Dynamic Baseball at Virginia Beach Showcase

This Championship style tournament is underway today. Complete schedule at www.canesbaseball.net

Morning games final scores:
Mid-Atlantic Mustangs 7 Upper Deck Baseball 1 at Deer Park
Big League Academy Gray 16u 7 Greensboro BC White 16u 3 at Norfolk State
Tidewater Drillers 15u 6 Glory Days 15u 2 at Christopher Newport U
RBA West 3 Prospects Elite NOVA 2 at Western Branch HS
Richmond Braves 3 Hitters Warehouse 17u 2 at Virginia Wesleyan College
Greensboro BC Royal 17u 3 Full Count Baseball 3 at Lake Taylor HS
Greensboro BC Orange 18u 9 Mid-Atlantic Pirates 0 at Churchland HS
ERA Elite 17u 2 All Star Baseball Academy 17u 2 at Churchland HS


Glory Days 7 Hitters Warehouse 16u 0 at CNU....no hitter tossed by Mac Capels
Richmond Braves 4 Proehlific Power 4 at VWC
Full Count Baseball 9 Hitters Warehouse White 3 at Lake Taylor HS
Diamond Hawks 6 Mid-Atlantic Mustangs 4 at Deer Park
Big League Academy Gray 16u 5 Tri-County Yankees 15u 3 at Norfolk State
Hit Dog Baseball 3 Prospects Elite Showcase NOVA 1 at Western Branch HS
Mid-Atlantic Pirates 4 All Star Baseball 17u Prospects 2 at Churchland HS
Osbourn Baseball 2 All Star Baseball Academy 17u 1 at Churchland HS

Bits reported from ERA Elite game:
"For Team ERA Nate Pope Started the game pitching two scoreless innings with 5 strike outs. Nate was replaced after two to save him for later in the tournament. Nate has a zero era over 23 inniings pitched thus far this summer for the 18U ERA elite program.

Matt Kurelja Went 1-3 with a monster solo home run Lining out the other two at bats.

Final score was 2-2. team Era left 5 runners on base in the first two innings proving to be very costly."

Additional info: Nate Pope's fastball sits in the 84-86mph range but he is 6'2" 175 which means he has alot of projectability. Matt Kurelja's homerun brings his total to 5 for the summer and is batting .510 in 53 at bats with 11 Doubles 2 Triples and 21 RBIs. Matt is a 6'4" first baseman who also plays a great defense.

Afternoon games final scores:
Tidewater Drillers 15u 9 Canes Baseball 14u 3 at CNU
Diamond Dreams 3 Preohlific Power 2 at VWC
RBA West 2 TC Twins 17u 0 at Western Branch HS

3:40 Getting in the car to head up to the Beach to attend this showcase so no more updates until later tonight.

 

6:50 At hotel with more results

Afternoon games final scores:
Beltway Raiders 5 Canes 14u 1 at CNU
Canes South 17u 11 Hit Dogs 0 at Western Branch HS
All Star Baseball 17u Prospects 5 Blue Ridge Baseball 2 at Churchland HS
Hitters Warehouse 17u 6 Long Island Storm 3 at VWC
Baltimore Chop 14 Diamond Hawks 0 at Deer Park
Hitters Warehouse 16u 12 Greensboro BC White 16u 7 at Norfolk State
Herndon Braves 1 Osbourn Baseball 0 at Churchland HS
Capital City Titans 10 Hitters Warehouse White 0 at Lake Taylor HS
Canes North 15u 1 Upper Deck Baseball 0 at Deer Park
Hampton Roads Hurricanes 15u 7 Tri-County Yankees 15u 6 at Norfolk State
Greensboro BC Royal 17u 2 Capital City Titans 2 at Lake Taylor HS
Beltway Raiders 3 Hitters Warehouse 16u 2 at CNU
Greensboro BC Orange 18u 4 Baltimore Waves 3 at Churchland HS
Diamond Dreams 4 Long Island Storm 1 at VWC
South Canes 17u 10 TC Twins 17 7 at Western Branch HS
Baltimore Chop 4 Canes North 15u 1 at Deer Park
Hitters Warehouse 16u 2 Hampton Roads Hurricanes 15u 1 at Norfolk State
ERA Elite 17u 9 Herndon Braves 0 at Churchland HS
Baltimore Waves 5 Blue Ridge 4 at Churchland HS


Diamond Bits reported from the TC Twins game:
Ryan Mahoney tossed a complete game gem allowing 6 hits striking out 6 giving up 1 earned run unfortunately the Twins lost 2-0

Diamond Bits reported from the Upper Deck/Canes game:
Justin White threw 5 scoreless innings for Upper Deck against the Canes. Justin is 14 years old.

