HIGHLIGHTS
MAJOR LEAGUE
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HIGHLIGHTS
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WEEK 6
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Tigers 4 - Cardinals 1 5/27 Trevon Godfrey took the mound today and was solid as usual, striking out 13 while allowing NO HITS !!!!! Some solid defense behind him by the likes of Noah Varicalli in right making an excellent catch on a rising line shot off the bat of Eric Cichocki. Richard Mitchell is improving greatly behind the plate and the 2nd base combo of Ryan Mazzola and Mike Duquet was solid as usual. The Tiger hitting attack was led by Nick Mazzola 's 2 hits including a double and scoring twice. Joe Ciaravino is on a hitting streak adding 2 singles, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored. Dan Palmer had a great at bat earning a walk in the third leading to the three runs scored. Mike Duquet is an awesome base runner proving it again tonight when asked to courtesy run for Dan. What a turn around for the Tigers winning their fifth straight game ! KEEP UP THE HARD WORK TEAM ! THE COACHES ARE PROUD OF ALL OF YOU !
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Giants 7 - White Sox 5 5/27 An Awesome come from behind win for the Giants tonight ! Down 5 - 4 going into the last inning they scored 3 runs, then Derrick Vaughn shut down the Sox in their half of the sixth to earn the well deserved victory 1
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Yankees 9 - Cubs 3 5/28 Another day when a Yankee steps up! Izzy took the hill for the Pinstripes today allowing 3 runs in 5 1/3 innnings (85 pitches) with 9 k's, going 2/3 with 3b and Alex DeLeeuw coming to spell relief for 2/3 of an inning and contributing at the plate 1/2. A couple of big hits to the fence by Michael Pineda 1/1 with 2b and "BIG" Jake Hearing 1/1 with 2b. Thomas Mascarin 1/2 and stellar play behind the dish catching a Cub runner l eaning too far at 1st after a near double play two pitches later. Keep up the hard work Cubbies and Pinstripes!
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Tigers 17 - Giants 5 5/29 The entire Tiger team is clicking on all cylinders ! Every player in the line up tonight contributed one way or the other. Led by Devin Palmer's 3 for 4 evening which included a double and Home Run with 5 RBI. Trevon Godfrey also did a great job at the plate and behind the plate catching his first ever game while going 3 for 4 with a double and 3 RBI. Noah Varicalli batted lead off tonight going 2 for 4 with 3 runs scored a RBI reaching base a third time exactly what a leadoff hitter is asked to do. Garrett Gersch also went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs, while Dillon Webb doubled, triples scored and drove in 2 runs. Ryan Mazzola hit the ball hard all three at bats which included a RBI single. Grant Mercer hit a streamer of a single to the fence and scored, Dan Palmer had 2 great at bats walking both times and scoring a run. Mike Duquet reached base all 4 times scored and drove in 2 runs with 2 singles while playing a great second base. Devin Palmer was great on the mound until he tired in the 4th, then our ace reliever Joe Ciaravino threw a total of 20 pitches to keep the Giant bats quite, then Nick Mazzola finished of the game on the mound. WHAT A TEAM EFFORT! WAY TO GO TEAM !!!!!
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White Sox 8 - Pirates 4 5/29
Oh so close as the Pirates battled with the
Sox the whole game until the Sox pulled away in the 6th inning.
Brian Echols and Casey Livingston both were
3 for 3 and both scored twice.
Brian Jaminet had a huge 2 run single in
the 5th inning.
Sean Goolsby pitched his glute off
tonight. All of the Pirates were alive and moving and doing all the
"little" things.
The Pirates are excited and getting pumped
up for the playoffs to come. If the play like tonight continues, it
will be a fun playoffs
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Yankees 11 - Cardinals 7 5/30 Jonathon Bevier took the hill and was effective while allowing 4 hits, 5 runs but issuing 9 BB. Twice this young man pitched out of a jam in the 2nd and 3rd. Aided by good defense in the outfield and a DP in the 3rd by Gabriel Plaza( + another good grab later) and Naylan Johnson. Gabe took the sharp drive stepping an 2nd and throwing to first for the DP. Hits were few, though not needed we were aided by 16 BB. Hits included Jonathon 1/2, Gabe 1/2 and Thomas Mascarin 1/2 and every batter reaching base at least once. Keep up the hard work Redbirds and Pinstripes!
The Cardinals record fell to 9-5 following
a darkness shortened game with the league leading Yanks.
