Author: Herts Baseball News Editor

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box Scores: Horsham Hornets 16 Herts All Stars 2 (U17)

Horsham Hornets (U17) at Herts All Stars (U17)
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Horsham Hornets (U17) 5 4 2 5 0 16 9 0
Herts All Stars (U17) 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 4

 

Horsham Hornets (U17) 16, Herts All Stars (U17) 2
Horsham Hornets (U17) Herts All Stars (U17)
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Rodriguez 2b 3 3 1 0 Carlos Casal Jr ss-xh8 2 0 1 0
Taylor ss 2 2 1 1 Brodie Caress rf-cf 2 1 1 0
Dean p 2 2 1 1 Marty Cullen Jr 1b-p 1 1 0 0
Molina xh1 2 2 1 1 Liam Green p-3b-ss 1 0 1 0
Boylett 3b 2 1 0 1 Kyle Lloyd-Jones 3b-1b 1 0 0 1
K Ratcliff xh2 2 2 0 0 Tom Everex-Armstrong cf-xh6 2 0 0 0
Anderson lf 1 1 0 0 Jose Morillo 2b-3b 2 0 0 0
S Ratcliff c 3 1 3 2 Kieran Manning c-xh5 0 0 0 0
J Cox 1b 3 1 2 3 Cameron Choudhuri lf 2 0 0 0
S Gulliver rf 3 0 0 1 Jake Caress xh1-c 1 0 0 0
Todd cf 2 1 0 0 Zack Longboy xh2-2b 1 0 0 0
Charlie Mayhew xh3-rf 0 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 25 16 9 10 TEAM TOTALS 15 2 3 1

 

E: Carlos Casal Jr, Liam Green, Kyle Lloyd-Jones, Jose Morillo. DP: Horsham Hornets
(U17) 2. LOB: Herts All Stars (U17) 4, Horsham Hornets (U17) 5. 2B: Taylor, Dean, J
Cox. SB: Rodriguez(3), Taylor, Liam Green, Kieran Manning. SF: Kyle Lloyd-Jones.

 

Horsham Hornets (U17) IP H R ER BB SO
Dean W 5.00 3 2 2 5 4
Herts All Stars (U17)
Marty Cullen Jr 2.67 5 7 4 1 3
Liam Green L 1.67 4 9 6 6 2

 

HBP: by Liam Green (Rodriguez). . , by Marty Cullen Jr (Anderson). . WP: Dean(3),
Liam Green(5). PB: Kieran Manning. T: 2:00. A: 110.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 1st:
Rodriguez singled, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Taylor walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on wild
pitch.
Dean struck out swinging.
Molina walked, advanced to 2nd on error, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, advanced to
home on wild pitch.
Boylett reached on error, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, advanced to home on wild
pitch.
K Ratcliff walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch,
batted forward to home.
Anderson walked, batted forward to 2nd.
S Ratcliff singled, 1 RBI.
J Cox struck out swinging.
5 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 1st:
Carlos Casal Jr struck out swinging.
Brodie Caress singled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Marty Cullen Jr walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted
forward to home.
Liam Green walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
Kyle Lloyd-Jones sacrifice flied, 1 RBI.
Tom Everex-Armstrong grounded out.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 2nd:
S Gulliver grounded out.
Todd walked, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
Rodriguez hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
Taylor doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Dean doubled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch, 1 RBI.
Molina grounded out.
Boylett walked.
K Ratcliff grounded out.
4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 2nd:
Jose Morillo grounded out.
Kieran Manning walked, stole 2nd.
Cameron Choudhuri struck out swinging.
Jake Caress flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 3rd:
Anderson struck out swinging.
S Ratcliff singled, batted forward to home.
J Cox doubled, advanced to 3rd on throw, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
S Gulliver grounded out, 1 RBI.
Todd struck out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 3rd:
Zack Longboy grounded out.
Charlie Mayhew walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
Carlos Casal Jr singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
Brodie Caress struck out swinging.
Marty Cullen Jr popped out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 4th:
Rodriguez reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
Taylor flied out.
Dean walked, batted forward to home.
Molina singled, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to
home, 1 RBI.
Boylett flied out, 1 RBI.
K Ratcliff reached on error, batted forward to home.
Anderson hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
S Ratcliff singled, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
J Cox singled, 2 RBI.
5 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 4th:
Liam Green singled, stole 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
Kyle Lloyd-Jones reached on fielder’s choice, forced out at 2nd.
Tom Everex-Armstrong hit into double play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 5th:
S Gulliver flied out.
Todd struck out swinging.
Rodriguez flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 5th:
Jose Morillo struck out swinging.
Kieran Manning walked, forced out at 2nd.
Cameron Choudhuri hit into double play.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box Scores: Horsham Hornets 12 Herts All Stars 5 (U17)

