2011 WORLD SERIES RESULTS

SOPHOMORE DIVISION (14 & UNDER) Lynchburg, Virginia

Champion: Frederick Hustlers (MD)
Runner-Up: Long Island Storm (NY)
Final Game Score: Frederick Hustlers 8 vs. Long Island Storm 2

MVP: Chandler Redmond – Frederick Hustlers
Batting Champion: Maciah Thomas - 25 @ Bats, .480 avg.

Recap: By Chris Humphreys of Lynchburg News and Advance

The Frederick Hustlers continued slugging their way through the NABF Sophomore Division World Series and got an incredibly gutsy effort on the mound from Jordan Carr to earn an 8-2 victory over the Long Island Storm in the tournament’s championship game on Sunday at City Stadium.

The lefty-tossing Carr threw a complete game and held the Storm to just two runs, eights hits, a walk and struck out seven. But, most impressively, he worked the last four innings with a giant bandage on his face after being struck squarely on the chin with a sizzling liner off the bat of Pat Bryant.

Carr tried falling backwards to avoid the missile and threw up his glove to try to protect himself, but to no avail. He bounced up immediately and searched for the ball, but it had ricocheted back toward home plate and into foul territory.

Seeing he had no play on the ball Carr calmly stood on the mound and checked his chin for blood with his hand as coaches from both teams rushed towards him. After talking with the coaches for a few minutes he went over to the dugout where his chin was bandaged.

“All I saw was the ball,” Carr said. “I was going to stay in no matter what. My jaw is a little sore and I may need some stitches.”

Then he went back out to the mound, picked off Bryant and proceeded to scatter two hits and a walk over the next 3 2/3 innings to earn the win.

“I was just thinking lets do it,” Carr said. “I had a lot of fun and it was really exciting.”

The two runs Carr gave up in the first inning shouldn’t have scored though were earned runs. With two out in the inning Brian Kavanagh hit a routine ground ball to second baseman Maciah Thomas, but some miscommunication between Thomas and first baseman Chandler Redmond led to Thomas’ throw to first being late.

Two singles and a wild pitch later and Long Island had a 2-0 lead.

“Jordan pitched a phenomenal game,” Frederick coach Jack Redmond said. “He’s a gamer. He didn’t want to come out of the game. He’s a better kid than he pitched today and he pitched so good today you just can’t help, but wonder a good a kid he is.”

The Hustlers quickly gained a reputation as a team that could swing the bats when they outscored their first day’s opponents 41-7 and continued to hit throughout the tournament.

“I think we scored some where in the realm of 90 runs (in seven games),” Redmond said. “The kids just play hard. (Bryant) was throwing 87 miles per hour at the beginning of the game and it just took us a little while to get our bearings. I’m just so proud of these kids.”

Frederick took the lead with three runs in the third and never looked back. Ben Warren got things started with a one-out double. Matt Kraeger followed by drawing a walk and Josh McClain singled to load the bases and set up an RBI-single by Thomas that scored Warren.

Kraeger scored and McClain went third and Thomas to second on the play when the throw from centerfield went all the way to the backstop. The third run came when McClain stole home.

Thomas went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBIs and stole three bases. Kraeger had a triple, drew a walk and scored twice. Justin Keller went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice fly and had two RBIs and Redmond was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and won the MVP award.

Bryant went 2-for-2 with a walk and won tournament’s batting title for Long Island. Andruw Gazzola and Matt Stepnoski both had two hits for the Storm.

2011 NABF SOPHOMORE DIVISION ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

 

JUNIOR DIVISION (16 & Under) Northville, Michigan

Champion: Ohio Glaciers (OH)
Runner-Up: Bloomington Normal Baseball Association Gold (IL)
Final Game Score: Ohio Glacier 3 vs. BNBA Gold 1

MVP: Derek Turocy – Ohio Glaciers
Batting Champion: Mitch Henshaw – Allen Baseball

Recap: The 2011 NABF Championship was highlighted by the best two teams playing bookend games.  They met in the first game of the tournament on a rain-soaked field in windy conditions, and battled throughout the game.  In the end, Bloomington Normal, from Illinois, prevailed with a 2-1 victory over their foes from the Cleveland/Akron area, the Ohio Glaciers.  Three days and many hard played innings later, they met under sunny skies, in near perfect conditions to compete in the Championship game.  BNBA had emerged with a perfect 5-0 record, having swept their pool play and beaten the tough Lookouts from Brownlee, Ohio in one semifinal.  After the initial defeat, the Glaciers had run the tables as well and earned the championship rematch with a hard fought win over the perennially strong Toronto Mets.

The final game proved to be a classic.  BNBA Gold’s Kent Frantz pitched a sterling game, and was matched pitch for pitch by Jake Froats and Chris Maze who shared the mound for the Glaciers.  Scoring was low, but BNBA took the lead by scratching out a run in the top of the third.  Kent Frantz doubled and tried to score on Alex Jefferson’s single to right.  Right fielder Santana Barrera charged and threw a laser to Froats who relayed it to catcher Tyler Spain for a bang-bang out at the plate.  Jefferson scored easily on the next pitch when Adam McGinnis hit a towering double to deep center.  1-0 BNBA.

