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2010 "National" Divsion State "A" American Legion
Baseball Tournament

Saturday, July 24
Game Five

Lincoln Pinnacle Bank eliminates Heartland Lighting
 in extra-inning contest

Box Score

COLUMBUS – Lincoln Pinnacle Bank (Southwest) used a three-run tenth inning to capture a 7-4 elimination-round victory over Heartland Lighting (Bell. West) Saturday morning.

Pinnacle Bank started Saturday’s scoring on a Mark Korsakas RBI single, plating Andy Gospodarski with two outs in the first inning. Heartland Lighting would take until the fifth to answer when Zach Dibble struck a two-out, two-run double.

Pinnacle Bank jumped back in front in the sixth, scoring two. In the seventh, Taylor Anderson would continue his hot tournament hitting with a solo shot over the wall in right-center to extend the Pinnacle Bank lead to a 4-2 margin.

Heartland Lighting would tie the game in the seventh at 4-all with a three-hit inning, capped by a Kody Honeycutt RBI-double.

After trading zeros in the eighth and ninth, Pinnacle would finally break the game open with four hits in the 10^th inning, including doubles by Tanner Lubach, Elliott Engle and Thomas Klostermeyer.

Pinnacle Bank Starting Pitcher Zane Mapes would retire the side in order in the tenth, giving him a complete game victory. Mapes threw just 114 pitches in the contest, striking out eight and walking none.

Pinnacle Bank will advance and take on the loser of tonight’s PI Midwest/Associated Fire in another elimination game at 4 PM on Sunday. Heartland Lighting finishes the season with a record of 21-21.