Author: Herts Baseball News Editor

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Herts U17 and U14 teams face daunting playoff task. Do-or-die for Giants in the U11 Championship Series

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The British Baseball Federation (BBF) has confirmed the schedule for this Saturday’s Under-17 and Under-14 Playoffs which will be hosted by Herts Baseball Club along with the Under-11 Herts Championship Final between the Herts Dodgers and the Herts Giants.
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U17 PLAYOFFS
The Herts U17 team will face the Forest Glade Redbacks in an elimination game at 10am. The two teams met 12 months ago with exactly the same scenario and the Redbacks won it in extra innings. The winner of this first game will face the number one seed, London Mets. The winner of that game will qualify for the National Baseball Championships (NBC) which will be held in Cartmel Valley on 15 and 16 September. The second team to progress through to the NBC will be the winner of the game between the Horsham Hornets and the Cobham Cougars.
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U17 Schedule
DATE TIME VENUE LEAGUE VISITING TEAM HOME TEAM FORMAT
08-Sep 10:00 New Diamond BBF (U17) Playoffs Forest Glade RedBacks Herts All Stars (U17) 6 innings
08-Sep 12:30 New Diamond BBF (U17) Playoffs Forest Glade/Herts London Mets (U17) 6 innings
08-Sep 14:30 New Diamond BBF (U17) Playoffs Horsham Hornets Cobham Cougars 6 innings
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U14 PLAYOFFS
The Herts U14 team faces exactly the same predicament as the Herts U17 team. They will first need to win against the Forest Glade Redbacks. If they do this they will have the daunting prospect of facing the London Mets who are the favourites to win the title. Last year’s winners, LYBL, will come up against London Sports and the winner of that duel will also progress through to the NBC in the Lake District a week later.
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U14 Schedule
DATE TIME VENUE LEAGUE VISITING TEAM HOME TEAM FORMAT
08-Sep 10:00 Old Diamond BBF (U14) Playoffs London Sports LYBL 6 innings
08-Sep 12:30 Old Diamond BBF (U14) Playoffs Herts All Stars (U14) Forest Glade RedBacks 6 innings
08-Sep 14:30 Old Diamond BBF (U14) Playoffs Forest Glade/Herts London Mets (U14) 6 innings
U11 HERTS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Herts Dodgers go into the final games of their Herts U11 Championship with the Herts Dodgers with a clear advantage as they lead 3-1 in the series. If the Giants are to retain the title, they know that they will need to win both games on Saturday in order to tie the series at 3-3 and force a deciding Game 7.
U11 schedule
DATE TIME VENUE LEAGUE VISITING TEAM HOME TEAM FORMAT
08-Sep 10:30 Old Diamond U11 Series Herts Giants Herts Dodgers 4 innings
08-Sep 12:00 Old Diamond U11 Series Herts Dodgers Herts Giants 4 innings
08-Sep 13:30 Old Diamond U11 Series Herts Giants Herts Dodgers 3 innings
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VENUE AND EVENT DETAILS
The event will be hosted by Herts Baseball Club at their ballpark in Hemel Hempstead (click for venue details). Admission is free and fans and families can enjoy the baseball action along with traditional baseball snacks which will be on offer including hot dogs, chilli dogs, Krispy Kreme donuts, Big League Chew and other snacks and drinks.
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Players and their families will also be able to purchase instant framed photos from the day’s games as DE Photo have been appointed as the photographers for this event.
Baseball gloves, bats, bags, and other merchandise including baseball memorabilia will also be on offer at the retail outlets around the ballpark.
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Note: As mentioned above Herts Baseball Club is pleased to announce that DE Photo have been appointed as the Professional Sports and Event Photographers for this event. This event, by its very nature, is in the public arena and when entering for the event the participant and their parents acknowledges this fact, which may result in the recording and publication of his/her image. All DE Photo photographers and staff have been CRB checked and the company operates a strict Child Protection Policy and Code of Ethics which can be viewed on their website at http://www.dephoto.biz/cpp
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts All Stars 0 London mets 17 Friendly U14

Herts All Stars U14 at London Mets U14
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Herts All Stars U14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
London Mets U14 5 2 5 2 3 0 17 8 1

 