Neither team threatened again until the bottom of the fifth, when the game was decided.  The Glacier’s Harry Finelli led off with a base on balls.  Sean Coyne executed a perfect sacrifice bunt and was safe at first.  With runners at first and second, Ohio bunted again, but pitcher Frantz made a great defensive play and cut down the lead runner at third.  His effort went for naught however when Tyler Spain, batting left-handed, drove a booming home run soaring over the right field fence.   There was never a doubt as it left his bat, Glaciers 3, BNBA 1.

Although there was a bit of excitement when Bloomington put two runners aboard in the sixth, Chris Maze struck out the side to squash the rally.  In the seventh, he retired the Gold 1,2,3 to seal the victory.  Championship goes to a deserving Ohio Glaciers squad.  Froats and Maze combined to limit BNBA to a single run over seven complete innings.  Maze closed with six strike outs in 2-2/3 innings.  This was a well played championship and a tribute to both teams!

The tournament was well played, by quality teams. Everyone should hold their heads high for earning their way to Northville and playing like champions.

2011 NABF JUNIOR DIVISION ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

 

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION (17 & Under) Knoxville, Tennessee

Champion: Maryland Monarchs (MD)
Runner-up: Allen Baseball (TX)
Final Game Score: Maryland Monarchs 6 vs. Allen Baseball 0

MVP: Sean Miller – Maryland Monarchs
Batting Champion: Tom Labriola – Maryland Monarchs
Sportmanship Award: Chaney Baseball (MD)

Recap: By Dave Link, Freelance writer for Knoxnews.com  

The Maryland Monarchs completed a memorable four days in Knoxville on Sunday.
Austin Clark fired a three-hitter and the Monarchs posted a 6-0 victory over Allen Baseball of Houston, Texas, in the championship game of NABF High School World Series at Tennessee's Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The Monarchs went 6-0 in the Sophomore World Series.

Monarch’s Right fielder Tom Labriola was the World Series batting champion — hitting .470 (8-of-17) for the tournament — and eight other Monarchs were chosen to the all-tournament team.

Among them were pitchers Clark, Joe Benitez, and Matt Golenzki, and catcher Lee Lipinski.

"I thought we'd pitch and play defense," Steve Miller said. "I didn't know about the bats. We scattered enough across the plate to win ballgames."

In Final Four games earlier Sunday, Allen Baseball beat the St. Louis Stallions (Mo.) 5-4, and the Monarchs advanced with a 3-1 victory over Gaithersburg Post 295.

Allen Baseball trailed 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh and won the game on Santiago Villanueva's RBI single.

Allen coach Matt Coulson said his team was gassed after the semifinal.

"We were completely worn out," he said. "We were done. They fought hard. We came back (Saturday) and we came back again tough (Sunday)."

Allen Baseball, which went 6-2 in the tournament, knocked off two-time defending champion Virginia Barnstormers 6-3 in the Final Eight on Saturday afternoon. The Barnstormers led 3-0 before Allen scored six in the sixth inning.

"We battled all the way through this tournament, but that's the kind of stuff we do down in Texas and that's what our program is based about," Coulson said. "We don't ever give up, we never give in one time. I couldn't be more proud of my guys right now."

2011 HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

 

SENIOR DIVISION (18 & UNDER) Youngstown, Ohio

Champion: Toronto Mets (ON)
Runner Up: Houston Raiders (TX)
Final Game Score: Toronto Mets 6 vs. Houston Raiders 1

MVP: Jack Dennis – Toronto Mets – 16 innings pitched, 2 wins, 6 walks, 16 ks, 2 runs, 1 earned, era 0.55
Batting Champ: Kyle Survance – Houston Raiders - .423 avg., 26 ab, 11 hits,
5 doubles, 8 rbi, 9 stolen bases, 8 runs

Recap: The city of Youngstown hosted the Senior Division World Series at Eastwood Field, where the Toronto Mets (Premier Baseball League of Ontario) proved to be to much for the Houston Raiders White (Triple Play Baseball), beating them 6-1.

The Toronto Mets snuck by the Brooklyn Cougars beating them 3-2 to send them to the championship game. The Houston Raiders put up 11 runs against the Astro Falcons in the other semi-final game sending them to the championship with a score of 11 to 7.

Toronto jumped out on top scoring five in the bottom of the first. Solid defense and consistent pitching held the Raiders to one run throughout the game. The raiders scored in the top of the 5th thanks to a leadoff single by Gary Tesh who came around to score off Kyle Survance's single. Survance had an outstanding day at the plate going 4 for 4 with a double and the teams only RBI. Survance is the tournament batting champion belting 11 hits, 5 doubles, 8 RBI's, 9 stolen bases and crossing the plate 8 times. Houston finished the game outhitting the Mets 9-8. Timely hitting proved to be an issue in this game as they only managed to have one cross the plate. Mitch Lumley led the Mets offense with two hits and Grant Tamane touched home twice, leading Toronto in runs. Jordan Giller had a strong appearance on the mound earning the win. Giller threw all nine, struck out six with only two walks, and held the Raiders offense to only one run.

