ALB Zone 2 Michigan: 08/20 - American Legion Baseball World Series Unofficial Baseball Notes

08/20 - American Legion Baseball World Series Unofficial Baseball Notes - August 20, 2018

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Monday's Semi-finals -

+G13 / semifinal - Midland Berryhill Post 165 vs Wilmington Post 1 - 4pm ESPNU / ESPN3

+G14 / semifinal - Gonzales Post 81 vs Las Vegas Post 40 - 7pm ESPNU / ESPN3

2018 American Legion Baseball World Series -

*Two 4-team pools (Stars, Stripes) play round-robin; top 2 from each pool play semi-final and championship games -

*Stars pool -

Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 - 3-0 / 47-9 - advances to semi-final

Las Vegas/NV Post 40 - 1-2 / 49-16 - advances to semi-final (least runs allowed)

Meridian/ID Post 113 - 1-2 / 39-18

Randolph County/NC Post 45 - 1-2 / 30-18

*Stripes pool -

Gonzales/LA Post 81 - 3-0 / 44-6 - advances to semi-final

Wilmington/DE Post 1 - 2-1 / 36-4 - advances to semi-final

Dubuque County/IA Post 137 - 1-2 / 13-5

Braintree/MA Post 86 - 0-3 / 24-11

American Legion Baseball main page - https://www.legion.org/baseball

*Team "previews" - https://www.legion.org/baseball/242868/closer-look-eight-teams-alws

American Legion Baseball World Series page - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018alws

August 16 / Thursday -

+G1 - Wilmington/DE Post 1-3 (43-5), Dubuque County/IA Post 137-0 (12-4) -

+G2 - Gonzales/LA Post 81-1 (34-4), Braintree/MA Post 86-0 (24-9) -

+G3 - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165-7 (45-9), Randolph County/NC Post 45-2 (29-18)

+G4 - Las Vegas/NV Post 40-10 (49-14), Meridian/ID Post 113-0 (38-17) - 5 innings

August 17 / Friday -

+G5 - Gonzales/LA Post 81-5 (35-4), Wilmington/DE Post 1-4 (43-6) -

+G6 - Dubuque County/IA Post 137-9 (13-4), Braintree/MA Post 86-1 (12-10) -

August 18 / Saturday - High School / college assignments are mine - may not be accurate!

+G7 - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165-3 (46-9), Las Vegas/NV Post 40-2 (49-15) -

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August 19 / Sunday - High School / college assignments are mine - may not be accurate!

+G8 - Meridian/ID Post 113-6 (39-17), Randolph County/NC Post 45-4 (29-18)

box - https://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2018/WS08.pdf (started on Saturday, suspended by weather, completed on Sunday)

*Randolph County/45 (4-8-1); SP/LP-Braxton Davis (Southwester Randolph/20; 2-1/3ip, 5R/5er, 6H, 1BB); 2nd-Travis Winslow (Eastern Randolph/18; 2-2/3ip, 1R/1er, 0H, 1BB, 1K); 3rd-Trevor Marsh (Asheboro/19; 1ip, 0R, 0H, 1K); 2H (Bryce Marsh-3 (Southwester Randolph/18 - Pfeiffer); Trevor Marsh; Austin Curry (Asheboro/18 - Lenoir-Rhyne)); 2RBI (Bryce Marsh-3); HR (Tristan Marsh/1R (Asheboro/17 - Coastal Carolina)); 2B (Bryce Marsh);

*Meridian/113 (6-6-1); SP/WP-Riley Harrison (Mountain View/19; 5ip, 3R/2er, 6H, 1BB, 2K, 1-HBP); 2nd/Save-Alex Nielebeck (Mountain View/19; 2ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 1BB, 2K); 2RBI (Jon Milner (Mountain View/19); Carson Smith (Mountain View/19)); 2B (Harrison);

+G9 - Gonzales/LA Post 81-3 (44-6), Dubuque County/IA Post 137-2 (13-5)

box - https://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2018/WS09.pdf (postponed from Saturday)

*Gonzales/81 (3-4-1); SP/nd-Harrison Hutson (Dutchtown/18; 2ip, 1R/1er, 1H, 2BB, 1K, 1-HBP); 2nd-Layton Lee (Dutchtown/18 - Nunez CC; 1ip, 0R, 0H, 2BB); 3rd/WP-Chad Kennedy (East Ascension; 4ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 1-HBP);

*Dubuque County/137 (2-3-2); SP/LP-Connor Crabill (Dubuque Hempstead/18 - Clarke; 7ip/cg, 3R/0er, 4H, 1BB, 4K); 2H (Sam Link (Dubuque Senior HS/19 - Iowa)); 2RBI (Wil Courtney (Dubuque Hempstead/18));

+G10 - Wilmington/DE Post 1-4 (36-4), Braintree/MA Post 86-3 (24-11)

box - https://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2018/WS10.pdf

*Wilmington/1 (4-5-2); SP/WP-Matt Danz (DelawareMilitary/17 - Wilmington; 7ip/cg; 3R/1er, 7H, 2BB, 4K, 1-HBP); 2H (Eric Ludman (St Marks/19)); 2RBI (Jack Dubecq (St Marks/18 - Delaware)); 2B (Eric Ludman);