London Mets U14 17, Herts All Stars U14 0
London Mets U14 Herts All Stars U14
ab r h bi ab r h bi
H Player 1 p 2 4 0 1 Drew Mayhew 1b 3 0 1 0
H Player 2 c 5 2 1 0 Tom Jansson-Wright ss-p-c 2 0 0 0
H Player 3 1b 4 2 3 4 Callum Vangundy p-c 2 0 0 0
H Player 4 2b 2 2 2 1 Alex Guthrie cf-xh2-3b 2 0 0 0
H Player 5 3b 1 0 0 2 Ben Jones xh3-c-3b 2 0 0 0
H Player 6 ss 3 1 0 1 Alec Broadbent 3b-ss 2 0 0 0
H Player 7 lf 3 1 1 1 Adam White lf-cf 2 0 0 0
H Player 8 cf 2 3 1 1 Tom Adams 2b 2 0 0 0
H Player 9 rf 1 2 0 0 Blake Edwards xh1-lf 1 0 0 0
Adam Jansson rf 2 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 23 17 8 11 TEAM TOTALS 20 0 1 0

 

E: H Player 3, Tom Adams(2), Tom Jansson-Wright, Ben Jones. LOB: Herts All Stars U14
3, London Mets U14 12. 2B: H Player 3, H Player 2, H Player 7, H Player 8. SB: H
Player 8, H Player 1, H Player 9.

 

London Mets U14 IP H R ER BB SO
H Player 1 W 6.00 1 0 0 1 14
Herts All Stars U14
Tom Jansson-Wright 2.67 3 7 4 12 3
Callum Vangundy L 1.67 5 10 5 7 2

 

WP: H Player 1, Callum Vangundy(2), Tom Jansson-Wright. PB: H Player 2(2), Ben
Jones(3), Callum Vangundy. T: 2:00. A: 50.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 1st:
Drew Mayhew singled, advanced to 2nd on passed ball.
Tom Jansson-Wright struck out swinging.
Callum Vangundy flied out.
Alex Guthrie struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets U14 – Bottom of the 1st:
H Player 1 walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
H Player 3 singled, advanced to 3rd on error, advanced to home on throw, 2 RBI.
H Player 4 walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to
home on wild pitch.
H Player 5 grounded out.
H Player 6 walked, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to
home on passed ball.
H Player 7 grounded out.
5 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 2nd:
Ben Jones struck out swinging.
Alec Broadbent struck out swinging.
Adam White struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
London Mets U14 – Bottom of the 2nd:
H Player 8 struck out swinging.
H Player 9 walked, stole 2nd, picked off.
H Player 1 reached on error, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 doubled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on throw.
H Player 3 intentionally walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on throw.
H Player 4 singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, 1 RBI.
H Player 5 walked.
H Player 6 struck out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 3rd:
Tom Adams struck out swinging.
Blake Edwards struck out swinging.
Adam Jansson reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
Drew Mayhew struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
London Mets U14 – Bottom of the 3rd:
H Player 7 ground rule doubled, batted forward to home.
H Player 8 ground rule doubled, advanced to 3rd on throw, batted forward to home, 1
RBI.
H Player 9 walked, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
H Player 1 grounded out, 1 RBI.
H Player 2 lined out.
H Player 3 ground rule doubled, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted forward to
home.
H Player 4 walked, advanced to 2nd on defensive indifference, batted forward to home.
H Player 5 walked, batted forward to 3rd.
H Player 6 walked, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
H Player 7 walked, 1 RBI.
5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 4th:
Tom Jansson-Wright struck out swinging.
Callum Vangundy flied out.
Alex Guthrie grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
London Mets U14 – Bottom of the 4th:
H Player 8 walked, batted forward to 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on error.
H Player 9 bunted out.
H Player 1 walked, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 reached on error, batted forward to 3rd.
H Player 3 grounded out.
H Player 4 walked, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 5 walked, 1 RBI.
H Player 6 struck out swinging.
2 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 5th:
Ben Jones grounded out.
Alec Broadbent struck out swinging.
Adam White struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
London Mets U14 – Bottom of the 5th:
H Player 7 struck out swinging.
H Player 8 walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
H Player 9 walked, batted forward to home.
H Player 1 walked, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 struck out swinging.
H Player 3 singled, batted forward to 3rd, 2 RBI.
H Player 4 singled, batted forward to 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
H Player 5 walked, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
H Player 6 reached on fielder’s choice.
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 6th:
Tom Adams struck out swinging.
Blake Edwards walked, advanced to 2nd on passed ball.
Adam Jansson struck out swinging.
Drew Mayhew struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts All Stars 1 London mets 13 Friendly U14

Herts All Stars U14 at London Mets U14
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Herts All Stars U14 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7
London Mets U14 3 3 4 3 0 13 8 2

