Southgate Aquinas vs Indian River-Inland Lakes



Box Score


                      1998 MHSAA Baseball Finals
               Southgate Aquinas vs I. Riv.-Inland Lakes
       Jun 13, 1998 at Battle Creek, Mich. (C.O. Brown Stadium)


Senior shortstop/pitcher Dan Horvath went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and pitched three 

innings of scoreless relief to lead Aouthgate Aquinas to its first-ever MHSAA baseball 

title, a 9-3 win over Indian River-Inland Lakes in the Division IV Final on Saturday.

Horvath had an RBI single in the first inning to give Aquinas a 1-0 lead, and added RBI 

singles in the fourth and sixth innings.  The Raiders (32-4) held a 4-3 lead over Indian 

River after three innings, then pulled away with two runs in the fourht and three in the 

fifth.  Horvath relieved starter and winner Alan Palmiter to start the fifth.  Junior 

outfielder Dan Somenauer added two hits and three RBIs for the winners, while junior third 

baseman Chris Palmer led the Bulldogs' attack with three hits.

Southgate Aquinas 9 (32-4)

Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A LOB   Avg
Tim Portelli c............  2  4  1  0    3  0  7  0   0      
Dan Somenauer rf/lf........  3  0  2  4    0  0  0  0   0      
Dan Horvath ss/p..........  5  1  3  3    0  0  1  5   0      
Tony Garza 1b.............  3  0  1  1    1  1  5  0   0      
Marshall Gore cf..........  4  0  1  1    0  2  2  0   2      
Aaron Castle 3b/ss........  3  0  0  0    1  0  0  0   3      
Kris Rae lf/3b............  4  0  0  0    0  1  2  1   3      
Craig Alcala dh/rf........  2  2  2  0    2  0  0  0   0      
Ryan Doute 2b.............  3  2  1  0    0  0  3  1   1      
Alan Palmiter p...........  0  0  0  0    0  0  1  2   0      
Totals.................... 29  9 11  8    7  4 21  9   9 


I. Riv.-Inland Lakes 3 (33-6)

Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A LOB   Avg
Bryan Freed ss............  3  1  1  0    1  0  1  0   0      
Mike Holes 1b/2b..........  3  0  0  0    0  1  1  1   4      
Riley Furman c............  4  1  1  1    0  2  6  0   0      
Jason Perkins 2b/p........  4  0  1  1    0  0  1  2   1      
 Mike Haight pr............ 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0   0      
Chris Palmer 3b...........  4  1  3  0    0  1  2  1   0      
Beau DePauw cf............  4  0  1  0    0  1  4  0   3      
Bubba Perkins p/1b........  3  0  2  1    0  0  5  3   0      
 Chad Elowsky pr........... 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0   0      
John Micoff dh............  3  0  0  0    0  1  0  0   0      
Steve DuBois lf...........  2  0  0  0    1  0  0  0   1      
Dusty Saker rf............  0  0  0  0    0  0  1  0   0      
Totals.................... 30  3  9  3    2  6 21  7   9 



Score by innings:                   R  H  E
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Southgate Aquinas     130 230 0  -  9 11  1
I. Riv.-Inland Lakes  012 000 0  -  3  9  1
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E - Castle, B. Perkins. 
LOB - Raiders 9, Bulldogs 9. 
2B - Somenauer, Garza, B. Perkins. 3B - Alcala, J. Perkins. 
SB - Horvath 2, DePauw. 
SH - Somenauer 2, Doute, Holes. 

Southgate Aquinas      IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF   ERA  NP
Alan Palmiter.......  4.0   6   3   3   1   1  18 20         -
Dan Horvath.........  3.0   3   0   0   1   5  12 13         -


I. Riv.-Inland Lakes   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF   ERA  NP
Bubba Perkins.......  1.0   1   4   2   5   1   3 10         -
Jason Perkins.......  3.1   5   3   3   2   2  13 16         -
Mike Holes..........  2.2   5   2   2   0   1  13 13         -



Win - Palmiter.  Loss - B. Perkins.  Save - None.
WP - Palmiter 2, Holes. BK - Palmiter. 
Umpires - Home:Gillie David  1st:Roger Wenzel  3rd:Michael Guenther  
Start: 11:05 am   Time: 2:03   Attendance: 

Game Notes:
Southgate Aquinas wins Division IV championship                            
B. Perkins faced 3 batters in the 2nd.


