POTOMAC PARK - Zach Kendell's eighth-inning single scored Bradley Fitzpatrick lifting Hobo's over KMK Insurance Thursday evening at the Hot Stove Complex's Hamilton Field.
In the eighth inning, Fitzpatrick led off with a single to right center, stole second and scored the game-winner on Kendell's base hit down the left-field line.
There were nine hits between to the two teams and all were singles. Hobo's had five with Jordan and Nathan Bingman and Bobby Deneen hitting the other three. KMK's Chuck Condor and Brady Ellsworth each had RBI singles and Drew Porter and Andrew Willetts had the other two base hits.
Corey Shroyer and Fitzpatrick combined to strike out 11 batters, allowed only four hits and three walks for Hobo's. KMK's Condor and Kendell Kennell struck out five, walked three and gave up five hits.
Hobo's (2-1) hosts Salisbury Wednesday while KMK plays Outdoor Power on Monday.
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Hobo's edges KMK Insurance, 4-3
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Barr, Keplinger & Thorne, Lakeview Auto remain unbeaten
Brooks Carr threw six strong innings and Clark Moran doubled and singled as Lakeview Auto Parts remained unbeaten with a 7-2 win over the Cumberland Rotary in Hot Stove League baseball Wednesday at Northern High.
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Jones’ dozen strikeouts leads Lakeview
Lakeview Auto Parts rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh and pitcher Trevon Jones struck out 12 in pitching a complete-game five-hitter in a 6-2 Hot Stove Baseball League win over previously undefeated Riverside Sports Monday at Bel Air Field.
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Hobo’s wins Hot Stove League title
Just when it appeared it may take an error to decide the winner, Hobo’s Luke Campbell erased that thought by lacing a triple down the third base line for the first run of the afternoon in the sixth inning and followed with a towering home run in the seventh to lead Hobo’s to a 6-2 win over the Romney Rippers and give the Hyndman, Pa., team the Hot Stove League Championship.
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Torbet’s hit helps Hobo’s tie series
Lightning halted play on Wednesday evening, and started it again Thursday when Shane Torbet shattered the 23-hour break by hitting a bases-loaded triple as Hobo’s Restaurant collected a 5-1 win over the Romney Rippers to tie the best-of-three championship series in the Hot Stove Finals.
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Romney wins, 3-2
Dane Heavner decided the entire American League Championship Series of the Hot Stove Playoffs with one swing Friday evening, lining a single past the shortstop in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the Romney Rippers to a 3-2 win over Lakeview Auto Parts in the deciding game to put the Rippers into the finals beginning Monday,
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Romney holds off Lakeview, wins 7-6
The Romney Rippers squandered an early 5-run lead, but jumped back ahead in the fifth inning and got solid pitching over the final three innings to beat Lakeview Auto 7-6 at Holler Field and take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Hot Stove American League Championship Series.
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Rippers romps past Ridgeley
Dane Heavener homered, Garrett Crawford knocked in five runs and Josh Crawford tossed a four-hitter to lead the Romney Rippers to a 12-1 win over the Ridgeley VFW Friday evening at Holler Field.
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KMK, Hobo’s to meet National League finals
KMK Insurance scored six runs in the first and four in the third on its way to advancing to the Hot Stove League semifinals with an 11-5 victory over the Cresaptown Eagles Thursday at Holler Field.
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Campbell delivers for Hobo’s
Luke Campbell singled in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Hobo’s Restaurant over American Insurance, 5-4, in the first game of their best-of-three Hot Stove League playoff Series Tuesday at Holler Field.
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KMK, American Insurance win opening series
American Insurance scored 13 runs and collected 12 hits over the final three innings and the late charge pushed the team to a 14-9 win over Young’s Unlimited/Cumberland Optimists and propel it into the second round of the Hot Stove Playoffs.
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