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2014 Pikesville Men's Softball League Standings, Schedule, Highlights and Scores

Week #5 -- May 11, 2014

Highlights submitted thus far by Kings, Thunderbirds, Bombers, Green Machine, Northwest Corridor, Sky & Sky, Outlaws

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Northwest Regional Park Field 1: Umpire- Reggie Grant
Game 1: Sky & Sky Inc. 9 (WP-Jay Walle 1-0) Northwest Corridor 4 (LP-Howard Goldberg 3-2)

Despite rain showers for almost 2 days prior to game time, league officers were out at the fields at the crack of dawn to ensure the Mother’s Day weekend games would be played as scheduled.

The last 2 PMSL Playoff Tournament Champions squared off against each other, NWC veteran Howard Goldberg took the mound against Jay Walle making his pitching debut for Sky & Sky. Sky&Sky managed just one hit in the 1st 2 innings but NWC started off hot. Goldberg’s double sent leadoff man Jon Herbst to 3rd base and Up Webb’s sac fly brought him home to open the scoring in the bottom of the 1st. John Karsos followed with an rbi single and Oliver Peterson delivered his own rbi base knock. NWC challenged again in the 2nd inning drawing 2 walks off Walle but 3 groundball fielder’s choices ruined the rally. Meanwhile Sky&Sky heated up on the top of the 3rd inning, finally getting on the board and taking the lead with a 4run inning. In the bottom half of the inning Karsos doubled home Goldberg and NWC tied the game up at 4 apiece. In the bottom of the 4th inning Alan Monico tripled to left field and almost scored off a Jason Weiner fielder’s choice up the middle but Jere Preston delivered a spot on throw home to earn the out and save a run. NWC went down in order in the 5th inning but were at it again in the 6th only to leave the bases loaded with zero runs scored. Sky & Sky managed just one hit off Goldberg from the 4th to 6th innings, but took advantage of two costly NWC errors in the top of the 7th to pull ahead 9-4. Once again NWC left 2 men in scoring position in the 7th but failed to score any runs. The defending champs took the opening game 9-4 in a close battle.

Sky & Sky took the opener 9-4. The game was tied at 4 until Sky & Sky broke through with 5 runs in the top of the 7th. Howard Goldberg held Sky scoreless in the top of the 1st. Jay Walle made his pitching debut for Sky. Sky’s defense promptly let him down, with an error on the first play of the game. Several well hit balls followed, and NWC took a 3-0 lead. Sky was held scoreless in the top of the 2nd. Walle escaped the 2nd inning without a run, despite walking two. In the top of the 3rd, Mike Deutchendorf led off the inning with a base hit liner to left, Mark Lester singled, Birenbaum flied out, and then Eric Radom singled to get Sky on the board. Matt Holley walked to load the bases, and Elliot Blank singled up the middle knocking in two. Andy Bloom singled to knock in Holley, but was thrown out at 2nd trying to take the extra base. NWC started the bottom of the 3rd with three consecutive singles, but managed just one run, tying the score at 4-4 at the end of the 3rd inning. Both pitchers settled in for the next few innings. In the top of the 7th, Jere Preston singled to lead off the inning for Sky. Brian Sky reached on a fielders choice, and Jay Walle singled to load the bases. Mike Deutchendorf delivered a double to left center to take the lead. Aaron Birenbaum, Eric Radom and Elliot Blank also knocked in runs to give Sky the 9-4 lead. NWC had two runners on base in the bottom half of the inning but failed to score.

Offensive leaders for Sky:
Elliot Blank: 3-4, 3RBI
Mike Deutchendorf: 2-3, 2RBI, 2R
Jay Walle: 2-3, 2B, R
Eric Radom: 2-4, 2RBI, R

Hitting Highlights NWC:
Howard Goldberg 2-4 2R 2b
John Karsos 3-3 R 2-2b 2rbi
Alan Monico 1-2 BB 3b

Game 2: Northwest Corridor 8 (WP-Ted Winner 4-1) Sky & Sky Inc. 1 (LP-Jay Walle 1-1)

Both teams hit the ball well in the 1st inning, but unfortunately for Sky, that was all the offense they could muster. Ted Winner shut down the powerful Sky offense, inducing weak pop ups the entire game. In the top of the 1st, NWC pounded the ball, with several shots going to the fence. Sky was fortunate to allow just 3 in the inning. Sky got one back in the bottom half of the inning. NWC continued to hit, with 3 more in the top of the 2nd to take an early 6-1 lead. Sky had just one walk in the 2nd inning, and a single in the 6th inning. Apparently Sky was anxious to get home to their mothers & wives. NWC made it look easy, taking the second game 8-1.

