Gloucester junior varsity baseball players had a win and two close losses in recent Peninsula District play. The jayvees lost, 12-11, to Warwick after 12 innings on April 29, beat Phoebus, 9-2, on Friday and lost to Menchville, 4-3, on Saturday for a current season record of 11-4. The junior Dukes built an early 7-2 lead over Warwick, aided by a two-run homer by Daniel McFarland and an RBI single by Ryan Kellam in the first inning and a three-run homer by Kellam in the third but the Raiders tied it in the fourth with a grand slam. David Lutz had an RBI in the fourth and Matt Fischgrund contributed one in the sixth but Warwick tied it again with two unearned runs. The score remained notched until the eighth when Fisch- grund led off with a triple and scored on a single by Kellam, who scored on a double from McFarland. The Raiders won the game with a two-out double to deep center. Fischgrund was 5-for-6 in the loss with two RBIs, Kellam was 3-for-6 with five RBIs and McFarland was 3-for-6 with three RBIs. Lutz and Tim Houston each contributed singles. The Dukes were led against the Phantoms by a three-hit pitching performance from Kellam, Houston was 3-4 with two RBIs and four runs scored and Lutz was 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Fischgrund, Kellam, Jimmy Overstreet and Nick Von Engle contributed singles while Travis Fullerton scored a run and made an outstanding catch in right field. Gloucester scored in the second inning against Menchville when Lutz drove in Court Womble with a single. Two more runs were added in the fifth when Overstreet singled in Fischgrund and Kellam but the Monarchs scored three times in the bottom of the inning to tie it. Menchville went on to score an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh with two outs for the win. Andrew Petersen was outstanding early on the mound for the Dukes, giving up only three hits in 4 1/3 innings. Von Engle, Fischgrund and Houston all had singles in the loss.
