Travel and Summer League Scores

Travel 12U 70 Rebels

July 16th

East Granby Dragons 3, West Hartford 1

July 21st

West Hartford 10, WHLL7 – 12U70 wins Duquette Tournament

July 22nd

West Hartford 26, Naugatuck Reese 2

Travel 12U 60 Commanders

July 21st

Simsbury Mustangs Red 8, West Hartford 6 

Travel 11U Bandits

July 15th

West Hartford 18, Wethersfield Warriors 3

July 16th

WHLL 11U 5, West Hartford 11U 3

The West Hartford 11U Bandits lost a heartbreaker to the West Hartford Little League Dirty Dogs 4-3 on Tuesday night to open the Southington Tournament. 

The Bandits opened the scoring in the top of the first when Matt Lazor came home on a wild pitch to take a 1-0 lead.  The Dirty Dogs struck back in the bottom of the second, plating two runs in the frame on an RBI-double and a sacrifice fly to take a one run lead.  The Bandits tied the score in the top of the fourth when Timmy Andrews walked and scored on an RBI-double smashed off the bat of Chase Rancourt.  The Bandits then took the lead in the top of the fifth when Matt Lazor doubled in Gabe Salomons from first.

The Bandits, who had defeated the Dirty Dogs 17-10 in the Hungerford Tournament the previous week, were up 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth and had their cross-town rivals down to their last strike with the bases empty before the rally caps worked their magic for the Dirty Dogs and they eventually plated two runs with a hard ground ball to the outfield.

The Bandits got solid pitching from Griffin Van Rye, Matt Lazor, and Tim Cotter, but weren’t able to score enough runs along the way or hold the Dirty Dogs down at the end to take the victory.

July 17th

West Hartford 7, Southington South White 6

July 18th

West Hartford 14, Southington South Maroon 1

July 19th

West Hartford 20, Rocky Hill 2

The West Hartford 11U Bandits took care of business Friday night under the lights, cruising to a 20-2 victory over Rocky Hill in Hungerford Tournament action.  There was never any doubt of the end result as the Bandits built a 7-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back.

Every player was involved in the offensive barrage as eight players had multiple hits and six players had multiple RBIs in the contest.

On the mound, Will Layden, Tommy Costello, and Jay Falvey all had solid outings and enabled the Bandits to invoke the mercy rule after four innings so they could have a little extra rest for their Saturday morning game versus Farmington at 9:00 AM in the Southington Tournament.

July 20th

West Hartford 13, Farmington 1

The West Hartford 11U Bandits beat a good Farmington team 13-1 Saturday morning in the Southington tournament to ready themselves for the Ripken State Tournament which commences Sunday.

The scoring opened in the bottom of the first when, after a Matt Lazor single, Tim Cotter drilled a 2-2 over the fence to build a 2-0 lead.  After the next batter struck out, the Bandits loaded the bases with a fielding error on a hit by Timmy Andrews, a single by Will Layden, and a walk to Jack Livingstone.  Chase Rancourt then came up and singled to drive in a third run, followed by walks to Andrew Gingold and Jay Falvey that scored two more runs.  During the next at bat, the catcher fired a throw off to first base to try to catch a runner sleeping, but ended up in right field and scored all three runners to increase the score to 8-0 at the end of the first inning.

In the bottom of the second the Bandits had another big inning.  It started with a walk to Ryan Farley, a single from Matt Lazor, a sacrifice bunt by Gabe Salomons, and an intentional walk to Tim Cotter to load the bases.  Griffin Van Rye came up next and made Farmington pay for the intentional pass.  He cracked a low hard line drive double to the wall, scoring two runs.  Timmy Andrews came up next and singled, scoring another two runs.  After a single from Will Layden, Jack Livingstone came up and singled home another run to close out the scoring for the Bandits.

On the mound, the Bandits had solid outings from Griffin Van Rye (1.1 innings), Gabe Salomons (2.1), and Tim Cotter (last out) to invoke the mercy rule at the end of the fourth inning to get out of the blistering heat.  The defensive play of the game came from Chase Rancourt who made a fly ball catch in right and gunned down a Farmington runner at the plate to end the second inning with a double play.

July 21st

West Hartford 13, Meriden 3

The West Hartford 11U Bandits looked sharp Sunday, beating South Meriden 13-3 to advance in the winner’s bracket of the Cal Ripken State Tournament at Wolcott Park.

