Week 3 in the books, and the Tarpons fought hard but came out on the wrong end.
Game 1 vs the undefeated Trash Pandas
This one was a defensive struggle through most of the game as the crosswind from left to right knocked down anything hit to left. The Pandas started things off with one in the first, and the Tarpons didn’t answer. Pandas were held scoreless in the 2nd inning and then the Tarpons got on the board after a 2 run single by Barth and then a RBI 2B from Tae Lee. In the 3rd, the Pandas put up 3, while the Tarpons went down silently. In the 4th, the Pandas would not score but this time it was the Tarpons chance to draw blood. A leadoff BB by Shorty, then single by Reitz, BB by Mendoza set up a scoring chance for the veteran Michael Barth. He delivered with a 2 RBI single and the Tarpons were within 1, down 4-3. In the top of the 5th the Pandas would add one to their lead to make it 5-3. The Tarpons put up a goose egg in the bottom of the 5th, as did the Pandas in the top of the 6th. The bottom of the 6th is when the momentum really swung in favor of the Pandas. We started with a leadoff 1b, followed by a 2b from Shorty, and then a BB from Reitz. With bases loaded and no outs there was a sharp ground ball hit to Randy Ransom (who had already made a great play earlier in the game), and he tagged 3b and got the runner into a run down that ultimately was called out. Big double play to basically cut the inning to no runs (yes that was a lot of noise for no runs). Fueled by that defensive effort, the Pandas came up in the top half of the 7th and put up 4 big insurance runs that propelled the Pandas to their 5th W of the season, with the final tally being 9-3. The game was closer than the final score indicates. Kudos to good pitching and defense from both teams, but the Pandas just made more plays.
Game 2 had the Tarpons licking our wounds headed to field 2 to try to redeem ourselves with the 2nd place team in the division, the Rumble Ponies. This time the Tarpons would get out on top early, scoring 3 quick runs off a Shorty BB, Reitz 1b, Enlow 2b, capped by a Mendoza 2RBI 1b. The Rumble Ponies, not to be outdone put up 5 of their own in the bottom half of the 1st, to make it 3-5. We would add another run in the 2nd with a Tae Lee 3b followed by a laser RBI 1b by Chris Keller. The ponies would answer again with 2 in the bottom half. The Tarpons decided to wake up the bats a bit in the 3rd with a leadoff 2b, followed by a Shorty 1b, Reitz RBI 1b, Enlow RBI 1b, Mendoza RBI 1b, and then a bases clearing Shalomer by Ro sent the fish’s dugout into a feeding frenzy. This was our best inning so far on the day and gave us our first lead of the day, 10-7. The Ponies weren’t having any of that so in the bottom half of the frame they put 4 more on the board for an 11-10 lead in which they would never relinquish, final tally is Ponies 15 Tarpons 10.
Tarpons Players of the week:
Michael Reitz 4-4, 4 runs, 3 RBI, 2BB’s
Rohit Gulhati 4-5, 5RBI, HR
Chris Keller 4-6, RBI
Following a week one split, the law firm of Babb, Babb & Dlott were looking to better understand the identity of the Cannon Ballers. With fall commish Baby J visiting a land far, far away, super sub Jason "Chappy" Chapman filled in and Jarred Forniglia got the start in RCF.
Game one pitted the Ballers against Scott Lawrence's Lake Monsters. Just like week one, the Ballers batted only four in the top of the 1st, with only Clint Hathcock reaching base. However, the Monsters, looking to find their winning ways, only mustered up a single run in the 1st, 3rd and 5th.
The Ballers got things going in the 2nd with RBI singles by Kennin "I'm a tad faster than Uncle Ronn" Doyle and Danny "if you don't like the schedule, suck it!" Buhrow. The Ballers opened things up with a seven run 3rd during which they batted around.
Mikey "hold my visor" Bourque led things off with a single. Dylan "I know, I'm the best looking Buhrow" and Clint "I found the lost and found" Hathcock followed with singles of their own. Big Babb had the first RBI of the inning with a fielder's choice. Kyzer "stop with the Usual Suspects jokes" Hoover got his big day going with a 2-run triple. Luke "little" Babb and Kennin added RBIs as well.