Looking for a split after a disappointing game #1 loss, NWC started the scoring off quickly plating 3 top of the 1st inning runs. Goldberg tripled to the fence in left center, followed by an Up Webb single, doubles from Peterson and Karsos and a base hit line drive from Brad Rosenberg. Sky Sky managed one run off of NWC pitcher Ted Winner in the bottom of the inning. Into the 2nd, NWC’s bats stayed hot scoring another 3runs. Ted Winner was in control on the mound after the 1st inning allowing just one more hit and one walk for the next 6 innings. Rosenberg led off the 3rd inning with a double followed by a Monico double and a Ben Herbst liner to center. NWC once again had at least 2 runners on base in every inning but was only able to score again in the 7th inning as Walle limited the damage and kept the game close. In the end NWC was triumphant 8-1 to earn a doubleheader split, however they banged out 19 hits and were only able to score 8-runs, leaving 12 runners stranded on base.

Offensive leaders for Sky:
Elliot Blank: 2-3

Hitting Highlights NWC:
Up Webb 3-4 2R 4rbi HR
Howard Goldberg 2-4 2R 3b
Brad Rosenberg 3-4 R 2b
Oliver Peterson 3-4 2b 2rbi
Jason Weiner 2-3

Northwest Regional Park Field 2: Umpire- Mark Radom
Game 1: Thunderbirds 9 (WP-Harry Kinsey 1-2) Outlaws 7 (LP-Lucki Lemon Jr. 0-1)

PMSL action started on Mother's Day as The Thunderbirds went up against The Outlaws in their inaugural meeting. The Birds held The Outlaws scoreless in the top of the 1st and came up to bat in the bottom half. James Castellano and Jake Neville got on with consecutive singles followed by a free pass to Matt Monto to juice the bases. Kenny Kreyling then singled in Castellano and Neville to give The Birds a 2-0 lead. The wings keep flapping with consecutive singles by Tony Barner (scoring Monto), Mike Silverman (scoring Kreyling), Lenny Fields, and Dana Anderson. Silverman came across on the FC by Maurice Jamison to give The Birds a 5-0 lead after 1.

Both teams would settle over the next 3 inning as the score remianed 5-0 heading into the 5th. In the top of 5, The Outlaws would get going and plate 4 runs, while holding The Birds to cut the deficit to 5-4 heading into the top of the 6th. In the top of 6, the Outlaws took a 6-5 lead. But in the bottom half, The Birds would rally to tie the game as Barner scored on Anderson's FC. Three batters later, Gary Bosley would single in Anderson to set the stage and give The Birds a 7-6 lead heading into the 7th.

The Outlaws managed to get a run and tie the game in the top of the 7th. In the bottom half, the 1st batter Neville would single. The next batter, Monto, crushed a WALK OFF 2 RUN HR to left center to give The Thunderbirds the opener 9-7.

Congrats to Monto for the 1st walk off HR in Thunderbirds PMSL History.

Week 5 jumped off with a new intense rivalry in the Pikesville Mens Softball league. Outlaws vs. Thunderbirds. A battle between good friends, an ex-teammates that had plenty of trash talking from the weeks and months leading up to the game. The Outlaws take the field without their ace pitcher Larry Newman who is recovering from minor surgery. It showed as the Outlaws started out slow without one of their leaders. As far as the action the Thunderbirds jumped out early scoring 5 in the first. Thunderbirds ace Harry Kinsey was jamming leaving the Outlaws off balance until the 5th inning when the alarm clock finally woke up on the bats.

Matt Andrews lead off the 5th with a single. Two batters later Theo Battle mashed an RBI triple into right center scoring Andrews. Reggie Molock kept the rally going with an RBI single of his own scoring Battle. Two batters later Chas West gets a single. Darren Stimpfle gets an RBI single to score Molock. Darnell Maxwell jumps into the fun with an RBI single to score West. At the end of 5, Birds 5 Outlaws 4. Outlaws kept the Birds off the board the top of 6. At the bottom of 6th Josh Friedman gets a one out single, followed by Matt Andrews who hit his own RBI single for his third hit of the game to score Friedman. Lucki Lemon Jr. mashed a double to advance Andrews to third. Theo Battle hits an RBI sac fly to score Andrews to give the Outlaws a 7-6 lead heading into the 7th.

