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Travel 12U Rebels

July 8th

The Rebels jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, but New Canaan rallied right back in the 2nd with 7 runs of their own and then held the Rebels offense in check the rest of the way.  Dan Fitzsimmons pitched the first two innings and Matt Langevin pitched four strong innings.  With the loss, the Rebels are eliminated from their first ever 50/70 State Tournament.  They will now turn their attention back to the smaller diamond for tournaments in Southington and the Ken Hungerford Tournament at Wolcott Park.  Later this Summer, the Rebels will travel to Aberdeen Maryland to play a tournament at the Cal Ripken facility.  Stay tuned for details.

July 12th

West Hartford Rebels 11, West Hartford Commanders 0

July 13th

West Hartford 5, Simsbury Mustangs Red 4

July 14th

West Hartford 12, Simsbury Mustangs Blue 2

Travel 11U Bandits

WHYBL 11U wins District Tournament 2 games to none over South Meriden 

July 8th

West Hartford 14, South Meriden 7

July 9th

West Hartford 20, South Meriden 6

Offensive Highlights:

Tim Andrews - 4 for 6 for the series with 2 HR's, 7 RBI's
Griffin Van Rye - 4 for 5 for the series with 1 HR's, 4 RBI's
Jay Falvey - 3 for 5 for the series with 1 HR's, 2 RBI's
Tim Cotter - 6 for 7 for the series with 3 HR's, 10 RBI's
Pitching:
Chase Rancourt (2 IP) and Tim Cotter (4 IP) combined to allow only 2 earned runs in game 1. 
Griffin Van Rye (3 IP) and Jack Livingstone (2IP) combined for a solid outing in game 2. 
Defensive Standouts:   Tom Costello and Gabe Salomons made several great catches in the outfield.  Jay Falvey and Chase Rancourt turned in some infield gems to keep South Meriden's scoring chances in check. 
WHYBL 11U Bandits now move on to the State Tournament hosted by West Hartford Youth Baseball July 20 - 26, Hungerford Tournament and Southington 11 U tournament July 16 - 28.

July 11th

West Hartford 5, Newtown 3

The Hungerford Tournament began in fine fashion for the West Hartford 11U Bandits Thursday night with a 5-3 win over Newtown at Wolcott Park under the lights.  The Bandits looked sharp from start to finish most notably in the field and on the mound.

Chase Rancourt started the game on the mound and went two scoreless innings for the win, striking out five in the process.  Jack Livingstone took over from Chase and went four strong innings, also striking out five, and pitched himself out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth to close out the game.

On offense, the Bandits scored three runs in the third inning on a two-run double from Tim Cotter and a ground out RBI from Griffin Van Rye.  The Bandits scored again in the fourth as walks to Will Layden and Tommy Costello and multiple wild pitches brought two runs home.

The Bandits are back in action on Saturday night at Wolcott Park at 6PM in a battle for West Hartford versus the Little League all stars.

July 13th

West Hartford 17, WHLL 11U 10

The West Hartford 11U Bandits won the battle of West Hartford in the Hungerford Tournament Saturday night, beating the West Hartford Little League Dirty Dogs 17-10. 

The game went back and forth for the first four innings after which the Bandits led 8-6, but in the top of the fifth inning the Bandits scored seven runs to blow the game open and never looked back.

The Bandit offense was led by Griffin Van Rye (1 hit, 2 walks, 2 runs), Timmy Andrews (2 hits, 2 walks, 2 runs), Jay Falvey (1 hit, 3 walks, 3 runs), and Tommy Costello (1 hit, 1 walk, 2 runs, 2 RBI), but everyone contributed to the effort.

On the hill, Tim Cotter pitched two scoreless innings to get the win and Chase Rancourt pitched the final two frames to close out the game.

The Bandits are back in Hungerford action Sunday at 2:00 PM against the Simsbury Mustangs at Wolcott Park.

July 14th

West Hartford 7, Simsbury 6

The West Hartford 11U Bandits won in dramatic fashion Sunday afternoon, beating the Simsbury Mustangs 7-6 in 8 innings to remain undefeated in the tournament. 