12-3 Cannon Ballers take the Lake Monsters
Looking to complete their first sweep of the season, the Ballers headed to field 4, home to the Aviators. The Aviators top started the game netting 2 runs in the first, but that was about it on the day. The Ballers batted around once again in the 1st inning, scoring 9. After holding the Aviators scoreless in the 2nd, the Ballers batted around once again, plating 11 in the 2nd and went on to run rule the Aviators 23-3. Allsbrook's squad is really solid and will turn things around. Cannon Ballers highlights:
D. Buhrow (Dylan) 3-3, 2R, 2 RBI
Big Babb 3-3, 2B, 2R, 4 RBI
Kyzer 2-2, 2-2B, 2R, 2RBI
Little Babb 2-2, BB, 3R, RBI
Wetterlin 3-3, 2B, 3R, 4 RBI (batting .769 so far!)
Lowery 0-0, 3BB, RBI
Aces – 14 vs. AquaSox – 4
Who am I? What is my purpose in life? If one set of pliers is called a pair of pliers, what do you call two of them? The AquaSox were on a journey of self-discovery looking for answers to these deep questions and seem to have forgotten that there was a sports ball game to play.
The first two innings were a bad trip, man. Rookie Captain Andy Williams’ Aces came out firing away with home runs from Drew Wags and sub Dylan Hartley as well as hits from all over the lineup. The AquaSox didn’t do ourselves any favors either with numerous errors and defensive miscues.
The only offensive production we were able to muster was on a Mark Morris RBI walk and Rick Halperin sac fly.
The defense was cleaned up during the final 3 innings, but it was already too late in a 14-4 run rule loss. Yikes!
AquaSox – 10 vs. Biscuits – 7
After laying a fat turd against the Aces, the AquaSox needed to come back to the reality that we were, in fact, playing softball. Next up we had Edgerton’s Biscuits. With both teams coming off losses, the 0 had to go for one of us.
Joey Welter got things going with a double, and Will Ryan would send him home on a double of his own for our first and only run in the 1st inning.
Three more runs would be plated in the 2nd inning, starting with a Brian Osgood single, sub Ryan Greenberg single, Captain Keke RBI single, Mark Morris RBI single, and Ron Roberts RBI fielder’s choice.
Joey Welter absolutely crushed a no doubter fence bomb to start the 3rd inning. This was followed up with a Stutz double and Osgood RBI double. AquaSox 6- 4ish? (it was close the entire game that’s all I remember).
After a quiet 4th inning, the AquaSox finally broke this game open in the 5th. Stutz got that offensive mo-mo going with a leadoff triple, and he would be sent home on a Will Ryan RBI single. Nick “Boom Boom” Croce would add a single of his own. Osgood stepped up to the plate and showed off his improved athleticism with a 3 run inside the park “Shalomer”.
Edgerton’s Biscuits refused to go away quietly and put up one heck of a fight, but fell just short in the bottom of the 7th inning as the AquaSox walked away with our first victory of the season 10-7.
AquaSox Toad-ally Rad Players of the Week:
Chris Stutz 4-5 with 3B, 2B, 2 singles, 2 walks, 2 runs, lockdown LCF defense
Brian OsGreat 3-7 with a Shalomer HR, 2B, single, 4 RBI, 2 runs, excellent defense in RCF
Rick Halperin 2-4 with 2 singles, sac fly, 2 RBI, pretty much our entire offense game 1
Mark Morris 3-5 with 3 singles, walk, 2 RBI, 1 run, rock solid at 2B making several key plays
Game 1
SC – 7
Tarpons – 13
The Storm Chasers were excited to get things started for the title defense with the first at bat. However, the first 3 swings were all good cuts by the top 3 in the lineup, they were all right at people which was an unfortunate theme for the day for the good guys. In the Bottom of the 1st the Tarpons showed their bats were ready to rock and roll, starting hot and scoring 6 runs to start their season. In the top of the second Carlos Cruz started the hitting for the season with a hard-hit line drive single, followed by a Joe Machado line drive single, followed by another line drive single by Junior to drive in Carlos and start the scoring for the Storm Chasers. JTP III hit a solid ball to score Joe which was then followed by a Muck walk to load the bases with 0 outs. Unfortunately, Rob crushed a line drive right to the SS in the perfect place for him to double off JT at 2nd to kill the momentum built up by the Storm Chasers before Omar grounded out in a fielder’s choice to end the top of the inning with the good guys down 6-2. The Storm Chasers were facing 2, 3, 4 in the Tarpon lineup in the bottom of the second who all got on in the first but were retired in order after a great play in LF by Joe Machado who also made another of the outs in that inning to keep the Storm Chasers within striking distance after 2.
