Author: Herts Baseball News Editor

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Gem by Hare gives Ravens first win

The Herts Ravens roster is gradually returning to full strength and they are starting to see the results. They went into Sunday’s clash with the Bristol badgers with a 0-4 record and they needed a win.

AAA League: Bristol Badgers 2 Herts Ravens 4 (click to view box scores)

Returning to the starting lineup were Jake Caress, Jon Lewys, Louis Hare, Matt Johnston and Vassil Botev. Louis Hare started on the mound and controlled the game from the first pitch locating the corners consistently. The Badgers were unable to get any runs on the board in the first 4 innings.

In the bottom of the second inning Ravens player-manager, Carlos Casal, hit a laser down the left field foul line to bring Jon Lewys home and give his team a 1-0 lead. Usually a hit like this is a sure double for Casal and he may even try to take third base, but he had to stop at first as he picked up a knee injury during a relay drill in the pre-game warm-up. He managed to play the whole of this first game, but sat out in the second game. He has been placed on the disabled list awaiting news of a MRI scan next week.

Herts extended the lead with 2 more runs in the bottom of the fourth after a single by Matt Johnston, a walk for Casal and a rare defensive error in a game which saw only 2 errors by Bristol and 1 by Herts.

The Badgers put together a big rally in the top of the fifth with 4 hits but even then the Ravens managed to restrict them to only 2 runs in that inning getting a key out in a close play at home. This was the first out of the inning and perhaps the Bristol third base coach was a little too eager to get on the scoreboard or perhaps they made the decision knowing that Herts pitcher Louis Hare had not allowed any runs in the previous 4 innings and felt that this is a rare opportunity to take a risk and force a run in.

The score was 3-2 and it seemed like the game was going to slip away from the Ravens. Up stepped Louis Hare in the bottom of the fifth with two outs to hit his second double of the day deep into right centerfield. Gilberto Medina followed up with a single to bring Hare home, giving his team a little more breathing space with the score at 4-2, but there was still a lot of work to be done as the surging Badgers had two more innings to try to come back into the game.

Louis Hare continued his outstanding pitching performance and produced two perfect innings retiring 6 consecutive batters to complete the game and secure the first win in the history of the Herts Ravens. The game ended very fittingly with Louis Hare making an amazing diving play against the dugout on the first base side of the field to grab a foul ball. The play has already been nominated for the Play of the Year Award and it would take something very special to beat it. Seth Lipstock did make a claim of his own in that same inning with a leaping catch at first base after a laser line drive, but the votes are likely to sway in Louis Hare’s favour as his catch seemed impossible to make.

AAA League: Bristol Badgers 11 Herts Ravens 2 (click to view box scores)

In game two it was the turn of Bristol’s pitcher Peralta to put on a show. He pitched a complete game allowing only 1 earned run on 3 hits and, similar to Louis Hare, did not allow any walks. Liam Green was back on the mound for Herts after recovering from a shoulder injury. Just seeing him back throwing is very positive news for the Ravens for the remainder of the season although he and the coaching staff would have to be careful until he builds up strength again and returns to 100% fitness. In view of his recovery Coach Carlos Casal made the right decision to use him sparingly and to substitute him after 3 innings of work.

Seth Lipstock came in to pitch for what was his first appearance on the mound, ever. The coaching staff had started discussing the idea of trying Lipstock on the mound earlier in the week as he has one of the strongest arms in the club even including the Herts NBL players. It took him 2 or 3 batters to get comfortable with the strike zone, but after that he did tremendously well pitching the remaining 4 innings against a hard-hitting Bristol team. He even managed to add an offspeed pitch in the later innings to accompany his good fastball. This is another positive news for the Ravens adding an extra player to the pitching staff as the season heats up.

Bristol won game two deservedly with a score of 11-2, but for the Ravens there were many positives to take from this doubleheader with more players like Kyle Lloyd-Jones, Mike Cattermole, Nic Goetz and Rod Naghar expected to make their come back shortly.

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Bristol Badgers 11 Herts Ravens 2 – BBF AAA League

Bristol Badgers at Herts Ravens
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bristol Badgers 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 11 10 2
Herts Ravens 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4

 

Bristol Badgers 11, Herts Ravens 2
Bristol Badgers Herts Ravens
ab r h bi ab r h bi
BALCAZAR L p 4 0 0 0 GREEN Liam p-3b 3 0 0 0
BRAY Matt c 3 2 0 0 LIPSTOCK Seth lf-p 3 0 0 0
HOLLIES Tom 1b 3 3 2 1 MEDINA Gilberto ss-2b 3 0 0 0
AWOFADEJU S 2b 5 2 3 1 HARE Louis ss-3b 3 2 1 0
BOBADILLA J 3b 4 2 3 2 LEWYS Jonathon cf 3 0 1 1
BRAY T ss 4 1 1 1 BOTEV Vassil 2b-lf 3 0 0 0
JIMENEZ J lf 4 1 0 2 DIMITROV Aspi 1b 3 0 0 0
PERALTA M cf 4 0 1 1 BROWN Conner c 3 0 0 0
THOMAS A rf 3 0 0 0 EVEREX-ARMSTRONG Tom rf 2 0 1 0
TEAM TOTALS 34 11 10 8 TEAM TOTALS 26 2 3 1