The Bandits opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning with a six run barrage with two outs.  Tim Cotter, Griffin Van Rye, and Tim Andrews all walked before Will Layden came up and singled home two runs.  Chase Rancourt followed with a run scoring single.  Andrew Gingold followed with another walk during which Will Layden scored on a wild pitch.  Jay Falvey was up next and reached on an error from South Meriden which allowed two more runs to score for a 6-0 lead.

The Bandits allowed South Meriden to close in briefly by scoring three runs in the top of the third, but then they dropped the hammer in the bottom of the inning.  Timmy Andrews started things off with a double.  One batter later Chase Rancourt had an RBI single, followed by a double by Andrew Gingold.  Jay “the birthday boy” Falvey then came up and doubled home Rancourt and Gingold.  After Ryan Farley was hit by a pitch and Gabe Salomons walked the bases were loaded for the red hot Tim Cotter who crushed a 3-2 pitch past the lights in left center and into the pond to put the score at 13-3.

Jack Livingstone came in to pitch in the top of the fourth and shut down South Meriden to seal a mercy-rule victory for the Bandits.

The Bandits will be back in action Tuesday night in the winner’s bracket of the State Tournament.  Time and opponent are yet to be finalized.

Travel 10U Bulldogs

July 15th

West Hartford 10U 11, WHLL 10UB 0

The WH Bulldogs defeated WH Little League 11-0 in the Lindquest Tournament in Farmington, CT.  Robert Schunder (2 IP, 4K) and Brandon Wolmer (2 IP, 6 K) pitched spectacular as they shut down their cross town rivals.  The Bulldogs offense exploded for 5 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning with 2 outs and one runner on base.  Schunder (2-2, 2B, 2 RBI) knocked in 2 runs on a sharp single to right CF.  Jackson Muskrat (2-2, 2B, 2 RBI) delivered an RBI hit and Jonathan Morrey doubled to score 2 more runs.  Desmond Nigol-Mason doubled to lead off the 3rd inning.  Later in the inning, Wolmer lined a single to score 2 runs and increase the Bulldogs lead to 8-0.  The Bulldogs stared the 4th inning with back-to-back-to-back doubles.  Schunder led the attack, and then Matthew DeLutrie and Muskrat each had RBI doubles.

July 16th

Simsbury 5, West Hartford 4

The Simsbury Mustangs defeated the WH Bulldogs 5-4 in a close game in the WH Little League Tournament.  Catcher Brandon Wolmer made an outstanding play in the bottom of the 2nd inning when he picked off a runner at 1B.  The Bulldogs started the scoring in the top of the 3rd inning.  Jaedan Carrero led off the inning with the Bulldogs first hit of the game, a single to LF.  He went to 2B on WP.  Robert Schunder moved Carrero to 3B with a sacrifice bunt.  Matthew DeLutrie followed with a sacrifice bunt to put the Bulldogs up 1-0.  The Mustangs scored 2 runs in their half the 3rd, to lead 2-1.  The Bulldogs quickly came back in the top of the 4th.  With 1 out, Jude Sargent reached base on a bunt single.  Will Fox followed with a single.  John Cashman then walked to load the based, bringing up clean-up hitter Wolmer.  Sargent scored on a wild pitch to tie the game 2-2.  Wolmer then walked to load the bases again.  The Bulldogs pulled ahead on a wild pitch, as Fox scored.  Matthew Glassman laid down a sacrifice bunt to score Cashman and increase the Bulldogs lead to 4-2.  The Mustangs scored 1 run in the bottom of the 4th inning to close the gap to 4-3, and took the lead in the bottom of the 5th inning by scoring 2 runs.  They tried to increase their lead in the 5th inning with aggressive base running: With runners on 2B and 3B, the batter hit the ball to Pitcher Schunder, who threw to 1B DeLutrie, who then fired the ball to Catcher Cashman who applied the tag to complete the 1-3-2 double play.  The Mustangs then tried a delayed steal of home, but Schunder quickly fired home to Cashman, who applied the sweep tag to end the inning.  Will Fox (3 IP, 6K) and Robert Schunder (2 IP) pitched well for the Bulldogs.

