Round 2 -- August 4, 2013

Northwest Regional Park Field 1:    Umpire-Reggie Grant
Round 2: Sky & Sky Inc. (3) 12 (WP-Ken Zalis 5-3) Bombers (2) 7 (LP- Tzvi Friedman  19-5) 

Scott Felton got the Sky offense started with a single and was followed by a walk to Jeff Sacks. Elliot Blank’s base hit scored Felton and moved Sacks to third. Andrew Vanlandingham grounded to first, and a wild throw to the plate trying to get Sacks allowed Blank to move to third base. Pat Wilcox hit a sac fly to score Blank, giving Sky a 3-0 lead. The Bombers quickly responded, with 4 hits and 2 walks in the inning, but left the bases loaded, only scoring 3 runs to tie it up. Sky went quietly in the 2nd inning, and the Bombers took the lead after consecutive triples by Gershon Yakobovitch and Shulie Hochman. Sky bounced back with 4 runs in the 3rd inning. Felton led off with a triple to deep right center, Sacks walked and Blank stayed hot with another RBI base hit. After a Vanlandingham line out and Wilcox pop out, Brian Sky knocked in a run with a single, and Andy Bloom had a sharply hit grounder through the right side of the infield to score 2 more. The Bombers failed to score in the bottom of the 3rd despite loading the bases, so the score was 7-4 after 3 innings.

Sky went down 1-2-3 in the top of the 4th, and the Bombers plated 2 more to narrow Sky’s lead to 7-6. Both teams went 1-2-3 in the 5th inning. In the top of the 6th with one out, Brian Sky and Andy Bloom singled, and Mike Deutschendorf knocked in Sky with a base hit. Shaun Poulton hit a sacrifice fly to bring home Bloom to increase Sky’s lead to 9-6. The Bombers got one back in the bottom of the inning to make it 9-7 going into the last inning. Felton and Sacks led off the inning with consecutive singles. Blank hit a fly to right to advance Felton to 3B, and then Vanlandingham hit a double to right to knock in 2 more and scored on a wild throw to the cut-off man. The Bombers managed just one run in the bottom half of the inning to give Sky the 12-7 victory.

Game 2 pitted Sky vs. the Bombers. The Bombers had won the 4 previous regular season games but Sky beat the Bombers 12-7. Sky scored 3 in the first but the Bombers came back in the bottom of the first to knot it at 3. Yakobovitch singled and scored on Ben Gutman’s single. Silber hit a 2 run single with the bases loaded. The Bombers took a 4-3 lead in the 2nd on Yakobovitch’s triple followed by a triple by Hochman. Sky took a 7-4 lead in the 3rd and the Bombers came right by scoring 2 in the 4th to cut into Sky’s lead (7-6).Eyler, Yakobovitch, Hochman, and B. Gutman hit consecutive singles.

The story of the game for the Bombers was a lack of timely hitting. They had multiple base runners in every inning but came up with few hits while Sky came through at the end. The Bombers will take on the Stingers in game 1 to try to advance.

Offensive leaders for Sky:
Scott Felton: 2-3, 3B, BB, 3R
Andy Bloom: 2-3, 2 RBI, R
Elliot Blank: 2-4, 2 RBI, 2R
Brian Sky: 2-4, RBI, 2R
Jeff Sacks: 1-2, (2) BB, 3R

Northwest Regional Park Field 2:    Umpire-Mark Radom
Round 2: Natty O's (6) 10 (WP- RJ Seabeck  10-14)  Thunderbirds (7) 4  (LP-Jay Walle 2-11) 

The second round began as The Birds were issued 3 free passes from Seabeck. Reggie Molock would score on Tony Barner's FC as the Birds took the early 1-0 lead. Natty got 2 in the bottom and lead 2-1. Both teams were held scoreless in the 2nd. Natty scored 3 more times in the bottom of 3 to take a 5-1 lead. Both teams again went scoreless in the 4th.

Natty opened the spread a little more with 5 in the bottom of the 5th to go up 10-1. The Birds would try to chip away at Natty in the 6th. 2 runs would score on 4 consecutive singles from David Woods, Barner, Kevin Menedis (RBI scoring Woods), and Jay Walle (RBI scoring Barner). NO 10 - TB 3. In the top of the 7th, TB added 1 more as Woods' single brought Maurice Scott in. Final score, Natty 10, Thunderbirds 4.

