The Herts Yankees and Herts Dodgers were looking to bounce back after recording losses in week one of the Herts Baseball Little League.  The Dodgers got their first win of the season with a convincing 18-8 score against the Giants. Dodgers’ batters had an outstanding game at the plate.  Ben Jones was one of the star performers going 4-for-5 with 5 RIBIs including a home run over the centerfield wall.  Dodgers celebration were short-lived as the Giants came back strong in game two winning 17-13 which means they lead the series 3-1.  Game two saw home runs by Matt Cowler (2)  and Aaron Witter. 

In the Herts Major League, the Herts Yankees had a spring in their step with several key reinforcements coming in for them.  Lewis Green started on the mound for them and gave them exactly the start which they needed.  They had a healthy 9-3 lead going into the third inning, but then the Red Sox came alive and started to put runs on the scoreboard and eventually took the lead going into the final inning.  A late surge by the Yankees in the final inning included a 2-run home run by Liam Green (2) bringing them to within one run, but then Red Sox pitcher, Zack Longboy, shut the door retiring three batters in succession to end the game and give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead in the series. 

Rivals London Mets Come to Town this Saturday 

 

Next Saturday, 21 May 2011, the Herts U-17 and Herts U-14 All Star teams will clash in the National League against their London Mets counterparts. This is a repeat of the dramatic London versus Herts National Final which Herts won to lift the Under-14 National Trophy last October.  This year Herts is entering an Under-17 team for the first time in its history. Many of the Herts Under-17 players were members of the Under-14 Championship-winning team from last year. This time they will be facing much older and more experienced players, so it will be exciting to see how they will start in the Under-17 British League. With so many Under-14 Herts players moving up to the Under-17 team, there will be many new faces representing Herts at the Under-14 League level. 

Everything is set for a fantastic day of baseball between two of the biggest rivals in Great Britain.  The games begin at 12pm this Saturday, 21 May 2011, at Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead.  Free admission for all.  Hot Dogs, and alls sorts of other snacks and refreshments will be available on the day. Many new players have signed up with the Herts teams this year and new players can join the League and give baseball a try at any point of the season. For more details contact Herts Baseball Club by visiting the official website of the Herts Baseball Little League.

WEEKEND’S BOX SCORES IN THE HERTS LITTLE LEAGUE

Herts Yankees at Herts Red Sox
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Herts Yankees	4	5	0	4	1	0	4	18	15	12
Herts Red Sox	2	1	3	3	5	5	0	19	9	0

Herts Red Sox 19, Herts Yankees 18
Herts Red Sox					Herts Yankees
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Brodie Caress p-ss	3	3	1	0	Jose Morillo ss-c-3b	3	3	1	0
Charlie Mayhew lf	2	3	0	0	Gavin Peterson cf-p-3b-c	4	3	1	0
Kyle Lloyd-Jones 1b	2	4	2	0	Cameron Ross 2b-cf	4	4	3	2
Kieran Manning c	5	2	2	0	Liam Green c-ss	5	3	4	3
Harry Purvis cf	4	2	1	3	Jonny Compton-Weight 1b-p	4	3	3	1
Zack Longboy ss-p	1	2	0	0	Callum Vangundy 3b-rf	2	2	1	1
Brian Moulton 2b	3	1	0	0	(b4) Daisy Ross rf	2	0	0	1
Tristan Le Coz 3b	3	0	2	2	Lewis Green p-1b-3b	5	0	2	4
Alex Rayner rf	2	2	1	0	Rhys Burns lf-2b	2	0	0	0
					Tom Adams rf-2b-lf	4	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS	25	19	9	5	TEAM TOTALS	35	18	15	12

E: Jose Morillo(5), Lewis Green(2), Tom Adams(2), Liam Green, Callum Vangundy, Gavin Peterson. DP: Herts Yankees 1. LOB: Herts Red Sox 6, Herts Yankees 7. 2B: Brodie Caress, Harry Purvis, Jonny Compton-Weight(2), Lewis Green, Liam Green, Cameron Ross. HR: Liam Green. SB: Zack Longboy(3), Harry Purvis(2), Brodie Caress(2), Charlie Mayhew, Kyle Lloyd-Jones, Brian Moulton, Tristan Le Coz, Alex Rayner, Jose Morillo(5), Gavin Peterson(2), Jonny Compton-Weight.

