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Seattle Studs drop Griffons
WICHITA, Kan. -- The Seattle Studs lived up to their name last night and handed the Nevada Griffons a 7-0 loss in their second game of the 78th annual National Baseball Congress World Series at Lawrence-DuMont Stadium. The Griffons, now 1-1 in the World Series, move into the losers bracket in the double-elimination tournament and are scheduled to play the Omaha Strike Zone at 8 a.m. today in an elimination game.
Seattle's Damon Porter kept the Griffons scoreless during his 5 2/3 innings, giving up two hits and one walk, while striking out five for the win.
Roland Ochoa, who took the loss for the Griffons, gave up three runs, walked four and struck out one in his three innings on the mound.
Ron Johnson threw two innings in relief, giving up one run on two hits with one strikeout.
Jake Heissler pitched the final four innings for the Griffons, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out one.
Robbe Ewing, Mac Grace and Brad Wilson led the Griffons in hitting with one double each.
While the Griffons remained runless, the Studs picked up three runs in the third on a double by Caleb Brown, a single by Bobby Tannehill and a walk by Jeff Hart.
The Studs added one run in the fifth, two more in the sixth and one in the seventh.
Seattle will play the El Dorado Broncos in the feature game at 7:30 tonight.
NOTES -- MINK League champion St. Joseph faces the Dodge City (Kan.) A's this evening at 5 p.m. The Mustangs last played Tuesday night, when they shut out the Tulsa Braves, 8-0....
The only other representative from Missouri, the Plaza Tire Capahas from Cape Girardeau, lost their games in the tournament. They were eliminated by San Diego, 5-2, Friday in the game before the Griffons'....
GRIFFON BOX
| Seattle | AB | R | H | BI |
| Brown, lf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Tannehill, 2b-3b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Steiger, dh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Peterson, 1b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Embery, 1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boe, 3b-rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hart, cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jennings, ss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Breda, c | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sutherland, c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corliss, 2b | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pollard, ph-rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 33 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Nevada | AB | R | H | BI |
| Burns, ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Krist, 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kregelohg, lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sartin, dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rodgers, 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ewing, 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Solar, rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson, cf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Grace, c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Seattle.....003 012 100 -- 7 9 1
Nevada....000 000 000 -- 0 6 1
E -- Jennings, Heissler.
LOB -- Seattle 7. Nevada 0. 2B -- Brown, Tannehill, Steiger, Boe, Ewing, Wilson, Grace. SF -- Jennings. SB -- Brown, Boe, Hart.
| Seattle | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Porter (W) | 5 2/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Thompson | 2 1/3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Deboer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevada | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Ochoa (L) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Johnson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Heissler | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
HBP -- Jennings, Krist, Grace. WP -- Heissler.
T -- 2:17. Umpires -- Lentz, HP; D'Aquano, 1B; Sigwig, 3B.
at Wichita, Kan.
Saturday, July 28
Hutchinson, Kan. 6, Davy JOnes, Colo. 3
Liberal, Kan. 7, Omaha Strike Zone 1
Haysville, Kan. 4, Valley Center, Kan. 3
Sunday, July 29
Omaha Strike Zone 7, Davy Jones, Colo. 5 (Davy Jones eliminated)
Newton, Kan. 7, Impact Sports, Colo. 6, 11 innings
St. Joseph 8, Tulsa Cardinals 4
Dodge City, Kan. 8, Arvada, Colo. 1
Tulsa Braves 2, Kansas Cannons 1
Monday, July 30
Impact Sports, Colo. 4, Arvada, Colo. 3 (Arvada eliminated)
Kansas Cannons 11, Tulsa Cardinals 4 (Tulsa Cardinals eliminated)
Cape Girardeau, Mo. 2, Topeka, Kan. 1
Greeley, Colo. 2, Hays, Kan. 1
El Dorado, Kan. 14, Katy, Texas 2, 8 innings
Tuesday, July 31
Topeka 5, Katy, Texas 1 (Katy eliminated)
Casa Grande, Ariz. 4, San Diego 3, 14 innings
San Luis Obispo, Calif. 6, Wichita 2
St. Joseph 8, Tulsa Braves 0
Nevada 1, Colorado Sox 0
Wednesday, Aug. 1
Hays 3, Wichita 2 (Wichita eliminated).
North County, Calif. 3, Crestwood, Ill. 2
Hutchinson 4, Liberal, Kan. 3
Santa Barbara, Calif., 2, Austin, Texas 1
Seattle 2, Conejo, Calif. 0
Thursday, Aug. 2
San Diego 5, Austin, Texas 2 (Austin eliminated)
Colorado Sox 1, Conejo, Calif. 0 (Conejo eliminated)
Greeley, Colo. 1, San Luis Opispo, Calif. 0, 10 innings
Dodge City, Kan. 3, Newton, Kan. 3, 10 innings
El Dorado, Kan. 3, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1
Friday, Aug, 3
Valley Center, Kan. 4 vs. Crestwood, Ill. 2 (Crestwood eliminated)
Liberal, Kan. 3, Colorado Sox 2, 11 innings (Colorado eliminated)
San Diego 5, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 2 (Cape Girardeau eliminated)
Seattle 7, Nevada 0
Haysville vs. North County, Calif., night
Santa Barbara, Calif., vs. Casa Grande, Ariz., night
Saturday, Aug. 4
Newton-Dodge City loser vs. Hays, 12:30 a.m.
Omaha Strike Zone vs. Nevada, 8 a.m.
Valley Center, Kan. vs. Tulsa Braves, 10:30 a.m.
Santa Barbara-Casa Grande loser vs. Topeka, Kan., 1 p.m.
Dodge City, Kan. vs. St. Joseph, 5 p.m.
El Dorado, Kan. vs. Nevada-Seattle winner, 7:30
Kansas Cannons vs. Haysville-North County loser, 10 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 5
San Luis Obispo, Calif., vs. Impact Sports, Colo., 12:30 a.m.
Rest of tournament schedule TBA
Tournament concludes Saturday, Aug. 11