17u wwba

Playoffs at East Cobb

Dirtbags vs On Deck O's ...no score after 1 inning (Browne and Pucket on the hill)

after 2 innings Bags up 1-0 Jonathan Holt reached on error, Adam Griffin basehit and then Mikal Hill rbi single

Bags score 2 more in the 3rd as Matt Roberts doubles, Brandon Huffman rbi double, Jonathan Holt singles and after a walk loads the bases Mikal Hill reaches on error as run scores......Dirtbags 3-0 after 3 innings complete.

Bags Zach MacAneney singled, Desean Anderson rbi double....4-0 after 5 innings.

Tate Parrish doubles and scores on a wild pitch Dirtbags lead 5-0 as On Deck O's bat in the 7th inning.

Game over 5-0 as Brandon Browne tosses a 2 hit shutout.

(Unfortunately the South Charlotte Panthers, Canes Orange and Canes Green also lose tonight)

 

Thanks for the updates Stretchy! I can give my Refresh button a rest now

 

Where are the Canes?

Anyone know why the Canes are not shown as playing on Sunday after both won there respective pools?

 

Because they both lost their first round playoff game Sat. evening (see Stretchy's post above).

 

SC Panthers

Round of 32

SC Panthers 3............................3........7.......1

S. Fla. Bandits 7.........................7.......4.......2

Starting pitcher Kyle Kessler (Providence) took a no hitter and 3 - 0 lead into the 7th inning. After a lead off hit Kyle came out of the game and the Panther bullpen could not find a strike or catch a break and the Bandits scored 7.

Leading Hitters: Jake Watson (Charlotte Christian/USC) 1-3; RBI. Tyler Alberts (West Forsyth) 1-3.

The 2011 SC Panthers begin play Tuesday afternoon in the upcoming WWBA 16U.

 

ABD Bulldogs - Canes Orange WWBA Classic

ABD Defeats Canes Orange in WWBA Classic Posted: 7/12/2009 905 AM Every once in a while there is a game at a WWBA event that is so good that it warrants a “wow, what a great game” from the baseball hardened PG staff.

Such was the case of the playoff game last night on EC Field 2 between the ABD Bulldogs and the Canes Orange. The final score was 6-1 for ABD in the tie-breaker, but the result was hardly a factor on the quality of the game.

Everyone knew the matchup had the potential to be a great one because of the two starting pitchers. Both were Aflac All-Americans with plenty of experience in games of this magnitude. And the scouts knew it too, as the area behind the backstop was packed overcapacity.

The Canes started RHP DeAndre Smelter, ABD sent RHP Peter Tago to the hill. Neither pitcher disappointed.

Smelter didn’t throw a pitch under 91 mph the entire game and topped out at 95.. That despite the fact that he was drilled in the knee by a ground ball off the bat of ABD leadoff hitter Travis Harrison (99 mph off the bat) in the first inning and had a visible limp for a few innings afterwards. The 6-4, 205 lb Smelter is one of the strongest and best athletes in the 2010 class and he shrugged it off without a problem.

Smelter only allowed 2 walks and 2 hits through 7 innings but it was the two walks that led to the only ABD run in regulation. He walked LF Max Homick and 3B Jake Middleton to open the 5th inning and after a sacrifice bunt by 2B Brett Harrison (no relation to Travis) moved the runners to second and third, Homick scored on a passed ball.

As well as Smelter pitched, he wouldn’t have escaped with allowing only 1 run without the help of his shortstop, Chad Pinder. Pinder made three incredible big league plays with runners in scoring position and two outs during the game, including a full diving stab of a Tony Wolters line drive to end the 5th inning.

Tago was less spectacular that Smelter but even more effective. Like Smelter, Tago is a primary fastball pitcher who sits in the low 90’s, topping out at 94. Despite his plus velocity, Tago rarely strikes out hitters. He works extremely quickly from a silky smooth delivery that lacks deception but enables him to spot his fastball with precision. Tago struck out only 1 batter (he only struck out 2 in 6 innings of an 18U playoff game last week) but worked ahead in counts to almost every hitter and kept all but one pitch off the sweet spot of the Canes’ bats. That one pitch was a high 0-2 fastball to Canes 3B Joey Cujos that drove over the centerfield fence in the third inning.

With the game tied 1-1 after 7 innings, the game went into the WWBA tie breaker, loading the bases and putting one out on the board.

Both Smelter and Tago, with very low pitch counts, stayed on the mound for their respective teams during the “shootout”.

ABD hit first as the visiting team. Brett Harrison lifted a fly ball to medium right field that Canes RF Jake Cave, a 90 mph pitcher on the mound, caught and choose to throw to third instead of home. He would have hosed Homick at third had his strong throw not hit Homick in the back as he was sliding into the base, thus saving a huge controversy on whether Middleton had crossed the plate before the third out.

With runners on second and third and 2 outs, Canes manager Jeff Petty decided to walk Travis Harrison to pitch to ABD shortstop Wolters. This is one of the strategic limitations of WWBA play, as Petty probably had no idea who he was putting up to the plate. The 5-10 Wolters is hardly an intimidating presence at the plate and was 0-3 previously in the game. On the other hand, he’s an Aflac All-American and probably the one hitter in the entire country you would want at the plate with the game on the line (we had debated this very topic earlier in the week up in the tower).

It would be like walking Rick Ankiel to face Albert Pujols. No offense to either Ankiel or Travis Harrison (one of the top hitters nationally in the 2011 class), but you just wouldn’t do it with full knowledge of the players and their abilities.

Wolters drilled a triple off the top of the right centerfield fence to clear the bases and take the drama out of the rest of the game, which Tago finished up quietly in the bottom of the inning.

ABD moves on to face Top Tier in the Round of 16 playoffs this morning.

 

Dirtbgs vs San Diego Show

The Dirtbags beat the San Diego Show 10-4 to move on.
They play the EC Astros at 4:30.
Atta boy!

 

The Dirtbags great run comes to an end this evening as they lose to the East Cobb Astros.