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Congratulations to Addison Braves Hall of Fame inductees:

Larry Kurkowski & Steve Ryder

Addison Braves win NABF Regional Tournament!

Kankakee, IL. August 12,2007 – The Braves won five straight games to clinch the regional championship. In the first game Mike Marren went the distance to beat the South Suburban Leagues Intercom A’s 15-6. Dave Ciaglia had a 3 run homerun to help power the offence in that game. In the second game Scott Bailey threw a gem at the UIC League Gators in a 4-2 win, a complete game win with 3 strikeouts in the last inning. Mike McGuire and Dave Ciaglia drove in key runs in that game. In the 3^rd game Matt Havey gave up only 2 runs in another complete game effort beating the Beecher Muskies 3-2. All but one starter had a hit in that game with Pete Miller providing a key Double in the 5^th inning.

In the 4^th game Jim Jannisch got the win pitching 6 strong innings and Eric Binder got the save pitching the final 3 innings against the UIC League Badgers, the final score was 9-3. The game was blown open in the 9^th inning when the Braves got 6 hits and 4 runs. Pete Miller and Mitch Thomson each had 4 hits to lead the offence in that game.

In the championship game the Braves played the 5 consecutive years regional champs Beecher Muskies for the second time in the tournament. The game was scoreless in the 6^th inning when the Muskies broke thru with 2 runs. The Braves got those two runs back in the 8^th inning with another double by Pete Miller and a single by Keenan Long driving in the runs. The Braves then put two more on the board in the 9^th. The big hit came with men on 2^nd and 3^rd with no outs; Frank Green lined a single to left field to score the 2 runs. Kevin Loukota pitched another complete game for the Braves the 4^th in the tournament. He retired the side in order in the 9^th.

The Addison Braves will now move on to the Nationals in Louisville. With the first game at 9:30 am at Derby City Field against Toledo on Thursday 8/16.