05/03/08
Home - Red Sox 8
Visitor - Cardinals 8
It was another cold and rainy day of baseball on Saturday morning. The Cardinals and Red Sox finished tied 8-8. There was plenty of hitting from both teams and clutch defense also. The Cardinals jumped out to an early lead but the Red Sox came back to go ahead in the next inning.
Again the Cardinals came back to tie and in the final inning with the winning run at third the Cardinals came up with some clutch pitching and defense to end the game.

5/1/2008
Home - Tigers 15
Visitor - Angels 5
Opening Day was met with overcast skies and rain showers. That did not dampen player’s enthusiasm to get the season going. Despite few practices and the cold rain, the young men for each team showed great poise and concentration. The Tigers jumped out to an early lead but the Angels came storming back to make it a classic opening day game. Into the late innings, each team battled each other with some great fielding. In the end the Tigers prevailed with timely offensive hitting display and some great pitching.

05/06/2008
Home - Tigers 15
Visitor - Braves 10
Both Coaches for these teams are very proud of the sportsmanship and skill displayed by the players. The Braves struck first with Nathan Redinbo hitting a double and Colin Hubbard followed with a sharp single. With the bases loaded Mitch Albanese struck a double that went deep into the outfield. After the 1st, the Braves had a 4 run lead. Tim McKenna got it going for the Tigers with a single and was advanced on a strongly hit double by Luke Sprenkle. An infield single by Jason Rivers brought the Tigers' 1st run. Both teams struggled with some pitching. However on short notice, Tommy Riccio stepped in for the Tigers and showed great poise and grit as he settled the Braves' bats down, after JJ Thissel slammed a double to widen the Braves lead 9-1.
Heading into the 4th inning the score was 9-3 in the Braves favor, but Jason Rivers' strong pitching performance kept the Braves in check. Luke Sprenkle made an excellent outfield catch to stop another scoring threat by the Braves.
The Tigers kept clawing back with patience at the plate by Nick Colucci and Duncan Anderson. Jason Francis' walk and stolen base, along with some timely hitting by Tim McKenna, Luke Sprenkle and Chase Schaub all narrowed the lead. In what would prove to be the last inning, Philip Tocci made quick work and struck out all 3 players he faced. With the Tigers batting, Matt Rose and Jack Greenwald drew clutch walks. McKenna singled, followed by hits from Sprenkle and Schaub. With the bases loaded, Philip Tocci struck for an impressive bases clearing triple to cap the Tigers comeback victory.

05/22/2008
Home - Indians 11
Visitor - Orioles 17
The Orioles and Indians played a hard fought game at Black Park on a sunny Thursday night. The Orioles and Indians traded runs back and forth, but as the sun was setting, the Orioles posted five quick runs in the top of the fourth, and unfortunately, the Indians couldn't answer with any of their own in the bottom of the fourth and fifth.
The kids all played well and never gave up. Congratulations go to both teams pitchers for pitching a very exciting ball game.

05/18/2008
Home - Cardinals 8
Visitor - Cubs 18
In a special edition Sunday game the Cubs pulled away from the Cardinals to win 18-8. The Cubs lead 6-4 after 3 innings behind the solid pitching of Alex Gianelli (3 K's), Ben Danforth (3 K's), and Collin Sedgewick (2 K's). The Cubs broke the game open in the later innings with timely hitting from Nick Cutler(5 for 5), Bailey Sostek (3 for 3), and Sam Boudrot. Tucker Symes (double) and Ben Danforth (triple) had extra base hits.
The Cardinals stayed close early with solid pitching from Kieran Mackay and Jack Leary backed by defensive fielding gems at third base by Will Vanier and Michelle Trefrey. Nathan Mente (double), Nick Weltler (5 RBI's), and Jack Leary combined for 10 hits in the middle of the order while Jeffrey Mente and Kiernan Mackay each scored two runs.

