp from Rolltide.com

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Another late comeback attempt by the Marshals on Wednesday was averted by the Copperheads for the second consecutive night, allowing Coppell (19-19) to beat McKinney (21-16) 8-6 and move to within 2 and 1/2 games of the TCL lead.

Coppell held an 8-1 lead going into the 8th inning, but McKinney was able to put up two in that inning and three more in the 9th, but it was still not enough.

McKinney starting pitcher Jimmy Nelson (Alabama) earned the loss pitching into the fifth inning but allowing five runs on five hits with four walks and four strikeouts.

McKinney’s defense was subpar on the evening as only three of the eight Coppell runs were earned. Errors by Jake Smith (Alabama), Nick Schwaner (New Orleans) and J.B. Brown (Pacific) were all costly.

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Picture From Mike Lieberman

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

note: I had the pleasure of attending this game. I will have my thoughts on this game up later this evening with a link to my pictures from yesterday events.

Storm clouds rolled in and lightning lit up the night sky. The winds even picked up and swirled through Driller Park for the first time this season.

Bryan Dixon didn’t see any of it as a distraction as he led the East Texas Pump Jacks to a tightly contested, weather-affected victory over the visiting Brazos Valley Bombers Wednesday night at Driller.

Dixon (3-1) threw six scoreless innings before the umpires delayed the game because of nearby lightning. He struck out five and allowed just two harmless singles to earn the victory. Dixon opened the game by retiring the first eight Bombers he faced, then sat down the last seven hitters before the delay.

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From Ben Krauss

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

McKinney, TX (July 20, 2008) –

The Brazos Valley Bombers fell to the McKinney Marshals 5-1 today in a game full of frustrations. The Bombers struggled to get on base all afternoon against the Marshals’ trio of pitchers, Joey Centanni, Hunter Hill and Adam Scott and only managed three hits.

The game remained scoreless going into the third inning, but the Bombers were finally able to get on the board. Brian Nelson got things started by leading things off with a walk. With Chad Colbert at the plate, Nelson stole second and advanced to third as shortstop J.B. Brown mishandled the throw. Zach Grichor came to the plate next and grounded out to the second baseman, scoring Nelson to put the Bombers in the lead.

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Picture From Mike Lieberman

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The East Texas Pump Jacks are so accustomed to late-inning comebacks that sometimes it might appear the Jacks are just toying with the opposition, giving early leads only to steal them away.

It’s a dangerous game to play, and sometimes it doesn’t always go according to plan. Such was the case Saturday night, when the Pump Jacks fell to the Coppell Copperheads, 5-2, although the home team had the tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth inning.

The game marked the home team’s return to Driller Park after a long road trip, a six-game, seven-day affair that saw them visit every other team in the league. The Jacks went 4-2 on the trip and hoped to build on that momentum coming home.

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