Horsham Hornets (U17) at Herts All Stars (U17)
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Horsham Hornets (U17) 2 3 0 4 1 2 12 11 1
Herts All Stars (U17) 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 4

 

Horsham Hornets (U17) 12, Herts All Stars (U17) 5
Horsham Hornets (U17) Herts All Stars (U17)
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Rodriguez 2b 4 3 1 1 Carlos Casal Jr ss 2 2 2 0
Taylor p 3 2 3 1 Kieran Manning lf-xh6 2 0 0 0
Dean ss 3 2 2 1 Liam Green cf 2 1 1 0
Molina 3b 4 0 1 1 Marty Cullen Jr c-p-3b 3 1 1 2
Boylett 1b 2 0 1 1 Kyle Lloyd-Jones 1b 3 0 1 2
K Ratcliff lf 3 0 0 0 Jake Caress 3b-p 2 0 0 0
Anderson cf 1 1 0 0 Jose Morillo 2b 2 1 1 0
S Ratcliff c 2 2 0 0 Tom Everex-Armstrong rf-lf 1 0 0 0
Cox xh1 3 2 2 0 Zack Longboy p-xh4 2 0 0 0
Gulliver xh2 3 0 0 1 Brodie Caress xh1-c 2 0 1 1
Tod rf 2 0 1 0 Cameron Choudhuri xh2 2 0 0 0
Charlie Mayhew xh3-rf 2 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 30 12 11 6 TEAM TOTALS 25 5 7 5

 

E: K Ratcliff, Jake Caress(2), Kieran Manning, Jose Morillo. LOB: Herts All Stars
(U17) 6, Horsham Hornets (U17) 7. 2B: Taylor, Molina, Carlos Casal Jr. SB: Taylor(2),
Dean, Carlos Casal Jr(3), Marty Cullen Jr.

 

Horsham Hornets (U17) IP H R ER BB SO
Taylor W 6.00 7 5 5 3 6
Herts All Stars (U17)
Zack Longboy L 4.00 9 9 7 5 0
Marty Cullen Jr 1.00 0 1 0 0 1
Jake Caress 1.00 2 2 0 0 1

 

HBP: by Zack Longboy (Dean). . , by Zack Longboy (Boylett). . , by Taylor (Kieran
Manning). WP: Taylor, Zack Longboy(3), Marty Cullen Jr. PB: Brodie Caress. T: 2:00.
A: 110.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 1st:
Rodriguez reached on error, batted forward to home.
Taylor walked, batted forward to 3rd, tagged out going to home.
Dean singled, batted forward to 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
Molina flied out.
Boylett singled, 1 RBI.
K Ratcliff flied out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 1st:
Carlos Casal Jr singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
Kieran Manning struck out swinging.
Liam Green walked, batted forward to home.
Marty Cullen Jr singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Kyle Lloyd-Jones singled, advanced to 2nd on error, 2 RBI.
Jake Caress popped out.
Jose Morillo grounded out.
3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 2nd:
Anderson walked, batted forward to home.
S Ratcliff walked, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Cox singled, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home
on error.
Gulliver reached on fielder’s choice, picked off, 1 RBI.
Tod walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd.
Rodriguez reached on error, hit by fair ball, called out.
Taylor singled, stole 2nd.
Dean hit by pitch.
Molina flied out.
3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 2nd:
Tom Everex-Armstrong grounded out.
Zack Longboy flied out.
Brodie Caress singled.
Cameron Choudhuri grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 3rd:
Boylett popped out.
K Ratcliff grounded out.
Anderson walked.
S Ratcliff grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 3rd:
Charlie Mayhew grounded out.
Carlos Casal Jr walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd.
Kieran Manning flied out.
Liam Green flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 4th:
Cox singled, batted forward to home.
Gulliver grounded out.
Tod singled, forced out at 2nd.
Rodriguez reached on fielder’s choice, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd
on wild pitch, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Taylor doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Dean singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Molina doubled, 1 RBI.
Boylett hit by pitch.
K Ratcliff grounded out.
4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 4th:
Marty Cullen Jr flied out.
Kyle Lloyd-Jones struck out swinging.
Jake Caress struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 5th:
Anderson struck out swinging.
S Ratcliff reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to 3rd,
advanced to home on wild pitch.
Cox grounded out.
Gulliver lined out.
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 5th:
Jose Morillo singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
Tom Everex-Armstrong walked, forced out at 2nd.
Zack Longboy reached on fielder’s choice, forced out at 2nd.
Brodie Caress reached on fielder’s choice, 1 RBI.
Cameron Choudhuri struck out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Horsham Hornets (U17) – Top of the 6th:
Tod struck out swinging.
Rodriguez singled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error.
Taylor singled, advanced to 2nd on error, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, stole home.
Dean popped out.
Molina grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Herts All Stars (U17) – Bottom of the 6th:
Charlie Mayhew struck out swinging.
Carlos Casal Jr doubled, batted forward to home.
Kieran Manning hit by pitch, batted forward to 2nd, forced out at 3rd.
Liam Green singled, batted forward to 2nd.
Marty Cullen Jr reached on fielder’s choice, 1 RBI.
Kyle Lloyd-Jones struck out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Brother House joins the Falcons ahead of clash with Pirates

