Author: Herts Baseball News Editor

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts Hawks 10 Daws Hill Spitfires 4 AA League

Herts Hawks at Daws Hill Spitfires
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Herts Hawks 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 10 8 4
Daws Hill Spitfires 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 5

 

Herts Hawks 10, Daws Hill Spitfires 4
Herts Hawks Daws Hill Spitfires
ab r h bi ab r h bi
NAGHAR Rodney rf 4 0 1 0 H Player 1 p 2 0 0 0
DIMITROV Aspi lf 4 3 3 0 (t6) H Sub 1 p 2 1 1 0
HARE Louis ss 5 1 3 2 H Player 2 c 4 1 1 0
LEWYS Jonathon dh 2 1 0 0 H Player 3 1b 4 0 2 2
CORNISH Andy cf 3 0 0 0 H Player 4 2b 3 0 1 0
(b6) RUSSELL Nick cf 1 0 0 0 H Player 5 3b 2 0 0 1
FULFORD Andrew c 2 2 0 0 H Player 6 ss 3 0 1 0
LIPSTOCK Seth 3b 2 2 1 0 H Player 7 lf 3 0 0 0
SLATER Andrew 1b 3 0 0 1 H Player 8 cf 1 1 0 0
DIMITROV Kal 2b 4 1 0 0 H Player 9 rf 3 1 1 0
BOCHAN Greg p 0 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 30 10 8 3 TEAM TOTALS 27 4 7 3

 

E: FULFORD Andrew, SLATER Andrew, LIPSTOCK Seth, DIMITROV Kal, H Player 6(3), H
Player 3, H Player 9. DP: Daws Hill Spitfires 1. LOB: Daws Hill Spitfires 5, Herts
Hawks 8. SB: DIMITROV Aspi(3), FULFORD Andrew(2), LIPSTOCK Seth, DIMITROV Kal, HARE
Louis, LEWYS Jonathon, H Sub 1(2), H Player 9. CS: H Player 3.

 

Herts Hawks IP H R ER BB SO
BOCHAN Greg W 7.00 7 4 1 2 1
Daws Hill Spitfires
H Player 1 L 4.00 6 6 2 3 3
H Sub 1 3.00 2 4 0 4 1

 

