The Herts Red Roosters celebrate winning the 2010 Hunlock Series

 

 

The winners of the 2010 Hunlock Series were the Herts Red Roosters.  Before the start of the day they were in pole position having booked their place in the final by finishing first in the group stage.

 

They faced the Herts Blue Dogs after they caused another shock by beating the Herts Black Widows in a closely fought semi-final playoff. 

 

All 3 teams were missing many of their originally drafted players, but that didn’t take away from the enjoyment of this celebration of the Herts Baseball family.  In the absence of co-managers Carlos Casal and Marc Martinez, Jamie Munn was deputizing as the Blue Dogs Manager.  He brought his own very effective management style and his team definitely enjoyed it.

 

His trademark mound visits were more akin to political party conferences than the usual one-on-one meetings which we have become accustomed to when watching MLB games.  On two occasions Munn’s mound visits brought immediate results delivering inning-ending double plays.  This proved to be crucial for the Blue Dogs as they went on to win 7-5 knocking the Black Widows out.

 

 

One of the special mound visits of Blue Dogs Manager, Jamie Munn, which sometimes involved all 9 fielders as well as some bench players.  The multi-dimensional strategic approach was certainly effective and brought success time after time for Munn’s men.

 

With a depleted bullpen it was always going to be a difficult task for the Blue Dogs to pull off another surprise in the Final.  The Herts Red Roosters arrived fresh for the game and this was noticeable from the start.

 

 

Pitcher Mike Kalmowicz throwing his newly invented pitch – the “changing changup”.

 

The Blue Dogs pitching staff tried everything to silence the Red Roosters bats.  Reliever Mike Kalmowicz even unveiled two new pitches in his repertoire in an effort to turn the game around. The two new pitches were the “changing changup” and as yet unnamed mystery pitch, but even this was not enough. The game ended with a convincing 22-11 win for the Herts Red Roosters.

 

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BOX SCORES – PLAYOFF SEMI-FINAL

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Herts Blue Dogs at Herts Black Widows
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Herts Blue Dogs	2	0	2	1	2	7	7	4
Herts Black Widows	1	1	1	1	1	5	5	5

Herts Blue Dogs 7, Herts Black Widows 5
Herts Blue Dogs					Herts Black Widows
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
ELKINS Tim 1b	3	2	2	0	CURTIS Paul 3b-rf	2	0	0	0
MUNN Jamie cf	2	2	1	0	GREEN Tom rf-cf-ss-3b	3	0	0	0
DRUMMOND Bryan 3b	2	1	0	1	DIMITROV Ilya c	2	2	2	1
DIMITROV Aspi p	1	0	1	1	HOFFMANN Mark p-1b	2	0	1	2
(t4) DIMITROV Kal c	1	0	0	0	NAGHAR Rod cf-3b-ss	2	2	1	0
SHERMAN Perrie c-p	2	1	0	0	PEARCE Ben lf-2b	2	0	0	0
BARTHOLOMEW Ralph ss	2	1	1	0	DEACON Chris ss-cf	2	0	0	0
WILLIAMS Charlie rf	3	0	1	2	LLOYD-JONES Kyle 2b-lf	2	0	1	1
CURTIS Jack lf	3	0	0	0	KALMOWICZ Mike p-1b	2	1	0	0
HUMPHREY Alex 2b	3	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS	22	7	7	4	TEAM TOTALS	19	5	5	4

E: DRUMMOND Bryan(3), ELKINS Tim, KALMOWICZ Mike(2), DIMITROV Ilya, HOFFMANN Mark, LLOYD-JONES Kyle. LOB: Herts Black Widows 4, Herts Blue Dogs 6. SB: ELKINS Tim(3), MUNN Jamie(2), NAGHAR Rod(4), DIMITROV Ilya(3), KALMOWICZ Mike(2), PEARCE Ben. CS: DIMITROV Ilya.

Herts Blue Dogs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
DIMITROV Aspi W	3.00	3	3	1	2	4
SHERMAN Perrie	2.00	2	2	0	2	3
Herts Black Widows
HOFFMANN Mark L	3.00	4	4	3	2	1
KALMOWICZ Mike	2.00	3	3	1	3	3

HBP: by DIMITROV Aspi (HOFFMANN Mark). . , by KALMOWICZ Mike (SHERMAN Perrie). WP: HOFFMANN Mark(2), KALMOWICZ Mike. PB: DIMITROV Kal, DIMITROV Ilya. Balk: HOFFMANN Mark. T: 2:15. A: 45.

