2012 American Legion Michigan Great Lakes Regional - Day 4/5

2012 American Legion Michigan Great Lakes Regional - Day 4/5

August 12-13, 2012 at Gerace Field / Northwood University

Posted at http://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/

*Also at http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/ (American Legion related only)

Disclaimer - I make mistakes - mostly unintentionally, also I often have 10 thumbs and I wear bi-focals. Check school sites to verify dates, times and locations and late changes. Schedules

change, and what I have may be obsolete!

All the mistakes are my own - all the correct information is the result of good clean living and brushing my teeth.

2012 Michigan Department awards -

2012 American Legion Baseball Scholarship winner - Joel Crozier, Ida Post 514;

2012 KiKi Cuyler Award (Class AA Championship MVP) - Phil Carey, Adrian Post 275

2012 Hal Newhouser Award (Class A Championship MVP) - Kyle Sexton, Kingsford Post 363

A great deal of credit has to go to Midland Berryhill Post 165, Northwood University and many others for getting all the games in following a series of storms that brought over six inhes of tain on Thursday and Friday.

Staff -

*Tournament Director - Derrick Ater (American Legion Post 57 - Lewiston, ID)

*Rob Lighthizer (SAL/Ameican Legion Post 40 - Mandan, ND)

Umpires -

*Jay Slater (Indiana - 26 years of game officiating (American legion, College, Hig School));

*Bryan Wieferich (Michigan - 11 years of American Legion, College and High School umpiring);

*John Johnston (Illinois - 30 years of American Legion, College and High School umpiring);

*Mike Allen (Michigan - 35 years of American Legion, College and High School umpiring);

*Bryan York (Michigan - 33 years of American Legion, College and High School umpiring);

*Charles (Chuck) Walters - many years of American Legion, College and High School umpiring);

Regional site - http://www.legion.org/baseball/tournaments/greatlakes

Official box scores (without my errors) -

http://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2012/r5/confstat.htm

Scores

From Championship games - Monday August 13

(15) - Championship - Moline (IL) Post 246-3, Terre Haute (IN) Post 346-2 (9in)

Box - http://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2012/r5/r5-15.htm (box incomplete?)

(14) Moline (IL) Post 246-4, Adrian (MI) Post 275-1 (9in)

*Moline (4-10-4); SP/WP-25/Kiel (LHP; Moline/12; CG/9ip, 33BF, 1R/0er, 3H, 0-BB, 1-HBP, 5K); 2H (7/Alonso (2B, B-R; Moline/11-Black Hawk JC); 18/Ryan O'Keefe (DH, B-R; Alleman/12); 23/Wages (1B, B-R; Moline/12)); 2RBI (3/Owens (SS, B-R; Moline/13)); Jim's POG (25/Kiel (LHP, 0ER, 3H, no BB) and 3/Owens (SS; 1/4, 2RBI single in first));

*Adrian (1-3-2); SP/LP-21/Wood (LHP; Adrian/13; CG/9ip, 37BF, 4R/3er, 10H, no-BB, no-K, 1-HBP); 2B (10/Cappelletty (2B, B-R; Adrian/11-Albion)); Jim's POG (21/Wood (LHP; 9ip, 3er, no-BB));

Jim's Recap -

A rematch of Thursday's game results in the same score, but this time Moline (IL) Post 246 defeats Adrian (MI) Post 275 4-1. Moline's Cameron Keil (Moline/12) held Adrian to 1 run and 3 hits while Adrian's Andrew Wood fought back after a 3 run first inning to hold Moline to one more run in the next 8 innings. Moline got three 2-out singles in the first - a 1-RBI single by Tim Wages (Moline/12) and a 2-RBI single by Andrew Owens (Moline/13). Moline added a 4th run when Emilio Alonso (Moline/11-Black Hawk JC) singled home Kevin O'Keefe (Alleman/14). Adrian scored when Tony Cappelletty (Adrian/11-Albion) doubled to lead off the fourth and subsequently scored on an infield error. Adrian loaded the bases with two out in the fifth on a single by TJ Baker (Clinton/14), a bunt single by Tyler Frank (Adrian/12-Central Michigan) and an infield error but a flyout ended the threat. From that point Keil only faced 12 batters - one reaching on an error but a doubleplay finished that threat. Adrian is eliminated, Moline advances to play Terre Haute for the regional championship..

from games on Sunday, August 12

(11) Terre Haute (IN) Post 346-9, Midland Berryhill (MI) Post 165-8 (9in)

*Midland (8-14-3); SP/ND-3/Akin (LHP; Bullock Creek/13; 6+ip, 33BF, 7R/3er?, 9H, 3-BB, 5K); 2nd/LP-4/Moody (RHP; Alma/13; 2ip, 11BF, 2R/1er, 3H, 2-BB, 3K); 2H (11/Fitzgibbon (CF, B-L; Midland Dow/14); 21/Goodwin (C, B-R; Midland/13); 2/Krager-3 (RF, B-R; John Glenn/12-Mott CC); 19/Rapanos (LF, B-R; Midland/12-Mishigan State); 9/Smith (2B, B-L; Midland/13); 7/O'Boyle (SS, B-R; Bullock Creek/13)); 2RBI (11/Fitzgibbon-3; 19/Rapanos); 3B (11/Fitzgibbon); 2B (Krager); Jim's POG (11/Fitzgibbon - 2/5, 3RBI);

*Terre Haute (9-12-5); SP/ND-21/West (RHP/SS; West Vigo/11; 3-2/3ip, 20BF, 6R/6er, 8H, 2-BB, 0K); 2nd/WP-12/Lannoo (RHP; South Vigo/13; 5-1/3ip, 25BF, 2R/2er, 6H, 2-BB, 3K); 2Hit (21/West (RHP/SS, B-R; West Vigo/11); 11/Tofaute (C, B-R; South Vigo/13); 10/Milam-4 (3B, B-L; North Vigo/14)); 2RBI (21/West; 10/Milam); Jim's POG (12/Lannoo (RHP; 5-1/3ip, 2R, 6H, 1BB, 3K) and 10/Milam (3B; 4/5, R, 2RBI, leadoff/no-out hits in 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th -2rbi game tying single));

Jim's Recap -

Preston Tofaute's two out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth gave Terre Haute (IN) Post 346 a 9-8 win over Midland Berryhill (MI) Post 165. Terre Haute scored 2 runs in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by Sam Wolf (North Vigo/13) and a two out single by Cody Thornton (West Vigo/12-Olney CC). Midland scored 7 runs (6 with two out) in the fourth sending 12 batters to the plate - a sacrifice fly by Tanner Gross (Midland/14); an RBI bunt single by Steel O'Boyle (Bullock Creek/13) in a 9-pitch at bat; 2 run triple by Adam Fitzgibbon (Midland Dow/14); RBI single by Alex Goodwin (Midland/13) - at this point Peter Lannoo (South Vigo/13) replaced Terre Haute's starter Scott West (West Vigo/11) - Chase Krager doubled on Lannoo's first pitch; Alex Rapanos (Midland/12-Michigan State), who led the inning off with a single, singled to right for 2 runs; Michael Wright (Midland/13), who had a bunt single earlier in the inning, followed with a walk before a strikeout ended the inning. Terre Haute answered with 2 runs in the bottom of the fourth - leadoff singles by Tofaute and Zach Milam (North Vigo/14); a fielder's choice; and RBI infield error; and a two out RBI single by West (now at shortstop). Midland made it 8-4 after five innings when Fitzgibbon drove in Josh Bailey (Bullock Creek/112) with an infield out. Lannoo held Midland scoreless for the next four innings - overall 5-2/3ip, 25 batters, 2 runs / 2 earned, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts - ultimately earning the win. Terre Haute scored one run in the sixth on a two out single by West; then tied the game with three runs in the seventh with a bases-loaded 2-RBI single by Milam and a two out RBI single by Dan Marlow (Terre Haute South/12); setting up Tofaute's game winning RBI in the eighth. Keegan Akin started for Midland (Bullock Creek/13; 6+ip, 33 batters, 7 runs / 3 earned?, 9 hits, 3 walks, 5 strikeouts) followed by Josh Moody (Alma/13; 2ip, 2 runs / 1 earned. 3 hits, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts) who took the loss. Scott West started for Terre Haute, going 3-2/3 innings, 6 runs / 6 earned, 8 hits, 2 walks.