 

London Mets U14 13, Herts All Stars U14 1
London Mets U14 Herts All Stars U14
ab r h bi ab r h bi
H Player 1 p 4 4 2 1 Drew Mayhew 1b 3 0 0 0
H Player 2 c 3 1 1 1 Tom Jansson-Wright c 3 0 1 1
H Player 3 1b 3 3 2 2 Callum Vangundy b 0 0 0 0
H Player 4 2b 3 2 0 1 Alex Guthrie 3b 2 0 0 0
H Player 5 3b 2 1 0 0 Ben Jones p-ss 3 0 0 0
H Player 6 ss 3 1 1 1 Alec Broadbent p-ss 2 0 1 0
H Player 7 lf 2 0 2 1 Adam White 2b 0 0 0 0
H Player 8 cf 1 0 0 0 Tom Adams cf 2 0 0 0
H Player 9 rf 2 1 0 0 Blake Edwards lf 2 0 0 0
Adam Jansson rf 1 1 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 23 13 8 7 TEAM TOTALS 18 1 2 1

 

E: H Player 3, H Player 6, Adam White(2), Tom Jansson-Wright, Alex Guthrie, Ben
Jones, Alec Broadbent, Adam Jansson. LOB: Herts All Stars U14 6, London Mets U14 7.
2B: H Player 3, H Player 1, H Player 7. HR: H Player 3. SB: H Player 4. CS: H Player
5.

 

London Mets U14 IP H R ER BB SO
H Player 1 W 5.00 2 1 0 3 5
Herts All Stars U14
Ben Jones L 2.67 5 10 1 9 1
Alec Broadbent 1.33 3 3 2 1 2

 

HBP: by H Player 1 (Alex Guthrie). WP: H Player 1, Ben Jones(6), Alec Broadbent. PB:
H Player 2, Tom Jansson-Wright. T: 1:30. A: 50.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 1st:
Drew Mayhew reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd.
Tom Jansson-Wright flied out.
Alex Guthrie grounded out.
Ben Jones grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
London Mets U14 – Bottom of the 1st:
H Player 1 singled, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to
home on error.
H Player 2 walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on error, batted
forward to home.
H Player 3 grounded out, 1 RBI.
H Player 4 walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on
throw.
H Player 5 walked, caught trying to steal 2nd.
H Player 6 singled, batted forward to 3rd.
H Player 7 singled, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 8 walked.
H Player 9 struck out swinging.
3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 2nd:
Alec Broadbent singled, batted forward to 3rd, tagged out going to home.
Adam White walked, forced out at 2nd.
Tom Adams struck out swinging.
Blake Edwards reached on fielder’s choice.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets U14 – Bottom of the 2nd:
H Player 1 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd,
advanced to home on throw.
H Player 2 singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, forced out at 3rd.
H Player 3 walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to
home.
H Player 4 reached on fielder’s choice, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to
3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
H Player 5 reached on error, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
H Player 6 flied out, 1 RBI.
H Player 7 walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, forced out at 3rd.
H Player 8 walked, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 9 reached on fielder’s choice.
3 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 3rd:
Adam Jansson struck out swinging.
Drew Mayhew struck out swinging.
Tom Jansson-Wright struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
London Mets U14 – Bottom of the 3rd:
H Player 1 reached on error, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 popped out.
H Player 3 ground rule doubled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error.
H Player 4 grounded out, 1 RBI.
H Player 5 walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to home on error.
H Player 6 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
H Player 7 doubled, 1 RBI.
H Player 8 struck out swinging.
4 runs, 2 hits, 3 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 4th:
Alex Guthrie grounded out.
Ben Jones grounded out.
Alec Broadbent reached on error, batted forward to 2nd.
Adam White walked.
Tom Adams grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
London Mets U14 – Bottom of the 4th:
H Player 9 walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
H Player 1 ground rule doubled, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to home, 1
RBI.
H Player 2 grounded out, 1 RBI.
H Player 3 hit solo home run, 1 RBI.
H Player 4 grounded out.
H Player 5 struck out swinging.
3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Herts All Stars U14 – Top of the 5th:
Blake Edwards struck out swinging.
Adam Jansson walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted
forward to home.
Drew Mayhew grounded out.
Tom Jansson-Wright singled, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
Alex Guthrie hit by pitch, forced out at 2nd.
Ben Jones reached on fielder’s choice.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

2012 Youth Baseball Playoffs coming to Herts on 8 September

Last weekend British Baseball fans enjoyed the climax of the 2012 season as the national champions in all four senior leagues were crowned.

