Portland St. Patrick at Perry – – Baseball – – First Game of Doubleheader – – The Bleacher Denizen – – April 16, 2025 – – by Chuck Krafft

Today, your Bleacher Denizen is headed to Perry where the Ramblers will host the Shamrocks from Portland St. Patrick in a baseball doubleheader. This is the first time I have visited Perry’s baseball field. It looks pretty well-maintained!

It’s a sunny day, but pretty cold. Your Bleacher Denizen should probably have added one more sweater, but he hopes to tough it out.

I hope you will enjoy this original tune from my You Tube Channel as we wait for the game to begin!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTdeYRUEOkc

Here are the starting lineups. Because Perry is the home team, St. Patrick will bat first. (Well, actually the players on the team will be batting; St. Patrick is here only in spirit.)

ST. PATRICK

Jerryd Scheurer ss

Charlie Thelen c

Brady Leonard p

Brayden Simon 2b

Tyler Thelen 1b

Simon White lf

Ben White dh

T.J. Chamberlain rf

Nathan Fears cf

Isaiah Rockey will play third base, but will not bat.

PERRY

Brady Doerner cf

Johnny McConnell p

Tyler Whitbeck ss

Nolan Krupp 2b

Wyatt Patrick lf

Olyan McFarland c

Logan France 1b

Max Grennell 3b

J.T. Lynch rf

It is now time to review the events of this game through the eyes of an occasionally observant Bleacher Denizen whose baseball career never really got going. He was showing some promise as an outfielder who could leap at fences to foil home run attempts, but everything changed when the Baseball Powers that Be ruled I could no longer use my pogo stick to help my leaps. The Coach and I had some great philosophical conversations on the bench.

Jerryd Scheurer led off the game with a bunt single to third base. Jerryd Scheurer stole second base. Charlie Thelen walked. Jerryd Scheurer scored when Brady Leonard laid down a sacrifice bunt and was safe at second base on an error. Charlie Thelen advanced to third base. Charlie Thelen scored on a passed ball and Brady Leonard advanced to third base. Brayden Simon beat out an infield single as Brady Leonard held at third base.

Brady Leonard scored and Brayden Simon advanced to third base when Tyler Thelen was safe at second when an error was made on his sacrifice bunt. Brayden Simon scored and Tyler Thelen went to third base on a wild pitch. Johnny McConnell struck out the next Shamrock hitter. Tyler Thelen scored on Ben White’s RBI groundout to the shortstop. Johnny McConnell struck out the next batter to end the inning.

St. Patrick scored five runs in the top of the first inning to take a 5-0 lead.

Brady Leonard struck out the Perry leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning. Johnny McConnell was hit by a pitch. Brady Leonard picked the runner off first base. Tyger Whitbeck drew a walk. Brady Leonard struck out the next Rambler batter to end the inning.

Nathan Fears led off the top of the second inning for the Shamrocks with a bunt single. Nathan Fears stole second base. Jerryd Scheurer beat out a bunt single and Nathan Fears advanced to third base. Jerryd Scheurer stole second base. Charlie Thelen walked. Nathan Fears and Jerryd Scheurer scored when Brady Leonard was safe on an error. Brayden Simon walked to load the bases. Charlie Thelen scored on a sacrifice fly to left field by Tyler Thelen.

Johnny McConnell struck out the next batter, but the third strike was dropped. Brady Leonard scored when the catcher had to throw to first base to get the batter out. Ben White beat out an infield single as Brayden Simon advanced to third base. Ben White beat out an infield single; Brayden Simon had to hold at third base. Ben White tried to steal second base and got into a rundown. (This may have been a planned strategic play.) Brayden Simon was able to steal home before Ben White was tagged out.

St. Patrick added five runs in the bottom of the second inning to boost its lead to 10-0.

(Your Bleacher Denizen had a senior moment taking notes in the top of the second inning and had to consult the St. Patrick scorer to see what happened. There may be a minor error, but I think the description is pretty close to what happened.)

Wyatt Patrick ignored the Bleacher Denizen’s concentration lapse and beat out an infield single to lead off the bottom of the second inning for Perry. Brady Leonard struck out the next three Rambler hitters to end the inning.

The St. Patrick leadoff batter in the top of the third inning was out on a grounder to second base. Nathan Fears was safe on an error and took second base when Jerryd Scheurer was hit by a pitch. Nathan Fears stole third base. Johnny McConnell retired the next Shamrock hitter on a popup to the shortstop. Nathan Fears scored and Jerryd Scheurer advanced to second base on a wild pitch. J.T. Lynch made a nice catch in right field for Perry to record the third out.

St. Patrick scored one run in the top of the third inning to extend its lead to 11-0.

Brady Leonard struck out all three Rambler hitters in the bottom of the third inning.

Brayden Simon singled to center field to lead off the top of the fourth inning for St. Patrick. Tyler Thelen singled to left field to push Brayden Simon to third base. Tyler Thelen took second base on the throw to third. Simon White belted a sacrifice fly to drive Brayden Simon home as Tyler Thelen advanced to third base. Johnny McConnell retired the next Shamrock hitter on a popup to the shortstop. T.J. Chamberlain singled to right field and drove Tyler Thelen home. Brady Doerner made a nice running catch in center field to record the third Shamrock out of the inning.

St. Patrick added two runs to its lead in the top of the fourth inning and led 13-0 at that point.

Isaiah Rockey came in to pitch for St. Patrick. Nathan Fears moved to third base and Brady Leonard went out to play center field.

Isaiah Rockey retired the three Perry hitters in the bottom of the fourth inning on a popup to the pitcher, a fly to center field and a strikeout.

Johnny McConnell retired the Shamrock leadoff batter in the top of the fifth inning on a fly to center field. Brady Leonard doubled to center field. Brayden Simon singled to center field to move Brady Leonard to third base. Pinch Hitter Grant Pline was out on a fly to the shortstop. Brady Leonard scored when Pinch Hitter Hudson King was safe at second base on an error. Brayden Simon advanced to third base. Ben White walked to load the bases. Johnny McConnell got the third Shamrock out on a fly to the shortstop.

St. Patrick added one run in the top of the fifth inning to take a 14-0 lead.

Isaiah Rockey struck out all three Perry batters in the fifth inning.

The mercy rule was invoked and St. Patrick won the game 14-0.

Wyatt Patrick had a single for Perry.

Johnny McConnell pitched a complete game for Perry.

Brayden Simon had three singles for St. Patrick. Jerryd Scheurer and Nathan Fears each had two singles. Brady Leonard had a double. Tyler Thelen singled and drove in two runs. Ben White and T.J. Chamberlain each had a single and one RBI. Simon White had one RBI.

Brady Leonard pitched three innings for St. Patrick. He struck out eight batters while giving up on hit and zero runs. Isaiah Rockey pitched two innings. He did not allow anyone to reach base and struck out four Rambler batters.

Here is the play by play of the second game. https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2025/04/17/portland-st-patrick-at-perry-baseball-second-game-of-doubleheader-the-bleacher-denizen-april-16-2025-by-chuck-krafft/