(12) Adrian (MI) Post 275-14, Midland Berryhill (MI) Post 165-4 (9in) - Berryhill eliminated

*Adrian(14-17-3); SP/ND-22/Britt (RHP/LF; Tecumseh/13-Toledo; 4ip, 20BF, 4R/2er, 6H, 1-BB, 2K); 2nd/WP-1/Eldred (RHP; Tecumseh/13; 5ip, 20BF, 0R, 4H, 1-BB, 3K); 2H (7/Frank-3 (CF, B-R; Adrian/12-Central Michigan); 10/Cappelletty-3 (SS, B-R; Adrian/11-Albion); 20/Hayes-3 (1B, B-R; Adrian/13); 22/Britt-4 (RHP/LF, B-L; Tecumseh/13-Toledo); 3/Ebeling (Adrian/12-Central Michigan); 2RBI (10/Cappelletty-3; 20/Hayes; 22/Britt; 3/Ebeling-5); 3B (22/Britt); 2B (10/Cappelletty); Jim's POG (22/Britt (RHP/LF; 4/6, 2R, 2RBI, 3B) and 3/Ebeling (RF; 2/5, R, 5RBI, SacFly));

*Midland (4-10-3); SP/LP-22/Regier (RHP; Midland/12; 1-2/3ip, 14BF, 6R/6er, 7H, 1-BB, 1-HBP); 2nd-4/Moody (RHP; Alma/13; 2-1/3ip, 11BF, 2R/2er, 4H); 3rd-10/Fleming (RHP; Bullock Creek/12; 1ip, 8BF, 4R/3er, 5H); 4th-Marquardt (RHP; Bullock Creek/14; 3ip, 14BF, 0R, 0H, 5-BB, 1-HBP); 5th-12/Lynch (RHP; Midland/12-Delta; 1ip, 5BF, 2R/1er, 1H); 2H (21/Goodwin (LF, B-R; Midland/13); 9/Smith (2B, B-L; Midland/13)); 2RBI (7/O'Boyle (SS, B-R; Bullock Creek/13)); 2B (21/Goodwin; 2/Krager (RF, B-R; John Glenn/12-Mott CC); 19/Rapanos (DH, B-R; Midland/12-Michigan State); 1/Wright (1B, B-R; Midland/13); 8/Bailey (C, B-R; Bullock Creek/12)); Jim's POG (9/Smith (2B; 2/4, R, 3PO/5assist));

Jim's Recap -

Adrian Post 275 took a 2-1 lead after the first inning and carried it through to a 14-4 win over Midland Berryhill Post 165. Jacob Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo; 4ip, 4R/2er, 6H, 1-BB, 2K) started for Adrian and went four innings when Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13; 5ip, 0R, 4H, 1-BB, 3K) came in to finish and pick up the win. Midland used five pitchers - Starter Jason Regier (Midland/12; 1-2/3 innings, 6 runs / 6 earned); Josh Moody (Midland/13; 2-1/3 innings, 2 runs / 2 earned); Jacob Fleming (Bullock Creek/12; 1 inning, 4 runs / 3 earned); Evan Marquardt (Bullock Creek/14; 3 innings, 0 runs) and Paul Lynch (Midland/12-Delta; 1 inning, 2 runs / 1 earned) - starter Jason Regier took the loss. Adrian was led by Tyler Frank (Adrian/12-Central Michigan; 3/3, 4 runs, 2 BB, HBP); Tony Cappelletty (Adrian/11-Albion; 3/5, 3 runs, 3RBI, double, sac fly); Hunter Hayes (Adrian/13; 3/5, 2 Runs, 2RBI, BB); Jacob Britt (4/6, 2 runs, 2RBI, triple); Caleb Ebeling (Adrian/12-Central Michigan; 2/5, run, 5RBI, sac fly; Marrcell Grayer (Adrian/12-Siena Heights) and Kody Robinson (Adrian/12-Jackson CC) both had singles; TJ Baker (Clinton/14) had 2 BB and a SacBunt; Gage Lolley (Adrian/12-Siena Heights) had a walk and HBP. Midland got five doubles - Alex Goodwin (Midland/13), Chase Krager (John Glenn/12-Mott CC), Alex Rapanos (Midland/12-Michigan State), Michael Wright (Midland/13) and Josh Bailey (Bullock Creek/12) - Goodwin and Thomas Smith (Midland/13) had 2 hits; Steel O'Boyle (Bullock Creek/13) had 2 RBI. The loss eliminates Midland and Adrian advances to play Moline (IL) on Monday.

(13) Moline (IL) Post 246-7, Terre Haute (IN) Post 346-2 (9in)

Box - http://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2012/r5/r5-13.htm

from games on Saturday August 11 (no games Friday - rain)

(4) Midland Berryhill (MI) Post 165 wins by forfeit over Northbrook (IL) Post 791

(5) Moline (IL) Post 246-5, Ash Port (Green Bay, WI) Post 11-2 (7in) - Ash Port eliminated

(6) Madison (WI) Post 501 wins by forfeit over Northbrook (IL) Post 791

(7) Terre Haute (IN) Post 346-3, Adrian Post 275-1 (7in)

*Terre Haute (3-8-0); SP/WP-16/Nacke (LHP; Terre haute North/11-Vincennes; CG/7ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 6-BB, 2-HBP, 11K); 2H (20/Wolf (1B, B-R; North Vigo/13); 10/Milam (3B, B-L; North Vigo/14)); 2RBI (12/Lannoo (DH, B-R; South Vigo/13)); Jim's POG (16/Nacke (LHP; 1R/1er, 2H, 11K) and 20/Wolf (1B; 2/3, R - leadoff singles in 4th and 6th));

*Adrian (1-3-1); SP/LP-12/Carey (RHP; Tecumseh/14; CG/7ip, 28BF, 3R/2er, 8H, 1-BB, 1K); Jim's POG (12/Carey (RHP; 2er, 1-BB));

Jim's Recap -

Terre Haute Post 346 defeated Adrian Post 275 3-1 with Bryan Nacke (Terre Haute North/11-Vincennes; CG/7ip, 1 run / 1 earned, 2 hits, 6 walks, 2 HBP and 11K) out-dueling Phil Carey (Tecumseh/14; CG/7ip, 3 runs / 2 earned, 8 hits, 1 walk, 1 K). Terre Haute scored one in the first with an infield hit by Kodie Girton (Northview/12-Indiana State), sacrifice bunt by Dan Marlow (Terre Haute South/13), an infield hit by Scott West (West Vigo/11) and an RBI fielder's choice by Anthony Rosselli (North Vigo/12-Indiana State). Terre Haute scored again in the second with a single by Cody Thornton (West Vigo/12-Olney CC), a one out single by Zach Milam (North Vigo/14) and an EBI fielder's choice by Peter Lannoo (South Vigo/13). Terre Haute scored their third run in the fourth when a 2-out error allowed Lannoo to drive in Sam Wolf (North Vigo/13) with a single. Adrian's run came with two out in the fifth with a walk to Jacob Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo), Caleb Ebeling (Adrian/12-Central Michigan) hit-by-pitch, and an RBI single by Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13).

(8) Midland Berryhill (MI) Post 165-1, Pickerington (OH) Post 283-0 (7in)

*Midland (1-2-3); SP/WP-18/Mayle (RHP; Midland Dow/11-Kellogg CC; CG/7ip, 0R, 1H, 1-BB, 1-HBP, 6K); GWRBI (4/Moody (3B, B-R; Midland/13)); Jim's POG (18/Mayle (RHP - 1 hit shutout) and 4/Moody (3B; 1/2, GWRBI));

*Pickerington (0-1-1); SP/LP-2/Daniel Sexton (LHP; Watkins Memorial/13; CG/7ip, 24BF, 1R/1er, 2H, 1-BB, 8K); Jim's POG (2/Dan Sexton (LHP; CG, 1ER, 2H, 8K));

Jim's Recap -

An interesting game - well pitched on both sides, but Midland Berryhill Post 165 put together several big defensive "stops" and a 2-out RBI single to defeat Pickerington (OH) Post 283 1-0 in a 7 inning game. Chad mayle (Midland Dow/11-Kellogg CC - CG/7ip, 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 6K) went all seven innings for the win against Daniel Sexton (Watkins Memorial/13 - CG/7ip, 1R/1er, 2 hits, 1-BB, 8K). Midland's Alex rapano's (Midland/12-Michigan State) led off the fifth with a walk, Michael Wright (Midland/13) sacrificed him to second, Sexton got a ground out (P - 1B) holding the runner at second, then Josh Moody (Midland/13) singled to left to bring Rapanos in with the deciding run. Steel O'Boyle (Bullock Creek/13) had Midland's other hit and Jacob Horsley ( Sheridan/12-Ohio Dominican) had Pickerington's hit.