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BOX SCORES – FINAL

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Herts Blue Dogs at Herts Red Roosters
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Herts Blue Dogs	6	1	0	3	1	11	9	3
Herts Red Roosters	2	2	6	7	5	22	11	1

Herts Red Roosters 22, Herts Blue Dogs 11
Herts Red Roosters					Herts Blue Dogs
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
PIKE Ken p-1b-ss	5	2	2	1	ELKINS Tim 1b	2	2	1	1
GOULD Bobby 3b	3	4	3	3	BARTHOLOMEW Ralph 2b	1	1	0	0
RUSSELL Nick 1b-p	2	3	1	2	(b3) CURTIS Paul rf-2b	2	1	2	0
DIMITROV Aspi ss	1	0	0	0	(b5) DIMITROV Ilya 2b	0	0	0	0
(b3) PRASAD Mahendra pr-ss-cf	1	3	1	3	DEACON Chris ss-lf	4	0	0	0
DIMITROV Kal c	5	2	1	2	NAGHAR Rod 3b	2	3	1	0
CROOKS Phil cf-2b	3	1	0	1	SHERMAN Perrie p-c	1	2	1	2
ARNOTT Jim lf-1b	4	3	2	0	KALMOWICZ Mike c-p-ss	0	0	0	2
DRUMMOND Bryan 2b-cf-lf	4	0	0	0	HOFFMANN Mark lf-p-ss	3	1	2	3
GAMBLE Jon rf	1	4	1	2	WILLIAMS Charlie rf	3	1	1	0
					CURTIS Jack cf	3	0	1	1
TEAM TOTALS	29	22	11	14	TEAM TOTALS	21	11	9	9

E: DRUMMOND Bryan, ELKINS Tim(2), DEACON Chris. LOB: Herts Red Roosters 4, Herts Blue Dogs 5. 2B: GOULD Bobby, ARNOTT Jim, PIKE Ken, SHERMAN Perrie. SB: GOULD Bobby(4), RUSSELL Nick(4), PRASAD Mahendra(3), DIMITROV Kal(2), ARNOTT Jim, GAMBLE Jon, ELKINS Tim(3), NAGHAR Rod(2), HOFFMANN Mark(2), CURTIS Paul(2), SHERMAN Perrie, KALMOWICZ Mike. CS: SHERMAN Perrie.

Herts Red Roosters	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
RUSSELL Nick W	3.00	4	4	3	3	3
PIKE Ken	2.00	5	7	5	7	2
Herts Blue Dogs
KALMOWICZ Mike L	2.33	5	9	7	5	1
HOFFMANN Mark	1.67	4	11	8	4	4
SHERMAN Perrie	1.00	2	2	1	0	0

HBP: by KALMOWICZ Mike (DIMITROV Aspi). , by HOFFMANN Mark (CROOKS Phil). , by KALMOWICZ Mike (GOULD Bobby). WP: HOFFMANN Mark. PB: DIMITROV Kal(2), SHERMAN Perrie, KALMOWICZ Mike. T: 2:20. A: 45.

The Herts Red Roosters booked their place in the 2010 Hunlock Series Final after a win against the Herts Black Widows in the final game of the group stage of the Series. 

Earlier in the day the Herts Blue Dogs, a team made up predominantly of Herts Little League players and their fathers, stunned the Roosters with a 12-8 win. Jesse Reinebold picked up the win.

The Blue Dogs were very close to causing another upset.  They were in the lead for most of their second game but came just short, losing 7-6 to the Black Widows at the end.  Marty Cullen and Greg Bochan were the big hitters for the Black Widows while Mike Kalmowicz pitched one and two-third innings for the win.  He did not allow any hits and struck out three.

This meant that the winner of the final game between the Black Widows and the Red Roosters was going to secure their place in the 2010 Hunlock Series Final while the loser would have to go through a very difficult playoff against the Blue Dogs which also carries the disadvantage of using up precious pitching options and going into the Final with a tired bullpen.

