2015 Pikesville Men's Softball League Standings, Schedule, Highlights and Scores
Week #1 -- April 12, 2015
Highlights submitted thus far by Kings, Bombers, Natty O's, LOFT, Outlaws, Thunderbirds
Northwest Regional Park
Field 1:
Umpire- Reggie Grant
Game 1: Nationwide Insurance Bombers 17 (WP-Tzvi Friedman
1-0)
Thunderbirds 2 (LP-Matt Monto 0-1) 4 Innings
Opening day pitted the Nationwide
Insurance Bombers (the “Flammys”) vs the Thunderbirds on a beautiful sunny day.
The Thunderbirds had only 9 players and a new pitcher Matt Monto. The Bombers
bats were on fire both games and they swept the doubleheader, 17-2 (4 innings)
and 26-16. Tzvi Freidman won both games for the Bombers and was very sharp and
full of energy even though his wife gave birth to a son this week.
Interesting Bombers notes- the Bombers had 2 sets of twins play for them in game
2 for the first time in their history, the Gutman twins and the Hochman twins.
Also, Dan Gutman made his Pikesville debut in the 7th inning of game 2 . Nadav
Spiegler made his return to the league after a 6 year layoff. Josh Resnick,
Mikke Turiello and Shuiy Hochman made their Bomber debuts.
In game 1, the
Bombers scored 7 in the first. Rashad Johnson led off with a single and Resnick
hit an RBI double off the LF fence in his first at bat in the league. Flamm
drove in the 2nd run with a single, and Shulie Hochman’s RBI single made it 3-0.
Freidman helped his own cause with a single- 2 RBI’s and Gardner drove in the
next 2 with a bases loaded single. The Birds scored 2 in the 2nd to cut the
Bombers lead to 7-2. The Bombers answered with 4 more runs in the 2nd to take an
11-2 lead. With 1 out, Ben Gutman drew his 2nd walk, and Flamm followed with a
walk. Shulie’s RBI double made it 8-2 and Freidman roped a single to drive in 2
more runs. Chaim Finkelstein singled and Spiegler hit a SF.
The Bombers
tacked on 6 more runs in the 3rd. Turiello hit an INF single and Gardner walked.
Shad hit an RBI single and Resnick’s SF drove in the Bombers 13th run. Ben hit
an RBI single and after Flamm singled, Shulie drove in 2 more with a double.
Freidman’s single drove home the final run (his 5th RBI) and the game ended
after 4.
The 2015 season started as The
Thunderbirds went silent in the 1st as the Bombers came in 7 times to take a
7-0 lead.
The Birds got on the board in the 2nd, as Joe Chambers III
would get a free pass and Mike Silverman would ROE. Mike Peddicord would
bloop a 1B for his 1st PMSL hit and RBI bringing in JC3. Chris would get his
1st PMSL RBI as he 1B'd in Silverman 2 batters later to make it 7-2. The
Bombers would get 4 and 6 in the next 2 at bats and hold The Birds to an egg
in the 4th to take the opener 17-2.
Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
Jeff Kapper 1-2, BB
Chris 23, 2B, RBI
Matt Monto 1-2
Joe Chambers
III 0-1, BB, R
Mike Peddicord 1-2, RBI
Game 2: Nationwide
Insurance Bombers 26 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 2-0)
Thunderbirds 16 (LP-Matt Monto 0-2)
Game 2 was very exciting. The Bombers jumped out to a 5-0
lead after 2 but the Birds scored 2 in the bottom half. Kap Gun’s RBI GO made it
5-3 in the 3rd. The Bombers answered with 5 in the 4th to take a 10-3 lead.
Spiegler tripled off the fence and Dan Gutman’s RBI single drove him home.
Resnick hit a 2 run double, Ben tripled home Resnick, and Flamm singled home
Gutman. Another run was added on in 5th on 3 errors by the Thunderbirds defense.
The Thunderbirds showed their heart by scoring 9 in the 5th , hitting the ball
all over the field. The Bombers showed early season rust by also making 3 errors
in the 5th to hamper Freidman’s pitching effort.
The Bombers came right
back in the 6th to score 11 runs to make it 22-12. The Bombers scored 4 more in
the 7th and the Birds fought back by scoring 4 in the 7th but the comeback was
thwarted and the Bombers held on for the sweep.
Dan Gutman, was the
hitting star for the Bombers with 5 hits in the doubleheader.
