The Andover Trojans scored in every inning but one to claim a 23-5 win
over Butler County rival Augusta Orioles Wednesday in the opening game
of the Kansas American Legion Class AAA, Zone 5 Tournament at
Klein-Scott Field.
The game was called after seven innings on the 10-run rule.
“Colton Patterson really settled down after the first inning,” Andover
manager Chris Weidert said. “He started to find the zone. It was a
pretty tight zone. It was big for us (to turn double plays) and not
make any errors. That shortened innings.”
“Our pitching wasn’t there tonight, plain and simple,” Augusta manager
Jay Ingalls said. “After that, it was an average game. We never gave
up.”
Andover will face the host Newton Senior Knights at 5 p.m. today in
the championship semifinals. The Newton-Andover loser meets Augusta in
the consolation semifinals at approximately 8 p.m.
“We owe Newton,” Weidert said. “They beat us four times this year.
It’s going to be a battle. A couple of those games were close.”
“It’s double-elimination, so you never know,” Ingalls said. “We’ve
come back in tournaments before.”
Each team scored three runs on four hits in the first inning. Andover
then posted six runs in the second inning, seven in the third and
three in the fourth, putting the game out of reach.
Andover starter Patterson went five innings for the win, striking out
five. J.J. Poulus finished the game, allowing a run with four walks.
Patterson went two for four hitting for Andover with four RBIs. Kyle
Vogt went four for six with three RBIs. Cooper Nichols went three for
six with three RBIs. Andover had 11 players with at least one hit and
11 players with at least one RBI.
Chad Izzo went two for three hitting for Augusta. Starting pitcher
Blake Wallace took the loss. Augusta used five pitchers to try and
control the damage.
Kansas American
Legion Class AAA,
Zone 5 Tournament
Game one
Andover 23, Augusta 5
(7 innings)
Augusta ab r h bi
Izzo p 3 1 2 0
Yates lf 3 1 1 1
Line cf 2 1 0 1
Brown ss 1 0 0 0
Shigley c 2 1 0 0
Bevan lf 2 0 1 0
H.Roberts 2b 2 0 1 1
Wallace 1b 3 0 0 0
Ingalls rf 2 0 0 0
D.Roberts rf 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 20 5 5 3
Andover ab r h bi
Starks ss 2 3 2 1
Robinson 2b1 0 0 0
Patterson p 4 1 2 4
Fry rf 1 1 1 2
Page 2 of 2 - Nichols c 6 2 3 3
Vogt 2b 6 3 4 3
Poulos rf 3 3 2 1
Dilkes 1b 2 2 2 2
Coulter 3b 2 1 1 1
J.Taylor lf 0 2 0 1
Parris lf 2 1 1 0
Scott 1b 1 1 0 2
M.Taylor 1b 0 1 0 0
Seagraves cf 2 2 1 1
TOTALS 32 23 19 20
Augusta 301 000 1 —5
Andover 367 304 x —23
E — Line. DP — Andover 3. LOB — Aug. 6, And. 7. 2B — Izzo, Patterson
2, Vogt 2, Dilkes, Fry. 3B — Yates, Poulus, Nichols. HR — . SB —
Nichols, Seagraves 2, Brown, Bevan, Parris. Sac. Fly — Scott.
Augusta
ip h r er bb k
Wallace, L 1.2 8 9 8 3 4
Yates .1 2 3 3 1 0
Bevan 0 0 4 4 4 0
H.Roberts 3 4 3 3 0 2
Izzo 1 2 4 4 2 1
Andover
ip h r er bb k
Patterson, W 5 5 4 4 1 5
Poulus 2 0 1 1 4 0
Yates faced two batters in the third inning. Bevan faced four batters
in the third inning.
WP — Wallace 2, Bevan, Izzo. HBP — Scott (Yates), Brown (Patterson),
Line (Patterson), Roberts (Patterson), Poulus. Time — 2:39.
Today’s games
Championship semifinals
Newton vs. Andover 5 p.m.
Consolation semifinals
Newton-Andover loser vs. Augusta 30 min. following first game
Friday’s games
Championship game one 5 p.m.
Championship game two 30 min. following first game (if needed)