Now it is the turn of Britain’s youth teams to compete for the national title. The action begins with the playoffs for both the Under-17 and Under-14 leagues. The British Baseball Federation announced that this event will be held on Saturday, 8 September 2012.

It will be hosted by Herts Baseball Club at their ballpark in Hemel Hempstead (click for venue details). Admission is free and fans and families can enjoy the baseball action along with traditional baseball snacks which will be on offer including hot dogs, Krispy Kreme donuts, Big League Chew and other snacks and drinks.

Players and their families will also be able to purchase instant framed photos from the day’s games as DE Photo have been appointed as the photographers for this event.

Baseball gloves, bats, bags, and other merchandise including baseball memorabilia will also be on offer at the retail outlets around the ballpark.

The U17 and U14 playoffs will each feature 5 teams. All of them have been seeded based on their regular season league record.

U17 Seedings

1. London Mets Pony

2. Cobham Cougars

3. Horsham Hornets

4. Herts All Stars

5. Forest Glade Redbacks

 

U14 Seedings

1. London Mets Bronco

2. London Youth Baseball League

3. LondonSports

4. Forest Glade Redbacks

5. Herts All Stars

Confirmation of the playoff format and games schedule will be released shortly by the BBF and we will keep you updated. The two best teams in each of the two leagues will progress through to the National Youth Baseball Championships which will be played in Cartmel Valley on 15 and 16 September.

HERTS U11 SERIES

The event will also include the Final of the Under-11 Series between the Herts Dodgers and the Herts Giants. The Dodgers have the upper hand at the moment leading the series 3-1.

Note: As mentioned above Herts Baseball Club is pleased to announce that DE Photo have been appointed as the Professional Sports and Event Photographers for this event. This event, by its very nature, is in the public arena and when entering for the event the participant and their parents acknowledges this fact, which may result in the recording and publication of his/her image. All DE Photo photographers and staff have been CRB checked and the company operates a strict Child Protection Policy and Code of Ethics which can be viewed on their website at http://www.dephoto.biz/cpp
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Harlow win Game 6 against Herts to clinch back-to-back NBL titles

The article was written by Oliver Mintz-Lowe and first appeared on britishbaseball.org

The Harlow Nationals sealed back-to-back NBL titles in only their second year in existence as they secured consecutive National Baseball Championship wins with a 6-3 victory over the Herts Falcons.

Two years in existence, two NBL National Baseball Championship titles – that’s the impressive resume of 2012 champions Harlow Nationals.

After winning it all last season in stunning fashion, the Nationals arguably achieved an even more impressive feat over the weekend by backing up their 2011 success with another championship, beating a strong Herts Falcons team in the final.

Harlow were always favourites after finishing in first place during the regular season, and played progressively better each time they took to the field. Their final win, in an entertaining high standard game, was an excellent advert for British baseball.

The eventual difference maker proved to be a pair of home runs from Jarrod Pretorius (2-3) and Maikel Azcuy (2-3) – two powerful hitters at the heart of Harlow’s line-up. Pitcher Robbie Almanzar, making his second start of the weekend, pitched a solid complete game to seal the win.

Number two seeds Herts Falcons undoubtedly played their part in the final, and certainly looked capable of winning to force a decider. British baseball stalwart Ryan Bird pitched better than his numbers suggested, and continued his excellent form with that bat, while explosive leadoff man Robbie Unsell was once again impressive at the top of the order.

Under the double elimination format the Nationals, coming into the contest with a 2-0 record, would only need to win one of two games. As the Falcons had one defeat to their name they would need to pick up two straight wins.

And while both teams got off to a confident start, it was Harlow that moved a step closer to the title thanks to Jarrod Pretorius’ first inning home run- his second of the weekend.

Herts did score first, however, when, not for the first time this weekend, Robbie Unsell and Ryan Bird (1-2, 2 RBI) combined to put a run on the board. After Unsell got aboard with a line drive single, the leadoff man stole second and advanced to third on a fly ball. Bird got the job done, knocking in the run on a groundout to put the Falcons in front.

But the lead was quickly reversed thanks to Pretorius’ three run shot. Leading off the inning, Robbie Almanzar hustled down the line to beat the throw and reach base on an error. George Lintern then laid down a perfect bunt to reach first, before Pretorious jumped on a 1-0 pitch to put the favourites into pole position.