05/20/2008
Home - Cardinals 20
Visitor - Angels 16
The Cardinals came out on top of a 20-16 slugfest with the Angels at Cheeseman Field. Nick Weltler set the tone in the first inning; pitching a solid top half of the inning and smacking a grand slam homerun in the bottom half. Sam Favazza knocked in 3 runs, Nathan Mente scored 3 times, and John Kuzminskas ripped a double as the Redbirds pounded out 16 base hits. Jack Leary and Austen Waring continued their hot hitting (combined 5 for 5).Andrew Rennie, Will Vanier, and Sam Woodcox each scored key runs.
The Angels kept pace in the middle innings, hustling around the bases in a total team effort that never let up. They cut down a run at the plate with a nifty 7-5-2 relay that really wowed the crowd. Their comeback attempt fell short as Jeffrey Mente closed the door in a scoreless final inning with defensive help from Kieran Mackay and Michelle Trefrey.

05/17/2008
Home - Red Sox 4
Visitor - Tigers 16
A very well played game by both sides with the Tigers coming out as victors was viewed by a sizeable crowd. The game was very close through 4 innings until the Tigers offense broke through. Key hits by McKenna, Riccio, Rivers, Tocci, Sprenkle and Anderson fuled the Tigers offense. The Red sox hung in as Nico Serpa, Colin Cavanaugh Dylan Chane and David Brao all contributed key hits and heads up base running to the Red Sox offense. Serpa, Cavanaugh, Brao and Christopher Gyra took the mound and held off the bats of the Tigers until the last six outs. Phil Tocci was able to stop the Red Sox momentum with some fine pitching over the last two innings(4 strikeouts) and was backed up by some great fielding.

05/27/2008
Home - Cubs 12
Visitor - Orioles 5
With the severe weather warnings past, the Cubs and the Orioles got down to business with strong opening pitching from Cub Nick Cutler (2 innings) and Oriole Marcus Zegarowski (3 innings) with 6 K’s each. The Cubs managed to squeak out 1 run in the first inning off hits from Jared Beane and Ben Danforth. The Orioles responded with the tying run off hits from Marcus Zegarowski and Ben Strong. At 1 all going into the bottom of the 3rd after 3 strikeouts from Cub’s pitcher Ben Danforth, the Cubs again regained the lead with 2 more runs off hits from Nick Cutler, Bailey Sostek and a double for Ben Danforth. Not to be outdone, the Orioles responded strongly with 4 runs to take the lead off hits from Sam Doggett, Marcus Zegarowski, Ben Burns, Jack Gourdeau, and Conor Jones before being shut down by Cub’s pitcher Jared Beane. The 4th inning ended with the Cubs reclaiming the lead with 4 runs of their own off hits from Tucker Symes, Gardner Wilson, Nick Cutler, and Ben Danforth. Strong pitching from Cubs Jared Beane (5 K’s) and Collin Sedgewick (1 K’s) held the Orioles scoreless, but with hits from Sam Doggett and Ben Strong. Fine Pitching from Orioles Ben Burns and Sam Doggett made for a close game ending in a 12-5 win for the Cubs.

05/29/2008
Home - Tigers 7
Visitor - Cardinals 6
Both Teams showed up on a beautiful early evening to play.
The Cardinals showed poise and focus as they began the game with a a sharp single from Jeffrey Mente. The Tigers played tough defense as Pitcher Tim McKenna settled in and retired the next two batters. However Nick Weltler brought Mente home with a single and the Cardinals were on the march. Tigers answered with a run in the first with Jason Francis singling and advancing on a Tommy Riccio base on balls and then scoring on a Jason Rivers single. Nick Colucci worked the pitch count to gain a base on balls resulting in Tigers being on every base. That was all they could get as Kieran Mackay recorded 2 strikeouts in a row leaving the Tigers runners stranded.
The game see-sawed back and forth with stellar defensive plays and crisp pitching from both sides. Early on, Tigers'James Erickson and Tim McKenna made tip of the glove and diving catches to record timely outs. Tommy Riccio displayed some incredible pitching with a 1-2-3 inning helped by a stellar clutch catch from Duncan Anderson on a sharply hit flyball by Nick Weltler.