(9) Adrian (MI) Post 275-9, Madison (WI) Post 501-7 (9in) - Madison eliminated

*Adrian (9-15-4); SP/WP-13/Cowen (RHP; Tecumseh/14; 6+ip, 28BF, 6R/4er?, 10H, 1-BB, 1K); 2nd-9/Lolley (RHP/3B; Adrian/12-Siena Heights; 2+ip, 14BF, 1R/0er, 3H, 4-BB); 3rd/Save-1/Eldred (CF/RHP; Tecumseh/13; 1ip, 4BF, 0R, 1-BB, 2K); 2H (7/Frank (3B/CF, B-R; Adrian/12-Central Michigan); 22/Britt-3 (RF, B-L; Tecumseh/13-Toledo); 3/Ebeling-3 (DH, B-R; Adrian/12-Central Michigan); 1/Eldred (CF/RHP, B-R; Tecumseh/13); 4/Grayer (LF, B-R, Adrian/12-Siena Heights)); 2RBI (10/Cappelletty (SS, B-R; Adrian/11-Albion); 3/Ebeling; 1/Eldred); 3B (22/Britt); 2B (7/Frank; 10/Cappelletty; 24/Baker (2B, B-R; Clinton/14)); Note - 18/Powell (C, B-L; Tecumseh/12-West Virginai Wesleyan) - 3 Sac Bunts; Jim's POG (3/Ebeling (DH; 3/4, 2R, 2RBI, BB) and 1/Eldred (CF/RHP; Save, 2/5, 2RBI));

*Madison (7-13-2); SP/LP-20/Furniss (RHP; La Follette/11; 4-1/3ip, 25BF, 7R/7er, 9H, 4-BB, 1K); 2nd-13/Schuster (RHP; Sun Prairie/11; 4-2/3ip, 19BF, 2R/2er, 6H, 0-BB, 2K); 2H (5/Grannis (2B, B-L; La Follette/11-Marian); 22/Carmody (DH, B-R; Barneveld/14); 2/Schmidt (CF, B-R; Sun Prairie/12); 17/Huemmer-3 (LF, B-L; La Follette/12); 19/Anderson (SS, B-R; La Follette/14)); 2B (2/Schmidt); Jim's POG (17/Huemmer (LF; 3/5, R, 2PO);

Jim's Recap -

Adrian (MI) Post 275 defeated Madison (WI) Post 501 9-7 - Phil Cowen (Tecumseh/14; 6+ip, 6R/4er, 10 hits, 1-BB, 1K) got the win; Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13; 1ip, 1-BB, 2K) got the save and Zach Furniss (La Follette/11; 4-1/3ip, 7R/7er, 9H, 4-BB, 1K) took the loss. Adrian had 15 hits - Tyler Frank (Adrian/12-Central Michigan) 2 hits, run, RBI, BB; Tony Cappelletty (Adrian/11-Albion) double, 2 RBI, run; Hunter Hayes (Adrian/13) single, RBI, run, BB; Jacob Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo) 3 hits, triple, 2 runs; Caleb Ebeling (Adrian/12-Central Michigan) 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBI, BB; Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13) 2 hits, 2RBI; Marrcel Grayer (Adrian/12-Siena Heights) 2 hits, run, RBI, BB; TJ Baker (Clinton/14) double, run; and Jared Powell (Tecumseh/12-West Virginia Wesleyan) had 3 sacrifice bunts - 2 leading to runs. Madison got hits from Anthony Grannis (La Follette/11-Marian)2 hits, 2 runs, sac bunt; Taylor Carlson (La Follette/11-Madison) single, run; Carson Carmody (Barneveld/14) 2 hits, RBI; Aaron Schmidt (Sun Prairie/12) 2 hits, 2 runs, double, BB; Casey Seelow (La Follette/12-Marian) single, run, RBI, BB; Aaron Huemmer (La Follette/12) 3 hits, run and Riley Anderson (La Follette/14) 2 singles, RBI, BB.

(10) Moline (IL) Post 246-5, Pickerington (OH) Post 283-4 - 12 innings - Pickerington eliminated

Box - http://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2012/r5/r5-10.htm

from games on Thursday, August 9

(1) Terre Haute Post 346-3, Ash Port Post 11 (Green Bay)-0 - 7in;

(2) Pickerington Post 283-2, Madison Post 501-0 - 7in

(3) Adrian Post 275-4, Moline Post 246-1 - 7in

Disclaimer - I make mistakes - mostly unintentionally, also I often have 10 thumbs and I wear bi-focals. Check school sites to verify dates, times and locations and late changes. Schedules

change, and what I have may be obsolete!

Top 10 leading hitters (10 or more at bats)

Link - http://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2012/r5/lgplyrs.htm

Name , State - AVG - AB - HITS -

Tyler Frank, MI - .412 - 17 - 7 -

Jacob Britt, MI - .400 - 20 - 8 -

Zachary Milam, IN - .400 - 15 - 6 -

Steele O'Boyle, MI-HOST - .400 - 10 - 4 -

Marrcell Grayer, MI - .400 - 10 - 4 -

Thomas Smith, MI-HOST - .364 - 11 - 4 -

Scott West, IN - .357 - 14 - 5 -

Samuel Wolf, IN - .353 - 17 - 6 -

Timmy Wages, ILA - .350 - 20 - 7 -

Eric Ashcraft, ILA - .350 - 20 - 7

Disclaimer - I make mistakes - mostly unintentionally, also I often have 10 thumbs and I wear bi-focals. Check school sites to verify dates, times and locations and late changes. Schedules

change, and what I have may be obsolete!

* end *

08/12 - Sunday update

Quick update on the Midland Regional (American Legion Baseball) - Sunday 08/12

In game 1 Terre Haute (IN) rallied with three tying runs in the seventh and a go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth to defeat Midland Berryhill 9-8. 

In game 2 Adrian defeated Midland Berryhill 14-4 to eliminate Berryhill.  Adrian will play on Monday on the championship game(s);

Game 3 started about 7:30pm between Terre Haute (no losses) and Moline (1 loss) - this will determine if 3 "1 loss" teams play on Monday or if Terre Haute with no losses faces Adrian.

Monday's games are scheduled for 1pm at Northwood University's Gerace Field.

I will probably not get the summaries of games 1 and 2 done until Tuesday.

The regional champion will go the the American Legion World Series in Shelby, NC;

08/11 - 2012 American Legion Michigan Great Lakes Regional - Day 2/3

2012 American Legion Michigan Great Lakes Regional - Day 2/3

August 11, 2012 at Gerace Field / Morthwood University and Bullock Creek HS

Posted at http://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/

*Also at http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/ (American Legion related only)

Disclaimer - I make mistakes - mostly unintentionally, also I often have 10 thumbs and I wear bi-focals. Check school sites to verify dates, times and locations and late changes. Schedules

change, and what I have may be obsolete!

All the mistakes are my own - all the correct information is the result of good clean living and brushing my teeth.

Regional site - http://www.legion.org/baseball/tournaments/greatlakes

Official box scores (without my errors) -

http://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2012/r5/confstat.htm

(1) All games on Friday (08/10) were postponed and played as 7 inning games;

(2) Northbrook (IL) forfeited their games - they had the same personnel problem that Wheaton (IL) had - not enough players in attendance;

Scores (from games on Saturday)

(4) Midland Berryhill (MI) Post 165 wins by forfeit over Northbrook (IL) Post 791

(5) Moline (IL) Post 246-5, Ash Port (Green Bay, WI) Post 11-2 - Ash Port eliminated

(6) Madison (WI) Post 501 wins by forfeit over Northbrook (IL) Post 791

(7) Terre Haute (IN) Post 346-3, Adrian Post 275-1

(8) Midland Berryhill (MI) Post 165-1, Pickerington (OH) Post 283-0

* 9 inning games resumed *

(9) Adrian (MI) Post 275-9, Madison (WI) Post 501-7 - Madison eliminated

(10) Moline (IL) Post 246-5, Pickerington (OH) Post 283-4 - 12 innings - Pickerington eliminated

Sunday (starting at 1pm local time) (9 inning games)

(11) Midland (MI) Post 165 vs Terre Haute (IN) Post 346

(12) Adrian (MI) Post 275 vs loser of game 11 - elimination game

(13) Moline (IL) Post 246 vs winner of game 11

Monday (starting at 1pm local time)

(14) Championship game (s)

Media

Midland Daily News

*08/10 - Berryhill wins opener by forfeit - link - http://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article_aeb19686-e2f8-11e1-8a32-0019bb2963f4.html

Quad Cities Online

*08/12 - Post 246 plays late to keep playing - link - http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=604008

*08/12 - Extra, extra: Moline Legion needs 12 innings, but stays alive in regional - link - http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=604009

*08/12 - Moline Legion uses 'energy' to stay alive in Great Lakes Regional - link - http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=603958

Jim's notes / etc

(4) Midland Berryhill (MI) Post 165 wins by forfeit over Northbrook (IL) Post 791

(Northbrook did not have enough players, since that is why Wheaton (IL) did not come it is hard to understand why Northbrook was chosen)

(5) Moline (IL) Post 246-5, Ash Port (Green Bay, WI) Post 11-2 (7in) - Ash Port eliminated

(I saw part of the game - for details see http://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2012/r5/r5-05.htm

(6) Madison (WI) Post 501 wins by forfeit over Northbrook (IL) Post 791

(7) Terre Haute (IN) Post 346-3, Adrian Post 275-1 (7in) - Jim's Stats

*Terre Haute (3-8-0); SP/WP-16/Nacke (LHP; Terre Haute North/11-Vincennes; 7ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 6-BB, 2-HBP, 11K); 2Hits (20/Wolf-2 (2B, B-R; North Vigo/13); 10/Milam-2 (3B, B-L; North Vigo/14)); 2RBI (12/Lannoo (DH, B-R South Vigo/13));

*Adrian (1-2-1); SP/LP-12/Carey (RHP; Tecumseh/14; 7ip, 28BF, 3R/2er, 8H, 1-BB, 1K); Hits (20/Hayes (Adrian/13); 1/Eldred (Tecumseh/13)); RBI (1/Eldred); - 24/Baker (2B, Clinton/14 - leadoff BB in 3rd, 2-out BB in 4th);

Jim's Recap - Terre Haute Post 346's Bryan Nacke (Terre Haure North/11-Vincennes - CG/7ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 8-BB, 2-HBP, 11K) struck out 11 Adrian batters in a 3-1 win at the American LegionGreat Lakes Regional. Peter lanoo (South Vigo/13) drove in 2 runs with a fielders choice and a 2-out single, Anthony Roselli drove in the other run with a fielder's choice. Phil Carey took the loss for Adrian (Tecumseh/14, CG/7ip, 3E/2er, 8H, 1-BB, 1K) - Hunter Hayes (Adrian/13) and Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13) had hits, Eldred with the lone RBI.