July 17th

West Hartford 12, Burlington 1

The WH Bulldogs played their first night game of the summer season and defeated Burlington 12-1 in the Lindquest Tournament in Farmington, CT.  John Cashman (2 IP, 4 K) and Brandon Wolmer (2 IP, 6K) pitched a combined no hitter for the Bulldogs.  WH scored runs on a combination of hits and walks throughout the game.  Seven players had hits: Jude Sargent, Cashman (RBI), Wolmer (2 RBI), Jaedan Carrero (2 RBI), Patrick McGann (2 RBI), Jonnathan Morrey (RBI) and Desmond

Nigol-Mason (2B, RBI).

July 19th

West Hartford 12, New Hartford 5

The WH Bulldogs defeated New Hartford 12-5 in the night game in the Lindquest Tournament in Farmington, CT.  Matthew Glassman (2 K) started for the Bulldogs and pitched a quick and scoreless 1st inning.  Glassman led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a bunt single.  Later in the inning, Jaedan Carrero singled to score 2 runs.  Jonathan Morrey laced an RBI single to RF to put the Bulldogs up 5-0.  New Hartford came right back in the top of the 2nd inning, scoring 3 runs of their own to pull to within 2 runs, 5-3.  WH went scoreless in their half of the 2nd inning.  Matthew DeLutrie (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 5 K) came on to pitch for the Bulldogs in the 3rd inning and struck out the side in order.  The Bulldogs batted around in the 3rd inning.  Brandon Wolmer (BB) and Carrero (HBP) reached base to start the inning.  Patrick McGann then laid down a perfectly placed sacrifice bunt to score Wolmer.  DeLutrie (2-3, 3 RBI) followed with an RBI bunt single of his own, and scored on a throwing error by the catcher.  Morrey (BB) and Desmond Nigol-Mason (HBP) followed by each reaching base.  Will Fox walked later in the inning.  John Cashman then lined an RBI single to right CF to put the Bulldogs up 10-3.  WH added 2 more runs in the 4th inning on DeLutrie’s solid single to LF.  Patrick McGann made his summer pitching debut, pitching 1/3 of an inning and not allowing the runners on base to score.

July 20th

Plainville 6, West Hartford 5

Plainville defeated the WH Bulldogs 6-5 in 8 innings in the WH Little League Tournament.  Plainville jumped out to a 4-0 lead after a half inning of play.  The Bulldogs added 2 runs of their own in the bottom of the 1st inning.  John Cashman and Brandon Wolmer each had hits in the inning.  Relief Pitcher Matthew Glassman (4 IP, 0 R, 4 K) came on in the 1st inning with no outs and retired the first 3 batters he faced.  He pitched scoreless 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings to keep the Bulldogs within striking distance.  A key play in the 2nd inning occurred when Plainville had a runner at 2B with 1 out – the runner attempted to steal 3B but was thrown out by Catcher Wolmer.  The Bulldogs were held scoreless in the 2nd inning.  Desmond Nigel-Mason led off the 3rd inning for WH by taking one off the forearm to reach 1B.  Jude Sargent then reached on a bunt single.  Cashman roped an RBI single to CF.  Wolmer followed with an RBI groundout to score Sargent and tie the game at 4-4.  Plainville scored a run in the top of the 5th to take a 5-4 lead.  Jonathan Morey singled to CF to lead off the 5th inning.  Nigol-Mason reached base on a bunt.  Sargent then grounded out to the pitcher to score Morrey on a close play at the plate to tie the game at 5-5.  Wolmer (3 IP, 0 ER, 5 K) came on to pitch for the Bulldogs in the 6th inning and retired the first 7 batters he faced.  Cashman led off the 6th with a liner that the Plainville 2B made a spectacular jumping catch on to rob an extra base hit.  Wolmer followed with a double to RF, but the Bulldogs were unable to push the winning run across the plate.  Plainville scored what provide to be the winning run in the top of the 8th inning.

West Hartford 16, Farmington Black 2

The WH Bulldogs headed to the Lindquest Tournament in Farmington, CT following their long early morning game on an extremely hot Saturday afternoon and defeated Farmington – Black 16-2.  The Bulldogs offense was led by Jonathan Morrey (2-3, 2B, 3 RBI), Jude Sargent (2-4, RBI), Will Fox (2-3, 2B, 3 RBI) and Brandon Wolmer (1-1, 2B, 2 BB).  RF Matthew DeLutrie made an outstanding play by throwing the batter out at 1B to end the Farmington threat and leave the bases loaded.  Sargent, Jaedan Carrero, Patrick McGann and Desmond Nigol-Mason each pitched 1 inning for WH and pitched well.

