Portsmouth wins IWL Tournament

 PORTSMOUTH -- Heath Stein homered twice and Justin Schaben added a home run and a double to lead Portsmouth over Walnut 5-1 in the championship game of the Iowa Western Amateur Baseball League Tournament on Sunday, July 30, in Portsmouth. Portsmouth outhit Walnut 7-6 and there was just one error in the ball game.
 Brett Croghan pitched a complete game six-hitter for the win, allowing only Andrew Sachs’ fifth-inning solo home run. Tyler Jacobsen took the loss, allowing five runs in seven-plus innings of work.
 A large crowd showed up to watch the game and more than 100 former IWL players were honored as part of the league’s 70th anniversary celebration (71st season overall). The city of Portsmouth expresses their appreciation to longtime IWL supporter Ron Chamberlain for organizing the “old timers” reunion, which was considered a big success.

 
 

 

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