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Boys Baseball Class A State Final Results
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1999-00 
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 Pleasant Plains 5, Eldorado 2
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2000 IHSA Class A Boys Baseball Tournament 
June 2-3, 2000 
Lanphier Park, Springfield 
 
Game #6 
 
Visitors:Pleasant Plains“Cardinals”(35-5)Coach Dave Greer(11th Yr. 208-89) -- vs. -- Home:Eldorado“Eagles”(24-7)Coach Greg Goodley(5th Yr. 102-41) 
 
Umpires: Terry Robertson- Plate, Brad Stearns- 1st Base, Mike Caskey- 3rd Base 
Game time: 11:36 
Weather: Sunny 
Wind: Light and Variable 
 
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY ACCOUNT 
 
Pleasant Plains 1st: Bo Gum WALKS; Tyler Kastner (Gum steals 2nd), FANS 1 out; Dusty Bensko (Gum moves to 3rd on WP) WALKS; Jordan Roth WALKS, Gum scores on WP, Benkso moves to 2nd; Joe Albsmeyer (Bensko caught stealing 2-5, 2nd out) CALLED OUT on STRIKES.                                                                          1-0-0-1  
 
Eldorado 1st: Michael Brown lines to CF, out on diving catch by CF’er, F-8, 1out; Jeremiah Barrow WALKS; John DeBose hits into 6-4-3 DP.                                                                                                                           0-0-0-0 
 
Pleasant Plains 2nd: Ryan Nelson FANS, 1 out; Jess Durako GO 6-3, 2 outs; Aaron Sczurko HBP; Ryan Sunley FANS to end the inning.                                                                                                                               0-0-0-1 
 
Eldorado 2nd: James Potter SINGLES down LF line; James Morris (Potter steals 2nd) (Potter goes to 3rd on wild pick-off attempt) FANS, 1 out; Josh Bradley FANS, 2 outs; Justin McKinney FANS.                                  0-1-1-1 
 
Pleasant Plains 3rd: Bo Gum SINGLES to RF; Tyler Kastner reaches on infield SINGLE as he places bunt down 1st baseline, Gum stops at 2nd; Dusty Bensko (WP sends Gum to 3rd, Kastner to 2nd) WALKS to load the bases; Jordan Roth hits long SAC FLY to LF, Gum tags and scores, Kastner to 3rd, RBI, 1 out; Joe Albsmeyer FANS (Bensko steals 2nd on pitch) 2 outs; Ryan Nelson loops opposite field DOUBLE just inside RF line, Kastner and Bensko score, 2 RBI; Jess Durako SINGLES to LF, Nelson beats the throw to the plate, RBI, Nelson to second on throw to plate; Aaron Sczurko FANS.                                                                                                          4-4-0-1 
 
Eldorado 3rd:  Brent Hopkins GO 5-3, 1 out; Jonathan Andrews WALKS; Michael Brown flies out to 2nd base, F-4, 2 out; Jeremiah Barrow FANS.                                                                                                                        0-0-0-01 
 
Pleasant Plains 4th Matt Clark pinch hits for R. Sunley WALKS; Bo Gum (Ryan Sunley R/E and runs for Clark)SAC BUNT to pitcher, out 1-3, Sunley to 2nd, 1 out; Tyler Kastner FANS, 2 out; Dusty Bensko CALLED OUT on STRIKES.                                                                                                                                                     0-0-0-1 
 
Eldorado 4th: John DeBose SINGLES up the middle; (Jeremy Randolph CR for DeBose) James Potter SAC BUNT down 1st baseline, Randolph to 2nd, out 3-U, 1 out; James Morris FANS, 2 out; Josh Bradley FANS.      0-1-0-1 
 
Pleasant Plains 5th: Jordan Roth pops out to 2nd, F-4; Joe Albsmeyer flies out to short RF, F-4, 2 outs; Ryan Nelson FANS.                                                                                                                                               0-0-0-0 
 
Eldorado 5th: Justin McKinney WALKS; Brent Hopkins loops soft liner to SS, out F-6, McKinney running on the play, is out 6-3 for DP; Jonathan Andrews FANS, out 2-3.                                                                                   0-0-0-0 
 
Pleasant Plains 6th: Jess Durako flies out to RF, 1 out; Aaron Sczurko WALKS (Gibbs Glisson runs for Sczurko); Ryan Sunley (Glisson thrown out stealing 2-6 for 2nd out) pops out to RF.                                                 0-0-0-0 
 
