Author: Herts Baseball News Editor

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Herts pick up Tournament Bronze Cup. Attention firmly on upcoming league games.

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Herts players prepare to face the Midlands All Stars (photo by Rob Jones)

Similar to the All-Star Week in America, British clubs had their traditional midsummer break at the weekend taking part in the International London Tournament. Herts was represented at the event by a team made up of players from its various squads of the four tiers of the British baseball leagues. They had a difficult start losing their first two games to the Milton Keynes Bucks and the Midlands All Stars. Herts bounced back on Sunday with wins over the Milton Keynes Coyotes and the South London Pirates to claim the Tournament’s Bronze Cup. Sunday’s games saw Herts Falcons pitcher, Darrin Ward, hit two homeruns.

Tom Everex-Armstrong was one of many Herts players who wore the Great Britain National Team jerseys this weekend (photo by Rob Jones)

The various Great Britain National Baseball Teams, from Under-16 to Under-23, were also involved and they featured a large number of Herts players.

The focus now turns back on the all important league games as we enter the final 6 weeks of the regular season which will determine who will play in the postseason playoffs to decide the national champions in the four senior and two youth league tiers.

The Herts Falcons will host the Lakenheath Diamondbacks this Sunday, 21 July, in a doubleheader. They cannot afford to slip up. Anything less than two wins and the chasing London Mets and Southampton Mustangs could leap over them into first place. The game starts at 12:00 at Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead (free admission).

On the same day the Herts Ravens will face the Triple-A League-leaders, London Metros. This game will also start at 12:00pm at Grovehill Ballpark.

The Herts Hawks currently occupy the last playoff spot in the Double-A league, which is the third league tier of British Baseball. This Sunday they will travel to Richmond to face the Dragons, who are just outside the playoff zone and will see this as their golden opportunity to overtake the Herts Hawks. The Herts Raptors and Herts Eagles travel to Guildford and Essex, respectively, in the Single-A League. The Raptors have already secured a playoff spot, but need to keep their winning run going for a higher playoff seeding.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts Giants 15 Herts Dodgers 6 – U11 Series

Herts Giants U11 at Herts Dodgers U11
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Herts Giants U11 4 5 1 5 0 15 17 1
Herts Dodgers U11 1 0 5 0 0 6 10 1

 

Herts Giants U11 15, Herts Dodgers U11 6
Herts Giants U11 Herts Dodgers U11
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Nicholas Durer 1b 5 2 4 3 Rory Vangundy cf 4 1 0 0
Christian Lynch p 3 3 1 1 Noah Haines 3b 2 1 0 0
Josh Jones ss 5 4 4 3 Joe Gipple 1b 4 1 3 2
Lewis Auchterlounie 2b 3 3 2 0 Alex Trautman ss 3 0 2 1
James Dullea c 4 1 3 4 Lucas Lebrato c 4 2 2 1
Thomas Garton lf 3 1 1 2 Jonathan Wakelam p 3 0 1 1
Oliver Durer 3b 3 1 1 1 William Morillo 2b 4 1 2 1
Sebastian Bohn cf 4 0 1 1
TEAM TOTALS 30 15 17 15 TEAM TOTALS 24 6 10 6

 

E: Nicholas Durer, Joe Gipple. LOB: Herts Giants U11 7, Herts Dodgers U11 8. 2B:
Nicholas Durer, Josh Jones. 3B: Christian Lynch, James Dullea.

 

Herts Giants U11 IP H R ER BB SO
Christian Lynch W 4.67 10 6 6 0 6
Herts Dodgers U11
Jonathan Wakelam L 4.33 17 15 15 2 8

 

