by Bobby Abplanalp
Wyoming Sports.org
The Laramie Rangers A squad defeated the Rawlins Generals 5-1 in American Legion baseball action in their first of two games on Saturday in the annual wood-bat Kleppinger Klassic at Cowboy Field.
Laramie trailed 1-0 early before a big third inning put them ahead for good.
Rangers pitcher Alex Jordan would lead off the bottom of the third with a single, followed by another single by shortstop Tyler Loose. Jordan would tie things up crossing home plate up when Rawlins shortstop Trevor Guetsch bobbled a ground ball allowing Laramie second baseman Abel Casas to advance to first base. Loose and first baseman Kevin Dooley would come home off an RBI single hit by third baseman Dylan Watson, while Watson would soon crash the scoring party when center fielder Josh Peterson sent him home with an RBI single for a 4-1 lead.
Generals starting pitcher Dustin Stallings gave up five hits to the Rangers in the inning.
Laramie would increase its lead in the fifth inning after Peterson grounded out, which allowed right fielder Taylor Boggess to scamper home for the final margin.
The Rangers had eight hits in the game.
“Our execution has been there all year,” Rangers A manager Brandon Ruckman said. “I wanted to utilize that this time especially with the wood bats. We hit some holes, executed, got some runs across and it was good to do that.”
Jordan got the win on the mound, giving up just two hits and one run, striking our two through six innings. He also hit 2-for-3 with two singles.
“It was great to get Alex on the mound and see what he had,” Ruckman said. “He pitched a great game and kept us in it and now we get to save some of our other arms, which is good.”
Dooley would close things out on the mound in the seventh inning getting two strikeouts.
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