For the Cardinals, Austin Waring and Nathan Mente produced clutch hits to place the Cardinals two up on the Tigers. There very well could have been more runs for the Cardinals had it not been for another spectacular outfield catch by Tigers' Duncan Anderson. Anderson, in left field, snared a rising line drive hit by Sam Woodcox.
The Tigers got the two runs back in the bottom frame of the inning to even the score with James Erickson and Luke Sprenkle reaching base and then scoring on clutch singles by Chase Schaub and Matt Rose. Jack Greenwald kept it going by drawing a walk giving the Tigers runners on every base. However, the Cardinals retired the next batter,leaving the Tigers with just the two runs.

In the fifth, Tigers' Jason Rivers was displaying some impressive pitching form. However, Michele Trefrey of the Cardinals was not rattled by Rivers as she sent a deep fly ball resulting in a triple and eventually scoring on another deeply hit triple by Austin Waring. Many watching considered that to be the much needed "insurance run" against the Tigers. However Rivers's poise and fastball sent the Cardinals down in succession on two infield outs, setting the stage for an anticipated Tigers rally late in the game.
Rivers reached base and then advanced to third on stolen bases. Philip Tocci delivered a single that brought Rivers home and the Tigers were within one run. Nick Colucci reached on a base on balls and Tim McKenna singled to score Tocci and even the score. James Erickson and Luke Sprenkle, each worked their pitch count deep to reach on walks. The result was that the Tigers took the lead for the first time all game, 7-6. Rattled but not certainly not broken, with the bases loaded again with Tigers, the Cardinals displayed great poise and retired the next two batters.

In the sixth inning the Tigers sent Philip Tocci to the mound to face the well managed Cardinals and to preserve the 1 run lead.
Tocci brought his fastball and had his control well in command. He struck out each of the Cardinals batters he faced and brought an end to a game that many spectators said was a great example of what a Little League game should be all about.

05/27/08
Home - Red Sox 12
Visitor - Dodgers 11
It was a slugfest Tuesday night at Cheeseman field. The Red Sox beat the Dodgers 12-11. Both teams got great starting pitching from Connor Gilligan of the Dodgers and Justin Rennicks of the Sox. The bats came alive in the middle innings. The Dodger big bats were Connor Gilligan, Thomas Dowd, Mike Gillis and Yun Tae Hwang. The Red Sox big hits came from Bryce Finley, Nicholas Serpa, Nick Gyra, Chris Gyra and Josh Libelo. The most clutch hit of the game came with 2 outs in the last inning. The Dodgers had taken the lead 11-10 in the top half of the inning and the Sox backs were up against the wall in the bottom half of the inning. The Red Sox loaded the bases with no outs. Two quick strike outs had the fans on both sides on the edge. Up came Dylan Chane. Down two strikes and the game on the line Chane drove the next pitch in center field scoring two runs and victory for the Red Sox.

