Jasper loses a close game to New York - Dubois County Free Press, Inc.

Adam Hedinger scoring for Jasper in the 4th inning against New York at the Babe Ruth 14 Year Old World Series. Photo by Jeff Hochgesang — Adam Hedinger scoring for Jasper in the 4th inning against New York at the Babe Ruth 14 Year Old World Series. *Photo by Jeff Hochgesang*

by Keith Hedinger

The Jasper Babe Ruth 14 Year Old All Stars gave up a 5 -1 lead and lost a heartbreaker to New York 6 – 7 in World Series play at Moses Lake, Washington on Sunday.

New York jumped out to a 1 – 0 lead in the first, but Jasper answered with three runs in the 3rd when Connor O’Brien bunted his way on to first, Mason Thewes sacrificed O’Brien to second, Cam Heeke reached on an error, Evan Aders walked to load the bases, Reece Kleinhelter singled in one and Andrew Schmitt singled in two runners.

Reece Kleinhelter on the mound for Jasper Sunday at the Babe Ruth 14 Year Old World Series, Moses Lake, Washington. Photo by Jeff Hochgesang — Reece Kleinhelter on the mound for Jasper Sunday at the Babe Ruth 14 Year Old World Series, Moses Lake, Washington. *Photo by Jeff Hochgesang*

Jasper added two more runs in the 4th when Adam Hedinger was hit by a pitch, O’Brien reached on an error, Thewes walked to load the bases, Heeke flew out to right but scored Hedinger, and O’Brien scored on a passed ball, to take the 5-1 lead after 4.

Jasper’s Adam Hedinger making a play at 3rd on New York’s Ian Anderson in the 5th inning of the Babe Ruth 14 Year Old World Series in Moses Lake, Washington. Photo by Jeff Hochgesang — Jasper’s Adam Hedinger making a play at 3rd on New York’s Ian Anderson in the 5th inning of the Babe Ruth 14 Year Old World Series in Moses Lake, Washington. *Photo by Jeff Hochgesang*

New York came storming back in the 5th, belting 5 hits and scoring 4 runs to tie the game at 5-5, and added 2 more in the 6th to take a 7-5 lead. Jasper scored one run in the top of the 7th, but fell one run short.

Jasper managed only 4 hits to New York’s 14. New York committed 4 errors to Jasper’s 1.

Reece Kleinhelter went 7 and a 1/3 for Jasper on the mound, but got the loss.

Jasper is now 1 -1 in the 5-team National Division Pool which includes teams from New York, Kansas, Arkansas, and host Moses Lake, Washington. The top 3 teams in that division after 4 pool play games will advance to the single elimination round on Thursday.

Jasper plays Arkansas Monday at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

Scores and updates can be found at http://www.baberuthleague.org, or http://www.moseslakeworldseries.com.

Pitchers:

Jasper – Kleinhelter and Schmitt (6)

New York – Jeffers and Cady (5)

Catchers:

Jasper – Heeke

New York – B. Anderson

Doubles:

New York – Spulnick (2), Jeffers, and Malachowski