MLB Section Rangers’ Hamilton hits four homers, bats in eight runs against Orioles. Page 8C PORTS C Wednesday, May 9, 2012 SSPORTS Daily News HOT RODS Bowling Green strands 10 in loss series with the Captains. ble by Leonardo Castillo in the third, but it Hot Rods open series “We can’t really get over that hump right was the only run BG starting pitcher Felipe now offensively,” BG manager Brady Rivero allowed in five innings of work. against Lugnuts tonight Williams said. “We’re doing a pretty good job Making his first start since leaving with a leg getting guys on. We just have to relax and get injury in his previous start Friday at South By MICHEAL COMPTON better pitches to hit with guys in scoring posi- Bend, the left-hander allowed four hits and The Daily News tion. [email protected]/783-3247 three walks while striking out five. “It puts pressure on everybody. Instead of Rivero was in line for the victory after Todd By not cashing in early, the Bowling Green going out there and relaxing and playing the Hot Rods had to pay the price late in falling 4- Glaesmann’s sacrifice fly with the bases game, we’re focused on the negatives. We loaded made the score 2-1 in the bottom of the 3 Tuesday to Lake County (Ohio) at Bowling have to start focusing on the positives.” Green Ballpark. fifth. But Bowling Green failed to get a bigger For the first seven innings, it looked like lead, stranding two runners in the fifth. The Bowling Green (17-15) missed several Bowling Green would secure its first series opportunities for big innings early and victory since taking two of three from Quad Hot Rods stranded 10 runners Tuesday, seven watched Lake County (13-18) use a big inning Cities in late April. in the first five frames. late to rally past the Hot Rods and earn a split Bowling Green jumped ahead 1-0 in the Reliever Jason McEachern worked around in the four-game series. first after Jake Hager singled and came around two errors in the seventh to help Bowling Green preserve a 2-1 lead. Miranda Pederson/Daily News The Hot Rods finished 3-for-13 with run- to score on an RBI double from Juniel Bowling Green’s Juniel Querecuto rounds third base Tuesday during ners in scoring position Tuesday and were 6- Querecuto. The Hot Rods made the score 3-1 in the a game against the Lake County Captains at Bowling Green Ballpark. for-36 with runners in scoring position in the Lake County tied the score on an RBI dou- See HOT RODS, 5C PREP TENNIS PREP BASEBALL Strong showing by BG Spartans’ Unseeded Purples’ Shyrock doubles pairing advances to semis shuts out By ZACH GREENWELL The Daily News [email protected]/783-3239 Dragons The Bowling Green boys’ tennis team made its surge Tuesday in the By BRAD STEPHENS Region 4 Tennis Tournament at Special to the Daily News BGHS. South Warren came into Tuesday needing to The Purples sent two singles play- beat last-place Warren Central to stay in a District ers and one doubles team to the tour- 14 second-place tie. nament semifinals, where they auto- The Spartans had no difficulty doing that, shut- matically qualify for the state tourna- ting out the Dragons (8-14, 0-7 District 14) 11-0 ment. at Spartan Stadium. The first to advance was Will True, SWHS (13-13, 4-3) took advantage of WCHS’ who beat Clinton County’s Jordan four errors and seven combined wild pitches and Vincent 6-0, 6-1 in the quarterfinals. passed balls. The boys’ and girls’ final two Freshman Spartan pitcher Cameron Shyrock rounds will be played today at held WCHS to two hits over five shutout innings. Kereiakes Park, beginning at about It was his first career varsity start. 3:30 p.m. “I was just locating pitches, mostly hitting my “I basically put shots in play and spots,” Shyrock said. tried to let him miss,” True said. “I Shyrock had previously pitched as a reliever think I’ve been playing pretty well. during all of his varsity My serve’s working pretty well, so I appearances, SWHS coach think I can make a pretty good run.” Inside Chris Gage said. BG’s Grant Sims also advanced in Warren East 9, “We had some options singles play, besting Barren County’s Greenwood 3. with quite a few kids on the Collin Sparks, 6-2, 6-0. Page 4C team to go to but we But the Purples’ surprise of the day thought we’d give him the came on the doubles side, as their start and he did the whole thing,” Gage said. unseeded team of Adam Pitts and WCHS mounted its only