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Travel 12U70 Rebels

July 28

West Hartford 12, Glastonbury 0

July 30

Simsbury Mustangs Red 10, West Hartford 9

Travel 12U60 Commanders

WHLL  Shock 4, WHYBL Commanders 3

Travel 11U Bandits

July 23

West Hartford 9, Newton 7

The West Hartford 11U Bandits secured their place in the Cal Ripken State championship Tuesday night by producing an exciting 9-7 win over Newtown at Wolcott Park.

In a back and forth battle of heavyweights, Newtown opened the scoring in the top of the second with a single run when a double off the bat of Gavin Connors scored Mark Leonardi from first.  The Bandits struck back in the bottom half of the inning when Timmy Andrews smacked a 1-2 offering over the right field wall and over the shed to tie the game.  The Bandits took the lead two batters later when Jack Livingstone doubled home Will Layden, who had reached on an error.

The Bandits struck again in the bottom of the third.  Ryan Farley bunted safely, but advanced to third on a throwing error by Newtown.  Two batters later Farley scored on a ground ball from Gabe Salomons.  Next, Tim Cotter singled, Griffin Van Rye walked, and Timmy Andrews singled to load the bases.  The play of the game came in the next at bat when Will Layden crushed an 0-2 pitch off the wall in right for a bases-clearing triple to increase the lead to 6-1.  Newtown continued to battle however, and in the top of the fourth they scored three runs to close the gap to 6-4.

The Bandits continued to put the pressure on with their bats as well.  In the bottom of the fourth Tommy Costello reached on a hard hit line drive to right that was too hot for the right fielder to handle.  Jay Falvey and Ryan Farley scored on the play.  After Costello was caught stealing home, the next batter Gabe Salomons did his best Will Layden impression, hitting his own triple off the wall in right and then scoring two pitches later on a single from Tim Cotter to increase the lead to 9-4.

In the top of the fifth, Newtown scored two runs to close the gap to 9-6.  The Bandits weren’t able to score in the bottom of the fifth which set up the dramatic last at bat for Newtown.  Newtown scored a run with two outs to close the gap to 9-7 and then loaded the bases.  Tim Cotter, on the mound, dug deep against one Newtown’s best hitters however and struck him out swinging to end the game.

The Bandits play again in the Southington tournament on Wednesday, and will next face the winner of Newtown and South Meriden to determine the State championship on Thursday night.

July 24

West Hartford 10, Southington South White 6

July 25

South Meriden 14, West Hartford 8

July 26

West Hartford 20, South Meriden 4  - Cal Ripken State Champions

The West Hartford 11U Bandits secured their place in WHYBL history Friday night by winning the Cal Ripken State Championship with a decisive 20-4 victory over South Meriden.  In winning the championship the Bandits became the first WHYBL travel team to win a Ripken State Championship.

Having lost their advantage against South Meriden Thursday night with a 14-8 defeat, Friday’s game became a one game winner-take-all affair with South Meriden riding their momentum from victories over a strong Newtown team and the Bandits in consecutive nights.  South Meriden looked to be using that momentum to full effect in the first inning when after allowing a single run they were able to get out of a one out bases loaded jam and then score three runs of their own in the bottom of the inning to take a 3-1 lead.

In top of the second, Ryan Farley and Matt Lazor started things off with consecutive hits.  On the first pitch of the next at bat, Gabe Salomons cracked a three-run home run that seemed to instantly turn the momentum of the game and open the flood gates for the Bandits.  Next, Timmy Andrews reached on an error, Tim Cotter doubled, and Griffin Van Rye was intentionally walked to load the bases with no outs.  Jack Livingstone came up next and hit a bases-clearing double then two batters later scored when Jay Falvey reached on an error.  Falvey in turn scored two batters later when Matt Lazor hit a single to round out the scoring for the inning giving the Bandits a 9-3 lead.

In the top of the third, the onslaught took on epic proportions when the Bandits scored nine more runs.  The inning included seven hits, three walks, and was highlighted by a three-run homerun from Griffin Van Rye.  Van Rye was a warrior on the mound as well, going all four innings in the mercy-rule shortened contest after pitching the previous night.

From here, the Bandits head to West Warwick, Rhode Island for the Cal Ripken regional tournament starting August 3rd.