July 21st

West Hartford 10U 1, WHLL 10U Crusaders 0

The 10U All Stars from the WH Youth Baseball League and the WH Little League squared off in the WH Little League Tournament in front of a sold out crowd at the WH Little League Complex.  Both teams pitched extremely well and played solid defense throughout the game.  Will Fox (3 IP, 4 K) and Robert Schunder (3 IP) pitched a combined shutout for the Bulldogs.  Luis Vargas (4 IP, 4 K) and Jack Cote (1 IP, 2 K) handled the pitching duties for the Crusaders.  Joey LeMieux (3-3) had the first hit of the game in the top of the 1st inning for WHLL, and the Crusader loaded the bases before Fox struck out the batter to end the inning.  The Bulldogs first hit of the game came in their half of the 1st inning, a single to right CF by John Cashman.  They went on to load the bases, but were unable to push a run across as Vargas struck out two batters to end the threat.  In the top of the 2nd inning for the Crusaders, Spencer Martindale singled with 2 outs and Max followed with a walk, but the next batter flew out.  The Bulldogs first 2 batters of the 2nd inning were retired quietly.  Jonathan Morrey and Schunder then had back to back singles to start a rally, but, once again, Vargas struck out the batter to retire the side.  LeMieux led off the top of the 3rd inning for WHLL with a bunt single and Carter O’Keefe laid down a sacrifice bunt to move LeMieux into scoring position.  Vargas followed with a fly ball that CF Jude Sargent had a beat on, but the ball popped out of his glove – Sargent quickly picked-up the ball and fired to Wolmer at 3B to get LeMieux out.  Catcher Cashman threw out a runner attempting to steal 2B to end the inning.  In the Bulldogs half of the 3rd inning, Sargent walked with 1 out and Fox singled.  Cashman then hit a solid shot to 3B, but the third baseman turned it into a 5-4 double play when he tagged the runner coming to 3B and threw to 2B for the force out.  Schunder came on to pitch for WHYBL in the 4th inning and retired the side in order.  The Bulldogs first 2 batters of the bottom of the 6th inning went down quickly.  Jaedan Carrero then doubled down the LF line, and went to 3B on a wild pitch.  Matthew DeLutrie hit a hot shot to the 3B side of the field – DeLutrie hustled and reached base safely (on a defensive miscue) to score Carrero and put the Bulldogs up 1-0.  LeMieux led off the top of the 6th inning for WHLL with his third hit of the game, beating out an IF grounder to 3B.  O’Keefe then hit a shot to right CF that appeared to be in the gap for an extra base hit, but CF Sargent made an outstanding running catch to keep the tying run at 1B.  Schunder retired the next batter, then Coco walked.  The runners moved to 2B and 3B on a wild pitch.  The next batter hit a blooper to RF that 2B Cashman tracked down to make an over the shoulder catch to end the game and preserve the 1-0 victory for the Bulldogs.

July 22nd

West Hartford 11, Canton 4

West Hartford 12, Farmington 0

Travel 9U Warriors

July 17th

West Hartford 5, Simsbury 4

The West Hartford 9U Warriors won a dramatic battle Wednesday night, beating Simsbury 5-4 in the Mountain/River semifinals behind outstanding performances from Drew Seidman and Connor Ferguson.

The Warriors found themselves in a 4-0 hole in the third before the bats came alive.  Ferguson started things off with a single, followed by a walk from Sam Heller.  Ferguson was able to make it around to score by swiping a base and scoring on a wild pitch.  Shane Bradley then walked and one batter later, both Heller and Bradley scored when Drew Seidman ripped a single to center.  Seidman then scored to tie the game when Christian Pedro singled up the middle.

The game stayed knotted until the fifth inning, thanks to some outstanding pitching from Seidman and equally good defense from his Warriors teammates including athletic pop out catches behind the plate by Ferguson and Eli Salomons and another outstanding foul pop out catch from first baseman Seth Ehrlich. 

A potential game saving defensive play occurred in the top of the fifth when the Warriors caught a Simsbury runner stealing home on a wild pitch.  In bottom half of the inning the Warriors took full advantage of the opportunity when Ferguson ripped a double to right, advanced to third on a passed ball, and then scored on a close play at the plate on a wild pitch.

Seidman came in for his third inning in the sixth and shut Simsbury down to close out the win and send the Warriors into the tournament finals.

