Week #17 -- July 29, 2012
Highlights submitted thus far
by Kings, Thunderbirds
Northwest Regional Park
Field 1:
Umpire- Reggie Grant
Game 1: Sky & Sky Inc. 20 (WP-Jeff Harris 14-4)
Thunderbirds 0 (LP- Lenny Fields 3-6)
4 Innings
Sky & Sky
scored 4, 1, 10, and 5 runs accordingly and took the opener 20-0 in 4 innings.
Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders
Tony Barner 1-2
David Woods 1-2
Game 2:
Sky & Sky Inc. 24 (WP-Ken Zalis 1-2)
Thunderbirds 7 (LP- Kyle Kennedy 4-9)
4 Innings
Sky and Sky
started the nightcap where the opener ended scoring 12 runs in the top of the
1st and making The Birds continue to nest that egg. In the top of the 2nd,
Thunderbirds 3B David "Satchell-No" Woods, went against front office advice and
made his PMSL pitching debut and provided a carousel of Sky runners for the
original pitcher, Kyle Kennedy, to inherit. Sky came across the plate 8 times.
In the bottom of the 2nd. The Birds egg began to hatch as Lenny Fields hit a
double over the left center fielder's head. The next batter, Dante Lambert
knocked in Lenny with a double of his own. Maurice Jamison knocked in Dante with
a single and The Thunderbirds trailed 20-2. In the top of the 3rd, "here we go
again with an ill advised pitching change", Thunderbirds catcher Jesse "The
Original Score Keeper" Fenwick made his PMSL pitching debut giving up an inside
the park homer to the only batter he will ever face. Sky would get 2 across.
Switch hitting icon Manny Fontanez started The Birds off with a single followed
Darnell Maxwell's double down the left field line. Tony Barner would add an
infield single juicing the bases for Woods. Sky would issue an RBI free pass to
David scoring Manny. Tony would score on Shawn Yarnall's FC at bat and The Birds
would still trail 22-4. The Thunderbirds would hold Sky to 2 more runs behind
relief pitcher Shawn Yarnall and come up in the bottom of the 4th trailing 24-4.
Kyle Kennedy would get on with a single followed by a walk to Maurice Jamison.
Next, Manny would get a single to load the bases. Sky would give up 2 runs on
bases loaded walks to Darnell and Tony. Woods would get an RBI single and the
game would end when Darnell was dead meat at the plate trying to score on Woods'
single killing The Birds comeback rally. The final score was 24-7. Bad score but
a fun time. Go Birds !!!
Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders
Manny Fontanez 2-2, BB, 2 R
Darnell Maxwell 1-2, 2B, BB, RBI
Tony Barner 2-2, BB, R, RBI
David Woods 1-2, BB, R, RBI
Lenny Fields 1-2, 2B
Dante Lambert 1-2, 2B
Kyle Kennedy 1-2, R
Maurice Jamison 1-1, BB, R, RBI
Northwest Regional Park
Field 3:
Umpire- Kory Rosenberg
Game 1: Kings 8 (WP- Chuck Grant 7-1) Northwest
Corridor 3 (LP- Howard Goldberg 17-5)
The Kings met up with Northwest
Corridor in a much anticipated match-up for the Regular Season title. NWC came
into the doubleheader in need of a sweep to take 1st place and what would be
their first league title. The Kings preferred to eliminate the suspense with a
game 1 win in hopes of capturing their 4th Regular Season title. The Kings
behind the strong pitching of Chuck Grant won the opener 8-3 and clinched 1st
place in the Regular Season.
Neither team scored in their first at bat. In t-2nd, NWC had runners on 1st and
2nd base with 1 out when Matt Silverman hit into a 6-4-3 doubleplay. The
doubleplay became more costly as Silverman pulled a leg muscle and was forced to
miss the rest of the day. In b-2nd, Kings loaded bases with 1 out consecutive
singles by Jan Katzen, Steve Levy, and Troy Hendricks. Glenn Savage hit a SF to
score Katzen and a misplayed relay throw allowed Levy to score. Rob Barrow
followed with an RBI 1B to give Kings 3-0 lead. In b-3rd, 4 consecutive singles
by Kenny Salzman, Shilo Merwitz, Arin Gelletly (RBI) and Alan Varhaftik, along
with SF by Katzen made the Kings lead 5-0.
