2016 Pikesville Men's Softball League Standings, Schedule, Highlights and Scores
Week #9 June 5, 2016
Highlights submitted thus far by Kings, Bombers, Outlaws
Northwest Regional Park
Field 1:
Umpire- Reggie Grant
Game 1: Nationwide Bombers 13 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 7-0)
Sharks 0 (LP-Bob Mallonee 1-6)
5 Innings
The weather reports were ominous and very few members of
the league believed that we would be playing ball on Sunday. However, the
weather held out and we stepped onto the fields for the first time in 3 weeks.
The Nationwide Insurance Bombers were trying to keep their perfect season alive
against the scrappy and classy Sharks. The Bombers moved to 8-0 with a
doubleheader sweep 13-0 ( 5 innings) and 13-1 ( 5 innings). Tzvi Freidman was
his usual dominant self and the Bombers defense was stellar. The Bombers made no
errors and have only committed 4 on the season.
The Bombers jumped out to
a quick 4-0 lead in the first. Gershon and Yoyo led off with singles and Ben
Gutman drove a triple to the RF fence. After a GO, Flamm hit an RBI triple and
Loeb drove Flamm home with a double.
The Bombers scored 6 more in the 2nd. Rabinowitz had an INF single, Shad doubled and Freidman helped himself with a SF. Gershon’s triple drove home Shad, Yoyo followed with an RBI double and Ben extended the lead with an RBI single making it 8-0. Taz drove home Ben with a triple off the CF fence, Flamm hit a SF, Loeb singled and Gardner hit a SF to make it 11-0. The final 2 runs came home on a 2 run single by Ben Gutman.
Game 2: Nationwide Bombers 13 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 8-0) Sharks 1 (LP-John Kerzner 0-1) 5 Innings
In game 2, the Bombers put up another 4 spot in the 1st
to grab the lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. Gershon doubled followed by an
RBI double by Yoyo. Ben hit an RBI single and after a walk to Flamm, Loeb and
Freidman hit RBI singles. The Bombers increased their lead to 6-0 in the 2nd.
Rabinowitz singled, Taz walked, Yoyo hit an RBI single and Ben had an RBI GO.
Loeb hit a leadoff double in the 3rd on a great hustle play and came around to
score on Freidman’s GO. The Sharks got on the board by scoring a run in the top
of the 4th but the Bombers came right by scoring 5 more runs to make it 11-1.
RBI’s were chalked up tp Ben, Loeb and Gardner ( 2 run single). The Bomber ended
the game early again with a 2 run walk off HR by Gershon to close the scoring at
13-1.
Gershon hit for the cycle ( over the 2 games) . ben Gutman drove
home 8 runs in the doubleheader.
Northwest Regional Park
Field 3:
Umpire- Scott Snyder
Game 1: Outlaws 10 (WP-Larry Newman 1-4)
Natty O's 9 (LP- RJ Seabeck 2-5)
We finally got action on field 3 after ten tons of rain,
between the Outlaws, and the Natty O's. The O's draw first blood in the top of
the first with a 1-0 lead. The Outlaws come back out the blocks fast with a 5
spot. Darnell Maxwell, and Maurice Scott lead off with consecutive singles. John
Roiy making his season debut, smashes a 2 RBI double into the gap scoring
Maxwell, and Scott to give the Outlaws a 2-1 lead. David Woods draws a walk.
William Giles singles to juice the bases for Tony Wiggs. Wiggs delivers a 2 RBI
single scoring Roiy, and Woods. 3 batters later Mike Rottenberg singles in Giles
to complete the 5 run inning. 5-1 after 1.
The O's get 1 to make it 5-2
after 2. In a 30 minute 3rd inning, the O's gain momentum putting up 7 runs,
after an Outlaw player gets tossed, and taking an 8-5 lead after the top of 3.
But Outlaws keep fighting. David Woods leads off the bottom of the 3rd with a
single. William Giles hits a shot in between the outfield shift for an RBI
double, to plate Woods. Wiggs draws a walk. Chas West singles. Theo Battle
delivers an RBI single to score Giles and make it 8-7 O's after 3.
Larry
Newman settles in keeping the O's off the board in the top of the 4th. The
Outlaws keep the bats hot in the bottom of the 4th. Maurice Scott leads it off
with a triple. Next batter, John Roiy hits a hard ground ball to the shortstop.
