NBC EXIT; FORESTERS PLANT 14-4 LOSS ON CAPS

WICHITA, Kan. -- The Kohlfeld Capahas, an offensive machine during the 1997 National Baseball Congress World Series, had the tables turned on them Monday afternoon.

As a result, the Capahas have been eliminated from the tournament, but not before they finished in a seventh-place tie among the original field of 32 teams.

The Capahas got just four hits Monday as they were bombed by the Santa Barbara (Calif.) Foresters 14-4. The game was stopped in the bottom of the sixth inning on the 10-run rule.

Kohlfeld, which went 3-2 in the tournament, finished the season with an overall record of 33-7. The Foresters, who advance into the final round of six, play their next game Wednesday.

While the Capahas had ripped the baseball against their previous four tournament opponents -- they had averaged 16 hits a game through the first four games -- they could do little against Santa Barbara's Seth Bean.

A pitcher for the University of California-Santa Barbara, Bean struck out five and walked one as he turned in his second complete-game victory of the tournament.

Tom Breuer had two of the Capahas' four hits as he finished the tournament with a .545 batting average. Julio Vega belted a solo home run while Jeremy Johnson had the other hit.

Johnson finished the tournament with a .471 average while others at .300 or above for the tourney were Cory Crosnoe (.435), Ryan Murphy (.421), Darin Kinsolving (.364) and Lance Craft (.300).

The Foresters banged out 16 hits, including a homer by Tyler Ferrer.

Brandon West was the losing pitcher. He allowed seven hits and six runs in two innings. Jason Duncan gave up one hit and one run in 2/3 of an inning while Chad Bogenpohl allowed eight hits and seven runs in three innings.

The Capahas actually led 2-0 after scoring single runs in each of the first two innings. But the Foresters rolled after that. They got three in the second and four in the third.

After the Capahas pulled to within 7-4, the Foresters scored two in the fifth and five in the sixth to end the contest.