18-Grip Shield Glory Days

The American All Stars built up a 10-3 lead, then withstood a four run ninth inning rally by the Nationals to score a 10-7 victory in the Fall league’s 18AA All Star game December 21 at the Lantana Sports Complex. The American squad, consisting of players from Arrigo Dodge Los Potros, the Yankees, Phillies, Cubs and Juno Beach Sidewinders took a 5-0 lead through the first four innings. Los Potros’ Abner Elias threw three scoreless innings and Rick Mullan (Yankees) added one more scoreless frame. Meanwhile, the Americans tallied twice in both the second and third innings and added one more in the fourth. In the second, Joey Santeramo (Cubs) walked, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored when Elias’ roller resulted in an error. Danny Moya (Phillies) doubled home Elias to make it 2-0. In the third, Ian Harris (Phillies) and Troy Sorrells (Yankees) both singled. After Harris was caught stealing third, Sorrells moved to second on the play and scored on successive wild pitches by Nationals’ starter Ruben Cuevas. Andrew Fariello (Yankees) doubled, went to third when Chuck Denehy reached on a fielder’s choice and infield error. Fariello was picked off third on a fine throw by catcher Steve Prince (Seminoles). Denehy , though, stole second and third and scored when the Yankees’ Tony Rodriguez’ long fly ball to left resulted in another error. The Americans increased their lead to 5-0, scoring an unearned run off Chad Mainville (Duffy’s Dodgers). Steve Grove (Los Potros) singled, moved up on a double by Brian Vail (Cubs), and scored an error. The Nationals, made up of players from the Seminoles, Duffy’s Dodgers, Metric Engineering Cubans, Marlins and Rooney’s Heat, finally cracked through in the fifth. Ramon Serpa (Metric) singled, stole second, moved to third on an error, and scored on a foul ball sacrifice fly to right field hit by Steve Prince. Carlo Dominguez, who had walked and stolen second, came in to score on a sharp single up the middle by his Seminoles’ teammate, Joe Prince. John Aquino (Los Potros) was hit by a pitch, went to third on a wild pickoff attempt, and scored on a wild pitch in the fifth. The Americans added two more in the sixth, making it 8-2. An error, single by Sorrells, another wild pitch and an infield roller by Rodriguez accounted for the runs. The Nationals cut it to 8-3 in the 7th. Scott Cobb (Marlins) and Joe Stone (Seminoles) singled, and Cobb came in to score on an infield error. The Americans scored two more without a hit in the bottom of the 8th on two walks, a pair of wild pitches, and a wild pickoff attempt. The Nationals squad closed the gap with four unearned runs in the ninth on only one hit, a single by Kevin Rubel (Duffy’s Dodgers). Two walks, a hit batsmen, a wild pitch and two infield errors got the Nationals within four, but Sorrells retired Cobb and Stone to end the game. Elias, with three scoreless innings to start the game and some good defensive work behind the plate, earned Most Valuable Player honors and was presented with an NABA All Star plaque. He was followed to the mound by by Mullan, Harris and Sorrells. Cuevas took the loss for the National squad, which also pitched Mainville and Joe Prince. 18AA All Star Game—Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004 at Lantana Sports Complex Nationals (7) AB R H BI BB K Americans (10) AB R H BI BB K Ramon Serpa (Metric) 3 1 1 0 0 0 Luis Ramos (Los Potros) 3 0 0 0 0 0 Carlo Dominguez (Seminoles) 2 1 0 0 1 2 Jose Corea (Phillies) 1 0 0 0 1 0 Steve Prince (Seminoles) 2 0 1 1 0 1 Steve Grove (Los Potros) 2 1 2 0 1 0 Joe Prince (Seminoles) 2 1 1 1 1 0 Brian Vail (Cubs) 3 0 1 0 0 2 Jason Martin (Dodgers) 2 1 0 0 0 1 David Lopez (Los Potros) 3 0 0 0 0 2 Kevin Rubel (Dodgers) 2 1 1 0 0 0 Joey Santeramo (Cubs) 1 2 0 0 2 0 Danny Rivera (Seminoles) 