(8) Midland Berryhill (MI) Post 165-1, Pickerington (OH) Post 283-0

*Midland (1-2-3); SP/WP-18/Mayle (RHP; Midland Dow/11-Kellogg CC; CG/7ip, 0R, 1H, 6K, 1-BB, 1-HBP); Hit (4/Moody (Alma/13); O'Boyle (Bullock Creek/13)); GWRBI (O'Boyle);

*Pickerington (0-1-1); SP/LP-2/Dan Sexton (LHP, Watkins Memorial/13; CG/7ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 8K, 1-BB); Hit (22/Horsley (Sheridan/12-Ohio Dominican));

Jim's Recap - Age triunphs over youth as Chad Mayle (Midland Dow/11-Kellogg CC) outdueled Dan Sexton (Watkins Memorial/13; CG/7ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 1-BB, 8K) 1-0 in the American LegionGreat Lakes Regional. Mayle gave up 1 hit and 1 walk, and picked off base runners in each of the first three innings. Sexton's only walk came to start the fifth - to Alex Rapanos (Midland/12-Michigan State); Michael Wright (Midland/13) sacrificed Rapanos to second and following a geound out a single by Josh Moody (Alma/13) scored Rapanos.

* 9 inning games resumed *

(9) Adrian (MI) Post 275-9, Madison (WI) Post 501-7 - Madison eliminated

*Adrian (9-15-4?); SP/WP-13/Cowen (RHP; Tecumseh/14; 6+ip, 28BF, 6R/4er?; 10H, 1-BB, 1K); 2nd-Gage Lolley (sub RHP/3B; Adrian/12-Siena Heights; 2+ip, 14BF, 1R/0er, 3H, 4-BB); 3rd/save-1/Eldred (CF/RHP, Tecumseh/13; 1ip, 4BF, 0E, 1-BB, 2K); 2H (7/Frank (3B/CF, B-R; Adrian/12-Central Michigan); 22/Britt-3 (RF, B-L; Tecumseh/13-Toledo); 3/Ebeling-3 (DH; Adrian/12-Central Michigan); 1/Eldred (CF/RHP; Ttecumseh/13); 4/Grayer (Adrian/12)); 2RBI (10/Cappelletty (Adrian/11-Albion); 3/Ebeling; 1/Eldred); 3B (22/Britt); 2B (7/Frank; 10/Cappelletty; 24/Baker (Clinton/14)); - 18/Jared Powell (Tecumseh/12-West Virginia Wesleyan) - 3 sacrifice bunts - 2 led to runs;

*Madison (7-13-2); SP/LP-20/Furniss (RHP; Madison La Follette/11; 4-1/3ip, 7R/7rt, 9H, 4-BB, 1K); 2nd-13/Schuster (RHP; Sun Prairie/11; 4-2/3ip, 2R/2er, 6H, 0-BB, 2K); 2H (5/Grannis (La Follette/11-Marian); 22/Carmody (Barneveld/14); 2/Schmidt (Sun Prairie/12); 17/Huemmer-3 (La Follette/12); 19/Anderson (La Follette/14)); 2B (2/Schmidt);

Jim's Recap - Adrian outlasted Madison in an elimination game at American LegionGreat Lakes Regional. Phil Cowen (Tecumseh/14; 6+ip, 6R/4er?, 10H, 1-BB, 1K) started and got the win; Gage Lolley (Adrian/12-Siena Heights; 2+ip, 1R/0er, 3H, 4-BB) was next and Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13; 1ip, 2K) got the save striking out the last two batters. Zach Furniss (La Follette/11; 4-13ip, 7R/7er, 9H, 4-BB, 1K) started and took the loss and Charles Schuster (4-2/3ip, 2E/2er, 6H, 2K) relieved and kept it close and Madison battled back. Adrian's Caleb Ebeling (Adrian/12-Central Michigan) had 3 hits and 2RBIEldred had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Tony Cappelletty (Adrian/11-Albion) had 2 RBI. Aaron Huemmer (La Follette/12) had 2 hits and Aaron Schmidt (Sun Prairie/12) had 2 hits (double).

(10) Moline (IL) Post 246-5, Pickerington (OH) Post 283-4 - 12 innings - Pickerington eliminated

for details see - http://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2012/r5/r5-10.htm

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08/09 - 2012 American Legion Michigan Great Lakes Regional - Day 1

2012 American Legion Michigan Great Lakes Regional - Day 1

August 9, 2012 at Gerace Field / Northwood University and Bullock Creek HS

Posted at http://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/

*Also at http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/ (American Legion related only)

Disclaimer - I make mistakes - mostly unintentionally, also I often have 10 thumbs and I wear bi-focals.

All the mistakes are my own - all the correct information is the result of good clean living and brushing my teeth.

Regional site - http://www.legion.org/baseball/tournaments/greatlakes

(not sure if GameTracker will be available for Thursday's games)

Scores

(1) Terre Haute Post 346-3, Ash Port Post 11 (Green Bay)-0 - 7in; (10am at Gerace Field)

Terre Haute TribStar - http://tribstar.com/sports/x775520660/Decker-one-hits-Green-Bay-Ash-Port-Post-11-to-lift-Post-346

Green Bay Press Gazette - http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120810/GPG0206/308100196/Legion-baseball-Ash-Port-shut-out-regional-tournament?odyssey=nav|head

*Terre Haute (Wayne Newton) Post 346 - (3-7-3); SP/WP-Decker (LHP; Northview/12; CG/7ip, 0R, 1H, 2-BB, 6K); Hit (West-2 (West Vigo/11-Lincoln Trail); Tofaute (Terre Haute South/13); Girton (Northview/12-Indiana State); Wolf (North Vigo/13)); RBI (West; Tofaute);
*Green Bay (Ash Port) Post 11 (0-1-3); SP/LP-Messenger (LHP; Bay Port/12; 3R/1er, 7H, 2-BB, 11K);

(2) Pickerington Post 283-2, Madison Post 501-0 - 7in (11am at Bullock Creek HS)

ThisWeekSports.com - http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/sports/2012/08/08/post-283-wins-regional-opener.html

Lancaster Eagle Gazette - http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20120810/SPORTS/208100326/Baseball-Post-283-wins-first-game?odyssey=mod|newswell|text||s

*Madison (0-3-0); SP/LP-3/Verhage (RHP; La Follete/12-Northland; CG/6ip, 24BF, 2R/2er, 3H, 3-BB, 2K); Hits (18/Mayr-2 (Sun Prairie/12); 23/Carlson (La Follette/11-Madison);

*Pickerington (2-3-0); SP/WP-10/Beaver (RHP; Pickerington Central/12-Akron; CG/7ip, 24BF, 0R, 3H, 0-BB, 6K); Hits (25/Horsley (Sheridan/12-Ohio Dominican); 4/Matalon (Watkins Memorial/11-Bellarmine); 9/Fisk (Pickerington Central/13); RBI (25/Horsley; 27/Smith (Pickerington Central/11-Washington & Jefferson));

Jim's Unofficial Recap - Pickerington Post 283 scratched out single runs in the first and fifth innings to defeat Madison Post 501 (Madison Impact) 2-0 in the American Legion Great Lakes Regional. Zachary Beaver (Pickerington Central/12-Akron) got the compete game win (no runs, 3 hits, no walks, 6 strikeouts) and Anthony Verhage (Madison La Follete/12) took the loss (2R/2er, 3H, 3-BB, 2K). Pickerington scored in the first with a walk to Devon Fisk (Pickerington Central/13), sacrifice bunt by Kyle Smith (Pickerington Central/11-Washington & Jefferson), walk to Mason McGrew (Pickerington North/11-Ohio/Lancaster) and an RBI single by Jacob Horsley (Sheridan/12-Ohio Domincan). Pickeringtom added an insurance run in the fifth with back-to-back 1-out singles by Joseph Matalon (Watkins Memorial/11-Bellarmine) and Fisk and a successful suicide squeeze by Smith. Madison got a leadoff single in the seventh by Coyt Mayr (Sun Prairie/12 - his second hit) and - following a fielders choice - another single by Taylor Carlson (La Follette/11-Madison) but Beaver got a strikeout and a flyout to end the rain-shortened game.