HBP: by Jonathan Wakelam (Oliver Durer), by Christian Lynch (Rory Vangundy), by
Christian Lynch (Noah Haines), by Christian Lynch (Jonathan Wakelam). , by Jonathan
Wakelam (Christian Lynch), by Jonathan Wakelam (Thomas Garton). , by Christian Lynch
(Noah Haines). , by Jonathan Wakelam (Christian Lynch), by Jonathan Wakelam (Lewis
Auchterlounie). . T: 2:00. A: 34.
Herts Giants U11 – Top of the 1st:
Nicholas Durer singled, batted forward to home.
Christian Lynch tripled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Josh Jones singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Lewis Auchterlounie singled, batted forward to home.
James Dullea grounded out, 1 RBI.
Thomas Garton singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, 1 RBI.
Oliver Durer hit by pitch.
Sebastian Bohn struck out swinging.
Nicholas Durer struck out looking.
4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Dodgers U11 – Bottom of the 1st:
Rory Vangundy hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
Noah Haines hit by pitch, batted forward to 3rd.
Joe Gipple grounded out.
Alex Trautman singled, batted forward to 2nd, forced out at 3rd, 1 RBI.
Lucas Lebrato struck out swinging.
Jonathan Wakelam hit by pitch, batted forward to 2nd.
William Morillo reached on fielder’s choice.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Herts Giants U11 – Top of the 2nd:
Christian Lynch hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
Josh Jones singled, batted forward to home.
Lewis Auchterlounie singled, batted forward to home.
James Dullea singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Thomas Garton hit by pitch, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Oliver Durer struck out looking.
Sebastian Bohn singled, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
Nicholas Durer singled, 2 RBI.
5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Dodgers U11 – Bottom of the 2nd:
Rory Vangundy struck out swinging.
Noah Haines struck out swinging.
Joe Gipple singled.
Alex Trautman struck out looking.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Giants U11 – Top of the 3rd:
Christian Lynch struck out looking.
Josh Jones singled, batted forward to home.
Lewis Auchterlounie struck out swinging.
James Dullea tripled, 1 RBI.
Thomas Garton grounded out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Dodgers U11 – Bottom of the 3rd:
Lucas Lebrato singled, batted forward to home.
Jonathan Wakelam struck out swinging.
William Morillo singled, batted forward to home.
Rory Vangundy grounded out.
Noah Haines hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
Joe Gipple singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, batted forward to home, 2 RBI.
Lucas Lebrato singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Jonathan Wakelam singled, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
William Morillo singled, 1 RBI.
5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Giants U11 – Top of the 4th:
Oliver Durer singled, batted forward to home.
Sebastian Bohn struck out swinging.
Nicholas Durer doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Christian Lynch hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
Josh Jones doubled, batted forward to home, 2 RBI.
Lewis Auchterlounie hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
James Dullea singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, tagged out going to 3rd, 1 RBI.
Thomas Garton struck out swinging.
Oliver Durer reached on fielder’s choice, 1 RBI.
5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Dodgers U11 – Bottom of the 4th:
Rory Vangundy lined out.
Noah Haines lined out.
Joe Gipple singled, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to 3rd.
Alex Trautman singled.
Lucas Lebrato popped out.
0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Giants U11 – Top of the 5th:
Sebastian Bohn grounded out.
Nicholas Durer singled, advanced to 2nd on error.
Christian Lynch popped out.
Josh Jones struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Dodgers U11 – Bottom of the 5th:
Jonathan Wakelam grounded out.
William Morillo struck out swinging.
Rory Vangundy grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts Ravens 3 Cambridge Royals 13 – AAA League

Herts Ravens at Canbridge Royals
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Herts Ravens 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 4
Canbridge Royals 3 0 5 1 4 13 7 1

 

Canbridge Royals 13, Herts Ravens 3
Canbridge Royals Herts Ravens
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Doug Grabowski ss 2 2 1 1 CASAL Jr Carlos 2b-cf 1 0 0 0
Curran 3b-p 4 2 1 0 GREEN Liam p 1 1 1 2
Hollis cf 2 3 1 1 MEDINA Gilberto ss 3 0 1 1
Durdohl 2b-3b 3 2 1 3 KIKEL Petar 1b 2 0 0 0
Poindexter 1b 2 2 2 2 LIPSTOCK Seth lf 3 0 0 0
Tannenbaum c 2 1 1 1 DIMITROV Aspi 3b 3 0 0 0
Muchal lf 3 1 0 0 BROWN Conner cf-2b 3 1 1 0
Levandowski 2b-p 3 0 0 0 DIMITROV Kal rf 1 1 0 0
Barson rf 2 0 0 0 CARESS Jake c 2 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 23 13 7 8 TEAM TOTALS 19 3 3 3

 

E: Curran, CARESS Jake(2), KIKEL Petar, BROWN Conner. LOB: Canbridge Royals 6, Herts
Ravens 7. 2B: Poindexter, Tannenbaum, GREEN Liam. SB: Hollis(5), Doug Grabowski(4),
Poindexter, Durdohl, Curran, GREEN Liam, CARESS Jake, LIPSTOCK Seth, MEDINA Gilberto.

