2014 Pikesville Men's Softball League Standings, Schedule, Highlights and Scores
Week #3 -- April 27, 2014
Highlights submitted thus far by Kings, Thunderbirds, Green Machine, Natty O's, Bombers, NWC, Sky & Sky Inc., Outlaws
Photos from Sunday, April
27, 2014 courtesy of Mike Herr are available here
Photos from Sunday, April
27, 2014 courtesy of Mark Winkel are available here
Northwest Regional Park
Field 1:
Umpire- Reggie Grant
Game 1: Kings 17 (WP-Mike Herr 5-0)
Northwest Corridor 5 (LP-Howard Goldberg 2-1)
A game that changed leads 3 times
early on ended early as the Kings exploded for 10 runs in b-5th to take the
opener 17-5 in 5 innings over Northwest Corridor. NWC got on the board right
away. After Kings starter Mike Herr retired the first 2 batters of the game,
Upton Webb and Joe Kramer launched solo homeruns over the fence in LCF. In Kings
b-1st, NWC starter Howard Goldberg retired the first 2 Kings hitters. Rather
than launching homeruns, the Kings 3 and 4 hitters drew walks. Jan Katzen
followed with an RBI 1B sending Gelletly to thirdbase and Katzen advanced to
second base on an overthrow into the infield. Alan Varhaftik followed with a 2
RBI 1B to give Kings 3-2 lead after 1 inning.
Neither team scored in inning 2. In t-3rd, with 2 outs and 0 on, Goldberg
singled and scored on an Upton Webb RBI 3B. Kramer followed with an RBI 1B to
put NWC back in the lead 4-3. In t-4th, Tom Blumenauer and Brad Rosenberg led
off with singles. Mike Herr was able to retire the next 2 hitters, but Matt
Silverman delivered a clutch 2 out RBI 1B making the score 5-3. Jon Herbst
continued the rally with a walk to load bases, but Herr was able to retire
birthday boy Jon Goldman on a flyout to LF to hold down the damage. In b-4th,
Arin Gelletly led off with a fence clearing HR to LCF. Jan Katzen reached on an
infield error and scored the tying run on Alan Varhaftik's 3B to the fence in
LCF. Glenn Savage plated Varhaftik with a SF to LF. Tyler Witt walked, Brad
Millison singled, and Brett Eisenberg hit an RBI 1B to CF to put Kings ahead
7-5.
In t-5th, with 1 out, Goldberg singled and Webb doubled putting the tie run at
second base with just 1 out. Herr was able to finally retire Kramer on an
infield popout and then got Blumenauer to flyout, leaving the tying runners in
scoring position.
In b-5th, 0 out RBI 1B by Shilo Merwitz, and 1 out 2 RBI 2B by Varhaftik, RBI 2B
by Savage, and RBI 1B by Witt all of a sudden had the Kings ahead 12-5.
Following a flyout for the 2nd out of the inning, Brett Eisenberg reached on an
infield error, Mike Herr hit an RBI 1B to score Witt, and Koby Sarubin also
reached on an infield error. 2 out 2 RBI 2B by Salzman and 2 RBI 1B by Merwitz
ended the game early via the mercy rule 17-5. Of the 9 Kings hits in b-5th, 4
were doubles.