photo by British Baseball Magazine more available on their website. Click image to view

The Herts Falcons continue to strengthen their NBL roster with the addition of right-handed pitcher Jeff House.

Jeff House is the brother of Dave House who joined the Falcons in March. Most of Jeff House’s baseball experience has been attained in baseball leagues in America. He has played one season in British baseball making 16 plate appearances for the Flames in 2011. His NBL career batting average stands at .273.

He is expected to make his Herts Falcons debut as the probable starter in game one of this Sunday’s double-header against the Croydon Pirates at Grovehill Ballpark. First pitch 12:00.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Setback for Raptors as they lose to Hove

Hove Tuesday are playing in the British baseball league for the first time this year but teams who consider them as rookies would be making a big mistake. Apart from a very shaky first inning they shut down the Herts Raptors offence very effectively allowing only 2 runs and 2 hits in the subsequent 6 innings to claim a deserved 21-10 win.

The game started with 6 Raptors and 6 Tuesday batters reaching base on balls or on a hit-by-pitch, and that was just in the first inning. Herts starter Ken Pike reached a heavy pitch count and was relieved after two-thirds of that opening inning as 7 batters came in to score. Zack Longboy came in and stabilised the situation for the home team. The Raptors bounced back in the bottom of that inning with 8 runs of their own. They were back in the game, but Hove regained their composure and produced an impressive defensive display. Amit Odedra (1-3 RBI) and Gilberto Medina (1-3 2B) tried to get a Herts rally going with hits in the later innings but that just wasn’t enough to keep up with the visitors who were adding runs to their tally inning-after-inning.

A hidden-ball tag out by the Raptors at third base cleared the benches as both teams spilled out onto the field, but there were no physical scuffles, just a few verbal exchanges. Both sides quickly calmed down and focused on baseball again.

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The Raptors are looking to improve on the team’s record over the last two seasons and see if they can get in the race for the postseason. Raptors Manager, Arnie Longboy, will be looking for ways to get the team back on track. “We had a hard fought battle, but the rain from the last several weeks not only muddied our playing fields but also seems to have softened our hard hitting bats” said Longboy. “Nevetheless hats off the Hove pitchers who had a rocky start but immediately settled in after the first inning. Some of the bright spots continue to be the contribution of our younger players both at the plate as well as pitching. Brodie Caress managed a scoreless inning against Hove whilst Zack Longboy got one of the 4 hits on the Raptors side. But we’re all working hard to get our timing back and look to a more positive result for our next game against the Marauders.”

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Falcons no longer top of the NBL after extra innings loss at the D-Backs

Kimiyoshi Saionji was one of many Falcons players whose bats were on fire for the trip to Lakenheath (photo by British Baseball Magazine more available on their website. Click image to view.)

The Herts Falcons picked up a very good win in game 1 of the series versus the Lakenheath Diamondbacks, but lost a tense second game in extra innings.

Robbie Unsell was one the Falcons’ big signings in the winter and he made his debut in these series. He played at short stop and was placed at the top of the Falcons batting lineup going 1-for-4 with a RBI double and 2 runs.