 

Canbridge Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Levandowski W 3.33 3 3 2 3 4
Curran 1.67 0 0 0 1 2
Herts Ravens
GREEN Liam L 4.67 7 13 4 7 7

 

HBP: by Levandowski (KIKEL Petar), by GREEN Liam (Tannenbaum). , by Curran (CASAL Jr
Carlos), by GREEN Liam (Hollis), by GREEN Liam (Tannenbaum). . WP: Levandowski(2),
GREEN Liam(2). PB: Tannenbaum, CARESS Jake(2). T: 2:00. A: 23.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 1st:
CASAL Jr Carlos struck out swinging.
GREEN Liam walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
MEDINA Gilberto singled, stole 2nd, 1 RBI.
KIKEL Petar struck out looking.
LIPSTOCK Seth grounded out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Canbridge Royals – Bottom of the 1st:
Doug Grabowski walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on passed ball.
Curran singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
Hollis walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on error.
Durdohl flied out, 1 RBI.
Poindexter walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error.
Tannenbaum struck out swinging.
Muchal struck out swinging.
3 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 2nd:
DIMITROV Aspi struck out swinging.
BROWN Conner singled, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch,
batted forward to home.
DIMITROV Kal walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
CARESS Jake flied out.
CASAL Jr Carlos walked, batted forward to 3rd.
GREEN Liam doubled, 2 RBI.
MEDINA Gilberto grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Canbridge Royals – Bottom of the 2nd:
Levandowski struck out swinging.
Barson struck out swinging.
Doug Grabowski walked, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, stole 3rd.
Curran struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 3rd:
KIKEL Petar hit by pitch, forced out at 2nd.
LIPSTOCK Seth reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd.
DIMITROV Aspi struck out.
BROWN Conner grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Canbridge Royals – Bottom of the 3rd:
Hollis singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
Durdohl singled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error, 1 RBI.
Poindexter singled, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to home on error.
Tannenbaum hit by pitch, advanced to 3rd on error, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Muchal reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on wild
pitch, batted forward to home.
Levandowski struck out swinging.
Barson walked, batted forward to 3rd.
Doug Grabowski grounded out, 1 RBI.
Curran grounded out.
5 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 4th:
DIMITROV Kal reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error, tagged out going to 3rd.
CARESS Jake reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
CASAL Jr Carlos hit by pitch, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
GREEN Liam walked.
MEDINA Gilberto struck out swinging.
KIKEL Petar struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Canbridge Royals – Bottom of the 4th:
Hollis hit by pitch, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
Durdohl grounded out, 1 RBI.
Poindexter walked, batted forward to 2nd.
Tannenbaum hit by pitch.
Muchal flied out.
Levandowski grounded out.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 5th:
LIPSTOCK Seth flied out.
DIMITROV Aspi flied out.
BROWN Conner grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Canbridge Royals – Bottom of the 5th:
Barson struck out swinging.
Doug Grabowski singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
Curran reached on error, batted forward to home.
Hollis grounded out, 1 RBI.
Durdohl walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
Poindexter ground rule doubled, batted forward to home, 2 RBI.
Tannenbaum doubled, 1 RBI.
4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

British League braces itself for the Grabowski factor

It would be fascinating to see how Doug Grabowski would compare to some of the top pitchers in the NBL like Herts Falcons' Robbie Unsell (pictured), Michael Osborn, Jordan Farkas, Ryan Bird and Darrin Ward among others (photo by Richard Lee richardleephotography.org)

The Herts Ravens travelled to the Cambridge Royals upbeat after a good run of 5 wins and 1 loss in the last six games put them back in the playoff race. They knew they were about to face one of the favourites for the AAA title, but they were not aware that just a week ago Cambridge had made a player signing which could turn the league on its head.

Doug Grabowski arrived from America on duty with the nearby US air bases. He is around 6 feet and 5 inches in height and has the physical attributes which have become the standard for the pitching staff of MLB teams. Similar to Roy Hobbs in the movie “The Natural”, there is little information about his career on the internet, but we understand he has played at the college level back in America.

AAA League (Game 1): Herts Ravens 0 Cambridge Royals 10 (click to view box scores)

His fastball overwhelmed the Ravens. Perhaps they would have had some success after a few innings of getting the timing on their swings right, but that became impossible when he introduced his knee-buckling curveball and changeup. Grabowski is certainly the best pitcher in the AAA League and Herts Ravens Manager, Carlos Casal, went a step further. “He is probably the best pitcher in any of the British Leagues today. We didn’t have a radar gun on hand but it probably reached 85-90mph.” said Casal.