July 18th

West Hartford 9, WHLL Dirty Dogs 1

The West Hartford 9U Warriors won the Mountain/River Tournament Thursday night with a 9-1 victory over the West Hartford Little League Dirty Dogs.

The game started out as a pitcher’s duel between the Warriors’ Eli Salomons and the Dirty Dogs’ Joe Dooley.  Both pitchers went three innings and it took until the bottom of the third for the first run to score when Mitch Baboff singled home Sam Heller to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth however, the Warriors took advantage of the Dirty Dogs’ pitching change and scored the inning maximum six runs without registering an out. 
The highlight of the inning was a bases clearing line drive smash by Owen McGoldrick who ended up scoring on his hit only to find out that it wouldn’t count with the maximum score already being reached.  The Warriors added two runs in the bottom of the fifth to pad the lead.

In addition to McGoldrick, offensive leaders for the game included Mitch Baboff, Drew Seidman, and Christian Pedro who each had two hits for the game.

On the mound, Salomons registered the win with three scoreless innings and was relieved by Seth Ehrlich who pitched a scoreless fourth, and Pedro who pitched the final two frames to close out the championship.

July 20th

West Hartford 6, Bethel 5

The West Hartford 9U Warriors, down to their last out, rallied for a huge 6-5 win over Bethel to open the Ripken State Tournament Saturday afternoon in Danbury.

Bethel opened the scoring in the top of the first with a single run, but the Warriors came right back with three of their own in the bottom of the inning to surge ahead 3-1.  In the top of the second however, Bethel scored two more runs to tie the score.  Bethel added single runs in the third and fifth to build the 5-3 lead that they took into the bottom of the sixth, needing three outs to win.

For most of the game, the Warriors looked nervous and it showed in the field where they uncharacteristically had five errors, a high number of wild pitches, and allowed five runs on just three hits.  The team also went scoreless for the middle four innings and left themselves three outs to show what they were made of.

Sam Heller led off the bottom of sixth and came back from an 0-2 count to walk.  After the next two batters struck out, it was up to Drew Seidman.  Drew came through in the clutch, nailing a 1-0 pitch to the wall for a double that moved Heller to third and placed the tying run in scoring position.  On the very next pitch, Christian Pedro cracked a hard ground ball up the middle sending both runners home to tie the score. 

During the next at bat Pedro was able to move around to third on wild pitches, but Eli Salomons was hit by a pitch with full count and sent down to first.  The very next pitch to Bobby LaChance was in the dirt and Pedro came barreling home to score and end the game in dramatic fashion.

July 21st

West Hartford 12, Southbury 2

The West Hartford 9U Warriors looked back to their old selves Sunday as they put away Southbury 13-3 in four innings to move on in the winner’s bracket of the Cal Ripken State Tournament in Danbury.

The Warriors were led by a dominant pitching performance from Eli Salomons who shut down Southbury for three innings, allowing the Warriors to build a 6-0 lead.  Salomons appeared to tire in the fourth and the Warriors gave up two runs to close the gap to 6-2 before Seth Ehrlich came in get the final out of the inning.  Salomons pitched three and two-thirds innings registering eight strikeouts and allowing only a single hit.

In the bottom of the fourth the Warriors put the game away with a six run barrage.  The game was capped off by a hustle play from Teddy Keegan who narrowly beat out a throw at first to allow the mercy-rule-invoking twelfth run to score.

On offense, Drew Seidman continued on his hitting tear going two for three, with three RBIs, and two runs scored.  Jack Kennedy (2 hits including a stand up triple, 3 runs, 1 RBI) and Eli Salomons (2 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBI) also made significant contributions.

The Warriors will be back in action Tuesday when they will face undefeated New Milford in the winner’s bracket at 8:00 PM at Rogers Field in Danbury.

Travel 8U All Stars

July 15th

West Hartford 18, Danbury(1) 0

July 18th

West Hartford 24, Southbury Black 2

July 20th

West Hartford 9, Brookfield 2

July 21st

West Hartford 13, Newtown Gold 1

July 22nd

West Hartford 15, Bozrah 0

Summer League

July 15th

Cardinals 10, A’s 0

Using strong pitching and team hitting, the Cardinals defeated the Athletics 10-0. 

The Cardinals pitchers - Carl Nicklas, Xavier Amarat and Andrew Skwiot - combined for a shutout, striking out 16 and most impressively, giving up no walks.