The game opened slowly for the Bandits as both the bats and the defense seemed to take a siesta for the first three and a half innings.  Tim Cotter was solid on the mound, starting the game and allowing only one earned run in three innings.  The Mustangs scored a few unearned runs however, and took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth.

The Bandits woke up in the bottom of the fourth after Gabe Salomons hit a single.  The next two batters walked and Salomons ended up scoring on a wild pitch.  Then Griffin Van Rye provided the first dramatic moment, going yard with a laser line drive to left center that plated three runs and knotted the game at four.

The teams traded two runs in the fifth, but then couldn’t score in the sixth sending the game into extra innings.  Both teams went down in order in the seventh and in the top of the eighth Simsbury got a runner in scoring position before Jack Livingstone retired the next three batters in order.

In the bottom of the eighth, Gabe Salomons got things started again with another single.  The Bandits proceeded to load the bases with a bunt single from Matt Lazor and an intentional walk to Tim Cotter.  With the previous batter striking out to provide the second out, it was up to Timmy Andrews to provide the heroics and he did just that – smacking a walk-off single between the shortstop and third baseman to end the game and start the celebration.

Travel 10U BULL DOGS

June 20th

West Hartford 10, Super East Baseball 9

The West Hartford Travel 10U All Stars opened the 2013 travel season in dramatic fashion, with a walk-off win vs. Super East Baseball at Fern Park in West Hartford.  WH fell behind 8-0 after 2 innings.  They climbed back into the game in the bottom of the 3rd inning, scoring 4 runs.  Jude Sargent (4-4) singled with 1 out to start the rally.  Matthew Glassman had a bunt single later in the inning and Jaedan Carrero (2-3) also singled in the inning.  The pitching then settled in, as Brandon Wolmer, Jaedan Carrero, Matthew Glassman and Robert Schunder pitched the final 4 innings, allowing only 1 run.  West Hartford added 3 more runs in the 4th inning.  Patrick McGann (2-3) singled to RF to lead off the inning.  McGann moved to 2B on Desmond Nigol-Mason’s hit.  Later in the inning, Brandon Wolmer (2-3, 2 2B) laced a 2-run double to right CF to cut the deficit to 8-7.  Super East Baseball added a run in the top of the 5th.  The Bulldogs trailed 9-7 in the bottom of the 6th.  McGann reached base on an error and was there with 2 outs when Jackson Muskrat came to the plate.  Muskrat was down to his last strike when he reached base on an IF hit.  Sargent then had an RBI single to CF.  Wolmer came to the plate with WH trailing 9-8 and the winning runs on base – he smashed the first pitch to the right CF fence (2B), scoring 2 runs, for the walk off win.

June 22nd

South Meriden 12, West Hartford 1

West Hartford Travel 10U opened Cal Ripken District play at Habershon Field in South Meriden, CT vs. S.Meriden.  WH starting pitcher Robert Schunder (3 K’s) was strong for the first 2+ innings before leaving with an injury.  S.Meriden scored 6 unearned in the bottom of the 3rd inning to take a 6-0 lead.  West Hartford scored their run in the 5th inning – Matthew DeLutrie walked and came around to score on Patrick McGann’s RBI groundout to 1B.  1B Brandon Wolmer, 2B Desmond Nigol-Mason and CF DeLutrie made outstanding defensive plays for West Hartford.

June 24-25th

West Hartford 10, Beth-Wood 0

West Hartford Travel 10U notched their first victory in the Cal Ripken Districts with a 10-0 (4 innings) win vs. Beth-Wood at Habershon Field in South Meriden, CT.  Starting pitcher John Cashman pitched 3 solid innings and Matthew Glassman pitched a scoreless 4th inning.  West Hartford scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning.  Jude Sargent (2-2, BB) and Will Fox led off the innings with walks.  Brandon Wolmer, Cashman (2-3, 2B), Glassman, Patrick McGann (3-3) and Jonathan Morrey then had consecutive hits to put WH up 5-0.  The game was suspended (lightning) just after the top of the 4th inning had begun and resumed the next day.  After play resumed, Glassman quickly shut down Beth-Wood.  LF Jaedan Carrero threw out a runner at the plate, as 3B Jonathan Morrey cut the ball off and fired to Catcher Brandon Wolmer.  WH added their final 5 runs in the bottom of the 4th.  Sargent and Fox each singled with 1 out.  Cashman came to the plate with 2 outs and hit a towering shot over the CF head for a double.  McGann singled later in the inning and Desmond Nigol-Mason delivered the final blow to seal the game, an RBI single to LF.

