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Indians Lose Marathon To Defending State Champs
 MARQUETTE----It's not often that the scoreboard reads "11-11-11" at an American Legion Baseball game. But that's exactly what happened on Thursday as the Gladstone Indians battled defending state champion Hudson in the state tournament opener at Marquette's Haley Field. The score was tied at 11-11 in the eleventh inning before the defending champs scored twice to beat the Indians, 13-11.  Indeed. Every time it looked like the downstate team would pull away for the win, the Indians battled back. Gladstone came from behind twice from three-run deficits, and then came from five runs down in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at 11-11. Hudson eventually won the game by scoring twice in the top of the eleventh inning. Matt Weyers walked the first batters in the inning, so Groleau brought in his closer, Justin Jurek. Jurek almost worked out of the jam, but Hudson's Tommy Cox lifted a bloop single to left with two outs to score the runs. Gladstone loaded the bases again in the bottom of the 11th inning on singles by Cody Frazer, Jake Pearson and Jared Stenson. But Blake Ballard lined out to the first baseman to end the game. Those three stranded runners made for 17 stranded runners all told. 
Cody Frazer sets up behind the plate.
Hudson took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning by scoring three times (with two outs) off of Indians starter Ballard. But the Indians tied it in the fourth inning. Hardwick had a leadoff-double and Pearson was hit by a pitch. Stenson doubled home Hardwick. Then Ballard and Weyers had RBI singles. The Indians still had the bases loaded wigth no outs but did not score again that inning. Hudson took a 5-3 lead in the fifth inning on a walk, error, and three straight singles to lead 5-3 after five innings. Ballard was lifted on the mound for Weyers and Hudson added a run in the sixth inning on a two-out error and an RBI double by Adam Simmons. Simmons had four hits. Down 6-3, Peyton Jurek's two-out, two-run single brought Gladstone to within 6-5. The Indians tied the game in the seventh inning as Pearson was hit by a pitch and later scored when Weyers drew a bases-loaded walk. 
Matt Weyers throws in relief of Blake Ballard.
But the Indians rallied again. Ballard led off with a walk, and with one out, Justin Jurek also walked.
Paul Tomaszewski, Peyton Jurek and Frazer followed with singles to cut the lead to 11-9. Hardwick grounded out to deep short scoring Peyton Jurek. Then Pearson beat out an infield single to score frazer to tie the game at 11-11. But the Indians couldn't get the winning run home, and ended up with a tough loss. Besides Stenson's four hits, Pearson and Ballard each had three base hits.
Weyers took the loss in relief of Ballard, with Justin Jurek recording the last three outs in the eleventh inning.
"Blake and Matt kept us in the game," Groleau said. "They both threw well." Gladstone plays Menominee at 10:00 Friday morning in a loser's bracket game. Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box to see more photos, all taken by Kym Frazer. Thanks, Kym! Thursday, August 2, 2012 Menominee 6, Escanaba 5 (10 Innings) Hudson 13, Gladstone 11 (11 Innings) Kingsford 11, Menominee 1 (7 Innings) Hudson 4, Marquette 3 (10 Innings) Friday, August 3, 2012 10 a.m.---Game 5: Gladstone vs Menominee 10:30---Game 6: Escanaba vs Marquette 2:00---Game 8: Winner 5 vs Winner 6 6:00---Game 7: Hudson vs Kingsford Saturday, August 4, 2012 10 a.m.---Game 9: Winner 8 vs Loser 7 2:00---Game 10: Winner 9 vs Winner 7 Sunday, August 5, 2012 Noon----Championship IF NECESSARY  |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Record |
5/2 |
6:30 PM |
Marquette Redmen
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11 - 1 (W)
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1-0
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5/6 |
1:00 PM |
Channing Railroaders
|
10 - 0 (W)
|
2-0
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5/9 |
7:30 PM |
Escanaba Eskymos
|
5 - 4 (W)
|
3-0
|
5/12 |
1:00 PM |
at Menominee Red Wave Legion
|
3 - 2 (W)
|
4-0
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5/12 |
3:30 PM |
at Menominee Red Wave Legion
|
15 - 3 (W)
|
5-0
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5/14 |
6:30 PM |
at Marquette Redmen
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3 - 2 (W)
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6-0
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5/18 |
6:30 PM |
at Ishpeming Blue Storm
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10 - 1 (W)
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7-0
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5/19 |
12:00 PM |
at Channing Railroaders
|
12 - 2 (W)
|
8-0
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5/19 |
2:30 PM |
at Channing Railroaders
|
9 - 1 (W)
|
9-0
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5/22 |
6:30 PM |
at Marquette Blues
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2 - 5 (L)
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9-1
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5/29 |
6:30 PM |
Ishpeming Blue Storm
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4 - 0 (W)
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10-1
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5/30 |
6:00 PM |
at Escanaba Eskymos
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4 - 3 (W)
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11-1
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6/3 |
4:00 PM |
Iron Mountain Golds
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7 - 0 (W)
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12-1 For.