South Canes stat report of both games today:
Game 1: Canes 17U South vs. Hit Dog Baseball - Canes (w) 11-0
Winning pitcher - Dillon Frye - 4 innings pitched, 7 strikeouts
Jake Cave 2 -2 (double, HR, 1 RBI)
Chad Pinder 2 -3 (1 RBI, Double)
Tee McConnell 2-2 (RBI)
Obrian Noble 1-1 (3 walks)
Brandon Delk 2-4 (3RBIs, Triple)

Game 2: Canes 17U South vs. TC Twins - Canes (w) 10-7
Winning Pitcher - Brandon Delk - 4 innings pitched, 5 strikeouts
Save - Patrick Corbett
Chad Pinder 2-3 (Double)
Patrick Corbett 2-3 (Triple)
Dakari Cooke 2-2 (RBI)
Obrian Noble 1-3 (Triple, 3RBI)

Diamond Bits reported from TC Twins second game:
Collin Karafa was 2 for 3 and Bernie Mayflower had 2 rbi"s

 

Go Canes...a very impressive win!

Stretchy when you get a chance to watch the teams, give us an idea of the competition. Historically, there are some very strong organizations in this event

 

Saturday results

8 am sitting in the CNU pressbox watching GBC Orange vs All Star Baseball of Pennsylvania

In the second inning GBC scores 3 getting rbi hits from Cory Williams-Dudley HS and Nick Monroe-Eastern Allamance HS GBC 3 Allstar 0............Allstar answers in the 3rd inning an rbi groundout by Shea Rosadino-Conestoga HS and a run scoring single by Ian Davis-Episcopal HS. GBC 3 Allstar 2...GBC pulls of the old double steal pickle play and plates a run......GBC gives the run back on an error trying to nail Derek Prucnal-West Chester East HS stealing 3rd......GBC 4 Allstar 3.....a Casey Jones-Elon commit rbi double and a wild pitch makes the score 6-3 after 4 complete GBC leading. Going to the top of the 7th Allstar down 6-3. Allstar Baseball rallies on a HBP to Derek Pruncal and a double from Zachary Norton-WC Henderson HS as a run scores but Norton gets stranded at 2nd base as the game ends on a web gem diving catch by GBC centerfielder Joe Turkson-Campbell commit. Final Score: GBC 6 Allstars 4

Hitters Warehouse 16u 5 Canes Baseball 14u 2 at VWC
Tri-County Yankees 15u 5 GBC White 16u 4 at Lake Taylor HS
Full Count Baseball 8 Capital City Titans 2 at Deer Park
RBA West 5 Hit Dog Baseball 1 at William & Mary College
Diamond Hawks 4 Upper Deck Baseball 4 at Norfolk State
Richmond Braves 6 Diamond Dreams 1 at Churchland HS
Proehlific Power 7 Hitters Warehouse 17u 5 at Churchland HS

10:30 game at CNU pits the Allstar Baseball of PA vs Baltimore Waves
Much like the first game Allstar scores their first run of the game on a ball thrown away as Derek Pruncal was stealing 3rd base after 2 innings complete Allstar leads 1-0. End of 4 still a 1-0 good ball game. Starting pitcher Mark Geib-Bishop Shanahan HS tossed the 4 innngs for Allstar now in relief Derek Pruncal. The Waves crash thru as Colin Cox-Severna Park HS and Jason Boyd-Mt Saint Joseph HS each single and then on an attempted pick-off at third base and the throw is wild scoring the Waves first run and then trailing runner was putout trying to reach third on the wild throw. Game tied 1-1. Allstar immediately answer getting a double from Matthew Catania-Kennett HS and an rbi single by Shea Rosadino, at the end of 5 complete Allstar retakes the lead 2-1. In the bottom of the 6th Allstar tacks on 4 insurance runs via a 2 run double by Troy Sarpen-Downington East HS and rbi singles by Taylor Wright-Episcopal HS and Shea Rosadino. Andrew Russo-West Chester East HS had a double in the inning. Score now 6-1 Allstar going to the 7th. Baltimore scores a run on a Colin Cox rbi single. Final Score: Allstar 6 Waves 2