June 26th

South Meriden 23, West Hartford 6

South Meriden put this Cal Ripken District game out of reach early.  Although it was a tough one for West Hartford, the boys did NOT give up and fought to the end.  They chanted “it’s not over” right until the very last out.  They showed great character.  Will Fox (3-3, 3 RBI) led the offense and Desmond Nigol-Mason had a hit.  West Hartford can advance to the District Finals with a win vs. Beth-Wood in their next game.

June 29th

West Hartford 10, Beth-Wood 8

West Hartford Travel 10U defeated Beth-Wood to move into the Cal Ripken District Finals at Habershon Field in South Meriden, CT.  WH jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning.  Jude Sargent led off the game with a single and scored on a double by Will Fox (3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI).  John Cashman had an RBI single later in the inning and Patrick McGann put WH up 6-0 with a 2 run single.  Starting pitcher Matthew Glassman (3 IP, 0 ER, 4 K) retired the first 6 Beth-Wood batters, striking out 3.  WH added 2 more runs in the 2nd.  Glassman (2-3, RBI) knocked in the final run of the inning to put WH up 8-0.  Beth-Wood was not going to go down without a fight.  After a couple defensive miscues, Beth-Wood cut the WH lead to 8-3.  WH added a run in the top of the 4th on an RBI single Jaedan Carrero.  Beth-Wood scored 4 runs of their own in their half of the 4th to pull within 2 runs, 9-7.  Matthew DeLutrie led off the 5th with a walk and came around to score on an RBI double by Fox.  Beth-Wood bounced back with 1 run in the bottom of the 5th and trailed 10-8 after 5 innings.  Fox, seeing his first action of District play, came on to pitch and close the game for WH – he pitched a scoreless inning and struck out the side, as West Hartford moves on to face S.Meriden in the District Finals.

South Meriden 6, West Hartford 3

West Hartford and S.Meriden squared off in a best of 3 series in the Cal Ripken District Finals at Habershon Field in South Meriden, CT.  WH jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after a half inning of play.  With 2 outs and nobody on base, Brandon Wolmer walked and John Cashman singled.  Matthew Glassman and Patrick McGann quickly followed with RBI singles.  S.Meriden quickly came back in the bottom of the 1st inning and tied the score 2-2.  S.Meriden added 3 runs in the 2nd to grab a 5-2 lead.  WH cut the deficit to 5-3 in the top of the 3rd inning, but S.Meriden got the run back with a run of their own in the bottom of the 3rd.  Neither team scored in the 5th or 6th innings.  Glassman, Jude Sargent, Cashman and Will Fox pitched well for West Hartford.

June 30th

South Meriden 11, West Hartford 1

S.Meriden defeated West Hartford in Game 2 of the Cal Ripken District Finals at Habershon Field in South Meriden, CT to win the District Finals and head to the Cal Ripken State Tournament.  It was a close game through 3 innings of play, with S.Meriden holding a 3-0 lead.  S.Meriden took control of the game with a 6 run 4th inning and went on to win 11-1.  Congratulations to South Meriden for winning the 2013 District Championship.  Runner-up West Hartford put forth a great effort and displayed solid sportsmanship in the tournament.  The West Hartford Travel 10U All Stars are: Jaedan Carrero, John Cashman, Matthew DeLutrie, Will Fox, Matthew Glassman, Patrick McGann, Jonathan Morrey, Jackson Muskrat, Desmond Nigol-Mason, Jude Sargent, Robert Schunder  and Brandon Wolmer; Manager Joe DeLutrie, Coaches Ron Fox and Steve Schunder.