2 0 0 0 1 2 Abner Elias (Los Potros) 2 2 0 1 1 0 Hector Rivera (Metric) 3 1 1 0 0 0 Danny Moya (Phillies) 3 0 2 1 0 0 Kevin Schwebs (Heat) 2 0 0 0 1 1 John Aquino (Los Potros) 2 1 0 0 0 1 Scott Cobb (Marlins) 3 1 1 0 0 0 Rick Mullan (Yankees) 2 0 0 0 1 1 Joe Stone (Seminoles) 3 0 2 0 0 0 Mike Hall (Los Potros) 2 0 0 0 0 0 Uriel Rivera (Metric) 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Harris (Phillies) 2 1 1 0 0 0 Mike Schroeder (Marlins) 2 0 0 0 0 0 Troy Sorrells (Yankees) 2 2 2 0 0 0 Marco Santana (Seminoles) 2 0 0 0 0 1 Andrew Fariello (Yankees) 2 0 1 0 0 1 Chad Mainville (Dodgers) 2 0 1 0 0 0 Chuck Denehy (Sidewinders) 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ruben Cuevas (Metric) 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Rodriguez (Yankees) 2 0 0 1 0 0 TOTALS 36 7 9 2 4 8 TOTALS 33 10 9 3 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Nationals 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 7 9 8 9 Americans 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 x 10 9 7 8 E-Santeramo 4, Elias 2, Moya; Dominguez 2, Joe Prince 2, Cobb, Cuevas, Schroeder, Mainville 2B-Hector Rivera, Vail SB-Denehy 2, Serpa, Dominguez, Grove, Santeramo, Sorrells CS-Corea, Grove, Harris Picked Off-Serpa, Uriel Rivera, Elias Hit by Pitch-Martin (by Joe Prince), Corea (by Cuevas), Aquino (by Mainville), Denehy (by Mainville) PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO Cuevas (Metric) L 3 5 4 1 1 3 Elias (Los Potros) W 3 3 0 0 0 4 Mainville (Dodgers) 3 4 4 1 1 1 Mullan (Yankees) 2 2 2 1 1 1 Joe Prince (Seminoles) 2 0 2 0 4 3 Harris (Phillies) 2 3 1 0 1 0 TOTALS 8 9 10 2 6 7 Sorrells (Yankees) 2 1 4 0 2 3 TOTALS 9 9 7 1 4 8 Umpires-Jim Lief (P), Bernie Ginsburg (B) Time of Game– 2:46 Managers-Joe Stone, Carlo Dominguez (Nationals), Felix Gonzalex (Los Potros, Americans MOST VALUABLE PLAYER-Abner Elias

The Twins won their first ever league championship, defeating the Bru's Room Rockets 3 to 2 in a fantastic 14-inning 18AAA title game at Santaluces on Sunday, October 10. The championship had been delayed from August 29 because of rain storms and eventually hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. The two teams battled through thirteen innings tied at one apiece until the Twins broke through for a pair, without a hit in the top of the 14th inning. Diego Santos and Emilio Vargas both drew walks and scored on Rockets' errors to take a 3-1 lead. The two unearned runs scored off Jackson Munoz, who relieved Mike Draper who pitched brilliantly for 13 innings, giving up only one run and three hits. The Rockets cut it to 3-2 with a run in the bottom of the fourteenth on singles by Billy Brescia and Nestor Sanjurjo, and after the Twins turned a 4-3 double play, Brescia scoring on the play, Pete Fuster registered the final out to seal the deal. Fuster saved it for Pat Ferguson who pitched five relief innings for the victory. Jose Acuna was the starter, but did not get a decision. Nestor Sanjurjo, who relieved Draper in the 14th, was nicked for the loss. After 6 1/2 scoreless innings, the Rockets scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the 7th. Brian Fitzsimmons led off with a walk, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Rob Wiley, took third on a single by Munoz and scored on a wild pitch. The Twins tied it with a run in the 8th. Ricky Dominguez led off with a bunt single, stole second, moved to third on an infield out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Diego Santos. Santos was chosen as the championship game MVP, and will receive the Bob Swets Memorial MVP award, personally inscribed, and delivered at a later date. The Sharpie Cardinals won the Spring league's 18AA championship Sunday, August 29 at the Lantana Sports Complex, rallying from a 7-0 deficit to beat the Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 