NWC game 1 offensive leaders:
Howard Goldberg (2-3,1 R)
Upton Webb (3-3,2 R, 2 RBI,2B,3B,HR)
Joe Kramer (2-3,1 R,2 RBI,HR)
Brad Rosenberg (2-3)
Kings game 1 offensive leaders:
Kenny Salzman (2-4,2 R,2 RBI,2 2B)
Shilo Merwitz (2-3,2 R,3 RBI,W)
Arin Gelletly (2-2,3 R,1 RBI,HR,W)
Alan Varhaftik (2-2,2 R,5 RBI,2B,W)
Glenn Savage (1-2,1 R,2 RBI,2B,SF)
Tyler Witt (1-2,2 R,1 RBI,W)
Game 2: Kings 15 (WP-Shilo Merwitz 1-0) Northwest Corridor 7 (LP-Ted Winner 2-1)
The Kings bats picked up where they
left off from game 1 scoring 7 runs in t-1st and cruising to a 15-7 win in the
nightcap. Koby Sarubin and Kenny Salzman started the game with back-to-back
doubles. With 1 out, Arin Gelletly walked. Jan Katzen had an RBI 1B to score
Salzman making score 2-0. A single by Alan Varhaftik loaded bases. NWC then
commited 3 errors on the next 4 ground balls costing runs and extending the
Kings inning. Koby Sarubin's 2 out RBI 1B gave the Kings with 7-0 lead before
NWC came to the plate. Shilo Merwitz took to the hill for the Kings making his
first pitching start since 2012. Merwitz's mix of off-speed pitches including a
knuckle ball kept NWC off balance. Merwitz retired NWC 1-2-3 in b-1st. In Kings
t-2nd, Merwitz led off with 1B and Arin Gelletly followed with 2 RBI HR to LCF,
his 2nd HR of the day. The Kings produced another run in t-2nd on Jan Katzen 1B,
Varhaftik reached on error, and SF by Tyler Witt. In b-2nd, the Kings defense
got sloppy committing 3 errors, leading to 3 runs. The key hit for NWC was Jon
Goldman's 2 out 2 RBI 1B. Brett Eisenberg began t-3rd with 2B, advanced to third
base on flyout to RCF by Sarubin, and scored on SF to LCF by Salzman. In t-4th,
SF by Glenn Savage keyed 2 more Kings run to put them ahead 13-3.
NWC got 1 run back in b-5th on Howard Goldberg 2 out RBI 1B. Kings scored twice
more in t-6th with key hit 2 RBI 1B by Brad Millison. NWC rallied for 3 runs in
b-7th, but they fell way short of the Kings 15-7.
NWC game 2 offensive leaders:
Howard Goldberg (2-4,1 RBI)
Joe Kramer (2-3,1 R)
Jon Goldman (3-3,1 R,4 RBI,2B)
Kings game 2 offensive leaders:
Koby Sarubin (2-5, 1R,1 RBI,2B)
Kenny Salzman (1-3,1 R,2 RBI,2B,W,SF)
Shilo Merwitz (2-5,1 R)
Arin Gelletly (2-2,3 R,2 RBI,HR,2 W)
Jan Katzen (4-4,4 R,1 RBI).
Kings game notes:
►Alan Varhaftik will be having a surgical
procedure later in the week and is expected to be out 4-6 weeks. Varhaftik is
2nd in the league among active players in career hits with 755 (including 668
with the Kings). Mike Herr has 798 (including 763 with Kings).
►Steve Levy and Troy Hendricks missed the
doubleheader with scheduled vacations.
►Kings #1 starter Chuck Grant remains out
indefinitely with upper and lower body injuries.
►Since assuming the #1 pitching role from
Chuck Grant on June 23, 2013, Mike Herr had made 19 consecutive starts for the
Kings. Battling an upper respiratory tract infection, Herr was rested in game 2
in favor of Shilo Merwitz. Merwitz improved his lifetime pitching record with
the Kings to 5-1.
►The doubleheader against Northwest Corridor
featured many former players and staff members associated with the Owings Mills
High School baseball program. The NWC starting lineup included OMHS Athletic
Director Ted Winner, head varsity baseball Coach Tom Blumenauer, and head junior
varsity baseball Coach Jason Weiner. The Kings starters included varsity
assistant baseball Coach Mike Herr, former varsity assistant baseball Coach
Glenn Savage, and alumni to the baseball program Tyler Witt (OMHS 2011), Koby
Sarubin (OMHS 2008), Jan Katzen (OMHS 1996), Kenny Salzman (OMHS 1989). Chuck
Grant (OMHS 1988) remains on the disabled list.
Northwest Regional Park
Field 2:
Umpire- Mark Radom
Game 1: Bombers 13 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 3-0) Green
Machine 0 (LP-John Reichert 0-1)
5 Innings
In game 1, the Bombers scored a lot of runs and Green Machine didn't score any.