HBP: by BOCHAN Greg (H Player 8). . . . . , by H Sub 1 (DIMITROV Aspi). , by H Sub 1
(LIPSTOCK Seth). WP: H Player 1(2). T: 2:00. A: 49.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 1st:
NAGHAR Rodney popped out.
DIMITROV Aspi singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error.
HARE Louis singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to home on error.
LEWYS Jonathon reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
CORNISH Andy struck out swinging.
FULFORD Andrew grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Daws Hill Spitfires – Bottom of the 1st:
H Player 1 grounded out.
H Player 2 singled, batted forward to home.
H Player 3 singled, batted forward to 2nd, forced out at 3rd.
H Player 4 singled, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 5 reached on fielder’s choice, 1 RBI.
H Player 6 grounded out.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 2nd:
LIPSTOCK Seth walked, tagged out going to 2nd.
SLATER Andrew struck out looking.
DIMITROV Kal popped out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Daws Hill Spitfires – Bottom of the 2nd:
H Player 7 popped out.
H Player 8 hit by pitch, advanced to 3rd on error.
H Player 9 struck out looking.
H Player 1 reached on error, tagged out going to 2nd.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 3rd:
NAGHAR Rodney popped out.
DIMITROV Aspi struck out swinging.
HARE Louis singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
LEWYS Jonathon walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
CORNISH Andy grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Daws Hill Spitfires – Bottom of the 3rd:
H Player 2 grounded out.
H Player 3 flied out.
H Player 4 grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 4th:
FULFORD Andrew walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
LIPSTOCK Seth singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error.
SLATER Andrew grounded out, 1 RBI.
DIMITROV Kal reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
NAGHAR Rodney popped out.
DIMITROV Aspi singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
HARE Louis singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, 2 RBI.
LEWYS Jonathon popped out.
4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Daws Hill Spitfires – Bottom of the 4th:
H Player 5 grounded out.
H Player 6 singled, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 7 popped out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 5th:
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Daws Hill Spitfires – Bottom of the 5th:
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 6th:
CORNISH Andy struck out swinging.
FULFORD Andrew walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error.
LIPSTOCK Seth grounded out.
SLATER Andrew reached on error.
DIMITROV Kal grounded out.
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Daws Hill Spitfires – Bottom of the 6th:
H Player 8 walked, advanced to home on error.
H Player 9 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error, stole 3rd, batted forward to
home.
H Sub 1 reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 grounded out.
H Player 3 singled, caught trying to steal 2nd, 2 RBI.
H Player 4 flied out.
3 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 7th:
NAGHAR Rodney singled, batted forward to 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
DIMITROV Aspi hit by pitch, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on
error.
HARE Louis grounded out.
LEWYS Jonathon walked, stole 2nd, advanced to home on error.
RUSSELL Nick reached on error, tagged out going to 2nd.
FULFORD Andrew reached on error.
2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Daws Hill Spitfires – Bottom of the 7th:
H Player 5 walked, tagged out going to 2nd.
H Player 6 reached on error.
H Player 7 popped out.
H Player 8 grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 8th:
LIPSTOCK Seth hit by pitch, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
SLATER Andrew walked, forced out at 2nd.
DIMITROV Kal hit into double play.
NAGHAR Rodney walked, batted forward to 3rd.
DIMITROV Aspi singled, forced out at 2nd.
HARE Louis reached on fielder’s choice.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Daws Hill Spitfires – Bottom of the 8th:
H Player 9 singled, forced out at 2nd.
H Sub 1 singled, stole 2nd.
H Player 2 flied out.
H Player 3 called out by interference.
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Lakenheath Diamondbacks 13 Herts Falcons 3 (NBL)

Lakenheath Diamondbacks at Herts Falcons
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Lakenheath Diamondbacks 3 0 3 3 4 13 11 1
Herts Falcons 2 0 0 1 0 3 3 4

 

Lakenheath Diamondbacks 13, Herts Falcons 3
Lakenheath Diamondbacks Herts Falcons
ab r h bi ab r h bi
H Player 1 p 4 2 1 2 HOUSE Jeff ss 3 0 0 0
H Player 2 c 4 1 1 0 HICHE Cristobal cf 1 1 0 0
H Player 3 1b 3 2 1 3 BIRD Ryan c 1 1 0 0
H Player 4 2b 3 1 2 3 WARD Darrin p 2 0 0 0
H Player 5 3b 3 1 2 0 TRETHEWAY David lf 2 1 2 2
H Player 6 ss 3 1 1 3 CATTERMOLE Mike 1b 2 0 0 0
H Player 7 lf 3 1 1 0 GREEN Liam rf 2 0 0 0
H Player 8 cf 2 2 1 0 SAIONJI Kimiyoshi 2b 2 0 1 0
H Player 9 rf 3 2 1 0 HOUSE David 3b 2 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 28 13 11 11 TEAM TOTALS 17 3 3 2

 

E: H Player 2, HOUSE Jeff(3), WARD Darrin. DP: Lakenheath Diamondbacks 1. LOB: Herts
Falcons 1, Lakenheath Diamondbacks 2. 2B: H Player 1. HR: H Player 4, H Player 6,
TRETHEWAY David. SB: HICHE Cristobal. CS: H Player 3, H Player 8.