13-9. The Hurricanes, who earned the finals with an 11-4 semifinal win earlier Sunday over the Yankees, looked like they would cop the title game easily racing off to a 7-0 start after only three innings. Craig Spatara doubled home a run in the first inning, then Gregg Perrin hit a grand slam in the second off Cardinals' starter Louis Ortiz. Spatara then blasted a two-run shot off Ortiz for a 7-0 lead. After the next batter, Felix Martinez, singled, Cardinals' skipper Steve Ausdenmoore brought in lefthander Vinny Casella and he stopped the Hurricanes cold. That give the Cardinals time to get their offense going. After Hurricanes starter Joe Hager held the Cards scoreless through the first three innings, the Cardinals exploded for two in the fourth, five more in the fifth to tie, and five more in the sixth to take a commanding 12-7 lead. They added one more iun the 8th. The Hurricanes, held scoreless for 6 and 2/3 innings by Casella, finally cracked through for two more runs in the 9th, but it was too late, too late. August 29th was a busy day for the 18AAA league at the Santaluces Complex. First, the sixth seeded Orioles finished off the #3 Indians by completing a suspended game with an 8-2 victory. The game had been halted by rain the previous Sunday and resumed in the bottom of the sixth inning with the O's leading 7-1. And, fourth seeded Los Tigres completed their suspended game against the number five seeded Boynton Red Sox, winning 7-2 after resuming play in the bottom of the fifth with a 5-1 lead. That put the Orioles into one semifinal against the second-seeded Pacino Twins, and the Twins won it easily 8-0. Los Tigres earned their other semifinal against the top seeded Bru's Room Rockets, with former New York Met pitcher Mike Draper pitching the Rockets to a 4-2 victory.

The Sharpie Cardinals won the Spring league's 18AA championship Sunday, August 29 at the Lantana Sports Complex, rallying from a 7-0 deficit to beat the Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 13-9. The Hurricanes, who earned the finals with an 11-4 semifinal win earlier Sunday over the Yankees, looked like they would cop the title game easily racing off to a 7-0 start after only three innings. Craig Spatara doubled home a run in the first inning, then Gregg Perrin hit a grand slam in the second off Cardinals' starter Louis Ortiz. Spatara then blasted a two-run shot off Ortiz for a 7-0 lead. After the next batter, Felix Martinez, singled, Cardinals' skipper Steve Ausdenmoore brought in lefthander Vinny Casella and he stopped the Hurricanes cold. That give the Cardinals time to get their offense going. After Hurricanes starter Joe Hager held the Cards scoreless through the first three innings, the Cardinals exploded for two in the fourth, five more in the fifth to tie, and five more in the sixth to take a commanding 12-7 lead. They added one more iun the 8th. The Hurricanes, held scoreless for 6 and 2/3 innings by Casella, finally cracked through for two more runs in the 9th, but it was too late, too late. August 29th was a busy day for the 18AAA league at the Santaluces Complex. First, the sixth seeded Orioles finished off the #3 Indians by completing a suspended game with an 8-2 victory. The game had been halted by rain the previous Sunday and resumed in the bottom of the sixth inning with the O's leading 7-1. And, fourth seeded Los Tigres completed their suspended game against the number five seeded Boynton Red Sox, winning 7-2 after resuming play in the bottom of the fifth with a 5-1 lead. That put the Orioles into one semifinal against the second-seeded Pacino Twins, and the Twins won it easily 8-0. Los Tigres earned their other semifinal against the top seeded Bru's Room Rockets, with former New York Met pitcher Mike Draper pitching the Rockets to a 4-2 victory.

