{"id":1627,"date":"2007-05-19T07:34:47","date_gmt":"2007-05-19T15:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2007-05-19T07:41:57","modified_gmt":"2007-05-19T15:41:57","slug":"some-news-from-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1627","title":{"rendered":"Some News from Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ed.note: Writer Jeff Profitt is a member of the Fastpitchwest Forum. <\/em> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.duquoin.com\/articles\/2007\/05\/07\/sports\/sports2.txt\"><strong>From the Du Quoin Evening Call<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elkville, Kelso Split Fastpitch Opener<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>By Jeff Profitt\/American News Service<\/em><br \/>\nElkville pitcher Les Wood struck out eight batters in a one-hitter Sunday. Jeff Profitt photo.<\/p>\n<p>Les Wood carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning Sunday afternoon, eventually settling for a one-hitter as Elkville Fastpitch defeated Kelso, Mo. 3-1 in the season opening game for both squads.<\/p>\n<p>The Southeast Missouri squad held on to win game two, 6-5.<\/p>\n<p>Elkville gave Wood plenty of cushion in the third inning, touching Kelso ace Tommy Jansen for all three of its runs.<\/p>\n<p>Waylon Leonard and Lance Bedar singled with Leonard scoring on Drew Porter&#8217;s RBI double. Barry Maynor then chased Bedar and Leonard to the plate with a two-run single.<\/p>\n<p>Elkville had nine hits in the victory with Leonard going 2-for-3.<\/p>\n<p>Shawn Hunter and Greg Winchester also hit safely.<\/p>\n<p>Wood struck out eight and walked four.<\/p>\n<p>Kelso made an early two-run edge stand up in game two, holding back a late rally by the host team.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead 6-1 in the fifth, Kelso surrendered two runs on RBI hits from Porter and Maynor.<\/p>\n<p>The lead sliced to 6-5 in the sixth following a pair of Kelso errors. Elkville, however, could get no closer.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Goldman and Troy Downen handled the pitching duties.<\/p>\n<p>At the plate, Maynor and Porter each had two hits. Trent Tuthill tripled.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Elkville begins play in the Southern Illinois Fastpitch League Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Elkville Fastpitch 3,<\/p>\n<p>Kelso, Mo. 1<\/p>\n<p>Kelso 000 001 0-1 1 0<\/p>\n<p>Elkville 003 000 x-3 8 1<\/p>\n<p>WP-Wood, 1-0. LP-Jansen. TOP HITTERS-Elkville: Leonard 2-3, Bedar 1-3, A. Hunter 1-3, S. Hunter 1-3 (2B), Porter 1-3 (2B, RBI), Maynor 1-3 (2 RBI), Winchester 1-3.<\/p>\n<p>Kelso 6, Elkville 5<\/p>\n<p>Kelso 110 040 0-6 8 4<\/p>\n<p>Elkville 000 122 0-5 9 0<\/p>\n<p>WP-Ressel. LP-Goldman, 0-1. TOP HITTERS-Yates 1-2, Porter 2-4 (RBI), Maynor 2-2 (3B, 2 RBI), S. Hunter 1-4, Tuthill 1-4 (3B), Funk 1-3 (RBI). RECORDS-Kelso 1-1, Elkville 1-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed.note: Writer Jeff Profitt is a member of the Fastpitchwest Forum. From the Du Quoin Evening Call Elkville, Kelso Split Fastpitch Opener By Jeff Profitt\/American News Service Elkville pitcher Les Wood struck out eight batters in a one-hitter Sunday. Jeff Profitt photo. Les Wood carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning Sunday afternoon, eventually settling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}