The Bombers got 1 in the top of the 1st and 4 in the
2nd to jump to a 5 run lead. The Birds would battle back with 2 in the
bottom of 2, as Nick Wodoslawsky collected his 1st PMSL hit and scored 2
batters later on Mike Silverman's FC. Silverman would come around on Adam's
2B and make the score 5-2 after 2.
TB would add 1 more in the bottom of
the 3rd as Chris would get a 1B and come around on Joe Chambers III RBI 1B.
The Bombers would get 5 and 1 in the next 2 innings to jump to a 11-3
lead but The Birds would battle back again in the bottom of the 5th. The
rally started with consecutive 1B's from Chris and Matt Monto to get things
going. Wodoslawsky would ROE as Chris would come in to score. JC3 would get
a free pass to juice the bases. Silverman's FC would plate Monto and
Wodoslawsky came in on Gary Bosley's ROE. Adam would then 1B in Silverman.
Mike Peddicord would 3B over the RCF's head and bring in Bosley and Adam.
Jeff Kapper would then 1B in Peddicord. Monto would reach on a FC and come
in with Kap on Wodoslawsky's 2 RBI 3B. After 5, Thunderbirds 12 - Bombers
11.
The lead was short lived as Bombers came back with 11 to reclaim the
lead 22-12.
In the 7th, Bombers got 4 more but The Birds tried another
rally as Peddicord hit his 2nd 2B of the game, followed by Kap's 1B.
Peddicord would come in to score on Chris' RBI 1B. Monto would 1B in Kap and
Wodoslawsky BB'd to load em up.
JC3 would get a 1B to score Chris and
keep the bases juiced. Silverman would hit a 2 RBI SF to center and bring in
Monto and Wodoslawsky. Bosley would 1B and score on an E after Adam's 1B but
the rally fell short as Bombers held on for a 26-16 win.
Thunderbirds Offensive Leaders:
Chris 3-4, BB, 3 R, RBI
Matt Monto 3-5, 2 R, RBI
Nick Wodoslawsky 2-4,
BB, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI
Joe Chambers III 3-4, BB, 2 RBI
Adam 3-5, 2B, R, 3
RBI
Mike Peddicord 3-5, 2 2B, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Northwest Regional Park
Field 2:
Umpire- Brett Walzl
Game 1: Sky & Sky Inc. 8 (WP-Jeff Harris 1-0) Natty
O's 6
(LP-RJ Seabeck 0-1)
On a beautiful opening day in
Owings Mills, RJ Seabeck started fast, throwing 3 shutout innings to start the
game. The O's would jump on Harris in the second inning scoring 3 runs in a
rally started by Matt Bratter and followed up with back to back singles by Greg
Barr and newcomer Matt Salmon. John Murphy would add a run with one of his two
sacrifice flies on the day. Sky's bats would wake up as they usually do and take
a 4-3 lead in the top of the 4th. The O's however, would come right back thanks
to 4 straight runners reaching base with RJ, Bratter, Brad Wandel and Greg Barr
again singling in the go ahead run. That would be all the offense the Natty O's
could muster on the day, and Sky would score the final 4 runs of the game to
take the opener 8-6.
Natty O's Offensive
leaders:
Matt Bratter: 1-2, 2 Runs, BB
Greg Barr: 2-3, Run, RBI
Matt Salmon, 1-3, 2 RBI, Run
John Murphy 1-1, 2
RBI
Game 2: Natty O's 8 (WP-RJ Seabeck 1-1) Sky & Sky Inc. 0 (LP-Jeff Harris 1-1)
The O's would once again jump out to an
early 3-0 lead after 2 innings with a first inning RBI by Matt Bratter and 2
runs in the second inning when John Murphy hit the O's first extra base hit of
the season followed by a 2 RBI single by one of the O's new players John
Christy. The Natty O's would continue to add at least 1 run in each of the final
4 innings, highlighted with a Matt Bratter RBI triple and the shortest single in
the history of the Natty O's by Kris Stahle. Brad Wandell and Jonathan Veditz
would both add sacrifice flies to lengthen the O's lead. RJ Seabeck in the
meantime, was downright filthy. Changing speeds and holding the potent Sky
lineup scoreless through 7 innings with solid defense behind him. Sky tried to
mount a rally in the 8th when they had the bases loaded and no outs, but behind
a great double play by Justin Bullock at third base, RJ and the O's were able to
finish off the shutout and earn a split against Sky and Sky in the opening week.