The Nationwide Insurance Bombers and Green Machine split
their doubleheader. The Bombers took game 1, 13-0 behind another dominating
performance by Howie Friedman. Friedman’s record moved to 3-0 and his ERA is
0.00. He held a strong lineup down with a mixture of dominating fastballs and
paralyzing change ups. The game ended after 5 innings.
Gershon Y. led off with a single and walks to Georgie and B. Gutman loaded the
bases. Gardner hit a SAC fly for a 1-0 lead and an error by the Machine plated
the 2nd run for the Bombers. The Bombers broke it open in the 3rd. Georgie and
B. Gutman singled and Flamm walked to load the bases. Gardner tripled to the RCF
fence to plate 3 runs for a 5-0 lead .Reed hit an RBI single and Hochman
followed with a single. Loeb’s RBI single made it 7-0 and C. Finkelstein
followed with an RBI single. After a forceout, Friedman helped himself with a 2
run single. Georgie’s 2nd single of the inning made it 11-0.
In the 4th, Parry PH for Reed and singled. After a Hochman single, D. Gutman’s
shot to CF made it 12-0. The Bombers closed their scoring with a run in the 5th
as B. Gutman drove home Gershon after his leadoff walk and Georgie’s double.
GM Box Score:
Brad Verbosky: 2-2
Pete Sclafani: 1-1
Game 2: Green Machine 8 (WP-Bob Mallonee 1-2) Bombers 6 (LP-Tzvi Friedman 3-1)
After getting shut out and mercy ruled in game 1, Green Machine came out with an early lead in game 2 thanks to singles from Nick Serkes, Matt Boden, and Brad Verbosky to take a 1-0 lead. The Bombers matched that run in the bottom of the 1st to tie the game. GM continued to be dangerous in the top of the 2nd with a lead off single from Chris Goodwin followed by a Skyler Dickinson double and a Pete Sclafani infield single to load the bases. Pitcher Bob Mallonee hit a sacrifice fly to plate Goodwin which allowed GM to regain the lead. After a Mark Winkel walk to load the bases again, Serkes hit a long fly ball to right center field that was tracked down for the 3rd out. The Bombers tied the game again in the bottom of the 2nd, but GM just kept hitting with consecutive singles from Mike Randall, Verbosky, and Andy Peksa. After a fielders choice led to Randall being forced out at home, Rico Alkrine got a big bases loaded walk to plate Verbosky and once again regain the lead. The Bombers finally enjoyed their first lead of the game in the bottom of the 3rd when they scored 2 runs to take a 4-3 lead. GM came back strong in the top of the 4th with lead off singles from Sclafani and Mallonee followed by a crushed 2 RBI double by Serkes that saw Mallonee score all the way from first base flying around the base paths. The Bombers refused to quit, scoring 1 run in the bottom of the 4th and another in the 5th to take a 6-5 lead. GM came back with a vengeance in the 6th inning, with Josh Vaeth pinch hitting for Winkel and getting a big 1 out single to start the rally. After Serkes flew out to left field for the second out, Boden drew a walk to have men on 1st and 2nd with 2 outs for big clean up hitter Randall who beat the 3rd baseman down the line for a game tying RBI single and astutely advanced to 2nd on the throw. With the game tied now and runners on 2nd and 3rd, the mercurial Verbosky lasered a shot down the 3rd base line that allowed Boden and a motoring Randall to score the go ahead runs. Mallonee shut down the Bombers in the 6th inning but not without a scare. The Bombers had runners at 1st and 3rd with 2 outs, but a line drive was expertly snagged by Verbosky to preserve the lead. GM was shut down in the top of the 7th, and the Bombers looked to take advantage in the bottom of the 7th when they got a lead off single. After a fly out for out 1, the #3 hitter hit a fly ball to LCF Boden who threw a frozen rope to 2nd baseman Winkel to seemingly end the game when Winkel put the tag on the runner trying to take 2nd. However, the umpire disagreed with the obvious correct call, and the Bombers got a second chance to come back. But this was quickly ended when a soft hit ground ball was scooped up by SS Serkes and fired over to first baseman Randall who made a fantastic scoop on the 1 hop to end the game.