The Storm Chasers came out with the bats they knew they were capable of in the top of the 3rd inning when Super Sub Donnie Baseball started things off with a line drive single followed by a Double by rookie Michael Murphy, then a Heath Jones RBI single to score DBHU, a Carlos Single to score Murphy all to setup Joe Machado to crush a 3 run fence bomb to put the Storm Chasers up 7-6 after the slow start. Junior followed that up with a single and JTP III got himself another single before the inning fizzled out at the bottom of the lineup. The Storm Chasers were able to hold the Tarpons to 1 run in the bottom of the 3rd to finish 3 innings of Shalom softball all tied up at 7.
Unfortunately, that was the end of the Storm Chaser scoring as we failed to score a run in the next 3 innings as the Tarpons put up another 6 runs in the bottom of the 4th after multiple just missed Plays for outs by the good guys ended the 4th inning 13-7. That’s where the game ended, and the Tar(m)pons drew first blood as they always seem to do.
Offensive highlights for the game:
Carlos Lopez – 3-3 with 2 Singles, 1 Double, 1 RBI and 1 RS
Joe “Shoulder Heavy” Mochado – 2-3 with 1 Single, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 2 RS – Great plays in LF!
JT Pierce III – 2-3 with 2 Singles and 1 RBI
Game 2
SC – 5
Crawdads – 6
The Storm Chasers were looking forward to enjoying home field advantage in the second game to hopefully right the ship and get a Shalom Split. Unfortunately, the Crawdad’s had other ideas and came out with a 5 run top of the first inning after some close calls that started the game off a little chippy. The Storm Chasers unphased came back in the bottom of the 1st with a double by captain Peasey, a double by Heath Jones to bring in Peasey, a Single by Carlos to move Heath over and a SAC fly by Joe to bring Heath in before the inning wrapped up with the Crawdad’s up 5-2. The Crawdad’s would only score 1 more run the rest of the game as the Stom Chasers fizzled out putting up 0 runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings keeping the score at 5-2. The Crawdad’s would score that 1 other run in the top of the 4th before the Storm Chasers would answer with a run of their own on a Single by Heath, single by Carlos and RBI by Junior to bring Heath in before the inning ended with JTP III going down hard with a Hammy injury that we all hope he will recover from quickly.
With 0 runs scored by either team in the 5th and the Crawdad’s going scoreless in the 6th there were 3 minutes left for the Storm Chasers to pull out the bats and see if they could rally with some last-minute glory. Things started off looking great when Heath started the party with a Double and even though Carlos made his first out of the day, Joe stepped up and hit a 2-Run fence bomb (his second of the day) to bring the score within 1 at 6-5. With 1 out Junior stepped up and drove the ball into LF and it got to the fence allowing him to get to 2B. Runner on 2B with 1 out and JT stepped up to the plate in serious pain to avoid the automatic out and nearly blooped one over Scotty Do, but Scotty made yet another solid play which he did all day to get to the ball and keep Junior at 2B. Muck came up with 2 outs and Heath on 2B as the wild card runner looking for a base hit to tie the game. Unfortunately, he chased a high pitch and flew out to end the game. Storm Chasers lose a tough one for sure, but showed the heart to stay in it to the end and this captain looks forward to what this team will do the rest of the season so don’t even think about counting us out!