And Pretorius backed up his fine batting with some excellent fielding in the very next inning, making an excellent diving stop at second base to assist with a double play, erasing Kevin Niedringhaus (2-3) after a leadoff single.

In the next couple of innings, the pitching remained tight, with both teams exchanging a run each. Herts pulled one back when Chris Hiche reached safely with a two out single, and ended up scoring on an error when right fielder George Lintern misplayed a fly ball. Brendan Cunliffe restored Herts two-run cushion when he drove in Azcuy in the very next inning.

The contest was tense, and there was nothing between the two top teams in the country. The Falcons once again made it a one run game when Chris Hiche and Ryan Bird hit back-to-back two-out doubles.

Bird was also turning in a strong performance on the mound to go with his two RBIs. But after striking out Edwin Alcantara for his eighth K of the contest, he ran into trouble in unfortunate circumstances. After Pretorious picked up a two-out scratch hit to barely keep the inning alive, Maikel Azcuy crushed the first pitch of his at bat over the left field wall and out of the yard for a two-run homerun.

This resulted in Jordan Farkas entering the game in relief, and he managed to throw 1.1 scoreless innings to keep Herts in with a sniff going into the 7th.

And the final inning certainly proved to be a tense one for Herts. Pinch-hitter Andy Cornish got aboard with a leadoff single followed by a five-pitch walk to Robbie Unsell, putting runners on first and second, with nobody out and the tying run at the plate. But Nationals pitcher Roberto Almanzar held his nerve, keeping his pitches down in the zone to induce a Chris Hiche ground ball. Azcuy tagged the lead runner, and calmly fired to Cunliffe who duly completed the crucial double play.

With two outs, Ryan Bird drew a walk to once again bring the tying run to the plate, and prolong the Nationals agony. But when right fielder Dan Parker nestled under a high fly ball from Darrin Ward, last year’s champions knew the National Baseball League trophy was staying in Harlow for another 12 months, and the celebrations could begin.

Click to view box scores and play-by-play

Harlow manager Marty Cullen said: “It’s a great reward for all the effort and hard work the guys have put in over the season.

“Today I thought we played much better defence, which has been our strength all year. We got a lead, and played really solid baseball to stay in front. That’s how we like to play and we managed to execute when it mattered.”

“It got a little tense at the end when they had two guys on with Ryan Bird on deck, but Robbie pitched great, stayed calm and we got the big double play.”

 

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box Scores: Herts Falcons 3 Harlow National 6 NBL NBC Game 6

Herts Falcons at Harlow Nationals
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Herts Falcons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 8 3
Harlow Nationals 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 8 1

 

Harlow Nationals 6, Herts Falcons 3
Harlow Nationals Herts Falcons
ab r h bi ab r h bi
ALMANZAR Robbie p 4 1 0 0 UNSELL Robbie 2b 3 1 1 0
LINTERN George rf 4 1 1 0 HICHE Cristobal cf 4 2 2 0
ALCANTARA Edwin cf 3 0 0 0 BIRD Ryan p-1b 2 0 1 2
PRETORIUS Jarrod 2b 3 2 2 3 WARD Darrin 3b 4 0 1 0
AZCUY Maikel 3b 2 2 1 2 TRETHEWAY David rf 2 0 0 0
PARKER Dan lf 3 0 1 0 (t6) SAIONJI Kimiyoshi rf 1 0 0 0
LINTERN Will c 3 0 0 0 NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin c 3 0 2 0
CUNLIFFE Brendan 1b 3 0 2 1 CLARK Phil lf 3 0 0 0
GONCALVES Luis ss 3 0 1 0 FARKAS Jordan 1b-p 3 0 0 0
HARE Louis ss 2 0 0 0
(b6) CORNISH Andy ss 1 0 1 0
TEAM TOTALS 28 6 8 6 TEAM TOTALS 28 3 8 2

 

E: LINTERN George, UNSELL Robbie, BIRD Ryan, HARE Louis. DP: Harlow Nationals 2. LOB:
Harlow Nationals 5, Herts Falcons 7. 2B: GONCALVES Luis, BIRD Ryan, WARD Darrin,
HICHE Cristobal. HR: PRETORIUS Jarrod, AZCUY Maikel. SB: GONCALVES Luis, HICHE
Cristobal, UNSELL Robbie.

