Portland St. Patrick at Saranac – – Baseball – – Second Game of Doubleheader – – The Bleacher Denizen – – May 5, 2025 – – by Chuck Krafft
Today, your Bleacher Denizen thought he was going to cover softball between the Saranac Red Hawks and the Portland St. Patrick Shamrocks, but the weather forced a change in the plans when the softball field was too wet for the game. Your Bleacher Denizen saw that they were going to play the baseball games and pivoted to the baseball game.
(Pivot is a business and political jargon term. Never had I thought I would use a term like that in a Bleacher Denizen article, but you never know what fate will bring you. (I feel SO educated!!) Before your Bleacher Denizen injures himself patting his own back, perhaps I should post the play by play of the opening game. https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2025/05/06/portland-st-patrick-at-saranac-baseball-first-game-of-doubleheader-the-bleacher-denizen-may-5-2025-by-chuck-krafft/
While we wait for the second game of the doubleheader to get underway, I hope you will enjoy this Boogie Woogie tune from my You Tube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1MxOus8t44
Both coaches were helpful and let me copy their starting lineups. Even though we are in Saranac, the Saranac Red Hawks will be the visiting team for this game and will bat first. While your Bleacher Denizen’s mind is boggled, most everyone else seems to be taking this logical inconsistancy in stride! Here are the lineups.
SARANAC
Tyler Elliott ss
Chase Stephens cf
Warren Hill lf
Grady Proctor 3b
Logan Haller c
Cody Whipple p
Chase Wells 1b
Kaleb Thelen 2b
Brady Klahn dh
John Sterzick will play right field, but will not bat.
ST. PATRICK
Jerryd Scheurer ss
Charlie Thelen p
Brady Leonard cf
Brayden Simon 2b
Logan Howe c
Tyler Thelen 1b
Simon White lf
Ben White dh
Nathan Fears 3b
T.J. Chamberlain will play right field, but will not bat.
St. Patrick Pitcher Charlie Thelen retired the Red Hawk leadoff batter on a bouncer to the mound. Chase Stephens singled to left field. Charlie Thelen retired the next batter on a grounder to third base. Chase Stephens went to second base and then to third base on two wild pitches. Shamrock Shortstop Jerryd Scheurer asserted himself and caught a popup on the run for the third out.
Jerryd Scheurer doubled to left field to lead off the bottom of the first inning for St. Patrick. He advanced to third base on a wild pitch and scored on an RBI groundout to second base by Charlie Thelen. Saranac Pitcher Cody Whipple retired the next two hitters on a fly to right field and a strikeout.
St. Patrick scored one run in the bottom of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.
Cody Whipple was safe at first base when he struck out, but the third strike was not caught. Cody Whipple stole second base. Chase Wells walked. Cody Whipple advanced to third base and Chase Wells to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Kaleb Thelen. Brady Klahn was safe at first base and Cody Whipple was out at home on a fielder’s choice bouncer to third base when Shamrock Third Baseman made a fine throw home to get the runner out. Charlie Thelen picked the runner off at first base to end the inning.
Logan Howe doubled to left field to open the bottom of the second inning for St. Patrick. Hudson King replaced Logan Howe as a courtesy runner. Hudson King advanced to third base when an error was made on Tyler Thelen’s sacrifice bunt and he was safe at first base. Simon White was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Ben White singled to right field to drive Hudson King and Tyler Thelen home as Simon White went to second base. Simon White advanced to third base and Ben White to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Nathan Fears. Jerryd Scheurer singled to drive in Simon White and Ben White. He advanced to second base on the throw home. Jerryd Scheurer went to third base on a wild pitch. Charlie Thelen drew a walk.
Tyler Elliott went in to pitch for Saranac and Cody Whipple moved to shortstop.
Brady Leonard singled to left field to drive Jerryd Scheurer home as Charlie Thelen moved up to second base. Charlie Thelen and Brady Leonard executed a double steal that put Charlie Thelen on third base and Brady Leonard on second base. The next Shamrock hitter was out on a fly to second base. Logan Howe lined a single to center field. Charlie Thelen and Brady Leonard both scored and Logan Howe went to second base on the throw home. Hudson King went in as a courtesy runner for Logan Howe.
Hudson King stole third base and scored on an infield single by Tyler Thelen. Tyler Thelen stole second base and advanced to third base when Simon White was safe on an error. Simon White went to steal second base and drew a throw. Tyler Thelen broke for home and was safe; Simon White got to second base when Saranac threw home to try to stop the run from scoring. Ben White singled to center field. Red Hawk Center Fielder Chase Stephens whipped the ball home and got the runner attempting to score from second out. This was the third out.
St. Patrick scored nine runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 10-0 lead.
Tyler Elliott lined a single to left field to lead off the top of the third inning for Saranac. St. Patrick Pitcher Charlie Thelen picked the runner off first base. Chase Stephens beat out an infield single. Shamrock Catcher Logan Howe fired the ball to second to catch the runner trying to steal. Warren Hill walked and took second base on a wild pitch. Grady Proctor walked. Saranac made its third out of the inning on a fly to right field where T.J. Chamberlain made a nice running catch.
Nathan Fears singled to lead off the bottom of the third inning for St. Patrick. Jerryd Scheurer hit the ball to Red Hawk Second Baseman Kaleb Thelen, who flipped the ball to Shortstop Cody Whipple, who fired to first baseman Chase Wells to complete the double play. Saranac Pitcher Tyler Elliott retired the next St. Patrick hitter on a fly to left field to end the inning.
Sean Fedewa took over the pitching duties for St. Patrick. Charlie Thelen moved to third base and Nathan Fears went out to right field. (So far today, Nathan Fears has played center field, second base, third base and right field. He is also able to play well at shortstop or left field and he fields all the positions well!)
Sean Fedewa struck out all three Red Hawk hitters in the top of the fourth inning.
Brady Klahn went in to pitch for Saranac.
Pinch Hitter Grant Pline was out on a fly to center field to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning for St. Patrick. Brayden Simon singled to right field and went to third base on a double by Logan Howe. Brady Klahn struck out the next Shamrock hitter. Simon White walked to load the bases. Brady Klahn struck out the next batter to end the scoreless inning.
After four innings, the St. Patrick lead was still at 10-0.
Grant Pline went in to play right field for St. Patrick and Hudson King took over in center field.
Sean Fedewa struck out the first two Saranac batters in the top of the fifth inning. Chase Stephens blooped a single to center field. Chase Stephens went to second base when Warren Hill hit an infield single. When the runner attempted to take third base, Shamrock First Baseman Tyler Thelen whipped the ball to third base to get him out to retire the side.
As St. Patrick had a 10-0 lead after four and a half innings, the Mercy Rule was invoked and St. Patrick won the game.
Chase Stephens had three singles for Saranac. Tyler Elliott and Warren Hill each had one single.
Cody Whipple pitched 1 1/3 innings for Saranac and struck out one batter. Tyler Elliott pitched 1 2/3 innings. Brady Klahn pitched one shutout inning and struck out two batters.
Logan Howe had two doubles, one single and two RBI for St. Patrick. Jerryd Scheurer had a double, a single and two RBI. Ben White had two singles and two RBI. Brady Leonard and Tyler Thelen each had one single and one RBI. Brayden Simon and Nathan Fears each had a single. Charlie Thelen had one RBI.
Charlie Thelen pitched three shutout innings for St. Patrick and struck out one batter. Sean Fedewa pitched two innings and struck out five batters.