In game 2, the Green Machine got
their first win with an 8=6 victory. It was the G.M.’s first career win against
the Bombers. They have a solid lineup and played great defense. Friedman started
to tire in game 2 due to the 25 lbs. that he gained over Passsover. The G.M.
struck for 1 in the bottom of the 1st but the Bombers came back with 2 in the
bottom of the 1st. Gershon led off with a single. After a SAC fly by Georgie. B.
Gutman hit an RBI single. Gardner’s RBI GO made it 2-1. The GM tied it in the
2nd on a bases loaded SAC Fly and took a 3-2 in the 3rd. The bombers came right
back in the 3rd to take a 4-3 lead. Friedman walked, Gershon singled and they
both scored on an error by the G.M.
The back and forth continued. The G.M. scored 2 in the 4th to take a 5-4 lead
but the Bombers tied it in the bottom of the 4th. Reed led off with a triple and
scored on Hochman’s SAC fly. The Bombers took a 6-5 lead in the 5th. Gershon led
off with a single and Flamm’s RBI double to the fence in straightaway CF. The
G.M. scored an unearned run in the 6th to knot it at 6-6 and then had 2 more
score on a hard single to LF. The Bombers battled in the 7th but Gershon was
stranded at 2B. It was Friedman’s first loss of the season as the Bombers moved
to 4-2.
GM Box Score:
Nick Serkes: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 R, 2 RBI
Mike Randall: 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
Brad Verbosky: 3-4, 1 R, 3 RBI
Chris Goodwin: 2-4, 1 R
Rico Alkrine: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 RBI
Skyler Dickinson: 2-4, 1 2B
Pete Scladani: 2-4, 1 R
Bob Mallonee: 1-1, 1 R, 1 RBI
Josh Vaeth: 1-1, 1 R
Northwest Regional Park
Field 3:
Umpire- Scott Snyder
Game 1: Sky & Sky Inc. 21 (WP-Jeff Harris 5-0)
Outlaws 5 (LP- Larry Newman 0-5)
Sky & Sky faced off against their old teammate Larry Newman. Newman held Sky scoreless in the 1st. Jeff Harris held the Outlaws scoreless in the bottom half of the inning. In the top of the 2nd, the floodgates opened. Sky & Sky’s Matt Holley led off with a double, Andy Bloom walked, and then there were six consecutive singles before an out was recorded. Sky put up 9 runs in the inning. The Outlaws got 2 back in the bottom half of the 2nd inning, but Sky quickly responded with 2 more in the top of the 3rd. At the end of 3, it was 11-2. Each team scored a run in the 4th, and neither team scored in the 5th. Sky scored one more in the 6th, and then tacked on 8 more runs in the top of the 7th. Final score was 21-5.
Outlaws took on the 2013 league
champion Sky & Sky missing 6 players, as the injury bug has bite the Outlaws
early in the season. After a scoreless first inning, Sky scored 9. Outlaws tried
to battle back against Jeff Harris who pitched an excellent game. Josh Friedman
led off the 2nd inning with a single, followed by a 2 out single by Chas West.
Will McRae gets a 2 RBI single to plate Friedman, and West. David Woods led off
the fourth with a single, followed by a single by Friedman, his second hit of
the game. Darnell Maxwell gets a 2 out single to plate Woods. Chas West relieves
Larry Newman in the 4th inning. Newman gave his all after being less than 100
percent. Maxwell led off the seventh with a single, his second hit of the game.
Chas West follows with a single for his second hit. Anthony Fox making his PMSL
debut gets his first RBI with a groundout. Will Martinez also making his PMSL
debut gets an RBI single to score Fox hustling around from first. This concludes
the scoring for game 1. Sky 21 Outlaws 5.
