West Hartford Little League U11 Wahoos District and Travel Baseball Results

District 7 Games:

Game 1 – The WHLL Wahoos U11 team opened district play with a convincing 14-0 win over Hartford Rago/Peters. The offense was led by Patrick O’Keefe’s grand slam (2-3, 2 runs, HR, 4 RBI’s), Jeff LaRosa (2-3, 3 runs, double, RBI),  and Joe Kitz (2-4, 1 run, 1 RBI). Miles McCarthy-Reynolds, Grady Brockway, Joe Morrissey, Michael Mack,  Spencer  Altman, and Burke Martindale also added hits. Joe Kitz and Jeff LaRosa shared pitching duties with Kitz going 2 innings giving up 2 hits while striking out 1 and LaRosa going 2 innings with 0 hits and 4 K’s

Game 2 – The Wahoos took it on the chin versus eventual District 7 champ Wethersfield, losing 10-2. It was a 5-2 game going into the 6th when Wethersfield tacked on 5 for the final 10-2 score. WHLL was held to 2 hits, one by Jeff LaRosa and one by Mateo Ramirez-Webster. Miles McCarthy-Reynolds and Patrick O’Keefe scored the only runs by West Hartford. 

Game 3 – WHLL dropped to 1-2 in district play with a 9-0 loss to Newington as Volunteer Field. The bats for the Wahoos were again quiet as they managed only two hits, a double by Jeff LaRosa and single by Grady Brockway. Newington broke open a 1-0 game in the 4th inning when they scored 5 runs on 4 hits and two walks. WHLL pitcher Sam Fiske was solid thru 3 innings giving up 1 run on 4 hits while striking out 4. 

Game 4 – The WHLL Wahoos were defeated by Glastonbury National 7-4 to fall to 1-3 in District 7 action. Glastonbury jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on 2 hits, 2 walks, a hit batter and one WH error. WH closed the gap to 4-2 with 2 runs in the 2nd on singles from Jeff LaRosa (2-3, 1 run, 1 RBI, double) and Michael Lee (1-2, RBI). Glastonbury stretched the lead to 6-2 but a Wahoo two run home run by Grady Brockway (2-2, HR, 2 RBI’s) closed the gap to 6-4. Glastonbury added a run in the top of the 6th to go up 7-4 and WH’s rally fell short as they had the tying run at the plate in bottom of the inning but couldn’t get a run across the plate. Jeff LaRosa came on in relief in the 1st inning and struck out 5 batters in over 3 innings of work. Michael Mack and Joe Kitz scored runs for WH.

Game 5 – West Hartford kept their district hopes alive with an historic 13-2 pounding of Glastonbury American to run their record to 2-3. It was the first time a WHLL District team has mercied a Glastonbury team. Glastonbury scored 2 in the top of the first on 3 walks, a hit batter and one hit to take a 2-0 lead.  The Wahoos came right back with 3 in the bottom of the inning as Jeff LaRosa (2-2, 3 runs), Michael Lee, Grady Brockway (2-2, 2 runs, 2 RBI’s) and Michael Mack(1-3 1 run, 1 RBI) started off the game with consecutive singles. Joe Kitz (2-2, 1 run, 2 RBI’s) drove in the third run on a perfect bunt. WH scored 3 more in the 2nd as Spencer Altman (1-1, 2 runs, RBI), LaRosa and Mateo Ramirez-Webster (2-2, 2 runs, RBI) all added hits. The Wahoos then batted around as they scored 7 runs in the 3rd inning. Big hits came of the bats of Ramirez-Webster, Brockway and a double from Patrick O’Keefe. Michael Mack came on in relief in the first with the bases loaded and no one out. He retired the next three batters and went on to pitch 4 innings giving up only one hit while striking out 4. Burke Martindale had a clutch bunt single to get the 7 run rally started in the 3rd. 

Game 6 – The WHLL Wahoos advanced to the District 7 crossover game with a 3-2 win over Rocky Hill. The win evened their district record to 3-3. Winning pitcher Sam Fiske was outstanding on the mound going 5 2/3 innings giving up 2 runs, scattering 8 hits while striking out 5. Mateo Ramirez-Webster struck out the last batter to secure the win with two runners on. Second basemen Miles McCarthy-Reynolds and Patrick O’Keefe were rock solid defensively handling several hard shots flawlessly. Shortstop Jeff LaRosa snared a sure double in the 6th inning as he leapt and grabbed a hard liner that would have driven in the tying run. Offensively, Fiske helped himself with an RBI double in the 2nd to drive in a run while Spencer Altman’s sacrifice fly added a run in the same inning. The go ahead run came in the bottom of the 3rd when Grady Brockway (1-2, double) walked and scored on a sacrifice fly by Miles McCarthy Reynolds. Joe Kit and Joe Morrissey added singles and scored a run while Jeff LaRosa ran his hitting streak to 6 games with a double in the 4th inning. 