At the end it was the Red Roosters that came out on top in the final and deciding group game. Hits from Will Belbin (2-2), Mahendra Prasad (1-1, RBI ) and Phil Crooks (1-3, 2B RBI) helped the Red Roosters on to a 9-5 win.

The schedule for this Sunday, 17 October, of the Kyle Hunlock Series is as follows:

11:00 (Playoff) Herts Blue Dogs @ Herts Black Widows

14:00 (Final) Playoff Winner @ Herts Red Roosters

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BOX SCORES

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Herts Blue Dogs at Herts Red Roosters
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	R	H	E
Herts Blue Dogs	3	5	4	0	12	8	2
Herts Red Roosters	0	1	5	2	8	2	9

Herts Blue Dogs 12, Herts Red Roosters 8
Herts Blue Dogs					Herts Red Roosters
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
MUNN Jamie cf	3	3	0	0	GOULD Bobby 3b	3	1	1	0
(b4) V Sub 6 pr-cf	0	0	0	0	JOHNSTON Matt 1b	2	1	1	1
GREEN Liam ss-p	4	1	2	1	(b4) PRASAD Mahendra 1b	0	1	0	0
CORNISH Andy 1b	3	3	2	3	RUSSELL Nick p-cf	3	0	0	2
GANSTER Alex 3b	2	2	1	0	DIMITROV Aspi ss	0	2	0	0
LONGBOY Arnold c	3	1	1	2	CROOKS Phil 2b	1	1	0	0
(b3) V Sub 4 pr-c	0	0	0	0	(b4) MANNING Lee 2b	0	0	0	0
REINEBOLD Jonathan lf	3	0	2	2	DRUMMOND Bryan cf-p	2	0	0	0
(b3) V Sub 1 lf	0	0	0	0	BELBIN Will rf	1	0	0	1
CHARGE Michael rf	3	0	0	0	(t4) AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul lf	0	0	0	0
(b3) V Sub 2 rf	0	0	0	0	LLOYD-JONES Kyle lf-rf	2	0	0	0
ELKINS Tim 2b	2	2	0	0	DIMITROV Kal c	1	2	0	0
(b3) V Sub 3 2b	0	0	0	0
REINEBOLD Jesse p	2	0	0	0
(b3) V Sub 5 ss-p	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS	25	12	8	8	TEAM TOTALS	15	8	2	4

E: REINEBOLD Jesse, V Sub 1, GOULD Bobby(3), CROOKS Phil(2), DIMITROV Aspi(2), JOHNSTON Matt, BELBIN Will. LOB: Herts Red Roosters 4, Herts Blue Dogs 6. SB: CORNISH Andy(3), MUNN Jamie(3), LONGBOY Arnold(2), GANSTER Alex, REINEBOLD Jonathan, ELKINS Tim, V Sub 3, V Sub 6, DIMITROV Aspi(4), CROOKS Phil, GOULD Bobby, JOHNSTON Matt, DRUMMOND Bryan, DIMITROV Kal, MANNING Lee.

Herts Blue Dogs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
REINEBOLD Jesse W	2.33	2	4	1	2	3
GREEN Liam	1.33	0	4	2	7	2
V Sub 5	0.33	0	0	0	0	1
Herts Red Roosters
RUSSELL Nick L	3.00	7	12	2	2	3
DRUMMOND Bryan	1.00	1	0	0	2	0

HBP: by RUSSELL Nick (CORNISH Andy). . . WP: GREEN Liam(3). PB: V Sub 4(3), DIMITROV Kal. T: 1:45. A: 50.

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Herts Black Widows at Herts Blue Dogs
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Herts Black Widows	1	0	2	2	2	0	7	6	4
Herts Blue Dogs	1	0	4	1	0	0	6	6	3