The O's took their momentum of a near comeback win and took an early 2-1 lead after the first. RJ Seabeck worked out of a bases loaded, no outs situation to get out fo the inning giving up just 1 run. In the bottom half of the first, back to back singles to lead off the game by Kris Stahle and Nick Meyer started the O's off on the right foot while RJ Seabeck and Rob Medoff would drive them in. The O's would go on to score 3 more in the third with leadoff walks from Jason Smulson and Jon Veditz who would be driven in RJ Seabeck and a homerun by Nick Meyer. The O's broke the game open in the 5th inning scoring 5 more runs when Jason Smulson led off the inning with a double and Kris Stahle, Nick Meyer and RJ Seabeck got on base and Rob Medoff would double them all in. The Thunderbirds would try and rally late but it wasn't enough as the O's hung on for a 10-4 victory, earning the franchises first ever playoff victory!

Offensive leaders game 2 for Natty O's:
Nick Meyer, 2-2, HR, BB, 3 runs, 3 RBI
Sean Connelly 2-3, 2b, RBI
Jason Smulson 1-1, BB, 2B, 2 runs
Jonathan Veditz, 2-2, BB, Run, RBI

Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
Reggie Molock 2-3,BB, R
David Woods 2-3, BB, R, RBI
Maurice Jamison 2-3, K
Kevin Menedis 1-2, BB, RBI, K
Maurice Scott 2-3, R

It's been a fun sophomore year for The Birds. Congrats to Natty and the other advancing teams.
 

Northwest Regional Park Field 3:    Umpire-Scott Snyder
Round 2: Kings (1) 4 (WP- Mike Herr 15-1)  Northwest Corridor (4) 2  (LP-Ted Winner 7-7) 

NWC and the Kings scored 2 runs each in 1st inning and the game remained 2-2 into the 6th inning. The Kings pushed across 2 runs in b-6th and came away the victors 4-2. Kings Mike Herr and NWC Ted Winner both turned in strong performances on the mound.

In t-1st, Jon Herbst singled, Howard Goldberg doubled down the third base line, and Upshaw Webb hit a 2 RBI 1B into LF. In b-1st, with 1 out Shilo Merwitz singled and Arin Gelletly drew a walk. Jan Katzen hit a line drive to RF that was misplayed, allowing Merwitz to score and moving Gelletly to third base. A walk to Alan Varhaftik loaded the bases, still with 1 out. Rob Barrow allowed Kings to tie game on RBI fielder's choice groundout.

The pitchers went to work in the remainder of the game. Herr limited NWC to just 2 hits the rest of the way. Meanwhile Winner scattered 5 singles over innings 2-5. In b-6th, Gelletly and Katzen singled to start inning. With 1 out, Barrow hit a SF to LF. Troy Hendricks followed with a 2 out RBI 3B. Brad Rosenberg drew a leadoff walk in t-7th, but Herr was able to retire the side in order afterwards.

NWC offensive leaders (5-26,2 R,2 RBI,2 2B,0 3B,0 HR,1 W,0 K,0 SF,0 RE):
Howard Goldberg (1-3,1 R,2B)
Upshaw Webb (2-3,2 RBI,2B)
Brad Herbst (1-2)

Kings offensive leaders (9-26,4 R,3 RBI,0 2B,1 3B,0 HR,3 W,1 K,1 SF,1 RE):
Arin Gelletly (2-2,2 R,W)
Jan Katzen (1-3,1 R,RE)
Troy Hendricks (2-3,1 RBI,3B)