 

Lakenheath Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
H Player 1 W 5.00 3 3 1 2 7
Herts Falcons
WARD Darrin L 5.00 11 13 8 2 1

 

PB: H Player 2(2). T: 2:00. A: 0.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Top of the 1st:
H Player 1 grounded out.
H Player 2 singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to 3rd on throw, batted
forward to home.
H Player 3 singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
H Player 4 hit 2-run home run, 2 RBI.
H Player 5 singled, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 6 flied out.
H Player 7 reached on fielder’s choice.
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 1st:
HOUSE Jeff struck out looking.
HICHE Cristobal walked, stole 2nd, advanced to home on passed ball.
BIRD Ryan walked, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, advanced to 3rd on error, batted
forward to home.
WARD Darrin struck out swinging.
TRETHEWAY David singled, 1 RBI.
CATTERMOLE Mike struck out swinging.
2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Top of the 2nd:
H Player 8 singled, batted forward to 2nd, caught trying to steal 3rd.
H Player 9 grounded out.
H Player 1 grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 2nd:
GREEN Liam struck out swinging.
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi singled, forced out at 2nd.
HOUSE David hit into double play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Top of the 3rd:
H Player 2 flied out.
H Player 3 walked, batted forward to home.
H Player 4 popped out.
H Player 5 singled, batted forward to home.
H Player 6 hit 3-run home run, 3 RBI.
H Player 7 struck out swinging.
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 3rd:
HOUSE Jeff lined out.
HICHE Cristobal grounded out.
BIRD Ryan grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Top of the 4th:
H Player 8 reached on error, batted forward to home.
H Player 9 singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, batted forward to home.
H Player 1 doubled, batted forward to home, 2 RBI.
H Player 2 popped out.
H Player 3 popped out.
H Player 4 singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, 1 RBI.
H Player 5 grounded out.
3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 4th:
WARD Darrin struck out swinging.
TRETHEWAY David hit solo home run, 1 RBI.
CATTERMOLE Mike grounded out.
GREEN Liam struck out looking.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Top of the 5th:
H Player 6 grounded out.
H Player 7 singled, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to home on error.
H Player 8 walked, advanced to home on error.
H Player 9 reached on error, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to home.
H Player 1 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 reached on error, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 3 reached on fielder’s choice, caught trying to steal 2nd, 2 RBI.
4 runs, 1 hit, 3 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 5th:
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi grounded out.
HOUSE David grounded out.
HOUSE Jeff struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

One last push for the Playoffs

Can the Hawks do it this Sunday? They need to win both games of the doubleheader at the Daws Hill Spitfires.

The tension building up ahead of Sunday’s final games in the AA regular season is what athletes in any sport crave for. The race for the playoffs couldn’t be scripted any better than this.

The Hawks (9-4) find themselves tied for second place with the London Mammoths (10-5) and the Daws Hill Spitfires (9-4). All three teams have clinched a place in the postseason playoffs, however what happens this Sunday could make the difference between success and failure in the playoffs. All three still have a chance to clinch first place if the Sidewinders slip up in their final game, but in the context of the AA Playoff format, this is less important.

All season long the teams from AA Pool B have been keeping one eye on developments in Pool A and in particular the astonishing performances of the Guildford Mavericks (15-0) and the Poole Piranhas (14-1). The teams finishing third and fourth in Pool B will have to face these two seemingly unbeatable Pool A teams. They may not admit it but the invincibility of these two teams must be on the back of the minds of Daws Hill, Herts and London.

For these 3 teams Sunday will not be just a regular season league game. For them this is the start of the postseason. The Hawks and the Spitfires go head-to-head at RAF Daws Hill (first pitch 12:00pm). They both need a sweep knowing that their destiny is in their own hands and that this would secure second place, or even first. The London Mammoths will have their smart phones at hand during their game at the Southampton Mustangs to follow progress at RAF Daws Hill. They need to win and hope that Daws Hill and Herts will split their doubleheader.

Top 4 in the AA League (Pool B) Standings ahead of Sunday’s games

Team W L Pct GB RF RA
Sidewinders 11 4 0.733 – 152 74
Spitfires 9 4 0.692 1 131 77
Herts Hawks 9 4 0.692 1 114 65
Mammoths 10 5 0.667 1 144 107

The Hawks have become known in the AA league for being a friendly bunch regardless of what happens on the field, but don’t let their friendly appearance fool you. They know how important this is for the whole club. Herts is one of the biggest baseball clubs in the United Kingdom but has won only two national championships in its history – AAA National Champions in 2008 and U14 National Champions in 2010. Success on the field will be a major boost for the army of Herts Baseball members and fans.