 

E: BRAY T(2), GREEN Liam(2), MEDINA Gilberto, DIMITROV Aspi. DP: Bristol Badgers 1.
LOB: Herts Ravens 3, Bristol Badgers 11. 2B: BOBADILLA J, LEWYS Jonathon,
EVEREX-ARMSTRONG Tom. SB: HOLLIES Tom(6), BRAY Matt(5), BOBADILLA J(3), AWOFADEJU
S(2), DIMITROV Aspi, HARE Louis.

 

Bristol Badgers IP H R ER BB SO
BALCAZAR L W 7.00 3 2 1 0 10
Herts Ravens
LIPSTOCK Seth 4.00 5 4 3 4 1
GREEN Liam L 3.00 5 7 5 4 0

 

HBP: by GREEN Liam (HOLLIES Tom). . . . . PB: BRAY Matt. T: 2:35. A: 58.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 1st:
BALCAZAR L walked, did not tag, called out.
BRAY Matt flied out.
HOLLIES Tom walked.
AWOFADEJU S grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 1st:
GREEN Liam struck out looking.
LIPSTOCK Seth grounded out.
MEDINA Gilberto grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 2nd:
BOBADILLA J grounded out.
BRAY T singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to home on error.
JIMENEZ J lined out.
PERALTA M reached on error, batted forward to 2nd.
THOMAS A walked.
BALCAZAR L grounded out.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 2nd:
HARE Louis reached on error, batted forward to 3rd, stole home.
LEWYS Jonathon grounded out.
BOTEV Vassil struck out swinging.
DIMITROV Aspi reached on dropped 3rd strike PB, stole 2nd.
BROWN Conner struck out looking.
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 3rd:
BRAY Matt grounded out.
HOLLIES Tom hit by pitch, batted forward to 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
AWOFADEJU S singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
BOBADILLA J doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
BRAY T grounded out, 1 RBI.
JIMENEZ J reached on fielder’s choice, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on
error, 1 RBI.
PERALTA M singled, advanced to 3rd on error.
THOMAS A reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error.
BALCAZAR L grounded out.
4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 3rd:
EVEREX-ARMSTRONG Tom doubled.
GREEN Liam struck out swinging.
LIPSTOCK Seth flied out.
MEDINA Gilberto lined out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 4th:
BRAY Matt walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
HOLLIES Tom singled, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
AWOFADEJU S struck out looking.
BOBADILLA J walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
BRAY T walked, batted forward to 3rd.
JIMENEZ J walked, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
PERALTA M flied out, 1 RBI.
THOMAS A flied out.
3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 4th:
HARE Louis flied out.
LEWYS Jonathon grounded out.
BOTEV Vassil struck out looking.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 5th:
BALCAZAR L flied out.
BRAY Matt walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, tagged out going to home.
HOLLIES Tom singled, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, stole home.
AWOFADEJU S singled.
BOBADILLA J singled, stole 2nd.
BRAY T flied out.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 5th:
DIMITROV Aspi reached on error, forced out at 2nd.
BROWN Conner grounded into double play.
EVEREX-ARMSTRONG Tom grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 6th:
JIMENEZ J reached on error, batted forward to 3rd.
PERALTA M flied out.
THOMAS A grounded out.
BALCAZAR L flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 6th:
GREEN Liam struck out swinging.
LIPSTOCK Seth flied out foul.
MEDINA Gilberto struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 7th:
BRAY Matt reached on error, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
HOLLIES Tom flied out.
AWOFADEJU S singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward to
home, 1 RBI.
BOBADILLA J singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
BRAY T grounded out.
JIMENEZ J grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 7th:
HARE Louis singled, batted forward to home.
LEWYS Jonathon doubled, 1 RBI.
BOTEV Vassil struck out swinging.
DIMITROV Aspi grounded out.
BROWN Conner struck out looking.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Hawks split a hard-fought double header with Guildford Mavericks

Hunter Devine was the hero driving in the tying and winning runs with the pressure of 2 outs and 2 strikes in the last inning

The double header between the Herts Hawks and Guildford Mavericks played on Sunday, 19 May, could have been billed as a replay of last season’s playoff quarter-final that saw the Hawks go through to the National Championships. However, with the expansion of the Herts organisation to five adult teams, it was inevitable that the squad to face the Mavericks would not be the same. Despite missing big guns like Louis Hare, Jon Lewys, Nic Goetz, Rod Naghar and Andrew Fullford, among others, the Hawks came out ready for battle and dead set to make a good showing.