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6/3 |
6:30 PM |
Iron Mountain Golds
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7 - 0 (W)
|
13-1 For.
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6/5 |
6:30 PM |
at Iron Mountain Golds
|
10 - 5 (W)
|
14-1
|
6/6 |
7:00 PM |
Menominee Red Wave Legion
|
5 - 4 (W)
|
15-1
|
6/9 |
1:00 PM |
Oconto Falls Legion
|
7 - 10 (L)
|
15-2
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6/9 |
3:30 PM |
Oconto Falls Legion
|
12 - 2 (W)
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16-2
|
6/12 |
6:30 PM |
Kingsford Legion Blues
|
4 - 3 (W)
|
17-2
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6/14 |
6:30 PM |
Marquette Blues
|
3 - 0 (W)
|
18-2
|
6/17 |
1:00 PM |
at Kingsford Legion Blues
|
11 - 2 (W)
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19-2
|
6/17 |
3:30 PM |
at Kingsford Legion Blues
|
11 - 6 (W)
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20-2
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6/20 |
6:30 PM |
Channing Railroaders
|
8 - 2 (W)
|
21-2
|
6/22 |
5:30 PM |
Eastern U.P. Travelers
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5 - 4 (W)
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22-2
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6/22 |
8:00 PM |
Ash-Port, Wis.
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1 - 11 (L)
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22-3
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6/23 |
12:45 PM |
Midland Berryhill
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2 - 10 (L)
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22-4
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6/23 |
5:15 PM |
Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) Black Sox
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11 - 6 (W)
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23-4
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6/24 |
11:30 AM |
DePere Panthers
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5 - 6 (L)
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23-5
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6/28 |
6:30 PM |
at Ash-Port, Wis.
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1 - 13 (L)
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23-6
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6/29 |
1:30 PM |
at Neenah, Wis.
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3 - 7 (L)
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23-7
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6/30 |
11:00 AM |
at Hortonville, Wis.
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11 - 4 (W)
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24-7
|
7/5 |
6:30 PM |
Channing Railroaders
|
10 - 0 (W)
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25-7
|
7/8 |
4:00 AM |
Iron Mountain Golds
|
1 - 0 (W)
|
26-7for
|
7/8 |
12:00 PM |
Hancock Legion
|
6 - 2 (W)
|
27-7
|
7/8 |
2:30 PM |
Hancock Legion
|
8 - 3 (W)
|
28-7
|
7/10 |
5:30 PM |
Negaunee Diamonds
|
16 - 0 (W)
|
29-7
|
7/10 |
8:00 PM |
Negaunee Diamonds
|
12 - 4 (W)
|
30-7
|
7/12 |
6:30 PM |
Kingsford Legion Blues
|
8 - 2 (W)
|
31-7
|
7/14 |
3:00 PM |
Iron Mountain Golds
|
7 - 0 (W)
|
32-7
|
7/14 |
8:00 PM |
Channing Railroaders
|
14 - 0 (W)
|
33-7
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7/15 |
1:00 PM |
at Marquette Blues
|
3 - 5 (L)
|
33-8
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7/19 |
8:00 PM |
at Escanaba Cubs
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3 - 0 (W)
|
34-8
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7/21 |
12:00 PM |
Eastern U.P. Travelers
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6 - 5 (W)
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35-8
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7/21 |
2:30 PM |
Eastern U.P. Travelers
|
0 - 16 (L)
|
35-9
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7/26 |
3:00 PM |
Hancock Legion
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9 - 6 (W)
|
36-9
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7/27 |
9:00 AM |
Kingsford Legion Blues
|
9 - 7 (W)
|
37-9
|
7/27 |
3:00 PM |
Channing Railroaders
|
14 - 4 (W)
|
38-9
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7/28 |
10:30 AM |
Escanaba Cubs
|
6 - 7 (L)
|
38-10
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8/2 |
10:30 AM |
Hudson Legion
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11 - 13 (L)
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38-11
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8/3 |
10:00 AM |
Menominee Red Wave Legion
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6 - 7 (L)
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38-12
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