They have their work cut out as the Spitfires are a formidable opponent. They are expected to face starting pitchers Chad Munger and Jeff Stolz. Munger has been taking the AA league by storm with an ERA of 1.18 and 60 strikeouts. Which of the Hawks starters will they match him with? Hawks co-Managers, Andy Cornish and Greg Bochan, are spoilt for choice with several equally competent pitchers such as Greg Bochan, Jim Arnott, Louis Hare, Nic Goetz, Nick Russell, Vassil Botev.

Everyone expects both games to be pitching duels and teams trying to manufacture a run from somewhere, but both teams have some powerful hitters in their lineups and they may have a major say on Sunday. Let the battle commence.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Falcons with NBL pennant on their mind

Falcons Manager Lee Manning (pictured) and his men have secured their place in the postseason (photo by hp2photographic.com)

The Herts Falcons clinched their place in the National Baseball Championship (NBC) with a 11-4 win at the Croydon Pirates last Sunday. Their second game was rained out and unlikely to be played due to the congestion in the schedule caused by the wettest baseball year in living memory.

Despite this, the Falcons still have the NBL pennant on their mind. They host the playoff-chasing Lakenheath Diamondbacks at Grovehill Ballpark this Sunday (12pm start), with the Harlow Nationals just one-and-a-half games ahead in the standings. At this point of the season and a place in the NBC secured, they have to go for it and hope that the Nationals stumble against the Croydon Pirates.

Even if they don’t, there are efforts being made to play the rained out game between Harlow and Herts on 19 August, as both teams are through to the postseason and can use that Playoff Sunday to play the doubleheader. This is an exciting prospect to determine the best NBL team in the 2012 regular season. But first Lee Manning’s men will need to win both games of this Sunday’s doubleheader against Lakenheath, which is not going to be easy. Anything less and the proposed clash with the Nationals on 19 August will be nothing more than a warm-up game ahead of the NBC on the Bank holiday weekend (25-27 August).

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Raptors win exhibition games at Grovehill

 

Sun was shining bright at Grovehill despite dark clouds gathering and thunderstorms in neighbouring towns

With no league action for Hawks in the AA League and the Raptors and Eagles in the Single-A League, the teams were joined by members of the Herts U17 team to create a 4-team competition.

Herts Hawks were split in two and supplemented with U17 players to create two teams who clashed in the first semi-final.  The mixed team managed by Andrew Slater held on for a narrow 6-5 win. That took them to the final where they met the Herts Raptors who beat the Herts Eagles in the other semi-final.

In the final, the Raptors were on fire and put 6 runs on the scoreboard without reply from Andrew Slater’s boys as Raptors starting pitcher Zack Longboy had another outstanding day on the mound.

Trailing 6-0 in the final inning Andrew Slater’s team came alive.  They pulled back 4 runs and had a runner on 3rd and runner on second representing the tying run with 1 out.  A fly ball to centerfield seemed to be on its way down for a single, but Ken Pike came flying from centerfield to make a sliding catch. He followed that sectacular play by throwing the ball to second base turning a game-ending double play as the runner on second had gambled on Pike not making the catch.

The teams now look forward to their final round of regular season games next Sunday as the race for the playoffs reaches its climax. Stay tuned to hertsbaseball.com for full coverage of a crunch week in British Baseball.

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Herts acquire catcher from Florida

Ahead of the climax of the 2012 British baseball season Herts has received a boost with the addition of catcher Andrew Fulford.

Fulford comes from Tampa, Florida, and he moved to Hemel Hempstead in time for the last few deciding weeks of the regular season.