On offense, a number of players contributed to the attack - Michael Costello (2-2, triple, 2 RBI's and 3 runs scored), Andrew Skwiot (2-2, 2 RBI's and 3 runs scored), Carl Nicklas (2-3, double, 2 runs scored), Josh Wolmer (2-3, RBI), Jimmie Gaston (2-2) and Connor Smith (1-2, triple, run scored).

The Athletic's were led by and outstanding effort by Bailey Nemirow going 1-2 with a double, and pitching 2 shutout innings and 8 strikeouts.

Pitchers:
A's - Liam Langan (1), Andrew Paridy (1), Bailey Nemirow (3), Jacob Newbury (1)
Cardinals - Carl Nicklas (2), Xaviel Amarat (1), Andrew Skwiot (3)

Pirates 14, Giants 5

Pirates and Giants played at Fern on Monday 7/15 and The Pirates pulled out the "W" with aggressive base running and excellent defensive efforts. At the plate, Max Leyland led the way(3for3-triple, double, and single), followed by George Andrews, Pete Simplicio, Jack Ledwith, and Dylan Jackson.

Great defensive efforts were provided by a convertible Jack Tousignant and Brandon Barnett who absorbed some pitcher's heat from behind the dish and had no passed balls.

CJ Baldini and Mack Philips led the way with hits for the fighting Giants.

Pitchers: 

Pirates - Jack Tousignant (2), Dylan Jackson (1), Max Leyland (2), Pete Simplicio (2)

Giants - CJ Baldini (2), Mack Philips (2), Jack Ferucci (1), Tom Baldini (1)

July 16th

Tigers 8, Cardinals 17

On a slow moving hot summer evening the Tigers outlasted the Cardinals. After the first inning the Tigers jumped to a 3-1 lead. In the second inning the Tigers added another 5 runs while the Cardinals pushed across one of their own. In the second inning each team added a few runs leaving the score 12-4.

The Cardinals blanked the Tigers for the next two innings and added 3 runs of their own to close the gap to 12-7.

In the six inning the Tigers added 5 more runs and held the Cardinals scoreless.

The Tigers offense was powered by Thomas Dowd 3 doubles 4 RBIs, Brady Tober 2 doubles, Devin Mahoney 2 hits and Zander Boehm double, single and 4 RBIs. Also each of the Tiger players had a run scored.

The Tigers pitching was anchored by Brady Tober 3 innings, Devin Mahoney 2 innings and Trevor Dease 2 innings.

Pitchers:

Tigers – Brady Tober (2), Devin Mahoney (2), Trevor Dease (2)

Cardinals - Carl Nicklas (2), Xaviel Amarat (1), Michael Costello (1), Andrew Skwiot (3), Robbie Barrieau (1), John Gabinelle (1)

Giants 10, Orioles 6

For the Orioles: Connor Lafferty had two defense gems at second base and brothers Gregory and Connor Olechna each had solid hits for the Orioles.

For the Giants: The Giants' offense was led by Michael and CJ Baldini, who each had three hits and scored three runs. Jack Ferrucci, Jonny Robinson, Miles Brown, Thomas Miller and Franklin Robinson also contributed to the Giants' offense with solid hits. Leading the Giants on defense were Jack Ferrucci, Michael Baldini, CJ Baldini, Franklin Robinson and Jonny Robinson, all of whom had spectacular plays in the field. Pitchers Thomas Miller and Tommy Baldini were able to close out the game for the Giants.

Pitchers:
Giants: CJ Baldini (1), Brian Chelli (1), Finn McHugh (1) Thomas Miller (2) and Tommy Baldini (1)
Orioles: Luke Hache (2), Scott LaBranch (1), Ryan Lafferty (1) and Drew Wendorff (1)

July 17th

Giants 9, A’s 5

Pitchers:

Giants - Tommy Millier (1), Jack Ferrucci (1), Finn McHugh (1), Mack Phillips (3) 

A’s - Bailey Nemirow (2), Andrew Paridy (2), Liam Langan (2)

Pirates 19, Tigers 10

A heated up Summer League game between the Pirates and the Tigers took place at Fern Park on Wednesday.