 

Harlow Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
ALMANZAR Robbie W 7.00 8 3 2 3 1
Herts Falcons
BIRD Ryan L 4.67 6 6 3 1 8
FARKAS Jordan 1.33 2 0 0 0 1

 

WP: BIRD Ryan(4), FARKAS Jordan. PB: NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin(2). T: 2:30. A: 150.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 1st:
UNSELL Robbie singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
HICHE Cristobal flied out.
BIRD Ryan grounded out, 1 RBI.
WARD Darrin doubled.
TRETHEWAY David flied out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harlow Nationals – Bottom of the 1st:
ALMANZAR Robbie reached on error, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild
pitch, batted forward to home.
LINTERN George reached first base, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to
home.
ALCANTARA Edwin struck out.
PRETORIUS Jarrod hit 3-run home run, 3 RBI.
AZCUY Maikel flied out.
PARKER Dan struck out swinging.
3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 2nd:
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin singled, forced out at 2nd.
CLARK Phil hit into double play.
FARKAS Jordan grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harlow Nationals – Bottom of the 2nd:
LINTERN Will popped out.
CUNLIFFE Brendan singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on wild
pitch.
GONCALVES Luis struck out swinging.
ALMANZAR Robbie struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 3rd:
HARE Louis struck out swinging.
UNSELL Robbie flied out.
HICHE Cristobal singled, stole 2nd, advanced to home on error.
BIRD Ryan walked, advanced to 3rd on error.
WARD Darrin reached on error.
TRETHEWAY David popped out.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Harlow Nationals – Bottom of the 3rd:
LINTERN George flied out.
ALCANTARA Edwin struck out swinging.
PRETORIUS Jarrod grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 4th:
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin flied out.
CLARK Phil grounded out.
FARKAS Jordan grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Harlow Nationals – Bottom of the 4th:
AZCUY Maikel walked, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
PARKER Dan grounded out.
LINTERN Will grounded out.
CUNLIFFE Brendan singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
GONCALVES Luis reached on dropped 3rd strike PB, stole 2nd.
ALMANZAR Robbie struck out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 5th:
HARE Louis flied out.
UNSELL Robbie grounded out.
HICHE Cristobal doubled, batted forward to home.
BIRD Ryan doubled, 1 RBI.
WARD Darrin grounded out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harlow Nationals – Bottom of the 5th:
LINTERN George flied out.
ALCANTARA Edwin struck out swinging.
PRETORIUS Jarrod singled, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
AZCUY Maikel hit 2-run home run, 2 RBI.
PARKER Dan singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
LINTERN Will flied out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 6th:
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi lined out.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin singled.
CLARK Phil flied out.
FARKAS Jordan flied out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harlow Nationals – Bottom of the 6th:
CUNLIFFE Brendan flied out.
GONCALVES Luis doubled, batted forward to 3rd, tagged out going to home.
ALMANZAR Robbie reached on dropped 3rd strike PB, advanced to 2nd on defensive
indifference.
LINTERN George flied out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 7th:
CORNISH Andy singled, batted forward to 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
UNSELL Robbie walked, batted forward to 2nd.
HICHE Cristobal hit into double play.
BIRD Ryan walked.
WARD Darrin flied out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Herts Falcons and Harlow Nationals meet on Monday for the 2012 NBL championship

The Falcons and Nationals will meet in the Final on Monday in game 6 of the National Baseball Championships. The Falcons need to win to force a deciding game 7. If they lose either game 6 or 7, the Nationals will be crowned NBL champions for a second year in a row.

The AAA and A League Champions will also be decided on Monday at Grovehill Ballpark.

Here is Monday’s complete schedule.

2012 NBC SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, AUG 27 @ Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead

NBL Schedule

Monday, August 27

11:00 Game 6: Harlow Nationals vs Herts Falcons

14:30 Game 7: same as above (will be played if Harlow Nationals loses Game6)

 

AAA Schedule

Monday, August 27

14:00, (Final) Essex Redbacks @Liverpool Trojans

 

A Schedule

Monday, August 27

11:00, (Final) Hove Tuesday vs Leicester Blue Sox

If you can’t come to the ballpark you can follow the games using the links below:

NBL: https://www.gamechanger.io/g/NBLNBC2012

AAA; https://www.gamechanger.io/g/AAANBC2012

AA: https://www.gamechanger.io/g/AANBC2012

A: https://www.gamechanger.io/g/ANBC2012

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: London Mets 8 Herts Falcons 11 NBC NBL Game5

London Mets at Herts Falcons
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
London Mets 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 8 11 2
Herts Falcons 4 1 1 4 0 1 0 11 9 4

 