Natty O's
Offensive leaders:
John Christy:
3-3, 2RBI, Run
Matt Bratter:
2-3, 2 RBI, Run, 3B
RJ Seabeck:
2-3, Run
Frank DiVincenzo: 2-4,
RBI
Northwest Regional Park
Field 3:
Umpire- Scott Snyder
Game 1: LOFT 6 (WP-John Reichert 1-0)
Outlaws 5 (LP- Larry Newman 0-1)
The death of Green Machine lead to a rebirth of a familiar team, as L.O.F.T. Softball returned to the PMMSL for the 2015 season! Andy Peksa returned as manager of L.O.F.T. and looked to lead his team to a 1-0 start in game 1. John Reichert took the hill in the top of the 1st for L.O.F.T. The Outlaws were able to get on the board early after a leadoff single was plated by a 2 out triple by Friedman. Reichert was able to strand the runner on 3rd and only allowing the Outlaws to score 1 run. In the bottom of the 1st L.O.F.T. went down quickly in order 1-2-3 to the crafty veteran pitcher Larry “Nemo” Newman. The Outlaws kept the bats going in the top of the 2nd as they were able to score 3 more runs to take a quick 4-0 lead. L.O.F.T. was able to get 2 runs back in the bottom half of the 2nd when Kenny Kreyling led off the inning with a base hit and was brought around score off of a Mike Randall RBI single. Logan Malane drove in the second run of the inning with a sacrifice fly to left to plate Jonathan Stacey making the score 4-2 after 2. L.O.F.T. was able to hold the Outlaws scoreless in the top of the 3rd inning. Pitcher John Reichert led off the bottom of the 3rd with a base hit and was quickly lifted for courtesy runner Mike Randall, who later came around to score off a Brad Verbosky fielder’s choice. Kenny Kreyling got his first L.O.F.T. RBI with a sacrifice fly in the inning to bring home Mark Winkel knotting the score up at 4-4 after 3. The score remained the same until the top of the 6th inning when the Outlaws broke the tie by scoring 1 run to go up 5-4. L.O.F.T. was unable to score any runs in the bottom of the 6 leaving the score 5-4 Outlaws after 6 innings. L.O.F.T. was able to hold the Outlaws scoreless in the top of the 7th to give themselves a chance to tie with 1 run or walk it off by scoring 2 runs in the bottom half of the inning. Vaeth was able to get on base after an error by the Outlaws. Malane was then retired on a fly ball to left field leaving L.O.F.T. with only 2 outs. Veteran L.O.F.T. player, Pete Sclafani, stepped to the plate and smoked a line drive base hit to LCF that skipped under the glove of the LCF allowed Vaeth to come all the way around to score and tie the game. Skyler Dickinson was pinch hitting for Reichert and was retired on a fly ball to RF. With 2 outs and man on second it was all up to the manager of Green Machine to send the game into extra innings or end the game with a walk off. Mark “Wink” Winkel came up clutch by smoking a line drive past the Outlaws 3rd baseman and Sclafani came around to score to give L.O.F.T. the victory!
Opening day 2015 action kicks off on field 3, between
rivals Outlaws against LOFT. The Outlaws step to the plate in the top of the
first facing John Reichart for LOFT. Exciting rookie Martiez Reed leads it
off with a single for his first career hit in the PMSL. 2 batters later
David Woods grounds into a fielders choice. Next batter triple crown
candidate Josh Friedman sends a shot to the fence for an RBI triple to score
Woods from first to give the Outlaws a 1-0 lead. Larry Newman toes the bump
for the Outlaws, and delivers as he does so many times a 1-2-3 bottom of the
first inning.
In the top of the 2nd, Theo Battle draws a leadoff
walk. Darnell Maxwell follows that with a shot to the gap to for his first
hit of the season for a stand up double. Reggie Molock busts it open with 2
RBI single to bring home Battle, and Maxwell. 2 batters later Larry Newman
finds a hole to get a single, for his first hit of the season. 2 batters
later Maurice Scott goes up the middle for a 2 out RBI single to plate
Molock and extend the lead to 4-0. LOFT gets 2 back in the bottom half, one
run scored due to a controversial call when the Outlaws left fielder made a
diving catch which was blown, and said it hit the ground. Outlaws 4-2 after
2. LOFT ties it up scoring 2 in the 3rd. 4-4 after 3. Both teams put up
goose eggs in the 4th and 5th.
Outlaws pick it up in the 6th as
Reggie Molock gets his second hit of the game, with a 1 out single. Also
making his debut, super rookie Hector Medina lines a double into left for
his first PMSL hit. Harry Kinsey making his debut in an Outlaw uniform pinch
hits for Newman an gets the job done getting an RBI fielders choice to score
Molock and give the Outlaws a 5-4 lead. Newman holds LOFT in the bottom of
the sixth with terrific pitching, and outstanding outfield defense.