From the 20 plate appearances made by Herts batters only 5 resulted in the ball being put in play. The remainder were 12 strikeouts and 3 walks giving Doug Grabowski a complete game shutout no-hitter on his British baseball league debut. He also proved to be a class act quietly shaking the hands of every Herts player during the break between the two games. Players like him are a rarity and his presence can have a very positive effect on efforts to promote baseball and the league. The British Baseball Federation should not miss the opportunity to publicise outstanding players like him.

In this first game of the day the Ravens were not able to keep up despite good pitching from Petar Kikel.

AAA League (Game 2): Herts Ravens 3 Cambridge Royals 13 (click to view box scores)

The Ravens were eager to see the back of Doug Grabowski and face a different pitcher in the second game of the doubleheader. Levandowski seemed a much more hittable pitcher, but despite a much slower fastball Herts only managed 3 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks. The hits came from Conner Brown, Gilberto Medina and Liam Green. The 3 runs were not enough and the Ravens went down 13-3.

The Herts Ravens had to face the Royals without ace pitcher Louis Hare who fractured his left elbow in a football game at the end of June. They need him back if they are to stand a chance of somehow getting back in the playoff race especially as the club will be losing Seth Lipstock in the coming weeks as he flies back to America.

It will be interesting to see how the introduction of Doug Grabowski will affect the AAA League as we enter the deciding final third of the season.

Our visit to Cambridge gave us a lot of food for thought. The Royals team includes a large number of players from the US air bases. With the news of the their neighbours, Lakenheath Diamondbacks, struggling this Sunday in their NBL game at Southampton, the door is open for the two clubs to consider a merger in 2014. While Lakenheath have American Air Force players, they appear to lack the administrative infrastructure and community activities of the Cambridge Royals. Bringing the two teams together would create a very strong multi-team organisation which would have the potential to become a major force in British Baseball. Lakenheath or Cambridge club officials reading this article may want to schedule a meeting in October to secure a merger deal.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Herts Falcons extend winning streak to stay top of the League

Xavier Gonzalez was in the zone on Sunday hitting two homeruns for the Herts Falcons in their wins against the Bracknell Blazers (photo by Richard Lee richardleephotography.org)

written by Randy Brenzen for britishbaseball.org

The Herts Falcons extended their winning streak to 13 games in the BBF’s National Baseball League on Sunday 7 June with a doubleheader sweep over the Bracknell Blazers at Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead.

NBL (Game 1): Herts 8 Bracknell 3 (click to view box scores)

Robbie Unsell’s two-run single, followed by Xavier Gonzalez’s two-run home run, both in the bottom of the sixth inning, propelled the Herts Falcons to an 8-3 victory over a tough Bracknell Blazers squad in Game One.

Crafty veteran Darrin Ward took to the mound for the Falcons in search of his third win of the season but instead found himself in a bit of a pitcher’s duel with Blazers’ youngster Jordan Edmonds. Both Ward and Edmonds lasted 5.1 innings but did not factor in the result.

Ward struck out two and allowed six hits, three runs (two earned) and two walks while Edmonds surrendered four earned runs on four hits and four walks with six strikeouts. Both then gave way to the bullpen.

Ryan Bird replaced Ward for the Falcons and held down the fort en route to his second relief win of the season. Henry Collins took over for Edmonds but was shelled by the Falcons offense. Collins gave up four runs (all earned) on three hits and a walk in just two-thirds of an inning for his third loss of the season, but his first from a relief appearance.

Xavier Gonzalez went 1-for-3 with three RBIs and a stolen base to lead the Falcons’ offense while Robbie Unsell also had a good game, going 2-for-3 for a double and two RBIs in the win.

Blazers’ starting pitcher Jordan Edmonds had the best game at the plate for Bracknell, going 2-for-2 with a pair of singles and a walk in the loss.

NBL (Game 2):  Herts 15 Bracknell 1 (click to view box scores)

The Falcons put their hitting trousers on for Game Two and exploded for 13 hits in a mercy rule-shortened 15-1 victory over the Blazers.

It was a start that Camrin Opp, fresh off a win in his NBL debut last weekend, will hope never happens again in his career. The rookie southpaw got rocked by the Falcons’ bats, surrendering 14 earned runs on nine hits and five walks while striking out three batters in just two innings of work.

Brendan Hassan then took over for Opp and did well in relief. Hassan allowed just three hits and one run while walking one and striking out two in his two innings of duty.

For Herts, Robbie Unsell allowed just two hits, a Camrin Opp single and a Fraser Duggan double, over three innings before letting Jordan Farkas get some work in on the mound for the final two innings. Unsell was his usual spectacular self, giving up just those two hits while walking one and striking out five. Farkas, meanwhile, surrendered one run on three walks in his two innings of mop-up duty. He also struck out one Blazers batter.