Herts’ coaching staff had a difficult decision to make. Should they add him to the Herts Falcons roster in the National baseball League or to one of the club’s minor league teams? With only a few more games remaining for the Herts Falcons, Fulford would not have been able to meet the postseason requirement of playing in 45% of the Falcons’ regular season games. However, the 45% requirement does not apply at AA level and Fulford would be able to meet the 20% postseason eligibility in the AA if he appears in all of the Hawks’ remaining regular season games.

On the basis of this the coaches decided to add the American to the Hawks roster. The team is in the middle of an almighty battle with the Sidewinders, London Mammoths and the Daws Hill Spitfires for the top spots in the AA standings, which would give two out of the four teams a home field advantage and a more favourable route through the postseason playoffs.

Andrew Fulford is 21-years-old. His primary position is catcher. He has also played in second base, and can fit pretty much anywhere else in the field. He started playing when he was 4. After spending his early years in the Citrus Park Little League, Fulford went on to play for the varsity team at Sickles High School and later with Cambridge High School finishing as Florida Sate runners-up in 2009. During his career he has played under former MLB players Jody Reed, who played as second basemen for the Boston Red Sox, and Sam Marsonek who was a pitcher with the New York Yankees.

Despite being born in America, Fulford may soon be eligible to play for the Great Britain national team and it wil be interesting to see how he will settle into the British leagues and whether he will be able to attract interest from the GB national team coaches.

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Herts Baseball legend carries the 2012 Olympic Torch

At 4pm on Monday afternoon fans of Herts Baseball Club tuned into BBC to see a true Herts Baseball legend carry the Olympic Torch through the streets of London.

Jason Greenberg joined Herts in 2005 upon his arrival from Seattle. Since then his contribution to the club has been incredible. He has performed countless roles within the club – player, manager, webmaster, board member, youth team coach, radio presenter, event organiser, journalist and many more. It is not a coincidence that the club’s most successful era coincides with Greenberg’s time with the club.

Jason Greenberg (left) with Nic Goetz after winning the 2008 AAA National Championship

He was a key member of the 2007 Falcons who won the AA pennant and were promoted to the AAA League. In 2008 he was appointed Manager of the Falcons and he put in place a structure which even some professional clubs would be envious of. This paid off immediately as the Herts Falcons became AAA National Champions at the first time of asking with a memorable 6-3 win against the Oxford Kings in the Final. The Falcons achieved back-to-back promotions up the leagues which made Jason Greenberg the first manager in Herts Baseball history to take the team to the highest league tier of British Baseball. In the team’s first year in the NBL, Greenberg took the Falcons to the postseason playoffs.

As a player of the Falcons, Greenberg was always one of the team’s top performers winning numerous honours including the highest honour of Herts Falcons’ Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2007.

Jason Greenberg honours as a Herts player

2006, Most Runs, Herts Falcons (AAA)

2007, MVP, Herts Falcons (AA)

2007, Home Run Champion, Herts Falcons (AA)

2007, Most RBIs, Herts Falcons (AA)

2007, AA South Champion, Herts Falcons (AA)

2008, AAA National Champion, Herts Falcons (AAA)

2009, Home Run Champion, Herts Falcons (NBL)

2009, Reached NBL Playoffs, Herts Falcons (NBL)

In 2011 he turned his attention to the Great Britain National Team becoming the General Manager where he has since applied the same professional approach which he adopted at Herts. This has been recognised by the rest of the baseball world and Great Britain was recently added to the qualifying round for MLB’s 2013 World Baseball Classic.

Baseball was taken out of the list of Olympic sports just 3 days after the Games were awarded to London, but with Jason Greenberg carrying the torch it is great to see that the organisers have not forgotten one of the most popular sports in the world. It is extra special for members of Herts, who apart from Jason, have several other representatives like Mark Caress and Nick White who are involved in various other roles in the Olympic Games.

