Week #6 -- May 13, 2012

Highlights submitted thus far by NWC, Kings, Natty O's, Thunderbirds

Northwest Regional Park Field 1:    Umpire- Reggie Grant
 Game 1: Deuces Up 13 (WP-Rick Winepol 2-5) Thunderbirds 1 (LP- Lenny Fields 0-1)  5 Innings

The Thunderbirds jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st with an RBI single from David Woods. Deuces Up answered with 3 in the bottom half of the inning and never looked back adding runs in each inning to win 13-1 in 5 innings.

Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
David Woods 2-2, RBI

Game 2:  Thunderbirds 9 (WP- Lenny Fields 1-1)  Deuces Up 7 (LP-Rick Winepol 2-6) 

Deuces Up came across the plate twice in the top of the 1st, while the Thunderbirds added 1 in the bottom half. The Birds would trail 3-1 after the 2nd. Then, in the bottom of the 3rd, 6 runs would come across for The Birds on a 2 RBI single from Brandon and a GS HR by David Woods and they wouldn't trail again. Deuces Up tried to chip away at their 7-3 deficit, but The Birds would add 2 insurance runs in the bottom of the 5th on David Woods RBI single and Tony Barner's RBI sac fly. Thunderbirds' pitcher Lenny Fields would get his 1st PMSL complete game win 9-7.

Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
Darnell Maxwell 1-1, 3 BB, 2 R
Jerome Ragsdale 2-4, R
Brandon 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI
David Woods 3-3, 2 R, 6 RBI, GS HR
Lenny Fields 2-2, BB

Northwest Regional Park Field 2:    Umpire- Ray Huster
 Game 1:Kings 24 (WP-Mike Herr 4-2)  Northwest Corridor 10 (LP- Howard Goldberg 7-2)  6 Innings

The Kings scored a season high 24 runs and pounded out 28 hits en route to a 24-10, 6 inning win in game 1 over NWC. The 3-4-5 hitters in the Kings line-up had 4 hits each-- Arin Gelletly, Alan Varhaftik, and Jan Katzen. In addition, 4 other Kings had 3 hit games. The NWC offense was carried by Brian Jarosinski who hit 3 homeruns and accounted for 7 RBI's. The Kings batted around in both the 1st and 2nd innings, scoring 6 runs in each to take an early and commanding 12-2 lead after 2 innings. NWC would eventually pull to within 14-9 after 4 innings, but the Kings added 4 more runs in t-5th and 6 runs in t-6th to make the final score lopsided.

NWC offensive leaders:
Howard Goldberg (2-4,2 R,1 RBI,3B)
Brian Jarosinski (3-4,3 R,7 RBI,3 HR)
Scott Snyder (2-3,1 R)
Jon Goldman (2-3,1 R,1 RBI)

Kings offensive leaders:
Shilo Merwitz (3-5,4 R)
Arin Gelletly (4-4,5 R,2 RBI,W)
Alan Varhaftik (4-4,4 R,5 RBI,2B,3B,SF)
Jan Katzen (4-5,4 R,3 RBI)
Chuck Grant (3-4,3 R,3 RBI,2B,W)
Tyler Witt (3-5,1 R,3 RBI,3B)
Mike Herr (3-5,1 R,3 RBI)

Kings game notes:
►Alan Varhaftik's 3rd inning 2B was his 600th hit in a Kings uniform. Varhaftik finished the day with 4 hits and his 601 hits rank 2nd on the all-time list behind Mike Herr 709 and ahead of Detour Dave Sandler 462.
 ►Jan Katzen's 1st inning 1B was his 300th hit in a Kings uniform. He becomes just the 9th Kings player in history to reach the 300 hit level.

Game 2:  Northwest Corridor 7 (WP-Howard Goldberg 8-2) Kings 3 (LP- Mike Herr 4-3) 

Howard Goldberg limited the Kings to just 8 hits in the nightcap as NWC defeated the Kings in game 2 by a score of 7-3. Jon Herbst led the NWC offense with 3 hits, while Scott Sweren and Brad Rosenberg had 2 hits each.