The shortstop picks it, and makes a strong throw to the plate to throw out the
speedy Scott, and keep the O's up a run. With Roiy on first, Woods draws a walk
to make it first and second for Giles. Giles pops up to center, but not deep
enough for the runners to advance. With 2 outs, Tony Wiggs steps into the box.
Tony Wiggs works the count full. On the pay off pitch, Wiggs makes yardwork of a
Seabeck heater over the right field fence into the yellow grass for a 3 run
homer, and gives the Outlaws the lead 10-8.
The Natty O's put up 1 in
the top of the 5th, to close the gap to 10-9 Outlaws. Outlaws go quietly in the
bottom of the 5th. Nemo closes the door on the Natty O's in the final 2 innings,
and seals game 1, 10-9.
Outlaws Hitting
Stars:
Darnell Maxwell 2-4, R
Maurice Scott 3-4 3B, R
David Woods 1-2 2BB, 3R
William Giles 2-3 2R, RBI
Tony Wiggs 2-2 BB, R,
5RBI, (Game Winning HR)
John Roiy 1-4 2RBI, 2R
Game 2: Natty O's 10 (WP-RJ Seabeck 3-5) Outlaws 9 (LP- Larry Newman 1-5) 8 Innings
In Game 2, which was yet another hard fought game. The
Outlaws come out the blocks fast again. Maurice Scott leads it off with a
single. Josh Vaeth, after drinking 3 muscle milks, hits a shot over the Natty
O's outfield for a triple, to bring home the fleet footed Scott. John Roiy hits
a sac fly into left to score Vaeth. David Woods draws a walk. William Giles hits
into a fielders choice. Tony Wiggs walks. Chas West earns a walk to load em up
for Darnell Maxwell. Maxwell who suffered a shoulder injury in game 1, fights
through the pain, and comes up big delivering a 2 RBI bloop single to bring home
Giles, and Wiggs, and give the Outlaws a 4-0 lead after the top of the 1st. In
the bottom of the 1st, the O's put up 1. 4-1 after 1.
The Outlaws get a
doughnut in the top of 2. Natty gets nasty in the 2nd knotting it up at 4 after
2. In the top of 3rd, David Woods hits a bomb to the fence for a leadoff triple.
William Giles gets a line drive RBI single, scoring Woods, and giving the
Outlaws a 5-4 lead after 3.
The Outlaws get 2 more in the top of the
4th, all with 2 outs. Maurice Scott legs out an infield single to keep the
inning alive. Josh Vaeth rocks a ball into gap, and kicks it into fifth gear,
for a 2 RBI inside the park home run. His first career Outlaws home run. 7-4
after the top of the 4th. In the bottom of the 4th, the Outlaws get sloppy on
defense, commiting 4 errors in the inning, and timely hitting by the Natty O's,
give the O's the lead 8-7. The Outlaws put up a big bagel in the top of the 5th.
Natty O's get one more to pad the lead 9-7. Both teams go scoreless in the 6th.
In the top of 7th, knowing that its now or never, the Outlaws go to
work. With 1 out, William Giles walks. Tony Wiggs doubles. Chas West delivers an
RBI single up the middle to score Giles. Darnell Maxwell ties the game at 9,
with an RBI single to scoring the hustling Wiggs. Rotts loads em up drawing a
walk. Theo Battle hits a shot up the middle but a web gem by the second base
robs Battle of extra bases with a great catch full extension, and then doubles
up a stunned Outlaws base runner at second for a game saving double play. The
Outlaws hold in the bottom of the 7th, with some great Newman pitching, and
excellent defense to send the game into extra innings. Seabeck keeps the Outlaws
off the board in the top of the 8th. Brad Wandell leads off the bottom of the
8th with a triple, and Seabeck drives him in the win the game for the Natty O's
and earn the split.