Game 1: Guildford 5 – Herts 6

In the first game, Guildford were able to take an early lead, chipping away and getting a couple of runs in the first 2 innings, Nick Russell gaining more control as the game went on and limited the Mavericks well. The Mavericks pitcher was dominant, and whilst allowing 2 base runners through 4 innings was able to keep Herts to no runs. In the 5th, Herts were able to get 4 runs on the board with Tim Elkins and Ilya Dimitrov coming around before Hunter Devine and Andy Cornish (1RBI) crossed the plate on a 2 RBI hit from John Kjorstad. With the score 5-4 in the bottom of the 7th, with 2 down, Herts brought the house down with a walk off single from Hunter Devine (3RBI’s on the day) between the first and second baseman, scoring Elkins and Dimitrov again. The Herts players went crazy, with celebrations similar to those seen in the playoffs.

Game 2: Guildford 12 – Herts 1

After the elation for the Hawks in the first game, the second game went more to form, with Guildford keeping their tight defence and good pitching that they have become known for. Nick Russell continued on the mound before having to be removed due to the regulation on innings pitched. Herts eventually turned to Andrew Slater, the giant of a man to get outs that had eluded Jose Morillo Jr and Andy Cornish, but by this time it was too late and Guildford had racked up 7 runs in the inning. Herts were able to score a single run in the game. Although disappointing, there was a silver lining in Slater proving once again his ability to throw strikes and get outs, staking a claim for more mound appearances.

After the game, one of Hawk’s co-managers, Andy Cornish, commented: “I think that we should be very happy with the first game. Elkins in particular had very strong at bats, taking pitches, battling off the ones he didn’t want, which set him and the team up for a nail biting finish. The second game was a bit of a let down. I think that after a few experiments on the mound, we found a good pitcher in Andy Slater and he kept the run count down. We are still learning as a team and these games have answered a few questions. I hope that in the next games we continue to develop and can emulate some of the wonders and excitement from today’s first game.” The reaction of the other Hawk’s manager, Greg Bochan, (who had to leave at the start of the second game) to the final outcome was: “Jeez… Well, OK.” This pretty much summed it up.

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Bristol Badgers 2 Herts Ravens 4 – BBF AAA League

Bristol Badgers at Herts Ravens
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bristol Badgers 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 2
Herts Ravens 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 6 1

 

Herts Ravens 4, Bristol Badgers 2
Herts Ravens Bristol Badgers
ab r h bi ab r h bi
GREEN Liam 2b 3 0 0 0 BALCAZAR L 2b 4 1 1 0
LIPSTOCK Seth 1b 3 0 0 0 PERALTA M 1b 4 1 2 0
HARE Louis p 3 1 2 0 BOBADILLA J ss 4 0 0 0
MEDINA Gilberto ss 3 0 1 1 AWOPADEJU S lf 3 0 1 2
JOHNSTON Matt cf 3 1 1 0 THOMAS A cf 3 0 1 0
LEWYS Jonathon lf 2 2 0 0 BRAY Tom 3b 3 0 1 0
CASAL Carlos 3b 2 0 1 1 SCHOUTEN Remmert rf 3 0 1 0
BOTEV Vassil rf 2 0 1 1 BRAY Matt c 3 0 1 0
CARESS Jake c 3 0 0 0 HOLLIES Tom p 2 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 24 4 6 3 TEAM TOTALS 29 2 8 2

 

E: CASAL Carlos, BOBADILLA J(2). DP: Herts Ravens 1. LOB: Herts Ravens 5, Bristol
Badgers 7. 2B: HARE Louis(2). SB: LEWYS Jonathon(2), HARE Louis, BOTEV Vassil,
PERALTA M, BALCAZAR L, THOMAS A. CS: BOTEV Vassil, CARESS Jake.

 

Herts Ravens IP H R ER BB SO
HARE Louis W 7.00 8 2 2 0 4
Bristol Badgers
HOLLIES Tom L 6.00 6 4 1 2 5

 

