Pinders Custom Brokerage Indians 13
BEC Athletics 13


The Pinders Custom Brokerage Indians and BEC Athletics played another thriller on Saturday afternoon at the Junior Baseball League of Nassau Major League field. These two teams tied the last two times they played, and Saturday’s game proved no exception to that rule.


Catcher Alexander Euteneuer started the Indians off in the first inning with a 2-run, in-the-park home run hit through the gap between first and second, and facilitated by an error in the As outfield. The Athletics quickly retaliated in the bottom of the 1st, however, with successive doubles from Ben Honkofsky and Ari Burrows.


With a full count against him, the Indians’ Michael Butler smacked a double in the second inning to drive in 3 runs. The As also scored a run in the second to keep the game close.

Bobby Glinton drove in another run for the Indians in the 3rd, while a passed ball resulted in another score from third. Pitcher Jeffrey Woodside struggled from the mound a bit, but proved to be a powerhouse from the plate. He smacked a solo home run that landed on the roof of a nearby house behind the left field fence.


The Indians led 7-5 in the bottom of the fourth inning when Ashton Butler replaced starting Indian pitcher Matthew Kemp. Butler struggled at pitcher, as Timmy Smith of the Athletics quickly batted in 2 runs to tie the game at 7. Fielding errors on the part of the Indians and successive walks soon allowed the Athletics to take the lead in the bottom of the 4th, 13-7.


Ben Honkofsky relieved Woodside at pitcher in the 5th, but couldn’t find the strike zone and walked in a run. Owen Workman was tagged out trying to steal home on a passed ball, but Honkofsky walked the next two batters to bring in another run and make the score 13-9.


Euteneuer began the rally for the Indians, with a clutch 2-run RBI double with a full count against him to bring the score to 13-11. Next batter, Morgan Souder, followed with his own 2-run single to even the contest.


Euteneuer replaced Butler as pitcher and wiggled out of a tight situation against slugger Woodside, who popped up to end the inning.