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06/16/11 TOC Majors Division:

Posted by Ken Deleske at Jun 18, 2011 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

OVLL Dodgers 8 vs. Costa Mesa American Athletics 1

     Brandon Nicholson got the start for the Dodgers to let Hagen Danner rest his injured throwing hand and pitched a great game as the Dodgers defeated the Costa Mesa American Athletics 8-1 to advance to the TOC championship game. Nicholson threw 85 pitches over 4 2/3 innings and struck out 11 before handing the ball over to Danner who struck out 4 of their last 5 hitters despite his sore fingers to close the game.

     The Dodgers started things off in the first with Nicholson and Danner walking. Jake Haffner singled with 1-out to drive in Nicholson and then Nick Welch drove in Danner with a groundout. Noah Willis singled and Jake Cramer walked but both were left on base when Kyle Stubbs hit a hard grounder to the shortstop. The Athletics scored their only run in the top of the 3rd when Nicholson hit a batter who took second on a passed ball and then scored on a hard ground ball that got through the second baseman. The score stayed 3-1 until the bottom of the 4th inning when Danner worked a 2-out walk, went to third on a passed ball and scored on a throwing error by the catcher to increase the Dodger lead to 4-1. Jack Furry worked a walk but was left on base. The Dodgers big inning came in the bottom of the 5th when they scored 4 more runs to break it open. Welch led off with a double and Willis advanced Welch to 3rd and reached base on an error. Willis promptly stole his second base of the game before Cramer walked to load the bases. Dylan Chennault worked a walk to score Welch and then Willis was able to score a couple of pitches later on a passed ball. Kyle Newman walked to load the bases for the top of the order but the Athletics fought back and got two outs before Jack Furry hit a laser shot line drive off of the third baseman’s knee for a 2-out double to score Cramer and Chennault and put the Dodgers up 8-1.

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Majors-OVLL Dodgers 6 vs. CM Nat Vandals 3

Posted by Ken Deleske at Jun 16, 2011 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

 


 

06/14/11  MAJORS:  OVLL Dodgers 6 vs. Costa Mesa National Vandals 3

 

     The Dodger's second round TOC game versus the Costa Mesa National Vandals proved to be a tough one.  Hagen Danner started for the Dodgers on the mound and shut the Vandals down in the top of the first.  Brandon Nicholson led off the bottom of the inning with a sharp single and Jake Haffner stepped up with a 2-out line drive single to drive him in and put the Dodgers up 1-0.  In the top of the second, the Vandals first batter reached on an error but Danner struck out the next three to end the threat.  In the bottom of the second Noah Willis led off with a line drive single but was left on base with the next three batters striking out.  Jack Furry came in to pitch for the Dodgers in the third and walked the Vandals first batter who was able to steal second when the Dodgers failed to cover the base and took third on the missed throw.  Furry struck out the next two batters but the runner scored on a passed ball for an unearned run before he got the Number three hitter to fly out.  That was tough since the play at the plate was very close and could have gone either way.  To make matters worse, Danner injured his throwing hand on the play.  In the bottom of the inning, Danner reached with a 1-out walk and Furry smashed a ball by the shortstop to score Danner and put the Dodgers up 2-1.  Furry struck out the side in the 4th and it looked good for the Dodgers when Willis started our half of the inning by smacking another line drive single and taking second when the Vandals failed to cover the base.  Unfortunately we left Willis on base again.  This was compounded when we had some defensive trouble in the top of the 5th.  Furry walked the first batter and then gave up the Vandals only hit of the game which gave them runners on first and third with no outs.  The Vandals attempted to steal second and Danner threw a bullet to get the runner who somehow got tangled up with Willis who was covering.  Willis tagged the runner and then threw home but the throw was a bit off and the run scored to tie the game.  That's when things got a little crazy as the field umpire apparently did not see the tag at second and the runner proceeded to take third and attempt to score on the play.  Fortunately Danner recovered quickly and the runner was tagged out at home.  The next two batters reached on two consective throwing errors off of easy groundballs.  The Vandals were able to score another run on another close call at the plate on a fielder's choice back to the pitcher when it appeared that Furry tagged out the runner.  The safe call put the Vandals up 3-2.  Fortunately the Dodgers maintained their composure and Furry got the next two hitters to pop up and ground out to end the threat.  In the bottom of the inning the Dodgers were fired up and ready to fight back.  Nicholson started the inning by getting hit by a pitch and then took second on a wild pitch.  Danner promptly drove him in with a triple down the line and then scored on a wild pitch.  Furry followed with a walk and took second as the pitcher took the throw back from the catcher but, unfortunately, the field umpire made him go back to first because a player came on the field to retrieve his bat during the play.  The boys were pretty frustrated and Haffner followed that with a single to advance Jack to third and then Nick Welch banged a line drive to right field to score Furry.  Ethan Iles followed Nick with a 1-out line drive to drive in Haffner and give the Dodgers a 6-3 lead.  Furry struck out the side in the top of the 6th on 10 pitches to end the game.