Play-by-play


                      1998 MHSAA Baseball Finals
               Southgate Aquinas vs I. Riv.-Inland Lakes
       Jun 13, 1998 at Battle Creek, Mich. (C.O. Brown Stadium)


Score by innings:                   R  H  E
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Southgate Aquinas     130 230 0  -  9 11  1
I. Riv.-Inland Lakes  012 000 0  -  3  9  1
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Southgate Aquinas inning 1

  Portelli walked.  Somenauer grounded out to p, SAC; Portelli advanced to
  second.  Horvath singled, RBI; Portelli scored.  Horvath stole second. 
  Garza walked.  Gore struck out swinging.  Horvath stole third.  Castle
  walked; Garza advanced to second.  Rae reached on a fielder's choice; Castle
  advanced to second; Garza advanced to third; Horvath out on the play, out at
  third 3b unassisted.  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

I. Riv.-Inland Lakes inning 1

  Freed flied out to lf.  Holes flied out to cf.  Furman reached on an error
  by 3b, advanced to third.  J. Perkins grounded out to ss.  0 runs, 0 hits, 1
  error, 1 LOB.

Southgate Aquinas inning 2

  Alcala walked.  Doute reached on an error by p, SAC, advanced to second;
  Alcala advanced to third.  Portelli walked.  Holes to 2b.  J. Perkins to p. 
  B. Perkins to 1b.  Somenauer doubled, 2 RBI; Portelli advanced to third; Doute
  scored, unearned; Alcala scored.  Horvath popped up to ss.  Garza popped up
  to 1b.  Gore singled, RBI; Somenauer advanced to third; Portelli scored,
  unearned.  Castle out at first 1b to p.  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

I. Riv.-Inland Lakes inning 2

  Palmer singled.  DePauw singled; Palmer advanced to third.  DePauw stole
  second.  B. Perkins grounded out to ss, RBI; Palmer scored.  Micoff out at
  first 2b to p.  DuBois grounded out to ss.  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Southgate Aquinas inning 3

  Rae struck out swinging.  Alcala tripled.  Doute grounded out to p; Alcala
  out on the play, out at home 1b to c.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

I. Riv.-Inland Lakes inning 3

  Freed walked.  Holes grounded out to p, SAC; Freed advanced to second. 
  Freed advanced to third on a wild pitch.  Furman singled, RBI; Freed scored.
  Furman advanced to second on a balk.  J. Perkins tripled, RBI; Furman
  scored.  Haight pinch ran for J. Perkins.  Palmer struck out looking. 
  DePauw grounded out to ss.  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Southgate Aquinas inning 4

  J. Perkins to p for Haight.  Portelli walked.  Somenauer grounded out to p,


  SAC; Portelli advanced to second.  Horvath singled, advanced to second, RBI;
  Portelli scored.  Garza doubled, RBI; Horvath scored.  Gore struck out
  swinging.  Castle flied out to cf.  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

I. Riv.-Inland Lakes inning 4

  B. Perkins doubled.  Elowsky pinch ran for B. Perkins.  Elowsky advanced to
  third on a wild pitch.  Micoff popped up to ss.  DuBois reached on a
  fielder's choice; Elowsky out on the play, out at home p to c.  Freed
  singled; DuBois advanced to second.  Holes reached on a fielder's choice;
  Freed out on the play, out at second ss to 2b.  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
  LOB.

Southgate Aquinas inning 5

  B. Perkins to 1b for Elowsky.  Rae flied out to cf.  Alcala walked.  Holes
  to p.  J. Perkins to 2b.  Doute singled; Alcala advanced to second. 
  Portelli singled; Doute advanced to second; Alcala advanced to third. 
  Somenauer singled, 2 RBI; Portelli advanced to third; Doute scored; Alcala
  scored.  Horvath singled, RBI; Somenauer advanced to second; Portelli
  scored.  Horvath advanced to second; Somenauer advanced to third on a wild
  pitch.  Garza struck out swinging.  Gore grounded out to 3b.  3 runs, 4
  hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

I. Riv.-Inland Lakes inning 5

  Somenauer to lf.  Horvath to p.  Castle to ss.  Rae to 3b.  Alcala to rf.  /
  for Palmiter.  Furman struck out swinging.  J. Perkins flied out to cf. 
  Palmer singled.  DePauw reached on a fielder's choice; Palmer out on the
  play, out at second 3b to 2b.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Southgate Aquinas inning 6

  Castle flied out to cf.  Rae flied out to 3b.  Alcala singled.  Doute
  grounded out to p; Alcala advanced to second.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
  LOB.

I. Riv.-Inland Lakes inning 6

  B. Perkins singled.  Micoff struck out swinging.  DuBois walked; B. Perkins
  advanced to second.  Freed popped up to 3b.  Holes struck out swinging.  0
  runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Southgate Aquinas inning 7

  Portelli popped up to c.  Somenauer flied out to cf.  Horvath flied out to
  rf.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

I. Riv.-Inland Lakes inning 7

  Furman struck out swinging.  J. Perkins popped up to 2b.  Palmer singled.


  DePauw struck out swinging.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.


Game Notes:
Southgate Aquinas wins Division IV championship                            
B. Perkins faced 3 batters in the 2nd.