05/29/2008
Home - Cubs 4
Visitor - Dodgers 6
On a beautiful night for baseball, the Dodgers met the Cubs for a hard fought close game. The Dodgers jumped to an early 2 run lead in the first inning on hits from Thomas Dowd and a double from Sam Dickey before fine Cubs fielding from Bailey Sostek, Alex Gianelli and pitcher Collin Sedgewick (1k) could end their at bat. The Dodger’s pitcher Sam Dickey shut down the Cubs first at bat 1-2-3 with 2 K’s and a strong defensive play by second baseman Connor Gilligan. With a nice defensive play at the mound and a strikeout, Cubs pitcher Ben Danforth held the Dodgers scoreless in the top of the second despite the double from Yun Tae Hwang. In the bottom of the second inning, the Cubs offense started with hits from Ben Danforth and Bailey Sostek resulting in 3 runs before Dodger’s pitcher Jeong Tae Hwang closed out the inning with 2 strikeouts. The Dodgers responded with 3 runs of their own off hits from Thomas Dowd, Connor Gilligan, Sam Dickey, and Matt Hull before Cubs pitcher Nick Cutler could close the inning with a strikeout. Cubs Nick Cutler and Jared Beane hits combined for 1 run before some nice fielding by Dodger’s Jeong Tae Hwang and Keanu McDonough ended their at bat. The Dodgers fourth inning remained scoreless with a strikeout and double play fly-ball catch by left fielder Liam Prior with a throw to second base to get the runner tagging up. The Dodgers responded exactly in kind with a strikeout by pitcher Jeong Tae Hwang and a double play fly ball catch by first baseman Thomas Dowd with a throw to catch the tagging up runner. The last two innings resulted in a 1 hit each pitching duel between Dodger Thomas Dowd (3 k’s) and Cub Jared Beane (2 K’s) that yielded another run for the Dodgers off a Dowd single and some fine base running. Both teams played exceptionally well in a hard fought 6-4 win for the Dodgers.

5/30/08
Home - Angels 12
Visitor - Braves 17
Friday night was the makeup game for the Angels and Braves in what was a closely fought battle. The Braves triumphed with the some great pitching in the early innings by their starter, Griffin Webber. Riley Evans went two for three and scored three runs. She showed some great hustle on the base paths, beating out an infield hit in the third. Ben Tanch reached on two walks and scored two runs. Mitch Albanese had a nice single in the third and a walk in the fourth, scoring two runs. "JT" Thissell had two walks and a single and scored twice. Jack Goeben and Josh Fales worked the middle innings from the mound. Ben Coughlin made his first appearance pitching. He proceeded to coax two consecutive batters two hit grounders back to him, which he cleanly fielded and dealt to Jack Goeben on third to take out the lead runner. He then finished the game with a strikeout. The Angels had a great team effort but came up short in the end.

5/31/08
Home - Angels 13
Visitor - Cubs 11
It was a rain soaked day for the last game of the regular season and the Angels were able to squeak out a 2 run win over the Cubs. The Angels came up some great defensive plays and timely hitting to counter the impressive lineup of the Cubs. Alex Gianelli pitched for the Cubs 1st and 2nd inning with (2k's), the 3rd inning by Bailey Sostek, the 4th inning Ben Danforth (3 k's), Nick Cutler (1 K). Timely hits came from "Triple Nick Cutler", singles Ben Danforth, Bailey Sostek, Tucker Symes 2nd Inning - singles Jared Beane, Sam Boudrot, "line drive single from Matt White"
3rd Inning - singles Bailey Sostek, Gardner Wilson, and "including a big single by Heather Donovan"
4th Inning - singles Nick Cutler, Jared Beane 5th Inning - singles Gardner Wilson 6th Inning - singles Jared Beane, Collin Sedgewick, Sam Boudrot.

05/10/2008
Home - Cardinals 2
Visitor - Dodgers 8
Defense was the difference as the Dodgers defeated the Cardinals 8-2 at Cheeseman Field. The crowd was treated to fielding gems from Matt Hull, Connor Gilligan, and Kerry Hull which put a stop to several Cardinal rallies and backed the solid pitching from Michael Gillis (3 K's) and Sam Dickey (7 K's). Thomas Dowd, Gillis, and Gilligan provided the early offensive spark. Despite the stellar pitching from Nick Weltler (4 K's), Nathan Mente (6 K's), and Kieran Mackay (5 K's)the Cardinals were unable to take advantage of several scoring chances. John Kuzminskas ripped a double down the left field line and scored with Sam Favazza. Andrew Rennie had extra bases taken away when Keanu McDonough snared his hot liner in the same inning. Austin Waring chipped in two hits and made a fine play at first.