Herts Red Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Zack Longboy W	4.00	9	9	9	5	7
Brodie Caress	2.33	6	9	8	3	3
Herts Yankees
Lewis Green	2.00	4	3	0	0	2
Gavin Peterson	2.00	4	6	1	6	1
Jonny Compton-Weight L	1.33	1	10	4	10	1

HBP: by Brodie Caress (Callum Vangundy). . . . . . . WP: Brodie Caress(3), Zack Longboy(2), Jonny Compton-Weight(11). PB: Kieran Manning(2), Gavin Peterson(5). T: 2:49. A: 78.

Herts Dodgers at Herts Giants
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Herts Dodgers	1	5	5	2	5	18	28	1
Herts Giants	1	0	4	0	3	8	17	2

Herts Dodgers 18, Herts Giants 8
Herts Dodgers					Herts Giants
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Alexander Deacon p	5	3	5	3	Jamie Brener 1b-ss	3	1	2	1
Rylie Peterson lf	5	1	3	1	Lewis Auchterlounie p-sf	3	1	2	0
Ben Jones c	5	3	4	5	Ryan Reynolds 3b-cf	3	3	3	0
Theo Longboy 1b	4	1	3	5	Matt Cowler cf-3b	3	0	1	1
Zoe Wakelam 3b	4	1	1	0	Aaron Witter ss-1b	3	2	1	1
Colin Vawter cf	4	2	3	1	James Roberts 2b	3	0	3	3
Nicholas Durer 2b	4	2	3	0	Beau Mack-Rehnsi c	3	0	2	2
Jonathan Wakelam sf	4	1	1	0	Christian Lynch lf-p	3	0	0	0
Oliver Durer rf	4	2	2	1	Louis Boote rf-lf	2	0	1	0
Keanu Wood ss	4	2	3	2	Alex Trautman rf-ph	2	0	0	0
					Alex Crombie sf-dh	2	1	2	0
TEAM TOTALS	43	18	28	18	TEAM TOTALS	30	8	17	8

E: Alexander Deacon, Lewis Auchterlounie, Aaron Witter. LOB: Herts Giants 7, Herts Dodgers 12. 2B: Ben Jones, Theo Longboy, Aaron Witter, Jamie Brener. HR: Ben Jones

Herts Giants at Herts Dodgers
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Herts Giants	4	2	5	4	2	17	23	0
Herts Dodgers	0	2	5	5	1	13	23	2

Herts Giants 17, Herts Dodgers 13
Herts Giants					Herts Dodgers
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Lewis Auchterlounie 3b-lf	4	1	1	0	Colin Vawter 3b	4	0	2	1
Jamie Brener lf-2b	4	3	3	2	Nicholas Durer cf	4	1	3	2
Matt Cowler cf	4	2	3	3	Keanu Wood lf	4	2	4	1
Aaron Witter 1b	4	3	4	4	Rylie Peterson 2b	4	2	2	1
Christian Lynch c	4	1	2	0	Alex Crombie p	4	2	2	2
James Roberts ss	4	2	2	2	Oliver Durer c	4	3	4	1
Ryan Reynolds rf-3b	4	2	3	2	Alexander Deacon ss	4	3	4	2
Beau Mack-Rehnsi 2b-rf	4	2	3	2	Ben Jones 1b	4	0	1	2
Alex Trautman p	4	1	2	1	H Player 9 rf	2	0	1	1
TEAM TOTALS	36	17	23	16	TEAM TOTALS	34	13	23	13

E: Alexander Deacon, Rylie Peterson. LOB: Herts Giants 6, Herts Dodgers 9. 2B: Jamie Brener(2), Matt Cowler, Beau Mack-Rehnsi, Alexander Deacon. HR: Matt Cowler, Aaron Witter.

Last Saturday ahead of the Opening Day clash between the Herts Yankees and the Herts Red Sox there was a last minute player trade.  Cameron Choudhuri moved from the Yankees to the Red Sox in exchange for a player to be named later. The Herts Little League has just confirmed that the player going in the other direction is Jose Morillo. He has developed very quickly into one of Herts Baseball’s hottest prospects and already made his debut with the club’s adult team, the Herts Raptors, who play in the British Single-A League.  He will add experience and a lot of power to the Yankees lineup.  It is a much needed boost for the Yankees who found themselves on the losing end in game one and need to bounce back in game two.

The Herts Yankees made another move by picking up Johnny Machin, who is expected to make his debut in the Herts Major League in early June.  It has been reported that the Machin family are big New York Yankees fans so they will be pleased with this news.