This was probably the Falcons’ best offensive performance of the season so far against a Lakenhetah team which is always one of the most difficult teams to play against. Kevin Niedringhaus (3-4 2B 5RBI), Cris Hiche (2-2 RBI) , Jake Michels (2-4 2RBI), Dave Tretheway (2-4 RBI) all had multiple hits. On the mound Jordan Farkas was not shaken by a Max Scholten home run on the first pitch of the first inning. The Herts starter went on to pick up his third win of 2012 with another solid performance. He was supported by a very good performance from the defence behind him which committed only 1 error.

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In the second game the Falcons had to battle against a DBacks team eager to bounce back as well as a very small strike zone resulting in a number of walks. Herts allowed 7 runs in the first inning and although they did tie the game up to take it into extra innings it always felt like they were on the back foot. The bottom of the 7th almost ended in fireworks as Lakenheath was in position to win the game when Leo Perez hit a rocket over the left field wall that would have been the game winning homerun only to be reversed by the home plate umpire. The Dbacks eventually won it 14-13 despite a brave effort by the visitors from Hertfordshire who managed to retire Lakenheath twice in extra innings despite allowing two runners on base with no outs. Ryan Riniker picked up the win for Lakenheath and Chase Richey got the save. Mike Osborn was saddled with the loss for Herts.

POST-GAME REACTION

After the games we managed to get the views of both managers, Lee Manning (Herts) and Ken Reber (Lakenheath) who made his return to the team after missing most of spring training, marking it with a 2-run home run in game 1.

Ken Reber: “”Herts simply came out more prepared than us as it felt like we didn’t have our heads in the game for most of the game. Credit Herts starting pitcher for keeping us off the bases”. For game two Reber felt that “”this was a game that probably lasted longer than it should have but we were just glad to have survive with the win.”

Lee Manning: “Lakenheath won game 2 because they adjusted to the umpire before we did. Game 2 was more about keeping the bat on the shoulder and letting the umpire walk the hitters. Lakenheath scored 7 runs in the first inning and we were always playing catch up.” Manning added: “I’m proud of the way the team kept on fighting to take the game into extra innings but our fitness played a big part late in the game. No baseball in the last 28 days did take its toll in the end.”

FALCONS MAKE THEIR RETURN HOME AFTER 6 WEEKS ON THE ROAD

The split at Lakenheath meant that Herts have lost top spot in the NBL after the Nationals and Southampton swept their opponents. They will be hoping to regain top spot next Sunday when they welcome the Croydon Pirates to Grovehill Ballpark. This is the first home game for the Falcons since their Opening Day win against the Bracknell Blazers. Game 1 starts at 12pm.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Eagles unveil promising new signings in loss versus Old Timers

Oz Kemal was back for the Eagles

Herts Eagles 7 Old Timers 17.

written by hertsbaseball.com correspondent Duncan Hoyle

 

Herts Eagles battled well against a typically well organised and disciplined Old Timers team but eventually succumbed 7 – 17. However the Eagles will be able to console themselves with the many positive individual performances from the game.

On the warmest baseball playing day of the season so far, Herts starting pitcher Reagan Wood got off to a great start with 3 first inning strikeouts to keep the Old Timers down to 2 runs scored in the first innings. However the Herts batting unit just couldn’t get going, struggling to come to terms with the Old Timers lefty pitchers curve balls.

Wood was forced to leave the pitchers mound in the second inning with a slight shoulder strain and it was Geoff Thomas who had the difficult job of having to pitch out the rest of the inning. By the time the inning had finished the Old Timers had increased the lead to 8 – 0.

Debutant Craig Le Roux made his Herts debut in the 3rd inning on the pitchers mound, replacing Thomas who had pulled his hamstring during his pitching efforts, and Le Roux pitched superbly from the start. He was working well with Adrian Smithers, who was playing for the first time as catcher to rein in the Old Timers offense. After battling with some initial nerves, Smithers had an excellent game in his 5 innings as catcher, letting few balls get past him and he will gain a lot of confidence from his performance.

The Eagles made some good defensive plays including a good tag out at home plate by Smithers, a great relay play from deep left field which included Senna Ashida, Theo Scheepers and Oz Kemal, and a great 2-out play instigated by 13 year old 3rd baseman Callum Vangundy. Vangundy is a GB U15 international who was making his debut for the Eagles, and the natural quality he brings to the Eagles will be a big boost for the rest of the season.