Date of Game - 05/17/2008
Division - Minor
Home - Braves 2
Visitor - Dodgers 11
Game Comments:
The Dodgers jumped out to an early lead in the first with three runs, started by Sam Dickey who scratched out a single and scored the first of his three runs for the day. Connor Gilligan cleared Dickey and Michael Gillis with an in-the-park four bagger. Braves hurler Griffin Webber recorded three strikeouts in the inning. Great fielding and pitching by the Dodgers left the Braves with only Ben Tanch as a base runner and no runs. The second inning was a great fielding exhibition by both teams as they almost held each other scoreless. The lone exception being the double by Quinn Maloney of the Dodgers. He proceeded to steal second and scored on a sacrifice by Keanu McDonagh. The Braves finally got on the board in the third behind Nathan Redinbo. The strong pitching from the Dodgers left the Braves wanting more. The big inning for the Dodgers in the bottom of the third, scoring five runs with a lethal combination of singles followed by a triple by the hard hitting Gilligan. The Dodgers then took the field and held the Braves to a 1-2-3 inning going K, K and then a pop fly to the second baseman. The Dodgers added a couple more insurance runs in the fourth. Tyler Tyack reached on a walk and then proceeded to steal second and third, eventually scoring on a single by Sam Dickey. The top of the fifth the pitching of Brave reliever JT Thissel set down the Dodgers in order with three strikeouts. On the Braves side of the inning, time was running short. Although they were able to get five runners on the bases, they only scored one run. Thissel kept the Dodgers from scoring in the top of the sixth, again recording three K's. The Braves last chances for any sort of rally were quickly ended by the pitching of Sam Dickey who put the side down in order with two K's and a nice fielding play to end the game taking the Braves 11-2.

05/17/2008
Home - Cubs 9
Visitor - Mets 8
After two innings, the Mets had the game’s only run on hits from Nick McLane, Jonathan Gauthier, Christian Kim and Ian Mauck while the Cubs only hit came from Nick Cutler due to the strong pitching of Jonathan Gauthier. In the 3rd inning, the Mets scored four runs with hits from Josh Erhard, Hunter Smith, Jonathan Gauthier, and Robbie Shephard followed by Nick Spofford hitting a triple to drive in 3 runs but then thrown out at home by some nice fielding by the Cubs. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, the Cubs responded by scoring one run on some fine base running by Liam Prior combined with a hit by Ben Danforth. The Cubs clawed back with a combined 6 runs in the 4th and 5th innings while the Mets answered with 2 more runs including a solid triple from Nick Spofford. With the Cubs down by 1 run in the bottom of the 6th inning, some fine base running by Heather Donovan was followed with hits by Ben Danforth and Collin Sedgewick to clench the 9-8 comeback win. Pitching for the Cubs was Jared Beane (8 Ks) for three innings and Nick Cutler (2 Ks) for the last 3 innings. Pitching for the Mets was Jonathan Gauthier (8 Ks) for the first three innings, Nick McLane (2 Ks) and George Wright combined for almost 2 innings, and Robbie Shephard (3 Ks) as the closer for the Mets. Both teams played a great game of baseball.

5/19/2008
Home - Dodgers 12
Visitor - Indians 7
It was a cold and blustery evening at Donovan Field as the Dodgers faced the Indians in a hastily arranged make-up game of the season's opening day rain-out. In a tightly fought contest marked by wind blown hats and a special guest appearance at umpire (League Director Tony Celata), the Dodgers prevailed over the Indians 12-7.

The Dodgers got off to an early 7-2 lead, but the Indians quickly battled back. Led by the smart base running of Taylor Ross and the heavy hitting of Jacob Knudson, Alex Winch, Bryce Bucci and Chris Davekos, the Indians quickly tied the score at seven. The Indians pitching staff of Daniel Parr, Alex Apgar, Bucci, and Davekos kept the game close into the late innings and the game ended on a spectacular double play with Davekos throwing to Knudson for the final out.

The Dodgers were led by pitchers Connor Gilligan, Kerry Hull, Keanu McDonough and Thomas Dowd. Quinn Moloney whacked a double and scored three runs while Gilligan, Dowd, Hull and Michael Gillis all contributed hits, rbi's and runs scored.

