S.I. Dingers

07/04/2018

Happy Birthday America!!

06/30/2018

Great job guys!!

“Dingers win another as they win 10-0 on a combined no hitter thrown by and , great performance fellas! : 2-4 2 2B, 3 RBI https://t.co/X3znSYLYyd”

06/30/2018

Dalton Banach and Martin Ward combine for 8 innings of no-hit baseball and Austin Hefner goes beast mode with the bat and glove to pace the Dingers to a 10-0 victory against Saline Co. Monarchs at Jay Thompson field in Harrisburg. The win moves the record to 12-1 on the season. Banach pitched the first 5 innings, only allowing one base runner on a walk in the 3rd. Ward pitched the final 3 innings only allowing one base runner on an error, who was erased on a inning ending double play. The no hit bid was almost spoiled in the top of the 8th, but Hefner made a spectacular diving stop and Banach picked the throw at 1st to complete the play. The infield made several plays to back up the pitchers. The outfield didn't see much action as there was only 2 balls hit out of the infield. After 2 sloppy games in a row, it was nice to see the guys get back to playing the way they should.
Offensively Hefner and Banach had big nights. Hefner was 2-4,2doubles,3RBIs,2runs. Banach was 2-4,Sac Fly,4RBIs,run. Jake Heck was also 2-4, playing thru a couple of injuries. Cody Bauza was 1-3,double,RBI,2walks. Gabe Schimpf was 1-3,2walks,2runs. Kyle Kreger 1-3,RBI,run.
The game went by fast as the Monarch knuckle ball pitcher kept our hitters off balanced thru 4 1/2 innings as the score was 1-0 on only 2 hits. We started getting better contact as we scored 4 runs in the 5th and 1 run in the 6th to make things 6-0. Then Hefner's defensive Web gem to end the top of the 8th seemed to fire the guys up as we posted 4 more runs in the bottom of the 8th to end things an inning early. It was a solid all around performance for our guys as we wrap up the month of June. Our next game will be July 9th @ Johnston City H.S. vs Monarchs as we take the week of the 4th off. Great job tonight fellas!!!

06/28/2018

Dingers rally late to pull out 1 run win vs Salem in an ugly, ugly baseball game Wednesday night @ SIU. It was a painful game to watch for sure, as both teams combined for 30 walks. Pitchers from both teams were frustrated with the strike zone to say the least. We only managed to have 2 hits thru 7 innings, but capatilized on 16 walks to take a 9-4 lead into the bottom of the 7th. Salem then took advantage of 2 walks, 2 hit batters, and one costly dropped fly ball in right field to storm back with 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th to make it a 9-8 game. Then after back to back singles, a sac bunt, another single and a wild pitch... Salem took the lead 10-9 going into the final frame. Mason Smith led off the 9th with a nice bunt down 3rd base line for a hit. Next batter Andrew Kash reached base off a high chopper off the turf that the Salem pitcher had trouble getting a handle on. Dalton Banach then pushed Smith to 3rd base on a sac fly to center. Kash stole 2nd base, but a strike out to the next batter left runners on 2nd & 3rd with 2 outs. Cody Bauza came to the plate working the count to 2-2 on some nice swings just missing to foul off pitches. He then smoked a line drive to left center bringing in both runners to give our guys an 11-10 lead. Dalton Banach pitched the 9th recording the 1st two outs on 2 pitches. After back to back singles, Banach got a groundball to short to end the game. Pushing the Dingers record to 11-1 on the season.
None of the Stat lines were very pretty for this one. Offensively we only had 7 hits and 18 walks. The guys showed fight again when it came down to crunch time is what counted. We are back in action Friday night @ Pinckneyville 6:30pm start.

06/28/2018

Wasn't a very pretty game at all, but way to come up clutch #5!!

