CAPAHAS HANDED 4-0 TOURNEY LOSS

VALMEYER, Ill. -- The Craftsman Union Capahas found the going rough offensively here Saturday afternoon as they suffered a first-round loss in the Valmeyer (Ill.) Tournament.

Granite City (Ill.) left-hander Ryan Sturgeon shut the Capahas down on seven hits during a 4-0 victory.

"He was a soft-throwing left-hander. I don't think he threw 80 miles per hour," said Capahas manager Jess Bolen, whose team fell to 14-7. "But he had us lunging. We just didn't hit the ball."

Lanson Debrock, the starter for the Capahas, went all nine innings and allowed just five hits, with seven strikeouts and no walks. All four of Granite City's runs were unearned, thanks to three costly Capaha errors.

"Lanson threw a very good game," Bolen said.

Denver Stuckey had two hits for the Capahas, who will play at 9 a.m. today in the loser's bracket of the eight-team tourney.

Cape Legion defeated

BALLWIN, Mo. -- A day after posting two lopsided victories in the Ballwin Tournament, Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons Senior American Legion found the going much tougher.

Cape suffered a 12-10 loss to Rolla and was losing to Jefferson City 7-1 in the fifth inning as the Southeast Missourian went to press. Ford & Sons, which has a 16-12 record, needed to beat Jefferson City to advance to more tourney play today.

Ford & Sons banged out 15 hits against Rolla, including a pair of home runs by Zac Fidler and one by Shane Kistner. Both players had three hits. Dusty Barrows led the way with four hits while Justin Welker and Tyler Schlosser added two each.

Cape used four pitchers. Luke Johnson started and allowed five runs (four earned) on nine hits in six innings. Richard Harrison and John Snider, who suffered the loss, each allowed three runs in one inning. Schlosser gave up one run in one inning.

Riverdogs lose in 11

The Cape Girardeau Riverdogs suffered a 9-7 loss in 11 innings to Centralia (Ill.) at Capaha Field. It was the Riverdogs' second straight extra-inning setback as they fell to 4-9.

Matt Davis was the losing hurler, in relief. In four innings, he allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits, with four strikeouts and one walk.

Starter Keith Heuring worked the first seven innings, allowing five runs (three earned) on 11 hits, with four strikeouts and no walks.

Davis, Mark Silverthorn and Josh West all had two of the Riverdogs' eight hits. Silverthorn drove in two runs.

Cape Junior Legion rolls

PADUCAH, Ky. -- Cape Girardeau Best Mortgage Junior Legion routed Paris (Tenn.) 13-0 in four innings in its only game of the rain-plagued Paducah (Ky.) Tournament.

Cape (33-9) had 14 hits, including two from Mitch Craft, who belted a three-run homer. Seth Hudson, Chris Conrad, Aaron Dohogne and Mark Dunaway all added two hits apiece.

Lee Essner pitched all four innings, allowing one hit, with three strikeouts and two walks.