The dominant Falcons offense was once again led by Xavier Gonzalez. The talented Venezuelan went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored while Cristobal Hiche (3-for-3, double, walk, one RBI) once again reached base safely in every at-bat. Other men to pick up RBIs for Herts were Lee Manning (1-for-2, two RBIs), Michael Osborn (2-for-3, three RBIs) and Ryan Bird (1-for-3, two RBIs).

Game Two might not have provided much positive feedback for Blazers Head Coach Colin Whitton, but he did mention that there were things to build on from Game One.

“We played some great ball in Game One,” said Whitton. ”Jordan Edmonds had great control on the mound. Unfortunately, silly errors at key points gave Herts the opportunity to put runs on the board in the bottom of the sixth.”

On the other side of the diamond, Herts Manager Lee Manning was quick to give praise to the opposition. “Bracknell played well and the scores don’t reflect the games played,” he said. “Again, our pitching was amazing and timely hitting in Game One gave us the win. Every Falcon has improved as the season has gone along and they’ve all contributed to the bingo-bango style that we play.”

The next action for the league-leading Herts Falcons (18-4) will be Sunday 21 July when they welcome the visiting Lakenheath Diamondbacks (9-11) to Grovehill Ballpark. Meanwhile, the Bracknell Blazers (11-11) will go from the frying pan into the fire. Their next action will be Sunday 4 August when they visit the third place Southampton Mustangs (17-5) at Mustangs Field.

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts Ravens 0 Cambridge Royals 10 – AAA League

Herts Ravens at Cambridge Royals
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Herts Ravens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Cambridge Royals 3 0 0 0 2 5 10 11 0

 

Cambridge Royals 10, Herts Ravens 0
Cambridge Royals Herts Ravens
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Drudohl c 4 0 1 2 CASAL Jr Carlos 2b 2 0 0 0
Curran ss 4 3 3 1 GREEN Liam ss 3 0 0 0
Hollis cf 4 1 3 3 MEDINA Gilberto 3b 2 0 0 0
Poindexter 1b 3 0 0 0 KIKEL Petar p 2 0 0 0
Doug Grabowski p 3 2 1 1 LIPSTOCK Seth lf 2 0 0 0
Tannenbaum 2b 3 1 1 1 DIMITROV Aspi 1b 1 0 0 0
Shields lf 2 1 0 0 BROWN Conner c 2 0 0 0
Perera rf 2 2 2 0 DIMITROV Ilya rf 2 0 0 0
Tait 3b 3 0 0 0 CARESS Jake cf 1 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 28 10 11 8 TEAM TOTALS 17 0 0 0

 

E: GREEN Liam(2), CASAL Jr Carlos, LIPSTOCK Seth, BROWN Conner. DP: Herts Ravens 1,
Cambridge Royals 1. LOB: Herts Ravens 2, Cambridge Royals 3. 2B: Curran, Hollis. SB:
Tannenbaum, Perera.

 

Cambridge Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Doug Grabowski 6.00 0 0 0 3 12
Herts Ravens
KIKEL Petar L 5.67 11 10 6 2 5

 

WP: Doug Grabowski, KIKEL Petar(5). PB: BROWN Conner. T: 2:05. A: 23.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 1st:
CASAL Jr Carlos struck out looking.
GREEN Liam struck out looking.
MEDINA Gilberto grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Cambridge Royals – Bottom of the 1st:
Drudohl grounded out.
Curran ground rule doubled, batted forward to home.
Hollis singled, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Poindexter struck out looking.
Doug Grabowski singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch,
advanced to home on passed ball, 1 RBI.
Tannenbaum grounded out.
3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 2nd:
KIKEL Petar struck out swinging.
LIPSTOCK Seth struck out swinging.
DIMITROV Aspi struck out looking.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Cambridge Royals – Bottom of the 2nd:
Shields struck out swinging.
Perera walked, forced out at 2nd.
Tait reached on fielder’s choice.
Drudohl flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 3rd:
BROWN Conner struck out swinging.
DIMITROV Ilya struck out swinging.
CARESS Jake walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
CASAL Jr Carlos struck out looking.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cambridge Royals – Bottom of the 3rd:
Curran popped out.
Hollis reached on error, forced out at 2nd.
Poindexter hit into double play.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 4th:
GREEN Liam struck out looking.
MEDINA Gilberto struck out looking.
KIKEL Petar grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Cambridge Royals – Bottom of the 4th:
Doug Grabowski flied out.
Tannenbaum flied out.
Shields struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 5th:
LIPSTOCK Seth struck out looking.
DIMITROV Aspi walked.
BROWN Conner struck out swinging.
DIMITROV Ilya grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cambridge Royals – Bottom of the 5th:
Perera singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
Tait struck out swinging.
Drudohl flied out.
Curran singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Hollis doubled, 1 RBI.
Poindexter grounded out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Top of the 6th:
CARESS Jake grounded out.
CASAL Jr Carlos walked, forced out at 2nd.
GREEN Liam hit into double play.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Cambridge Royals – Bottom of the 6th:
Doug Grabowski reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to
home.
Tannenbaum singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, advanced to home on wild
pitch, 1 RBI.
Shields walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward
to home.
Perera singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
Tait struck out swinging.
Drudohl singled, advanced to 2nd on error, tagged out going to 3rd, 2 RBI.
Curran singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, batted forward to home.
Hollis singled, 1 RBI.
5 runs, 5 hits, 3 errors, 1 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Bracknell Blazers 1 Herts Falcons 15 – NBL

