2011 Pikesville Men's Softball League
Week 15:  July 24, 2011

Highlights submitted thus far by Stingers, Kings, Bombers, Cobras, Sky

Deer Park Middle School Field 2:    Umpire- Reggie Grant
Game 1: Sky & Sky Inc. 8 (WP-Jeff Harris 12-0) Northwest Corridor 1 (LP-Mark Yokel 6-4) 

With Sky & Sky in control of their destiny with 2 wins, they were up against NWC at Deer Park Middle. Sky opened off the scoring with a solo HR from Felton followed up by a double by Vanlandingham and a single from Sky. Sky & Sky scored 2 more in the 3rd with a 2-run double from Vanlandingham. NWC scored one in the bottom of 3rd with a single from Rosenberg. Sky scored one in the 4th and opened up the game in the 5th with a 2-run double from Blank. Harris was able to keep NWC bats in check with only 7 singles and Sky & Sky took Game 1 8-1

Sky hitting leaders:
Felton 2-3 2B, HR, 3 RUNS, RBI
Vanlandingham 2-3 2b, 3b, RUN, 2 RBI
Blank 1-3 2b, Run, 2 RBI

Game 2:  Sky & Sky Inc. 13 (WP-Ken Zalis 5-3) Northwest Corridor 7 (LP-Howard Goldberg 3-7) 

NWC was not ready to hand things over to Sky & Sky with 7 more innings left to knock them off. Sky & Sky opened up the scoring with a 2 run HR from Wilcox. NWC came fighting back in the 3rd with 5 runs. However, Sky & Sky battled back with 6 in the 4th. Key hit: 2 run triple from Bloom. Sky scored 2 more in the 5th, 1 in the 6th and 2 more in the 7th to take a 13-7 lead and would not look back. This turns out to be Sky & Sky’s 1st regular season championship.

Sky offensive stars:
Radom 2-4 2 RBI
Felton 3-3 2b, 3b
Vanlandingham 2-4 3b, 2 rbi , 2 runs
Wilcox 2-4 HR, 2rbi, 2 runs

Randallstown High School Field 1:      Umpire- Kory Rosenberg
Game 1: Cobras 12 (WP- Rick Winepol 6-9) Stingers 6 (LP- Larry Newman 6-11) 

Stingers came to play the Cobras with their sights set for the play offs. However, with another week off and unable to have consistent weekly play, the Stingers had some rust to take care of first. Cobras jumped out in front of the singers after the 1st and held on as they would benefit from skipped balls and aggressive base running. Stinger would battle back and come close but be unable to do more than a 6 run deficit.

Going in with a 3 game win streak and knowing that we must win 2 game to clinch 5th seed the cobras were ready 2 play on this hot muggy day. Without their cleanup hitter danny johnson. Capt winepol prep his team and they really came threw. First game got off to a slow start in the first inning with the stingers getting top 3 hitters 1 2 3. Top of the 2nd seem different as david davis hit a single josh vaeth double james hitting a single and getting the first run of the game ln maek winkel slow ground that scored josh which plated the 2nd run of the inning with 2 outs david sutherland single and scored mark winkel on a line drive hit to lf to plate the 3rd run of the. Bottom of the 2nd winepol gave up 2 runs making the score 3 to 2. Going into the top of the 3rd. Cobras got no run but the plated 3 which gave them the lead 5 to 3. Top of the forth david davis single anda long single by mike stein scoring david on the play making the score 5 to 4 stingers. Top of the 5th single by david sutherland single by jimmy gomez single anothony workman single by grail archie rick winepol double and rbi finally getting the first lead of the day 7 to 6. Going into the top of the 6th cobras made the push to lock up the game by plated 4 runs by single by mike stein single by mark winkel single and rbi david sutherland jimmy gomez single anothony workman first home run of the season 3 run shot 3 rbi.Winepol held off the stingers in the 6th and 7th cobras score 1 run in the 7th making the final score 12-6.

Game 2: Cobras 12 (WP- Rick Winepol 7-9) Stingers 6 (LP- Larry Newman 6-12) 

The night cap tried to cool down but the heat kept the game slow. Stingers jumped out in front and held the lead for 4 innings including a Joe Binkowski shot over Winepol’s mouth, I mean head for a solo homer. Going into the 5th, Stingers were down by two. Winner 2 runners on, Friedman pulled a shot down the left field line past the 3rd baseman and left fielder who were plying over and tied up the game at 5 a piece. However, Cobras would take advantage of the day and the Stingers could not get the rust off and allowed the Cobras to take the day by 1.

Mike stein pitcher going for his second win of the season had aslow start walking 2 guys and giving up 2 runs in the 1st inning. Cobras came back plated 1 run on mark winkel single david davis single josh vaeth single plating 1 run. In the second stingers scored 1 run givingthem the lead 3 to 1. Stingers held off the cobras in the bt of 2nd. Top of third pitcher shut down the hot bats of the with great outfield catcher by josh vaeth with a burst a speed that a ball looked like a hr but caught it. Bot of 3rd cobras came back in fiery form plating 4 runs by singles by mark rick double by mike stein sac fly rbi's by david davis and josh vaeth. Triple by martin harris double and rbi by james mcdonald david sutherland single. Cobras were very pumped after stingers finally got last out. Top of 4th stingers scored 2 runs to tie the game. Both pitchers and defenses looked great shutting down the oposition in the 4th and 5th. Top of the 6th mike stein pitcher for cobras stayed dialed in with 1 k that inning. Bot of 6th cobras looked to get the lead as single david sutherland single anothony workman single grail archie and rbi giving the cobras the lead 6 to 5. Going into the top of the 7th stingers needing 1 run to tie and 2 to go ahead. They couldn't do anything as the cobras played solid d on this hot steamy day over all both games were played very well in the heat that nearly reach 105 on the day. Cobras winning that game extends their win streak to 5 going into the playoffs against northwest corridor.