08/08/2021 - Jim's unofficial American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional - 08/08/2021
REMINDER - this is all unofficial and subject to my age, eyesight, typing and information availability
Official box scores and statistics are available through each regional site provided by "StatBroadcast"
#August 3-8 - American Legion Great Lakes Regional (Region 5) - Morgantown, WV
(West Virginia champion + Morgantown/WV Post 2 (host); Illinois champion + Runner-up; Indiana champion; Michigan champion; Ohio champion); - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region5
(*matchup for games 12-15 may be altered by rule - see region link)
Host - Morgantown/WV Post 2
Location - Mylan Field
Teams- (won-loss may not be completly accurate!) -
Host - Morgantown/WV Post 2 (13-9)
xIllinois Champion - Rock Island/IL Post 200 (25-3) - eliminated 08/05
xIllinois Runner-up - Barrington/IL Post 158 (16-3) - eliminated 08/07
xIndiana Champion - Rockport/IN Post 254 (20-7) - eliminated 08/07
xKentucky Champion - Owensboro/KY Post 9 (28-4) - eliminated 08/06
Michigan Champion - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 (28-3-1)
xOhio Champion - Harrison/OH Post 199 / Yeager Benson (27-5) - eliminated 08/06
xWest Virginia Champion - Bridgeport/WV Post 68 (16-6) - eliminated 08/05
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Wednesday 08/04/2021 -
+08/04 G1 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165-7, Barrington/IL Post 158-1
+08/04 G2 - Owensboro/KY Post 9-6, Rock Island/IL Post 200-3
+08/04 G3 - Rockport/IN Post 254-11, Bridgeport/WV Post 68-10
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Thursday 08/05/2021 -
+08/04 / 08/05 G4 - Morgantown/WV Post 2-3, Harrison/OH Post 199-2 - (completed on 08/05)
+08/05 G5 - Barrington/IL Post 158-4, Bridgeport/WV Post 68-3 - elimination
+08/05 G6 - Harrison/OH Post 199-3, Rock Island/IL Post 200-2 - elimination
+08/05 G7 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165-9, Rockport/IN Post 254-0 -
+08/05 G8 - Morgantown/WV Post 2-12, Owensboro/KY Post 9-2 (6 innings / 10 run rule)
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Friday 08/06/2021 -
+08/06 G9 - Rockport/IN Post 254-5, Harrison/OH Post 199-1 - elimination
+08/06 G10 - Barrington/IL Post 158-4, Owensboro/KY Post 9-1 - elimination
+08/06 G11 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165-7, Morgantown/WV Post 2-3
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Saturday 08/07/2021 -
+08/07 G12 - Morgantown/WV Post 2-4, Rockport/IN Post 254-3 (10 innings) - elimination
(Morgantown GameChanger / StatBroadcast)
*V Rockport/254 (3-12-2); SP/nd-Kobe Bartlett (RHP; South Bartlett HS/21-Vincennes; 6.2ip, 28bf, 2R/1er, 5H, 3BB, 5K); 2P/LP-Reece Davis (RHP; Perry Central HS/21; 2.2ip, 15bf; 2R/1er, 3H, 2BB, 2K, 1-HBP); 2H (Bren Miller (Tell City HS/21); Reece Davis-3 (Perry Central HS/21); Jackson Raaf-3 (South Spencer HS/21)); HR (Davis (1R));
*H Morgantown/2 (4-8-1); SP/nd-Reed Bailey (LHP; Morgantown HS/22; 6.1ip, 32bf; 2R/1er, 11H, 1BB, 6K); 2P/WP-Tony Marsh (LHP; University HS/21; 3.2ip, 15bf; 1R/1er, 1H, 2BB, 1K); 2H (Aaron Forbes (University HS/22); Tony Marsh (University HS/21)); 3B (Marsh); 2B (Zach Owens (Morgantown HS/21); Marsh);
*Note 1 - Rockport/IN Post 254 took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 10th when Holton Compton (South Spencer HS/22) led off with a single and later scored on a wild pitch;
*Note 2 - Morgantown/WV Post 2 scores twice (RBI double, sacrifice fly) in the bottom of the 10th inning defeating Rockport/IN Post 254 4-3;
*Note 3 - Morgantown/WV Post 2 GWRBI by Ethan Smith (Morgantown HS/21) on a sacrifice fly;
+08/07 G13 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165-12, Barrington/IL Post 158-2 - elimination
(Midland / Barrington GameChanger)
*V Midland/165 (12-10-2 / 12-9-2);
SP/WP-Lane Kloha (RHP; Midland HS/23; 6.1ip, 26bf; 2R/1er, 5H, 2BB, 1K); 2P (Andrew Young (RHP; Bullock Creek HS/23; 2/3ip, 2bf; 0R, 0H, 2K); 2H (Logan McCoy-3 (Midland Dow HS/21-Hope); Griffin Clark (Midland HS/20-Chattanooga State CC)); 2RBI (Clark; Avain Rivera (Midland Dow HS/20-Grand Rapids CC); Brody Krysiak-4 (Bay City John Glenn HS/23)); 2B (Avain Rivera; Al Warner (Clare HS/23));
*H Barrington/158 (2-5-2 / 2-5-3);
SP/LP-Logan Eisenbarth (RHP; Barrington HS/22; 4ip, 19bf; 6R/6er, 6H, 2BB, 4K, 1-HBP); 2P-Ryan Koehler (RHP; Barrington HS/21; 2ip, 13bf; 5R/3er, 3H, 5BB, 1K); 3P-Harley Thompson (RHP; Barrington HS/22; 2/3ip, 5bf; 1R/0er; 2BB); 4P-Jackson Kanak (RHP; Barrington HS/22; 1/3ip, 1BF, 0R, 0H); 2H (Jimmy Koza (IMG Academy/22)); HR (Ryan Jenkins (Barrington HS/21 - 1R)); 2B (Koza; JD Swarbrick (Barrington HS/22));
Sunday 08/08/2021 - Championshp
+08/08 G14* - Morgantown/WV Post 2 (1L) vs Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 (0L)
+08/08 G25* - if necessary game if Morgantown/WV Post 2 wins G14
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Great Lakes Regional Teams -
*Host - Morgantown/WV Post 2
ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/wv/302838
Team site - https://morgantownpost2.com/
*Illinois Champion - Rock Island/IL Post 200
ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/il/101688
*Illinois Runner-up - Barrington/IL Post 158
ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/il/303307
*Indiana Champion - Rockport/IN Post 254
ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/in/3020252
*Kentucky Champion - Owensboro/KY Post 9
ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/ky/305586
*Michigan Champion - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165
ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/mi/163718
Team site - https://midlandberryhill.wixsite.com/midlandberryhill
*Ohio Champion - Harrison/OH Post 199 (Yeager Benson)
ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/oh/3023798
Team site - https://post199.org/home/programs/baseball/about-j-b-yeager-baseball
*West Virginia Champion - Bridgeport/WV Post 68
*ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/wv/303220
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