Kings game notes:
►Kings improved their lifetime Round 2 record to 19-6 (.760)
►Kings advance to the Round 3 winner's bracket game for the 9th straight season and 13th time in 25 seasons.
►Kings starter Mike Herr was making just his 2nd career Round 2 start. His last start in Round 2 came 22 years ago on August 4, 1991. That game was a 6-4 Kings loss to Rudo. Chuck Grant had started the last 8 Round 2 games. Herr did pick up a Round 2 relief win in 2004 vs. Northwest Corridor http://www.pikesvillesoftball.com/updates/2004%20Season/week19.htm.
►Kings Round 2 starters Chuck Grant 9 (2002, 2005-2012), Steve Levy 5 (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998), Larry Newman 3 (1993, 1995, 1996), Mike Herr 2 (1991, 2013), Dan Frignito 2 (2003, 2004), Jeff Goldstein 2 (2000, 2001), Ted Winner 1 (1999), Mark Friedman 1 (1988).
►Kings lifetime are 16-8 (.667) in Round 3 Playoffs, including an impressive 10-2 (.833) Round 3 record out of the winner's bracket.
►The Kings defense was errorless on the day. Kings 2B Kenny Salzman made 3 spectacular defensive plays in game 2.
►Kings will be missing Rob Barrow next Sunday as he and wife Julie expect the birth of their 2nd child later this week.
►With 2 RBI's in the Playoffs opener, Jan Katzen tied the Kings all-time season record of 42 RBI, established previously by Dave Schwartz in 1993, Alan Varhaftik in 2001, and Arin Gelletly in 2008. Katzen is still battling Alan Varhaftik (40) and Arin Gelletly (39) for the 2013 Kings season RBI title. All 3 of the contenders added 2 RBI's to their total today. Katzen's previous career RBI high was 41 in 2007.

Northwest Regional Park Field 4:      Umpire- Lane Gordon
Round 2: Stingers (8) 10 (WP- Larry Newman  5-17)  Green Machine (5)  6 (LP- Bob Mellonee 7-11)

Round two found the Stingers and Green Machine (GM) facing off with the GM who should be changed to Noise Machine again in the playoffs. Bob Mellonee took to the mound for GM and the Stingers took advantage of him early. Tim Palo and Mike Randall jumped on the bases for the Stingers and Gary Bosley took advantage with his single to drive in Palo for an rbi. With 1 in and another two on the bases and 2 outs, John Alkire drove a skipping double that he turned into a 2 rbi triple for the Stinger to start off Round two with a 3 run lead. Larry Newman took a bit of time to get his second wind and GM took advantage of it plating 3 of their own for a tie game after one inning of play. In the b-2nd , GM would tag on another run for the lead, but the Stingers’ Sheridan would bring in Palo to tie things up again at 4 after 4 innings of play.

The t-4th would be the inning that the Stingers had been waiting for all season as the bottom of their line-up would do the majority of the damage. With Derrick Foster on third and James Engler on second with their singles, Mat Friedman would drive in Mason for another stinger run. However, the most dame would be done by Larry Newman from his hardest hit of the season over GM’s infield to plate both Friedman and Engler. Newman would later be brought in to make it an 8-4 Stingers advantage. Mike Randall had a hot bat and smoked a leadoff triple in the t-5th to be brought in by Gary Bosley’s hot bat. Gm would cut into the Stingers lead in the b-5th to make it 9-5 game after 5 innings of play. In the top of the 6-th, Brett Eisenberg made up for his late day running hard on the bases and creating enough mischief to make it a 10-5 game. In the end it would be the Stingers moving on to Round three on the back of Newman.

After getting knocked into the losers bracket, Green Machine went up against a Stingers team that was much more organized than usual thanks to the team now being managed by Gary Bosley. The Stingers got on the board early thanks to singles from Mike Randall and Bosley followed by a 2 RBI triple from from John Alkrine. GM was able to get those runs back in the bottom of the inning started by a walk from Winkel and then singles from Serkes, Stacey, and Peksa along with a sac fly from Vaeth scored 3 runs to tie the game. GM was to get the lead in the bottom of the 2nd when they got the bases loaded with singles from Silverman, Bob Mallonee, and Winkel which allowed Stacey to get an RBI single to drive in Silverman. The Stingers tied the game with an unearned run in the top of the 3rd thanks to a Bosley sac fly, but it was the top of the 4th inning that proved to be critical. The Stingers were able to get 4 runs thanks to timely hits and poor defense from GM. Pete Sclafani tried to get GM going in the bottom of the 4th inning with a lead off double on the warning track, but he did not move from second base as GM was unable to get a hit after that. The Stingers continued to open the game up with a lead off triple from Randall followed by a Bosley blooper special to drive Randall in. GM attempted to make a comeback in the bottom of the 5th inning when they got a Stacey double and singles from Verbosky, Peksa, and Giles to plate 2 runs. The Stingers added an unearned run in the top of the 6th, and GM tried to get another rally going when pinch hitter Baysmore and Winkel got back to back 1 out singles but were left stranded. Down 4 going into the 7th inning, GM was unable to get a rally going and they were unceremoniously eliminated from
the playoffs by the upstart Stingers.

