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FINAL WEEKEND FOR ACES AT FREDERICK, MD TOURNAMENT
OCTOBER 18-19

The Aces traveled down to Frederick Maryland for their final tournament of the season over the weekend of October 18-19. Their first game pitted them against the Richmond Indians for the rubber-game of their head-head series. The Aces had beaten the Indians in the Gardziel Classic back in September and then lost to them at The Robert Jones Classic. This game was never in doubt as the Aces scored early and often. The Aces scored in every inning but one and shut out the Indians over the first six innings. The Aces ended up on top of a 17-4 score. Four Aces hitters had 3 RBI's each, including Nate Kranz, Kris Aumiller, Brandon Thompson, and Irv Sleighter. Nate was 2 for 4, with a single, double, and walk to go along with the RBI's. Kris belted a 3-run homer in the 4^th inning and Brandon contributed with a bases-loaded double in the 6^th to complete the scoring. Irv Sleighter reached base all five times, reaching on a error in the 1^st, walking twice and knocking in three runs with a single and a double.

On the pitching end, Dustin McClain picked up the win with 3 innings of shutout baseball, giving up 2 hits and a walk while striking out six. Shayne Wilkinson and Sam Watts had strong innings as well, with Shayne allowing only one baserunner over two innings, while striking out the side in the 5^th and Sam throwing a 1-2-3 sixth inning.

The team didn't fare out as well in Game 2, losing to the North Jersey Phillies by an 8-5 score. Irv Sleighter had 2 hits for the Aces and Brandon Thompson slammed a 2-run double to right field in the 8^th inning to tighten the score. Riley Cameron contributed 2 strong innings on the mound, allowing only 2 baserunners to reach base.

Game 3 pitted the Aces against an old rival, the Mid-Maryland Red Sox in a Sunday game played at the Frederick Keys Minor League stadium. In what turned out to be a great baseball contest, the Aces scored first in the 3^rd inning. Kyle Davis hit a single up the middle and the proceeded to move around the diamond on 3 wild pitches thrown by the Mid-Maryland pitcher. The Red Sox look a lead in the 5^th, with the first two batters reaching base via walks and then scoring on a pair of singles later in the inning. The Aces came back and tied the game in the 7^th on a ground out RBI by Steve Brindle, scoring Ryan Murray who had tripled to lead off the inning. The Red Sox regained the lead in their half of the 7^th on a 2-out run-scoring single off of Sam Watts. The Aces threatened in the 8^th and 9^th innings but failed to get the run across, losing the game 3-2.

Sam Schmitt pitched effectively for the Aces, throwing 2-innings of no-run, no-hit baseball.

This weekend closed what was a very successful season for the Mid-Penn Aces. Overall the team finished with an 19-11 record against some very high-quality competition. The team's overall batting average was .267, while the pitching staff limited the competition to an overall B/A of only .211 The team had 9 home runs, 8 triples, and 54 doubles among its 228 hits, while allowing only 2 home runs to be hit against them.

In the field, the team had an overall fielding percentage of .915, committing only 85 errors in 1005 chances. The catching corps gave up 18 steals all year, while successfully throwing out 16 runners attempting to steal.

The Aces' pitching staff allowed less that 3 earned runs per game (2.96). They struck out 217 while giving up 128 base-on-balls over the 222 innings pitched during the Fall Season.

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