*Braintree/86 (3-7-0); SP/LP-Kyle Roche (Braintree/20; 5-1/3ip, 4R/4er, 5H, 3BB, 2K, 2-HBP); 2nd-Matthew Tenney (Braintree/20; 1ip, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 1-HBP); 3rd-John Tellier (Braintree/19; 1/3ip, 0R, 0H); 4th-Brendan Coughlan (Braintree/18; 1/3ip, 0R, 0H); 2H (Alex Kennedy-3 (Braintree/18 - Southern New Hampshire); Joseph Vanelli (Braintree/17)); 2B (Kennedy; Vanelli);

+G11 - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165-5 (47-9), Meridian/ID Post 113-2 (39-18)

box - https://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2018/WS11.pdf

*Meridian/113 (2-9-1); SP/LP-Carson Smith (Mountain View/19; 5-2/3ip, 5R/5er, 9H, 2BB, 7K, 1-HBP); 2nd-Cale LaFever (Mountain View/18 - Treasure Valley CC; 1/3ip, 0R, 0H, 1K); 2H (Jon Milner-3 (Mountain View/19); Smith; Riley Harrison (Mountain View/19)); 2B (Harrison);

*Midland Berryhill/165 (5-9-0); SP/WP-Connor Moe (Midland Dow/18; 6ip, 1R/1er, 7H, 1BB, 2K, 2-HBP); 2nd-Jacob Stone (Midland Dow/19; 1R/1er, 2H, 1-HBP); 3rd/Save-Jeff Allen (Clare/18 - Delta College; 1ip, 0R, 0H, 1K); 2H (Nick Dardas (By City Western/19 - Central Michigan); Brandon Smith (Saginaw Heritgae/18 - Jackson College); Logan LaCourse (Bay City Western/18 - Lansing CC)); 2RBI (Smith; LaCourse); HR (LaCourse/2R); 2B (Dardas; Smith; LaCourse);

*Jim's unofficial notes: (1) In the Meridian 1st Riley Harrison had a 2-out RBI double to the left-field wall;

(2) In the Midland 3rd Seth Gower had an RBI single and Brandon Smith had a 2-out, 2-RBI double.

(3) In the Midland 5th Logan LaCourse cleared the left-field fence with a 2-run, 2-out home run. (4) In the Meridian 7th Carson Smith had an RBI single, Midland's Jeff Allen relieved with two on and no out and got the next two batters to end the game (strikeout, 4-6-3 double play).

+G12 - Randolph County/NC Post 45-10 (30-18), Las Vegas/NV Post 40-6 (49-16) -

box - https://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2018/WS12.pdf

*Randolph County/45 (10-12-1); SP/nd-Dawson Painter (Uwharrie Charter/17 - UNC-Pembroke; 6R/6er, 7H, 4BB, 6K, 1-HBP); 2nd/WP-Trevor Marsh (Asheboro/19; 3ip, 0R, 1H, 3BB, 2K); 2H (Tristan Marsh (Asheboro/17 - Coastal Carolina); Painter; Landon Smith (Eastern Randolph/18); Trevor Marsh-3); 2RBI (Smith; Blake Marsh (Southwestern Randolph/21)); 2B (Smith; Trevor Marsh; Austin Curry (Asheboro/18 - Lenoir-Rhyne));

*Las Vegas/40 (6-8-2); SP/LP-Chaison Miklich (Desert Oasis/18 - Southern Nevada; 4-2/3ip, 8R/7er, 8H, 4BB, 5K, 2-HBP); 2nd-Zach Czerniawski (Desert Oasis/19; 0R, 0H, 3BB); 3rd-Colby Smith (Desert Oasis/20; 1-1/3ip, 1R/1er, 1H, 2BB, 1-HBP); 4th-Dustin Mansell (Desert Oasis/18; 1R/1er, 3H); 2H (Edarian Williams (Rancho/18)); 2RBI (Williams-3; Aaron Roberts (Desert Oasis/19 - California)); 3B (Williams); 2B (Williams; Roberts);

August 20 / Monday -

+G13 / semifinal - Midland Berryhill Post 165 vs Wilmington Post 1 - 4pm ESPNU / ESPN3

+G14 / semifinal - Gonzales Post 81 vs Las Vegas Post 40 - 7pm ESPNU / ESPN3

August 21 / Tuesday -

+G15 / Championship - Winner G13 vs Winner G14 - 7pm ESPNU / ESPN3

Some Media links -

Shelby, NC Star - http://www.shelbystar.com/sports (schedule / scores and game articles)

The American Legion - https://www.legion.org/baseball (recaps for games 1-4)

Midland Daily News (game article) - https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Berryhill-heading-to-semifinals-with-3-0-record-13167240.php

Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2018/08/19/braintree-eliminated-with-loss-delaware/YLmsH6RzQaYDXHc59PpuyM/story.html

Baton Rouge Advocate - https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/high_schools/article_afc6930c-a3f2-11e8-b964-13e0208c6226.html

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald - http://www.telegraphherald.com/sports/other_sports/article_e6bc9cdc-a3d2-11e8-a9dc-2f7f7540183d.html