(3) Adrian Post 275-4, Moline Post 246-1 - 7in (1pm at Bullock Creek HS)

Quad Cities OnLine - http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=603749

Quad Cities online (follow-up) - http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=603750

*Moline (1-4-1); SP/LP-25/Kiel (LHP; Moline/12; CG/6ip, 4R/2er?, 5H, 2-BB, 6K); Hits (Brill (RF; Moline/13); 11/Ashcraft (CF; Moline/11-Illinois); 23/Wages (3B; Moline/12-Southeaster Iowa); 8/Mosley (Moline/14)); RBI (23/Wages); HR (23/Wages); 2B (8/Mosley);

*Adrian (4-5-0); SP/WP-Wood (LHP; Adrian/13; CG/7ip, 1T/1er, 4H, 2-BB, 5K); Hits (7/Frank (Adrian/12-Central Michigan); 10/cappelletty (Adrian/11-Albion); 22/Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo); 4/Grayer (Adrian/12); 24/Baker (Clinton/14)); RBI (7/Frank; 10/cappelletty; 9/Lolley (Adrian/12-Siena Heights); 4/Grayer));

Jim's Unofficial Recap - Adrian Post 275 scored 4 runs in the bottom of the fifth to defeat Moline 4-1 in the American Legion Great Lakes Regional. Adrian's Anthony Wood (LHP; Adrian/13; CG/7ip, 26BF, 1R/1er, 4H, 2-BB, 5K) threw a complete game (7 innings due to rain) to defeat Cameron Kiel (LHP; Moline/12; CG/6ip, 25BF, 4R/2er?, 5H, 2-BB, 6K). Moline scored first on Timmy Wages' (3B; Moline/12-Southeast Iowa) solo homerun to leftfield. Adrian's 4 runs came with a leadoff single by Jacob Britt (RF; Tecumseh/13-Toledo), sacrifice bunt by Caleb Ebeling (DH; Adrian/12-Central Michigan), balk, walk to Jared Powell (C; Tecumseh/12-West Virginia Wesleyan), RBI/infield error by Gage Lolley (3B; Adrian/12-Siena Heights), RBI single by Marcel Grayer (LF; Adrian/12), single by TJ Baker (2B; Clinton/14) with Lolley thrown out at home by Matthew Brill (RF; Moline/13), RBI single by Tyler Frank (CF; Adrian/12-Central Michigan) and an RBI single by Tony Cappelletty (SS; Adrian/11-Albion) - a strikeout ended the inning. Moline got a leadoff single in the fouteh by Brill, sacrificed to second by Emilio Alonso (2B; Moline/11-Black Hawk) and to third on a ground out, but a popup tosecond ended the threat. In the fifth - following Wages' homerun - Braden Mosley (LF; Moline/14) hit a double (that's how I scored it) down the thridbase line but got no further. In the sixth Moline got a leadoff walk by Brill and a 1-out single by Eric Ashcraft (CF; Moline/11-Illinois) to put runners at first and third but did not score.

(4) Northbrook Post 791 / Midland Berryhill Post 165 - postponed

(both Gerace Field and Bullock Creek were unplayable)

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2012 American Legion Michigan Class A Championships

* Unofficial - 2012 American Legion Michigan Class A Championships - Unofficial *

August 2-4, 2012 at Gerard Haley Memorial Field, Marquette (MI)

All the mistakes are my own - all the correct information is the result of good clean living and brushing my teeth.

None of this should be considered official but there are some news links below that you can use to check my memory!

2012 Hal Newhauser Award - Kyle Sexton (Kingsford Post 363)

Scores (9 inning games - 10 run / 7 inning mercy rule)

10-Kingsford Post 363-16 (31-19), Hudson Post 180-14 (24-20)

9-Hudson Post 180-21, Menoninee Post x-5 (15-26)

8-Kingsford Post 363-9, Hudson Post 180-7

7-Menoninee Post x-10, Marquette Post 44-8 (46-22)

6-Marquette Post 44-8, Escanaba-0

5-Menominee-7, Gladstone-6 - 10in

4-Hudson Post 180-4, Marquette Post 44-3 - 10in

3-Kingsford Post 363-11, Menominee Post x-1 - 7in

2-Hudson Post 180-13, Gladstone Post x-11 - 11in

1-Menominee Post x-6, Escanaba Post x-5 - 10in

Game Notes as available (from the media storeis below)

(10) Kingsford Post 363-16 (31-19), Hudson Post 180-14 (24-20)

*Kingsford (16-1-1); WP-Kyle Sexton (Kingsford/2011); 2H (Tengesdahl-3 (Kingsford/2014); Qualley (Kingsford/2014); Ian Wienke (Kingsford/2011); Kerscher (Florence/2012); Murdock (Kingsford/2012));

2RBI (Tengesdahl-3; Kerscher); HR (Tengesdahl; Kerscher); 2B (Tengesdahl);

*Hudson (14-x-x); SP/ND-;Mike Connant (Camden Frontier/2011); LP-Cody Nelson (Hudson/2014; 7ip); 2H (Thomson-5 (Parma Western/2013); Hubbard (Reading/2012); Steward (Jonesville/2012); Cullan Wilkerson (Hudson/2011); Gulledge (Parma Western/2012); Drew Milligan (Hudson/2011)); 2RBI (Thomson-5);

(9) Hudson Post 180-21, Menominee Post 146-5 (15-26)

*Menominee (5-x-x); 2H (Adam Saucier-3 (Menominee/2011); Derek Reiswitz (Menominee/2012); Dave Beck (Menominee/2011));

*Hudson (21-x-x); 2H (Thomson-4 (Parma Western/2013)); 2RBI (Drew Milligan-3 (Hudson/2011); Hubbard (Reading/2012)); HR (Drew Milligan/3r; Hubbard/2r); 2B (Thomson);

(8) Kingsford Post 363-9, Hudson Post 180-7 - Mining Journal

*Kingsford (9-x-x); WP-; 2H (Craig Qualley-3 (Kingsford/2014); Matt Wiitanen (Kingsford/2011); Ian Wienke (Kingsford/2011)); 2RBI (Craig Qualley; Matt Wiitanen; Ian Wienke);

*Hudson (7-x-x); LP-; 2RBI (Garrett Thomsen (North Adams-Jerome/2012); HR (Caleb Gulledge (Parma Western/2012)); 2B (Garrett Thomsen);

(7) Menoninee Post 146-10 (15-25), Marquette Post 44-8 (46-22)

*Menominee (10-x-x); WP-Ryan Woods (Menominee/2014);

*Marquette (8-x-x); LP-Adam Gannon (Marquette/2011); HR (Nathan Mutch (Marquette/2012));

(6) Marquette Post 44-8, Escanaba Post 82-0

*Marquette (8-x-x); WP-Adam Gannon (Marquette/2011; 8ip, 3H); 2H (Spencer Larson-5 (Marquette/2011); Nathan Mutch-3 (Marquette/2012); Ryan Walther (Munising/2013)); 3B (Spencer Larson); 2B (Spencer Larson);

*Escanaba (0-x-x); LP-Alex DeHaan (Escabab/2012));

(5) Menominee Post 146-7, Gladstone Post 71-6 (38-12) - 10in

*Menominee (7-x-x); WP-; HR (Zack Budzynski/2r (Menominee/2013)); 2B (Adam Saucier (Menominee/2011));

*Gladstone (6-x-x)

(4) Hudson Post 180-4, Marquette Post 44-3 - 10in

*no info

*no info

(3) Kingsford Post 363-11 (29-19), Menominee Post 146-1 (13-25) - 7in

*Kingsford (11-13-x); WP-C.J. Qualley (Kingsford/2014); 2H ( Dusty Nevens/Neuens (Florence/2012); C.J. Qualley; Austin Murdock (Kingsford/2012); Matt Wiitanen (Kingsford/2011)); 2RBI (Murdock-3; Wiitanen-3); 2B (Qualley; Wiitanen; Kyle Sexton (Kingsford/2011));

*Menominee (1-3-x); LP-;

(2) Hudson Post 180-13, Gladstone Post 71-11 (38-11) - 11in

*Hudson (13-x-x); WP-Wyatt Parker (Parma Western/2012); GWRBI (Thomas Cox (Parma Western/2012)); 2H (Alex Simmons-3 (Reading/2013)); 2B (Simmons);

*Gladstone (11-x-x); LP-Justin Jurek (Gladstone/2015); 2H (Jake Pearson-3 (Rapid River/2014); Jared Stenson-4 (Gladstone/2011)); 2B (Stenson);

(1) Menominee Post 146-6, Escanaba Post 82-5 - 10in

*Menominee (6-x-x); SP/WP-Riley Hegg (Menominee/2013; CG/10ip, 5R, 11H, 1-BB, 8K); GWRBI (Adam Saucier Menominee/2011); 2RBI (Sean Budzynski-3 (Menominee/2012); Derek Reiswitz (Menominee/2012)); 2B (Sean Budzynski);

*Escanaba (5-x-x); SP- Trent Schwalbach (Escanaba/2011; 7-1/3ip, 5R/?er, 6H, 1-BB, 4K); LP-Matt Jensen (Escanaba/2011); 2H (Nick Vandermissen-4 (Escanaba/2013)); 2RBI (Alex DeHaan (Escanaba/2012));