Green Machine Do Gooders:
None (just kidding...kind of)

Mark Winkel: 2-3, 1 BB, 1 R
Jonathan Stacey: 3-4, 1 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Brad Verbosky: 2-4, 1 RBI
Andy Peksa: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
Billy Giles: 3-4, 1 RBI
Pete Sclafani: 1-3, 1 2B

Round 3 -- August 11, 2013

Northwest Regional Park Field 2:    Umpire-Chick Veditz, Mark Radom
Round 3:  Bombers (2) (WP-Tzvi Friedman  20-5)    Stingers (8)   (LP-Larry Newman 5-18)
The Stingers did their best to move through the 3rd round of the playoffs and the final year under Matt Friedman. Larry Newman tried to keep the Bombers at bay, but they would jump out to an early 4-0 lead in the beginning of the game and would hold the Stingers’ bats quiet until the 6th inning. Matt Friedman led off and looped a single into right followed by Gary Bosley single down the left field line handcuffing the Bombers to make a play. James Engler would also make his way on to load the bases. Mike Beverly would take on for the team with his only appearance of the game batting for Nemo. On a questionable IF call by the home plate umpire as the ball traveled into the left outfield of the Bombers and not caught. Friedman would be unable to score and neither did the remainder of the base runners. Stingers would not be able to produce a run and move on through the playoffs.

Northwest Regional Park Field 3:    Umpire-Scott Snyder
Round 3:  Sky & Sky Inc. (3) 2 (WP-Jeff Harris 8-3) Kings (1) 0 (LP-Mike Herr 15-2)
Jeff Harris tossed a 5 hit shutout as Sky & Sky Inc. defeated the Kings 2-0 in the Round 3 Winner's bracket Tournament game. Kings started Mike Herr allowed just 7 hits, but Harris was clearly the star on this day.

In t-1st with 1 out, Jeff Sacks and Elliot Blank singled. Following a long flyout that advanced Sacks to 3rd base, Pat Wilcox was walked. Matt Holley drew a bases loaded RBI walk to get Sky on scoreboard. Harris sailed along on the mound and allowed just 2 singles and 0 walks thru the first 5 innings.

The Kings threatened in b-6th as Glenn Savage reached on an infield error and Steve Levy delivered a 1 out pinch-hit single. Harris was able to pitch out of the jam recording a groundout and popout.

In t-7th, Andy Bloom reached on a 1 out an infield error. Brian Sky followed with a single that moved Bloom to 3rd base. David Kowitz was walked intentionally to load the bases as the Kings needed to draw in the infield and set up a force play at the plate. Shawn Poulton came through with a SF to LCF to give Sky a 2-0 lead.

In b-7th, Arin Gelletly hit a 1 out 2B, but the Kings next 2 batters were retired on a popout and flyout.

Game 1 offensive leaders:
Brian Mekiliesky (2-3) was the only player from either team to have more than 1 hit.

Pitching Lines:
Jeff Harris (WP, 7 IP,28 AB,5 H,0 R,0 ER,0 W,0 K,1 2B,0 3B,0 HR)
Mike Herr (LP, 7 IP,29 AB,7 H,2 R,1 ER,3 W,0 K,0 2B,0 3B,0 HR)

Northwest Regional Park Field 4:      Umpire- Lane Gordon
Round 3:  Natty O's (6)12 (WP-RJ Seabeck  11-14) Northwest Corridor (4) 6 (LP-Howard Goldberg 8-7)
The O's took their momentum from the first ever playoff win last week into the first game and put a 4 spot up in the first inning after Sean Connelly cleared the bases with a grand slam. The lead would not last long however as the defending champs showed their grit and scored 5 runs of their own in the bottom half of the first. The score would stay that way for a couple innings until the O's came up huge with a 7 run inning with base hits by John Murphy, Brian Horr, Jason Smulson, Jon Veditz, Kris Stahle and RJ Seabeck. That was all pitcher RJ Seabeck needed as he let up just 1 more run the rest of the way and the Natty O's were building momentum going into a huge game against sky and sky by knocking out the defending champions.

