2016 Pikesville Men's Softball League Standings, Schedule, Highlights and Scores
Week #19, August 14, 2016
Game 1Highlights submitted thus far by Kings, Outlaws
Northwest Regional Park
Field 1:
Umpire- Cap Poklemba
Game 1: Outlaws 20 (WP-Larry Newman 3-10) LOFT 10 (LP-Kenny
Kreyling 6-6)
The final week of the regular season kicks off on
field 1 between the Outlaws vs. LOFT. LOFT has won all 4 prior meetings this
season. But this week would be different. LOFT starts off fast as they
normally do with their big bats. LOFT leads 6-2 after 2.
In the top
of the 3rd, the Outlaws chip away at the deficit. Hector Medina gets a one
out walk. William Giles doubles. David Woods drives in Medina, and Giles,
with a 2 RBI double. Rookie of the year candidate, John Brader drives Woods
in with an RBI single to make the score 6-5 LOFT after 3.
In the top
of the 4th, the Outlaws take the lead for good, Jeff Saunders leads it off
with a double. Theo Battle drives him in with an RBI single to tie the game
at 6. Maurice Scott reaches on a fielders choice. Scott uses the wheels to
tag up on a fly ball to get to 2nd base. Hector Medina drives in Scott with
an RBI single to put the Outlaws ahead for good 7-6 after 4.
That's
all Larry Newman needed as he goes SuperNemo and scatters 2 runs over the
final 3 innings. The Outlaws kept on swinging the thunder rods scoring 3 in
the 5th, 4 in the 6th, and 6 in the 7th to cruise to a 20-8 victory.
Outlaws Hitting Stars:
Josh Vaeth 2-5 2B, 2R, RBI
Hector Medina 3-4 2B, BB, 4R, 2RBI
William
Giles 3-4 SAC, 2 2B, 3R, 2RBI
David Woods 4-5 2 2B, R, 2RBI
John
Brader 3-4 SAC, 2R, 2RBI
Chas West 2-3 BB, 3B, R, RBI
Jeff Saunders
3-3 SAC, 2B, 3B, 2R, 2RBI
Maurice Scott 1-3 BB, 3RGame 2:
Outlaws 11 (WP-Larry Newman 4-10) LOFT 8 (LP-Jonathan Stacey 4-7)
Game 2 the intensity picks up as both teams, very
familiar with each other, were going at each other looking for the W. Outlaws
keeping the bats hot like the humidity put up 2 in the first. Josh Vaeth gets a
leadoff double. Hector Medina keeps his reign of terror going matching Vaeth
with a double of his own to score the speedy Vaeth. William Giles scorches a
missile into left for an RBI single, to bring in Medina. 2-0 Outlaws after 1.
Nemo throws 3 pitches, and gets 3 outs in the top of the 2nd to keep LOFT
off the board. In the bottom of the 2nd, Chas West leads it off with a single.
Jeff Saunders singles. Darnell Maxwell brings in West with an RBI pop out to
stretch the lead to 3-0 Outlaws.
LOFT battles back with 2 in the top of
the 3rd. Outlaws match with 2 of their own. Maurice Scott lead off single.
Hector Medina does it again with a double. William Giles gets his second hit of
the game with a 2RBI single to bring in Scott, and Medina. 5-2 after 3.
LOFT gets 1 in the top of 4. In the bottom of the 4th, super rookie John Brader
rips a single. Chas West matches that with a single of his own, and his second
hit of the game. Darnell Maxwell gets an RBI fielders choice to bring in Brader.
Theo Battles RBI sac fly scores West. 7-3 after 4.
In the bottom of the
5th, the Outlaws open the lead up some more. Josh Vaeth singles. David Woods
gets an RBI single to score Vaeth. Mike Rottenberg pinch hitting for Tony Wiggs
who had to leave the game after making an awesome diving catch in right field.
Rotts comes through with a single. John Brader RBI single brings in Woods. Chas
West totally on fire, gets his third hit with an RBI double to score Rotts. 10-3
after 5.
LOFT isn't going out easy as they put 4 in the 6th. Darnell
Maxwell leads off the bottom of the 6th, with a single. Theo Battle also
singles. Josh Vaeth brings in Maxwell with a deep sac fly, and gives the Outlaws
an insurance run. LOFT puts up one more in the top of the 7th, but its not
enough as Great Uncle Nemo closes the door, and gives the Outlaws their first
sweep of the season, and the momentum they need heading into the playoffs. 11-8.
Outlaws Hitting Stars:
Josh
Vaeth 2-3 SAC, 2B, 2R, RBI
Hector Medina 2-4 2 2B, 2R, RBI
William Giles
2-3 3RBI
John Brader 2-3 R, RBI
Chas West 3-3 2B, 2R, RBI
Northwest Regional Park
Field 2:
Umpire- Jeff Kurland
Game 1: Kings 12 (WP-Mike Herr 7-3) Sharks (LP-
Andy Steinhart 0-1)
The Kings entered the day needing a doubleheader sweep to
ensure a 3rd place finish. They started the day off in that direction with a
12-4 win in game 1 against the Sharks. The improved Sharks line-up featured 5
players who did not appear in the previous match-up on 6/28.