Media Coverage (that I could find)

#The Mining Journal (Marquette, MI)

*08/05 - Kingsford prevails - link - Kingsford prevails - link - http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/578447/Kingsford-prevails.html?nav=5010

*08/04 - Splitting headache - link - http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/578401/Splitting-headache.html?nav=5010

*08/04 - Menominee making run - link - http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/578403/Menominee-making-run.html?nav=5010

*08/03 - Marquette Blues lose Legion state tourney opener - link - http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/578374/Marquette-Blues-lose-Legion-state-tourney-opener.html?nav=5010

*08/03 - Menominee pulls off huge comeback, prevails over Escanaba in 10 innings - link - http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/578375/Menominee-pulls-off-huge-comeback--prevails-over-Escanaba-in-10-innings.html?nav=5010

*08/03 - Gladstone’s 9th inning rally goes for naught - link - http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/578376/Gladstone-s-9th-inning-rally-goes-for-naught.html?nav=5010

#Iron Mountain Daily News

*08/06 - State champs, Kingsford beats Hudson 16-14 for American Legion Class A state title - link - http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/536014/State-champs.html?nav=5006

*08/04 - American Legion state baseball, Kingsford Blues one win from title - link - http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/536005/American-Legion-state-baseball.html?nav=5006

*08/03 - Blues rout Wave to start state play - link - http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/535983/Blues-rout-Wave-to-start-state-play.html?nav=5006

#RRNsports.com

*08/03 - Gladstone Indians Season Abruptly Ends At States - link - http://www.rrnsports.com/story.cfm?story=343

*08/03 - Up-And-Down Cubs Season Ends In Shutout Loss - link - http://www.rrnsports.com/story.cfm?story=345

*08/02 - Indians Lose Marathon To Defending State Champs - link - http://www.rrnsports.com/story.cfm?story=341

*08/02 - Cubs Blow 5-0 Lead; Fall In Ten At State Tourney - link - http://www.rrnsports.com/story.cfm?story=340

Team Links -

Escanaba Post 82 - Team manager:Tom Ohman

ALB - http://www.baseball.legion.org/baseball/teams/163839/escanaba-cubs

Gladstone Post 71 - Team manager:Ken Weyers

ALB - http://www.baseball.legion.org/baseball/teams/98210/gladstone-indians

Hudson Post 180 - Team manager:JEREMY BEAL

ALB - http://www.baseball.legion.org/baseball/teams/98915/hannan-colvin-post-180-senior

Kingsford Post 363 - Team manager:Kevin Murdock

ALB - http://www.baseball.legion.org/baseball/teams/98737/kingsford-blues-post-363

Marquette Post 44 - Team manager:Derek Swajanen

ALB - http://www.baseball.legion.org/baseball/teams/162018/american-legion-post-44

Menominee Post 146 - Team manager:Tony Hofer

ALB - http://www.baseball.legion.org/baseball/teams/98208/menominee-red-wave

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2012 American Legion Michigan Class AA Championships - Jim's recap

2012 American Legion Michigan Class AA Championships - Jim's recap

August 2-4, 2012 at Nicolay Field - Adrian College

All the mistakes are my own - all the correct information is the result of good clean living and brushing my teeth.

None of this should be considered official but there are some news links below that you can use to check my memory!

2012 KiKi Cuyler Award - Phil Carey (Adrian Post 275) - MVP 2012 AAState Championship

Scores

10-Adrian Post 275-5, Midland Berryhill Post 165-4 - Championship

9-Midland Berryhill Post 165-13, Milford Post 216-7

8-Adrian Post 275-4, Midland Berryhill Post 165-0

7-Milford Post 216-8, Fort Dearborn Post 364-7

6-Milford Post 216-,6 Berrien Springs Post 85-3

5-Fort Dearborn Post 364-5, Chief Pontiac Post 377-4

4-Adrian Post 275-13, Berrien Springs Post 85-5

3-Midland Berryhill Post 165-12, Chief Pontiac Post 377-2

2-Berrien Springs-7, Milford-2

1-Chief Pontiac Post 377-13, Milford Post 216-8

Jim's Summaries / notes

10 - Adrian Post 275-5, Midland Berryhill Post 165-4 - Championship (Saturday 08/04)

(Official boxscore used)

*Adrian (5-6-2); SP/WP-Cowen (Tecumseh/14; CG/9ip, 4R/3er, 6H, 3-BB, 4K, 101 pitches); 2H (Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo)); 2RBI (Robinson (Adrian/12-Jackson CC)); HR (Hayes (Adrian/13)); 2B (Robinson; Britt);

*Berryhill (4-6-0); SP/LP-Lynch (Midland/12-Delta; 4ip, 5R/5er, 6H, 3-BB, 1K, 80 pitches); 2nd-Madill (Midland/13; 3ip, 0T, 0H, 4-BB, 5K); 3rd-Moody (Alma/13; 1ip, 0R, 2K); 2H (Noody); 2B (Moody);

Jim's recap - Adrian rode a third strong pitching outing to defeat defending state champion Midland Berryhill Post 165 5-4. Nick Cowen (Tecumseh/14) went all nine innings (4R/3er, 6H, 3-BB, 4K, 101 pitches) for the win. Adrian scoring started in the second as Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13) was hit by pitch, Gage Lolley (Adrian/12-Siena Heights) singled followed by a 2-RBI double by Kody Robinson (Adrian/12-Jackson CC). Adrian scored in the third when a bases loaded walk to Gage Lolley brought home Jacob Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo) - and in the fifth Adrian added 2 more runs as Hunter Hayes (Adrian/13) hit a leadoff homer to left-center followed by double by Jacob Britt, who scored the fifth run on a double steal. Centerfielder Tyler Frank (Adrian/12-Central Michigan) had 5 putouts; Hayes a homerun; Britt had 2 hits (double), Robinson a double and 2 RBI.

Paul Lynch (Midland/12-Delta; 4ip, 5R/5er, 6H, 3-BB, 1K, 80 pitches) started and took the loss for Berryhill followed by Logan Madill (Midland/13; 3ip, 0R, 0H, 4BB, 5K) and Joshua Moody (Alma/13; 1ip, 0R, 0H, 2K). Berryhill scored in the fourth as Alex Goodwin (Midland/13) and Chase Krager (Bangor John Glenn/12) singled and Goodwin scored on a throwing error on Michael Wright's (Midland/13) ground ball to third; in the fifth Moody singled and went to second on a groundout and third on a single by Adam Fitzgibbon (Midland Dow/14) - Moody scored on Krager's sacrifice fly; in the seventh Moody led off with a double and went to third on Steel O'Boyle's (Bullock Creek/13) goundout and scored on a sacrifice fly by Fitzgibbon; Berryhill's final run came in the top of the ninth as Thomas Smith (Midland/13) walked and scored on O'Boyle's 2-out single. Josh Moody had 2 hits (double).

(9) Midland Berryhill Post 165-13, Milford Post 216-7 (Saturday 08/04) - Jim's stats

*Milford (7-9-5); SP/LP-44/Scott (RHP; Orchard Lake St Mary's/13; 6ip, 32BF, 8R/5er?, 8H, 5-BB, 4K); 2nd-25/Wachsmuth (CF/RHP; Hartland/11-Northwood; 2ip, 13BF, 5R/2er, 5H, 0-BB, 0K); 2H (19/Ferguson (South Lyon/11-Northwood); 6/Wilson (Lakeland/11-Macomb CC)); 2RBI (25/Wachsmuth); HR (25/Wachsmuth/2r); 3B (6/Wilson); 2B (Ferguson);

*Berryhill (13-13-1); SP/WP-22/Regier (RHP; Midland/12; 7ip, 30BF, 4R/4er, 6H, 4-BB, 6K); 2nd-25/Marquardt (RHP; Bullock Creek/14; 2/3ip, 6BF, 3R/3er, 3H, 1-BB); 3rd/Save-10/Fleming (RHP; Bullock Creek/12; 1-1/3ip, 4BF, 0R, 0H, 0-BB, 0K); 2H (1/Wright-4 (1B, B-R; Midland/13); 3/Atkin (RF, B-L; Bullock Creek/13); 9/Smith (2B, B-L; Midland/13)); 2RBI (1/Wright-4; 3/Atkin-3; 9/Smith-3); 3B (9/Smith); 2B (11/Fitzgibbon (CF, B-L; Midland Dow/14); 1/Wright-3; 6/Gross (3B; Midland/14));

*Jims Recap - Berryhill jumped to a quick 5-0 lead in the first with Alex Goodwin's (Midland/13) 2-RBI double, Tanner Gross (Midland/14) with an RBI single and Thomas Smith (Midland/13) with an 2-RBI triple followed by one run in the fourth on an RBI single by Michael Wright (Midland/13) and 2 in the sixth on an infield error and an RBI double by Wright. Milford scored one in the first on a double by Ryan Ferguson (South Lyon/11-Northwood); two in the fifth on an RBI single by Steve Morse (Orchard Lake St Marys/11-Heidelberg) and a double-steal (Morse stole second and Shane Felix (Hartland/11-Lansing CC) scoring on the throw to second; one in the seventh on an RBI single by Tom Kort (South Lyon/11-Olivet) and three runs in the seventh with a leadoff single by Ryan Ferguson, an RBI triple by Timothy Wilson (Lakeland/11-Macomb CC) and a 2-run homerun to left by Alexander Wachsmuth (Hartland/11-Northwood). With the score 8-7 Midland put up five runs in the bottom of the eighth - leadoff double by Adam Fitzgibbon (Midland Dow/14), Sac Bunt by Goodwin, wild pitch followed by an infield error, double by Wright, 2-RBI single by Keegan Atkin (Bullock Creek/13), a run off of an infield error and an RBI single by Smith. Midland's Jason Regier (Midland/12) started and went seven innings for the win and Jacob Fleming (Bullock Creek) threw the last 1-1/3 innings for the save. Marshall Scott (Orchard Lake St Marys/13) started for Milford and took the loss.

