ABA CLASS A-
ST. JOSEPH MIGHTY MITES AT NEWPORT UNICORNS
05/08/2025
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ABA CLASS A-
ST. JOSEPH MIGHTY MITES AT NEWPORT UNICORNS
GAME ID: 10963 - THURSDAY, MAY 8TH , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Joseph Mighty Mites (6-23) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 8 1
Newport Unicorns (13-16) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 18 1
Unicorns Lose Late, 8-5
St. Joseph and Newport duked it out and the Mighty Mites came out victorious.

A good performance from shortstop Jim Unknown helped the St. Joseph Mighty Mites defeat the Newport Unicorns, 8-5. Unknown was 1 for 1 with a home run, while adding 4 RBI and scoring once for the Mighty Mites. Jim Unknown, the winning pitcher, improved to 1-0. He pitched 7.2 innings, giving up 16 hits and 4 runs, while striking out 1 and walking 2. Timothy Lipinski earned the save for St. Joseph, his 3rd of the year.

In the top of the eighth, Unknown put his team in front with his 1st home run of the season. The grand slam home run, which came against Nick Combs, made it 8-4, St. Joseph.

"You know, at the end of the day, it's about who scores the most runs," said St. Joseph manager Chris Houston.

The victory makes St. Joseph 6-23.
ST. JOSEPH BATTING LINESCORE NEWPORT BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Budzisz CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .189 1 6
K. Scherbel 2B 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .340 2 17
D. Haessly LF 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 .318 4 18
E. Harris DH 3 2 1 0 2 2 4 .333 3 9
R. Salcido RF 4 2 1 1 1 1 5 .288 7 23
A. Jacobs 1B 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 .283 3 12
   c-B. Martin PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 .235 1 3
   d-D. Carlsen 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 2 14
I. Lopez SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297 2 14
   a-A. Benitez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 1 3
   b-J. Unknown SS 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 4
W. Hernandez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .319 4 13
J. Unknown 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 0 0
Totals 31 8 8 7 6 6 20      
a - A. Benitez pinch hit for I. Lopez in the 7th
b - J. Unknown substituted for A. Benitez in the 7th
c - B. Martin pinch hit for A. Jacobs in the 8th
d - D. Carlsen substituted for B. Martin in the 8th

BATTING
Triples: A. Jacobs (1, 2nd Inning off A. Almanza, 2 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: J. Unknown (1, 8th Inning off N. Combs, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: D. Budzisz , K. Scherbel , E. Harris , R. Salcido , A. Jacobs 3 , J. Unknown 4 , J. Unknown 2
2-out RBI: J. Unknown
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Budzisz , D. Haessly , R. Salcido
GIDP: A. Jacobs , W. Hernandez
Sac Bunt: K. Scherbel 2
Hit by Pitch: D. Budzisz 2
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: A. Jacobs (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Jacobs-Lopez-Jacobs, Jacobs)
OF assists: 2 (Salcido(Alvarez at home), Salcido(Werkman at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Lendon CF 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 .396 4 22
J. Corona SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .352 4 24
P. Quintero DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 .347 2 10
M. Alvarez RF 5 0 2 1 0 0 3 .383 1 13
T. Humes 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 6 .363 6 19
B. Athan C 5 1 3 0 0 0 4 .295 1 5
B. Werkman 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .256 0 5
   a-H. Campos PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150 1 3
S. Ytuarte 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .330 3 14
K. Tanaka LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 .237 1 7
Totals 38 5 18 5 2 1 29      
a - H. Campos pinch hit for B. Werkman in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Lendon (6, 4th Inning off J. Unknown, 1 on, 1 out) , T. Humes (11, 9th Inning off J. Unknown, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: K. Tanaka (1, 6th Inning off J. Unknown, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Lendon 5 , J. Corona , P. Quintero , M. Alvarez 2 , T. Humes 3 , B. Athan 3 , B. Werkman 2 , S. Ytuarte 2 , K. Tanaka 4
2-out RBI: J. Lendon , S. Ytuarte
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: P. Quintero , T. Humes , B. Athan , S. Ytuarte
GIDP: T. Humes
Sac Bunt: J. Corona , T. Humes , S. Ytuarte , K. Tanaka
Hit by Pitch: P. Quintero
Team LOB: 13

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Ytuarte (3)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Lendon (3)
Double Plays: 2 (Ytuarte-Corona-Werkman, Werkman-Corona-Werkman)
ST. JOSEPH PITCHING LINESCORE NEWPORT PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Unknown W (1-0) 7.2 16 4 4 2 1 1 106 4.70   
J. Unknown 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17 9.00   
T. Lipinski SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Unknown 30
Batters Faced: J. Unknown 39, J. Unknown 5, T. Lipinski 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Unknown 11-7, J. Unknown 1-2, T. Lipinski 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Unknown 106-63, J. Unknown 17-11, T. Lipinski 6-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Unknown 1-0 , T. Lipinski 1-0
Hit Batsmen: J. Unknown
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Almanza 6.1 3 3 3 4 3 0 93 7.03   
J. Rodriguez L (0-1) 1.0 0 2 2 1 1 0 20 7.07   
N. Combs BS (2) 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 1 14 12.60   
G. Vanderhoek 1.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 23 8.66   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Almanza 54
Batters Faced: A. Almanza 25, J. Rodriguez 5, N. Combs 4, G. Vanderhoek 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Almanza 10-4, J. Rodriguez 2-0, N. Combs 1-0, G. Vanderhoek 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Almanza 93-53, J. Rodriguez 20-10, N. Combs 14-9, G. Vanderhoek 23-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: N. Combs 2-2
Hit Batsmen: A. Almanza , J. Rodriguez
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Jim Unknown
Ballpark: Chanticleers Ballpark
Weather: Partly Cloudy (65 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM ET
Time: 3:32
Attendance: 2302
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