HBP: by HOLLIES Tom (BOTEV Vassil). , by HARE Louis (HOLLIES Tom). . . . . WP:
HOLLIES Tom(2). PB: CARESS Jake. T: 1:45. A: 58.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 1st:
BALCAZAR L grounded out.
PERALTA M flied out.
BOBADILLA J struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 1st:
GREEN Liam struck out swinging.
LIPSTOCK Seth struck out swinging.
HARE Louis doubled.
MEDINA Gilberto grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 2nd:
AWOPADEJU S flied out.
THOMAS A reached on dropped 3rd strike PB, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd.
BRAY Tom flied out.
SCHOUTEN Remmert struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 2nd:
JOHNSTON Matt flied out.
LEWYS Jonathon reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
CASAL Carlos singled, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
BOTEV Vassil hit by pitch, forced out at 2nd.
CARESS Jake reached on fielder’s choice, caught trying to steal 2nd.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 3rd:
BRAY Matt singled, batted forward to 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
HOLLIES Tom hit by pitch, batted forward to 2nd.
BALCAZAR L hit into double play.
PERALTA M singled.
BOBADILLA J flied out.
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 3rd:
GREEN Liam flied out.
LIPSTOCK Seth struck out swinging.
HARE Louis flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 4th:
AWOPADEJU S flied out foul.
THOMAS A grounded out.
BRAY Tom singled, batted forward to 2nd.
SCHOUTEN Remmert singled.
BRAY Matt lined out.
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 4th:
MEDINA Gilberto struck out.
JOHNSTON Matt singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on error,
batted forward to home.
LEWYS Jonathon reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, stole home.
CASAL Carlos walked, forced out at 2nd.
BOTEV Vassil reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd, 1 RBI.
CARESS Jake flied out.
2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 5th:
HOLLIES Tom reached on error, batted forward to 3rd, tagged out going to home.
BALCAZAR L singled, batted forward to 2nd, stole 3rd (double steal), batted forward
to home.
PERALTA M singled, stole 2nd (double steal), batted forward to home.
BOBADILLA J struck out swinging.
AWOPADEJU S singled, batted forward to 2nd, 2 RBI.
THOMAS A singled.
BRAY Tom grounded out.
2 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 5th:
GREEN Liam popped out.
LIPSTOCK Seth flied out foul.
HARE Louis doubled, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
MEDINA Gilberto singled, 1 RBI.
JOHNSTON Matt grounded out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 6th:
SCHOUTEN Remmert grounded out.
BRAY Matt flied out.
HOLLIES Tom flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 6th:
LEWYS Jonathon walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd.
CASAL Carlos flied out.
BOTEV Vassil singled, caught trying to steal 2nd.
CARESS Jake struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bristol Badgers – Top of the 7th:
BALCAZAR L flied out foul.
PERALTA M flied out.
BOBADILLA J lined out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Herts tied at the top of the U17 league after a win against Horsham

The Herts Harriers knew that they are making good progress over the last few months, but they will feel even more satisfaction now that the improvements are being reflected on the scoreboard and in the league standings.

BBF U17 League: Leicester Blue Sox 0 Herts Harriers 15 (click to view box scores)

They started Saturday’s league action with a win against the Leicester Blue Sox. Brodie Caress pitched a complete game shutout allowing only 2 hits and striking out 8. The team from the Midlands was a little unfortunate to lose their starting pitcher in the early innings with a slight injury, but they recovered well in their second game of the day against Horsham. They are a young team which is making its league debut this season and feature many young players who will have several years in this age group to build a title-challenge.

Herts Harriers Manager, Cris Hiche, felt that the high score in the game versus the Blue Sox does not fully reflect the game “We won the game fairly quickly but that doesn’t mean they’re a bad side. One just needs to see how they turned it around against Horsham. I think for us the key was not to underestimate them and be patient at the plate. All our players did extremely well to follow and stick to our game plan and to be aggressive on the bases.”

BBF U17 League: Herts Harriers 5 Horsham Hornets 2 (click to view box scores)

The last game of the day matched Horsham against Herts. Both teams reached the playoff quarter-finals last season and both will be hoping to go further this year and end the dominance of the London Mets and the Cobham Cougars. The game featured 7 players from the Great Britain U19 and U16 National Teams (Horsham-3, Herts-4) and the GB Senior National Team Head Coach, Sam Dempster, was present, radar-gun in hand, to assess them and the other players from the three teams involved on the day.

GB U16 player, Tom Everex-Armstrong, was the starting pitcher for Herts but before he even stepped on the mound he contributed driving in Callum Vangundy with a single in the top of the first inning. Herts held that 1-0 lead for 2 and 2/3 innings with good pitching and defence. Horsham tied the game with 2 two-out hits by Whitton and Cox in the bottom of the third inning.

Herts regained the lead in the fourth inning on hits from Charlie Mayhew and Tom Jansson-Wright who went 2-for-2 with RBI in this game. Conner Brown came home to extended the lead in the fifth inning. Tom Everex-Armstrong kept going strong on the mound pitching very efficiently retiring Horsham with around 15 pitches per inning. He was substituted after 5 innings allowing only 2 runs and striking out 6. Jose Morillo came in to close the game with a 5-2 lead. He did it in style retiring the batters in order with 2 strikeouts and a groundball out.