Offensive highlights for the game:
Heath Jones – 3-2 with 1 Single, 2 Doubles, 1 RBI and 3 RS
Easy Peasey – 3-3 with 2 Singles, 1 Double, and 1 RS
Rob Garcia – 1-2 with 1 Single
Impact Players of the Week:
1-4 Carlos Cruz – 5-6 with 2 Singles, 1 Double, 1 RBI and 2 RS
5-8 Joe Machado – 3-5 with 1 Single, 2 HR 6 RBI and 3 RS
9-12 JT Pierce III – 2-6 with 2 Singles and 1 RBI
Super Sub Donnie Holtmann – 3-4 with 3 Singles and 1 RS
Captain promises all expenses paid trip to Cabo for 2 wins and 2 losses
With the Playoffs looming in the not too distant future, the Captain ponders the team's playoff scenarios. After about 30 seconds the only scenario appears. Win 2 games and the Sea Wolves lose 2 and the number 2 seed is in Brooklyn. If that happens its Cabo for a month. So first up was the Brats from clan Buhrow. With the wind on field 2 blowing slightly out it looked to be set up for offensive game. Both Ariel Rodriguez and Abel Chavez had other ideas. First inning starts off moderately with both teams grabbing 2 to start. Rohit's leadoff single and Ryan Driggers dinger accounted for both of the Dodgers runs. Ariel and Leo Cova both had hits as well but were unable to cross home plate. Carlos Lopez grabbed a single in the second but no damage from either team was posted in the 2nd. The Brats managed another run in the third but the dodgers top it with a Rohit single and back to back doubles by Ryan and Ariel. A big inning became a possibility after Ariels 2b when both Jacob Stites and Matt Casey walked to load the bases but the captain came up short on knocking them in. After getting out of that inning the Brats seemed fired up and grabbed 5 runs in the 4th to take the lead. The Dodgers then tried to answer with Steve Enda and Dwayne Henson getting singles and Jay Swank drawing a walk to load the bases with only 1 out. Unfortunately for the Dodgers, some guy named Luke for the brats and made a great play for 2 outs ending the inning. The defense then started kicking in for the Dodgers and shut the Brats out for the rest of the game. Bottom 5 Kelly Stites leads off with a triple to get things started and is knocked in on Sac fly by Ariel. 3 more singles in the in the 6th for the Dodgers led to 0 runs. Dodgers are able to force a 7th inning with time running out. Jay walks and then Rohit singles. Kelly smacks a triple scoring both leaving the tying run on third and Ryan at the plate. Ryan then crushes one over the fence for the walk off 2 run HR. Brooklyn wins 9-8. 1 win done and1 more to go to Cabo...
Bums
Ryan Driggers- 3-4 1 2B, 2HR, 3 R, 5 RBI
Rohit Gulhati- 3-4 3 1B, 3 R
Steve Enda- 2-3 2 1B
I must give props to Buhrows Brats as they took an out every 12th guy and played incredibly well despite this handicap.
After escaping the grill of the Brats, the final game of the season approached. Cabo was in sight. The Grasshoppers arrived and immediately dropped 2. The Dodgers answered back with 2 of their own with another 2 run HR by Ryan. The Hoppers then grab 1 in the second. Matt and the Captain both walk but the team is unable to move them in the second. Hoppers grab 2 more in the 3rd. Jay and Rohit both single to start off the 3rd. Ryan knocks one in on a single and then Ariel rips one over the fence grabbing 3 RBI's. 6-5 Bums. Hoppers go scoreless in the 4th. The Captain leads off the inning with a pool cued shot that he hustles into a double. Then that Ortega guy makes a great play and promptly puts him in a pickle and then back to the bench. Field 2 has not been kind to the Captain. Exhausted from the pickle the Captain then messes up the books and somehow the Grasshoppers have 6 more runs in the next inning and somehow end up with 15 total for the day. During the 6th inning Jay and Kelly grabbed singles. Ryan singled one of them home and then Ariel hit another 3 run blast. In the final at bat for the Dodgers Carlos drew a walk and then Dwayne crushed one to deep left to score him. As Dodgers looked at the scoreboard they saw their dreams of Cabo dissipate. Only having 3 weeks off before the next game wasn't enough time to thoroughly vent the Cabo experience so reservations were canceled and practices were scheduled. Grasshoppers win 15-11
Bums
Ariel Rodriguez- 2-3 2 HR, 2 R, 6 RBI
Ryan Driggers- 3-3 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 R, 4 RBI
Dwayne Henson- 2-3 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 RBI
From the Mouth of the Fall Commissioner:
League Impact Players of Week 3:
A 1-4 Two-fer:
1-4 - Justin Reed Welcome back! 7/8, 3 HRs, 2B, 6 Runs, 10 RBIs, 3.000
1-4 Dalton Fallaw 4-6 BB 6R 9rbis 4xHRs Absolutely smashed the ball all day with great defense running down balls in LF!