Herts Baseball Club President, Aspi Dimitrov, said: “Everyone was chuffed to bits when we learned that Jason was going to be one of the carriers of the Olympic Torch. It is a fantastic tribute for one of the hardest working members of British baseball. It is a very fitting recognition of Jason’s contribution to Herts, the GB Team and British baseball and softball as a whole”

“Jason will soon be moving to America and everyone will miss him, but there is always the hope that his career will bring him and his family back to this country.” – added Dimitrov.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Eagles go toe-to-toe with unbeaten Marauders

Oz Kemal had one of his best games for the Eagles this year

by Duncan Hoyle

Herts Eagles had their playoff hopes dented by a strong London Marauders team, who in doing so booked their place in the postseason.

The match was played on a warm evening in Finsbury Park with a good attendance of park goers stopping to watch the game.

Herts got the scoring going in the first with some good baserunning from Joseph Osborne Brade and then had Hawks star Vassil Botev on the mound, dropping down to the Eagles for some pitching time as he made his return from injury. Botev went on to pitch 4 innings finishing his stint with 9 strike outs and only 2 conceded hits. Botev showed some excellent speed and velocity, not always completely on target as he managed to connect with the helmet of Marauders batters on two occasions, but when he was accurate he was very difficult to hit. Oz Kemal had his best game for the Eagles behind the plate and they were able to play a big part in keeping the Eagles close to the Marauders.

Theo Scheepers replaced Botev on the mound and continued to keep things tight up to the end of the 6th inning, and Herts kept on chipping away at the Marauders lead to bring them within 2 runs and keeping up their hopes of pulling off a shock victory against the unbeaten Marauders.

In the middle of the 7th the score was 9-7 to the Marauders and Herts were hoping they could stay close and get their noses in front to put a bit of pressure on the Marauders. However, the Marauders had a big squad and were able to bring in a number of fresh subs to up the tempo and ultimately push ahead of the Eagles during the 7th and 8th innings.

The game finished 17 – 7 at the bottom of the 8th which was a harsh final score for Herts. The Eagles can take away a lot of satisfaction in the effort and character shown during this game.

There is still plenty left this season for the Eagles with several friendly games lined up, the Hunlock series and the final league game at Hove on 5th August now becoming a must-win game if the Eagles are going to stand any chance of making the playoffs.

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts Falcons 9 Bracknell Blazers 1 (NBL)

Herts Falcons at Bracknell Blazers
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Herts Falcons 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 9 12 3
Bracknell Blazers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 6

 

Herts Falcons 9, Bracknell Blazers 1
Herts Falcons Bracknell Blazers
ab r h bi ab r h bi
HOUSE Jeff ss 4 2 1 0 H Player 1 p 3 1 0 0
HICHE Cristobal cf 2 3 1 1 H Player 2 c 4 0 4 1
BIRD Ryan c-p 4 0 2 4 H Player 3 1b 4 0 0 0
WARD Darrin 1b 3 0 2 1 H Player 4 2b 2 0 1 0
(b6) CATTERMOLE Mike 3b 1 0 1 1 H Player 5 3b 3 0 1 0
CLARK Phil 2b 4 0 0 0 H Player 6 ss 3 0 0 0
(b7) SAIONJI Kimiyoshi 2b 0 0 0 0 H Player 7 lf 3 0 0 0
OSBORN Michael rf 4 0 1 0 H Player 8 cf 2 0 0 0
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin lf 4 2 1 0 H Player 9 rf 3 0 0 0
FARKAS Jordan p-1b 4 1 2 1
HOUSE David 3b-c 3 1 1 0
TEAM TOTALS 33 9 12 8 TEAM TOTALS 27 1 6 1

 

E: HOUSE Jeff, CLARK Phil, FARKAS Jordan, H Player 6(2), H Player 2, H Player 3, H
Player 4, H Player 1. DP: Bracknell Blazers 1. LOB: Bracknell Blazers 7, Herts
Falcons 11. SB: HICHE Cristobal(2), HOUSE Jeff, BIRD Ryan, HOUSE David, H Player 1.