NWC offensive leaders:
Jon Herbst (3-4,1 R)
Scott Sweren (2-4,1 R, reached on error)
Brad Rosenberg (2-3,1 R,1 RBI)

Kings offensive leaders:
Kenny Salzman (1-3,1 R,2 RBI,HR)
Jan Katzen (2-3,1 R,2B)

Kings game notes:
►Chuck Grant played 1B in the doubleheader today to help the Kings out as they were missing several other regular players. Grant is competing in a bowling league and is unable to pitch until the bowling league concludes this week.

Northwest Regional Park Field 3:      Umpire- Kory Rosenberg
 Game 1: Bombers 20 (WP- Jay Walle 3-1)  Stingers 8 (LP-Larry Newman 3-2) 

The Bombers swept the Stingers to take over first place. The Bombers needed 2 well pitched games from Jay Walle and a game winning 2 RBI double with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th by Raashad Johnson to squeak by the Stingers.

In game 1, the Bombers struck in the top of the first for a 2-0 lead .Shad led off with an infield single and Ben Gutman followed with another infield single .Dave Flamm scored Shad on an RBI groundout and Marc Loeb hit an RBI triple. The Stingers came back to score 2 in the bottom of the first to tie it at 2-2. In the 3rd the Bombers broke open the game by scoring 6 runs to take a commanding 8-2 lead. Walle reached on an error,.Chaim Finkelstein doubled down the line and Shad tripled both home with a triple over the right fielder’s head. Ben knocked in Shad with a bullet up the middle. After Mikie Georgie reached on an error Flamm hit a long sac fly that scored 2 runs. The final run of the inning scored on a Stingers error ( their 4th error of the inning).

In the 4th, the Bombers tacked on a 9th run. Walle doubled and Finkelstein plated him with an RBI single. The Stingers wouldn’t go away. They scored 3 in the 4th to cut the Bombers lead to 9-6. The Bombers upped the lead in the 5th to 16-6. Loeb hit a sac fly, Shulie Hochman had an RBI groundout, and Dan Guttman hit an RBI double. Jason Gardner then hit a bomb to the CF fence that turned into an RBI triple. Brad Eyler plated Gardner and Walle drove in the final 2 runs of the inning with a 2 run HR. In the 6th, Ben singled and Mikie doubled. Flamm hit another sac fly and Loeb scorched a double for an 18-6 lead. The Stingers came back to score 2 in the 6th to cut the Bombers lead to 18-8. The Bombers tacked on 2 final runs in the 7th, the big blow, a 2 run single by Chaim Finkelstein. The final score was 20-8.

Game 2: Bombers 9 (WP- Jay Walle 4-1)  Stingers 8 (LP-Larry Newman 3-3) 

In game 2, Walle took the mound again because the Bombers were without pitchers Tzvi Friedman and Dave Pridgen. The Bombers jumped out to a 1-0 first inning lead. Shad walked, Ben singled and Flam hit a sac fly. The Stingers started putting hits together and took a commanding 6-1 lead. The only reason the Bombers were still in the game was because of an amazing catch by Ben Guttman that saved 3 runs.

The Bombers chipped away on a 2 run HR in the bottom of the 3rd by Shad to cut the Stingers lead to 6-3.Tim Palo hit an RBI triple to push the Stingers lead to 7-3. The bombers wouldn’t go away. In the 4th Flamm singled and came home on an RBI single by Dan Guttman. The 5th run scored on a Stingers error. After the Stingers scored a run in the top of the 5th, the Bombers came back with one of their own to make it 8-6. Shulie singled, Shad doubled and Ben hit an RBI single.

The stage was set in the bottom of the 7th. Brad and Chaim hit singles. Shulie had a big RBI single to cut the lead to 8-7. Shad followed with his double that scored Chaim and Shulie for the dramatic victory. Kudos to Nemo for pitching a great game and to the Stingers for a tough game.