Farmington 12, West Hartford 1

Travel 10U Bulldogs

July 24

West Hartford 5, Pell Cardinals 3

The WH Bulldogs defeated the Pell Cardinals 5-3 in the Nutmeg State Games at A.W. Stanley Park in New Britain, CT.  The Cardinals jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after a half inning of play and increased their lead to 3-0 in the top of the 3rd inning.  The Bulldogs scored a run in the bottom of the 3rd inning on an RBI single by Matthew Glassman.  Robert Schunder doubled to knock in a run in the bottom of the 3rd inning to pull WH within a run, 3-2.  Jaedan Carrero and Patrick McGann also had hits in the inning.  Brandon Wolmer had a double earlier in the game for WH.  Wolmer, Glassman, Schunder and DeLutrie pitched well for the Bulldogs.  Schunder pitched scoreless 4th and 5th innings  DeLutrie closed out the game by pitching a scoreless 6th inning and picking a runner off first base to end the game.

The WH Bulldogs opened the Nutmeg State Games with an 11-3 victory over Canton at A.W. Stanley Park in New Britain, CT.  John Cashman pitched 4 solid innings for WH.  Brandon Wolmer and Matthew Glassman also pitched well for the Bulldogs.  The Bulldogs fell behind 1-0 after a half inning of play, but grabbed a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning.  After a scoreless 2nd inning, Canton scored a run to cut WH’s lead to 3-2.  The first two batters in the bottom of the third inning were quickly retired, bringing Jaedan Carrero to the plate.  Carrero singled to LF to start a rally.  Jonathan Morrey followed with a double.  Next, Matthew DeLutrie had an RBI single.  Robert Schunder (2-2, RBI) continued the Bulldogs hit parade with a single and Jude Sargent (2-3, BB, 2 RBI) knocked in the 3rd run of the inning with a hit that increased the Bulldogs lead to 6-2.  WH added 5 more runs in 5th inning, keyed by a 3 run triple by Will Fox (3-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI).  On the defensive side, 2B DeLutrie made a spectacular defensive play to rob Canton of a hit.  Patrick McGann stole two consecutive bases.

Barkhamsted 6, West Hartford 2

Travel 9U Warriors

July 24

New Milford 15, West Hartford 7

The West Hartford 9U Warriors had a tough night Wednesday as they took their first loss, 15-7, at the hands of New Milford in the Cal Ripken State Tournament.
The trouble started in the bottom of the first inning with New Milford scoring five runs to jump out to a 5-0 lead.  The Warriors scored a single run in the top of the second to narrow the lead to 5-1 when Seth Ehrlich singled home Eli Salomons who had walked and advanced to third on a ground out and a wild pitch.  In the bottom half of the inning New Milford struck back however, scoring two runs and increasing the lead to 7-1.  The Warriors fought back with two of their own in the top of the third when Jack Kennedy singled, stole two bases, and scored on a wild pitch followed three batters later by Salomons singling home Christian Pedro who had reach on a fielder’s choice.

Over the next two half innings the Warriors renewed their hope by getting their only three-up-three-down inning of the game on three outstanding defensive plays by Teddy Keegan and then in the top of the fourth the team scored four runs to knot the game at 7-7.  Seth Ehrlich got the Warriors started with a single, followed by a single from Sam Heller, and a single by Jack Kennedy which scored Ehrlich.  Mitch Baboff then scored Heller with a ground ball, followed by Drew Seidman doubling Kennedy home, and Christian Pedro singling Seidman home to complete the scoring for the inning.

But the New Milford offense proved too much for the Warriors on this night as they posted two runs in the bottom of the fourth and six more in the bottom of the fifth to complete the scoring.

The Warriors will be back in action Thursday night at 6:00 PM against Danbury where a win will give them the chance to avenge Wednesday night’s loss in the Ripken State championship against New Milford.

July 25

Danbury 7, West Hartford 3

The West Hartford 9U Warriors thrilling season ended Thursday night with a 7-3 defeat at the hands of Danbury to eliminate them from the Cal Ripken State Tournament.

The game started out in promising fashion.  With Eli Salomons on the mound, Danbury failed to score in the first inning.  In the bottom of the inning the Warriors grabbed the lead when Jack Kennedy walked and Seth Ehrlich singled and then both scored on wild pitches to produce a 2-0 lead.  The Warriors shut down Danbury again in the second, but were unable to score in the bottom half of the inning.