Le Roux was able to keep the Eagles in the game, only going for a run or 2 each inning. Finally in the 6th inning the Eagles were able to get some much needed production going in the batting department, with another debutant, Rupert Greyling getting the offensive show on the road by nearly hitting a home run. He had to settle for a double, but was brought home to score the Eagles first run. Substitute catcher Oz Kemal got into the action with a superb hit to bat in 2 runs and by the end of the innings the Eagles had scored 5 to give themselves a chance of avoiding the mercy rule.

In the middle of the 7th inning the score was 17 – 5 to the Old Timers meaning the Eagles had to score 3 to take the game into an 8th inning. 15-year-old Will Zucker was another Eagles debutant who has previously played in Japan, and he got a good hit which he followed up with some great baserunning to get round to score. He looks like he will be an another excellent addition to the Eagles roster. Sadly for the Eagles only 1 more run was scored which meant that the mercy rule came into play at the end of the 7th inning.

The Eagles were bitterly disappointed in not been able to go all the 9 innings, but can take great pride in the spirited way in which heads didn’t drop and the fact that there are fixtures to be played in the next two Sundays, starting next week with an away day outing to Billericay in a clash with the Essex RedBacks.

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box Scores: Herts Falcons 17 Lakenheath DBacks 5 (NBL)

Herts Falcons at Lakenheath Diamondbacks
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Herts Falcons 2 1 0 4 0 7 3 17 12 1
Lakenheath Diamondbacks 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 8 1

 

Herts Falcons 17, Lakenheath Diamondbacks 5
Herts Falcons Lakenheath Diamondbacks
ab r h bi ab r h bi
UNSELL Robbie ss 4 2 1 1 H Player 1 p 4 1 1 1
HICHE Cristobal cf-1b 2 2 2 1 H Player 2 c 3 0 1 0
MICHELS Jacob 3b 4 2 2 2 H Player 3 1b 3 0 1 0
TRETHEWAY David rf-cf 4 3 2 1 H Player 4 2b 3 0 0 0
OSBORN Michael 1b 4 0 0 1 H Player 5 3b 3 2 2 0
(t7) LIPSTOCK Seth rf 0 1 0 0 H Player 6 ss 2 1 1 0
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin lf 4 1 3 5 H Player 7 lf 3 1 1 1
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi 2b 4 1 1 1 H Player 8 cf 3 0 1 0
HOUSE David c 1 3 0 0 H Player 9 rf 2 0 0 1
FARKAS Jordan p 2 2 1 0
TEAM TOTALS 29 17 12 12 TEAM TOTALS 26 5 8 3

 

E: MICHELS Jacob , H Player 6. LOB: Lakenheath Diamondbacks 5, Herts Falcons 6. 2B:
UNSELL Robbie, NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin, SAIONJI Kimiyoshi, H Player 3, H Player 5. 3B:
HICHE Cristobal. HR: H Player 1. SB: HOUSE David(2), TRETHEWAY David, MICHELS Jacob .
CS: NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin. SF: H Player 9.

 

Herts Falcons IP H R ER BB SO
FARKAS Jordan W 6.00 8 5 4 1 2
Lakenheath Diamondbacks
H Player 1 L 6.33 12 17 15 12 2

 