BLAZERS (1) AT FALCONS (15)
 
BLAZERS              AB  R  H BI  FALCONS              AB  R  H BI
Camrin Opp            2  1  0  0  Christobal Hiche      3  3  3  1  
Fraser Duggan         2  0  1  0  Xavier Gonzalez       3  3  2  3  
Jordan  Edmonds       3  0  0  0  Ryan Bird             2  3  1  2  
Henry Collins         1  0  0  0  Jordan Farkas         3  2  2  2  
Dexter Stewart        2  0  0  0  Phil Clark            2  1  1  1  
Brendan Hassan        1  0  0  0   John Blose           1  0  0  0  
Adam Huxley           1  0  0  0  David House           2  0  0  0  
Chris Mathews         2  0  0  0  Michael Osborn        3  1  2  3  
Dan Whitton           2  0  0  0  Darrin Ward           2  1  0  0  
                                  Carlos Velazco-Carus  1  1  0  0  
TOTALS               16  1  1  0  TOTALS               22 15 11 12
 
BLAZERS                       000 01 -- 1  
FALCONS                       537 0x -- 15 
 
LOB--BLAZERS 5, FALCONS 3. ERR--Brendan Hassan, John Blose.
2B--Fraser Duggan, Ryan Bird, Phil Clark, Jordan Farkas,
Xavier Gonzalez, Christobal Hiche. HR--Xavier Gonzalez.
HBP--Fraser Duggan, Xavier Gonzalez, Darrin Ward. SB--Fraser
Duggan (2).
 
 BLAZERS                         IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Camrin Opp                     2.00    8   14   12    5    3    1
Brendan Hassan                 2.00    3    1    1    1    1    0
 FALCONS                    
Robbie Unsell                  3.00    1    0    0    1    5    0
Jordan Farkas                  2.00    0    1    1    3    1    0
 
PB--Dan Whitton (3). WP--Jordan Farkas (3). SO--Fraser
Duggan, Chris Mathews, Henry Collins, Dan Whitton (2),
Brendan Hassan, Ryan Bird, Jordan Farkas, David House,
Carlos Velazco-Carus. BB--Adam Huxley, Henry Collins,
Brendan Hassan, Camrin Opp, Ryan Bird (2), David House,
Carlos Velazco-Carus (2), Christobal Hiche.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Bracknell Blazers 3 Herts Falcons 8 – NBL

BLAZERS (3) AT FALCONS (8)
 
BLAZERS              AB  R  H BI  FALCONS              AB  R  H BI
Camrin Opp            4  1  1  0  Robbie Unsell         3  1  2  2  
Fraser Duggan         4  0  0  1  Xavier Gonzalez       3  1  1  3  
Jordan  Edmonds       2  0  2  0  Ryan Bird             4  0  0  0  
 Dan Whitton          1  0  0  0  Jordan Farkas         3  0  0  0  
Dexter Stewart        3  0  0  0  Phil Clark            2  1  0  0  
Brendan Hassan        3  1  1  0  David House           2  1  2  0  
Henry Collins         3  1  1  1  Michael Osborn        1  1  0  0  
Adam Huxley           2  0  0  0  Dave Westfallen       2  0  0  0  
Phil Mathews          3  0  0  0   Darrin Ward          1  0  0  0  
Guy Packham           3  0  0  0  John Blose            0  1  0  0  
                                   Christobal Hiche     2  2  2  0  
TOTALS               28  3  5  2  TOTALS               23  8  7  5
 
BLAZERS                       001 101 0 -- 3  
FALCONS                       011 015 x -- 8  
 
LOB--BLAZERS 6, FALCONS 4. ERR--Henry Collins (2), Xavier
Gonzalez, Michael Osborn, Dave Westfallen. 2B--Brendan
Hassan, Camrin Opp, Robbie Unsell. HR--Xavier Gonzalez.
HBP--Xavier Gonzalez. SACB--Robbie Unsell. SB--John Blose.
 