“We played a fantastic game against a very difficult Horsham team. Their pitching was really good with their starter throwing 67mph and their reliever 72mph. However, our players showed we aren’t afraid of any pitcher and can manufacture some runs. The game was close but we managed to win it by playing a perfect game in every aspect. I’m very pleased with everybody’s performance and this should give us the confidence to dream big this year.” said Cris Hiche.

With only a few games played so far in the BBF U17 league it is too early to start analysing the standings, but Herts fans will enjoy being tied in first place at the moment.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts Harriers 5 Horsham Hornets 2 – BBF U17 League

Herts Harriers U17 at Horsham Hornets U17
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Herts Harriers U17 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 4 2
Horsham Hornets U17 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 5

 

Herts Harriers U17 5, Horsham Hornets U17 2
Herts Harriers U17 Horsham Hornets U17
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Carlos Casal Jr ss 3 0 0 0 Ratcliff K 2b 2 0 0 0
Callum Vangundy 3b 3 1 0 0 Whitton D 1b-c 3 1 1 0
Conner Brown c 0 1 0 0 Cox J p-1b 2 0 1 1
Tom Everex-Armstrong p-1b 4 0 1 1 Vinnall C c-ss-p 2 0 1 0
Jose Morillo 2b-p 3 1 0 0 Molina S 3b 3 0 0 0
Brodie Caress lf-2b 2 0 0 0 Anderson W ss-p 3 0 0 0
Charlie Mayhew lf-1b 3 1 1 0 Williams S cf 3 0 0 0
Warwick Byrne cf 3 0 0 0 O’Brien H rf 3 0 0 0
Tom Jansson-Wright rf 2 1 2 1 Austin Herwood-Stamp lf 1 0 0 0
(t4) A Cowell lf 0 1 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 23 5 4 2 TEAM TOTALS 22 2 3 1

 

E: Carlos Casal Jr, Warwick Byrne, Ratcliff K(2), Cox J, Vinnall C, Molina S. LOB:
Horsham Hornets U17 6, Herts Harriers U17 9. SB: Jose Morillo(2), Charlie Mayhew, Tom
Jansson-Wright.

 

Herts Harriers U17 IP H R ER BB SO
Tom Everex-Armstrong W 5.00 3 2 2 3 6
Jose Morillo 1.00 0 0 0 0 2
Horsham Hornets U17
Cox J L 4.00 4 3 0 3 6
Vinnall C 1.33 0 2 1 6 3
Anderson W 0.67 0 0 0 0 1

 

HBP: by Tom Everex-Armstrong (Vinnall C). . WP: Tom Everex-Armstrong(2), Vinnall
C(2). T: 1:55. A: 78.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 1st:
Carlos Casal Jr struck out swinging.
Callum Vangundy walked, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
Conner Brown walked, batted forward to 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
Tom Everex-Armstrong singled, 1 RBI.
Jose Morillo struck out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Horsham Hornets U17 – Bottom of the 1st:
Ratcliff K grounded out.
Whitton D grounded out.
Cox J walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error.
Vinnall C singled, advanced to 2nd on error.
Molina S grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 2nd:
Brodie Caress struck out swinging.
Charlie Mayhew bunted foul on 2nd strike.
Warwick Byrne struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Horsham Hornets U17 – Bottom of the 2nd:
Anderson W struck out swinging.
Williams S struck out swinging.
O’Brien H struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 3rd:
Tom Jansson-Wright singled, batted forward to 2nd.
Carlos Casal Jr bunted out.
Callum Vangundy popped out.
Conner Brown walked.
Tom Everex-Armstrong grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Horsham Hornets U17 – Bottom of the 3rd:
Austin Herwood-Stamp struck out swinging.
Ratcliff K grounded out.
Whitton D singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
Cox J singled, 1 RBI.
Vinnall C flied out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 4th:
Jose Morillo reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on
error.
Brodie Caress struck out swinging.
Charlie Mayhew reached first base, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, batted
forward to home.
Warwick Byrne grounded out.
Tom Jansson-Wright singled, advanced to 2nd on error, 1 RBI.
Carlos Casal Jr reached on error.
Callum Vangundy grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 3 errors, 2 LOB.
Horsham Hornets U17 – Bottom of the 4th:
Molina S reached on error, batted forward to 2nd.
Anderson W grounded out.
Williams S struck out swinging.
O’Brien H grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 5th:
Conner Brown walked, advanced to 2nd on error, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Tom Everex-Armstrong struck out swinging.
Jose Morillo walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
Brodie Caress walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
Charlie Mayhew struck out swinging.
Warwick Byrne struck out swinging.
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Horsham Hornets U17 – Bottom of the 5th:
A Cowell walked, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Ratcliff K walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, tagged out
going to home.
Whitton D grounded out.
Cox J reached on fielder’s choice, batted forward to 2nd.
Vinnall C hit by pitch.
Molina S struck out swinging.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 6th:
Tom Jansson-Wright walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on
throw.
Carlos Casal Jr walked, forced out at 2nd.
Callum Vangundy reached on fielder’s choice, batted forward to 2nd.
Conner Brown walked.
Tom Everex-Armstrong struck out swinging.
Jose Morillo grounded out.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Horsham Hornets U17 – Bottom of the 6th:
Anderson W struck out swinging.
Williams S struck out swinging.
O’Brien H grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Leicester Blue Sox 0 Herts Harriers 15 – BBF U17 League

