DAVE'S

After losing in the winner’s bracket final, Dave’s came back to win 3 consecutive games...

Dave’s Marketplace wins the 2009 Wickford Little League Championshipwith a 13-0 victory over Elmwood Sports 

After losing in the winner’s bracket final, Dave’s came back to win 3 consecutive games to earn the title of champions of the 2009 Wickford Little League season.  And as they have done all season, Dave’s combined outstanding pitching, and offense and scoring from all 12 players to earn their 20th victory of the year against 3 losses. 

In the title game, 1st year majors’ player Zach Sullivan got the start for Dave’s.   After yielding a solid single to leadoff batter Cam Moniz, Zach got the next 3 batters to end the top of the first and stranding Cam at 3rd base.  In the bottom of the first, Dave’s combined a hit batsman, 2 walks, and a single to make the score 1-0.  Elmwood pitcher Travis Sampson settled down from there to retire the next 3 batters to keep the score at 1-0.   

Zach mowed down the next 3 Elmwood batters in the top of the 2nd to get the Dave’s offense back up to bat.  Consecutive singles by Peter Webber, Mark Rogers, and Ryan Nabb loaded the bases for Dave’s.  Zach helped his own cause by hitting a sacrifice fly to allow Peter to score. Mark Rogers scored on a hard-hit single by Jimmy Moan.  Travis got the last out of the inning to keep the score at 3-0.   

In the top of the 3rd, Zach struck out 2 and retired Jake Ruhling on the groundout.  In the bottom of the 3rd, Timmy Lynch was the lead off batter.  And like he had done twice the night before, Timmy launched a solo homer deep into the woods in center field.  Travis then retired the next 3 batters in order, so after 3 innings Dave’s led 4-0. 

In the 4th inning it was more of the same as Zach allowed a single to Rick Cramer, but didn’t allow another hit or the Elmwood base runner to get farther than 1st base.   

In the bottom of the 4th, Dave’s broke the game open with 6 hits, 2 BB, and 2 hit batsman to score 9 runs.  The relentless and deep offense supplied by Dave’s was just too much for the Elmwood pitchers as demonstrated by the last five batters in the Dave’s lineup scoring 7 of the runs. Key hits in the inning were a 3-run double by Brian Farrell, a 2-run double by Chris Guenev, and rbi hits by Matt Viens, Jimmy Moan, and Ryan Nabb.  And with a seemingly insurmountable lead of 13-0, Dave’s went out in the top of the 5th inning hoping to close the game out.   

Zach got the dangerous Danny Hayden to groundout for the 1st out of the inning.  Matt Gauthier followed with a single to right field.  Zach got Liam Darcy to ground out on a fielder’s choice at second base.  The next batter grounded to the second baseman Chris Guenev who smoothly handled the grounder and threw to 1st baseman Mark Rogers to end the game.   

Zach’s pitching line for the title game was 0 runs allowed, 3 hits (all singles), 4 strikeouts, 0 base on balls, and 10 outs on ground balls to infielders.  And in the biggest game of the year, Zach easily pitched his best game of the year. 

In a game for the ages, Dave’s outlasts Elmwood 11-8 in 8 innings to force a winner take all championship game.

In a game for the ages, this one had it all; homeruns, great defense plays, lots of offense at times, and stellar pitching at others.  In the end it went 2 extra innings with Dave’s Market getting 2 runs on Timmy Lynch’s homerun to deep left field.  Dave’s added another insurance run when Ryan Gwaltney turned a 2-out walk into a run. 

Dave’s jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning.  Consecutive hits by Brian Farrell, Vinny Thela, and Peter Webber loaded the bases for Mark Rogers.  Mark's double to deep left plated 2 runs.  Ryan Nabb had a sacrifice fly to score a 3rd run and then Mark barreled home on a passed ball to make it 4-0. In the top of the 3rd, Dave’s scored 2 more runs on a blast to center by Timmy Lynch which made the score 6-0. 

After cruising through the first 2 innings, Ryan Gwaltney hit a rough spot in the bottom of the 3rd.  Elmwood strung together 3 hits to plate 2 runs.  Rick Cramer and Cam Moniz both had RBI hits in the inning.  Cam Moniz then held Dave’s scoreless in the 4th & 5th inning to keep his team in the game at 6-2.  In the bottom of the 4th inning, Elmwood struck for 3 more runs to make the game 6-5.  In that inning, after 3 consecutive singles, Travis Sampson had a big 2-run double and Kris Richards had a RBI hit.

Going into the top of the 6th, Dave’s led 6-5.  After 4 more hits in the top of the 6th, Dave’s had plated 2 more runs and led 8-5.  Peter Webber relieved Ryan Gwaltney in the 6th inning and had to face the meat of the Elmwood order.  2 well-placed hits and a walk helped Elmwood even up the score at 8-8 after regulation 6 regulation innings.

In the 7th inning, pitchers Peter Weber for Dave’s and Liam Darcy for Elmwood kept both teams at bay.  Going to the 8th, the score was still tied 8-8.  Up first for Dave’s was Matt Viens, who just missed hitting one of out of the park as the ball sailed foul down left field.  Liam retired Matt but Jimmy Moan followed with a hard-hit single.  Chris Guenev forced Jimmy at second for the 2nd out.  Timmy Lynch was up next and hit the clutch 2-out homerun.

Peter Weber came out in the bottom of the 8th for his 3rd inning of work.  And once again, the heart of the Elmwood order was up to bat.  Singles by Cam Moniz, Matt Gauthier, and Liam Darcy loaded the bases for Elmwood, but there were 2-out.  Peter battled Travis Sampson, but unlike earlier in the game, Dave’s pitching was able to win this one.  Peter got Travis to fly out to end the game with Dave’s winning 11-8. 

Both teams will meet again tonight in a winner take all game.

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Timmy Lynch of Dave’s Marketplace and Jarrett Hurteau of The Junior Police both pitched fantastic, but in the end, Dave’s manufactured a single run in the bottom of the 6^th inning to defeat JP’s 1-0. Lynch allowed 3 hits, struck out 12, and allowed zero walks to earn the complete game shutout win. Hurteau also pitched a gem and allowed 1 run, 6 hits, with 4 walks and 4 strikeouts. Nick Mongeon, Jarett Hurteau, and Tyler Chabot all got base hits for JP’s. Jimmy Moan and Chris Guenev both had 2 for 2 games at the plate.

Dave’s now moves to the championship series with Elmwood Sports.

AAA Championship Game

A 's  WIN  AAA  CHAMPIONSHIP

The A 's completed their remarkable undefeated season with a 7 - 1 victory over the Giants at Wilson Park to capture the AAA Championship.  With a balance of strong pitching, tough defense and timely hitting - something they displayed throughout the season - the A's showed why they deserved to be the champs.

Congratulations to the coaching staff:  Kirk Jordan, Danny
Beliveau, Ray Jorgensen and all the players.