 

Herts Falcons IP H R ER BB SO
FARKAS Jordan W 5.33 5 1 0 2 7
BIRD Ryan 2.00 1 0 0 1 2
Bracknell Blazers
H Player 1 L 7.00 12 9 3 5 6

 

HBP: by H Player 1 (HOUSE Jeff). . . . . , by H Player 1 (HOUSE David). , by H Player
1 (HICHE Cristobal). . T: 1:00. A: 120.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 1st:
HOUSE Jeff hit by pitch, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error.
HICHE Cristobal walked, forced out at 2nd.
BIRD Ryan hit into double play.
WARD Darrin walked, advanced to 2nd on error.
CLARK Phil struck out looking.
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Bottom of the 1st:
H Player 1 walked, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 2 singled, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 3 struck out looking.
H Player 4 singled.
H Player 5 grounded out.
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 2nd:
OSBORN Michael grounded out.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin grounded out.
FARKAS Jordan singled.
HOUSE David flied out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Bottom of the 2nd:
H Player 6 grounded out.
H Player 7 reached on error.
H Player 8 struck out looking.
H Player 9 flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 3rd:
HOUSE Jeff grounded out.
HICHE Cristobal walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to home.
BIRD Ryan reached on error, stole 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
WARD Darrin singled, 1 RBI.
CLARK Phil flied out.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Bottom of the 3rd:
H Player 1 reached on error, batted forward to 2nd, forced out at 3rd.
H Player 2 singled, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 3 flied out.
H Player 4 flied out.
H Player 5 singled.
0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 4th:
OSBORN Michael singled, forced out at 2nd.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin reached on dropped 3rd strike w/error, advanced to 2nd on error,
batted forward to home.
FARKAS Jordan singled, forced out at 2nd, 1 RBI.
HOUSE David singled, stole 2nd.
HOUSE Jeff grounded out.
1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Bottom of the 4th:
H Player 6 grounded out.
H Player 7 grounded out.
H Player 8 struck out looking.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 5th:
HICHE Cristobal singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
BIRD Ryan singled, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
WARD Darrin singled, batted forward to 2nd.
CLARK Phil bunted out.
OSBORN Michael grounded out.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin grounded out.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Bottom of the 5th:
H Player 9 struck out looking.
H Player 1 reached on dropped 3rd strike w/error, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
H Player 2 singled, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
H Player 3 struck out looking.
H Player 4 walked.
H Player 5 struck out looking.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 6th:
FARKAS Jordan reached on dropped 3rd strike w/error, batted forward to home.
HOUSE David hit by pitch, batted forward to 3rd.
HOUSE Jeff bunted out.
HICHE Cristobal reached on dropped 3rd strike w/error, batted forward to 2nd.
BIRD Ryan walked, 1 RBI.
WARD Darrin struck out looking.
CLARK Phil flied out.
1 run, 0 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Bottom of the 6th:
H Player 6 grounded out.
H Player 7 struck out looking.
H Player 8 walked, tagged out going to 2nd.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 7th:
OSBORN Michael walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, forced out at
home.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin singled, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
FARKAS Jordan flied out.
HOUSE David reached on dropped 3rd strike w/error, batted forward to home.
HOUSE Jeff singled, batted forward to home.
HICHE Cristobal hit by pitch, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
BIRD Ryan singled, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, 2 RBI.
CATTERMOLE Mike singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, 1 RBI.
OSBORN Michael grounded out.
4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Bottom of the 7th:
H Player 9 grounded out.
H Player 1 struck out swinging.
H Player 2 singled, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 3 reached on fielder’s choice.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 8th:
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Herts Falcons 10 Bracknell Blazers 0 (NBL)

Bracknell Blazers at Herts Falcons
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Bracknell Blazers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Herts Falcons 0 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 16 0

 