Leicester Blue Sox U17 at Herts Harriers U17
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 R H E
Leicester Blue Sox U17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Herts Harriers U17 5 5 5 0 15 2 0

 

Herts Harriers U17 15, Leicester Blue Sox U17 0
Herts Harriers U17 Leicester Blue Sox U17
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Carlos Casal Jr ss 0 3 0 0 Adam Grogan ss-p 1 0 0 0
Callum Vangundy 3b 2 2 1 1 Max Oxley c 2 0 0 0
Tom Everex-Armstrong 1b 0 2 0 0 Charlie Oxley p-rf 0 0 0 0
Conner Brown c 1 1 0 0 Robbie Spencer 2b 2 0 0 0
Brodie Caress p 0 2 0 1 Joe Blount 3b 2 0 2 0
Charlie Mayhew cf 0 1 0 0 Cameron Hextall lf-cf 2 0 0 0
(b3) Nimrod Wynne cf 0 0 0 0 Joel Upton cf-ss 2 0 0 0
Jose Morillo 2b 1 1 1 2 Archie Mundean rf-lf 1 0 0 0
(b3) Warwick Byrne 2b 0 0 0 0 James M 1b 1 0 0 0
Tom Jansson-Wright lf 0 2 0 0
Drew Mayhew rf 1 1 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 5 15 2 4 TEAM TOTALS 13 0 2 0

 

LOB: Herts Harriers U17 3, Leicester Blue Sox U17 5. 2B: Jose Morillo. SB: Carlos
Casal Jr(3), Callum Vangundy(2), Tom Jansson-Wright(2), Drew Mayhew, Joe Blount(2),
Adam Grogan.

 

Herts Harriers U17 IP H R ER BB SO
Brodie Caress W 4.00 2 0 0 4 8
Leicester Blue Sox U17
Charlie Oxley L 0.33 0 10 4 11 0
Adam Grogan 0.33 2 5 5 4 1

 

WP: Adam Grogan(6), Charlie Oxley(4). PB: Max Oxley(3). T: 1:15. A: 78.
Leicester Blue Sox U17 – Top of the 1st:
Adam Grogan struck out swinging.
Max Oxley struck out swinging.
Charlie Oxley walked.
Robbie Spencer struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 1st:
Carlos Casal Jr walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Callum Vangundy walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward to
home.
Tom Everex-Armstrong walked, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on passed ball.
Conner Brown walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, advanced
to home on wild pitch.
Brodie Caress walked, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, advanced to home on wild pitch,
1 RBI.
Charlie Mayhew walked, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
Jose Morillo walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
5 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Leicester Blue Sox U17 – Top of the 2nd:
Joe Blount singled, stole 2nd, stole 3rd.
Cameron Hextall struck out swinging.
Joel Upton struck out swinging.
Archie Mundean walked.
James M grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 2nd:
Tom Jansson-Wright walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Drew Mayhew walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
Carlos Casal Jr walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on passed
ball.
Callum Vangundy reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd, advanced to home on passed
ball, 1 RBI.
Tom Everex-Armstrong walked, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, batted forward to 3rd,
advanced to home on passed ball.
Conner Brown grounded out.
5 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Leicester Blue Sox U17 – Top of the 3rd:
Adam Grogan walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, tagged out going to home.
Max Oxley struck out swinging.
Charlie Oxley walked, batted forward to 2nd.
Robbie Spencer struck out swinging.
Joe Blount singled.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 3rd:
Brodie Caress walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch,
batted forward to home.
Charlie Mayhew walked, batted forward to home.
Jose Morillo doubled, advanced to home on wild pitch, 2 RBI.
Tom Jansson-Wright walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on wild
pitch, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Drew Mayhew struck out swinging.
Carlos Casal Jr walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd,
advanced to home on wild pitch.
Callum Vangundy singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
5 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Leicester Blue Sox U17 – Top of the 4th:
Cameron Hextall flied out.
Joel Upton grounded out.
Archie Mundean struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Players have started signing up for the teams to represent Herts in the Little League World Series

The Little League World Series has been attracting millions of ESPN viewers over the years. Some of the games draw larger audiences than Major League Baseball games which are being played at the same time. The equivalent example for British sports fans would be if the FA Youth Cup attracted more TV viewers than the Premier League game televised on Sky Sports at the same time.