(8) Adrian Post 275-4, Midland Berryhill Post 165-0 (Friday 08/03) - Jim's stats

*Adrian (4-11-0); SP/WP-12/Carey (RHP; Tecumseh/14; CG/9ip, 0R, 1H, 1-BB, 5K, 92 pitches); 2H (22/Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo); 18/Powell (Tecumseh/12-West Virginia Wesleyan); 1/Eldred-3 (Tecumseh/13); 9/Lolley (Adrian/12-Siena Heights)); 2RBI (1/Eldred); HR (18/Powell); 3B (22/Britt); 2B (1/Eldred);

*Berryhill (0-1-0); SP/LP-18/Mayle (RHP; Midland Dow/11-Kellogg CC; 8-1/3ip, 34BF, 4R/4er, 11H, 1-BB, 1-HBP, 8K); 2nd-4/Moody (RHP; Alma/13; 2/3ip, 2BF, 0R, 2K);

*Jims Recap - A ton of excitement for me - I'd seen many of the Adrian players in high school - often on opposing teams - and it was fun to see them put together a good game across the board. Phil Carey (Tecumseh/14) pitched for Adrian against Chad Mayle (Midland Dow/11-Kellogg CC). For eight innings Mayle gave up 2 runs on 6 hits as Adrian led 2-0, but Carey gave up only one baserunner in the same stretch (a single to Michael Wright (Midland/13)). Adrian started with a solo homerun by Jared Poswell (Tecumseh/12-West Virgina Wesleyan) in the second and an RBI single by Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13) in the fourth. In the top of the ninth Adrian got 2 runs on 5 hits - a leadoff triple by Jacob Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo), groundout, infield hit by Jared Powell, RBI single by Eric Eldred, a single by Gage Lolley (Adrian/12-Siena Heights) and an RBI single by TJ Baker (Clinton/14). Berryhill had a last try with Steele O'Boyle (Bullock Creek) getting a 1-out walk in the ninth, but Alex Goodwein (Midland/13) flied out after an 8-pitch at-bat to end the game. PS - no errors by my accounting.

(7) Milford Post 216-8, Fort Dearborn Post 364-7 (Friday 08/03)

(Official boxscore used)

*Milford (8-11-4); SP/WP-Morse (RHP; Orchard Lake St Marys/11-Heidelberg; CG/9ip, 44BF, 7R/3er, 10H, 5-BB, 4K); 2H (Kort (South Lyon/11-Olivet); Ferguson (South Lyon/11-Northwood); Garcia (South Lyon/13)); 2RBI (Ferguson; Garcia); 2B (Kort; Morse; Wilson (Lakeland/11-Macomb CC));

*Fort Dearborn (7-10-2); SP/LP-Kujawa (Detroit CC/11-Lawrence Tech; 6ip, 32BF, 8R/4er, 10H, 3-BB, 3K); 2nd-Abston (RF/P; Dearborn/12; 3ip, 9BF, 0E, 1H, 1K); 2H (Santostasi (Divine Child/12); Ordo-3 (Dearborn/12); Sobh (Dearborn/13); Calhoun (Dearborn/12)); 3B (Santostasi);

*Jims Recap - Did not see most of the game, but Fort Dearborn had the tying run on base with 2 out in the ninth. Fort Dearborn was eliminated with the loss.

(6) Milford Post 216-6, Berrien Spring Post 85-3 (Friday 08/03) - Jim's Stats

*Berrien Springs (3-7-1); SP/LP-21/Turner (EHP/2B; Dowagiac/11-Aquinas; 5+ip, 22BF, 5R/5er, 6H, 2-BB, 3K); 2nd-13/Campbell (3B/RHP; Niles/12-Walsh; 3ip, 10BF, 1R/1er, 2H, 2-BB, 2K); 2H (10/Garrett Shembarger (Berrien Springs/11); 19/Henckel (Buchanan/12));

*Milford (6-8-1); SP/WP-6/Wilson (RHP; Lakeland/11-Macomb CC; CG/9ip, 37BF, 3E/1er?, 7H, 4-BB; 5K); 2H (23/Morse (2B, B-L; Orchard Lake St Mary's/11-Heidelberg); 12/Felix-3 (1B, B-L; Hartland/11-Lansing CC)); 2B (23/Morse; 19/Ferguson (LF, B-R; South Lyon/11-Northwood));

*Jims Recap - Milford's Timothy Wilson (Lakeland/11-Macomb CC) scattered 7 hits in a 6-3 complete game win over Berrien Spring. Steve Morse (Orchard Lake St Marys / Heidelberg) had 2 hits (double); Ryan Feguson (South Lyon/11-Northwood) had a double; and Shane Felix (Hartland/11-Lansing CC) had 3 hits for Milford. Jason Turner (Dowagiac/11-Aquinas) took the loss with Garrett Shembarger (Berrien Springa/11) and Nathan Henckel (Buchanan/12) both having 2 hits. Berrien Springs was eliminated with the loss.

(5) Fort Dearborn Post 384-5, Chief Pontiac Post 377-4 (Friday 08/03) - Jim's stats

*Chief Pontiac (4-6-2); SP/ND-Dylan Peck (RHP/3B; Clarkston/12; 7-13ip, 30BF, 2R/2er, 8H, 0-BB, 1K); 2nd/LP-24/Owen (SS/RHP; Davison/12; 1-1/3ip, 8BF, 3R/0er, 1H, 1-BB, 1-HBP, 1K); 2H (23/Ordiway (LF, B-R; Holly/12-Alma)); 2RBI (15/Karbowski (RF, B-R; Our Lady of the Lakes/11-Rochester)); 2B (23/Ordiway);

*Fort Dearborn (5-8-3); SP/ND-10/Pace (RHP; Dearborn Hts Annapolis/12; 6-2/3ip, 31BF, 2R/2er, 5H, 4-BB, 3-HBP, 2K); 2nd/WP-35/Kujawa (RHP; Detroit CC/11-Lawrence Tech; 2-1/3ip, 11BF, 2R/2er, 1H, 2-BB); 2H (44/Buzzeo (CF, B-R; Dearborn/12); 24/Chodzko (SS, B-L; Dearborn/12); 15/Shirley-3 (3B, B-R; Divine Child/11));

*Jim's Recap - Fort Dearborn scored 3 runs with two out in the bottom of the ninth off of a pair of errors that scored 2 baserunners and the batter to win 5-4. Chief Pontiac had scored first - 2 runs in the top of the third on a 2-out/2-RBI single by Austin Karbowski (Waterford OLL/11-Rochester). Fort Dearborn scored 1 in bottom of the third - Cameron Calhoun (Dearborn/12) doubled, Andrew Buzzeo (Dearborn/12) advanced Calhoun with a single and Steven Santostasi (Divine Child/12) drove in Calhoun with a sacrifice fly; then Fort Dearborn tied the game in sixth with back-to-back leadoff singles by Michael Chodzko (Dearborn/12) and Christopher Shirley (Divine Child/11) followed by an RBI groundout by Caleb Abston (Dearborn/12). Chief Pontiac scored 2 runs in the top of the eighth - David McNeeley (Holly/12-Olivet) walked, Tyler Rogers pinch-ran and stole second and scored on Blake Ordiway's (Holly/12-Alma) RBI single, Ordiway taking second on the throw home; following a walk an infield error advanced Ordiway to third and he scored on Nick Mazzone's (Clarkson/13) sacrifice fly. Chief Pontiac's Tyler Owen got the first 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, but a walk and hit batter put the tying runs on base - then with the runners going a popfly by Santostasi fell safely, one run scoring easily - a hasty throw to the plate went wide as the tying run scored and with Santostasi heading to second the throw to second went wild (all the way to the centerfield wall) as Santostasi came around with the winning run. Chief Pontiac was eliminated by the loss.