5-8: Andy (Stewie) Williams 7-7 w/ 6 1Bs, 2B, 1 R, 4 RBI
9-12 Ray Darragh 4-5 with 2 1b, 1 2b, 1 3b, 3 rbis, and had the clutch walk off hit in game 2
Congrats to these players who were vital parts of their team’s success in securing the sweep for Week 3!
Drillers Pow:
1-4 Dalton Fallaw 4-6 BB 6R 9rbis 4xHRs Absolutely smashed the ball all day with great defense running down balls in LF!
5-8 Dan Mele 5-7 4R 2Rbis 3B and Great defender at 2B!
9-12 Lacy Fenn 3-5 3R 2Rbis great hustle -Played RF and LF making all plays hit her way and setting up the turnover all day!
Honorable Mention:
Ariel Rodríguez 6-7 R 4RBIs 2B HR and continues to smash it in the cleanup spot!
Rumble Pony POW:
1-4 - Justin Reed. Welcome back! 7/8, 3 HRs, 2B, 6 Runs, 10 RBIs, 3.000 OPS
9-12 - Wayne Casper, great pitching, 3/5, 2B, 3 Runs
9-12 - Pablito Villarroel 4/6, 4 runs
Trash Pandas POW
1-4 Ryan Richardson 7-8, 3-1b, 2-2b, 1-3b, 1 HR, 5 Runs, 6 RBI
5-8 Peter Hogan 4-6, 2B, RBI
9-12 Brian Strull 4-6, 4 Runs, 2 RBI
Renegades POW
Aaron lowenberg: 4-5, 2RBIs
Jadon forniglia: 4-5, 1 Run
Not a great offensive day for the Renegades
Aces POW
1-4: Todd Dicken 7-8 w/ 4 1Bs, 3 2Bs, 2 R, 6 RBI
5-8: Andy (Stewie) Williams 7-7 w/ 6 1Bs, 2B, 1 R, 4 RBI
9-12: Ray Hebbeler 4-5 w/ 4 1Bs, 4 R, 2 RBI, BB
Honorable mention: Joe Beasley 3-5 w/ 3 1Bs, 2 RBIs, 4 R, BB
Outstanding performance by all the Aces on the day scoring total of 38 runs on 47 hits.
Crawdads IPOW:
1-4: Matt Shwarts 5-6, 5RS, 5RBI, 3 2Bs
5-8: Sean Brinkman 4-6, 2RS, 2RBI, 2B
9-12 Barry Epstein 4-6, 2RS
HM: Ben (give it all) Collincini 5/5, 3RS, 3RBI, BB, 2B
Cannon Ballers POW:
1-4: Dylan Buhrow: 4-4, 3BB, 5R, RBI. 1.000 OBP. Look up leadoff online and you'll find Dylan's picture. Not to mention that awesome "Buhrow" attitude.
5-8: SUB - Chuck Taylor: 3-4, HR, 3RBI, 3R
9-12: Daniel Buhrow: 2-3, 2B, 4R, 2RBI. Best communicator on the field!
HM: Big Little Babb: 5-6, 2HR, 7RBI, 4R. He pitches good.
Corny Dogs POW:
1-4: Shane Scott 4-6, (3) HR, (6) RBI, 3 R
5-8: Robbie Franklin 3-4, (1) 2B, RBI
Storm Chaser Impact Players of the Week:
1-4 & ROW Michael Murphy – 5-7 with 2 Singles, 1 Double, 2 HR’s, 6 RBI and 4 RS
5-8 Peasey – 3-5 with 3 Singles, 2 BB, 1 RBI and 4 RS
9-12 Omar Ovalle – 2-4 with 1 Single, 1 3B, 1 RBI and 2 RS
Blue Rocks POW
Tyler Stevenson - 4-8 with 4 singles, 3 RBIs, and 3 runs scored. Lockdown LCF, but more importantly hit a walk off single in extras to push the Blue Rocks win streak to 4.
Jonathan Braun - 4-6 with 3 singles, a double, 1 RBI, and a run scored. Engineered multiple hit rallies throughout the day, most notably a 9-run inning in game 1.