Fans of the Herts Little League can keep track of player transactions throughout the season on the League’s official website. (Click to view)

 

The Red Sox got off to the best possible start of the season with a convincing win against the Herts Yankees. The Giants are also in commanding position sweeping the Herts Dodgers on Opening Day of the Herts Little League season.

The Herts Little League team rosters were announced earlier in the week but the Yankees found themselves with a  seriously depleted squad on Saturday with several of their big guns out of action.  Jonny Compton-Weight who just returned after representing Great Britain in the Czech Republic and who is expected to play a key role for the team was unable to take part after suffering with the flu. Callum Vangundy, Jack Harding, Robert Binns and Vincent Moulton were also missing from the Yankees lineup.

The Red Sox took advantage of this by taking a 5-0 lead in the first inning. Lewis Green who has been making tremendous progress as a pitcher over the last 2 years came in to pitch in the second inning for the Yankees and pitched a perfect inning without allowing any hits or walks.  One run did come in during that inning after the Yankees defence committed two errors but this does not take away from the fantastic pitching performance by Green.  The Yankees seemed to be buzzing all of a sudden and were back in the game with a towering 3-run home run to right-centerfield, by Liam Green. That made the score 6-4.  Zack Longboy who was the winning pitcher for the Sox in last year’s final started on the mound and gave his team the platform they needed pitching three innings very effectively allowing 4 hits and 2 walks. By the time he was relived by Brodie Caress the Red Sox had a commanding 11-4 lead thanks to hits by Jose Morillo, Longboy and Kyle Lloyd-Jones who hit a towering 2-run home run. Caress came in and pitched 3 quality innings.  The only minor hiccup came in the top of the sixth when Lewis Green hit his first home run of his career driving in three runs. By that time it was too little too late for the Yankees.  They will need their big guns back for game 2 next Saturday if they are to stand a chance against the dangerous Red Sox.

The clash in the Minors Division between the Dodgers and the Giants was a much more even affair.  Both teams were matching each other inning after inning. It came down to the bottom of final inning.  The Giants were trailing by three runs.  Singles by Rose van Dort and Josh Jones were followed by doubles by slugger Matt Cowler and Beau Mack-Rehnsi.  The knockout punch was delivered by Ryan Reynolds to give the Giants a wild 16-15 win. 

In game two both teams improved their defensive game.  The Dodgers seemed eager to tie the series and they held a 4-2 lead until the closing innings, but the Giants rallied again in the final inning winning 9-4. 

The series continue next Saturday, 14 May, once again starting at 11am.  Will the Dodgers and the Yankees be able to make a comeback or will their opponents continue their domination.

Herts Yankees at Herts Red Sox
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Herts Yankees	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	7	4
Herts Red Sox	5	1	5	5	5	0	21	12	6

Herts Red Sox 21, Herts Yankees 7
Herts Red Sox					Herts Yankees
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Charlie Mayhew 1b-cf	2	3	1	1	Matteo Manzi cf-1b-3b-p	5	1	3	1
Brodie Caress 2b-p	2	2	1	0	Charlie Owens 2b-rf	2	0	0	0
Jose Morillo ss	3	3	2	2	Gavin Peterson c-3b	4	0	0	0
Kyle Lloyd-Jones 3b	4	3	2	2	Cameron Ross 1b-p-cf	3	1	0	0
Jake Caress lf-c	3	3	2	2	Liam Green p-cf-1b-c	4	1	1	3
Kieran Manning c-lf	3	2	1	3	Kieran Burns rf-3b	1	0	1	0
Zack Longboy p-rf	3	1	2	3	(t5) Cameron Choudhuri 3b-lf	1	1	0	0
Drew Mayhew cf-2b	2	2	0	0	Tom Adams cf-ss-lf	3	1	1	0
Tristan Le Coz rf-1b	1	1	0	0	Lewis Green 3b-p-2b-rf	4	1	1	3
Cameron Choudhuri b	2	0	1	1	Rhys Burns lf-ss	1	1	0	0
Tomas Sharpe b	0	1	0	0	(b4) Alan Ross lf-ss	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS	25	21	12	14	TEAM TOTALS	28	7	7	7

E: Brodie Caress(2), Jose Morillo(2), Kyle Lloyd-Jones(2), Matteo Manzi(2), Cameron Ross, Tom Adams. DP: Herts Red Sox 1. LOB: Herts Red Sox 8, Herts Yankees 9. 2B: Jake Caress, Kieran Manning, Cameron Choudhuri. HR: Kyle Lloyd-Jones, Liam Green, Lewis Green. SB: Jose Morillo. CS: Lewis Green, Tom Adams.