Game 7 – The WHLL Wahoos were bounced from district play as they were beaten by Wethersfield 10-3 at Ross Field in Glastonbury. Wethersfield held a 2-1 lead thru 3 innings when they blew it open with a grand slam home run by Jimmy Sullivan in the top of the 4th inning. WH was led at the plate by Jeff LaRosa (1-3, 1 run), Joe Kitz (1-2, 1 run), Grady Brockway (2-3, 2 doubles), Sam Fiske (1-3) and Michael Mack (1-3). The Wahoos finished district play 3-4 and will now head to tournaments in West Hartford and Southington.

Southington South Tournament

Game 1 – The Wahoos would have won their opening game in the Southington tournament vs. Farmington if they could have skipped the 4th inning. WH pitchers held Farmington scoreless in 4 of the 5 innings they pitched but gave up 8 runs in the 4th inning as Farmington won 8-1. Joe Kitz, Joe Morrisey, Spencer Altman and Grady Brockway all pitched scoreless innings for WH. The Wahoos did manage 8 hits but couldn’t get a big hit to break open an inning. Michael Mack, Grady Brockway, Patrick O’Keefe, Spencer Altman, Sam Fiske and Michael Lee singled while Jeff LaRosa and Joe Morrissey doubled.

Game 2 – The WHLL Wahoos bounced back from a bad loss to Farmington with a solid 13-5 win over Wallingford to even their record at 1-1 in the tournament. The big blow for WH was a 3-run home run off the bat of Spencer Altman. Jeff LaRosa (3-3, HR, double, 1 run, RBI) added a solo HR in the 5th for his first career home run. Also in on the offense was Miles McCarthy-Reynolds (2-3, 2 runs, triple, RBI), Burke Martindale (2-3, 1 run, RBI) with 2 perfectly placed bunt singles and Michael Lee (1-1, 3 runs). Lee came on relief to quiet the Wallingford bats going 3 2/3 innings with 2 K’s and 1 hit. McCarthy-Reynolds made several spectacular plays at 2nd base for WH.

Game 3 – WH lost a tough 8-7 game in 9 innings to Southington South to fall to 1-2 in the Southington tournament. WH had fallen behind 7-1 until they woke up in the bottom of the 6th scoring 6 runs to tie the game at 7. Michael Lee started the rally with a HBP. Mateo Ramirez-Webster singled and Jeff LaRosa followed with a double to drive in 2. Michael Mack singled in LaRosa, Miles McCarthy Reynolds singled and both were driven in on Grady Brockway’s single. Brockway scored the tying run on a passed ball. The game remained tied until the top of the 9th when Southington’s Anthony Plantonero hit his second homer of the game to put his team ahead for good. Burke Martindale, Michael Lee and Mateo Ramirez-Webster (2-3, 1 run) added hits for the Wahoos while Martindale played solid at 3rd base. 

Hungerford Tournament

Game 1 – Newtown 14, WH Wahoos 9

Immediately following their tough 8-7 loss to Southington South, the Wahoos hustled back to West Hartford to match up with a tough Newtown team for the second of two games on the day. WH fell behind 11-1 after 3 innings and were on the verge of getting mercied until Patrick O’Keefe stepped to the plate in the top of the 4th inning. He drove the first pitch he saw deep over the left field fence to keep the game alive. Joe Morrissey followed with a double off the right field fence and Joe Kitz drove him in with a single. The Wahoos added 3 in the 5th as Jeff LaRosa (2-3, 3 runs, double) doubled and was driven in on a double by Michael Mack (2-3, 2 runs, double). Miles McCarthy-Reynolds (2-2, HR, 2 RBI’s) then hit a 2 run blast to dead center to narrow the Newtown lead to 11-6. Newtown tacked 3 more runs on the board in the 5th inning but WH didn’t roll over. They added 3 more runs in the top of the 6th on singles by Spencer Altman, Mack, McCarthy-Reynolds, and Grady Brockway to draw the game to 14-9 before the Newtown pitcher closed the game with a strikeout with 2 men on.