Week #9 -- June 2, 2013
Highlights submitted thus far by Kings, Thunderbirds, Natty O's, Northwest Corridor, Stingers, Green Machine
Northwest Regional Park
Field 1:
Umpire- Reggie Grant
Game 1: Stingers 9 (WP-Larry Newman 4-4)
Natty O's 8 (LP-RJ Seabeck 4-7)
The two teams battled it out in the heat going back and forth all game. With the game locked up at 7 a piece in the bottom of the 7th and O's put the winning run on base but couldn't get him home and the Stingers took advantage in the top half of the 8th with the go ahead and eventually winning run on a close play at the plate.
Stingers and Natty O’s met for the first time this year. After Natty O’s took a lead on the Stingers in the 1st 2-0, they cleaned off the rust from the past two weeks as Brett Eisenberg would drop in a single followed by Rob Elrich’s single which ended up forcing the Natty O’s to catch up with Eisenberg’s speed, committing an error and ultimately a run as Eisenberg would put the Stingers up on the board. Matt Friedman would have a session with RJ Seabock and come out with a laser just by Seabock to plate Elrich and tie the game at 2. Tim Palo would add on for the Stingers with his rbi single. Gary Bosley would get some redemption against his old squad with a SAC fly to give the Stingers a 2 run advantage. The Stingers defense would come alive coming very close to turn multiple double plays on the Natty O’s and not allowing them to score in the b-2nd. However, the O’s would add on 2 more to tie the game up through 4 innings of play. The 5th inning opened the game up a bit more as both sides would score 2 runs, but the Stingers would win the long ball as Mike Randall tagged the upper fence for a 2rbi triple. The 6th was also a mirror for the squads scoring a run each. This time it was Mike Beverly putting it through the O’s defense to score Elrich. In the end it was the Stingers bats and timely defense coming through in extra innings as Beverly did it for the Stingers bats on his rbi single and Larry Newman’s fantastic pitching from the mound.
Natty O's
offensive leaders:
RJ Seabeck 3-3 3 rbi's, 2 runs scored
Sean Connelly 2-4- 2 runs
John Murphy 2-3, 2 rbi
Game 2: Natty O's 12 (WP-RJ Seabeck 5-7) Stingers 4 (LP-Larry Newman 4-5)
The afternoon game seemed like a continuation from the morning game as both teams battled again. This time Natty O’s struck first and the Stingers relied on Beverly’s hot bat for another rbi single making it a 2-1 game through 2 innings of play. It would be the Natty O’s taking this game in the afternoon as the bats of the Stingers would fall asleep allowiong the Natty O’s to take the afternoon game with only a handful of runs scoring for the Stingers.
The second half of the double
header seemed to be going the same as the first until the O's blew it open in
the 4th capped off by a 3 run homer by RJ Seabeck. Solid defense from the Brian
Horr and Justin Bullock along with the rest of the O's shut down the stingers
for the rest of the game and the O's were able to cruise to a game 2 victory.
Natty O's offensive leaders:
RJ Seabeck -3-4 4 rbis, 2 runs, 3 run homer
Jon Veditz 3-4 1 run
Brian Horr 2-4 2 rbi 1 run
Sean Connelly 2-5 2 bris
Northwest Regional Park
Field 2:
Umpire- Mark Radom
Game 1: Sky & Sky Inc. 18 (WP-Brian Mekiliesky 3-2)
Green Machine 9 (LP-Andy Peksa 2-5)
Green Machine started the day with
just 9 players and a crippled manager watching from the bench. The GM bats were
excited for the extra opportunities for at bats, and capitalized with a 4 run
1st inning. Michael Bowen and Andy Peksa led off the game with singles, and a
Matt Boden walk loaded the bases. Billy Giles drove one run in with a sac fly,
and after a Josh Vaeth walk to load the bases again, Jonathan Stacey hit a
clutch 2 RBI double, followed by an RBI single from catcher Pete Sclafani. Sky
got 3 runs back in the bottom of the inning, capped off by a 2 run bomb over the
right field fence by Wilcox. GM responded in the 2nd inning with a lead off
double from Bowen, an RBI double from Boden, and an RBI single by Brad Verbosky
to plate 2 in the inning. Unfortunately, the bottom of the 2nd and 3rd innings
exposed the 9 man GM defense as they scored a combined 15 runs in those 2
innings. GM tried to claw back with 1 run in the 5th inning thanks to a Peksa
triple (leading the team in this category, shockingly) and 2 more runs in the
6th inning. Sclafani got a 1 out single followed by a Jeff Kapper walk and both
were driven in with a 2 out single by Peksa. GM was able to shut out Sky over
the last 3 innings, but the deficit was too much for GM to make the game
competitive.