Herts Red Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Zack Longboy W	3.00	5	4	4	2	1
Brodie Caress	3.00	2	3	3	3	2
Herts Yankees
Lewis Green	1.00	0	1	0	0	0
Cameron Ross	0.67	4	4	4	4	0
Liam Green L	0.33	1	5	0	2	2
Matteo Manzi	0.00	7	11	9	3	1

HBP: by Zack Longboy (Kieran Burns). , by Matteo Manzi (Tristan Le Coz). . . . WP: Zack Longboy(3), Matteo Manzi(8), Liam Green(3), Lewis Green. PB: Gavin Peterson(5). T: 2:30. A: 78.

Herts Dodgers at Herts Giants
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Herts Dodgers	5	0	3	2	5	15	23	3
Herts Giants	5	4	2	1	4	16	23	2

 

Herts Giants 16, Herts Dodgers 15
Herts Giants					Herts Dodgers
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Jamie Brener 3b	4	4	2	0	Alexander Deacon c-p	4	2	2	1
Joshua Jones ss-1b	4	3	4	1	Ben Jones 3b-c	4	3	3	0
Matt Cowler 1b-2b	4	2	2	3	Nicholas Durer cf	4	2	2	0
Beau Mack-Rehnsi cf	4	4	4	3	Theo Longboy p-3b	4	4	4	2
Ryan Reynolds rf	4	1	4	5	Zoe Wakelam 2b	4	2	3	5
James Roberts 2b-ss	3	1	2	2	Oliver Durer ss	3	1	3	2
Alex Trautman p	2	0	0	0	Ozan Martin 1b	3	0	3	3
Christian Lynch lf-c	3	0	1	0	Jonathan Wakelam rf	3	0	0	0
Lewis Auchterlounie c-lf	3	1	2	0	Rylie Peterson lf	3	1	3	2
Talia Martin rf-sf	3	0	1	1	Andrew Powell rf-sf	3	0	0	0
Rose van Dort rf-ph	3	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS	37	16	23	15	TEAM TOTALS	35	15	23	15

 

E: Jamie Brener, Joshua Jones, Theo Longboy(2), Oliver Durer. LOB: Herts Dodgers 8, Herts Giants 9. 2B: Beau Mack-Rehnsi(3), Matt Cowler(2), Jamie Brener, Rylie Peterson.

 

Herts Giants	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Alex Trautman	4.00	23	15	14	0	8
Herts Dodgers
Alexander Deacon	2.33	10	7	7	0	5
Theo Longboy	1.67	13	9	8	0	1

  

GAME 2

Herts Giants at HOME Opponent
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Herts Giants	1	1	0	4	3	9	16	0
HOME Opponent	1	3	0	0	0	4	10	2

Herts Giants 9, HOME Opponent 4
Herts Giants					HOME Opponent
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Beau Mack-Rehnsi 3b	4	3	3	1	H Player 1 p	3	2	2	1
James Roberts 1b	4	1	2	2	H Player 2 2b	3	0	0	0
Joshua Jones c	4	0	1	1	H Player 3 1b	3	0	3	1
Matt Cowler cf	4	1	4	2	H Player 4 lf	3	0	2	2
Christian Lynch lf	4	0	1	1	H Player 5 c	3	0	0	0
Jamie Brener ss	3	0	0	0	H Player 6 ss	3	0	0	0
Ryan Reynolds 2b	3	2	2	0	H Player 7 3b	3	0	1	0
Lewis Auchterlounie p	3	1	2	0	H Player 8 cf	2	1	1	0
Alex Trautman rf	3	1	1	0	H Player 9 rf	2	1	1	0
TEAM TOTALS	32	9	16	7	TEAM TOTALS	25	4	10	4

E: H Player 1, H Player 2. LOB: HOME Opponent 6, Herts Giants 8. 2B: Matt Cowler(3), Beau Mack-Rehnsi.

Herts Giants	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Lewis Auchterlounie	5.00	10	4	4	0	11
HOME Opponent
H Player 1	5.00	16	9	6	0	5

T: 1:20. A: 78.