In the third inning Danbury cut the lead in half when, in a first and third situation, the Warriors were unable to throw out the runner stealing second allowing the runner on third to score.  The Warriors came right back with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning when Drew Seidman doubled home Jack Kennedy who had walked, increasing the lead to 3-1.  Danbury scored another run in the top of the fourth on a wild pitch to close the gap to 3-2 where the score remained until the sixth inning.

In the top of the sixth, with the Warriors three outs from playing for the state championship, the Danbury bats came alive and they scored five runs to take a 7-3 lead.  The Warriors were unable to stage a rally in their half of the inning and Danbury was able to steal the game.

Eli Salomons had a strong outing on the mound, going four innings and allowing only a single earned run.  The Warriors bats weren’t able to produce much offense against Danbury however, producing only four hits for the game.  The loss ended a thrilling ride for the Warriors who were undefeated for 17 games, taking the District Tournament Championship and the Mountain/River Tournament Championship along the way.

Congratulations boys on a great season that produced a lot of exciting moments!  West Hartford is proud.

Travel 8U All Stars

July 24

West Hartford 13, South Meriden 2

July 27

West Hartford 16, Southbury Black 1

July 28

West Hartford 17, Newtown Gold 0

July 30

New Milford 11, West Hartford 9


Summer League

July 22

A’s 6, Orioles 2

The A's rode the strong arms of pitchers Liam Langan (no runs, 5 k's), Andrew Paridy (1 run ,3 k's), and Bailey Nemirow (1 run, 3 k's), and catchers Jacob Newbury (pick-off at 3rd) and Sean Hurley (threw out an attempted steal at 2nd), to top the Orioles 6-2. Offensively, the A's were lead by Newbury (2-2, 1 run), Sam Patterson (2-2, 2 runs), and Langan (2 runs). Leading the attack for the O's were Luke Hache (triple, 1 run), Brennan Ravenberg (1 run), Drew Wendorff (double & a scoreless inning on the mound).

Pitchers: O's - Luke Hache 2, Scott LaBranch 1, Ryan Lafferty 1, Drew Wendorff 1.

A's - Liam Langan 2, Andrew Paridy 2, Bailey Nemirow 2

July 23

Pirates 6, Cardinals 1

In a cooled down, sprinkled filled game between the Pirates and the Cardinals, Dylan Jackson led the Pirates going 2 for 3 with a single and double.  Jack Tousignant, George Andrews, and Brandon Barnett were all 2 for 3 with singles.

In the 3rd inning with one out and the Pirates struggling at the plate, Brandon Barnett was hit by a pitch which sent him to first base. Teammate Jack Tousignant then smashed a single to right field that moved Barnett to 2nd base. This was followed by a vicious bunt laid down by George Andrews to load the bases and put the Pirates in scoring position. Next up was Young Dylan Jackson with a fire-induced double to right field to clear the bases and give the Pirates 3 runs and a huge jumpstart. Jackson would eventually score on a steal to home plate.

In the 4th inning, Andrew Mazzotto would lead off with a single and eventually score on a single, up the middle, by Brandon Barnett.

Defensively, the Pirates' Jack Tousignant kept a low pitch count and only gave up one run in 3 innings, while George Andrews got the closer credit, giving up no runs in the final 3 innings.

Cardinals were led by Xaviel Amarat, Jan Carlos Colon, Jonathan Pedraza, and John Gabinelle.

Pitchers: Pirates - Jack Tousignant (3), George Andrews (3) 

Cardinals - Carl Nicklas (2), Xaviel Amarat (2), Ben Foxman (3)

Orioles 1, Tigers 0

July 24

A’s 9, Tigers 3

The Athletics beat the Tigers, 9-3, on strong pitching from Liam Langan (3 innings, no runs, no hits, 7 k's) and Bailey Nemirow (3 innings, 3 runs, 3 hits, 5 k's). The A's offensive attack was lead by Sean Hurley (3-3, 3 doubles, 3 rbis, 2 runs, 2 SB), Sam Patterson (2-2, 2 runs, 2 SB), and Jacob Newbury (double, rbi, 2 SB). Also crossing the plate for the A's were Sean Knapp, Aarik Googe-Rochester and Nick Peterson. Down by 8 runs after the 4th frame, the Tigers rallied for 3 runs in their final two at bats, lead by Matt Barrows (Tiger's first hit of the game), Mac Louis (great base running), and big doubles from Brady Tober and Zander Boehm.

