PIRATES vs ANGELS (Mar 27, 2026)

 
News Box Score
 

2026 Bluegrass Little League Baseball
PIRATES 8, ANGELS 2
Mar 27, 2026 at Lexington, Ky. (Cardinal Run Park #5)

PIRATES  ab  rbi 
HUNTER BALLENGER lf 
DRAYDEN JONES ss 
JOHN ELLIS c 
JACK SMITH p 
BENNETT GREGORY 1b 
KASH BOYD-CHESTNUT cf/pr 
KATELYN GESS 2b 
OWEN BLANDFORD dh 
AYDEN CURD rf 
CONNOR HACKMAN 3b 
Totals   17 

ANGELS  ab  rbi 
JORY WOODLEY cf/dh 
JOSIAH HUGHES ss 
LOGAN KAPTEYN lf/cf 
PRESTON FRAUENKNECHT 3b/c 
JONAH PURSIFUL p/dh 
THEODORE HUGHES 2b/p 
CONOR ROLFES rf/3b 
COLE RANKIN c/rf 
COLTON CASEY 1b 
JAXON ANGLIN dh/2b 
SAWYER KAPTEYN dh/rf 
Totals   19 

Score by Innings               R  H  E
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PIRATES............. 410 03 -  8  7  1
ANGELS.............. 100 10 -  2  5  1
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E - CHESTNUT; FRAUENKNECHT. DP - PIRATES 1; ANGELS 1. LOB - PIRATES 4; ANGELS 5. 3B - CHESTNUT. SF - SMITH. SB - BALLENGER; JONES 2; SMITH; GREGORY; GESS; RANKIN. CS - GESS; WOODLEY.

PIRATES   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
JACK SMITH W  5.0  19  22 
 
ANGELS   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
JONAH PURSIFUL L  3.0  13  17 
THEODORE HUGHES   1.2  10 
JORY WOODLEY   0.1 

WP - SMITH 5; PURSIFUL; T. HUGHES 3. PB - FRAUENKNECHT; RANKIN.

Strikeouts - GREGORY 2; CHESTNUT; GESS; CURD; HACKMAN 2; PURSIFUL; T. HUGHES; CASEY 2; S. KAPTEYN 2. Walks - JONES; ELLIS 2; GREGORY; GESS 2; BLANDFORD 2; CURD; PURSIFUL; RANKIN; ANGLIN.

Umpires - HP: Josh Smith 1B: Brad Moore
Start: 5:59 pm Time: 1:47 Attendance:
Weather: Cloudy 50 Game notes: PITCH COUNTS: Pirates - Smith 83. Angels - Pursiful 71, T. Hughes 47, Woodley 1.

 
Box Score
 

2026 Bluegrass Little League Baseball
PIRATES 8, ANGELS 2
Mar 27, 2026 at Lexington, Ky. (Cardinal Run Park #5)

PIRATES   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
HUNTER BALLENGER lf 
DRAYDEN JONES ss 
JOHN ELLIS c 
JACK SMITH p 
BENNETT GREGORY 1b 
KASH BOYD-CHESTNUT cf/pr 
KATELYN GESS 2b 
OWEN BLANDFORD dh 
AYDEN CURD rf 
CONNOR HACKMAN 3b 
Totals  17  15 
  
ANGELS   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
JORY WOODLEY cf/dh 
JOSIAH HUGHES ss 
LOGAN KAPTEYN lf/cf 
PRESTON FRAUENKNECHT 3b/c 
JONAH PURSIFUL p/dh 
THEODORE HUGHES 2b/p 
CONOR ROLFES rf/3b 
COLE RANKIN c/rf 
COLTON CASEY 1b 
JAXON ANGLIN dh/2b 
SAWYER KAPTEYN dh/rf 
Totals  19  15 

Score by Innings               R  H  E
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PIRATES............. 410 03 -  8  7  1
ANGELS.............. 100 10 -  2  5  1
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E - CHESTNUT; FRAUENKNECHT. DP - PIRATES 1; ANGELS 1. LOB - PIRATES 4; ANGELS 5. 3B - CHESTNUT. SF - SMITH. SB - BALLENGER; JONES 2; SMITH; GREGORY; GESS; RANKIN. CS - GESS; WOODLEY.

PIRATES   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
JACK SMITH W  5.0  19  22 
  
ANGELS   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go 
JONAH PURSIFUL L  3.0  13  17 
THEODORE HUGHES   1.2  10 
JORY WOODLEY   0.1 

Win - SMITH. Loss - PURSIFUL. Save - None. WP - SMITH 5; PURSIFUL; T. HUGHES 3. PB - FRAUENKNECHT; RANKIN.

Umpires - HP: Josh Smith 1B: Brad Moore
Start: 5:59 pm Time: 1:47 Attendance:
Weather: Cloudy 50 Game notes: PITCH COUNTS: Pirates - Smith 83. Angels - Pursiful 71, T. Hughes 47, Woodley 1.