Herts Falcons 11, London Mets 8
Herts Falcons London Mets
ab r h bi ab r h bi
UNSELL Robbie 2b-p 0 3 0 0 V Player 1 3b 4 1 1 2
HICHE Cristobal cf 4 1 0 0 V Player 2 cf 4 0 2 2
BIRD Ryan c 3 2 2 2 V Player 3 p 3 0 0 0
WARD Darrin 1b-3b 3 1 2 2 V Player 4 1b 4 0 0 0
TRETHEWAY David lf 1 1 0 1 V Player 5 rf 4 0 0 0
(t6) CATTERMOLE Mike lf 1 1 0 0 V Player 6 c 4 1 2 0
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin 3b-ss 2 1 0 0 V Player 7 ss 4 2 2 1
CLARK Phil rf 3 1 2 1 V Player 8 lf 3 3 3 2
FARKAS Jordan p-1b 4 0 3 3 V Player 9 2b 2 1 1 1
HARE Louis ss-2b 3 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 24 11 9 9 TEAM TOTALS 32 8 11 8

 

E: HICHE Cristobal, BIRD Ryan, FARKAS Jordan, CATTERMOLE Mike, V Player 2, V Player
7. LOB: London Mets 5, Herts Falcons 7. 2B: FARKAS Jordan, V Player 2, V Player 1.
3B: V Player 7. SB: UNSELL Robbie(4), TRETHEWAY David, WARD Darrin, V Player 9(2).
CS: BIRD Ryan. SF: TRETHEWAY David, BIRD Ryan.

 

Herts Falcons IP H R ER BB SO
FARKAS Jordan W 5.33 11 8 5 0 3
UNSELL Robbie 1.67 0 0 0 0 3
London Mets
V Player 3 L 6.00 9 11 7 9 5

 

HBP: by V Player 3 (WARD Darrin). . . , by FARKAS Jordan (V Player 3). , by FARKAS
Jordan (V Player 9). . WP: V Player 3(3). PB: V Player 6. Balk: V Player 3(3). T:
2:00. A: 150.
London Mets – Top of the 1st:
V Player 1 grounded out.
V Player 2 grounded out.
V Player 3 flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 1st:
UNSELL Robbie walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
HICHE Cristobal struck out swinging.
BIRD Ryan singled, advanced to 2nd on error, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted
forward to home, 1 RBI.
WARD Darrin singled, batted forward to 2nd, stole 3rd (double steal), batted forward
to home, 1 RBI.
TRETHEWAY David walked, stole 2nd (double steal), batted forward to home.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin struck out swinging.
CLARK Phil walked, batted forward to 3rd.
FARKAS Jordan singled, 2 RBI.
HARE Louis grounded out.
4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
London Mets – Top of the 2nd:
V Player 4 grounded out.
V Player 5 flied out.
V Player 6 struck out looking.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 2nd:
UNSELL Robbie walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
HICHE Cristobal struck out swinging.
BIRD Ryan sacrifice flied, 1 RBI.
WARD Darrin hit by pitch.
TRETHEWAY David popped out.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets – Top of the 3rd:
V Player 7 singled, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to home.
V Player 8 singled, advanced to 2nd on error, advanced to 3rd on error, batted
forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 9 singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
V Player 1 struck out swinging.
V Player 2 grounded out.
V Player 3 grounded out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 3 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 3rd:
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin grounded out.
CLARK Phil singled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on passed ball.
FARKAS Jordan doubled, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, tagged out going to home.
HARE Louis popped out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
London Mets – Top of the 4th:
V Player 4 flied out.
V Player 5 lined out.
V Player 6 singled.
V Player 7 grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 4th:
UNSELL Robbie walked, advanced to 2nd on balk, stole 3rd, advanced to home on error.
HICHE Cristobal reached on error, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild
pitch, batted forward to home.
BIRD Ryan singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to
home on wild pitch.
WARD Darrin struck out swinging, 1 RBI.
TRETHEWAY David sacrifice flied, 1 RBI.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin walked, advanced to 2nd on balk, batted forward to home.
CLARK Phil singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, 1 RBI.
FARKAS Jordan flied out.
4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
London Mets – Top of the 5th:
V Player 8 singled, batted forward to home.
V Player 9 grounded out.
V Player 1 doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 2 doubled, 1 RBI.
V Player 3 hit by pitch.
V Player 4 struck out swinging.
V Player 5 flied out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 5th:
HARE Louis walked, advanced to 2nd on balk, batted forward to 3rd.
UNSELL Robbie walked, forced out at 2nd.
HICHE Cristobal flied out.
BIRD Ryan reached on fielder’s choice, caught trying to steal 2nd.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets – Top of the 6th:
V Player 6 singled, batted forward to home.
V Player 7 tripled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 8 singled, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 9 hit by pitch, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
V Player 1 grounded out, 1 RBI.
V Player 2 singled, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
V Player 3 grounded out.
V Player 4 struck out swinging.
4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 6th:
WARD Darrin singled, forced out at 2nd.
CATTERMOLE Mike reached on fielder’s choice, batted forward to home.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin walked, batted forward to 3rd.
CLARK Phil struck out swinging.
FARKAS Jordan singled, 1 RBI.
HARE Louis grounded out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
London Mets – Top of the 7th:
V Player 5 struck out swinging.
V Player 6 flied out.
V Player 7 struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Falcons eliminate Mets in Game 5 to set up Final with Nationals on Monday