The Birds bounced back to put up 2, and take an 8-7 lead into the final frame. Chas West steps up with one out and rips a double to get into scoring position. Darren Stimpfle lines a RBI single to score West motoring around from second to tie the game. The Birds step up at the bottom of the seventh and hit a walk off home run over the fence to end a well played exciting game 1!!! Birds 9 Outlaws 7

Outlaws Hitting Stars Game 1
Matt Andrews 3-3 RBI, 2R
Theo Battle 2-2 2B, 3B, 2RBI, SAC, R
Chas West 2-3 2B, 2R
Darren Stimpfle 2-4 2RBI
Darnell Maxwell 2-4 RBI

Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
Jake Neville 3-4, 2B, 2 R
Matt Monto 1-2, 2 BB, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
Kenny Kreyling 1-3, R, 2 RBI
Tony Barner 3-3, R, RBI
Dana Anderson 1-3, R, RBI

Game 2: Thunderbirds 14 (WP-Lenny Fields 1-4) Outlaws 9 (LP-Lucki Lemon Jr. 0-2)

The second game started as The Birds came up first. After a free pass to James Castellano, Jake Neville launched a 2 Run HR off the top of the fence in left to give The Birds a 2-0 spot. The Outlaws would respond with 3 in the bottom of the 1st to take a 3-2 lead.

While holding The Birds scoreless in the 2nd, The Outlaws added 1 more run to go up 4-2.In the top of the 3rd, Gary Bosley would single to get on. Castellano would get another free pass and Neville would reach on a FC to get The Birds going. Matt Monto would double in Bosley to trim the lead 4-3. Kenny Kreyling then would single in Neville and Monto to give TB a 5-4 lead. Again, the Outlaws would respond in the bottom with 1 to tie the game at 5. The Birds would get a little distance in the top of the 4th with consecutive singles from Mike Silverman, Lenny Fields, Dana Anderson (scoring Silverman), and Maurice Jamison to go up 6-5. Brandon Boston would plate Fields with a SAC FLY RBI to go up 7-5. Free passes to Castellano (his 3rd), Neville (scoring Anderson), and Monto (scoring Jamison) made the score 9-5. A bases clearing double by Kreyling scored Castellano, Neville, and Monto to increase the lead to 12-5. Tony Barner would follow with a double down the left field line to plate Kreyling to make the score 13-5.

The score remained the same heading into the bottom of the 6th as the Outlaws added 1 more run to cut the lead to 13-6. In the top of the 7th, The Birds added an insurance run as Monto singled and scored on Barner's single to make it 14-6. The Outlaws tried to rally in their last at bat but fell short as The Thunderbirds took the nightcap for the sweep, 14-9.

Game 2 continued like a boxing match with 4 lead changes! Outlaws get 3 in the top of the first. Reggie Molock gets on with a leadoff walk. With one out Darren Stimpfle smokes a double to the gap to score Molock. Matt Andrews hits a sac fly to the fence where the outfielder makes a great play. Stimpfle turned on the jets to score from second to give Andrews an RBI sac fly. Josh Friedman follows with his first career PMSL home run with an inside the park job. The Birds got 2 in the bottom of the inning to close the gap to 3-2.

Second inning Chas West leads of with a walk. Maurice Scott gets an RBI single and advances to third on a throwing error to score West who put it in fifth gear to score from first. At the end of 2 Outlaws 4 Birds 2. Third inning Darnell Maxwell sets the table with a walk. Matt Andrews draws a one out walk. 2 batters later David Woods gets an RBI double to score Maxwell. The Birds rally back in the bottom of the third to tie the score at 5. Outlaws were kept off the board in the 4th.

Lucki Lemon making his PMSL pitching debut who was spectacular in first 3 innings started losing command walking the Thunderbirds, also some key base hits to open the game up and get 8 runs to make the score 13-5 after 4. In the 6th inning David Woods hits a triple and scores on a throwing error to the plate. Stanley Lyles mashes a triple but was left stranded on third. In the 7th the Outlaws rallied Reggie Molock gets on with a walk. Darren Stimpfle brings him in with an RBI fielders choice. Matt Andrews hits a double. Josh Friedman mashes an RBI triple to score Andrews to conclude the scoring for the Outlaws. Final score Birds 14- Outlaws 9.