July 6th

West Hartford 13, Farmington Maroon 1

The WH Bulldogs opened the Kurt Lindquest Memorial Tournament in Farmington, CT with a 13-1 (4 innings) victory over Farmington – Maroon.  Jude Sargent (2-2) got things started for WH in the bottom of the 1st inning with a single.  After John Cashman walked, Patrick McGann drove in 2 runs with a double; Matthew DeLutrie followed with a walk, then Matthew Glassman (2-2, double) singled to put the Bulldogs up 4-0 after 1 inning.  Jaedan Carrero (1-1, BB) lead off the 2nd inning with a double.  With 1 out, the Bulldogs had 3 consecutive hits: Sargent and Will Fox singled, then Brandon Wolmer doubled to score 2 more runs.  The Bulldogs added another run to go up 8-0 after 2 innings.  WH scored 5 more runs in the 3rd.  Glassman doubled and Robert Schunder singled.  Later in the inning, Jonathan Morrey sealed the game by hitting a 3-run HR over the right CF fence.  John Cashman and Mathew DeLutrie handled the pitching duties for the Bulldogs.  Cashman (3 IP, 7 K’s) set the tone early by striking out the side in the first 2 innings.  DeLutrie (1 IP, 3 K’s) closed out the game by striking out the side.

July 8th

West Hartford Travel 14, Avon 8

The WH Bulldogs jumped out to a 2-0 lead after a half inning of play vs. Avon in the Lindquest Tournament in Farmington, CT.  Jude Sargent led off the game with a hit and scored on Will Fox’s (2-4, double, HR, 3 RBI) RBI double.  John Cashman (3-4, 2B, RBI) knocked in Fox with an RBI single to LF.  Matthew Glassman (2-2, BB, RBI) singled later in the inning, but was thrown out trying to stretch the hit to a double on a very close play at 2B.  Avon scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning, sparked by a couple of defensive miscues by the Bulldogs.  Avon held the Bulldogs scoreless in the 2nd, then scored 5 runs of their own lead 8-2 after 2 innings.  Jonathan Morrey (1-2, double, BB) lead off the 3rd inning for the Bulldogs with a walk.  After an out, Fox stepped to the plate and quickly fell behind 0-2.  On the next pitch, he belted a 2 run HR over the CF fence, the first HR of his young career.  Brandon Wolmer (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI) and Cashman quickly followed with hits of their own.  After the second out of the inning, Glassman knocked in a run with a hit, and pulled the Bulldogs within 2 runs, 8-6.  Relief Pitcher Sargent pitched scoreless 3rd and 4th innings, facing only 6 batters and turning a 1-3 double play on a liner back to the pitcher.  After a scoreless 4th inning and a quick 2 outs in the top of the 5th for WH, the Bulldogs offense erupted: Cashman started the rally with a double; Patrick McGann (2-4, 3 RBI) followed with an RBI single; Glassman then walked; Robert Schunder then had a huge 2 strike hit, an RBI single to tie the game at 8-8.  Jaedan Carrero ( 3-3, 2B, 2 RBI) then delivered the go ahead runs with a 2 run single to put the Bulldogs up 10-8.  Schunder, making his first pitching appearance since June 22nd, pitched a scoreless 5th inning.  The Bulldogs put the game away in the top of the 6th inning by scoring 4 runs.  Jackson Muskrat led off the inning with a hit; Jonathan Morrey followed with a double.  Later in the inning, Wolmer hit a 2 run double.  McGann sealed the game with a 2 run single to LF.  Note: The Bulldogs welcomed a new member to the team, Bat Boy Colin McGann.

July 11th

West Hartford 11, West Hartford Little League 11U “B” 5

July 13th

West Hartford 17, Barkhampsted 1

July 14th

Farmington Little League 8, West Hartford Travel 10U Bulldogs 2

Travel 9U Warriors

July 9th

West Hartford 13, Avon 1

The West Hartford 9U Warriors train continued to roll tonight as they defeated Avon 13-1 in Mountain/River tournament action.

The team had 13 hits in total, getting multiple hits from Seth Ehrlich, Eli Salomons, Mitch Baboff, and Owen McGoldrick.  The highlights of this night were on defense however.  They included a 6-5-4 double play smartly started by Drew Seidman, a stretched out grab on a long fly ball to center by Mitch Baboff, and a dive-and-roll ground ball catch and throw by Sam Heller from the mound to first base to end the game.