Chris Licurse - 4-6 with 4 singles, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored. Played the most vital part of the team's offensive success by continually flipping our lineup over.
AquaSox Toad-ally Rad Players of the Week:
1-4: SUB Donald Prim 5-6 w/ 2 HRs, 2 2B, single, 4 runs, 5 RBI
5-8: Brian Osgood 4-6 w/ 3B, 2B, 2 singles, 1 run, 1 RBI
9-12 (tie): Mark Morris 3-6 w/ 2B, 2 singles, 1 run
Doc Levy 3-6 w/ 3B, 2 singles, 1 run
Biscuits POW
1-4 Matt Hyson 3-5 with 1 1b, 1 2b, 1 HR, 5 RBIs, 3 runs scored
5-8 Tim Crites 3-5 with 2 1b, 1 2b, 1 BB, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored
9-12 Ray Darragh 4-5 with 2 1b, 1 2b, 1 3b, 3 rbis, and had the clutch walk off hit in game 2
From the Mouth of the Fall Commissioner (get it...it's a Lord of the Rings reference):
League Impact Players of Week 1:
1-4 Chris Cesario 8-8, 3 HR, 2 2B, 8 RBIs, 5 Runs. Clutch homer in extra innings to help keep game 2 alive for us.
5-8: Scott Doyle 3-4, SF, RBI - Defense was just stellar and overshadowed his walkoff SF in the first game
9-12 Gary Frank 4-6, 2 rbi, 1 run. Utility man played 3 positions.
Congrats gents! All 3 vital to their teams for a Week 1 sweep! Congrats to all below for representing your teams and bringing your best to the fields!
Storm Chaser Impact Players of the Week:
1-4 Carlos Cruz – 5-6 with 2 Singles, 1 Double, 1 RBI and 2 RS
5-8 Joe Machado – 3-5 with 1 Single, 2 HR 6 RBI and 3 RS with Amazing play in LF All Day!
9-12 JT Pierce III – 2-6 with 2 Singles and 1 RBI
Super Sub Donnie Holtmann – 3-4 with 3 Singles and 1 RS
AquaSox Toad-ally Rad Players of the Week:
1-4: Chris Stutz 4-5 with 3B, 2B, 2 singles, 2 walks, 2 runs, lockdown LCF defense (not too bad for a 3 :wink:)
5-8: Brian OsGreat 3-7 with a Shalomer HR, 2B, single, 4 RBI, 2 runs, excellent in RCF all day, huge difference maker in our close game vs Biscuits
9-12 (tie): Rick Halperin 2-4 with 2 singles, sac fly, 2 RBI, pretty much our entire offense game 1
Mark Morris 3-5 with 3 singles, walk, 2 RBI, 1 run, rock solid at 2B making several key plays
Crawdads IPOW:
1-4: Jacob Stites 5-5, SF, RBI and 2RS - great defense and made a hell of a catch in game one
5-8: Scott Doyle 3-4, SF, RBI - Defense was just stellar and overshadowed his walkoff SF in the first game
9-12 Alicia Shwarts 3-6, 2RBI - great timely hitting kept us in these two one run wins
HM: Ben Collincini 3-5, 2RBI, 2RS - just brings it! His energy is infectious and is always pumping others up.
Renegades IPOW
Chris Cesario 8-8, 3 HR, 2 2B, 8 RBIs, 5 Runs. Clutch homer in extra innings to help keep game 2 alive for us.
Jacob Forniglia 6-8, 2 RBIs, 4 Runs, clutch RBIs in game 2 comeback win, absolute cheetah in the OF and great leadoff setting table all day.
Jay Swank 3-5, Inside park HR, 3 RBIs, 2 Runs, 2 bb. Homer gave us the lead in the eventual game 2 extra inning victory. Stellar 2B play, great at helping turn lineup over all day
Rumble Ponies POW
1-4: Dustin Bone - 4/8, HR, 2B, 2 Runs, 5 RBI, walk off double game 2, lock down 1st base
5-8: Mitch Klaassen - 5/6, 3 Runs, 2 RBI
9-12: Wayne Casper - 2/5, Great pitching in both games, huge clutch hit to turn the lineup over and get on base before Bone's walk off in game 2.