Outlaws Hitting Stars Game 2
Josh Friedman 2-4 HR, 3B, 2RBI, R
David Woods 2-3 2B, 3B 2RBI, BB, R
Stanley Lyles 2-3 3B
Reggie Molock 0-2 2R
Matt Andrews 1-3 2B, BB, SAC, RBI, R
Darren Stimpfle 1-4 RBI, 2R

Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
James Castellano 1-1, 3 BB, 2 R
Jake Neville 1-3, BB, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R
Matt Monto 2-3, BB, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI
Kenny Kreyling 3-4, 2B, R, 5 RBI
Tony Barner 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Dana Anderson 2-4, R, RBI

Northwest Regional Park Field 3: Umpire- Rick Simmons
Game 1: Bombers 11 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 4-3) Kings 2 (LP- Mike Herr 7-1)

The Bombers exploded for 8 runs in t-4th and handed the Kings their first loss of the season 11-2 in the opener. Jason Gardner, Mark Loeb, and David Flamm all tripled in the big 4th inning. Loeb also homered over the fence in LF in t-5th.

The Kings walked into Sunday’s doubleheader against the Bombers 8-0 but by the time the day was over, the Kings were 8-2. The Bombers pounded the Kings and moved their record to 6-4. Tzvi Friedman took the mound vs Mike Herr in game 1 and outdueled him 10-2. The Bombers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first. Chaim drew a one out walk and Flamm hit a two out single. Both runs scored on Gardner’s 2 run single. The powerful Kings lineup went down easily in the first 3 innings.

The Bombers broke open the game in the 4th by batting around off of Herr and took a 9-0 lead. Gardner led off with a triple to the RF fence. After Shulie popped out, Loeb tripled home Gardner (3-0). Tzvi’s RBI single made it 4-0. Parry drew a walk and Dan Gutman’s groundout made it 5-0. Rashad Johnson (Shad) singled home Tzvi and after Gershon singled, Chaim walked to load the bases. Ben Gutman then knocked in 2 more with a hard single to CF. Flamm tripled home Gutman to make it 9-0. Friedman let 2 guys get on in the 4th via a single and a walk but the Kings couldn’t score.

In the 5th, Mark Loeb continued his long career of success vs the Kings by hitting a bomb over the LF fence for a 10-0 lead. The Kings finally broke through vs Friedman for 2 in the 6th but the Bombers emerged victorious.

Offensive leaders for Bombers in game 1:
David Flamm (2-4,1 R,2 RBI,3B)
Jason Gardner (2-4,1 R,3 RBI,3B,K)
Mark Loeb (2-3,2 R,2 RBI,3B,HR)
Rashaad Johnson (2-3,1 R,1 RBI)

Kings offensive leaders in game 1:
Jan Katzen (2-3,2 RBI,2B)
Michael Kleeman (2-3,ROE)

Game 2: Bombers 15 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 5-3) Kings 9 (LP- Shilo Merwitz 1-1)

The Bombers completed the sweep over the Kings with a 15-9 win in game 2. The Bombers scored runs in each of the first 5 innings, building a 15-5 lead before the Kings scored 4 runs in t-7th to close out the scoring. Shulie Hochman, Jason Gardner, and Mark Loeb all hit fence clearing homeruns in the Bombers victory.

In game 2, Friedman took the mound vs Shilo and the Kings jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on RBI’s by Shilo and Katzen. The Bombers came right back in the bottom half for a run to slice the lead in half. Chaim reached on an error, Ben G. singled and Flamm hit a Sac Fly. The Kings went down in order in the 2nd but the Bombers struck for 5 runs for a 7-2 lead. After Loeb lined out to the fence, Shulie Hochman hit a ball over the CF fence to tie it up, 2-2. Friedman reached on an error, Parry walked and Dan G. singled to load the bases. Shad doubled in 2 runs and Gershon’s Sac Fly made it 5-2. Chaim then drew another walk and Ben G. tripled to the RF fence for the 7-2 lead. The Kings battled back with 2 in the 3rd to cut the Bombers lead to 7-4. After Herr led off the inning with a pop out to the CF, consecutive hits by Salzman, Shilo, Gelletly, and Hendricks brought home 2 runs.