HBP: by H Player 1 (MICHELS Jacob ). . WP: H Player 1(6). PB: H Player 2. T: 2:00. A:
45.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 1st:
UNSELL Robbie walked, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
HICHE Cristobal singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to home on error, 1 RBI.
MICHELS Jacob grounded out.
TRETHEWAY David popped out.
OSBORN Michael reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin walked.
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi grounded out.
2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Bottom of the 1st:
H Player 1 hit solo home run, 1 RBI.
H Player 2 popped out.
H Player 3 doubled.
H Player 4 grounded out.
H Player 5 flied out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 2nd:
HOUSE David walked, batted forward to home.
FARKAS Jordan flied out.
UNSELL Robbie lined out.
HICHE Cristobal walked, batted forward to 3rd.
MICHELS Jacob singled, stole 2nd, 1 RBI.
TRETHEWAY David grounded out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Bottom of the 2nd:
H Player 6 walked, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 7 grounded out.
H Player 8 popped out.
H Player 9 grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 3rd:
OSBORN Michael flied out.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin struck out swinging.
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Bottom of the 3rd:
H Player 1 grounded out.
H Player 2 singled.
H Player 3 flied out.
H Player 4 popped out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 4th:
HOUSE David walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
FARKAS Jordan walked, batted forward to home.
UNSELL Robbie doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
HICHE Cristobal tripled, tagged out going to home.
MICHELS Jacob singled, forced out at 2nd, 1 RBI.
TRETHEWAY David singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
OSBORN Michael grounded out.
4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Bottom of the 4th:
H Player 5 doubled, batted forward to home.
H Player 6 singled, batted forward to home.
H Player 7 singled, batted forward to 3rd, 1 RBI.
H Player 8 grounded out.
H Player 9 sacrifice flied, 1 RBI.
H Player 1 grounded out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 5th:
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin singled, caught trying to steal 2nd.
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi flied out foul.
HOUSE David flied out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Bottom of the 5th:
H Player 2 flied out.
H Player 3 struck out swinging.
H Player 4 lined out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 6th:
FARKAS Jordan singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
UNSELL Robbie popped out.
HICHE Cristobal walked, batted forward to home.
MICHELS Jacob hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
TRETHEWAY David singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
OSBORN Michael grounded out, 1 RBI.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home, 2
RBI.
SAIONJI Kimiyoshi doubled, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on wild
pitch, 1 RBI.
HOUSE David walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on
wild pitch.
FARKAS Jordan walked.
UNSELL Robbie grounded out.
7 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Lakenheath Diamondbacks – Bottom of the 6th:
H Player 5 singled, batted forward to home.
H Player 6 struck out swinging.
H Player 7 reached on error, batted forward to home.
H Player 8 singled.
H Player 9 popped out.
H Player 1 grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Falcons – Top of the 7th:
HICHE Cristobal walked, forced out at 2nd.
MICHELS Jacob reached on fielder’s choice, batted forward to home.
TRETHEWAY David walked, batted forward to home.
LIPSTOCK Seth walked, batted forward to home.
NIEDRINGHAUS Kevin doubled, 3 RBI.
3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box Scores: Herts Hawks 15 Kent Mariners 2 (BBF AA League)

Herts Hawks at Kent Mariners
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Herts Hawks 1 0 0 1 3 10 15 8 1
Kent Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4

 

Herts Hawks 15, Kent Mariners 2
Herts Hawks Kent Mariners
ab r h bi ab r h bi
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul lf 2 0 0 0 H Player 1 p 3 1 1 1
(b4) BOTEV Vassil 3b 1 2 0 0 H Player 2 c 3 0 0 0
GOULD Daniel 3b-2b-cf 3 3 0 0 H Player 3 1b 3 0 0 0
HARE Louis ss 4 3 2 3 H Player 4 2b 3 0 2 1
CORNISH Andy cf-1b 4 1 2 3 H Player 5 3b 3 0 0 0
ELKINS Tim 1b 2 1 0 0 H Player 6 ss 2 0 1 0
(b4) LEWYS Jonathon rf 3 1 1 2 H Player 7 lf 2 0 0 0
DIMITROV Kal c 3 2 1 1 H Player 8 cf 2 0 0 0
BOCHAN Greg rf-1b 3 1 1 1 H Player 9 rf 1 1 0 0
(t6) SLATER Andrew 2b 0 0 0 0
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph 2b-lf 3 0 1 2
RUSSELL Nick p 2 1 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 30 15 8 12 TEAM TOTALS 22 2 4 2

 

E: GOULD Daniel, H Player 5(2), H Player 6, H Player 1. LOB: Kent Mariners 3, Herts
Hawks 8. 2B: HARE Louis, CORNISH Andy, BOCHAN Greg, H Player 4. SB: HARE Louis(2),
DIMITROV Kal(2), BOTEV Vassil(2), RUSSELL Nick, BARTHOLOMEW Ralph, CORNISH Andy,
LEWYS Jonathon, H Player 9(2), H Player 3, H Player 4.

 

Herts Hawks IP H R ER BB SO
RUSSELL Nick W 6.00 4 2 2 0 3
Kent Mariners
H Player 1 L 6.00 8 15 9 7 6

 