real threat against Greg Austin made a run to the semis. Shyrock in the first inning. Pitts and Austin fell behind 4-1 in Dragons senior third baseman Austin Sweatt Monday’s second round against the hit a one-out single and advanced to third on a No. 2 doubles team, Barren County’s throwing error committed by senior Spartans Matthew Bunnell and Grant Gardner. catcher Tanner Davidson. The BG duo rallied to take a 6-5 lead But SWHS senior center fielder Jacob Boose in the first set before play was halted Photos by Joe Imel/Daily News kept the Dragons off the scoreboard in the inning, Above: Bowling Green’s Adam Pitts serves Tuesday behind doubles partner diving to rob junior WCHS first baseman for the day because of rain. Greg Austin at Bowling Green High School. Pitts and Austin play Franklin- Pitts and Austin finished out the Michael Bush of a two-out single. Simpson’s Ian Greer and Jordan Hayes today. Right: Warren Central’s Max SWHS sophomore shortstop Ty Pitts then took first set Tuesday with a 7-5 win, then Gottke returns a shot. shut the door with a 6-2 victory in the advantage of two WCHS miscues on the same second set. “We kind of felt disrespected not getting a play to score the game’s first run. “It started pouring outside, and I seed, so to come out and knock off two seeded After walking Pitts, junior Dragons pitcher know Barren County really enjoyed Nathan Bowen attempted to pick him off first, that,” Pitts said. “They wanted a teams feels pretty good.” throwing over to junior first baseman Drew break, but we would have loved to Greg Austin Herndon. keep playing. It stopped our momen- Bowling Green tennis player Pitts took off for second and Herndon threw wide of second base and into left field. tum, but we came back out and 1-0), who will play Sims today, and mistakes today, but we should be able picked back up that momentum As Pitts rounded second, WCHS senior left South Warren’s Kenny Wilson (6-1, to straighten it out by the end of the fielder Dakota Cardwell picked up the errant again.” 6-0), who will face off against True. tournament.” Pitts and Austin then beat Warren throw and attempted to throw Pitts out at third. The No. 1 doubles pair of Adams and Nelson competed all But the throw sailed wide of third and rolled to Central’s fifth-seeded Brad season as singles players until the day Thomison and Max Gottke (6-2, 6-3) Greenwood’s Billy Adams and Blake the fence, allowing Pitts to score and give the Nelson continued their run by beating before the seeding meeting, Adams Spartans a 1-0 lead. to make an unlikely appearance in the said, when coach Todd Tolbert decid- semifinals. Bowling Green’s Noah Flenor and The play was evidence of Gage’s message of Brandon Lee, 6-0, 6-1. ed to pair them together. base-path aggression. “We kind of felt disrespected not “I think we’ve played really well,” getting a seed, so to come out and Adams and Nelson will face South SWHS officially stole one base Tuesday, but Warren’s Evan Breakfield and Jacob Adams said. “We do really well com- threatened to run throughout, pressuring the knock off two seeded teams feels municating and feeding off each Neiman in the semifinals. WCHS battery of Bowen and freshman Jacob pretty good,” Austin said. other.” Other singles winners were “We’ve been playing pretty well so Updegraff. Greenwood’s Beck Pennington (6-0, far,” Nelson said. “We made a few See TEAM CHAMPIONS, 5C See SOUTH WARREN, 4C NHL Predators’ playoff push falls short in Western semifinals By TERESA M. WALKER “When you lose a series, it much more stunning. The Associated Press “It is tough to swallow,” said goalie Pekka Rinne, NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators can goes by so fast. ... We played a a two-time Vezina Trophy finalist. “When you lose console themselves knowing they aggressively lot of good hockey this year, a series, it goes by so fast. It is over even before you made moves in an all-out effort to win the Stanley and now it’s done.” realize it. It is hard to realize right now. We played a Cup. Now they will spend the offseason finding out lot of good hockey this year, and now it is done.” just how costly those decisions will be after coming Pekka Rinne The Predators thought the path to the cup was up short in the Western Conference semifinals for a Nashville Predators goalie wide open with Detroit, Chicago, Vancouver and second straight year.