Toronto pushed their final run across in the bottom of the 7th and held it from there to earn their title as the 2011 NABF Senior Division National Champions.

2011 SENIOR DIVISION ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

 

COLLEGE DIVISION (22 & UNDER) Toledo, OH

Champion: Utica Brewers (NY)
Runner Up: Crystal Lake Cardinals (IL)
Final Game Score: Utica Brewers 10 vs. Crystal Lake Cardinals 1

MVP: Brayan Cacique – Utica Brewers
Batting Champ: Joe Pantano – Buffalo Leib's

Recap: The Utica Brewers (Eastern Collegiate Baseball League) from New York belted out 18 hits to defeat the Crystal Lake Cardinals (Metro Amateur Baseball League, Illinois) 10-1 in the National Amateur Baseball Federation College Division World Series championship at Fifth Third Field.

The Brewers scored a single run in the third and seventh inning, and added two runs in the fourth and exploded for five in the fifth.

Mike Johnson was the winning pitcher, going the distance, allowing one earned run, six hits, striking out 11 and walking two.

Every Utica player got into the hit column, led by tournament MVP Brayan Cacique, who was 5-for-5 and had three RBIs. Cacique batted 12-for-22 (.545) with seven RBIs for the tournament.

Tyler McKnight was 3-for-6 and getting two hits apiece were Scott Krutel, Armando Gutierrez, and Joe Iorio. The Brewers had three doubles (McKnight, Krutel, Iorio).

Crystal Lake had six hits in the championship, including a triple by Tom Wilson, who went 2-for-4.

2011 COLLEGE DIVISION ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

 

MAJOR DIVISION (UNLIMITED) Louisville, Kentucky

Champion:                Buffalo West Herr (NY)
Runner Up:              Pittsburgh River Bandits (PA)
Final Game Score:  Buffalo West Herr 7 vs. Pittsburg River Bandits 4 (12 innings)

MVP:  Kevin Miller – Buffalo West Herr (9-22) .409
Batting Champ:  Ryan Lardi – Beecher Muskies (10-17) .588

Recap: The 98th National Amateur Baseball Federation Major Division Championship Series was held at Derby City Field in Louisville, Kentucky, August 11-14, 2011.  Derby City Baseball has hosted this event continuously since 1985.  This year’s series offered a first since the tourney expanded to the current 10 team pool play format.  Every team in Pool A at the conclusion of pool play, were tied with a 2-2 record.

The first semi-final game between the Perdue Chicks from Maryland and Buffalo West Herr turned out to be two days of excitement.  Day one’s excitement began in the fourth inning with Buffalo West Herr leading 6-2 and a storm packing 60-70 mph winds hit the ball park.  Thirty minutes later over 2 inches of rain had fallen, tree limbs down and power out in all the ball park buildings.  The game was suspended and continued on Sunday morning.  The fireworks Sunday was provided by Buffalo West Herr as they exploded from a 6-2 lead on Saturday to a 17-7 victory.  Zach Lauricella pitched a complete game with three strikeouts to lead West Herr to victory.  Kevin Miller provided some fireworks of his own by going 3 for 5 with 6 RBI’s.

In the second semi-final game the defending champion Beecher Muskies took on the Pittsburgh River Bandits.  This game turned into a see-saw battle with six lead changes.  Pittsburgh River Bandit’s pitcher Anthony Sambula led the way with a 7 inning, 5 strikeout performance to get the win.  Ryan Dittmar entered in relief for two innings to get the save.  The River Bandits held on for an 8-7 victory, spoiling the Beecher Muskies opportunity for back-to-back championships.

The championship game turned into a marathon.  Two teams locked in battle for the championship, neither flinching or giving an inch.  The Pittsburgh River Bandits raced to a 4-0 lead after two innings of play, but Buffalo West Herr dug in and scratched back for 2 runs in the forth and one run in the sixth and seventh inning to knot the score.  After scoreless innings in the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh innings, West Herr struck in the bottom of the 12th inning.  With two runners on West Herr’s D.H. Chris Aquilla launched a 3 run walk-off home run to give West Herr a 7-4 victory.  Aquilla went 2 for 5 with a home run, a double and five RBI’s.  Mark Muoio pitched 8 innings of shutout relief as West Herr won one of the most exciting championship game in recent years.

This year’s batting champ was Ryan Lardi with the Beecher Muskies who hit .588.  The tourney MVP was Kevin Miller with Buffalo West Herr who hit .409 with 10 RBI’s for the tournament.

Note:  The same two franchise members met in the final game of the NABF Nation Championship Series in 1969.  The Pittsburgh Lawrenceville Tigers defeated the Buffalo Cardinals by the score of 6 to 4.  Forty-two years later, Buffalo claims the National Championship title over Pittsburgh 7 to 4.  The Buffalo Muny franchise has won five National Championships 1970, 1974, 1979, 2005, and 2011.

2011 MAJOR DIVISION ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

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