Outlaws go down 1-2-3 in the bottom of seventh thanks to a gold glove play
by the pitcher big John catching a hotshot off the bat of Woods with cat
like reflexes, and doubling up the runner leaning off of first. LOFT then
steps the plate and completes the comeback scoring 2 runs to take the first
game 6-5 in a comeback fashion. Very well played game by both teams as LOFT
steals game 1.
Outlaws Hitting Stars
Game 1:
Martiez Reed 2-4
Reggie Molock 2-3 2R, 2RBI
Josh Friedman 2-4 3B, RBI
Darnell Maxwell 2-3 2B, R
Maurice Scott 2-4
LOFT Offensive Stars:
Kenny Kreyling: 2-2; 2 1B, BB, RBI, R
Mark Winkel: 2-3; 2 1B, BB, R, Walk
Off RBI
Game 2: LOFT 16 (WP-Bob Mallonee 1-0) Outlaws 11 (LP- Harry Kinsey 0-1)
Coming off of its 1st win of the season L.O.F.T. was looking for the sweep. L.O.F.T. started out hot by scoring 3 runs off of RBI singles from Kreyling and Randall and a RBI fielder’s choice by Andy Peksa giving them a 3-0 lead after the top of the 1st. The Outlaws came back and scored one after a leadoff triple making it 3-1 after 1. A Nick Serkes sacrifice fly gave L.O.F.T. a 4-1 lead after the top of the 2nd. The Outlaws were able to take a 5-4 lead after 2 innings by scoring 4 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning. L.O.F.T. quickly came back by scoring 4 of their own in the top of the 3rd, highlighted by a Dana Anderson RBI double, Skyler Dickinson RBI single and a MVPete 2 RBI single to take a 8-5 lead after 3. L.O.F.T. came right back in the top of the 4th and plated 7 runs to take a 15-5 lead. Mike Randall with a 2 RBI single and Sclafani with a bases clearing 3 RBI double were the highlights of the 4th. L.O.F.T. held the Outlaws scoreless in the bottom of the 4th and 5th as the Outlaws held L.O.F.T. scoreless in the 5th. L.O.F.T. was able to tack on one more run in the top of the 6th giving them a 16-5 lead. The Outlaws would not go away though as they were able to plate 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th off of some good hitting combined with some bad bounces in the outfield. L.O.F.T. could not score in the top of the 7th and held a 16-10 lead heading into the bottom of the 7th. The Outlaws were able to score 1, but L.O.F.T. shut them down there to finish off the sweep with a 16-11 victory.
In Game 2 LOFT kept the momentum going facing new
free agent acquisition Harry Kinsey scoring 3 runs to take an early 3-0
lead. In the bottom of the 1st, Martiez Reed keeps his bat hot leading it
off with a triple. Reggie Molock brings him home with an RBI sac fly to
bring the Outlaws within 2 3-1 after 1. LOFT pads their lead by adding 1 in
the second to make it 4-1.
Outlaws fight back in the bottom of the
second, when David Woods gets his first hit of the season with a leadoff
single. 2 batters later Darnell Maxwell singles. Maurice Scott legs out an
infield single to juice the bases for Kinsey. Kinsey burns a drawn in
outfield with a shot into left for a 2 RBI double to score Woods, and
Maxwell. Kinsey credits the added strength to drinking his muscle milk
before the at-bat. 2 batters later that man again, Martiez Reed delivers a 2
out 2 RBI single to give the Outlaws a brief 5-4 lead. The Outlaws lose a
key player after the inning due to a prior commitment which would change the
outlook of there defense, and deemed to be costly as LOFT scored 4 in the
3rd, and 4 in the 4th to stretch the lead to 15-5 after 5.
The
Outlaws showed a ton of toughness, and fight which really showed how far
they've come from their inaugural season, as they batted around and scored 5
more to bring the score to 16-10. Molock doubles, Friedman gets an RBI
double to score Molock. Woods doubles to score Friedman. Battle gets a
double of his own to score Woods. Scott singles to score Battle. Kinsey
singles. Newman RBI groundout to score Scott.
In the seventh Outlaws
try to rally plating one on Tony Wiggs sac fly to Molock, who lead off the
inning with a triple. LOFT gets a sweep with a 16-11 victory in an all out
slugfest.