(4) Adrian Post 275-13, Berrien Springs Post 85-5 - from official boxscore (Thursday 08/02)

*Berrien Springs (5-7-4); SP/LP??-Cox (Dowagiac/13; 4.1ip, 5R/5er); 2nd/LP??-Campbell (Miles/12-Walsh; 1.2ip, 4R/1er); 3rd-Everett Shembatger (BerrienSprings/13; 2ip, 4R/2er); 2H (Henckel (Buchanan/12)); 2B (Garrett Shembarger (Berrien Springs/11));

*Adrian (13-11-2); SP/WP-Wood (LHP; Adrian/13; 8ip, 5R/5er, 96P), 2nd-Eldred (RF/RHP; Tecumseh/13; 1ip, 0R); 2H (Hayes (Adrian/13); Ebeling (Adrian/12); Eldred; Baker (Clinton/14)); 2RBI (Cappelletty (Adrian/11-Albion); Ebeling; Eldred-3; Baker-4); 3B (Cappelletty); 2B (Ebeling-2; Baker);

*Jim's Recap - (I had left after game 3);

(3) Midland Berryhill Post 165-12, Chief Pontiac Post 277-2 (8in) - Jim's Stats (Thursday 08/02)

*Chief Pontiac (2-4-2); SP/LP-22/Fairse (RHP; Clarkston/11-jackson CC; 2ip, 18BF, 8R/5er, 7H, 2-BB, 1-HBP, 1K); 2nd-16/Rogers (LF/RHP; Our Lady of the Lakes/11; 3ip, 16BF, 1R/1er, 5H, 3-BB, 1K); 3rd-20/Slaughter (3B/RHP; Clarkston/13; 1-2/3ip, 8BF, 0R, 1H, 2-BB); 4th-15/Karbowski (RF/RHP; Our Lady of the Lakes/11-Rochester; 1ip, 9BF, 3R/1er, 2H, 3-BB); 2RBI (7/Dylan Peck (C, B-R; Clarkston/12); 2B (7/Dylan Peck; 2/Alex Peck (DH/LF/3B, B-R; Clarkston/14);

*Midland Berryhill (12-16-0); SP/WP-3/Atkins (LHP; Bullock Creek/13; 7ip, 30BF, 2R/2er, 4H, 5-BB, 11K); 2nd-14/Martin (RHP; Bangor John Glenn/12-Mott CC; 1ip, 3BF, 0R, 1-BB, 1K); 2H (11/Fitzgibbon-3 (CF, B-L; Midland Dow/14); 2/Krager-4 (RF, B-R; Bangor John Glenn/12-Mott CC); 7/O'Boyle-3 (SS, B-R; Bullock Creek/13)); 2RBI (2/Krager-4; 9/Smith (2B, B-L; Midland/13)); 3B (2/Krager);

*Jim's Recap - Midland Berryhill jumpred out to an 8-0 lead after two innings, and added a single run in the fourth and three more in the bottom of the eight to force a 12-2 mercy rule win. Keegan Atkin (Bullock Creek/13) started and went seven innings (2 runs, 4 hits, 5 walks, 11 strikeouts) for the win with Aaron Martin pitching the eighth. Andrew Fairse (Clarkston/11-Jackson CC) took the loss. For Chief Pontiac Dylan Peck and Alex Peck had doubles, with Dylan Peck drining in both Chief Pontiac runs. For Berryhill Adam Fitzgibbon (Midland Dow/14) has 3 hits, Chase Krager (Bangor John Glenn/12-Mott CC) had 4 hits (triple) and 4RBI, Thomas Smith (Midland/13) had 2RBI, and Steel O'Boyle (Bullock Creek/13) had 3 hits.

(2) Berrien Springs Post 85-7, Fort Dearborn Post 364-2 - Jim's Stats (Thursday 08/02)

*Berrian Springs (7-10-3); SP/WP-18/Hyatt (THP; Dowagiac/11-Lake Michigan CC; CG/9ip, 2R/0er, 7H, 4-BB, 17K); 2H (1/Forsythe-4 (2B, B-L; Lakeshore/12-Lake Michigan CC); 4/Jonathan Shembarger (2B, B-R; Berrien Springs/11-Bethel); 13/Campbell (CF/3B, B-R; Niles/12-Walsh)); 2RBI (1/Forsythe-4); 2B (1/Forsythe-2));

*Fort Dearborn (2-7-3); SP/LP-2/Abston (RHP; Dearborn/12; 7ip, 7R/5er?, 9H, 8-BB); 2nd-35/Kujawa (RHP; Detroit CC/11-Lawrence Tech; 2ip, 0R, 1H, 2K); 2H (6/Calhoun (1B, B-R; Dearborn/12));

*Jim's Recap - Berrien Springs' Zac Hyatt (Dowagiac/11-Lake Michigan CC) struck out 17 batters in a 7-2 complete game win over Fort Dearborn. Berrien Springs' offense was led by Austin Forsythe (Lakeshore/12-Lake Michigan CC) with 4 hits (2 doubles) and 4RBI; Johnathan Shembarger (Berrien Springs/11-Bethel) with 2 hits; and Taylor Campbell (Niles/12-Walsh) with 3 hits. Caleb Abston (Dearborn/12) took the loss going 7 innings, 7 runs / 5 earned while Cameron Calhoun Dearborn/12) had 2 hits.

(1) Chief Pontiac Post 377-13, Milford Post 216-8 - Jim's Stats (Thursday 08/02)

*Chief Pontiac (13-20-3); SP/WP-23/Ordiway (RHP; Holly/12-Alma; 7ip, 38BF, 8R/8er, 17H, 1-BB, 6K); 2nd-24/Owen (SS/RHP; Davison/12; 2ip, 10bf, 0R, 3H, 1-BB, 2K); 2H (10/Mazzone (CF, B-R; Clarkston/13); 15/Karbowski-3 (RF, B-R; Our Lady of the Lake/11-Rochester); 7/Dylan Peck-4 (C, B-R; Clarkston/12); 20/Slaughter-3 (3B, B-R; Clarkston/13); 24/Owen-4 (SS/RHP, B-R; Davison/12); 4/Richards (1B, B-R; Davison/13)); 2RBI (7/Dylan Peck-5; 24/Owen-4); 3B (7/Dylan Peck; 24/Owen-2); 2B (15/Karbowski; 7/Dylan Peck; 13/Creager (Clarkston/14));

*Milford (8-20-4); SP/ND-32/Barber (RHP; Huron Valley Lutheran/11-Henry Ford CC; 7-1/3ip, 40BF, 8R/5er?, 13H, 8-BB, 11K); 2nd/LP-17/Stepaniak (RHP/OF; Detroit CC/12; 2/3ip, 4BF, 1R/1er, 2H, BB); 3rd-25/Wachsmuth (RF/RHP; Hartland/11-Northwood; 1ip, 8BF, 4R/4er, 5H, 1-BB); 2H (25/Wachsmuth (RF/RHP, B-R; Hartland/11-Northwood); 19/Ferguson-3 (LF, B-R; South Lyon/11-Northwood); 6/Wilson (3B, B-R; Lakeland/11-Macomb CC); 5/Martin-4 (DH, B-L; South Lyon/12); 12/Felix-3 (1B, B-L; Hartland/11-Lansing CC); 24/garcis (CF, B-R; South Lyon/13)); 2RBI (8/Dallape-3 (sub-C, B-L Hartland/12)); 3B (25/Wachsmuth); 2B (23/Morse (2B, B-L; Orchard Lake St Mary's/11-Heidelberg); 19/Ferguson);

*Jim's Recap - 100 plate appearances, 87 at-bats, 21 runs, 40 hits, 19 strikeouts, 12 walks, 7 errors (ny count) and 25 LOB - Chief Pontiac Post 377 defeated Milford Post 216 13-8 in the first game of the 2012 American Legion Class AA Championships in Adrian, MI. Blake Ordiway (Holly/12-Alma) got the win for Cheief Pontiac while Andy Barber (Huron Valley Lutheran/11-Henry Ford CC) took the loss. Between the 2 teams 12 players had multiple hits and 7 players had extra-base hits.

Media Coverage (that I could find)

#Adrian Daily Telegram -

*Sunday 08/05 - Adrian Post 275 baseball team wins state championship- link - http://www.lenconnect.com/sports/x1602167846/Adrian-Post-275-baseball-team-wins-state-championship

*Saturday 08/04 - Carey's 1-hitter lifts Adrian Post 275 baseball team into state finals- link - http://www.lenconnect.com/sports/x2095088901/Careys-1-hitter-lifts-Adrian-Post-275-baseball-team-into-state-finals

*Friday 08/03 - Adrian Post 275 baseball team wins state tournament opener - link - http://www.lenconnect.com/sports/x1602167253/Adrian-Post-275-baseball-team-wins-state-tournament-opener

#Midland Daily News -

*Sunday 08/05 - Berryhill loses in finals - link - http://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article_7a1f2906-a0df-541a-906f-90859fcef463.html

*Saturday 08/04 - Adrian blanks Berryhill - link - http://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article_a4eebe8a-2e00-527a-bbc4-d84ef10d594c.html

*Friday 08/03 - Berryhill opens state tourney with 12-2 victory - link - http://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article_59c7581a-d1cb-5d76-8f35-e07fc3c52f9b.html

*Back from the fall of 2009 - 'Experience of a lifetime': Berryhill team honored at World Series - link - http://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article_ba981918-5c9c-5696-92db-355da13746e7.html

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