First up were the Pirates who kept the bats Hot in the 1st inning with hits by George Andrews, and the twinship hitting brothers Michael and Brandon Barnett which brought in 5 runs. The Pirates would be held to a goose egg in the second inning but would recover in the third with hits by Jack Tousignant, Max Leyland, and a big double by Jack Ledwith to score 4 more runs. As the Pirates started getting comfy in the field, the Tigers started a streak of their own with a 5 run score in the third with Charles Wang going 3for3(2dbls and a single) for the night.

The Pirates would go on to score 10 more runs to close it out and finish with the W.

Other notable contributions were from a triple by Pete Simplicio, single and good defense from Dylan Jackson, John Shultz with 2 great defensive fly ball catches in right field that were game changers, and, some quality pitching from Andrew Mazzatto.

Pitchers:
Pirates -  Andrew Mazzatto (2), Jack Tousignant (2), George Andrews (2), Max Leyland (1)

Tigers- Brady Tober (1), Trevor Dease (3), Xander Boehm (1), Thomas Dowd (1)

Devin Mahoney (1)

July 18th

Pirates 17, A’s 3

The Pirates kept the bats as hot as this summer's heat wave against the A's at Fern on Thursday. Pirates were led by Max Leyland and Dylan Jackson both 3 for 3 at the plate followed by Andrew Mazzatto with a single and a triple in the third inning that cleared the bases and gave Mazzatto 3 RBI's. The Pirates' hitting efforts were from the contributions of many batters including Jack Tousignant, Jack Ledwith, Pete Simplicio, George Andrews, and Mauricio Vega-Estades.

A's were led by Bailey Nemirow and Kyran Costigan.

Pitchers:

Pirates - Jack Tousignant (1), George Andrews (3) 

A’s - Sam Patterson (1), Nick Peterson (1), Jacob Newbury (1), Bailey Nemirow (1)

Orioles 9, Cardinals 5

Friends, it wasn’t just another day of the relentlessly sweltering, steamy, mid-July heat-and-humidity that the visiting Orioles were battling against in their 9-5 Thursday evening Eisenhower Field victory against the home-standing Cardinals.
And it certainly wasn’t just the happy little waking-dreams players, coaches and spectators alike found themselves yearnfully dreaming as they half-listened, in the idle moments between pitches or while standing, sweaty and soaking, in on-deck circles or third-base coaching-boxes, to the siren sound of the whistles of lifeguards and squealing voices of fresh-faced, apple-cheeked boys-and-girls plunging gleefully into the deep and refreshingly cool waters of the not-so-distant Eisenhower Park public pool that the Orioles found themselves struggling mightily against after jumping out to a commanding 8-1 top-of-the-third-inning lead.

No, friends, in the end, for all their excellent early inning pitching (Luke Hache 3 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs, 5 K’s), fielding (Alex Jakubowski had two first-inning assists at second base), and ability to generate runs (Brennen Ravenberg, Luke Hache and Drew Wendorff scored two runs each in the first three innings, while Scott LaBranch and Connor Olechna added one a piece), the Orioles mightiest struggle of the evening proved to be the effort it took to resist the Cardinals slow, steady, determined, inning-by-inning, run-by-menacingly-produced-run mid-to-late inning comeback attempt which produced one run in the bottom of the third, two in the bottom of the 4th, another run in the bottom of the fifth--scored by Jimmie Gaston, who led off the inning with a sharp single—and threatened to transmogrify the Orioles early, light-hearted optimism into a kind of Sharknado-like Thursday evening feeling of lose and desolation.

But, after the Cardinals advanced their number one hitter to 2nd base with two outs in the bottom of the 5th, the door was finally closed when Oriole 3rd basemen Ryan Lafferty confidently fielded a sharp two-hopper to third, expertly—and with a David-Wright-like aplomb—looked the Cardinal runner back to second, and then fired a strike across the diamond to first base to end the inning. 

The Orioles were then able to somehow engineer a run in the 6th off Cardinal pitcher Carl Nicklas, who otherwise spent the last two innings of the game mowing down Oriole hitters (2 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 6K’s), before Oriole pitcher Drew Wendorff made swift work of the Cardinals in the bottom of the 6th, striking out two and forcing a slow grounder to first.  With the victory, the Orioles evened their record at 3-3 and look forward not only to a pair of early-in-the-week games next week, but also, perhaps, to a July weekend spent in the deep and coolly refreshing waters of a local pool.

Pitchers:
Orioles: Luke Hache (3), Drew Wendorff (3) 
Cardinals: Costello (2), Amarat (2) Nicklas (2)