Eldorado 6th: (Jeremy Pinkerton enters at 1st base for Roth) Michael Brown GO 5-3, 1 out; Jeremiah Barrow is  
HBP ; John DeBose FANS, 2 out; James Potter (Barrow steals 2nd) (WP sends Barrow to 3rd) HBP; James Morris (Potter steals 2nd, throw is to 2nd, Barrow scores on double steal) Flies out to LF, F-7.                            1-0-0-1 
 
Pleasant Plains 7th: Bo Gum flies out to RF, F-9, 1 out; Tyler Kastner K’s Looking, 2 out; Dusty Bensko WA:LKS; (Josh Tippin CR for Bensko) Jordan Roth R/E for Pinkerton GO to 1st, 3-U.                                              0-0-0-1 
 
Eldorado 7th: Josh Bradley DOUBLES to LF fence; Justin McKinney SINGLES off 2nd baseman, Bradley scores, RBI; Brent Hopkins (McKinney steals 2nd) flies out to LF, 1 out; Jonathan Andrews FANS, tagged out 2-U, 2 outs; Michael Brown FANS, tagged out 2 U.                                                                                                         1-2-0-1 
 
 
Game ends:1:41 p.m. 
Time of the game: 2 hr, 5 min. 
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2000 IHSA Class A Boys Baseball Tournament 
Game #6 Box Score 
 
Pleasant Plains            AB   R   H RBI  BB  SO
Bo Gum, DH                  2   2   1   0   1   0
Tyler Kastner, SS           4   1   1   0   0   3
Dusty Bensko, P             1   1   0   0   3   1
Jordan Roth, 1B             2   0   0   1   1   0
Joe Albsmeyer, CF           3   0   0   0   0   2
Ryan Nelson, RF             3   1   1   2   0   2
Jess Durako, 3B             3   0   1   1   0   0
Aaron Sczurko, 2B           1   0   0   0   1   1
Ryan Sunley, LF             2   0   0   0   0   1
Matt Clark                  0   0   0   0   1   0
Totals                   
                           21   5   4   4   7  10
                             
E--Bensko                
2B --                    
3B --                    
HR --                    
SB --Gum, Bensko         
CS --                    
SF --Roth                
SH --Gum                 
DP --2                   
LOB --                   
PO-A --21-6              
                         
Eldorado                   AB   R   H RBI  BB  SO
Michael Brown, CF           4   0   0   0   0   0
Jeremiah Barrow, SS         1   1   0   0   1   1
John DeBose, C              3   0   1   0   0   1
James Potter, 2B            1   0   1   0   0   0
James Morris, P             3   0   0   0   0   0
Josh Bradley, 1B            3   1   1   0   0   2
Justin McKinney, LF         2   0   1   1   1   1
Brent Hopkins, 3B           3   0   0   0   0   0
Jonathan Andrews, RF        2   0   0   0   1   2
                         
Totals                     22   2   4   1   3   9
                         
E --                     
2B --                    
3B --                    
HR --                    
SB --Potter 2, Barrow 2, McKinney
CS --                    
SF --                    
SH --Potter              
DP --                    
LOB --4                  
PO-A --21-5              
                         
Pitching Summary         
Pleasant Plains               IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO
Dusty Bensko (W, 8-1)          7   4   2   2   3   9
                         
Eldorado                      IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO
James Morris (L, 2-4)          7   4   5   5   7  10
                         
WP --Bensko, Morris 3    
PB --                    
HBP --Bensko 2, Morris   
Balk --                  
                         
Score By Innings          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    Total
Pleasant Plains           1 0 4 0 0 0 0            5
Eldorado                  0 0 0 0 0 1 1            2
                         
                         
Umpires: Terry Robertson, Brad Stearns, Mike Caskey
                         
Time --2hr., 5min.       
Attendance --1000        
                         
NOTES AND QUOTES 
 
 
Winning coach, Dave Greer of Pleasant Plains:  "I don’t know how many kids are as gutty as Bensko. We preached getting ahead today. This is the greatest group I have had in the eight years I have been there." 
 
Losing coach, Greg Goodley of Eldorado:  "We never got anything going at the plate. I was glad to see our kids didn’t lay down today." 
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