The evening was most memorable for the wind and the cold, but all participants maintained good cheer and were happy to be playing baseball in a game that could easily have been lost to the early season rain.

05/20/2008
Home - Mets 17
Visitor - Braves 10
The Mets jumped out to an early lead, but the Braves rallied in the top of the 3rd inning to make it a 10-7 ballgame in favor of the Mets. In the bottom of the third the Mets came back and went on to the win. The 4th & 5th innings were well played by both teams and the game was called after the 5th inning due to time limit of 7:30pm.

The Mets starting pitcher (Nick Spofford) went 2 1/3 innings with 4 K's and nice fielding with 3 throws to first base for outs. Key hits for the Mets in the 1st inning were by James Seger and Nick Spofford.

Nick McLane pitched the remainder of the 3rd inning with 1 K. Key hits by George Wright and Nick McLane helped score runners for the Mets in the 3rd. Christian Kim pitched the 4th inning, recording 2 K's, ending the inning on a strikeout. Key hits were delivered by Jonathan Gauthier, Nick Spofford and Christian Kim leading to an additional 2 runs for the Mets. Robbie Shepard served as the Mets closer, facing 5 batters in the 5th and recording 2 K's. JJ Thissel was the starting pitcher for the Braves and went 1 2/3 innings. Cassidy Cring showed patience at the plate in the second. Josh Fales of the Braves showed great hustle on the base paths by beating out an infield hit to first base, moving Cring to second. Cring stole third base during Jack Goeben's at bat. Goeben then hit a two-run triple.

On the mound, the Braves followed with Brett and Mitch Albanese who combined through the 3rd inning. Griffin Webber served as the Braves closer in the 4th & 5th innings, recording 6 K's and holding the Mets to 2 runs. The Braves connected with singles throughout the game with some nicely hit balls fielded by the Mets for outs at first base. The Braves scored in 3 of the 5 innings...including 5 runs in the 3rd inning. Riley Evans sparked a third inning rally with a hustling single and two stolen bases, scoring the first of the five runs for the Braves.

05/20/2008
Home - Dodgers 2
Visitor - Tigers 4
It was a crisp and cool evening for baseball at Black Field as the Dodgers hosted the Tigers. And it would turn out to be crisply played game as the Tiger kept their cool and won a well played pitchers' duel 4-2. Dodgers pitchers Sam Dickey and Thomas Dowd were on their game, combining to give up only four runs. Dickey snuffed a Tigers threat in the second inning behind a spectacular triple play started by Michael Gillis who threw to Dowd at second for the final out. Dodger hitters were led by Connor Gilligan and Quinn Moloney. The Tigers' pitching was even more overpowering. Timmy McKenna, Jason Rivers and Phil Tocci were throwing strikes and mowing dow the Dodgers lineup. They were backed by consistent defensive play from Rivers and Tommy Riccio, plus a tremendous play by third baseman Jack Greenwald who threw out a speedy Dodger runnner at first. Mckenna cracked a two run double in the first inning to pace the Tigers offensive attack. This was a fun game to watch as the pace was brisk and everyone got home in time for an early dinner.

05/22/2008
Home - Cubs 18
Visitor - Red Sox 8
The Red Sox started off to an early 1 run lead with hits from Colin Cavanaugh, Nicholas Serpa, and Josh Libelo until some nice Cubs defensive plays by Heather Donovan, Ben Danforth, and Collin Sedgewick. The Cubs quickly answered back with 2 runs off hits from Nick Cutler and Jared Beane and an RBI for Bailey Sostek. In the middle innings, the Red Sox bats really came alive with hits from Josh Libelo, Dylan Chane, Nick Gyra, and Colin Cavanaugh including two doubles by Nicholas Serpa and Bryce Finley. The Cubs extended their lead with hits from Jared Beane, Tucker Symes, Ben Danforth and a 3 run triple by Nick Cutler. The Sox rallied back with 2 runs in the 6th with hits from Anthony Nickas and Nicholas Serpa (double) to end the game 18-8. Pitching for the Cubs was Jared Beane (4 Ks), Ben Danforth (2 Ks), and Nick Cutler (4 Ks). Fine pitching for the Red Sox came from Anthony Nickas, Nicholas Serpa, Colin Cavanaugh, Bryce Finley, and Josh Libelo.