Herts Black Widows 7, Herts Blue Dogs 6
Herts Black Widows					Herts Blue Dogs
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
DIMITROV Ilya cf	4	1	1	1	H Player 1 cf-p	3	2	1	0
NAGHAR Rod 2b	3	1	0	1	H Player 2 p-ss	1	1	0	0
BOCHAN Greg p-ss	3	1	2	1	(t4) H Sub 2 ss	1	1	0	0
CULLEN Marty c	3	1	2	2	H Player 3 1b-p	3	0	0	1
KALMOWICZ Mike ss-p	1	1	0	0	(t5) H Sub 4 cf	0	0	0	0
HOFFMANN Mark 1b	3	0	1	1	H Player 4 3b	2	1	2	1
DEACON Chris 3b	2	1	0	0	(t5) H Sub 1 2b	1	0	0	0
GREEN Tom rf	1	0	0	0	H Player 5 ss	1	0	1	0
(t4) LLOYD-JONES Kyle rf	0	1	0	0	(t3) H Sub 8 1b	2	1	1	2
SLATER Andrew lf	3	0	0	0	H Player 6 c	2	0	1	0
					(t4) H Sub 6 c	1	0	0	0
					H Player 7 rf	2	0	0	1
					(t4) H Sub 5 rf	0	0	0	0
					H Player 8 2b	2	0	0	0
					(t4) H Sub 3 2b-3b	0	0	0	0
					H Player 9 lf	1	0	0	0
					(t4) H Sub 7 lf	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS	23	7	6	6	TEAM TOTALS	23	6	6	5

E: DEACON Chris(2), NAGHAR Rod, BOCHAN Greg, H Player 4, H Player 8, H Sub 5. LOB: Herts Blue Dogs 4, Herts Black Widows 8. 2B: DIMITROV Ilya. SB: BOCHAN Greg(2), CULLEN Marty, KALMOWICZ Mike, GREEN Tom, H Player 6, H Sub 2. SF: NAGHAR Rod.

Herts Black Widows	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
BOCHAN Greg	3.00	6	5	4	1	1
KALMOWICZ Mike W	1.67	0	1	0	0	3
Herts Blue Dogs
H Player 2	2.67	2	3	2	3	4
H Player 3	1.33	3	2	2	0	1
H Player 1	1.00	1	2	2	1	0

HBP: by H Player 2 (KALMOWICZ Mike). . . . , by H Player 3 (LLOYD-JONES Kyle). . WP: BOCHAN Greg(2), H Player 2(2), H Player 3(2), H Player 1. T: 1:55. A: 59.

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Herts Red Roosters at Herts Black Widows
Score By Innings	1	2	3	4	R	H	E
Herts Red Roosters	1	3	5	0	9	6	0
Herts Black Widows	2	0	2	1	5	4	3

Herts Red Roosters 9, Herts Black Widows 5
Herts Red Roosters					Herts Black Widows
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
PRASAD Mahendra cf	1	2	1	1	DIMITROV Ilya ss-c	3	0	0	0
ARNOTT Jim 3b	2	0	0	0	NAGHAR Rod 2b	1	2	0	0
JOHNSTON Matt lf	1	0	0	1	KALMOWICZ Mike p-ss	1	2	1	0
(t2) DRUMMOND Bryan lf	2	0	0	0	CULLEN Marty c-p	2	0	2	3
(t4) GAMBLE Jon p-lf	1	0	0	0	HOFFMANN Mark 1b	2	0	1	1
MANNING Lee ss-p	2	1	1	0	DEACON Chris 3b	2	0	0	0
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul c	2	0	0	0	GREEN Tom lf	2	0	0	0
DIMITROV Aspi ss-p	2	1	1	0	LLOYD-JONES Kyle cf	2	0	0	0
BELBIN Will rf	2	2	2	0	PEARCE Ben rf	1	1	0	0
RUSSELL Nick 1b	2	0	0	0
(t3) GOULD Bobby 1b-rf	0	0	0	0
CROOKS Phil 2b	3	3	1	1
TEAM TOTALS	20	9	6	3	TEAM TOTALS	16	5	4	4

E: KALMOWICZ Mike(2), NAGHAR Rod. LOB: Herts Red Roosters 2, Herts Black Widows 3. 2B: CROOKS Phil. SB: PRASAD Mahendra(4), ARNOTT Jim(2), MANNING Lee(2), BELBIN Will(2), DIMITROV Aspi, CROOKS Phil, NAGHAR Rod(2), KALMOWICZ Mike.

Herts Red Roosters	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
DIMITROV Aspi W	3.00	4	4	4	3	3
MANNING Lee	1.00	0	1	1	1	0
Herts Black Widows
KALMOWICZ Mike L	2.00	2	4	2	3	2
CULLEN Marty	2.00	4	5	1	0	3

T: 1:55. A: 56.