Sunday, March 28 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 8 Expos 4 Pacino's Twins 7 Boynton Red Sox 0 Orioles 13 Duffy's Rockhounds 3 Los Tigres 16 Palm Beach Pirates 2 Sharpie Cardinals 6 Yankees 4 Cubs 5 Arrigo Dodge Broncos (Los Potros) 1 Metric Engineering 11 Seminoles 9 Sunday, April 4 Yankees 7 Seminoles 6 Glory Days 5 Duffy's Rockhounds 3 Rockets 3 Boynton Red Sox 1 Expos 8 Cubs 7 Palm Beach Indians 13 Rockies 1 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 12 Metric Engineering 5 Sharpie Cardinals 15 Arrigo Dodge Bronocs (Los Potros) 3 Pacino's Twins 8 Palm Beach Pirates 2 Orioles 7 Los Tigres 1 SUNDAY, APRIL 11 (NO GAMES SCHEDULED--EASTER SUNDAY) Sunday, April 18 Boynton Red Sox 12 Rockies 0 Indians 7 Duffy's Rockhounds 0 (1st) Duffy's Rockhounds 7 Indians 0 (2nd) Orioles 10 Palm Beach Pirates 7 Sharpie Cardinals 14 Seminoles 4 (1st) Sharpie Cardinals 16 Seminoles 7 (2nd) Expos 7 Arrigo Dodge Broncos (Los Potros 6) (1st) Expos 7 Arrigo Dodge Bronocs (Los Potros) 3 (2nd) Rockets 6 Pacino's Twins 5 Los Tigres 7 Glory Days 2 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 9 Yankees 8 Metric Engineering 9 Cubs 2 Sunday, April 25 Duffy's Rockhounds 9 Palm Beach Pirates 1 Metric Engineering 4 Yankees 3 (1st) Yankees 6 Metric Engineering 5 (2nd) Boynton Red Sox 11 Orioles 8 Glory Days 4 Palm Beach Indians 4 (tie) Cubs 11 Seminoles 6 (1st) Cubs 7 Seminoles 1 (2nd) Sharpie Cardinals 14 Expos 5 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 15 Arrigo Dodge Broncos (Los Potros) 2 Pacino's Twins 1 Los Tigres 0 Sunday, May 2 Sharpie Cardinals 20 Metric Engineering 9 Palm Beach Twins 20 Rockies 1 (1ST) Palm Beach Twins 18 Rockies 0 (2ND) Rockets 12 Palm Beach Pirates 6 Glory Days 9 Orioles 2 (1ST) Orioles 13 Glory Days 1 (2ND) Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 17 Cubs 5 (1ST) Dobson Roofing Hurricnaes 12 Cubs 2 (2ND) Seminoles 14 Arrigo Dodge Broncos (Los Potros) 2 Boynton Red Sox 11 Palm Beach Indians 8 Yankees 5 Expos 4 Los Tigres 13 Duffy's Rockhounds 1 SUNDAY, MAY 9-NO GAMES SCHEDULED (MOTHER'S DAY) Sunday, May 16 Rockets 19 Rockhounds 5 Pacino's Twins 7 Indians 1 Orioles 17 Rockies 5 Boynton Red Sox 9 Los Tigres 0 (forfeit) Palm Beach Pirates 14 Glory Days 2 Sharpie Cardinals 9 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 3 Expos 6 Seminoles 4 Cubs 8 Yankees 3 Metric Engineering 4 Arrigo Dodge Broncos (Potros) 4 (tie, 10 inn.) Sunday, May 23 Pacino's Twins 6 Orioles 3 Rockets 14 Glory Days 1 (1st game) Rockets 3 Glory Days 0 (2nd game) Boynton Red Sox 10 Rockhounds 4 (1st game) Boynton Red Sox 4 Rockhounds 2 (2nd game) Palm Beach Indians 7 Los Tigres 1 Palm Beach Pirates 15 Rockies 0 (1st game) Palm Beach Pirates 7 Rockies 1 (2nd game) Cardinals 14 Cubs 8 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 17 Seminoles 2 Metric Engineering 12 Expos 0 Arrigo Dodge Broncos 6 Yankees 3 Sunday, May 30 Rockets 1 Boynton Red Sox 1 (tie, 11 innings) Palm Beach Pirates 4 Palm Beach Indians 3 Los Tigres 16 Rockies 4 Cardinals 7 Yankees 3 Cubs 7 Arrigo Dodge Broncos (Los Potros)6 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 16 Expos 1 Sunday, June 6 Rockets 4 Los Tigres 3 (1st) Rockets 11 Los Tigres 4 (2nd) Pacino's Twins 6 Glory Days 4 (1st) Pacino's Twins 8 Glory Days 7 (2nd) Indians 9 Orioles 6 (1st) Indians 6 Orioles 2 (2nd) Duffy's Rockhounds 16 Rockies 3 (1st) Duffy's Rockhounds 12 Rockies 3 (2nd) Palm Beach Pirates 3 Boynton Red Sox 2 Cardinals 12 Arrigo Dodge Broncos 4 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 19 Metric Engineering 5 Expos 