This article written by Michael Jones and Oliver Mintz-Lowe was first published on britishbaseball.org

The Herts Falcons bounced back from their earlier defeat at the hands of Harlow to reach the final the hard way.

In a well-contested elimination clash with the London Mets, the number two seeds hit well to open up a healthy lead early on. London managed to grind out runs at regular intervals, and managed to make a game of it with a late rally.

But the Falcons hung on to set up an intriguing clash with the Nationals on Monday.

Herts, looking to bounce back from their tough morning loss, managed to shake off any potential hangover in a perfect manner – with early runs. After Jordan Farkas went through the top of the Mets lineup 1-2-3, their offense set to work establishing a quick lead.

Ryan Bird drove in Robbie Unsall, who had singled and stolen second, to open the scoring, and crossed the plate himself on a sharp Darrin Ward single. And following a well executed double steal by Ward and Dave Trethaway, Farkas picked up a smart contact hit to drive in a pair and give Herts a handy 4-0 lead.

They added another in the second, courtesy of a sacrifice fly from Ryan Bird, who had a 3 RBI night, capitalising on two more Unsall steals. The speedy leadoff man was a key offensive catalyst throughout, patiently drawing four walks, scoring three times and swiping four bags.

Looking to respond quickly, London managed to reduce the deficit. Trevor Allen advanced to third on a throwing error, after reaching safely with a single, allowing Josh Rappaport to drive in a run with a double. Alterto Cabalerro followed with another RBI to make it a three-run game.

But the number two seeded Falcons quickly managed to re-establish their commanding lead, through a mixture of intelligent small ball, opportune hitting and Mets miscues. Phil Clark and Ryan Bird both scored on wild pitches, while Chris Hiche drove in Robbie Unsall, and scored later in the inning from a Dave Trethaway sacrifice fly.

To their credit, the Mets continued to battle hard, and hit back with a couple of runs, courtesy of back-to-back RBI doubles from Martin Tucker and Jonathan Cramman.

And in the sixth, the number four seeds really managed to make a game of it, reducing the Falcons lead to just two runs. Trevor Allen (3-4 with an RBI and two runs) kicked off the scoring, driving home Grant Delzoppo with an RBI triple, before Rapapport batted in Cabalerro with a single. Rappapart himelf scored on a groundout, and Jonathan Cramman made it a 10-8 game with another RBI single. Unsall, taking the mound in relief, managed to strand a pair, picking up the final two outs of the inning.

Herts managed to tack on an insurance run in the bottom half of the frame when Farkas drove in Mike Cattermole for his second RBI of the game. And Robbie Unsall came out to pitch a solid 9th inning, working around a two-out-single, striking out two to pick up the save.

Click to view box scores and play-by-play

Falcons player Chris Hiche said: “I think it was just a case of who wanted it more. Both teams were quite tired so it came down to a survival of the fittest.”

As Herts qualified via the elimination game, they will now have to win two straight games against the Harlow Nationals. Harlow, who qualified with a better 2-0 record will only have to win once to claim the title.

Hiche said: “We don’t really have the pitching depth to go five games, but I think we just need to try and win the first one and go from there.”

The Final  between the Harlow Nationals will start at 11am on Monday, 27 August at Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead. Can the Herts Falcons make history against all odds and be crowned the best team in Great Britain for the first time in the club’s history. If you can’t come to the ballpark you can follow the games using the links below:

NBL: https://www.gamechanger.io/g/NBLNBC2012
AAA; https://www.gamechanger.io/g/AAANBC2012
AA: https://www.gamechanger.io/g/AANBC2012
A: https://www.gamechanger.io/g/ANBC2012