Pitchers: A's - Langan 3, Nemirow 3
Tigers - Brady Tober 2, Devin Mahoney 2, Trevor Dease 1

Cardinals 17, Giants 1

Using strong pitching and a full team effort on offense, the Cardinals defeated the Giants 17-1.

Right from the start, the Cardinals bats came alive.  In the top of the 1st they used hits by Ben Foxman, Josh Wolmer, Jan Carlos Colon and John Gabinelle to score 4 runs.

In the bottom of that inning, the Giants tried to respond, getting two base runners on, but were stymied by a solid defensive play in the field to end the inning.

The Cardinals added 4 more in the 2nd, using smart base running and a timely hit by Carl Nicklas.

The Giants Miles Brown responded in the bottom of the 2nd with a solid, line-drive single and some heads-up base running to score the Giants only run.

The next two innings were more of the same, with the Cardinals scoring 5 in the 3rd and 4 in the 4th.  The Giants threatened again in the 3rd when CJ Baldini hit a triple, but was left stranded.

Of note for the Cardinals was the pitching effort of Ben Foxman - 5 K's in 2 innings work , and Carl Nicklas - 5 K's in 2 innings work, 2-3 with 2 RBI's and 1 run scored. 

Pitchers: Cardinals - Carl Nicklas (2 innings), Ben Foxman (2 innings)
Giants - CJ Baldini (2 innings), Jack Ferrucci (1 inning), Finn McHugh (2 innings)

July 29

Tigers 13, Giants 0

On Monday the Giants and Tigers played an exciting back and forth game. The Giants jumped out in the top of the first plating 3 runs. The Tigers responded in the bottom of the second with some aggressive base running and clutch hitting. The Giants came right back with some big hits of their own. The Giants were led at the plate by Michael Baldini who smacked a hard double and had 3 RBI's and Thomas Miller who had the hit of the night for a basses clearing triple to deep center. The Tigers took the lead in the 4th for good with a well balanced attack. 8 players scored for the Tigers who were led by Tommy Dowd, 3-4 with 3rbi's and 2 runs including a 2 run double to left and Joe Stern. Tommy Dowd, Brady Tober and Mac Louis also made a couple great defensive plays to slow down the Giants. The Giants kept it close with some excellent defense plays by Catcher Michael Baldini, OF Michael Neff with a nice put out and LF Brian Chelli who made the catch of the game in deep left center.

Brady Tober,  Tommy Dowd and Trevor Dease each pitched 2 innings for the Tigers with Trevor Dease locking down the last 2 innings earning the save

Orioles 22, Pirates 8

Late Sunday night, in a land somewhere far, far away from here, the baseball gods all gathered together in the great vaulting hall of America’s Golden Era’d pasttime, spent a conscientious forty minutes or so making notes about the soon-to-be-played Monday evening match-up between the visiting Orioles and the league leading Pirates on stacks of ancient American League logo’d cocktail napkins, and then, having (semi-) carefully considered the great variety of possible game day scenarios, coolly nodded their hulking heads at each other, uncertainly uttered a kind of collective “ye-eeees, quite so, gov’nor, quite so…”, and once again re-twirled their uniformly handle-barred mustaches and re-straightened their whimsically rendered Babe Ruth place-mats lately weaved for them by interminably creative Cy Young, decided two very, very important things that would turn out to be instrumental (more or less) in the Orioles 22-8 Fern Park victory over the Pirates. 
 
First, because it was not only Monday—and so often Mondays are the very ugly older sibling of our relentlessly hectic lives—but also the last Monday of the regular season, they decided that the weather—lately so often too hot or too humid or too full of rain, thunder and not-so-distant lightening—was going to be the kind of perfectly clear blue-skied, tranquilly breezy kind of weather that populates all our best and most innocently youthful summer memories.  It was to be, they decided, the kind of Fern Park Monday evening where Grandparents could sit in rows of canvas chairs sipping two-hour-old coffee and quipping good-naturedly (supposedly) at the always hard-working Orioles’ coaching staff, while glorying quietly over the goodness of their baseball-playing Grandsons, and where whole young families could sit comfortably on downy-soft picnic-blankets stretched out on the summer grass, munch on lovingly tupperwared-snacks and blow soapy bubbles third-base-ward to the whirling delight of younger siblings, all while idly half-listening to the wonderfully intricate imaginings of nine year sisters being chased around and around strollers and mothers and rusty bleachers by soon-to-be first graders and happily squealing, Velcro-sandled toddlers. 
 