05/06/2008
Home - Dodgers 11
Visitor - Angels 13
After days of rain outs to start the season, the skies finally turned blue and baseball was played at Black Field on Tuesday. The Dodgers squared off against the Angels in what would be a nail biter to the end. The Angels rallied for five runs in the last inning to earn a well deserved 13-11 victory.The Dodgers jumped out to an early 7-1 lead behind the pitching of Thomas Dowd, Keanu McDounough and Connor Gilligan. Gilligan, Dowd and Sam Dickey added big hits and Michael Gillis cracked the Dodgers first home run of the season. Dickey added an acrobatic defensive play at first base and things were looking good for the Dodgers. But the Angels came storming back with a vengeance. Mason Craig, Daniel Allara and Lee Drinkwater were throwing strikes and shut down the Dodger attack. John Caves, Trevor Jones, Liam Jaouen, Craig and Drinkwater all contributed clutch hits, while Jack Wosepka and Mathew Everett teamed up on a big defensive play to snuff out an ill-fated Dodger rally. For the Angels, it was a dramatic come from behind win and truly a "team" victory.

05/10/2008
Home - Mets 16
Visitor - Orioles 5
The Mets came out strong for the second game in a row. Nick McLane turned in an excellent pitching performance in his first outing of the spring. The Mets also received clutch hitting from Jonathan Gauthier, Hunter Smith and Nick Spofford. The play of the game was an over the shoulder catch in right center by Robbie Shepard who turned and fired a strike to the first baseman doubling off the Orioles runner.The Orioles received excellent pitching from Sam Doggett and Ben Burns who both looked strong. Max Zegarowski had the hit of the game belting a rocket between the third baseman and shortstop.

5/10/2008
Home - Braves 16
Visitor - Cubs 15
The Braves staked an early lead behind a strong pitching effort by Nathan Redinbo. Cassidy Cring chipped in with an RBI single, stolen base and a run. Brave Jack Goeben went 3 for 4 with an in the park homerun. The Cubs held tight with Ben Danforth hurling strong on the mound and going 3 for 4 at the plate. Colin Sedgewick went 3 for 4, and Liam Prior was 2 for 3 for the Cubs. The late Cubs rally was finally put out by Braves closer J.T. Thissell.

5/10/208
Home - Indians 10
Visitor - Tigers 21
It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon for baseball as the Tigers and the Indians came to battle at Patton Park. The Tigers led off the first by immediately posting 5 runs on key hits by their leadoff man, Timothy McKenna (3 for 4) and their clean-up hitter, Phillip Tocci (3 for 4) and some untimely walks to the Tigers batters. But the Indians struck for two of their own in the bottom half of the inning when their leadoff man Alex Apgar scored on an Alex Winch (3 for 3) triple and then Winch scored on a Brian Ruane (1 for 2) single. In the top of the second, the Tigers posted 5 more when their first three batters walked and then four straight singles by McKenna, Luke Sprenkle (3 for 3), Jason Rivers (4 for 4), and Tocci. The Indians got one more in the bottom of the 2nd when Tyler Ross (1 for 2) singled and then scored on an overthrow down to third base. Chris Davekos pitched well for the Indians in the third, giving up no runs and pitching himself out of a bases load jam. The Indians chipped away again in the bottom of the third, when Apgar stole second and scored on a Winch single, and then Winch scored on a Matt Manfra (1 for 2) single. At the end of three it was the tigers 10 – Indians 5. The Tigers battled back with four more in the fourth, when Jason Francis and Sprenkle walked and both scored on a hit by Rivers. Rivers and Chase Schaub scored on a single by Tommy Riccio. The Indians with hard fought determination not to let the game get out of hand, came back with five of their own in the bottom of the fourth. Led of by Bryce Bucci’s (1 for 2) single, a couple of walks, then Daniel Parr (1 for 1) singled scoring two. Adam Parrott singled bringing in another run, and Parr and Parrott scored on a Winch single. The score was now 14 – 10 the Tigers and would be the closest the Indians would get today. The Tigers posted 7 more runs over the next couple of innings from key hits by Jack Greenwald (2 for 3), and a towering home run to deep center by Jason Rivers.