Offensive Leaders for Natty O's:
Sean Connelly2-3, Grand Slam
Kris Stahle 2-3, 2 runs
RJ Seabeck 1-3, 2 RBIJon VEditz 2-3, 2B, 2 Runs, RBI

Round 4 -- August 11, 2013

Northwest Regional Park Field 3:    Umpires-Scott Snyder, Lane Gordon
Round 3:  Sky & Sky Inc. (3) 7 (WP-Jeff Harris 9-3) Natty O's (6) 5 (LP-RJ Seabeck 11-15)
Game 2 was close the whole way. The 2 teams traded runs in the first couple of innings after Justin Bullock tied the game up at 1 for the O's with a Homerun in the second inning. Both RJ Seabeck and Jeff Harris were pitching well, although both gave up long homeruns by Pat Wilcox for Sky and Rob Medoff for the O's. RJ Seabeck would hold Sky in check and the O's would take a 4-3 lead into the top of the 6th. Trying to add to the lead with 2 men on and 2 out when an infield single was taken away from the O's and a tough call led to the ejection of their third baseman. With the O's defense shifting around for the first time all day, Sky would put 2 men on with 2 outs and a groundball found it's way into a single allowing Sky to tie the game and eventually take the lead 7-4. The O's would try and rally in the top of the 7th but fell short as Sky took the game 7-5.

Offensive leaders for Natty O's:
Justin Bullock: 3-3, HR, 2B, 3RBI,
Rob Medoff 3-3, HR, 2 runs, RBI
Sean Connelly 2-3, RBI
Kris Stahle: 3-3, 2 Runs

Northwest Regional Park Field 4:      Umpires- Chick Veditz, Mark Radom
Round 3:  Kings (1) 6 (WP-Mike Herr 16-2)  Bombers (2) 4 (LP-Tzvi Friedman 20-6) 
The top 2 seeds from the Regular Season met in a Round 4 elimination game. In a well played defensive game, the Kings came away victorious 6-4. Bombers Tzvi Friedman and Kings Mike Herr both turned in solid pitching efforts.

The visiting Bombers came out right away with a leadoff 1B by Gershon Yakobovitch, 1 out 1B by Ben Gutman, RBI 1B by David Flamm, and RBI SF by Shulie Hochman to grab 2-0 lead in t-1st. In b-1st, Koby Sarubin led off with a walk and Shilo Merwitz singled with 1 out. With 2 outs, Jan Katzen walked to load bases. Alan Varhaftik followed with an RBI walk. Steve Levy followed with a 2 RBI 1B to put Kings ahead 3-2.

In b-3rd, Shilo Merwitz singled with 1 out. Arin Gelletly then flew out to LF, but Merwitz was able to tag up and advance into scoring position. Jan Katzen delivered a clutch 2 out RBI 1B and then advanced to 2nd base on the throw towards the plate. Alan Varhaftik followed with another 2 out RBI 1B to put Kings ahead 5-2 after 3 innings.

In t-4th, Shulie Hochman hit a leadoff 1B. He advanced to 2nd base on a flyout by Jason Gardner to RF. With 2 outs, Dan Gutman singled Hochman home to narrow Kings lead 5-3. The Kings loaded bases with 1 out in b-5th, but Friedman was able to get out of the inning without allowing a run on a lineout and infield popout.

In t-6th, Ben Gutman led off with a 3B to the gap in CF. Flamm hit a SF to RCF to pull Bombers to within 5-4. In b-6th, Steve Levy drew a 1 out walk. Shilo Merwitz came in as a courtesy runner for Levy. Rob Barrow lined out to RCF, but a throw back to 1st base to double off Merwitz went wide and Merwitz was able to move up to 2nd base. The Kings tooks advantage of the extra base as Troy Hendricks singled to LCF with 2 outs and Merwitz was able to score. The Kings lead was now 6-4.

Mike Herr was able to retire the Bombers 1-2-3 in the t-7th to preserve the 6-4 win for the Kings.