5 Cubs 3 Yankees 9 Seminoles 7 Sunday, June 13 Indians 3 Rockets 2 Twins 9 Boynton Red Sox 2 Rockhounds 4 Orioles 1 Los Tigres 10 Pirates 5 Glory Days 14 Rockies 1 Cardinals 9 Seminoles 5 Hurricanes 10 Yankees 2 (1st, 9) Hurricanes 10 Yankees 9 (2nd, 7) Cubs 10 Metric Engineering 3 Los Potros 10 Expos 2 Sunday, June 20 Indians 7 Rockets 1 Los Tigres 1 Boynton Red Sox 0 Cardinals 4 Expos 2 Hurricanes 19 Arrigo Dodge Broncos 4 Cubs 9 Seminoles 6 Yankees 8 Metric Engineering 7 Tuesday, June 22 7PM-Lantana Sports Complex-18AA League All Star Game Wednesday, June 23 7PM-Lantana Sports Complex-18AAA League All Star Game Sunday, June 27 Pacino's Twins 7 Pirates 3 (1st game) Pacino's Twins 5 Pirates 0 (2nd game) Rockets 6 Boynton Red Sox 5 Indians 20 Rockies 1 Los Tigres 5 Orioles 0 (1st) Orioles 10 Los Tigres 5 (2nd) Duffy’s Rockhounds 4 Glory Days 2 Cardinals 18 Metric Engineering 3 Hurricanes 15 Cubs 3 Seminoles 11 Los Potros 6 Sunday, July 4 NO GAMES PLAYED (INDEPENDENCE DAY) Sunday, July 11 Indians 2 Pacino's Twins 0 Rockets 5 Duffy's Rockhounds 3 Los Tigres 3 Boynton Red Sox 2 Glory Days 3 Palm Beach Pirates 2 Orioles 23 Rockies 2 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 9 Sharpie Cardinals 3 Yankees 15 Cubs 0 Seminoles 14 Expos 13 Metric Engineering 8 Los Potros 7 Sunday, July 18 Pacino's Twins 14 Rockhounds 3 (1st game) Pacino's Twins 4 Rockhounds 2 (2nd game) Indians 10 Pirates 8 (1st game) Indians 2 Pirates 2 (tie, 2nd game) Rockets 9 Orioles 6 (1st game) Rockets 6 Orioles 2 (2nd game) Boynton Red Sox 3 Glory Days 1 (1st game) Glory Days 1 Boynton Red Sox 0 (2nd game) Los Tigres 4 Rockies 1 Expos 9 Hurricanes 0 (F) Cardinals 11 Yankees 2 Cubs 8 Los Potros 6 Seminoles 10 Metric Engeineering 9 Sunday, July 25 ALL GAMES RAINED OUT AT ROGER DEAN COMPLEX Rockets at Palm Beach Pirates Pacino's Twins at Rockies Glory Days at Orioles Cubs at Sharpie Cardinals Palm Beach Indians at Boynton Red Sox Seminoles at Dobson Roofing Hurricanes Yankees at Arrigo Dodge Broncos (Los Potros) Metric Engineering at Expos Duffy's Rockhounds at Los Tigres SANTALUCES CLOSED FOR AMERICAN LEGION TOURNAMENT Sunday, August 1 Twins 7 Orioles 4 Boynton Red Sox 6 Pirates 4 Cardinals 14 Hurricanes 9 Expos 14 Seminoles 2 Metric 4 Los Potros 0 (1st game, 5 innings) Second game rained out Rockies vs. Glory Days, doubleheader, 9,7 innings, RAINED OUT Rockets at Duffy's Rockhounds, RAINED OUT Yankees at Cubs, RAINED OUT Palm Beach Indians at Los Tigres, RAINED OUT NO GAMES AT SANTALUCES COMPLEX LANTANA SPORTS COMPLEX CLOSED DURING MONTH OF AUGUST Sunday, August 8 Rockets 1 Pacino's Twins 0 Los Tigres 6 Glory Days 2 Indians 10 Duffy's Rockhounds 0 Boynton Red Sox 12 Rockies 1 Orioles 8 Palm Beach Pirates 1 Cardinals 10 Arrigo Dodge Broncos (Los Potros) 4 (10) Expos 12 Cubs 0 Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 10 Metric Engineering 4 Yankees 9 Seminoles 8 LANTANA SPORTS COMPLEX CLOSED DURING MONTH OF AUGUST Sunday, August 15 Rockets 11 Rockies 3 (1st,9) Rockies 7 Rockets 6 (2nd,7) Twins 3 Los Tigres 1 Indians 7 Glory Days 5 Pirates 15 Rockhounds 7 Boynton Red Sox 22 Orioles 4 Cardinals 12 Cubs 7 Hurricanes 12 Seminoles 5 Expos 5 Metric Engineering 3 Yankees 12 Los Potros 7 END OF REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFF RESULTS-AUGUST 22, 2004 (Seedings in parentheses) 18AAA Quarterfinals (6) Orioles 7 (3) Indians 1 (5 1/2, game suspended by rain, to be completed on August 29) (4) Los Tigres 5 (5) Boynton Red Sox 1 (4 1/2, game suspended by rain, to be completed on August 29) 18AA Semifinals (1) Cardinals 13 (4) Expos (10) Yankees at Expos, postponed rain PLAYOFF RESULTS-AUG 29, 2004 18AAA Quarterfinals At Santaluces Field #1 Orioles 8 Indians 2 (Completion of Aug 22 suspended game) At Santaluces Field #2 Los Tigres 7 Boynton Red Sox 2 (Completion of Aug 22 suspensed game) 18AAA Semifinals At Santaluces Field #1 Twins 8 Orioles 0 At Santaluces Field #2 Bru's Room Rockets 4 Los Tigres 2 18AA Semifinals At Lantana Sports Complex Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 11 Yankees 4 18AA Championship CARDINALS 13 HURRICANES 10 18AAA Championship Santaluces Complex, Lantana (2) Pacino's Twins 3 (1) Bru's Room Rockets 2 (14 innings)

FALL 03---LOS TIGRES WINS 18AAA CHAMPIONSHIP AS LEAGUE'S FIRST UNBEATEN TEAM CINDERELLA EXPOS CAPTURE 18AA CROWN Los Tigres rewrote the record book on Sunday, defeating the Home Run Sports Rockets 12-5 at the Lantana Sports Complex in the Fall 2003 league's championship game. In winning their fifth league title, Los Tigres also became the first team in the 12-year, 24 season history of the NABA Palm Beach league to go undefeated through the regular season, playoffs and championship games. All told, Los Tigres went 16-0. They won the regular season title with a perfect 14-0 mark, defeated the Red Sox 10-5 in the semifinals before adding the Rockets to their list of victims. Juan Perez had three hits, scored four runs and drove in one for Los Tigres, but Jhovany William earned MVP honors by driving in four runs on a two run double and a two run home run. CJ Huffman went five innings to earn the victory. For the Rockets, Mike Draper drove in a pair of runs with a double and a single. Romy Ones and Brian Fitzsimmons had two hits apiece, and Willie Martinez had one hit and three runs batted in. Click on the headline below for more details. EXPOS WIN 18AA TITLE AS NUMBER FOUR SEED The Expos, who just managed to finish over .500 during the regular season, are the Cinderella team of the 18AA league, beating the third seeded Marlins 8-2 in the championship game Sunday at the Santaluces Complex. After knocking off the top seeded, regular season champion Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 10-5 in the semifinals, the Expos rode the pitching of Danny Moya and Roberto Laboy to an 8-2 victory over the Marlins. The Marlins also pulled an upset in the semifinals, ousting the second seeded Boynton Red Sox 10-5. JJ Medina was the top offensive player for the Expos in the title game with a double, single and sacrifice fly to drive in three runs. Jeff Schector also had a double and single for the Expos who jumped into a 3-1 lead after an inning and never looked back. Moya was chosen as the game's Most Valuable Player, going six innings and scattering eight hits and yielding only two runs. Laboy pitched the final three shutout innings, allowing only three harmless singles. The 18AA title is the second for the upstart Expos, who won the fall league title in 2000. PLAYOFF RESULTS SUNDAY, FEB. 8 All games at Santaluces Complex, Lantana 18AAA QUARTERFINALS (seedings in parentheses) (5) Red Sox 5 (4) Twins 4 (3) Home Run Sports Rockets 4 (6) Glory Days 1 18AAA SEMIFINALS (1) Los Tigres 10 (5) Red Sox 5 (3) Home Run Sports Rockets 9 (2) San Gennaro Orioles 4 Sunday, February 15, 2004 At Lantana Sports Complex 1PM-18AAA Championship (1)Los Tigres 12 Home Run Sports Rockets 5 18AA SEMIFINALS (4) Expos 4 (1) Dobson Roofing Hurricanes 1 (3) Marlins 10 (2) Boynton Red Sox 5 18AA CHAMPIONSHIP (4) EXPOS 8 (3) Marlins 2 SPRING 03--LOS TIGRES RALLIES TO BEAT ORIOLES FOR FOURTH 18AAA CHAMPIONSHIP HURRICANES