Every August the best little league teams from across the globe travel to Williamsport Pennsylvania to determine the champions in the different age groups. But before this there are a series of qualification games being played at regional level, moving up to national and then continental qualifying rounds, similar to the qualification process for the football World Cup.

 

Over the last few years only one team from Great Britain has been entering the Little League Europe and Africa qualifying games. This year it looks like more British baseball clubs will be entering the competition and Herts Baseball Club is one of these organisations which plans to apply for entry.

The fact that more than one British team plans to enter implies that the British representatives in the Europe and Africa qualifying rounds will be decided in an elimination tournament later this year.

In order to comply with the eligibility requirements, Herts baseball Club is beginning the process of registering players for this competition. The club is inviting anyone in the following age groups to contact the club with a view to being added to the rosters.

• Little League “Major” Division for players aged 9, 10, 11 and 12 on 1 May 2013

• Junior League Division for players aged 12, 13 and 14 on 1 May 2013

Those who are outside of these age groups can still contact the club in order to sign up for the regular season with the Herts teams in the appropriate age group.

Herts Baseball Club is able to welcome players regardless of previous experience. Even those who have never played the game before can sign up. The coaching staff will assess all candidates and determine the final rosters. To register or to find out more about this opportunity contact Herts Baseball Club.

by Herts Baseball News Editor

GB team manager Sam Dempster to work with Herts coaches and players this summer

It has been confirmed that this summer Great Britain Senior Team Manager, Sam Dempster, will be involved in several sessions with the Herts youth and adult baseball programmes.

Over the years Sam Dempster has always taken time to visit Herts and work with the players and coaches. The club has benefited enormously from this. With support from BaseballSoftballUK and the Great Britain National Team programme this effort will continue this year.

Sam Dempster is expected to make his first visit to Grovehill Ballpark this Saturday, 11 May, when the Herts U17, U14 and U11 teams have training sessions and games. In previous years he has worked closely with the players running practice sessions and clinics. This summer the focus is expected to turn more on work with coaches and their development. This is likely to bring much longer-lasting benefits as coaches are able to pass on that added value to the players for many months and years to come.

Herts Club President, Aspi Dimitrov, said: “Everyone at our club knows coach Dempster. The young kids who he has worked with since 2008 have grown into big and strong athletes and he has played a big role in their development and the success of our club”.

Apart from his role as GB team manager, Sam Dempster, acts as an envoy for Major League Baseball around the world, and is also a member of the coaching staff at the Milwaukee Brewers.

It is not too late for boys and girls aged 6 to 16 to join and take part in these sessions and enjoy the summer of baseball coming up. New payers are joining the club every week throughout the year. For more details about joining the Herts teams contact us.

“With the football season ending we are receiving increasing number of enquiries from football players of all ages interested to play baseball during the summer. The chance to train with GB Team Manager, Sam Dempster, is the baseball equivalent of training with England football manager, Roy Hodgson, and our members realize that they are very fortunate to have this opportunity” said Dimitrov.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box Scores: Herts Harriers 9 London Mets 9 – U17 exhibition game

Herts Harriers U17 at London Mets U17
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Herts Harriers U17 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 9 6 7
London Mets U17 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 9 10 3

 

Herts Harriers U17 9, London Mets U17 9
Herts Harriers U17 London Mets U17
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Tom Jansson-Wright cf-ss-p-lf 3 2 0 0 H Player 1 p 2 0 0 0
Callum Vangundy ss-lf 4 1 2 2 (t4) H Sub 16 p 2 2 1 0
Conner Brown c 2 1 1 0 H Player 2 c 3 1 1 1
(t4) Drew Mayhew pr-cf-1b 2 0 0 0 H Player 3 1b 4 0 2 2
Jonny Compton-Weight 1b 2 1 1 1 H Player 4 2b 4 0 1 2
(t4) Jose Morillo pr-lf-p-3b 0 1 0 0 H Player 5 3b 4 0 0 0
Charlie Mayhew lf-p-1b 3 0 1 2 H Player 6 ss 3 2 2 0
Brodie Caress p-c 4 2 0 0 H Player 7 lf 4 1 1 1
Alex Guthrie 2b 3 0 0 0 H Player 8 cf 4 1 1 1
(t5) Ben Jones 2b 0 0 0 0 H Player 9 rf 3 2 1 0
Warwick Byrne cf-3b-p 4 0 1 1
Nimrod Wynne rf 3 1 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 30 9 6 6 TEAM TOTALS 33 9 10 7

 

E: Alex Guthrie(2), Callum Vangundy, Brodie Caress, Warwick Byrne, Drew Mayhew, Jose
Morillo, H Player 1, H Player 6, H Sub 16. LOB: London Mets U17 8, Herts Harriers U17
9. 2B: Callum Vangundy, H Player 6, H Player 4, H Player 8. SB: Brodie Caress(3),
Callum Vangundy, Warwick Byrne, Jose Morillo, Tom Jansson-Wright, Charlie Mayhew, H
Player 6(2), H Player 2(2), H Sub 16(2), H Player 9(2), H Player 7.

