Capahas eliminated at NBC World Series

The Plaza Tire Capahas were eliminated from the 78th annual National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan., Friday as they lost to the San Diego (Calif.) Force 5-2.

That defeat came about 14 hours after the Capahas suffered their first tournament loss, 3-1 to the El Dorado (Kan.) Broncos in a game that ended at 12:49 a.m. Friday.

The Capahas began the 32-team, double-elimination event Monday with a 1-0 victory over the Topeka (Kan.) Golden Giants.

The Capahas led the Force 2-0 on Mark Hagedorn's two-RBI double in the top of the fourth inning. Both runs were unearned.

San Diego, scoreless through five innings, went ahead for good with a four-run sixth inning that featured five hits, including two doubles. All the runs came in with two outs.

The Capahas were outhit 11-5. Hagedorn led the Capahas with two hits.

Logan Holthaus was the losing pitcher, allowing four runs and 10 hits in six innings. He struck out two and walked two.