 BLAZERS                         IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Jordan  Edmonds                5.33    4    4    4    4    5    0
Henry Collins                  0.67    3    4    4    1    0    1
 FALCONS                    
Darrin Ward                    5.33    5    3    1    2    2    0
Ryan Bird                      1.67    0    0    0    0    1    0
 
PB--Phil Clark. WP--Jordan  Edmonds. SO--Adam Huxley (2),
Dan Whitton, Ryan Bird, Jordan Farkas, Xavier Gonzalez,
Robbie Unsell, Dave Westfallen. BB--Adam Huxley, Jordan 
Edmonds, John Blose, Phil Clark, David House, Michael Osborn
(2).
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts Cardinals 0 Forest Glade Redbacks 10 – U14 League

Herts Cardinals U14 at Forest Glade Redbacks
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Herts Cardinals U14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Forest Glade Redbacks 0 5 0 5 0 0 10 7 0

 

Forest Glade Redbacks 10, Herts Cardinals U14 0
Forest Glade Redbacks Herts Cardinals U14
ab r h bi ab r h bi
H Player 1 p 3 2 2 3 James Roberts 3b-c 3 0 0 0
H Player 2 c 2 1 0 0 Keanu Wood lf-ss 2 0 0 0
H Player 3 1b 2 1 1 1 (b5) Christian Lynch ss 1 0 0 0
H Player 4 2b 3 1 1 3 Oliver Durer ss-rf 3 0 0 0
H Player 5 3b 2 1 1 0 Ben Jones p-c 3 0 1 0
H Player 6 ss 2 1 1 0 Mariana Casal cf 1 0 0 0
H Player 7 lf 0 1 0 1 Ben Jupp 2b 2 0 0 0
H Player 8 cf 3 1 1 1 Adam White 1b 2 0 0 0
H Player 9 rf 2 1 0 0 Theo Longboy rf-lf 0 0 0 0
Aaron Witter p-3b 2 0 1 0
(b4) Josh Jones p 0 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 19 10 7 9 TEAM TOTALS 19 0 2 0

 

E: Oliver Durer. LOB: Herts Cardinals U14 4, Forest Glade Redbacks 7. 2B: H Player 1,
Ben Jones. 3B: H Player 4, H Player 6. SB: H Player 1(2), H Player 4, H Player 2, H
Player 5.

 

Forest Glade Redbacks IP H R ER BB SO
H Player 1 W 6.00 2 0 0 2 9
Herts Cardinals U14
Aaron Witter L 2.67 7 10 10 8 6
Ben Jones 1.00 0 0 0 0 2
Josh Jones 0.33 0 0 0 1 0

 

HBP: by Aaron Witter (H Player 9). . . , by H Player 1 (Theo Longboy). . WP: H Player
1, Aaron Witter(2). T: 2:00. A: 95.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 1st:
James Roberts popped out.
Keanu Wood grounded out.
Oliver Durer struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Forest Glade Redbacks – Bottom of the 1st:
H Player 1 walked, stole 2nd.
H Player 2 struck out swinging.
H Player 3 struck out swinging.
H Player 4 struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 2nd:
Ben Jones grounded out.
Mariana Casal struck out swinging.
Ben Jupp struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Forest Glade Redbacks – Bottom of the 2nd:
H Player 5 singled, tagged out after over running base.
H Player 6 tripled, advanced to home on wild pitch.
H Player 7 walked, batted forward to home.
H Player 8 singled, batted forward to home.
H Player 9 hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
H Player 1 doubled, advanced to 3rd on throw, batted forward to home, 3 RBI.
H Player 2 walked, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 3 singled, 1 RBI.
5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 3rd:
Adam White struck out swinging.
Theo Longboy walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
Aaron Witter popped out.
James Roberts struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Forest Glade Redbacks – Bottom of the 3rd:
H Player 4 reached on error, stole 2nd.
H Player 5 struck out swinging.
H Player 6 struck out swinging.
H Player 7 walked.
H Player 8 flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 4th:
Keanu Wood grounded out.
Oliver Durer struck out swinging.
Ben Jones ground rule doubled.
Mariana Casal walked.
Ben Jupp struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Forest Glade Redbacks – Bottom of the 4th:
H Player 9 struck out swinging.
H Player 1 singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
H Player 3 walked, batted forward to home.
H Player 4 tripled, batted forward to home, 3 RBI.
H Player 5 walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
H Player 6 walked, batted forward to 3rd.
H Player 7 walked, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
H Player 8 grounded out, 1 RBI.
5 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 5th:
Adam White grounded out.
Theo Longboy hit by pitch, batted forward to 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
Aaron Witter singled.
James Roberts struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Forest Glade Redbacks – Bottom of the 5th:
H Player 9 struck out swinging.
H Player 1 flied out.
H Player 2 struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 6th:
Christian Lynch struck out swinging.
Oliver Durer grounded out.
Ben Jones lined out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts Cardinals 0 Forest Glade Redbacks 15 – U14 League

