Published: July 19, 2008 12:37 am         

D&D Homes uses 5-run 5th to beat Culver Design

D&D Homes closed out its opening round playoff series with Culver Design by winning the third game 6-2 behind a five-run fifth inning.

Now 15-4, D&D will play Stewart, Barr and Thorne on Monday in the first game of the second round. Stewart, Barr and Thorne earned a first-round bye.

D&D trailed 2-1 entering the bottom of the fifth, but used six hits, five of them singles, to score five times.

Jamie Stowell led off with a single, and went to third on a Justin Shaw double. Ryan Reddinger, Jacob Kyle, Devin Garlitz and Jay Wilson all followed by hitting one-run singles.

Culver was led offensively by Isaiah Chaney’s three singles. Dylan Pepper drove in a run with a double, and Trevor Moore had two singles.

Adam Stowell had six strikeouts in a complete-game win.

Culver Design got the early lead in the series by taking game one 8-0. D&D won game two 10-4. Culver ends the season 13-7.