Outlaws Hitting Stars:
Maurice Scott 3-5 2R
Josh Vaeth 3-5 3B, HR, 3RBI
David Woods 2-3 2BB, 3B,
R
Tony Wiggs 2B, BB, 2R
Chas West 2-3 BB, RBI
Darnell Maxwell 3-4 3RBI
William Giles 1-4 2R, RBI
Northwest Regional Park
Field 4:
Umpire- Mark Radom
Game 1: Kings 14 (WP-Mike Herr 2-1) LOFT
2 (LP-Kenny Kreyling 3-2)
6 Innings
Kings and LOFT returned to the softball diamond after a 3 week absence due to a rainout and Memorial Day Holiday. Kings got plenty of baserunners early in the game vs. LOFT starter Kenny Kreyling. Runs in the 1st 4 innings had the Kings with 8-2 lead, but the lead could have been much bigger as the Kings stranded 9 baserunners thru 4 innings. Kings ended game early with 7 hit, 6 run attack in b-6th winning 14-2.
LOFT offensive leaders
in game 1:
Mark Winkel (2-3,1 RBI,2B)
Dana Anderson
(2-3,1 R)
Kings offensive leaders
in game 1:
Kenny Salzman (3-4,1 R,2 RBI,3B)
Shilo
Merwitz (3-4,3 R,ROE)
Justin Cohen (3-3,2 R,2 RBI,2B,SF)
Jan Katzen
(2-2,1 R,2 RBI,W,SF)
Troy Hendricks (4-4,2 R,2 RBI)
Brandon Richmond
(2-4,2 RBI)
Brett Eisenberg (2-4,1 RBI)
Game 2: Kings 8 (WP-Mike Herr 3-1) LOFT 6 (LP-Jonathan Stacey 2-3)
Kings overcame 3 run deficit after 6 innings and held on to defeat LOFT 8-6 in the nightcap. Mike Randall's 2 out RBI 1B gave LOFT 1-0 lead in b-2nd. In t-4th, following singles by Steve Levy and Shilo Merwitz, Jan Katzen's RBI 1B tied score 1-1. LOFT re-took lead with RBI 1B's in b-4th by Logan Malane and Nick Serkes, along with SF by Kenny Kreyling. LOFT extended lead 5-1 in b-5th on singles by Dana Anderson and Mark Winkel putting runners on corner with 1 out, and RBI fielder's choice groundout by Jonathan Stacey. In t-6th, Kings loaded bases with 1 out on consecutive singles by Kenny Salzman, Levy, and Merwitz. SF by Justin Cohen narrowed lead, but Kings left 2 runners on base and trailed after 6 innings 5-2.
Alan Varhaftik led off t-7th with 2B. With 1 out, Troy Hendricks singled Varhaftik home. Brandon Richmond reached on an infield error, putting the tying run on base. Brett Eisenberg walked on 4 pitches to load bases. Matt Friedman hit a SF to RF cutting lead 5-4, with Richmond and Eisenberg moving up a base on the flyout also. With 2 outs Kenny Salzman hit a liner towards the right field line. The LOFT right fielder dove, but was unable to make the catch and the ball rolled towards the fence. Salzman came all the way around the bases with a 3 RBI inside-the-park HR to give Kings 7-5 lead. Kings added an insurance run courtesy of 2 infield errors, leading 8-5 into b-7th. With 1 out, Pete Scafini doubled. Following a flyout, Mark Winkel reached on an infield hit. Jonathan Stacey hit a hard groundball that went under the glove of the Kings 2B, Sclafini scoring and runners getting to 2nd and 3rd base. With 2 on and 2 out, Kings relief pitcher Mike Herr was able to retire Logan Malane on a groundout.
LOFT offensive leaders
in game 2:
Mark Winkel (3-4,1 R)
Logan Malane (3-4,2
R,1 RBI,2 2B)
Kings game 2 offensive
leaders:
Kenny Salzman (2-4,2 R,3 RBI,HR)
Steve Levy
(2-4,2 R,ROE)
Shilo Merwitz (2-4,ROE)
Justin Cohen (2-3,1 RBI,2B,SF)
Kings game notes:
►Troy
Hendricks returned after spending 21 months on the disabled list with a foot
injury. He was forced to leave the 2014 Championship Game (August 24, 2014)
with the injury and had not played since. He picked up 4 hits in his first
game back.
►Owings Mills High School senior Brandon Richmond made his
Kings debut. Richmond contributed 3 hits offensively and played solid
defense for the Kings at 2B. His high school graduation is tomorrow.