July 11th

West Hartford 4, Hebron 1

Three first-inning runs helped the West Hartford 9U Warriors to a 4-1 win over Hebron in the Mountain/River tournament on Thursday.

Drew Seidman was solid at the plate for West Hartford 9U. Drew went 2-3, drove in one and scored one run. He doubled in the first inning and singled in the third inning.  Sam Heller and Owen McGoldrick also reached base twice during the game.

Eli Salomons put together a nice outing on the mound holding Hebron hitless over two innings, allowing no earned runs, walking none and striking out five for the win.  Mitch Baboff and Seth Ehrlich kept Hebron at bay for the next three innings and Jack Kennedy came in with the tying run at first with one out in the sixth to pitch the Warriors out of a jam and close out the game.
 
July 12th

West Hartford (WHYBL Warriors) 13, West Hartford Little League 7

West Hartford 9U refused to relinquish the lead after grabbing it early against West Hartford Little League, recording a 13-7 victory on Friday.  With nine runs in the first three innings, West Hartford 9U left no doubt about the eventual outcome.

An RBI double by Drew Seidman during the first inning and an RBI single by Owen McGoldrick and a two-run error in the second inning helped West Hartford 9U put some runs on the board early.  Drew racked up three RBIs on three hits for West Hartford 9U.

Christian Pedro got the win for West Hartford 9U. He allowed one run over two innings. He struck out three, walked three and surrendered one hit.

West Hartford 9U tacked on another five runs in the third. The inning got off to a hot start when Christian singled, scoring Seth Erhlich and Drew. That was followed up by Bobby LaChance's single, plating Christian.

West Hartford 9U piled on four more runs in the top of the sixth. Teddy Keegan kicked things off with a single. That was followed up by Connor Ferguson's single, scoring Teddy.
 
Travel 8U

July 13th

West Hartford 19, Newtown Blue 4

July 14th

West Hartford 14, New Milford 1

Summer League

July 9th

Tigers 2, Athletics 1

The Tigers and A’s completed a pitcher’s duel with the Tiger’s holding on for a one run victory. Pitching dominated with the A’s staff of Liam Langan and Bailey Nemirow recording 15 strike outs. Not to be outdone the Tigers staff Brady Tober, Devin Mahoney and Trevor Dease recorded 13 strike outs of their own. The Tigers offense was led by Joe Stern (solo home run) and Zander Boehm (RBI).

Sam Patterson hit a double for the A’s and scored on the only run for the A’s on a passed ball.

Tigers Pitching: Brady Tober (2IP), Devin Mahoney (2IP), Trevor Dease (2IP)

A’s Pitching: Liam Langan(3IP), Bailey Nemirow(2IP) 

Home Runs: Joe Stern

Pirates 4, Cardinals 3

On Tuesday, under rather humid conditions, the Pirates took the field at Eisenhower with high intensity against the Cardinals.

Andrew Mazzatto's Summer League pitching debut called for a very short first inning with some great defensive plays by George Andrews and Pete Simplicio to start the Pirates going. Mazzatto's 1st inning was short lived as he threw a total of 7 pitches.

As the Pirates stepped up to the plate, they were led by Pete Simplicio(2-2), with Dylan Jackson, Jack Tousignant and Max Leyland all planting doubles for runs.

In what was a close game, the Cardinals were right on the Pirates tail with 3 runs of their own and also a pitching debut by Xavier Amarat.

This one came down to the wire with Simplicio scoring in the bottom of the fifth on a passed ball to give the Pirates a one run advantage. Moving into the top of the 6th with the winning run on 1st and 2 outs, Pirates catcher Max Leyland gunned down an attempted steal to third base to Jack Tousignant for the final out. Pirates took home the W.

Pirates Pitching: Andrew Mazzatto (1IP), Dylan Jackson (1IP), Jack Tousignant (1.5IP), George Andrews (2IP), Pete Simplicio (1IP)

Cardinals Pitching: Ben Foxman (1IP), Xavier Amarat (2IP), Michael Costello (2IP)

July 10th

Tigers 12, Giants 4

After one inning of play the Tigers took a 3-2 lead, both teams held each other scoreless in the second inning to take a 3-2 score into the third. The Tigers pushed 5 across in the 3rd inning while limiting the Giants in the bottom of the 3rd. In the fifth inning the Tigers pushed across one run and the Giants responded with two runs of their own.