HBP: by H Player 1 (BOCHAN Greg). . , by H Player 1 (HARE Louis), by H Player 1
(CORNISH Andy), by H Player 1 (DIMITROV Kal), by RUSSELL Nick (H Player 9). PB: H
Player 2(2). T: 2:00. A: 86.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 1st:
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul struck out looking.
GOULD Daniel reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
HARE Louis grounded out.
CORNISH Andy singled, 1 RBI.
ELKINS Tim grounded out.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 1st:
H Player 1 popped out.
H Player 2 reached on error, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 3 reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd.
H Player 4 grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 2nd:
DIMITROV Kal grounded out.
BOCHAN Greg grounded out.
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 2nd:
H Player 5 struck out looking.
H Player 6 struck out looking.
H Player 7 grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 3rd:
RUSSELL Nick walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd.
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul walked, forced out at 2nd.
GOULD Daniel popped out.
HARE Louis reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd.
CORNISH Andy struck out looking.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 3rd:
H Player 8 grounded out.
H Player 9 struck out.
H Player 1 grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 4th:
ELKINS Tim reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on error,
advanced to home on wild pitch.
DIMITROV Kal reached on error, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
BOCHAN Greg hit by pitch, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph walked.
RUSSELL Nick struck out looking.
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul flied out.
GOULD Daniel grounded out.
1 run, 0 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 4th:
H Player 2 popped out.
H Player 3 grounded out.
H Player 4 singled.
H Player 5 grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 5th:
HARE Louis singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
CORNISH Andy struck out looking.
LEWYS Jonathon struck out swinging.
DIMITROV Kal singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
BOCHAN Greg doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph singled, stole 2nd, 1 RBI.
RUSSELL Nick popped out.
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 5th:
H Player 6 singled, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 7 flied out.
H Player 8 grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 6th:
BOTEV Vassil reached on error, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
GOULD Daniel walked, batted forward to home.
HARE Louis hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
CORNISH Andy hit by pitch, batted forward to 3rd, stole home, 1 RBI.
LEWYS Jonathon singled, batted forward to 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home, 2
RBI.
DIMITROV Kal hit by pitch, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on
passed ball.
BOCHAN Greg struck out swinging.
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph grounded out, 1 RBI.
RUSSELL Nick walked, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
BOTEV Vassil walked, batted forward to home.
GOULD Daniel walked, batted forward to home.
HARE Louis doubled, advanced to 3rd on throw, batted forward to home, 3 RBI.
CORNISH Andy doubled, 1 RBI.
LEWYS Jonathon grounded out.
10 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 6th:
H Player 9 hit by pitch, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
H Player 1 singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
H Player 2 grounded out.
H Player 3 grounded out.
H Player 4 doubled, stole 3rd, 1 RBI.
H Player 5 grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box Scores: Herts Hawks 11 Kent Mariners 0 (BBF AA League)

Herts Hawks at Kent Mariners
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Herts Hawks 4 0 0 2 1 4 11 8 1
Kent Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

 

Herts Hawks 11, Kent Mariners 0
Herts Hawks Kent Mariners
ab r h bi ab r h bi
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul c 2 2 1 0 H Player 1 p 3 0 0 0
RUSSELL Nick cf 2 1 0 0 H Player 2 c 3 0 2 0
(t6) CORNISH Andy cf 0 0 0 0 H Player 3 1b 3 0 0 0
LEWYS Jonathon lf 1 1 0 0 H Player 4 2b 3 0 0 0
(b3) BARTHOLOMEW Ralph rf 2 1 0 0 H Player 5 3b 2 0 1 0
HARE Louis ss 3 2 2 3 H Player 6 ss 2 0 0 0
GOETZ Nicolas p 2 1 0 1 H Player 7 lf 2 0 1 0
ELKINS Tim 1b 4 2 2 2 H Player 8 cf 2 0 0 0
BOCHAN Greg 2b 4 1 1 0 H Player 9 rf 2 0 0 0
BOTEV Vassil rf-lf 2 0 1 2
(t6) GOULD Daniel lf 1 0 0 1
SLATER Andrew 3b 4 0 1 0
TEAM TOTALS 27 11 8 9 TEAM TOTALS 22 0 4 0

 

E: HARE Louis, H Player 1, H Player 5, H Player 6. DP: Herts Hawks 1. LOB: Kent
Mariners 4, Herts Hawks 10. 2B: HARE Louis, H Player 2. HR: ELKINS Tim. SB:
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul(3), GOETZ Nicolas(2), BOCHAN Greg(2), ELKINS Tim, SLATER Andrew,
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph, CORNISH Andy.