Herts Falcons 10, Bracknell Blazers 0
Herts Falcons Bracknell Blazers
ab r h bi ab r h bi
HOUSE Jeff ss 4 0 2 2 H Player 1 p 3 0 0 0
HICHE Cristobal cf 5 0 3 2 H Player 2 c 4 0 2 0
BIRD Ryan c 4 0 0 0 H Player 3 1b 4 0 1 0
WARD Darrin p 4 1 2 0 H Player 4 2b 4 0 0 0
(t7) FARKAS Jordan 1b 0 0 0 0 H Player 5 3b 2 0 0 0
CLARK Phil rf 4 0 0 0 H Player 6 ss 3 0 1 0
(t7) MANNING Lee rf 0 0 0 0 H Player 7 lf 3 0 0 0
(t7) CATTERMOLE Mike rf 0 0 0 0 H Player 8 cf 3 0 1 0
OSBORN Michael 1b-p 4 1 2 0 H Player 9 rf 3 0 3 0
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin lf 4 2 2 0
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi 2b 3 3 2 1
HOUSE David 3b 3 3 3 3
TEAM TOTALS 35 10 16 8 TEAM TOTALS 29 0 8 0

 

DP: Bracknell Blazers 1. LOB: Herts Falcons 7, Bracknell Blazers 10. 2B: HICHE
Cristobal, H Player 9. 3B: HOUSE David. HR: HOUSE David.

 

Herts Falcons IP H R ER BB SO
WARD Darrin W 5.33 4 0 0 1 3
OSBORN Michael 1.67 4 0 0 1 3
Bracknell Blazers
H Player 1 L 7.00 16 10 10 4 1

 

WP: H Player 1. T: 2:00. A: 120.
Bracknell Blazers – Top of the 1st:
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 1st:
HOUSE Jeff grounded out.
HICHE Cristobal singled, batted forward to 2nd.
BIRD Ryan grounded out.
WARD Darrin grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Top of the 2nd:
H Player 1 lined out.
H Player 2 flied out.
H Player 3 lined out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 2nd:
CLARK Phil grounded out.
OSBORN Michael struck out looking.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin singled, batted forward to home.
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi walked, batted forward to home.
HOUSE David singled, batted forward to home.
HOUSE Jeff walked, batted forward to 2nd, 1 RBI.
HICHE Cristobal singled, 2 RBI.
BIRD Ryan grounded out.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Top of the 3rd:
H Player 4 grounded out.
H Player 5 grounded out.
H Player 6 grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 3rd:
WARD Darrin singled, batted forward to home.
CLARK Phil grounded out.
OSBORN Michael singled, batted forward to home.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin flied out.
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
HOUSE David tripled, advanced to home on wild pitch.
HOUSE Jeff singled, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
HICHE Cristobal doubled.
BIRD Ryan grounded out.
4 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Top of the 4th:
H Player 7 struck out swinging.
H Player 8 singled, batted forward to 3rd.
H Player 9 singled, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 1 struck out swinging.
H Player 2 singled.
H Player 3 grounded out.
0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 4th:
WARD Darrin singled.
CLARK Phil flied out.
OSBORN Michael flied out.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Top of the 5th:
H Player 4 grounded out.
H Player 5 flied out.
H Player 6 struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 5th:
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi grounded out.
HOUSE David walked, batted forward to 2nd.
HOUSE Jeff flied out.
HICHE Cristobal grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Top of the 6th:
H Player 7 grounded out.
H Player 8 flied out.
H Player 9 doubled, advanced to 3rd on error.
H Player 1 walked.
H Player 2 grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 6th:
BIRD Ryan flied out.
WARD Darrin grounded out.
CLARK Phil grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Top of the 7th:
H Player 3 flied out.
H Player 4 flied out.
H Player 5 walked, batted forward to 3rd.
H Player 6 singled.
H Player 7 struck out looking.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Bottom of the 7th:
OSBORN Michael singled, forced out at 2nd.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin singled, batted forward to home.
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi singled, batted forward to home.
HOUSE David hit 3-run home run, 3 RBI.
HOUSE Jeff singled, forced out at 2nd.
HICHE Cristobal hit into double play.
3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bracknell Blazers – Top of the 8th:
H Player 8 struck out looking.
H Player 9 singled, batted forward to 3rd.
H Player 1 struck out swinging.
H Player 2 singled, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 3 singled.
H Player 4 grounded out.
0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.