CAPE LEGION RIPS PERRYVILLE

With its entire roster finally on hand, the Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team put on quite a power display Sunday afternoon.

Cape banged out 18 hits -- including three home runs -- during a 20-7 mauling of visiting Perryville at Capaha Field.

Ford & Sons improved to 2-3 on the young season. Cape had played its first four games last week without many of its key players who were competing in the state high school baseball tournament.

"It's nice to have everybody with us," said Cape manager Ron Michel. "We really swung the bats today."

Tommy Wencewicz had three hits for Cape and he also scored five times.

Garrett Broshuis, Scott Reinagel, Steve Fowler, Wes Steele and Matt Bollinger all added two hits.

Steele belted a grand-slam homer and a two-run triple to give him six RBIs. Reinagel homered and drove in four runs while Josh McIntosh also homered.

Dustin Glastetter was the winning pitcher. He went the first six innings, allowing four runs (two earned) and six hits while striking out three and walking one.

Broshuis hurled the final three frames, allowing three runs (two earned) and four hits while fanning five and walking two.

Dusty Wengert, Shaun Duvall and Jeff Viox all had two of Perryville's 10 hits. Duvall had two RBIs.

Ryan Tweedy, the first of four Perryville hurlers, took the loss.

Cape grabbed a 7-0 lead after five innings. Perryville pulled to within 7-4 in the sixth but Cape broke things wide open with a nine-run sixth.

Ford & Sons is right back in action tonight, hosting Imperial in a 6 o'clock doubleheader.