And second—and arguably more important for the purposes of this summary—it was decided by those same Romantically sentimental, slightly head-achy gods—that the Orioles, who of late have alternated wins with losses, would play, this very lovely Monday evening, perhaps their best game of the season.
 
Beginning with two runs in the first and one run in the second, the Orioles scored in each and every inning to cruise to a comfortable twelve run victory over the homestanding Pirates.  And while the top of the Orioles’ order did their usual yeoman’s work in the game—the most notable of which being Catcher-Shortstop-Pitcher Drew Wendorff who went 3-3, on two doubles and a triple, and scored two runs—it was the second half of the Orioles batting order who really shined last evening.
 
Take the 4th inning, for example: starting with #5 hitter Connor Olechna’s (2-3, 2 runs) lead off single, the Orioles scored five runs before even reaching the top of the line-up.  After Olechna’s single, there were walks that inning to Scott LaBranch (0-1, 2 runs), Braden Flowers (1-2, 1 run, 2 RBIs), and Alex Jakubowski (1-1, 2 runs, 1 RBI) which set the table for the RBI singles from Ryan Lafferty (2-2, 1 run, 2 RBIs), Jack Navin (3-3, 1 run, 2 RBIs), and Gregory Olechna (2-2, 1 run, 2 RBIs) that swiftly and emphatically completed the rally.
 
Or take the 5th inning, which began at the bottom of the order with a sharp single to right-center from Drew LaCasse  (1-2, 2 runs, 1 RBI), who seemed sure to be squandered on first base after two quick outs, and then ended five two-out runs later on an RBI double to left-center from #7 hitter Ryan Lafferty and an RBI single to left from #8 hitter Braden Flowers.
 
Or take the 6th, which began with  #9 hitter Alex Jakubowski’s single to left and included runs scored by Jakubowski, Connor Lafferty (0-2, 2 runs), Jack Navin, Greg Olechna and Drew LaCasse, the last three on a long line-drive triple to leftfield corner by Drew Wendorff (6 RBIs). 
 
Add the strong pitching efforts of  Wendorff (2 IP, 0 hits, 5 Ks), LaBranch (2 IP, 4 hits), Luke Hache (2 IP, 1 hit, 4 Ks), and Ryan Lafferty (1 IP, 0 hits, 2 Ks), who collectively held the Pirates, led by lead-off hitter Jack Tousignant (1-1, 2 runs), to five hits, the strong defensive play of the entire Oriole squad, and the return of the steady, consistent leadership of Ariel Caplan(1-2, 2 runs), and, suddenly, memories of the Orioles difficult first week of the season in which the Orioles were outscored by nearly twenty runs seemed a distant fiction compared to the slowly descending summer darkness and the twinkling stars and the happy laughter of the Oriole families as the strolled contentedly toward their cars, half-promising dinners of hastily-cooked pasta, Stop-and-Shop bought chicken-wings or peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches to their triumphant little heroes, and thinking quietly to themselves, in those stolen little silences found amid all  the various conjecturing about pitching staffs, line-up cards and playoff possibilities, of the salad days of their own long ago childhoods.

Pitchers: Orioles- Drew Wendorff(2), Scott LaBranch(2) Luke Hache(2) Ryan Lafferty(1). Pirates - Jack Tousignant(2), George Andrews(2), Dylan Jackson(1), Max Leyland (2), Andrew Mazzatto (1).

July 30

Cardinals 11, A’s 1

Using solid pitching and team offense, the Cardinals bested the A's 11-1.  Cardinal pitchers Carl Nicklas, Ben Foxman and Andrew Skwiot combined to hold the A's to one run, allowing only 3 base runners and striking out 14.

On offense, the Cardinals scattered 8 hits by 5 different players to score their 11 runs.  Conner Smith drove in a run in the first inning with a hard grounder right over the third base line.  Jimmie Gaston had a big double in the 4th to drive in another run.  Also big on offense for the Cardinals was Ben Foxman (2-2 with a walk and 3 runs scored) and Josh Wolmer (3-3 with 3 RBI's and two runs scored).

Pitchers: Cardinals - Carl Nicklas (2 innings), Ben Foxman (2 innings), Andrew Skwiot (2 innings)
A's - Liam Langan (3 innings), Andrew Paridy (2 innings)

Pirates 9, Giants 8

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