Canes 14u 4 Glory Days 15u 4 at VWC
Hampton Roads Hurricanes 15u 13 GBC White 16u 8 at Lake Taylor HS
Canes South 17u 12 Prospects Elite Showcase 8 at William & Mary Collegetimore
Baltimore Chop 1 Upper Deck Baseball 0 at Norfolk State
All star Baseball Academy 17u 10 Herndon Braves 6 at Deer Park
Long Island Storm 2 Richmond Braves 1 at Churchland HS
Osbourn Baseball 9 Hitters Warehouse White 9 at Churchland HS
Tidewater Drillers 4 Hitters Warehouse 16u 1 at VWC
Canes South 17u 5 RBA West 2 at William & Mary College
HWA 16u 5 Tri-County Yankees 2 at Lake Taylor HS
Canes North 15u 6 Diamond Hawks 6 at Norfolk State
Capital City Titans 10 All Star Baseball Academy 17u 2 at Deer Park
Hitters Warehouse 17u 8 Diamond Dreams 0 at Churchland
Herndon Braves 7 GBC Royal 17u 7 at Churchland HS
Big League Academy Gray 16u 5 Hampton Roads Hurricanes 15u 1
Hit Dog Baseball 11 TC Twins 1 at William & Mary College
Baltimore Chop 5 Mid-Atlantic Mustangs 0 at Norfolk State
Glory Days 15u 6 Beltway Raiders 6 at VWC
Hitters Warehouse White 7 GBC Royal 17u 5 at Churchland HS
Big League Academy Gray 16u 10 HWA 16u 8 at Lake Taylor HS
Mid-Atlantic Pirates 3 Blue Ridge Baseball 2 at CNU
ERA Elite 17u 4 Full Count Baseball 3 at Deer Park
Osbourn Baseball 5 ERA Elite 2 at Deer Park
TC Twins 17u 4 Prospects Elite Showcase 2 at William & Mary College
Beltway Raiders 2 Tidewater Drillers 15u 2 at VWC
Mid-Atlantic Mustangs 4 Canes North 15u 4 at Norfolk State
Proehlific Power 3 Long Island Storm 0 at Churchland HS

1 o'clock game at CNU matchup GBC Orange 18u vs Blue Ridge Baseball of Central Virginia
In the top of the 2nd inning GBC Orange has runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out but Blue Ridge pitcher Stephen Klier-Liberty HS strikes out the next two batters to end the threat. Blue Ridge scores a run as Taylor Fennewald-Riverbend HS and Nathaniel Traugh-Riverbend HS both single and on a rbi groundout by Evan Houde Blue Ridge takes a 1-0 lead. GBC comes right back and gets an rbi single from Sawyer Highfill-Grimsley HS that plated Casey Jones to tie the game at 1-1. In the top of the 5th GBC scores 8 runs with the following guys all knocking singles Nick Monroe-rbi, Casey Jones, Tiger Miller-Southeast Guilford HS, Sawyer Highfill-2 rbi, Joe Turkson-rbi, Jonathan Bethea-Vandalia Christian HS-rbi, Cory Williamson-rbi.....GBC 9 Blue Ridge 1
In the home half of the inning Blue Ridge loads the bases and gets an rbi ground out from Garret Rioux-Riverbend HS to score 1 run but GBC comes right back and scores 2 more runs in the top of the 6th to go up 11-2. Final Score: GBC 11 Blue Ridge 2

3:30 game is in a lightning delay....ok the game resumed at 5 pm.
Mid-Atlantic Pirates vs Baltimore Waves
No score thru 6 innings of play. Pirates manufacture a run in the top of the 7th as Brandon Doggett-Western Branch HS walked, David Berman-First Colonial HS laid down a sac bunt and after a wild pitch moved Doggett to 3rd base Trent Ehret-Atlantic Shores Christian HS brought him home with a suicide squeeze bunt. Billy Nixon-Southampton HS, Luke Brunot-Greenbrier Christian HS and Grayson Crouse-Frank W Cox HS combined on the 2 hit shutout. Final Score: Pirates 1 Waves 0

Diamond Bits of the South Canes games today:
Game 1: Canes 17U South vs. Prospects Elite
12-8 (Canes win)
Winning Pitcher - Chad Pinder
Chad Pinder 4-4 (2 Dbl's, Triple, 5 RBI)
Tee McConnell 2-4 (RBI)
Patrick Corbett 2-2 (2 RBI)
Brandon Delk 2-4 (Triple, 2 RBI_
Dakari Cooke 2-3 (Double, 2 RBI)

Game 2: Canes 17U South vs RBA West
Canes win 5-2
Winning Pitcher - Dakari Cooke (6 innings pitched, 0 runs, 5 strikeouts)
Patrick Corbett 2-3 (Double)
Bennett Hixson 2-2 (2 RBI)
Dakari Cooke 2-3

Canes 17U South go 4-0, scored 38 runs and advanced to Sunday's playoffs

Diamond Bits report from Proehlific Power game: Jamie Nunn-Mt Tabor HS tossed a 1 hit shutout with 10 k's

Diamond Bits from the TC Twins games: 1 hit a piece for Collin Karafa, Justin Snead and Conor Donovan a double. 2nd game: Colling Karafa stayed hot with 2 hits including a double and 2 rbi's, Tyler Dietrich got the win pitching a complete game allotwing 5 hits with 4 k's. He also had a hit and an rbi helping his own cause in the win.