NIP MARLINS IN 11 INNINGS TO CAPTURE THEIR FIRST 18AA TITLE The rain plagued spring season finally came to a conclusion September 14 on a brilliantly sunny day at the Santaluces Complex in Lantana and when the dust settled, Los Tigres and the Hurricanes emerged as the best of the best. Los Tigres trailed 6-4 going to the top of the ninth inning, but rallied for six runs to beat the Orioles 10-6. Orioles' pitching woes opened the door for the Tigres, who drew three walks and a hit batsman off Orioles' closer Brad Hoffer, but a two run single by Pedro Liriano, a two run triple by Francis Dinzey and an RBI double by Amado Dinzey spiced up the six run inning. Liriano, who had four hits, was chosen as the game's Most Valuable Player. Amado had a solo homer and a a single to go with his ninth inning two bagger. Orlando Araujo also homered for Los Tigres. Reliever Ramon Linares (4 1/3 IP) got credit for the win. Stefan Clark led the Orioles with four hits in five trips, plus a walk. Bobby Knapp had a two run double, Jim McDonough a two run triple and Joe McKenna a solo homer and a double. The loss went to Hoffer, the third of four Orioles' pitchers. He was charged with four runs in only 1/3 of an inning even though he did not give up a hit. The Orioles had gone into the post season as the top seed, winning the American Division, then beating the Mets and Twins in the playoffs. Los Tigres was seeded second after winning the National Division, downing Glory Days and the six time champion Indians in the playoffs. The 18AA game was a thriller that was decided in the eleventh inning when Jim Bergman cracked a long single to score MVP Noel Vasquez from third base as the Hurricanes nipped the Marlins 12-11. Vasquez led off the inning with his fifth hit of the game, moved to second on a bunt, went to third on a single to short right by Lezcano and walked home on Bergman's long base hit to left center. There were many twists and turns in this one. The Marlins held early 4-0 and 5-1 leads. Arnie Torres homered for the Hurricanes to make it 5-3. Then the 'Canes scored eight runs in the 7th inning helped out by four Marlins' errors. The Marlins fought back with six in the 8th to tie it at 11 apiece. Key blows were RBI singles by Fernando Miranda and Jeff Schector, a two run double by Tom Amenita, a sac.fly by Pete David and a game tying solo blast by Eric Davis. The Marlins left the bases loaded in the tenth inning when veteran Jose Pena, who went all eleven, got two outs to end the threat. The Hurricanes had wasted an opportunity in regulation when they also left the bases loaded, but reliever Chipper Stout got out of that jam. Stout, though, took the loss when the Hurricanes staged their winning rally in the eleventh. The championship is the Hurricanes' first since joining the NABA Palm Beach League. CONGRATULATIONS TO: Santos Adames, Manager, Los Tigres John Dobson, Manager, Hurricanes Brian McClellan, Manager, Orioles Scott Cobb, Manager, Marlins ROAD TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP 18AA Quarterfinals Marlins 9 Atantic Sails 0 (forfeit) Cubs 6 Seminoles 5 18AA Semifinals Marlins 20 Rockhounds 13 Hurricanes 9 Cubs 8 (10 innings) 18AA Quarterfinals Orioles 12 Synergy Mets 4 Palm Beach Twins 10 Home Run Sports Rockets 3 Los Tigres 6 Glory Days 0 Indians 20 Cardinals 8 18AA Semifinals Orioles 6 Palm Beach Twins 4 Los Tigres 8 Indians 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS SEPTEMBER 14, 2003 AT SANTALUCES, LANTANA 18AA CHAMPIONSHIP Hurricanes 12 Marlins 11 (11) 18AAA CHAMPIONSHIP Los Tigres 10 Orioles 6