Bombers offensive leaders in Round 4:
Gershon Yakobovitch (2-3,1 R)
Ben Gutman (2-3,2 R,3B)
David Flamm (1-2,2 RBI,SF)
Shulie Hochman (1-2,1 R,1 RBI,SF)

Kings offensive leaders in Round 4:
Shilo Merwitz (2-2,1 R,W)
Jan Katzen (1-2,2 R,1 RBI,W)
Alan Varhaftik (1-2,1 R,2 RBI,W)
Steve Levy (1-2,1 R,2 RBI,W)

Kings game notes:
►Jan Katzen's RBI 1B in b-3rd was his 43rd RBI for the season. This broke the Kings team record for RBI's in a season. With 1 week remaining for the Kings, still competing with Katzen for the 2013 season lead are Alan Varhaftik (42) and Arin Gelletly (39).
►Kings 40+ RBI Seasons (thanks Alan Varhaftik)
1993 Dave Schwartz (42 RBI,33 GP,86 AB)
2001 Alan Varhaftik (42 RBI,29 GP,87 AB)
2002 Chuck Grant (41 RBI,28 GP,77 AB)
2004 Alan Varhaftik (40 RBI,27 GP,78 AB)
2005 Keegan Rettaliata (40 RBI,30 GP,98 AB)
2007 Jan Katzen (41 RBI,31 GP,92 AB)
2008 Arin Gelletly (42 RBI,28 GP,86 AB)
2013 Jan Katzen (43 RBI,30 GP,95 AB)
2013 Alan Varhaftik (42 RBI,30 GP,87 AB)

►Headed into the League Championship Game on Sunday, the Kings have revised their injury report. Chuck Grant (Achilles tendon surgery) and Detour Dave Sandler (Upper body injury) have now been listed as 'Questionable'.

Round 5 -- August 18, 2013

Northwest Regional Park Field 3:    Umpires-Scott Snyder, Reggie Grant
Round 3:  Kings (1) 6 (WP-Mike Herr 17-2) Sky & Sky Inc. (3) 3 (LP-Jeff Harris 9-4)
The Kings played excellent defense all game, particularly Jan Katzen, who robbed Sky and Sky of several hits, and really controlled the game from the start. Sky was unable to keep the speedy Koby Sarubin off the bases, as he was 4-4 in the game. Sky had some unusually sloppy defense, and the Kings were able to take advantage of the mistakes. The Kings got on the board in the first inning after Sarubin’s single was followed by an infield error. Shilo Merwitz was able to move Sarubin to 3B, and scored on a fielders choice. In the b-1st, Elliot Blank got a 2 out hit but was stranded at first. The Kings scored two more in the t-2nd inning. Alan Varhaftik led off the 2nd with a walk, Steve Levy singled, and then Troy Hendricks hit a fly out. Glenn Savage singled to knock in a run, and a grounder to short allowed Levy to score the second run of the inning. Sky got one back after a lead off HR blast over the RF fence off the bat of Pat Wilcox. Steve Truitt hustled for a two out double, but was stranded at second base. After 2 innings, Kings led 3-1.

Sarubin led off the 3rd inning with a single, and was followed by a Kenny Salzman single. An infield error allowed a run to score, and then Gelletly walked to load the bases. Katzen hit a fielders choice, and then Varhaftek singled. With runners on first and second with one out, Levy hit a line drive to RF, and Matt Holley came in to make the catch, and doubled the runner off second base to end the inning. Jeff Harris was able to get a one out walk for Sky in the top of the 3rd, but he was stranded at first base. Jeff Harris held the Kings in check in the 4th, allowing just one runner who reached on an error. Sky went down 1-2-3 in the 4th inning. The Kings threatened in the 5th, with Sarubin leading off the inning with a hit, and Merwitz reaching on an infield error, but both runners were stranded. Truitt had a two out single in the 5th but was left at first base. The Kings led 6-1 after 5 innings. Jeff Harris retired the Kings 1-2-3 in the top of the 6th, and Mike Herr retired Sky 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning. Sarubin picked up a two out hit in the t-7th but left was at first base. In the bottom of the 7th, Matt Holley and Elliot Blank led off the inning with line drives into the OF. Andrew Vanlandingham hit a Sac fly to bring in Holley to make it 6-2. Pat Wilcox hit a single down the right field line moving Blank to 3B and putting the tying runner on deck. Andy Bloom hit a sac fly to score Blank, but Herr was able to get the last out and keep the Kings season alive, winning it 6-3.

