ABA CLASS A-
ONTARIO SUNRAYS AT WICHITA PANTHERS
06/19/2025
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ABA CLASS A-
ONTARIO SUNRAYS AT WICHITA PANTHERS
GAME ID: 13305 - THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ontario Sunrays (22-46) 1 0 0 3 1 7 0 3 0 15 20 0
Wichita Panthers (36-32) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1
Ontario's Casperson Goes Ballistic with 5 Hits
Larry Casperson had an answer for everything the Wichita Panthers threw at him at Panthers Park. The Ontario third baseman went 5-for-6 in the game to put his name in the record book and give the Sunrays a win, 15-1.

Summing up his batting philosophy to BNN writers after the game, Casperson said, "I just see the ball and I hit it."

Larry Casperson grounded out in the 2nd, hit a solo-shot off Rico Hache in the 4th, hit an RBI double in the 5th, hit an RBI single in the 6th, hit a solo-shot off Jim Unknown in the 8th and singled in the 9th.

Thus far this year, Casperson has hit .240 with 4 home runs and 20 RBIs.
ONTARIO BATTING LINESCORE WICHITA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Hammen CF 5 3 2 3 1 0 2 .268 2 18
P. Ruby LF 5 2 4 3 1 1 0 .425 4 12
M. Leith 2B 6 0 3 1 0 0 3 .311 1 4
D. Hoffa RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 .310 1 6
   a-C. Moseng PH, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0
D. Mikel DH 4 2 1 1 1 0 4 .300 3 9
   b-T. Slagle DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .381 5 7
L. Casperson 3B 6 3 5 4 0 0 0 .240 4 20
N. Schulz 1B 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 .286 1 3
B. Houghton SS 6 0 2 0 0 0 6 .257 1 5
J. Unknown C 4 2 1 1 1 2 4 .250 0 1
Totals 45 15 20 14 8 5 27      
a - C. Moseng pinch hit for D. Hoffa in the 7th
b - T. Slagle inserted as DH in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: L. Casperson (7, 5th Inning off J. Unknown, 1 on, 0 outs) , T. Hammen 2 (13, 6th Inning off J. Unknown, 0 on, 0 outs; 6th Inning off J. Unknown, 3 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: P. Ruby (4, 1st Inning off R. Hache, 0 on, 1 out) , L. Casperson 2 (4, 4th Inning off R. Hache, 0 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off J. Unknown, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Hammen 4 , P. Ruby 7 , M. Leith 3 , D. Hoffa , D. Mikel , L. Casperson 12 , N. Schulz , B. Houghton 2 , J. Unknown
2-out RBI: T. Hammen , P. Ruby 2 , M. Leith , J. Unknown
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Leith , D. Hoffa , C. Moseng , D. Mikel 2 , J. Unknown
GIDP: B. Houghton
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
CS: N. Schulz (2)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Houghton-Leith-Schulz)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Zapata 3B 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .273 1 2
R. Gruber LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .341 16 49
B. Sidener 1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .330 7 46
   b-J. Garcia PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
C. Wojtysiak C 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .383 9 29
M. Hedger DH 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 .373 8 24
J. York SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .195 0 2
B. Spross RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .400 0 4
   a-J. Zanghi PH, RF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .395 2 6
A. Anderson CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .313 5 32
K. Aitcheson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .244 6 28
Totals 36 1 10 1 1 3 19      
a - J. Zanghi pinch hit for B. Spross in the 7th
b - J. Garcia pinch hit for B. Sidener in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. York (3, 2nd Inning off B. Inouye, 1 on, 1 out) , B. Sidener (22, 4th Inning off B. Inouye, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Zanghi (3, 9th Inning off J. Tarin, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Zapata , R. Gruber , B. Sidener 3 , C. Wojtysiak , M. Hedger , J. York 2 , J. Zanghi 2 , A. Anderson , K. Aitcheson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Zapata , R. Gruber , M. Hedger , A. Anderson
GIDP: C. Wojtysiak
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Zapata (2)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Zapata (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Aitcheson-York-Garcia)
OF assists: 1 (Gruber(Hammen at 3rd base))
ONTARIO PITCHING LINESCORE WICHITA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Cano 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6.17   
B. Inouye W (1-0) 3.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 56 7.27   
R. Rodriguez 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 35 6.07   
J. Tarin 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 23 6.23   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Cano 48
Batters Faced: R. Cano 4, B. Inouye 16, R. Rodriguez 8, J. Tarin 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Cano 1-3, B. Inouye 5-5, R. Rodriguez 2-2, J. Tarin 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: R. Cano 8-4, B. Inouye 56-35, R. Rodriguez 35-19, J. Tarin 23-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Tarin 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Hache L (1-4) 3.0 7 4 3 2 2 2 73 9.21   
J. Unknown 3.0 7 8 8 4 2 0 60 24.00   
J. Unknown 2.1 5 3 3 2 1 1 50 11.57   
J. Unknown 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Hache 29
Batters Faced: R. Hache 17, J. Unknown 20, J. Unknown 14, J. Unknown 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Hache 3-3, J. Unknown 2-4, J. Unknown 2-4, J. Unknown 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: R. Hache 73-50, J. Unknown 60-34, J. Unknown 50-30, J. Unknown 5-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Unknown 2-2 , J. Unknown 1-0
WP: J. Unknown
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Larry Casperson
Ballpark: Panthers Park
Start Time: 7:05 PM CT
Time: 3:45
Attendance: 5253
Special Notes: SP Rod Cano was injured while pitching. Larry Casperson sets the ONT regular season game record for hits with 5.
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