{"id":12542,"date":"2011-07-04T01:14:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T08:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=12542"},"modified":"2011-07-04T12:19:37","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T19:19:37","slug":"12542","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=12542","title":{"rendered":"Shamrocks\u2019 early-risers finish tournament strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12543\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beaconnews.suntimes.com\/sports\/6296553-417\/shamrocks-early-risers-finish-tournament-strong.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/beacon-news-175.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"beacon news\" width=\"175\" height=\"24\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12543\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for complete story and photo gallery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>YORKVILLE\u2014 It\u2019s the essence of baseball: a hard dirt field with patches of weeds, a rusty backstop, and fun in the sun on a summer weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Except this was fastpitch softball and the \u201ckids\u201d were men.<\/p>\n<p>After two days of play at pristine Stuart Sports Complex in Aurora, issues over paying security to play on Sunday moved the final day of the Stars &#038; Stripes Tournament to the American Legion Hall field in Yorkville. The nondescript location was perfectly fine with the Dolan &#038; Murphy Shamrocks.<\/p>\n<p>They wasted little time waking the bats in a 9 a.m. start versus Rockford, as centerfielder T.J. Chase took the second pitch of the game over the left centerfield fence for a leadoff homerun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe kind of lagged yesterday, so it was important to get off to a good start,\u201d Chase said. \u201cI got lucky and there was one right there for me and I got into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Glock picked up an RBI later in the inning on a bases loaded walk, which followed three straight singles, and the Shamrocks were off, rolling to a 10-2 victory in five innings to complete the three-day tournament at 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Dolan &#038; Murphy\u2019s only loss was 5-3 at the hands of tournament champion DeKalb, but the overall record improved to 20-8 following a 14-9 win over Rockford, an 8-0 decision over Mazon and Sunday\u2019s win.<a href=\"http:\/\/beaconnews.suntimes.com\/sports\/6296553-417\/shamrocks-early-risers-finish-tournament-strong.html\"><br \/>\nClick here for the complete story and photo gallery.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YORKVILLE\u2014 It\u2019s the essence of baseball: a hard dirt field with patches of weeds, a rusty backstop, and fun in the sun on a summer weekend. 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