Northwest Regional Park  Field 4:      Umpire-Lane Gordon
 Game 1: Sky & Sky Inc. 18 (WP-Dave Davis 1-0)  Natty O's 7 (LP - RJ Seabeck 3-6) 

Both teams were short a few players on a beautiful mothers day. Sky & Sky was only able to play 3 outfielders in the early stages of the game and was relying on a new pitcher. The Natty O's took advantage early, scoring 7 runs through the first 4 innings including with Chris Keelan, Eric Blum and John Murphy came through with singles while a 2 RBI double from Jason Smulson gave the O's an early lead . Sky was hitting as well, and it was a 1 run game in the 5th when multiple errors by the Natty O's led to a 10 run inning that proved to be too much to overcome. Sky would add a few more runs, but the damage had already been done as Sky took game one.

Sky & Sky was short-handed, for the third weekend in a row. Dave Davis made his debut and filled in at pitcher, but Sky had to play with 9 fielders for the majority of the game. Neither team scored in the first inning. Sky and Sky got one run in the 2nd after walks by Dave Davis and Gabe Silber were followed by a 2-out single by Eric Radom. The Natty O’s responded with two runs in the bottom of the 2nd to take the lead. Sky and Sky got 2 more in the 3rd, highlighted by triples from Andrew Vanlandingham and Andy Bloom. Davis struggled a bit in the bottom of the 3rd inning as the Natty O’s scored 4 runs and took a 6-3 lead. In the top of the 4th, a combination of walks and errors led to a 10-run inning from Sky, and seemed to put the game out of reach, with Sky taking a commanding 13-6 lead. Sky tacked on 3 more in the 5th and two more in the 6th and Sky ended up with an 18-7 victory.

Offensive leaders for Sky:
Eric Radom: 4-5, BB, 3RBI, R
Andy Bloom: 2-4, 3B, 2 BB’s, 2R
Andrew Vanlandingham: 2-6, HR, 3B, 2RBI, 3R

Offense leaders for Natty O's:
Jason Smulson (2-3, 2 Runs, 2 RBI, 1 BB)
Chris Keelan (2-3, RBI)

Game 2: Sky & Sky Inc. 5 (WP-Brian Sky 1-1)  Natty O's 4 (LP - RJ Seabeck 3-7) 

The defense settled down in game 2 as the two pitchers dueled it out for 7 innings. Chick Veditz filled in quite nicely as catcher, and runs were hard to come by but with a few clutch hits from Jeff Kapper and RJ Seabeck, the O's managed to get to the 7th inning tied 4-4. With a man on, sky roped a single to center, and the green light was given to the runner. The relay was on time but dropped as the winning run slid into home.

Game 2 was a battle right to the end. Both pitchers settled down and pitched well. The Natty O’s got a run in the top of the first. Sky responded with 2 runs after a lead-off single by Radom was followed by a 2-run home run by Elliot Blank. Davis held the Natty O’s scoreless in the 2nd inning, and Sky was able to take advantage of an infield error when Radom came through with a 2-out base hit, knocking in Mike Pavsner. The Natty O’s took a 4-3 lead with 3 runs in the top of the inning, and Sky went down 1-2-3. Neither team scored in the 4th but Sky finally tied the score in the 5th at 4-4 after singles by Mike Rottenberg and Eric Radom were followed by a sac fly off the bat of Andrew Vanlandingham. Both teams were held scoreless in the 6th. Sky was able to hold the Natty O’s scoreless in the top of the 7th, and needed just one run in the 7th to win it. Mike Rottenberg singled with one out. Eric Radom then grounded to 2nd with the Natty O’s getting the force at 2nd, leaving the speedy Radom at first base with 2-outs. Elliot Blank then lined one into centerfield and Radom was able to beat the throw, scoring all the way from first base to end the game.

Offensive leaders for Sky:
Elliot Blank: 2-4, HR, 3RBI, R
Eric Radom: 3-4, RBI, 2R
Mike Rottenberg: 2-2, BB, R

Offensive leaders for Natty O's:
Kapper (2-3 2 Runs)