Offensive leaders for Sky:
Brian Sky: 3-3, 2 2B, 2RBI, 2R
Matt Holley: 3-5, 3B, 2B, 4R
Steve Truitt: 3-5, 2 RBI, 3R
Andrew Vanlandingham: 2-5, 2B, 4RBI, 2R
Jay Walle: 2-4, 3B, BB, 2RBI, 2R
Mike Deutschendorf: 2-4, BB, 2R
Jeff Harris: 2-5, 2RBI, 2R
Game 2: Sky & Sky Inc. 14 (WP-Jeff Harris 6-0) Outlaws 2 (LP-Maurice Scott 0-1) 5 Innings
In Game 2, Sky & Sky took advantage of the Outlaws’ pitchers who had trouble finding the strike zone. There were 13 walks in the game for Sky. Andrew Vanlandingham had a big game for Sky, going 4-4 including consecutive triples in the 1st and 2nd innings. Sky scored four in the 1st, five in the 2nd, one in the 3rd, and two in the 4th to take a 12-0 lead. Jeff Harris pitched well and didn’t allow a run until the 5th, both of which were unearned. The first 5 batters for Sky (Radom, Truitt, Holley, Vanlandingham and Blank) each reached base by either a hit or walk at least 3 of the 4 times they came to the plate. The game ended early, with Sky winning 14-2.
Game 2 Sky picked up where they
left off hitting the tar out of the ball. Scoring 4 in the first, 5 in the
second as Maurice Scott got his first career start, and first career appearance
on the bump in the PMSL. Woods came on in relief in the 3rd for his pitching
debut of the season. Outlaws were held scoreless until the 5th. Friedman leads
off with a single, Maxwell walks, Martinez gets an RBI single. West follows with
an RBI single. Sky 14 Outlaws 2.
Offensive leaders for Sky:
Andrew Vanlandingham: 4-4, 2 3B, 4RBI, 3R
Matt Holley: 2-2, 2B, 2 BB, RBI, 3R
Northwest Regional Park Field 4: Umpire- Jeff Kurland
Game 1: Natty O's 15 (WP-RJ Seabeck 2-3) Thunderbirds 3 (LP-Mark Wienner 0-1)
Sunday's action started as the Natty O's went up against the Thunderbirds. The Birds were first to get on the scoreboard in the bottom of the 1st as Gary Bosley and Jeff Kapper drew free passes from Seabeck. Nick Perehinec would single in Bosley and 2 batters later, Tony Barner would single in Perehinec to take a 2-0 lead. Natty would tie the score in the top of 2 and hold The Birds in the bottom half. Natty scored 3 in the top of 3 and 6 in the top of 4 to open the lead up to 11-2. The Birds would add one more final run as Kenny Kreyling would single and score on Jake Neville's base hit.Game 2: Natty O's 11(WP-RJ Seabeck 3-3) Thunderbirds 7 (LP-Mark Wienner 0-2)
The nightcap got on its way as both teams went scoreless in the 1st. The Birds would get scoring first as Mike Silverman lead off with a double, followed by consecutive singles from Jeff Kapper and Dana Anderson (scored Silverman). Two batters later, Brandon Boston would single in "Kap-Gun" to take a 2-0 lead. Natty answered with 2 of their own in the bottom half to tie it up. In the 3rd, Natty would start to open up a little as the plated 5 to take a 7-2 advantage. Both teams went quietly in the 4th as the score remained 7-2. In the top of 5, The Birds would try to get back into things. Gary Bosley (FC) and Jake Neville (single) would get on base and score on Nick Perehinec's deep 2 RBI triple. Kenneth Kreyling singled in Perehinec to cut the deficit to 7-5. But Natty again answered with 2 runs in the bottom half to go up 9-5. The Birds' Silverman would lead off the 6th with a triple and score on James Castellano's single. Silverman (pinch running for Castellano) would come in on Mark Wienner's base hit to make it 9-7. Natty got 2 more in the bottom of 6 and took the second game by the score of 11-7.