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06/16/11 TOC Majors Division:
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.
Majors-OVLL Dodgers 6 vs. CM Nat Vandals 3
06/14/11 MAJORS: OVLL Dodgers 6 vs. Costa Mesa National Vandals 3
06/16/11 TOC Majors Division:
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.
District 62 Minor B Tournament
06/15/11 Ocean View LL Rockhounds 4, Costa Mesa American LL Blue Jays 3
by: Daniel LewisThe 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.
District 62 Tournament of Champions
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.