In the sixth the Tigers added 3 more insurance runs and held the Giants scoreless in the bottom of the 6th.

The Giants were led offensively by Michael Baldini 2 hits, 2 runs and Franklin Robinson 2 hits, 2 runs.

The Tigers offense was powered by Brady Tober 3 hits, Joe Stern home run, Devin Mahoney 2 hits, Charles Wang 2 hits and Zander Boehm 2 hits and a special thanks to George Andrews from the Pirates who subbed in for the short-handed Tigers who went 4-4 with a nice catch in the outfield. Also, Tommy Cancain who has a sprained thumb played all six innings for the short-handed Tigers to ensure 8 players were playing each inning.

Tigers Pitching: Brady Tober(3IP), Trevor Dease(2IP), Devin Mahoney(1IP)

Giants Pitching: C.J. Baldini(2IP), Jack Ferrucci(1IP), Brian Chelli(1IP), Tommy Baldini(1IP) and Finn McHugh(1IP)

Home Runs: Joe Stern

Orioles 12, Pirates 6

Thursday evenings—even swampy, soupy, rain-soaked ones—have long been considered the best evening to play baseball in America –on this I am confident we can all agree—and this Thursday evening’s Eisenhower Field match-up between the Pirates and the Orioles—won 12-6 victory by the home-standing Orioles—proved to be no exception to this long cherished athletic truism. 
It was a game that featured, as all in attendance, bug-bitten and Off-scented though they may have been, cheerfully asserted, all the best that could be hoped for in a Summer League baseball game: there was the see-sawing first two innings in which the Pirates’ four-run top of the first inning explosion was swiftly and emphatically answered by the home-standing Orioles’ three run first- and four run second-inning; there was the third-inning two-out two-run home run—a screaming line-drive shot to deepest just left-of-centerfield—by Shortstop-Pitcher Drew Wendorff (3-3, 4 runs) which pushed the Orioles, who’d managed to score only four runs during the entire first week of the season, up to the ten-run mark for the second time this week; there was both the hot 6th inning fielding of Connor Olechna, who confidently gathered in two straight sharp shots to second to help preserve the Orioles lead, and the impressive first inning glove work of Rightfielder Jack Navins and 1st basement Gregory Olechna, which allowed the Orioles to escape the Pirates first-inning onslaught; there was the 5th inning’s memorably mad-cap scramble at home plate which ended with no less than five Pirate and Oriole players searching desperately for either plate or ball amid a tangle of arms, legs, shouts and mud as pitcher-first-basemen Luke Hache (3-4, 2 runs) completed his daringly successful attempt to score from second-base on the same passed ball that scored Wendroff from third; and there was the consistently excellent fielding, hitting and base-running performance of twelve year old number-two-hitter-and-third basemen, Ariel Caplan (1-3, 3 runs) who continues to exert a maturely-calming presence over all he surveys.
But most impressive of all, as far as Oriole fans were concerned, there was, for the second game in a row, the up-and-down-the-line-up contributions from the whole of the Orioles batting order (13 hits and runs scored by five of the nine batters), produced despite the strength of the Pirates pitching staff (Max Leyland and Andrew Mazzatto pitched an inning a piece for the Pirates, and George Andrews and Jack Tousignant both pitched two), and the excellent Oriole pitching performances of both Hache (3 IP, 2 hits, 2 k’s) and Wendorff (3 IP, 2 hits, 5 K’s), which limited the heavy-hitting Pirates to just two runs over the last five innings of the game, and allowed, ultimately, the Orioles to gain control of the game in the middle innings and then cruise, finally, to an exciting, hard-won team-victory.

Orioles Pitching: Luke Hache (3IP), Drew Wendorff (3IP)

Pirates Pitching: Max Leyland (1IP), Andrew Mazzatto (1IP), George Andrews (2IP)Jack Tousignant (2IP)

Homeruns:
Orioles: Drew Wendorff