“Dingers win a thriller at SIU! They come back in the 9th to beat Salem 10-9. : 1-4 GW 2RBI 1B : 2-5 1B, 2B, 1RBI : WP, 2 IP, 0 ER https://t.co/Q7afKMVbMP”

06/24/2018

Dingers lose 1 run game to the Nashville Cubs Saturday evening at historic riverside park in Dawson Springs,Ky. After digging ourselves into 5-1 hole after 5 innings due to defensive mistakes and not taking advantage when we got baserunners on, the guys rallied for 3 runs in the 6th and 2 more in the 7th to take a 6-5 lead into the bottom of the 9th. The Cubs had a late inning rally after the leadoff batter was hit and moved to 2nd base on a sac bunt. The next batter had an rbi base hit to tie things up at 6-6. He then advanced all the way to 3rd base on a passed ball. And came across to score the winning run on a 2nd passed ball. It's definitely a tough way to lose the game, especially after battling back to take the lead. We didn't play our best baseball by any means. I thought pitching was solid enough we should've came away with a "W". While we gave up the 7 runs, we only allowed 7 hits, 2 walks, and struck out 11. Offensively we had 15 hits, playing in our 1st wood bat game of the season. Led by Gabe Schimpf who was 4-4 on the day, Cody Bauza,Mason Smith, and Dalton Banach each had 2 hits each.
I wish more of our guys would've been able to make the trip down there, because it was really a neat baseball atmosphere at the park. Riverside park was built in the early 1900's and hosted the Pirates,Reds, and Red Sox for their spring training. Honus Wagner played on that very field our guys competed on Saturday. We will look to bounce back from our 1st loss of the season this Wednesday @ SIU vs Salem Sr. Legion.

06/22/2018

S.I. Dingers pull out victory in hard fought battle last night @ Carmi to extend the win streak to 10 games. After jumping out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the 1st, our guys kinda fell asleep the next few innings making several base running errors wasting opportunities to add to the lead. Those mistakes came back to haunt us when Carmi stormed back in the 4th inning scoring 5 runs, tying the game. Thanks to a big rbi triple by fill-in Clay Pritchard in the 6th and a 2 out rbi single by Brett Bonenberger in the 7th the Dingers pulled back ahead 7-5. That set the stage for a nerve-wracking bottom of the 7th for this coach. After 3 singles in a row the Carmi made the score 7-6. After a botched play on a sacrifice bunt attempt, Carmi had the bases loaded with only 1 out, but pitcher Jaxon Helm struck out the #1 & #2 hitters to record the final 2 outs, securing the win for the Dingers.
Jordan Gould got the start on the mound and looked vert good the 1st 3 innings. But with a high pitch count he seemed to be tiring out a little. Carmi managed to make good contact coming out in the 4th off of Jordan scoring scoring 3 runs. Jaxon Helm came in relief with one out, but a sac fly and rbi double tied the game. Jaxon shut them down striking out the side in the 5th and only allowing one base runner in the 6th. And striking out the final 2 batters with the game on the line shows the competitor Jaxon is. Gould's Stat line was 3 1/3IP,3runs,5hits,4ks,4walks. Helm's line was 3 2/3IP,3runs,7hits,7ks,1walk picking up the win.
Offensively Gould had a good night at the plate going 3-3,double,2RBIs,2runs. Mason Smith was 2-3,double,2RBIs. Austin Hefner went 3-3,2runs,2RBIsteals and was a sparkplug for the team raising his team high batting average to .680. Brett Bonenberger was 1-3,2RBIs. Clay Pritchard 1-2,triple,RBI.
It wasn't our best effort, but I'm impressed how the guys have responded to any type of pressure so far this season. I think we learned a few things, and will just continue getting better. Hopefully mother nature is nice to us Friday and Saturday.

06/21/2018

More pictures from the S. I. Dingers vs. Carmi on 6-20-18
Dingers win 7-6

06/21/2018

June 20, 2018
7-6 win

06/16/2018

Let the record show, I said should be CO-POTG but Dylan didn't want to do interview because he didn't hit well today
Great pitching job by both guys!!

“You’re gonna need more than a fire extinguisher to put out the fire streak the Dingers are on as they move to 9-0 on the year. https://t.co/Nbg0piCab2”