Nick"Max"Maxwell struggled on the mound for the first time this season when the strike at the knees wasn't in vogue Friday night. "Max" allowed six runs on (6) walks and a single in his two innings of work as the running Yanks took control early and built on their lead , scoring runs in every inning except the third. Meanwhile the Cards were playing a game of at 'em ball as they drove the ball with authority but right at the Yanks fielders. Larry Upshur and Jerome"J.J."Jackson were the victims in the first two innings respectively, both hit drives to center field that the fielder hardly had to move for. "J.J."'s drive in the second came with two outs and the bases juiced. Another example was the smash up the middle by Eric Cichocki with a man on that the second baseman turned into a sweet double play because he was headed to second to cover any steal attempt, Bang Bang, two outs! In the next inning Eric stroked a two run double but the total comeback from their early deficit. Other hitters for the Redbirds were Connor"Beaver"Perreault(2b) Rob Zurawski, single and "J.J."(2-3) 2 singles. Better luck Saturday with end of the American league portion of the schedule on tap as the Cardinals face the White Sox in the rubber game of a best out of three season series. GO CARDS!!!!!!
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Tigers 11 - Cubs 5 5/31 A combined pitching effort for the Tigers today. Richard Mitchell started his first Major League game on the mound, pitching well until his arm tired. Coach D then had to call on his ace reliever Joe Ciaravino again to shut the door down on the ever improving Cubs. Some stellar defense on both sides today, from the Tigers Mike Duquet has been and continues to play awesome defense at second base, Richard Mitchell made a bare handed ESPN highlight play at third, Trevon Godfrey was solid behind the plate blocking every pitch in the dirt, Noah Varicalli playing in center did a great job as did Garrett Gersch at short and Devin Palmer at first. The bottom of the Tiger line up has been the reason for their resurgence with the likes of Dan Palmer, Grant Mercer & Mike all have been reaching base and scoring. Today we were led by all of them and Devin, Trevon, Joe, Devin, Garret and Dillon Webb has drove in a lot of runs at the number 6 spot in the line up. Grant had an RBI single again today. Missing 2 key players today the team again stepped up to fill their vacancy. Keep up the hard work ! The Cubs had some great defense of their own today Brian McNamara made some outstanding plays at first base Steven Rocho also made the ESPN highlights with many great plays at third base robbing the Tigers of some extra base hits. Alec Berry once again proved he is a major league pitcher doing a great job. Brian McNamara led the Cubs at the plate by reaching base all 4 times with 2 walks a single and a rope triple, Andrew Toutant singled, as did Alec and Jay Smolinski doubled.
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Giants 7 - Pirates 2 5/31 Nick McEvoy hit a three run home run today to ice the Giants inter league win today. Derrick Vaughn was solid on the mound for the Giants.
A tough 1st inning sunk the Pirate ship
today. After calming down, the Pirate pitchers of Cam Keuning and
Brian Echols
only allowed 2 runs the rest of the way.
The Pirate bats could only muster 2 runs,
though. Brian Echols, Brian Jaminet and Casey Livingston had the 4
Pirate hits.
Casey had 2 of them. Aside from inning 1, the Pirates were sound defensively, led by a great running catch in Right field by Donovan "The Bull" Travis.
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Cardinals 6 - White Sox 5 5/31
The Cardinals locked-up sole possession of
first place and the #1 seed heading into the National league play
offs
with a hard fought 6-5 win over the defending champs the White Sox. In doing so the Cards also took 2 out of 3 from the Sox in their three game series this regular season. Larry Upshur started on the mound for the Cards and after walking lead-off man Marquis Harper he gave up a two run homer to right by Daniel Robinson. Some great fielding by second baseman Joshua "peppy" Piepszowski accounted for two put-outs in the first to get the 'Birds out of the inning. The Cards came back with two of their own in their half of the first, knotting the game at 2. Both teams went 3 up, 3 down in the second with "Peppy" making another put-out to go with 2 of Larry's 4k's. The Sox bounced right back and with two outs in the third, scored three runs to take a 5-2 lead. The Cardinals responded with one of their own and following a scoreless fourth inning and trailing 5-3 they turned the game over to "J.J."Jackson who did his job in shutting down the Sox offense. Inspired by "J.J."'s performance, the 'Birds rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fifth. With both teams forced to negotiate wind gusts of nearly 25 mph, it wasn't until then that it played a noticeable difference in the game. Sox reliever Marquis Harper was brought in to put down the Cards rally but did'nt have his best stuff and that was all the 'Birds needed. Walks, passed balls and wild pitches led to three runs in the bottom of the fifth and that was just what "J.J." needed. along with his location to nail down his win in relief. The Cards now close-out the regular season with three against National league foes as they fine tune their play heading into the playoffs. GO CARDS!!!!!!
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