Outlaws Hitting Starts Game
2:
Martiez Reed 2-4 3B, R, 2RBI
Reggie Molock 2-3 2B,
3B, SAC FLY, 2R, RBI
David Woods 3-4 2B, 2R, RBI
Maurice Scott 2-3 2R,
RBI
Harry Kinsey 2-3 2B, 2RBI
LOFT
Offensive Stars:
Logan Malane: 3-5; 3 1B, R
Kenny
Kreyling: 4-4; 2 1B, 2B, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI
Brad Verbosky: 2-5; 1B, 2B, 2 R
Pete Sclafani: 4-4; 2 1B, 2 2B, R, 6 RBI
Mike Randall: 3-4; 3 1B, R, 3
RBI
Northwest Regional Park Field 4: Umpire- Jeff Kurland
Game 1: Kings 12 (WP-Mike Herr 1-0) Northwest Corridor 4 (LP-Howard Goldberg 0-1)
The Kings began their 27th season in PMSL with a 12-4 win over NWC. The 2 team managers were also the starting pitcher of the opener, with Mike Herr of the Kings opposing Howard Goldberg of NWC. In t-1st, with 1 out Oliver Peterson singled and Upshur Webb launched a long 2 RBI HR over the fence in LCF. Kings tied score in b-1st on Koby Sarubin 1B, Kenny Salzman 2B, and SF by Jan Katzen. Kings took 3-2 lead in b-2nd on 2 out singles by Glenn Savage, Brett Eisenberg, and Mike Herr (RBI). Kings added 5 runs in b-3rd. Key 2 out hits came from Zac Stavish (2 RBI 1B), Savage (RBI 2B), and Eisenberg (RBI 1B).
In t-4th, NWC loaded bases with 1 out on Adam Silverman 1B, Brad Rosenberg BB, Jay Gibson 1B. Jon Goldman came thru with an RBI SF, but NWC was unable to push across any more runs in the inning. Kings got that run back in b-4th on RBI 1B by Katzen, putting Kings further ahead 9-3. In t-5th with 1 on an 2 out, Tom Blumenauer doubled to the fence in RCF scoring Herbst, but Blumenauer overslid the bag at 3rd trying for a 3B and was tagged out for the final out of the inning. In b-th, 1 out walk to Savage, 1B by Eisenberg, RBI 1B by Herr, and RBI 1B by Sarubin extended Kings lead 11-4. In b-6th, with 2 outs Justin Cohen tripled and came home on Zac Stavish's 2 out RBI 1B. NWC was unable to score in t-7th and lost by a score of 12-4.
NWC game 1 offensive leaders:
Oliver Peterson (2-4,1 4,2B)
Upshur Webb (1-2,1 R,2 RBI,HR,IW)
Jay Gibson
(2-3)
Kings game 1 offensive leaders:
Koby Sarubin ()3-4,2 R,1 RBI)
Shilo Merwitz (2-4,1 R)
Jan Katzen (2-3,1 R,
2 RBI, SF)
Justin Cohen (2-3,1 R, 1 RBI,3B,SF)
Zac Stavish (2-4,1 R,3 RBI)
Glenn Savage (3-3,3 R,1 RBI,2B,W)
Brett Eisenberg (4-4,1 R,1 RBI)
Mike
Herr (2-4,2 RBI)
Game 2: Northwest Corridor 11 (WP-Ted Winner 1-0) Kings 10 (LP-Mike Herr 1-1)
Adam Silverman's bloop 2 RBI 1B in b-7th gave NWC come-from-behind 11-10 win over Kings in game 2 of the doubleheader. The Kings had trailed by 2 runs entering t-7th, but scored 3 runs to take lead. Silverman's 2 RBI 1B in bottom of the inning gave the win back to NWC.
NWC game 2 offensive leaders:
Jon Herbst (1-2,1 R,3 RBI,W,SF)
Upshur Webb (1-2,3 R,1 RBI,HR,2 W)
Tom
Blumenauer (2-4,1 R)
Adam Silverman (2-4,1 R,3 RBI,K)
Brad Rosenberg
(2-3,2 R,1 RBI)
Howard Goldberg (2-3,1 R,2 RBI,2B)
Jon Goldman (2-3,1 R,1
RBI)
Kings game 2 offensive leaders:
Koby Sarubin (2-5,1 R,2 RBI)
Alan Varhaftik (2-3,2 R,1 RBI,3B,W)
Justin
Cohen (2-3,2 R,2 RBI,W)
Glenn Savage (3-4,2 R,1 RBI)
Mike Her (2-3,2
RBI,SF)