Consecutive
1 out singles by Grant Summers, Austin Feldman, Skyler Dickinson (RBI), and Andy
Steinhart (RBI) gave Sharks 3-0 lead in t-1st. Kings loaded bases with 2 outs in
b-1st, but settled for just 1 run on bases loaded RBI walk to Troy Hendricks. In
b-2nd, with 1 out, Sam Aydukovic and Brett Eisenberg singled. Mike Herr hit an
RBI 2B past first base. Kenny Salzman followed with rBI 1B and Shilo Merwitz got
an RBI on a groundout. Kings led after 2 innings 4-2. Sharks Austin Feldman's 2
out RBI 1B in t-3rd narrowed Kings lead 4-3. In b-3rd, Alan Varhaftik reached on
a 3B to LF that was lost in the sun on NWRP #2. Troy Hendricks followed with a
legitimate RBI 3B. Glenn Savage walked and Mark Lester hit a SF to LCF scoring
Hendricks. Sam Aydukovic doubled down 3B line and Brett Eisenberg reached on
fielder's choice to load bases with 1 out. Mike Herr hit an RBI 1B into RCF and
Kenny Salzman followed with an RBI groundout. Kings scored 4 runs in the inning
and built their lead 8-3.
Kings added 2 more runs in b-5th on RBI
singles by Aydukovic and Eisenberg. Sharks put 1 more run across on 2 out RBI 1B
by Drew McCormick in t-6th. Kings scored twice more in b-6th on RBI 3B by Katzen
and SF by Varhaftik. Sharks were unable to score in 7th giving Kings game 1
victory 12-4.
Sharks offensive leaders in
game 1:
Grant Summers (2-3,1 R)
Austin Feldman (2-2,1 RBI,W)
Andy Steinhart (2-3,1 RBI)
Drew
McCormick (2-3,1 RBI)
Gary Bosley (2-3)
Jeff Kapper (2-3)
Kings offensive leaders in game 1:
Shilo Merwitz (2-4,2 R,1 RBI,2B)
Alan
Varhaftik (1-2,1 R,1 RBI,3B,W,SF)
Troy Hendricks (2-3,1 R,2 RBI,3B,W)
Sam
Aydukovic (3-3,2 R,1 RBI,2B)
Brett Eisenberg (2-3,1 R,1 RBI)
Mike Herr
(2-3,1 R,2 RBI,2B)
Game 2: Kings 10 (WP-Shilo Merwitz 2-2) Sharks 9 (LP- Andy Steinhart 0-2)
Kings moved into 3rd place after game 1 win over Sharks
combined with game 1 loss by NWC against Natty O's on NWRP #3. The Kings needed
to win the 2nd game of their doubleheader to finish the season with the #3 seed.
The Kings played sloppy defense, commiting 5 errors, but held on to defeat the
Sharks 10-9. Shilo Merwitz pitched well for the Kings, allowing just 6 hits, 3
walks, and 1 earned run.
Kings took early lead in t-1st as Kenny Salzman
started game with 3B to RF and scored on SF by Merwitz. In t-2nd, Jan Katzen and
Alan Varhaftik singled to start inning. With 2 outs, Mark Lester singled home
Katzen to put Kings ahead 2-0.
In b-3rd, with runners on 2nd and 3rd with
2 outs, Merwitz got Austin Feldman to hit a ground ball to second base. The
throw to first base was dropped allowing Gary Bosley and Shaun Semesky to score
tying game 2-2. The flood gates opened as Skyler Dickinson followed with an RBI
2B, Andy Steinhart walked, and Tim Pahry singled to load bases. Nate Shuey
reached on infield error with Dickinson scoring and Jeff Kapper followed with 2
RBI 1B to RCF put Sharks in lead after 3 innings 6-2.
In t-4th, Merwitz drew leadoff walk and scored on Justin Cohen's towering RBI 3B. With Cohen on third base and none out, Sharks starter Andy Steinhart was able to get out of inning wihtout allowing another run on infield groundout, popout and groundout. Sharks got that run back in b-4th on walk to Steve Kessler and 1 out SF to RCF by Austin Feldman. Sharks lead after 4 innings was 7-3. While the Kings commited 5 errors in the game, the Sharks commited just 1, but it was enough to get Kings back into ballgame. With 1 out in t-5th, Mark Lester reached on infield error. After a popout for out #2, Brett Eisenberg drew a 2 out walk, Kenny Salzman hit RBI 1B, Steve Levy hit RBI 1B, and Merwitz walked to load bases. Kings were down 7-5 with the bases loaded, 2 outs, and Justin Cohen at the plate. Cohen came thru with a bases clearing 3 RBI 2B putting Kings in front 8-7. Merwitz was able to retire Shark in order in b-5th.
In t-6th, leadoff walks to Katzen and Varhaftik proved damaging as Troy Hendricks followed with a 1B to load bases. Consecutive SF's by Glenn Savage and Mark Lester gave Kings 10-7 lead. Merwitz again retired Shark in order in b-6th. The Kings also went 3 up 3 down in t-7th. In b-7th, Shaun Semesky reached on infield error to start inning. Grant Summers followed with RBI 3B to CF. Austin Feldman hit SF to RCF pulling Sharks within 1 run, 10-9. Merwitz was then able to retire the #4 and #5 hitters of Sharks to end game with Kings coming out on top by the 1 run margin.
Sharks offensive
leaders in game 2:
Austin Feldman (0-2,1 R,2 RBI,2
SF,ROE)
Tim Pahr (2-3,1 R)
Jeff Kapper (1-3,2 RBI)
Kings offensive leaders
in game 2:
Kenny Salzman (2-4,2 R,1 RBI,3B)
Justin Cohen (2-3,4 RBI,2B,3B)
Mark Lester (1-2,1
R,2 RBI,SF,ROE)
Northwest Regional
Park Field 3:
Umpire- Scott Snyder
Game 1: Natty O's 15 (WP-RJ Seabeck 12-7)
Northwest Corridor 6 (LP- Howard Goldberg 7-4)
Highlights pending.
Game 2: Natty O's 5 (WP-Rob Madoff 3-0) Northwest Corridor 1 (LP- Ted Winner 5-6)
Highlights pending.