Green Machine Do-Gooders:
Michael Bowen: 2-5, 1 2B, 2 R
Andy Peksa: 3-5, 1 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Matt Boden: 1-3, 1 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Jonathan Stacey: 3-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI
Pete Sclafani: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
Game 2: Sky & Sky Inc. 11 (WP-Jeff Harris 1-0, Save- Brian Sky 1) Green Machine 7 (LP-Bob Mellonee 1-6)
Sky started game 2 with their bats
being revitalized, getting 4 runs in the 1st inning and another 4 in the 2nd
inning highlighted by a lead off triple for Jeff Harris who made his season
debut for Sky as well as another Wilcox home run, this time for a 3 RBI shot
over center field. The GM 1st inning was killed by a 5-4-3 double play, but the
2nd inning fared better after a lead off single by Verbosky and the 3rd of
Vaeth's 4 walks on the day were plated by and RBI single from Sclafani and an
RBI fielders choice from Kapper. GM had another rally ruined by a double play in
the 4th inning when Sky second baseman Sky fielded a groundball, tagged the
runner, and threw to first. The 6th inning was almost an exact clone of the 2nd
inning, with Verbosky getting a single and Vaeth drawing another walk, both were
driven in by a Sclafani single. However, Sky was able to get their 3rd double
play of the game when Kapper hit a line drive back to the pitcher that was
caught and Sclafani was doubled off at first base. GM was able to make a small
comeback in the 7th inning with Bowen getting a 1 out single, Peksa walked, and
Giles hit a monster double to center field to drive in Bowen. Verbosky hit a
clutch single to drive in 2 runs, but the rally ended on the next batter and Sky
was able to complete the sweep.
Green Machine Do-Gooders:
Billy Giles: 2-4. 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI
Brad Verbosky: 3-4, 1 K, 2 R, 2 RBI
Josh Vaeth: 0-2, 2 BB, 2 R
Pete Sclafani: 3-3, 3 RBI
Northwest Regional Park
Field 3:
Umpire- Scott Snyder
Game 1: Kings 8 (WP-Mike Herr 6-0)
Bombers 3 (LP- Tzvi Friedman 11-2)
To wrap up the 1st half of the
Regular Season, the Kings faced off against the Bombers to battle for 1st place.
The Kings came away with an 8-3 win in the opener. Kings starter Mike Herr
allowed just 8 singles to pick up the
win over Tzvi Friedman.
The Kings took early 3-0 lead in b-1st on Arin Gelletly's 3 RBI HR over the
fence in LCF. It was Gelletly's 3rd HR
of the season. Bombers tied score in t-3rd as they put together a 4 hit rally
including 2 out RBI 1B by Gerson
Yakobovich and 2 RBI 1B by Zach Croft. Gelletly put the Kings ahead again in
b-3rd on RBI 2B to score Shilo
Merwitz. Kings extended lead to 6-3 in b-5th on Kenny Salzman's 2 RBI HR. 2 more
Kings runs were scored in
b-6th on RBI groundout by Brad Millison and RBI 1B by Rob Barrow.
Bombers offensive leaders in game 1:
Gerson Yakobovich (1-3,1 R,1 RBI)
Zach Croft (2-3,2 RBI)
Kings offensive leaders in game 1:
Kenny Salzman (2-3,1 R,2 RBI,HR)
Arin Gelletly (2-3,1 R,4 RBI,2B,HR)
Jan Katzen (3-3,1 R)
Rob Barrow (2-3,1 RBI)
Game 2:
Game 1: Northwest Corridor 17 (WP-Howard Goldberg 3-4) Thunderbirds 6 (LP- Harry Kinsey 1-1)
Sunday's action started as NWC took the field against The Thunderbirds. TB leadoff Kevin Menedis would start with a single. Jay Walle would get a free pass from NWC hurler Howard Goldberg. After Brandon Smith's FC, a second free pass in the inning to David Woods would juice the bases. Tony Barner would earn an RBI with another free pass from Goldberg. Next, Lenny Fields would plate Woods on a RBI SF. Heading into the bottom of 1, The Birds had a 2-0 lead.
NWC would bring in 6 to take the 6-2 lead. TB would go silent in the 2nd as NWC had 8 more come across and took a demanding 14-2 lead into the 3rd. TB pitcher Harry Kinsey would draw a leadoff walk to start the inning. Smith would triple to bring Kinsey in. Next, Woods singled in Smith as TB chipped into the NWC lead and trailed 14-4 as NWC went quietly in the bottom half. In the 4th, NWC shut TB down again and scored once in the bottom to lead 15-4. TB would try to rally in the 5th as Smith would single followed by Woods second free pass from Goldberg. Barner would double deep scoring Smith and Woods. NWC held TB's bats silent to take the opener 16-6.
