Eastbank suffers first loss at Little League Southwest Regional to Lufkin, Texas

August 8, 2017
By CCS Staff
Category: Local Sports, Preps

After two impressive wins to open the Southwest Regional play, Eastbank Little League from River Ridge ran into a buzzsaw Monday night in Waco, Texas.

Lufkin Little League rolled to a 8-0 win at Norcross Stadium in the battle of 2-0 teams in the double-elimination format.

Eastbank did not have a runner reach second base in the game, but Lufkin managed a pair of runs in the top of the first off starter Rhett Centanni and never looked back.

Casey Avrard and James Bendeck had the only two hits for the Louisiana champions, who next face McAllister Park National Little League of San Antonio at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a game to be televised live on ESPN.

The winner of Eastbank-McAllister Park National earns a spot in Wednesday’s regional title game against Lufkin.

BOX SCORE

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
TXE	2	0	5	0	0	1	8	13	0
LA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Texas-East
Lineup		AB		R		H		RBI			BB		K
Chandler Spencer		3		1		1		0			1		2
Malcolm Deason		2		2		1		0			0		1
Zack Phipps		2		1		0		0			0		0
Hunter Ditsworth		4		2		4		3			0		0
Collin Ross		2		0		1		0			0		0
Clayton Wigley		2		0		1		1			0		1
Mark Requena		2		0		1		0			0		1
Thomas Deaton		2		0		0		0			0		1
Chip Buchanan		3		1		3		1			1		0
Christian Mumphery		4		1		1		2			0		0
Blake Slaga		3		0		0		0			0		1
Kolby Kovar		1		0		0		1			0		0
Lance Modisette		1		0		0		0			0		1
2B: Chip Buchanan, Chandler Spencer
HR: Hunter Ditsworth
TB: Chip Buchanan 4, Malcolm Deason, Hunter Ditsworth 7, Christian Mumphery, Mark Requena, Collin Ross, Chandler Spencer 2, Clayton Wigley
RBI: Chip Buchanan, Hunter Ditsworth 3, Kolby Kovar, Christian Mumphery 2, Clayton Wigley
SF: Kolby Kovar
ROE: Blake Slaga
FC: Thomas Deaton, Christian Mumphery, Blake Slaga
Team QAB: 12 (35.29%)
Chip Buchanan 3, Thomas Deaton 2, Hunter Ditsworth 2, Kolby Kovar 2, Chandler Spencer 2, Clayton Wigley
DP: Malcolm Deason, Mark Requena, Blake Slaga
Team LOB: 8

Louisiana
Lineup		AB		R		H		RBI			BB		K
Casey Avrard		3		0		1		0			0		0
Luke Brandau		3		0		0		0			0		1
Rhett Centanni		1		0		0		0			1		0
Josh Sterling		2		0		0		0			0		1
James Bendeck		2		0		1		0			0		0
Reed Duthu		1		0		0		0			0		0
Brock Bullinger		1		0		0		0			0		0
Brady Ramon		2		0		0		0			0		0
Lee Bridgewater		1		0		0		0			0		1
Sullivan Stringer		1		0		0		0			0		0
Mike Ryan		1		0		0		0			0		1
Robert Buisson		1		0		0		0			0		0
BattingTB: Casey Avrard, James Bendeck
FC: James Bendeck, Rhett Centanni, Luke Brandau
GIDP: Reed Duthu
TotalsTeam QAB: 5 (25.00%)
Casey Avrard, James Bendeck, Rhett Centanni, Josh Sterling, Luke Brandau
E: Josh Sterling, Brady Ramon
Team LOB: 2

Texas-East
Pitching	IP		#P	S%	H		R		ER	K		BB		HR
Collin Ross	5		58	0.638	2		0		0	3		1		0
Chip Buchanan	1		12	0.667	0		0		0	1		0		0
Clayton Wigley	0		0	0	0		0		0	0		0		0
W: Collin Ross
Pitches-Strikes: Chip Buchanan 12-8, Collin Ross 58-37, Clayton Wigley 0-0
Groundouts-Flyouts: Chip Buchanan 2-0, Collin Ross 6-2, Clayton Wigley 0-0
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Chip Buchanan 1-3, Collin Ross 12-17, Clayton Wigley 0-0

Louisiana
Pitching	IP		#P	S%	H		R		ER	K		BB		HR
Rhett Centanni	4		70	0.771	11		7		6	7		0		1
Brock Bullinger	1		12	0.583	0		0		0	1		0		0
Lee Bridgewater	0.2		22	0.5	2		1		1	0		1		0
Casey Avrard	0.1		7	0.429	0		0		0	0		1		0
L: Rhett Centanni
WP: Casey Avrard, Rhett Centanni
Pitches-Strikes: Casey Avrard 7-3, Rhett Centanni 70-54, Lee Bridgewater 22-11, Brock Bullinger 12-7
Groundouts-Flyouts: Casey Avrard 1-0, Rhett Centanni 2-3, Lee Bridgewater 0-1, Brock Bullinger 0-0
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Casey Avrard 1-2, Rhett Centanni 17-24, Lee Bridgewater 3-5, Brock Bullinger 2-3