A GREAT DAY FINISHING OUT THE POOL PLAY. CONGRATS TO THE FOLLOWING POOL WINNERS:
1) Baltimore Chop
2) GBC Orange 18u
3) Big League Academy Gray 16u
4) South Canes 17u
5) Tidewater Drillers 15u decline to advance so Beltway Raiders advance
6) Osbourn Baseball
7) Richmond Braves
8) Full Count Baseball

Championship Bracket play begins at 9 am Sunday. Good luck to all the teams, players, coaches, umpires and moms.

 

Championship Sunday

9 am at CNU for the first quarterfinal game: #8 seed Full Count Baseball of New Jersey vs #1 seed Baltimore Chop

Notes: Baltimore has allowed only 1 run in 4 pool play games.

Other quarterfinal matchups this morning:
#2 GBC Orange vs #7 Richmond Braves at War Memorial Stadium....Richmond wins 2-1
#3 Big League Academy Gray vs #6 Osbourn Baseball at Virginia Wesleyan College....Big League Academy wins 5-4
#4 South Canes vs #5 Beltway Raiders at Deer Park.....Beltway wins 1-0 Matt Matthews-Greenbrier Christian HS 3 hit shutout

Game time: (Fish on the Dish) Full Count strikes first scoring 3 runs on singles by Marcus Rivera, Nick Dini-2 rbi, Matthew Wagner-rbi, Alejandro Diaz and a double by Brandon Downes. The Chop get 1 run back as David Alagna, Morgan Lautz-rbi and Aaron Lee each singled in the inning. Full Count leads 3-1 after 1 inning.
Full Count get an unearned run in the 2nd inning. Full Count scores again and knocks the Chop starter out of the game as Nick Dini and Malcolm Kelsey-rbi bang out hits. A web gem catch in rightfield by Frank D'Agostino prevents a big inning as Baltimore scores 1 run on hits by David Alagna and Aaron Lee-rbi. After 4 complete Full Count 5 Baltimore 2. Alejandro Diaz drives in a run with a single to extend the lead in the 5th. We go to the bottom of the 6th final half inning on time limit and Chop is down 6-2. Brandon Dolan in relief strikes out the side to end the game. Final Score: Full Count 6 Baltimore 2.....Winning Pitcher: Andrew Hille 4 innings of work

Semi-final game: (Steve on the Stick) TJ Pipik on the bump for Beltway. Full Count gets on the board with a two run bomb by Brandon Downes an first team All-State player. Beltway gets back a run on an rbi single by Evan Griffin that drove in Raul Shah who singled to lead off the inning. Full Count adds an unearned run on a botched run down they now lead 3-1. Raiders score a run on a single by Max Kra and a double by Tommy Mee-rbi. The heavy weight bout is on folks. Full Count's "punch" in the 3rd is a double by Brandon Downes and an rbi single by Nick Dini. Full Count leads 4-2. Finally a half inning with no runs, 3 innings now in the books. Web gem by second baseman Evan Griffin ends the top half of the 4th Raiders don't score. A bases loaded ground out by Matthew Wagner and a bases loaded walk to Malcolm Kelsey plates 2 runs for Full Count giving them a 6-2 lead. Was that the knockout blow? YES it was as Raiders score 1 in the 7th inning as Max Kra had his third hit of the game and Tommy Mee had the rbi but they fall short. Final Score: Full Count 6 Beltway 3...Winning pitcher Chuck Thielmann tossing 6 innings

Other Semi-final result was Big League Academy 2 Richmond Braves 1 at War Memorial Stadium

3 pm: OK peeps I am headed to the field to call the plate for the Championship game will post info later tonight if I survive!!

Championship Final: # 8 seed Full Count 14 Big League Academy 3....Enough said!!!!

Tournament Footnote: Many thanks to Mr Petty for doing all the announcing at CNU....great voice and professionalism. As always special thanks to Diane Thompson for doing all the hard work of scheduling and keeping track of all the scores and dealing with any and all headaches. Thanks to the 19 umpires that made the long trip to call the games in the hot hot sun. CNU field and coaches are totally awesome.