 
Play-by-Play
 

2026 Bluegrass Little League Baseball
PIRATES 8, ANGELS 2
Mar 27, 2026 at Lexington, Ky. (Cardinal Run Park #5)

PIRATES starters: 12/lf BALLENGER; 18/ss JONES; 22/c ELLIS; 5/p SMITH; 20/1b GREGORY; 7/cf CHESTNUT; 50/2b GESS; 99/dh BLANDFORD; 3/rf CURD; 2/3b HACKMAN;

ANGELS starters: 11/cf WOODLEY; 8/ss J. HUGHES; 2/lf L. KAPTEYN; 35/3b FRAUENKNECHT; 23/p PURSIFUL; 13/2b T. HUGHES; 3/rf ROLFES; 33/c RANKIN; 4/1b CASEY; 99/dh ANGLIN; 32/dh S. KAPTEYN;

PIRATES 1st - BALLENGER singled to second base. JONES singled to center field; BALLENGER advanced to third. JONES stole second. ELLIS walked. ELLIS advanced to second on a passed ball; JONES advanced to third on a passed ball; BALLENGER scored on a passed ball. SMITH singled to right field, RBI; ELLIS advanced to third; JONES scored, unearned. SMITH stole second. GREGORY struck out swinging. CHESTNUT struck out swinging. CHESTNUT pinch ran for ELLIS. ELLIS to c for CHESTNUT. SMITH advanced to third on a wild pitch; CHESTNUT scored on a wild pitch. GESS walked. GESS stole second. BLANDFORD walked. CURD walked, RBI; BLANDFORD advanced to second; GESS advanced to third; SMITH scored. HACKMAN struck out swinging. 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

ANGELS 1st - ELLIS to c for CHESTNUT. CHESTNUT to cf for ELLIS. WOODLEY singled to shortstop. WOODLEY out at second c to ss, caught stealing. J. HUGHES reached on a dropped fly by cf. L. KAPTEYN singled through the left side; J. HUGHES advanced to second. L. KAPTEYN advanced to second on a wild pitch; J. HUGHES advanced to third on a wild pitch. FRAUENKNECHT grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI; L. KAPTEYN advanced to third; J. HUGHES scored, unearned. PURSIFUL struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

PIRATES 2nd - BALLENGER singled through the right side. BALLENGER stole second. JONES singled through the right side, out at second rf to p to ss, RBI; BALLENGER scored. ELLIS singled to shortstop. SMITH grounded into double play ss to 1b; ELLIS out on the play. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

ANGELS 2nd - T. HUGHES struck out looking. ROLFES singled through the right side. ROLFES advanced to second on a wild pitch. RANKIN popped into double play ss unassisted; ROLFES out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

PIRATES 3rd - FRAUENKNECHT to c. ROLFES to 3b. RANKIN to rf. GREGORY struck out swinging. CHESTNUT tripled, out at home lf to 3b to c. GESS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

ANGELS 3rd - CASEY struck out swinging. ANGLIN walked. S. KAPTEYN struck out swinging. WOODLEY lined out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

PIRATES 4th - WOODLEY to dh. L. KAPTEYN to cf. PURSIFUL to dh. T. HUGHES to p. RANKIN to lf. ANGLIN to 2b. S. KAPTEYN to rf. BLANDFORD walked. CURD struck out swinging. HACKMAN struck out swinging. BALLENGER grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

ANGELS 4th - J. HUGHES singled up the middle. L. KAPTEYN grounded out to 1b unassisted; J. HUGHES advanced to second. FRAUENKNECHT singled through the right side, RBI; J. HUGHES scored. FRAUENKNECHT advanced to second on a wild pitch. FRAUENKNECHT advanced to third on a wild pitch. PURSIFUL walked. PURSIFUL advanced to second on a wild pitch. T. HUGHES grounded out to 1b unassisted. ROLFES popped up to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

PIRATES 5th - JONES walked. JONES stole second. JONES advanced to third on a wild pitch. ELLIS walked. ELLIS advanced to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on a throwing error by c; JONES scored on a wild pitch. SMITH flied out to cf, SF, RBI; ELLIS scored, unearned. GREGORY walked. GREGORY stole second. GREGORY advanced to third on a passed ball. GREGORY scored on a wild pitch, unearned. CHESTNUT flied out to rf. GESS walked. WOODLEY to p. T. HUGHES to 2b. ANGLIN to dh. GESS out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 3 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

ANGELS 5th - RANKIN walked. CASEY struck out swinging. RANKIN stole second. ANGLIN out at first 1b to 2b; RANKIN advanced to third. S. KAPTEYN struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

 
Line score
 


PIRATES 8, ANGELS 2 (Mar 27, 2026 at Lexington, Ky.)
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PIRATES............. 410 03 -  8  7  1
ANGELS.............. 100 10 -  2  5  1
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Pitchers: PIRATES - JACK SMITH and JOHN ELLIS. ANGELS - JONAH PURSIFUL; THEODORE HUGHES(4);
JORY WOODLEY(5) and COLE RANKIN; PRESTON FRAUENKNECHT.
Win-JACK SMITH  Loss-JONAH PURSIFUL  T-1:47  A-0
Weather: Cloudy 50
Game notes:
PITCH COUNTS: Pirates - Smith 83.
Angels - Pursiful 71, T. Hughes 47, Woodley 1.