MWL1 Great Lakes Loons

Dow Corning Science of Baseball Awards $11,

Published on May 14, 2008 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Great Lakes Loons News Release


Ten local schools participated in the Science of Baseball competition, presented by Dow Corning, prior to Wednesday night's Loons-Silver Hawks game. More than $11,000 was awarded to the top three schools in the event. The winning schools, team members and their presentation topics are listed below.

v First Place ($5,000): Bay Arenac ISC Career Center - Amber Morley, Andy Schmidt, Lee Khoury, Dean Good and instructor Eric Stasser - Impact Testing of a Baseball Helmet

v Second Place ($3,500): Beaverton High School - Nathan Anderson, Veronica Heiple, Megan Karrick, Aaron Mercer and instructor Rob Mock - The Ultimate Slugger: Effects of a Bat's Mass on Hitting Distance

v Third Place ($2,500): Saginaw High School - Jordan Bady, Champayne Johnson, Poursha Roberson, Demarkese Brewer and instructor Stefanie Wilson - How the Composition of a Baseball Affects it's Performance

Each team member received one-fifth the team's prize money, with the instructor's share to be used in his or her classroom. The participating students, principals and advisors stayed for the game in the Northern Lights Pavilion as guests of Dow Corning. The top three teams were announced during the second inning of the game.

In the ballgame, Bryan Augenstein was brilliant on the mound, leading the way as the South Bend Silver Hawks defeated the Great Lakes Loons in front of 3,084 fans at Dow Diamond by a score of 5-1.

South Bend struck first to open the ballgame when the Silver Hawks scored three times via a Mike Mee RBI single, a Sean Coughlin sacrifice fly and Derrick Walker's run-scoring single to make it 3-0 in favor of South Bend.

The Loons got their only run in the sixth when Parker Dalton led off the inning with a triple and scored when Erik Kanaby lined the first pitch he saw into left-center field to make it 4-1.

Brian Mathews led the Loons with two hits in the ballgame.

Augenstein pitched 7 2/3 spectacular innings allowing just one run in picking up the victory improving his record to 1-1.

Daigoro Rondon (2-4) allowed three runs (two earned) in four innings of work in picking up his fourth loss of the season.

The Loons fall to 17-20 while the Silver Hawks improve to 15-21.

The Loons and Silver Hawks conclude their four game series from Dow Diamond Thursday night. Game time is 7:05pm. Justin Miller is scheduled to start for Great Lakes. The Loons are holding Andrew Lambo poster night, the second of five poster giveaways courtesy of F.P. Horak for the first 5,000 fans through the gates. Tickets are still available; you can get yours by logging onto Loons.com or by calling the Loons at 939-837-BALL.

The Great Lakes Loons are the second-year Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers and members of the Midwest League. For more information about the Loons, visit Loons.com or call 989-837-BALL.

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