 

Herts Hawks IP H R ER BB SO
GOETZ Nicolas W 6.00 4 0 0 0 6
Kent Mariners
H Player 1 L 6.00 8 11 7 10 6

 

HBP: by H Player 1 (LEWYS Jonathon). . . . , by H Player 1 (BOTEV Vassil). . WP: H
Player 1. T: 2:00. A: 86.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 1st:
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward
to home.
RUSSELL Nick walked, batted forward to home.
LEWYS Jonathon hit by pitch, batted forward to home.
HARE Louis walked, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
GOETZ Nicolas walked, batted forward to 2nd, stole 3rd, 1 RBI.
ELKINS Tim popped out.
BOCHAN Greg struck out swinging.
BOTEV Vassil singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, 2 RBI.
SLATER Andrew grounded out.
4 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 1st:
H Player 1 struck out swinging.
H Player 2 singled, batted forward to 2nd.
H Player 3 grounded out.
H Player 4 popped out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 2nd:
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul singled, advanced to 2nd on error, forced out at 3rd.
RUSSELL Nick walked, batted forward to 2nd.
LEWYS Jonathon struck out swinging.
HARE Louis reached on fielder’s choice.
GOETZ Nicolas grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 2nd:
H Player 5 reached on error.
H Player 6 struck out swinging.
H Player 7 flied out foul.
H Player 8 struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 3rd:
ELKINS Tim popped out.
BOCHAN Greg reached on error, stole 2nd, picked off.
BOTEV Vassil popped out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 3rd:
H Player 9 grounded out.
H Player 1 grounded out.
H Player 2 grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 4th:
SLATER Andrew struck out swinging.
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
RUSSELL Nick struck out swinging.
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
HARE Louis singled, 2 RBI.
GOETZ Nicolas grounded out.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 4th:
H Player 3 popped out.
H Player 4 struck out swinging.
H Player 5 singled.
H Player 6 grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 5th:
ELKINS Tim hit solo inside park home run, 1 RBI.
BOCHAN Greg singled, batted forward to 3rd.
BOTEV Vassil hit by pitch, batted forward to 3rd.
SLATER Andrew struck out swinging.
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul walked, forced out at 2nd.
RUSSELL Nick struck out swinging.
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph reached on fielder’s choice.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 5th:
H Player 7 singled, forced out at 2nd.
H Player 8 struck out swinging.
H Player 9 hit into double play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Top of the 6th:
HARE Louis doubled, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
GOETZ Nicolas walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error.
ELKINS Tim singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, advanced to home on wild
pitch, 1 RBI.
BOCHAN Greg reached on error, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted
forward to home.
GOULD Daniel grounded out, 1 RBI.
SLATER Andrew singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd.
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul grounded out.
CORNISH Andy walked, stole 2nd.
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph popped out.
4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Kent Mariners – Bottom of the 6th:
H Player 1 popped out.
H Player 2 doubled.
H Player 3 struck out looking.
H Player 4 flied out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Herts Hawks are back in the playoff race

Jon Lewys went 1-3 and drove in two runs in the second game against the Mariners

The Hawks suffered a nightmare month of April. On top of the wettest April on record, most of their roster was unavailable for the games versus the Croydon Pirates and the Poole Piranhas, which they lost and many feared that this slip has knocked them out of the playoff race after just 3 weeks into the season.

Earlier in the week a BBF announcement confirmed that the Hawks would need to finish among the top 4 teams in their AA League group to qualify for the postseason. That seemed to give the Hawks the boost they needed. They bounced back sweeping the series against the Kent Mariners. In game one Nic Goetz repeated his Opening day heroics on the mound. This time he pitched a complete game shutout. He allowed only 4 hits. He had a solid defence behind him which committed only one error as well as potent batting lineup which scored 11 runs. Louis Hare and Tim Elkins contributed with 2 hits each with 3 and 2 RBI respectively.

Click to view Game 1 Box Scores and play-by-play

Nick Russell started game 2 and he too pitched a complete game allowing only 4 hits. Kent did score 2 runs in the final inning but by then the Hawks had taken an unassailable 15-0 lead. Louis Hare (2-4 3RBI 2B) and Andy Cornish (2-4 3RBI 2B) stood out offensively for Herts.

Click to view Game 2 Box Scores and play-by-play

Co-Manager Andy Cornish was pleased with the team’s performance. He said: “I think today we made a real jump forward in our fielding game, both pitchers were at the top of their game. Nic Goetz and Nick Russell were great on the mound today.” He added that “The team was really buzzing after the game, and I for one cannot wait for the next game so that we can continue to put in solid performances”. Will the Hawks be able to shock the league by beating the London Mammoths who come to Grovehill Ballpark this Sunday, 20 May 2012 (12:00 first pitch).