ABA CLASS A
KALAMAZOO COMETS AT WHITE DEER TROPICS
05/30/2024
 
ABA CLASS A
KALAMAZOO COMETS AT WHITE DEER TROPICS
GAME ID: 6570 - THURSDAY, MAY 30TH , 2024 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kalamazoo Comets (17-36) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 9 14 1
White Deer Tropics (29-24) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 X 11 10 0
Big Day for Vaughn as Tropics Down Comets, 11-9
The White Deer Tropics beat the Kalamazoo Comets in a game featuring much hitting but not much pitching. The final score was 11-9, Tropics. One of the hitting stars was catcher Joel Vaughn. Vaughn was 2-4 with a home run and a walk. He scored 2 runs and drove in 5. Troy Zufelt collected his 9th save. Kalamazoo now owns a losing streak of 5 games.

In the bottom of the eighth, Vaughn put his team in front with his 7th home run of the season. The grand slam home run, which came against Jim Unknown, made it 11-8, White Deer.

"Guys seem to be putting together some really nice at-bats right now," said Tropics manager Brendan Rees.
KALAMAZOO BATTING LINESCORE WHITE DEER BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Grasso LF 5 1 1 0 1 2 4 .444 3 25
N. Weatherhead 1B 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 .349 6 30
S. Dawson DH 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 .349 6 27
D. Linser RF 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 .296 5 21
   a-L. Lopez RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 1 7
   b-M. Hoffman PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .303 5 21
   c-B. Oliveros RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .273 1 2
B. Baker CF 6 1 2 0 0 2 11 .315 4 7
A. Vecino 2B 3 1 1 1 2 0 3 .282 2 16
J. Burson SS 5 1 1 2 0 0 3 .252 5 17
B. McHale 3B 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 .237 2 11
J. Unknown C 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 .000 0 0
   d-C. Nilsen PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 6 21
Totals 37 9 14 9 12 7 31      
a - L. Lopez substituted for D. Linser in the 7th
b - M. Hoffman pinch hit for L. Lopez in the 8th
c - B. Oliveros substituted for M. Hoffman in the 8th
d - C. Nilsen pinch hit for J. Unknown in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Weatherhead (9, 3rd Inning off J. Fish, 0 on, 1 out) , A. Vecino (11, 6th Inning off J. Fish, 1 on, 0 outs) , B. Baker (6, 6th Inning off J. Fish, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Grasso (16, 8th Inning off S. Greene, 1 on, 0 outs) , M. Hoffman (6, 8th Inning off S. Greene, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: J. Burson (5, 6th Inning off J. Fish, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Grasso 2 , N. Weatherhead 4 , S. Dawson , D. Linser 2 , M. Hoffman 2 , B. Baker 3 , A. Vecino 2 , J. Burson 4 , B. McHale , C. Nilsen
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , B. Baker 2 , A. Vecino , J. Burson , J. Unknown
GIDP: B. Baker
Sac Fly: D. Linser
Team LOB: 14

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Grasso (14)
CS: N. Weatherhead (7)

FIELDING
Errors: B. McHale (3)
OF assists: 1 (Baker(Rosenfeld at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Himes RF 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 .282 5 26
M. Ross LF 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 .358 7 32
J. Mann 3B 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 .366 13 46
J. Olivares 2B 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 .320 4 22
R. Parra CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 6 .345 8 33
A. Persons 1B 4 1 0 1 1 0 7 .383 3 24
J. Vaughn C 4 2 2 5 1 1 1 .247 7 33
G. Rosenfeld DH 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 .310 0 12
J. Hinkey SS 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .273 2 17
Totals 35 11 10 11 8 4 27      
BATTING
Doubles: R. Parra (12, 2nd Inning off J. Unknown, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Mann (14, 7th Inning off J. Unknown, 1 on, 1 out)
Triples: K. Himes (3, 8th Inning off J. Unknown, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: J. Vaughn (7, 8th Inning off J. Unknown, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Himes 4 , M. Ross , J. Mann 3 , R. Parra 2 , J. Vaughn 5 , J. Hinkey 2
2-out RBI: A. Persons , J. Vaughn 2 , G. Rosenfeld , J. Hinkey
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Ross , A. Persons , J. Hinkey
Hit by Pitch: G. Rosenfeld
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Himes (3)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Hinkey-Olivares-Persons)
OF assists: 1 (Himes(Hoffman at 3rd base))
KALAMAZOO PITCHING LINESCORE WHITE DEER PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Unknown 6.2 7 4 4 4 4 0 105 5.40   
J. Unknown L (0-1), BS (1) 1.0 3 7 7 4 0 1 41 63.00   
J. Unknown 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Unknown 44
Batters Faced: J. Unknown 32, J. Unknown 11, J. Unknown 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Unknown 7-9, J. Unknown 1-2, J. Unknown 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: J. Unknown 105-65, J. Unknown 41-20, J. Unknown 5-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Unknown 3-3
Hit Batsmen: J. Unknown
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Fish 5.0 7 4 4 5 3 1 106 5.25   
M. Price 2.0 0 1 1 3 3 0 41 5.40   
S. Greene W (6-1), BS (1) 1.0 4 3 3 3 0 0 26 4.10   
T. Zufelt SV (9) 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 23 5.55   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Fish 35
Batters Faced: J. Fish 26, M. Price 9, S. Greene 8, T. Zufelt 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Fish 4-7, M. Price 0-3, S. Greene 1-0, T. Zufelt 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Fish 106-58, M. Price 41-21, S. Greene 26-12, T. Zufelt 23-14
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Price 1-1
WP: J. Fish 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Joel Vaughn
Ballpark: Ballpark of White Deer
Weather: Partly Cloudy (62 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM CT
Time: 4:00
Attendance: 7731
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