The Thunderbirds and NWC finally
squared off against each other in 2013, their earlier matchup had been rained
out. Thunderbirds got off to a great start against Goldberg in the top of the
1st inning scoring 2 runs to start the game & take an early lead. NWC hoping
that their bats weren’t rusty following the long holiday layoff exploded for 6
runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. NWC’s 1st four batters all
hit singles, setting up big hits for Upy Webb and Matt Silverman. Webb tripled
in 2runs with a deep blast to left centerfield & Silverman followed with a well
hit triple to plate Webb. The Thunderbirds hung in there the whole game scoring
runs in the 3rd and 5th innings but NWC’s offensive attack was too much to
overcome. NWC scored 8 more runs in the 2nd inning. Aaron Birenbaum had a bases
loaded double propelling the offense and putting the game out of reach.
Hitting Stars NWC:
Aaron Birenbaum 2-3 BB R 2b 4rbi
Gabe Unterman 3-3 BB 3R
Adam Silverman 3-4 R 2b rbi
Upshur Webb 2-4 2R 2-2B 4rbi
Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
Brandon Smith 2-4, 3B, 3 R, RBI
David Woods 1-1, 2 BB, R, RBI
Tony Barner 2-2, BB, 2B, 3 RBI
Toby Garcia 2-3, 2B
Game 2: Northwest Corridor 11 (WP-Ted Winner 4-3) Thunderbirds 6 (LP- Jay Walle 2-8) 8 Innings
The 2nd game started out much differently as Winner vs
Walle resulted in zero runs scored in the first 2innigs. NWC struck 2st with
4runs in the top of the 3rd inning however. Ted Winner led off with a single
followed by a Chris Ammann bases on balls. Gabe Unterman also drew a walk and
Brad Rosenberg made the Thunderbirds pay drilling a bases clearing triple to
left center. Goldberg drove him in with a base hit up the middle and NWC was in
control of the game. The Thunderbirds got to Winner in the 4th inning, scoring
5runs of their own. In the 5th inning Dave Woods gave them another insurance run
hitting in Reggie with their 6th run. The Thunderbirds couldn’t close out NWC
however in the 7th inning. Rosenberg singled and Goldberg doubled to start the
inning. Adam Silverman hit a sac fly plating Rosenberg and Goldberg advanced to
3rd on a close play at 3rd base. Webb & Matt Silverman drew back to back walks
with 2 outs and now bases loaded, NWC down by 1run. Ben Herbst hit an infield
single with Goldberg just barely scoring the tying run ahead of Webb getting
tagged out at 3rd after his slide and momentum pushed him past the base. Winner
handedly retired The Thunderbirds in the bottom of the 7th & NWC went into extra
innings for the 2nd week in a row. With 2 outs in the top of the 8th, Brad
Rosenberg delivered a go ahead rbi single plating Matt Bell to take a 7-6 lead.
Goldberg followed with a grand slam to the centerfield field and 4 more extra
insurance runs. The Thunderbirds challenged again in the bottom of the 8th
putting 2 runners on base but Winner got out of the inning unscathed giving NWC
the sweep.
The afternoon game started as both
teams went scoreless in the 1st. In the 2nd, NWC came across 4 times and held TB
silent again to take a 4-0 lead. Both teams, again, go quietly in the 3rd.
TB would shut
down NWC in the top of 4 and came up looking to get on the board in the bottom
half of the inning.
Leadoff batter, Reggie Molock, would single and score on Brandon Smith's
inside-the-park HR to right. Jay Walle would earn a free pass from NWC P Ted
Winner. Next, Manny Fontanez would single. Theo Battle would triple to bring in
Walle and Fontanez. Lenny Fields' single would plate Battle as TB took a 5-4
lead going into the 5th.
TB would hold NWC before adding one more as Woods would bring Molock in with an
RBI single. TB 6- NWC 4 after 5. Both teams again went scoreless in the 6th.
NWC would score
2 in the top of the 7th and shut down TB bats to force extra innings. In the top
of the 8th, the TB defense couldn't hold form as NWC crossed the plate 5 times
and held TB batters to take the 11-6 win.
Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
Reggie Molock 2-4, 2R
Brandon Smith 2-3, HR, BB, R, 2 RBI
David Woods 2-4, 2B, RBI
Tony Barner 2-3, BB, "K"
Theo Battle 1-3, 3B, R, 2 RBI
NWC Hitting Stars:
Brad Rosenberg 4-5 3r 3b 4rbi
Howard Goldberg 4-5 2r 2b Hr GS 6rbi
Ted Winner 3-4 R
Adam Silverman 2-5