Kings pitcher Chuck Grant faced just 4 batters in each of the first 4 innings.
In t-5th, NWC loaded bases with 0 outs on 1B by Brad Rosenberg, ROE by Gabe
Unterman, and infield 1B by Ben Herbst. Jon Goldman hit a SF to LF to score
Rosenberg and advanced both baserunners. With 2 runners in scoring position,
Grant was able to get out of the inning with an infield popout and lineout. The
Kings added 2 more runs in b-5th on Salzman walk, Merwitz 1B and 2 out Varhaftik
RBI 1B. Merwitz scored the 2nd run of the inning when he caught the NWC infield
knapping after receiving the relay throw on Varhaftik's hit.
With the Kings leading 7-1 entering the 6th inning, NWC was not ready to give
up. A leadoff walk to Jon Herbst, 1 out 1B by Scott Snyder, and RBI 1B by Adam
Silverman made the score 7-2. Brian Jarosinski's ground ball was booted allowing
Snyder to score and pull NWC within 7-3 with 2 runners on and still 1 out. Again
Grant was able to lead the Kings out of trouble as he got the next 2 batters to
groundout to SS Arin Gelletly who was able to make the short throw to 3B each
time for a forceout. The Kings added an insurance run in b-6th on 2 out
consecutive 2B's by Brad Millison and Barrow. The final score was Kings 8 NWC 3.
NWC offensive leaders in game 1:
Scott Snyder (3-3,1 R)
Brad Rosenberg (2-3,1 R)
Jon Goldman (1-2,1 RBI,SF)
Kings offensive leaders in game 1:
Kenny Salzman (1-1,2 R,2 W)
Shilo Merwitz (2-3,2 R)
Alan Varhaftik (2-3,1 RBI)
Troy Hendricks (2-3,1 R)
Rob Barrow (3-3,2 RBI,2B)
Game 2:
Kings
8 (WP- Mike Herr 13-3) Northwest Corridor 3 (LP- Ted Winner 4-2)
The Kings concluded the Regular
Season with an 8-3 win over NWC in the nightcap. Game 2 was to have no effect on
the final standings.
Scoreless after 2 innings, the Kings put 7 runs across in t-3rd off NWC starter
Ted Winner. The Kings had 6 hits and 3 walks in the inning with RBI's coming
from Mike Herr (RBI infield 1B), Kenny Salzman (2 RBI 1B), Steve Levy (RBI 1B),
and Shilo Merwitz (2 RBI 3B). The Kings added 1 run in t-4th on a Koby Sarubin 2
out bases loaded RBI 1B.
Kings started Mike Herr held a shutout thru 5 innings. In b-6th, singles by Ben
Herbst, Scott Snyder, and Brad Jarosinski (RBI 1B) put NWC onto scoreboard.
Shilo Merwitz took over for Herr in b-7th and was greeted by 3B by Howard
Goldberg and SF by Unterman. Singles by Brad Rosenberg and Chris Amman preceded
an infield error, but Merwitz was able to finish out the game with the Kings
winning 8-3.
NWC offensive leaders in game 2:
Brad Jarosinski (2-3,1 RBI)
Howard Goldberg (1-2,1 R,3B,W)
Brad Rosenberg (2-3,1 R,ROE)
Kings game 2 offensive leaders:
Kenny Salzman (1-3,1 R,2 RBI,W)
Chuck Grant (2-3,2 R)
Mike Herr (2-3,1 R,1 RBI)
Northwest Regional Park
Field 4:
Umpire- Lane Gordon
Game 1: Natty O's 13 (WP- RJ Seabeck 8-18) Stingers
9 (LP- Larry Newman 4-10)
Highlights pending
Game 2:
Natty
O's 17 (WP- RJ Seabeck 9-18) Stingers 5 (LP- Tom Paulshock 3-10)
5 Innings
Highlights pending