HM: Alfredo Sardi - 4/6, 2B, 2RBI, Run, EXCELLENT job playing 3rd base for the first time
Driller POW
1-4: Ariel Rodriguez- 5/6, 2 HR, 4R,6RBI 2B Great pitching and moves like a cat :cat2:
5-8: Brandon Carniero the rookie 3/5 with 3 singles made 2 spectacular catches in left field.
9-12: Lacy Fenn 3/5 with 3 singles and 1RBI.
Aviators iPOW
1-4: Jason Niswonger 4-5; 1B, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RS, 3 RBI.
5-8: Kyle Corriea 3-4; 3 1B, 4 RBI, SF.
9-12: Sean Harcourt; 2-5; 2 1B, 1RS.
Aces IPOW
1-4: Brian Lee 6-6; 5 singles, double, 2 RBI, 4 runs
5-8: Brad Parr 3-5; 3 singles, 4 runs, 3 RbI, walk
9-12: Ray Hebbeler 3-6; 3 singles, 2 runs
HM: Dylan Hartley 3-5 w/ Single, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 runs, walk. Phenomenal job playing RF and subbing.
Corny Dogs IPOW
1-4: Adam Glauvitz 4-7, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI and 3 runs. Played stellar RCF and took away runs from both Blue Rocks and Cannon Ballers at key moments.
5-8: Ashley Mort 4-6, 2B, 4 RBI
Tarpons POWs
1-4: Enlow was 4-5, 3 2Bs, 4 RBI, and a huge snag at 3B stopping a rally and grabbing the momentum back which propelled us to Victory.
5-8: Michael Barth. Was 3-5 with 3 clutch RBI and outstanding pitching.
9-12. Chris Keller. 2-4 in his inaugural full time spot in Shalom. He was also pretty solid in the OF
CannonBaller’s POW
1-4: Baby Jay Buhrow, 4-6, 2 RBI, 3 Runs, 2 Sac flys. Game 2 he went 3-3 and walked it off with an extra inning Sac fly
5-8: Kennin Doyle, 6-7, RBI, 2 runs. 4-4 in game two and was huge on the basebaths all day!
9-12: Mikey Bourque, 3-5, 2 RBI, Run, BB. Huge from the 12 hole, consistently turning the line up over.
Biscuits POW
1-4: Luke Morgan, 5-6, 3 rbis, 3 runs, 1 1b, 1 2b, 1 3b, 2 HR
5-8: Michael Thiele, 5-6, 4 rbis, 2 1bs, 3 2bs, and great pitching all day
9-12: Ming Tsai, 4-6, 2rbis, 4 1bs, and great play in RF
Trash Pandas POW
1-4 Randy Randon 5-6, 3 rbi, 4 runs, 4 1b, 1 2b. Key defensive play to secure win vs Aviators.
5-8 Peter Hogan 3-4, 4 rbi, 2 runs, 2 1b, 1 2b. Solid defense in LF
9-12 Gary Frank 4-6, 2 rbi, 1 run. Utility man played 3 positions.
Blue Rocks POW
Ryan Driggers - 3-5 with 3 HRs, 5 RBIs, 2 BBs with unbelievable SS play but most notably jumped in the air to make a play that former Blue Rock Luke Morgan might have missed:wink:
Grant Carver - 5-7 with 5 singles and 1 RBI, brought his vacuum glove at 1B and was easily our most consistent hitter all day
Carlos "Peluka TV" Lopez - 2-4 with a single, an automatic double, 1 RBI and a walk. Brought the energy all day, which lead to key success to flipping our lineup.
Bulls POW
Jose Baho 2-4, 1B/2B/BB/1 RBI/2 Rs
Monte Slaver 4-6, 2 1B/3B/HR (fence bomb)/3 RBIs/2 R
Ryan Gonzalez 4-5, 4 1B/2 RBIs/1 R and locked down second base
From the Mouth of the Fall Commissioner:
League Impact Players of Week 2:
1-4: Ben Enlow 8-8, HR, 9RBI, lock down 3B
5-8: Grayson Vick - 6-6 with 5 singles, 1 double, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 4 runs scored. Made key defensive plays in RCF and set the tone in the leadoff spot all day.