05/08/2008
Home - Mets 9
Visitor - Cardinals 6
The Mets got quality pitching from Robbie Shepard & Nick McLane with Jonathan Gauthier coming in to close out the game. Hunter Smith made a terrific catch in left center field resulting in an out and then raced to second base to double off the runner who had attempted to advance to third. The Mets also had timely hitting throughout the lineup.The Cardinals received excellent pitching from Sam Woodcox, Jack Leary and Kieran Mackay...each throwing for the first time this year. At the plate Austin Waring had two hits and scored twice while Nick Weltler also had two hits.Well played game on both sides!

05/13/2008
Home - Dodgers 12
Visitor - Mets 6
After a short delay to the start of the game, the Mets and Dodgers faced off at Patton Park in a closely fought game. In the end, the Mets power prevailed for a 12-6 victory.

The Dodgers - led by the strong pitching of Connor Gilligan and Thomas Dowd and the base running of brothers Yun-Tae and Jeong-Tae Hwang -kept the game close through the first three innings. The Mets broke the game open in the fourth inning behind a spectacular grand slam home run by Nick Spofford. Nick McLane and Hunter Smith contributed two hits and two runs scored while the pitching of Robbie Shephard, Christian Kim, and Jonathan Gauthier kept the Dodgers bats at bay. It was a well played game by all the players and worth waiting out the initial delay.

05/15/2008
Home - Cubs 11
Visitor - Tigers 9
The Cubs were off to an early lead in the first inning started with singles from Ben Danforth, Colin Sedgewick, Jared Beane, and Alex Gianelli . The second inning looked to be a repeat after singles from Matt White and Sam Boudrot, but the Tigers shut down the Cubs with some fine defensive plays. Feeding off the momentum of the defense, the Tigers bats came alive with hits from James Erikson, Jason Francis, and Tim McKenna followed by a bases loaded triple from Jason Rivers to bring them to within 2 runs and end the inning. Last 2 innings were evenly matched with 4 runs a piece with hits from Tigers Phil Tocci, Chase Schaub (double), Luke Sprenkle and Tommy Riccio (double) and Cubs Matt White and Jared Beane. Fine pitching performances for the Tigers came from Jack Greenwald (1 K), Matt Rose (1 K), Nick Colucci (3 K’s) and Duncan Anderson (2 K’s). Jared Beane (5 K’s), Ben Danforth (2 K’s) and Nick Cutler (3 K’s) each turned in strong pitching performances to clench a hard fought 11-9 win in a game called in the bottom of the 5th for time.

05/13/2008
Home - Orioles 15
Visitor - Angels 5
Good game by both teams. Marcus Zegarowski, Ben Strong and Jack Gourdeau pitched well and Cathryn Petryk had some great fielding plays!

5/17/08
Home - Angels 15
Visitor - Indians 14
An exciting game took place this Saturday between two evenly matched teams. The Angels were able to pull out a come from behind victory in the bottom of the sixth. With two outs and two strikes, the Angels were able to get a perfectly placed hit, knocking in the winning runs. Both teams fought hard all day and there were many great plays on both sides.

05/01/08
Home - Mets 2
Visitor - Red Sox 12
It was a very cold opening night for the Mets and Red Sox at Cheeseman Field. Starting pitchers Jonathan Gauthier and David Brao pitched very well. The score was tied 2-2 after 3 innings when the Red Sox broke the tie with 5 runs in the fourth highlighted by Bryce Finley's home run.