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06/16/11 TOC Majors Division:

Posted by Ken Deleske at Jun 16, 2011 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

 

OVLL Dodgers 8 vs. Costa Mesa American Athletics 1

     Brandon Nicholson got the start for the Dodgers to let Hagen Danner rest his injured throwing hand and pitched a great game as the Dodgers defeated the Costa Mesa American Athletics 8-1 to advance to the TOC championship game.  Nicholson threw 85 pitches over 4 2/3 innings and struck out 11 before handing the ball over to Danner who struck out 4 of their last 5 hitters despite his sore fingers to close the game. 

      The Dodgers started things off in the first with  Nicholson and Danner walking.  Jake Haffner singled with 1-out to drive in Nicholson and then Nick Welch drove in Danner with a groundout.  Noah Willis singled and Jake Cramer walked but both were left on base when Kyle Stubbs hit a hard grounder to the shortstop.  The Athletics scored their only run in the top of the 3rd when Nicholson hit a batter who took second on a passed ball and then scored on a hard ground ball that got through the second baseman.  The score stayed 3-1 until the bottom of the 4th inning when Danner worked a 2-out walk, went to third on a passed ball and scored on a throwing error by the catcher to increase the Dodger lead to 4-1.  Jack Furry worked a walk but was left on base.  The Dodgers big inning came in the bottom of the 5th when they scored 4 more runs to break it open.  Welch led off with a double and Willis advanced Welch to 3rd and reached base on an error.  Willis promptly stole his second base of the game before Cramer walked to load the bases.  Dylan Chennault worked a walk to score Welch and then Willis was able to score a couple of pitches later on a passed ball.  Kyle Newman walked to load the bases for the top of the order but the Athletics fought back and got two outs before Jack Furry hit a laser shot line drive off of the third baseman’s knee for a 2-out double to score Cramer and Chennault and put the Dodgers up 8-1.

 

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District 62 Minor B Tournament

Posted by Ken Deleske at Jun 15, 2011 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

 

 

06/15/11 Ocean View LL Rockhounds 4, Costa Mesa American LL Blue Jays 3

by:   Daniel Lewis

The resilient Rockhounds rallied for two runs in the bottom of the sixth Wednesday --capped by Shane Hoodman’s walkoff RBI single to center field – to advance to the semifinals of the District 62 Minor B Tournament at Robinwood Little League.

The Blue Jays had pushed across a run in the top of the sixth to break a 2-2 tie before the Rockhounds answered.

Kaleb Plewa opened the Rockhounds’ sixth with a walk. Plewa reached scoring position on a wild pitch and Thomas Williams followed with the game-tying single. Williams later moved to third on Chance DiMarco’s smash to the Jays’ second baseman. One out later, Hoodman drilled a single to plate Williams with the winning run, triggering a wild celebration.

The Jays broke a scoreless tie in the fourth after loading the bases with nobody out. Rockhounds reliever David Drigla, making his postseason debut, limited the damage, allowing just an RBI groundout and an infield single as Costa Mesa built a 2-0 lead.

The Rockhounds answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth, highlighted by Drigla’s two-strike infield single to third base as Cole Kaplan beat the throw to the plate, tying the game.

Hoodman (3 innings-plus), Drigla (one inning), DiMarco (two-thirds of an inning) and Williams (1-1/3 innings) combined to hold the Jays to four hits, striking out 11.

The Rockhounds’ Nick Chumacero got aboard twice on walks, making it five straight times he’s reached safely in the tournament. Lisa Tobin, Tyler La Force and Reilly Kells also played key roles for the Rockhounds.

 

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District 62 Tournament of Champions

Posted by Ken Deleske at Jun 13, 2011 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

6/11/11 MAJORS DIVISION:  OVLL Dodgers 9 vs. Westminster Padres 5

      Aside from a slow start, some opening game jitters and a wild 6th inning, the boys played great and pretty much dominated the Westminster Padres.  Jack Furry was solid on the mound and gave up 1 hit while striking out 5 on 38 pitches over the first 3 innings.  Hagen Danner pitched the next two and walked 1 while striking out 6 on 34 pitches.  At the plate, we hit the ball hard in the top of the first but went down 1-2-3.  Fortunately, things started clicking in the second and Jake Haffner led off the inning with a monster homerun.  Nick Welch and Noah Willis followed with back to back singles and worked their way around the bases to both eventually score on wild pitches.  Ethan Iles worked a 1-out walk and then with two outs, Brandon Nicholson, Hagen, and Jack banged back-to-back-to-back singles.  Ethan scored on Jack's hit but unfortunately Hagen was thrown out trying to take 3rd before Brandon could score.  Noah singled in the 4th but we didn't get anything going again until the 5th when Dylan Chennault started us off with a 1-out single and then scored on a wild pitch when Hagen was up.  Hagen ended up walking and then Jack smacked an opposite field homerun to put us up 7-0.  In the 5th, Nick led off with a single, moved to second when Noah reached on an error and scored on a sac fly by Kyle Stubbs.  Hagen added to the fun in the top of the 6th with a 2-out opposite field solo homerun to put us up 9-0.  They came back a bit in the top of the 6th when Nick had some trouble locating his pitches but Brandon came in to record the final 2-outs and strand a runner on third.  Great team effort.

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