Week #4 -- April 28, 2013
Highlights submitted thus far by Stingers, Kings, Thunderbirds, Natty O's, Bombers
Northwest Regional Park
Field 1:
Umpire- Reggie Grant
Game 1: Northwest Corridor 14 (WP-Howard Goldberg 1-3)
Natty O's 7 (LP-RJ Seabeck 0-5)
The Natty O's started hot with 4
straight singles in the first to take an early 4 run lead, but that was soon
gone as NWC would battle back to to score 8 of their own in the next few
innings. The O's would rally late with a triple and homerun by Jarret Smith, but
it was too little too late as the defending champs took game 1.
Natty O's offensive leaders:
Jarret Smith: 3-4, 3b, HR, 3 RBI, 3 Runs
Alan Monico 3-4, 2 RBI
Nick Meyer 2-3, BB, 2 RBI
Game 2: Natty O's 8 (WP-RJ Seabeck 1-5)
Northwest Corridor 4 (LP-Ted Winner 3-1)
The Natty O's literally limped to it's first win oft he season with 3 players
spraining various body parts. Jon Veditz caught 2 games with a sprained ankle
and Jarret Smith hopped to first base twice showing a lot of toughness. It was a
close game, but with solid defense and timely hitting, the O's held off NWC in
route to an 8-3 victory.
Natty O's Offensive leaders:
Kris Stahle: 1-2, HR, BB, 2RBI, 2 Runs
Jason Smulson 2-3, 2 runs
Justin Bullock 2-4, , Run, RBI
Northwest Regional Park
Field 2:
Umpire- Mark Radom
Game 1: Stingers 13 (WP-Larry Newman 3-1)
Thunderbirds 7 (LP-Jay Walle 1-6)
Stingers opened the morning with their first meeting with the Thunderbirds. Both
teams had quick 1st innings but things got going in the t-2nd when Brett
Eisenberg got the ball flying and Ryan Becker did the same to set up Stuart
Sheridan with 2 outs and runners on the bases. Sheridan would drive a 2 rbi
triple to the fence to give the advantage. Matt Friedman helped out his squad
driving in Sheridan with a slapper to right and the Stingers would open the t-2
with a 3-0 lead. T-Birds battled back but were only able to score one for 3-1
Stingers advantage after 2 innings of play. In the t-3rd, Stingers would send
their entire line-up to the plate producing 4 rbis from the middle of their
line-up from Mason, Randall, and Beverly’s singles along with Eisenberg and
Engler doubles. Newman got great play from his team backing him up thereafter in
the b-3rd shutting down the T-Birds after a scary collision between Becker and
Ervin colliding on the base paths. Ervin would leave the game due to injury. Tim
Palo would make his way on for Mike Randall to later nock him in for another
run, but the T-Birds would come back with two of their own making it a 9-3 game
after 4 innings of play. The 5th and 6th inning became a little dicy for the
Stigners as the oulw allow the T-Birds to poke their way back into the game with
four more runs, but it would be the Stingers in the t-7th led by Mike Randall’s
towering solo home run and Mike Beverly’s fence power over the T-Birds Center
fielder for an inside the park solo home run that pushed the Stingers ahead.
Eisenberg, Engler and Sheridan also had keys bombs to give the stingers 4 more
runs in the t-7th that would be sufficient for Newman the Stingers to shut down
the T-Birds and take the morning game 13-7.
The day started as the sophomore
Thunderbirds went against the veteran P Larry Newman and The Stingers. Both
teams were scoreless after the 1st. In the top of 2, The Stingers would bring 3
across the plate. The Birds would bring 1 in as John Roiy would double and score
on Tony Barner's RBI single. The Stingers would add 5 more in the top of 3 as
The Birds went scoreless, score 8-1. The Stingers would score once in the top of
4 but The Birds would answer with 2 of their own. Barner would single and would
be followed with a walk to TB pitcher Jay Walle. Barner would score on Darnell
Maxwell's RBI single and Walle would score on Manny Fontanez' FC.
The score was 9-3 after 4.