Offensive leaders for Sky:
Pat Wilcox: 2-3, HR, RBI, R
Steve Truit: 2-3, 2B
Elliot Blank: 2-3, R

Offensive leaders for Kings:
Koby Sarubin (4-4,2 R)
Shilo Merwitz (1-3,1 R,1 RBI,RE)
Alan Varhaftik (1-2,1 R,1 RBI,W)

Pitching Lines:
Sky: Jeff Harris (7 IP,33 AB,10 H,6 R,5 ER,2 W,0 K,0 2B,0 3B,0 HR)
Kings: MIke Herr (7 IP,27 AB,8 H,3 R,3 ER,1 W,0 K,1 2B,0 3B,1 HR)

Round 6 -- August 18, 2013

Northwest Regional Park Field 3:    Umpires-Scott Snyder, Reggie Grant
Round 3:  Sky & Sky Inc. (3) 4 (LP-Jeff Harris 10-4)  Kings (1) 2 (LP-Mike Herr 17-3)
Steve Truitt led off the game for Sky with a single, but Mike Herr was able to get 3 consecutive flyouts to end the top of the first inning. In the bottom of the first, Jeff Harris was finally able to keep Koby Sarubin off the bases when he hit a flyout to RF. Kenny Salzman then hit a hard sinking liner to LCF and Wilcox was ready to make one of his signature diving catches, but was caught in the middle of diving or letting it drop, and the ball rolled to the fence allowing Salzman to get to 3B. Shilo Merwitz scored Salzman with a sac fly to RC. With one out in the second, Scott Felton hit a deep drive to RC for a triple. Brian Sky followed with a ground out to SS, which scored Felton and tied the game at 1-1. Harris found his groove in the 2nd inning, retiring the Kings 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 2nd. In the top of the third, Mike Herr allowed two consecutive walks, but was able to induce a ground out to end the threat. In the top of the third, Harris got the first two outs. Brad Millison then got a base hit to LC, however, after rounding first base, he turned his head to the defense while retreating back to first, and the veteran Brian Sky threw behind the runner. Andrew Vanlandingham applied the quick tag to get the third out of the inning, and Sky was pumped for the top of the 4th. Pat Wilcox used the momentum and hit a mammoth home run that cleared the LC fence and put Sky ahead. Scott Felton had a one out double, and then Brian Sky knocked him in with a single to give Sky a 2 run lead. In the bottom of the inning, Harris gave up a one out hit to Sarubin, but retired the next two batters to keep the score at 3-1 after 4 innings. In the top of the 5th, David Kowitz led off with a single to RF, and Mark Lester who was pinch hitting for Harris drew a walk. Truitt hit a looping liner to RF that looked like it would drop in, but a great play by RCF Koby Sarubin saved a run. Matt Holley singled to load the bases, and then Elliot Blank hit a liner to center that was caught at the feet by the left center fielder, but allowed Kowitz to score from third on the sac fly. Herr got Wilcox to fly out to end the top of the inning, with Sky up 4-1. Harris only allowed a single to Varhaftik in the top of the 5th inning. Sky went down 1-2-3 in the top of the 6th, and once again Harris allowed just a single to Hendricks in the bottom of the 6th. Andy Bloom led off the top of the 7th for Sky with a grounder to SS that was briefly bobbled, and he beat out the throw. Herr was able to induce 3 consecutive ground outs to get out of the inning. Sarubin led off the 7th inning with a double, his 6th hit of the day. He advanced to 3B on a flyout. Merwitz then hit a liner up the middle that was snared by Jeff Harris for the 2nd out. Arin Gelletly then hit a sinking liner to LF. Andy Bloom tried to make the great catch, but it got caught under his glove. Seeing the ball on the ground, Arin took off for second base, but Bloom picked up the ball and fired it to second base, with Brian Sky applying the tag behind his back to end the game and give Sky and Sky their 2nd championship in the last 3 years.

Offensive leaders for Sky:
Scott Felton: 2-3, 3B, 2B, 2R
Pat Wilcox: 1-3, HR, RBI, R
Steve Truitt: 1-2, BB
Matt Holley: 1-2, BB

Kings offensive leaders in Round 6:
Koby Sarubin (2-3)
Kenny Salzman (1-3,1 R,3B)

Pitching Lines in Round 6:
Sky: Jeff Harris (7 IP,25 AB,7 H,2 R,2 ER,0 W,0 K,0 2B,1 3B,0 HR)
Kings: Mike Herr(7 IP,29 AB,9 H,4 R,4 ER,3 W,0 K,1 2B,1 3B,1 HR)