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Brunswick Sports: Brunswick Little League

From the Frederick News Post, July 4, 2018

BRUNSWICK — When Frederick National Little League’s Lions routed Brunswick’s Orioles by 10 runs in the first round of the Gregg Quedeweit Memorial Tournament of Champions a little more than a week ago, Orioles manager Steve Dinges figured his all-star team would most likely face most of those Lions players in the District 2 Tournament.

So when Frederick National and Brunswick met for Tuesday’s winners bracket final, Dinges expected a close game. He also remembers the beating his team took in that TOC game.

“They kicked us in the teeth in that TOC game,” Dinges said.

Brunswick couldn’t afford to make any mistakes this time around. Instead, it was Frederick National who made the mistakes Tuesday.

Brunswick took advantage of four Frederick National errors in the top of the second inning, batting around to score nine unearned runs in a 14-3, five-inning win.

“That kind of surprised me,” Dinges said of Frederick National’s mistakes on Tuesday. “That’s sort of uncharacteristic for them. Frederick National is a solid team with great players, tough hitters, tough pitchers. We found that out during the TOC. Their manager, Danny Miller, has been doing this for 33 years, doing a great job with his players.”

The win earns Brunswick a spot in the district championship game at 6 p.m. on Friday at Brunswick. Frederick National now travel to Chevy Chase on Thursday at 6 p.m. to play Montgomery County Lower in an elimination-round game.

That winner faces Brunswick on Friday. Dinges has little doubt as to who Brunswick will face in the title game.

“Frederick National’s going to bounce back,” he said. “We’re going to see them again. All we’re guaranteed is a 3-0 record heading into Friday’s game. We have to be ready.”

Brunswick pounded out 11 hits against three Frederick National pitchers. Eight of nine starters had at least one hit for Brunswick. Three of Brunswick’s four reserves also had a hit.

One of them, Dylan Harsh, had a leadoff double in the third.

“That’s the one advantage of having a 13-player roster,” Dinges said. “We’re pretty deep, all of them can hit the ball. We were going left-center, right-center, up the middle with our hitting. They were all solid hits.”

After that nine-run second, Brunswick scored five runs in the third. The game ended in the bottom of the fourth because of the mercy rule.

National was held to three runs in the third.

Tony Rakowski had two hits with three RBIs for Brunswick.

“We had to come out strong, hit the ball hard, don’t stop hitting until the game is over,” he said.

Left fielder Alex Angelidis hit his first home run of the year, a two-run shot in the second.

“I just hit the ball hard, it just kept on going,” he said.

Logan Keepers, Warner Harper and Jacob Hnath each had an RBI for Frederick National, which had five hits in Tuesday’s game.

District 2 8-10 Tournament

Brunswick 8, Montgomery County Upper 4

BRUNSWICK — Justin Ricketts led Brunswick at the plate with two triples and an RBI. Jackson Renn drove in two runs on two hits.

Brady Renn was the winning pitchers, scattering five hits over 4 2-3 innings with seven strikeouts. He gave up two runs — one of them earned.

Brunswick will play in an elimination-round game. The district title game is set for 6 p.m. on Friday.

District 2 9-11 Tournament

Brunswick 5, Four County 0

Brunswick advanced to Friday’s championship game, where it will host the Four County-Montgomery County Lower elimination-round winner at 6 p.m.

Four County will play Montgomery County-Lower at 6 p.m. on Thursday at a site to be determined.