The Birds defense would hold The Stingers to scoreless in the 5th and 6th. They
added 2 runs in the 5th as
David Woods would single and score on John Roiy's inside the park HR. The Birds
chipped away with 2 more
in the 6th. Fontanez came in on Theo Battle's RBI single and Reggie Molock
singled and scored on Roiy's RBI double. It's now 9-7. The Stingers would get 4
to seal the deal and take the 1st game of the day 13-7.
Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
Theo Battle 2-4, RBI
David Woods 2-4, R
John Roiy 3-4, 2 2B, HR, R, 3 RBI
Tony Barner 2-4, R, RBI
Jay Walle 2-3, BB, R
Game 2: Thunderbirds 14 (WP-Jay Walle 2-6)
Stingers 12 (LP-Tom Paulshock 0-4 )
The afternoon game was much
different than the morning game. The Stingers were looking to give him his
first win of the season and the game was looking good as Paulshock would
only allow 1 run to the T-Birds and tallied another k for the season.
Paulshock also had a quick 2nd facing only 4 batters keeping the Stingers
down by one. In the b-2nd, Beverly and Sheridan would double back to back.
Mason would find a hole in the T-birds field followed by Paulshock blooping
a single into the T-Birds field after intentionally walking Friedman to get
to Paulshock. After 2 innings of play it was the Stingers taking back the
lead 3-1. The third became tough for the Stingers as they would start to
have technical difficulties allowing 4 runs to score in the 4th and another
4 in the 5th. Stingers began to battle back in the b-5th with Eisenberg on
the bases, Flynn would tag the left center fence driving in Eisenberg and
Randall would put one into right center for another rbi. With Beverly and
Randall on the bases, Sheridan drove in both for a 4 run inning cutting into
the T-Bird lead and making it a 9-8 Stingers game. In the t-6th, T-birds
found more holes in the Stingers defense and tacked on 2 more runs for the
lead by one. IN the b-6th, Friedman got his team moving and tied up the ball
game with Flynn’s deep double to plate Palo. The Stingers tried to hold off
the T-Birds but ended up giving the game away at the end with quiet bats
dropping the afternoon game 14-10
Game 2 began with The Birds jumping
out to a 1-0 lead after 1 when Reggie Molock scored on David Woods' RBI single.
The Stingers would hold The Birds to an egg and score 3 to take a 3-1 lead after
2 innings. Let the battle begin!
In the top of the 3rd, The Birds would get going as Molock and Theo Battle would
get singles. Woods would bring in Molock with an RBI single. A RBI double from
John Roiy would allow Battle to score. Woods would score after a brief rundown
on Tony Barner's FC. The Stingers would battle back and get 2 to make the game
5-4 Stingers.
The Birds would attempt takeoff again as Maurice Jamison would get a leadoff
triple and score on Darnell Maxwell's RBI single. The bases would become loaded
as Manny Fontanez would draw a free pass from Paulshock and Battle got a bloop
single. Jay Walle, pinch running for Maxwell, would score when Paulshock issued
a free pass to Woods. Roiy brought in Fontanez and Battle with a 2 RBI double.
The score was 8-5 after 4 as The Birds held The Stingers scoreless in the bottom
of the inning.
The Stingers would return the favor and hold The Birds to a blank as they scored
4 times to regain the lead, 9-8. The Thunderbirds refused to give in as Woods
and Roiy both would single and score on Walle's 2 RBI single. Birds 10-9.
The Stingers would make this interesting as they got 1 across to tie the game at
10 heading into the final inning. In the top of the 7th, The Thunderbirds were
cleared for takeoff on runway #2 as an overcast and small winds filled the air.
The stage was set as Molock would draw a 1 out pass from Paulshock. Two batters
later, Woods hit a 2 out double. The time was now or never for the 2nd year
Birds. Roiy then would bring Molock and Woods in with his second 2 RBI double.
Barner followed with an RBI triple to knock in Roiy. Thunderbirds pitcher Walle
added insurance with an RBI single scoring Barner to make it 14-10. The Birds
defense made sure they would not be stung with a walk off loss as they shut down
The Stingers to take the second game 14-10.
Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
Theo Battle 3-5, 2 R
David Woods 4-4, 2B, BB, 3 R, 3 RBI
John Roiy 4-5, 3 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI
Northwest Regional Park
Field 3:
Umpire- Scott Snyder
Game 1: Kings 14 (WP-Chuck Grant 3-0) Sky & Sky Inc. 3
(LP- Ken Zalis 2-2)
The Kings and Sky & Sky Inc.
matched up in a PMSL rivalry dating back to 1999. The Kings took the opener 12-3
behind a 7 hit pitching performance by Chuck Grant. The Kings were forced to
make a last minute pitching rotation change as scheduled game 1 starter Mike
Herr was moved to catcher when Herr's usual game 1 battery mate Glenn Savage was
a late arrival to NWRP. Grant made his first game 1 start in April since April
26, 2009.
Grant was staked to a 4-0 lead in b-1st with key hits by Alan Varhaftik (2 RBI
1B) and Troy Hendricks (RBI 1B). The Kings scored 5 more runs in b-2nd with RBI
hits from Shilo Merwitz, Varhaftik, and Skip Millison. Arin Gelletly and Jan
Katzen both had RBI SF's in the b-2nd. With the Kings ahead 9-0 after 2 innings,
Sky was unable to pull close and the Kings victory margin was 12-3.
Sky offensive leaders in game 1:
Matt Holley (2-4,1 RBI,
RE)
Kings multi-hit players in game 1:
Kenny Salzman (2-4,2 R)
Shilo Merwitz (4-4,2 R,1 RBI)
Alan Varhaftik (2-4,1 R,3 RBI,2B)
Brad Millison (2-3,1 R,1 RBI,2B,RE)
Troy Hendricks (2-3,1 R,3 RBI,2B)
Mike Herr (2-2,1 R,W)
Game 2: Kings 11 (WP-Chuck Grant 4-0) Sky & Sky Inc. 8 (LP- Dave Davis 2-1)
Sky was forced to play game 2 with just 3 outfielders. The Kings came away with an 11-8 win. The Kings had 20 hits, but left a season high 14 runners on base in the 7 innings.
Northwest Regional Park
Field 4:
Umpire- Rick Simmons
Game 1: Bombers 8 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 6-1)
Green Machine 1(LP- Andy Peksa 1-3)
The Bombers swept the Green Machine 8-1 and 13-6 to move their record to 7-1. Tzvi Friedman was the star again pitching 2 brilliant games. Friedman has given up only 31 runs in 8 games, 20 earned; an average of less than 3 runs a game. In game 1, the Bombers jumped out to a 1-0 lead on an RBI single by Shulie. The much improved Green Machine tied it up in the bottom of the 1st. That would be their last run of the game. The Bombers scored 5 more in the 2nd for a 6-1 lead. Dan singled and Justin and Tzvi reached on errors to load the bases. After Dave Finkelstein hit into a FO, Rashad doubled to make it 3-1. Zach singled to make it 4-1 followed by an RBI single by Ben. Flamm’s SAC FLY made it 6-1.The Bombers scored single runs in the 6th and 7th to complete the scoring.
Game 2: Bombers 13 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 7-1) Green Machine 6 (LP- Bob Mellonee 1-3)
In game 2, The Green Machine struck
for 2 runs before the Bombers scored 4 in the bottom of the 1st for a 4-2 lead.
Shad doubled, Zach singled and Ben had an RBI single. Flamm’s SAC Fly tied it at
2-2. Gabe Silber and Dan followed with RBI singles for the 4-2 lead. The Bombers
scored 2 more in the 2nd. Shad singled, Zach hit a triple and Ben had an RBI
single. The Bombers kept piling it on with 2 more in the 3rd. Gabe and Justin (
both making their debuts) had RBI singles.
The GM got back in the game with some shoddy defense by the Bombers to cut the
lead to 8-6. The Bombers then completed the scoring with 5 more in the 5th for
the 13-6 win. Flamm singled, Shulie tripled off the LF fence (RBI), Gabe singled
(RBI), Justin singled (RBI), Jason hit a SAC FLY (RBI), and Barnett hit a single
(RBI).
The Bombers have scored the most runs in the league and given up the fewest.