 

Herts Harriers U17 IP H R ER BB SO
Brodie Caress 3.00 3 1 1 0 2
Tom Jansson-Wright 1.00 0 1 0 0 2
Jose Morillo 1.00 1 1 1 1 2
Warwick Byrne 1.00 3 3 3 2 1
Charlie Mayhew 1.00 3 3 2 1 1
London Mets U17
H Player 1 3.67 5 7 7 7 6
H Sub 16 3.33 1 2 0 2 6

 

HBP: by Tom Jansson-Wright (H Player 6). . . . WP: H Sub 16(4), H Player 1(2). T:
2:55. A: 87.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 1st:
Tom Jansson-Wright walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward
to home.
Callum Vangundy struck out swinging.
Conner Brown walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd, advanced
to home on wild pitch.
Jonny Compton-Weight singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to 3rd on wild
pitch, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Charlie Mayhew grounded out, 1 RBI.
Brodie Caress reached on error, stole 2nd.
Alex Guthrie struck out swinging.
3 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Bottom of the 1st:
H Player 1 flied out.
H Player 2 flied out.
H Player 3 flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 2nd:
Warwick Byrne grounded out.
Nimrod Wynne walked, batted forward to home.
Tom Jansson-Wright walked, batted forward to home.
Callum Vangundy doubled, batted forward to 3rd, 2 RBI.
Conner Brown grounded out.
Jonny Compton-Weight struck out swinging.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Bottom of the 2nd:
H Player 4 struck out swinging.
H Player 5 flied out.
H Player 6 singled, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to 3rd.
H Player 7 reached on error, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 8 reached on fielder’s choice.
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 3rd:
Charlie Mayhew singled, stole 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
Brodie Caress reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
Alex Guthrie struck out swinging.
Warwick Byrne singled, stole 2nd, 1 RBI.
Nimrod Wynne struck out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Bottom of the 3rd:
H Player 9 singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
H Player 1 struck out swinging.
H Player 2 singled, stole 2nd, 1 RBI.
H Player 3 flied out foul.
H Player 4 grounded out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 4th:
Tom Jansson-Wright flied out.
Callum Vangundy walked, batted forward to home.
Conner Brown singled, Drew Mayhew ran for batter, batted forward to 3rd.
Jonny Compton-Weight walked, Jose Morillo ran for batter, batted forward to 2nd.
Charlie Mayhew walked, 1 RBI.
Brodie Caress struck out swinging.
Alex Guthrie struck out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Bottom of the 4th:
H Player 5 struck out swinging.
H Player 6 hit by pitch, stole 2nd, advanced to home on error.
H Player 7 reached on error, stole 2nd.
H Player 8 struck out swinging.
H Player 9 grounded out.
1 run, 0 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 5th:
Warwick Byrne struck out swinging.
Nimrod Wynne struck out swinging.
Tom Jansson-Wright reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
Callum Vangundy flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Bottom of the 5th:
H Sub 16 walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 struck out swinging.
H Player 3 singled, advanced to 3rd on error, 1 RBI.
H Player 4 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error.
H Player 5 struck out swinging.
H Player 6 grounded out.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 6th:
Drew Mayhew struck out swinging.
Jose Morillo walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, advanced to home on wild
pitch.
Charlie Mayhew flied out.
Brodie Caress reached on error, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to
home on wild pitch.
Ben Jones walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
Warwick Byrne struck out swinging.
2 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Bottom of the 6th:
H Player 7 struck out swinging.
H Player 8 popped out.
H Player 9 walked, batted forward to home.
H Sub 16 singled, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 walked, batted forward to home.
H Player 3 singled, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
H Player 4 doubled, 2 RBI.
H Player 5 grounded out.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Top of the 7th:
Nimrod Wynne grounded out.
Tom Jansson-Wright struck out swinging.
Callum Vangundy singled, stole 2nd.
Drew Mayhew grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Bottom of the 7th:
H Player 6 doubled, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
H Player 7 singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
H Player 8 doubled, advanced to home on error, 1 RBI.
H Player 9 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error, stole 3rd, tagged out going to
home.
H Sub 16 struck out swinging.
H Player 2 walked, advanced to 2nd on error, stole 3rd, tagged out going to home.
3 runs, 3 hits, 3 errors, 0 LOB.