9-12: Matt Casey 3-5 R SAC 2RBI and great defensive plays in RF all day.
Congrats to these 3 for an excellent Week 2 performance! Well-deserved!
AquaSox Toad-ally Rad Players of the Week:
1-4: Joey Welter 5-7 with a HR, 4 singles, 1 RBI, 2 runs, numerous clutch scoops and catches/tags on off line throws at 1B
5-8: Nick “Boom Boom” Croce 3-6 with a 2B, 2 singles, 1 run, excellent pitching holding our opponents to 10 runs, at least half of which were unearned
9-12: Super Sub Larry Goldstein 2-5 with 2 clutch singles and 2 RBIs in our second game victory
Renegades POW
Aaron Lowenberg: 4-6, HR, 4 RBIs, 2 Runs, SF
Jacob Forniglia: 4-7 HR, 3B, RBI, 2 Runs
Omar Gonzalez: 2-6, 2B, 3 RBIs
Drillers POW.
1-4 Ariel Rodríguez 4-6 4R 4RBI 3B 2HR and great plays at 3rd all day.
5-8 Dan Mele 3-5 R BB 2B 3B 5RBI Showing Gazelle-like speed on the bases.
9-12 Matt Casey 3-5 R SAC 2RBI and great defensive plays in RF all day.
ROW: Brandon Carniero 3-5 Great Defense in LF.
Storm Chasers Impact Players of the Week:
1-4 & ROW Michael Murphy – 6-7 with 5 Singles, 1 Double, 1 RBI and 3 RS
5-8 Wilfredo “Junior” Nieves – 5-7 with 3 Single, 2 Doubles, 3 RBI and 2 RS
9-12 Sub Jeff Roberts – 2-5 with 2 Singles and 1 RBI
Trash Pandas POW
1-4 Ryan Richardson 4-5, 2HR, 1 2B, 1BB, 4 Runs, 4RBI
5-8 Blake Miller 3-5, 2 Rbi, 1 BB
9-12 Rick Leon 4-6, 1 RBI, 1 Run
Crawdads IPOW
1-4 Jacob Stites 4-6, 3RS, BB, RBI
5-8 Scotty Do 2-2, 2RS, 3BB
9-12 John Miller 3-6, 2RS with some solid pitching
Blue Rocks POW
John Banta - 6-6 with 5 singles, 1 triple, 3 runs scored, and a whopping 7 RBIs. Captain Banta pitched a near shutout and his ability to drive in runs was key to getting a sweep.
Grayson Vick - 6-6 with 5 singles, 1 double, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 4 runs scored. Made key defensive plays in RCF and set the tone in the leadoff spot all day.
Kelly "Flash" Welton - 3-4 with 3 singles, 1 walk, and 1 run scored. The swiss army knife of the Blue Rocks. Whether he is playing catcher, first base, or right field, he does whatever the team needs which is what being a Blue Rock is all about.
Aces POW
Drew Waggoner 5-6, 3 1B/ 2 HR (in game 2) / 8 RBIs/ 5 R/ SF and GREAT defense at RC
Brad Parr 5-6, 5 1B/2 R/ SF/ 5RBIs
Chris Morrow 3-5, 3 1B/ 1 RBIs/ SF/ 1 R
Aviators iPOW
1-4: Jason Niswonger 3-4; 1B, 2B, 3B, RS, RBI.
5-8: Blake Allsbrook 1-4; HR.
9-12: Doug Wolff; 2-2; 2 1B.
Tarpons POWs
1-4: Ben Enlow 8-8, HR, 9RBI, lock down 3B
5-8: 2 guys deserving James Keller 4-6, 3RBI, 2 2b, excellent plays at 1B and a huge bases clearing double in game 1 to put the game out of reach
Michael Barth: 4-6, 2b, 3 RBI, 4 runs scored and excellent pitching
9-12: Steve “Enormous” Johnson 4-6, RBI, 2 runs, and an overall excellent positive influence on the team.
These 3 gentlemen were very important cogs in the Tarpons winning both games.
Corny Dogs IPOW
1-4: Shane Scott 5-7 (2) 2B (2) HR (4) RBI, (3) R
5-8: Ashley Mort 4-7 (1) 3B (1) R