Herts Cardinals U14 at Forest Glade Redbacks
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 R H E
Herts Cardinals U14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Forest Glade Redbacks 5 5 4 1 15 3 0

 

Forest Glade Redbacks 15, Herts Cardinals U14 0
Forest Glade Redbacks Herts Cardinals U14
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Freddie ss 1 2 1 0 James Roberts lf 2 0 0 0
Spike 2b 1 3 0 0 Keanu Wood p-rf 2 0 0 0
Adam p 1 3 0 1 Oliver Durer 2b 2 0 0 0
James c 1 2 0 2 Ben Jones c 2 0 0 0
Matt 1b 1 3 1 1 Mariana Casal ss 0 0 0 0
Padrig lf 1 1 0 0 Ben Jupp cf 1 0 0 0
Will 3b 1 0 0 2 Adam White 1b 1 0 0 0
Joe cf 0 0 0 1 Theo Longboy rf-p 1 0 0 0
(b2) Luke cf-rf 1 1 0 1 Aaron Witter 3b 1 0 0 0
Sean rf 1 0 1 2
TEAM TOTALS 9 15 3 10 TEAM TOTALS 12 0 0 0

 

E: Mariana Casal. LOB: Herts Cardinals U14 1, Forest Glade Redbacks 10. SB: Adam(2),
Freddie, Matt, Padrig.

 

Forest Glade Redbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Adam W 4.00 0 0 0 1 11
Will 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Herts Cardinals U14
Keanu Wood L 1.00 3 14 12 15 1
Theo Longboy 0.67 0 1 1 5 1

 

HBP: by Keanu Wood (Will). . . . WP: Keanu Wood(4), Theo Longboy. T: 2:00. A: 96.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 1st:
James Roberts struck out swinging.
Keanu Wood struck out swinging.
Oliver Durer struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Forest Glade Redbacks – Bottom of the 1st:
Freddie singled, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward
to home.
Spike walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
Adam walked, batted forward to home.
James walked, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Matt singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Padrig struck out swinging.
Will hit by pitch, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
Joe walked, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
Sean singled, 1 RBI.
5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 2nd:
Ben Jones struck out swinging.
Mariana Casal walked.
Ben Jupp struck out swinging.
Adam White struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Forest Glade Redbacks – Bottom of the 2nd:
Freddie walked, forced out at 2nd.
Spike reached on fielder’s choice, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to 3rd,
advanced to home on wild pitch.
Adam reached on error, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, stole
home.
James walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
Matt walked, batted forward to home.
Padrig walked, batted forward to home.
Will walked, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
Luke walked, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
Sean walked, 1 RBI.
5 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 3rd:
Theo Longboy struck out swinging.
Aaron Witter struck out swinging.
James Roberts struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Forest Glade Redbacks – Bottom of the 3rd:
Freddie walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
Spike walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home
on wild pitch.
Adam walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on wild pitch.
James flied out, 1 RBI.
Matt walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, stole home.
Padrig walked, stole 2nd.
Will struck out swinging.
Luke grounded out.
4 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Cardinals U14 – Top of the 4th:
Keanu Wood struck out swinging.
Oliver Durer struck out swinging.
Ben Jones grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Forest Glade Redbacks – Bottom of the 4th:
Luke walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward to
home.
Freddie walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd.
Spike walked, batted forward to 2nd.
Adam walked, 1 RBI.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.