Rangers fall twice to Buchanan

Published 1:47 am Thursday, April 20, 2006

By By TOM NYHUIS / Vigilant/Argus
BUCHANAN - It was a sweep for the Buchanan varsity baseball team as it hosted Cassopolis Monday evening.
The Bucks took a 6-5 extra inning victory behind the arm of Mitchell Plott and Buddy Williams.
Williams came in for the relief in the fourth inning with Buchanan trailing 4-3 to pick up the win.
Dan Stanage was tagged with the loss giving up only three hits to the Bucks. Three errors proved costly for the Rangers.
Aaron Koziel picked up the game winning RBI with a single in the bottom of the eighth.
In the nightcap, Buchanan picked up a 7-4 win in six innings after the game was called because of darkness.
Koziel (2-0) picked up the win for the Bucks who improve to 6-3 on the season and 2-1 in Lakeland action.
Buddy Williams picked up the save coming in for Koziel in the fifth. Andre Broussard picked up the loss for the Rangers.
Buchanan was held to just two hits in the game, both by Zack Powers going 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
The Rangers (1-6, 0-4) were led by Andre Broussard and Dan Stanage's 2-for-3 hitting as Cassopolis picked up seven hits.
Cassopolis Invitational
The host Cassopolis Rangers went 1-1 at its own baseball tournament on Saturday.
The Rangers defeated White Pigeon 13-5 and then lost to Lawton, 9-8.
The Rangers scored eight times in the fourth inning to break open the close contest.
P.J. Smith (1-1) picked up the victory for the Rangers as he tossed a two-hitter with seven strikeouts.
Paul Curtis went 3-for-4 with a triple for the Rangers, who also got two hits each from Andrew Broussard and Mike DeGraff. Both drove in four runs.
In the second game the Blue Devils scored seven runs in the fifth inning to take the victory.
Jonathon Foster suffered the loss.
Nick Davis was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Cassopolis. Foster also doubled.
First game
White Pigeon 401 00 - 5 2 4
Cassopolis 104 8x - 13 13 3
P.J. Smith (W); Slack (L)
3B: Paul Curtis (C)
Second game
Cassopolis 201 221 0 - 8 7 5
Lawton 100 070 1 - 9 6 6
Stafford (W); Jonathon Foster (L)
2B: Nick Davis (C), Foster (C)