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THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE KITCHENER SELECTS

Selects drop second straight

Selects vs. Jays

Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Selects and Jays renewed acquaintances Thursday night with a familiar result, as the Jays pulled out a close game in the final inning.

Brendan Roach and Shayne Riepert, in his first game against his former team, held both teams scoreless through the first five innings, with the best chance coming in the top of the third. Kevin Ryrie singled and advanced to second on a Brad Cleasby sacrifice bunt, then took third on a passed ball, but the Jays pulled the infield in and cut him down trying to score on a Jamie Ridley grounder to second.

The Jays struck first in the bottom of the sixth. After Jason Clayfield hit a leadoff single, Jeff Kolb laid down a bunt and reached on an error, and Al Taylor followed with an RBI single, scoring Clayfield. Ken Wilton hit a grounder up the middle, prompting another error to load the bases with nobody out. Riepert then struck out the next batter and induced a chopper to short that Ryrie brought home for the force out, thanks to a nice pick-up from Dan Clark. After a fly ball to shallow right field, the Selects escaped the inning down 1-0.

With one out in the top of the seventh, Ryrie reached on an error, Cleasby walked, and Ridley ripped an RBI single with a full count to knot the game at one. Mike Brown and Dan Clark followed with two hard-hit fly balls, but were unable to find a gap and cash the go-ahead run, stranding their ninth and tenth runners of the game. In the bottom half of the inning, Brendan Roach hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a Jeff Laythorpe sacrifice bunt, and scored on Jason Clayfield's third single of the game for a 2-1 walkoff win.

Riepert scattered six hits over seven innings in the loss, while striking out six. The Selects, now 5-3, return to action next week with games against Bell Cartage (3-2-2) on Tuesday and the Razorbacks (0-6) on Thursday.

MVP: Shayne Riepert, P