The Bombers big bats came out again in the 3rd. Gardner led off with a long HR over the LF fence.(8-4). After 1 out, Shulie singled and Friedman tripled him home to make it 9-4. The Kings scored 1 in the top of the 4th but the Bombers won the inning again by scoring 2 more off of Shilo. Shad led off with a single and Gershon’s roller between SS and 2nd and turned into a triple and Shad sped home. Ben G’s groundout made it 11-5. The Bombers tacked on 4 more in the 5th. Loeb led off with his 2nd bomb of the day over the fence for a 12-5 lead. Parry singled, Dan G singled and Gabe Silber pinch hitting for Shad walked to load the bases. Gershon then turned on a changeup for a 3 run triple over the LF’s head and a 15-5 lead. The Kings battled back with 4 unearned runs in the 7th. With 2 on and 2 outs , a ball hit by Hendricks rolled under Flamm’s glove to keep the game alive. The Kings extended the inning but the Bombers held on for the 15-9 win.

Note- Before the Bombers scored 25 runs in the Sunday sweep, the Kings had only given up 45 runs in their 1st 8 games.

Bombers game 2 offensive stars:
Gershon Yakobovitch (2-3,1 R,4 RBI,2B,3B,SF)
Ben Gutman (2-4,3 RBI,3B)
Shulie Hochman (2-3,2 R,1 RBI,HR)
Tzvi Friedman (2-3,1 R,1 RBI,2B)
Dan Gutman (2-3,2 R)
Rashaad Johnson (2-2,3 R,2 RBI)

Kings game 2 offensive stars:
Koby Sarubin (2-4,2 R,2B)
Shilo Merwitz (3-4,1 R,1 RBI)
Arin Gelletly (2-2,2 R,1 RBI,2 W)
Jan Katzen (2-4,1 R,2 RBI,ROE)
Michael Kleeman (2-4,1 R,1 RBI,2B)
Brad Millison (2-4,1 RBI)
Tyler Witt (2-4,1 RBI)

Kings game notes:
►The doubleheader loss for the Kings was their first since July 17, 2011 vs. Sky & Sky Inc.
►The doubleheader loss also pushed the Kings to second place. The last time the Kings were not in 1st place in the Regular Season was July 14, 2012.
►The Kings were missing from their lineup due to injuries Alan Varhaftik (hernia surgery) and Chuck Grant (lower body and upper body injury).
►Brett Eisenberg and Steve Levy missed this week's games for personal reasons.
►Out of substitutes, Tyler Witt finished the doubleheader with a lower body injury.

Northwest Regional Park Field 4: Umpire- Jeff Kapper

Game 1: Green Machine 6 (WP-Bob Mallonee 2-3) Natty O's 2 (LP-RJ Seabeck 5-4)

GGreen Machine took the field in game 1 looking to win game 1 for the first time this season. Green Machine Ace, Bob Mallonee, was making a rare game 1 start. He got the first two batters out easily, but the third batter reached on an error and later scored that inning to give the Natty O’s a 1-0 lead. Green Machine came back quickly after Nick Serkes and Matt Boden scored off of a Mike Randall 2 RBI triple to the wall. Randall would also come around to score off of a Jonathan Stacey RBI single giving Green Machine a 3-1 lead after 1. Mallonee was able to retire the side in the top of the 2nd and Green Machine came back and scored another run off of a Nick Serkes base hit. The top of the third saw the Natty O’s put up another goose egg. In the bottom of the third, Andy Peksa lead the inning off with a base hit and showed his speed off by tagging up from first and going to second on a Jonathan Stacey fly ball. Unfortunately, Green Machine was not able to capitalize off of the hustle play by Peksa. The score remained the same until the top of the 6th inning when the Natty O’s were able to plate their second unearned run of the day. Green Machine came right back in the bottom of the 6th and scored 2 runs of their own when Skyler Dickinson BURNED the RCF for an inside the park HOMERUN! With two outs Mallonee was able to get the Natty O’s to hit a sharp ground ball to third base that was gobbled up by Peksa who got the lead runner going to second base to end the game giving the Green Machine their second win of the season!

GM Offensive Highlights:
Matt Boden: 2-3; 2 1B, R
Nick Serkes: 1-2; 1B, BB, R
Andy Peksa: 2-3; 2 1B
Jonathan Stacey: 2-3; 1B, 2B RBI, R
Skyler Dickinson: 1-3; HR, 2 RBI, R

Game 2: Green Machine 7 (WP-John Reichert 1-2) Natty O's 5 (LP-RJ Seabeck 5-5)