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ALL GAMES AT POINT STADIUM
BEST OF FIVE SEMIFINALS
SATURDAY, JULY 23
Principle Development 4, Delweld 2
Johnstown Grays 5, P&H Architects 1
SUNDAY, JULY 24
Johnstown Grays 11, P&H Architects 1
Principle Development 5, Delweld 4
MONDAY, JULY 25
Principle Development 8, Delweld 7
(Principle wins series 3-0)
Johnstown Grays 10, P&H Architects 2
(Grays win series 3-0)
BEST OF FIVE FINALS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27
Johnstown Grays 6, Principle Development 3
THURSDAY, JULY 28
Johnstown Grays 9, Principle Development 1
FRIDAY, JULY 29
Johnstown Grays 9, Principle Development 8 (11 innings)
(Grays win series 3-0)
OFFENSIVE
Matt Petrowsky (.413) 52-126; 14 2B; 1 3B; 1 HR; 33 R; 24 RBI; .492 OB%
Doug McNulty (.411) 46-112; 8 2B; 3 3B; 8 HR; 40 R; 44 RBI; .582 OB%
Derek Mechling (.404) 46-114; 15 2B; 2 3B; 6 HR; 42 R; 39 RBI; .558 OB%
Rob Altieri (.385) 20-52; 2 2B; 16 R; 6 RBI; .526 OB%
Mike Schock (.333) 37-111; 2 2B; 2 3B; 44 R; 14 RBI; .561 OB%
Steve Shaffer (.316); 37-117; 8 2B; 2 3B; 2 HR; 20 R; 41 RBI; .403 OB%
Joe Myers (.314) 32-102; 11 2B; 2 3B; 5 HR; 17 R; 28 RBI; .427 OB%
Evan Petro (.304) 21-69; 4 2B; 13 R; 6 RBI; .477 OB%
Ron Stenger (.253); 19-75; 2 2B; 12 R; 5 RBI; .366 OB%
Chad Griswold (.211) 12-57; 4 2B; 1 HR; 9 R; 10 RBI; .361 OB%
Ben Watkins (.185) 12-65; 2 2B; 1 HR; 9 R; 5 RBI; .311 OB%
Zac Pyle (.133) 2-15; 1 2B: 6 R; 1 RBI; .381 OB%
James Podgorney (.091) 1-11; 1 R; .231 OB%
Alex Gett (.000) 0-2; .667 OB%
Mark Swetz (.000) 0-0; 1 R; .000 OB%
TEAM: (.328) 337-1028; 73 2B: 12 3B; 24 HR; 263 R; 223 RBI; .471 OB%
PITCHING
Andrew Rudnik (0.00 ERA) 2-0; 1 S; 8 GP; 10.1 IP; 5 K; 1 BB
Doug McNulty (0.00 ERA) 0-0; 4 S; 6 GP; 5.1 IP; 5 K; 1 BB
Alex Gett (0.99 ERA) 7-1; 10 GP; 8 GS; 3 CG; 49.2 IP; 57 K; 12 BB
James Podgorney (1.02 ERA) 2-2; 2 S; 10 GP; 3 GS; 34.1 IP; 38 K; 10 BB
Zack Correll (1.66 ERA) 2-0; 7 GP; 12.2 IP; 6 K; 2 BB
Dave Wagner (2.45 ERA) 6-0; 8 GP; 8 GS; 4 CG; 45.2 IP; 32 K; 29 BB
Mark Swetz (3.26 ERA) 2-0; 5 GP; 4 GS; 19.1 IP; 13 K; 6 BB
Kurt Krejocic (3.29 ERA) 4-1; 9 GP; 6 GS; 34.0 IP; 19 K; 19 BB
Ben Watkins (4.20 ERA) 1-1; 2 GP; 2 GS; 8.1 IP; 9 K; 5 BB
Zac Pyle (4.20 ERA) 2-0; 2 GP; 5.0 IP; 2 K; 4 BB
Ryan Altimore (6.43 ERA) 2-1; 7 GP; 5 GS; 1 CG; 16.1 IP; 1 K; 12 BB
TEAM: (2.29 ERA) 8 CG; 30-6; 7 S; 241.0 IP; 187 K; 101 BB
August 16, 2005
The Johnstown Grays climbed back to the top of the Johnstown AAABA League in 2004. The Grays claimed their second league title in three years and advanced to the National AAABA Tournament.
The Grays opened the season with six straight wins to establish themselves as contenders early in the season. However, the Grays dropped six of their next nine games and fell back into a cluster of teams battling at the top of the standings.
Grays manager Chris Pfeil commented, "We came out of the gate 6-0 and were playing good fundamental baseball. Then we hit a little skid where we were making crucial errors and it caught up to us. All of a sudden we were 9-6."
The Grays regained their focus by winning six of their next seven to improve to 15-7. The Grays were beaten by Galliker's 6-4 on June 30 to leave them with a 15-8 mark heading into July.
According to Pfeil, "We were definately happy to be in first place heading into July. We felt we were starting to click as a team and thought we had a run in us."
The Grays rattled off a 10-game win streak to move to 25-8 and lock up the AAABA League regular season title. The Grays outscored their opponents 74-24 in that stretch.
After Delweld broke the win streak, the Grays won the final two regular season games to finish with a 27-9 record, the best in franchise history.
"We played at a high level down the stretch, but knew we were going into the playoffs with a target on our backs," Pfeil commented.
The Grays swept Galliker's 3-0 in the Best-of-Semifinal Series to earn a trip to the league championship series for the third straight year. It was also the third straight season the Grays swept Galliker's in a playoff series.
After splitting the first four games of the AAABA League Championship Series, the Grays and Delweld met in a decisive Game Five on August 4. The Grays defeated Delweld 11-1 to earn a trip to the National AAABA Tournament.
Pfeil added, "To get back to the tournament was a great feeling. Once you've been there that is the goal every season. We were real confident that we could make some noise."
The Grays quickly showed the rest of the field that they were contenders with a 17-0 opening night pounding of Zanesville. The Grays followed that win up with a 12-5 win over Philadelphia and a 15-0 win over Brooklyn. The Grays became only the second Johnstown team in history to open the tournament 4-0 when they knocked off Livonia.
"At that point, there were only three teams left in the tournament. We had a ton of momentum and felt confident that this could be the year," Pfeil said.
However, the Grays suffered a disappointing 6-3 loss to New Orleans. The Grays commited eight errors in the game after taking a 3-0 lead.
"It was very uncharacteristic of us. We had been playing excellent defense down the stretch. We were disappointed, but knew we were still alive," Pfeil commented.
With a trip to the National Championship Game on the line the Grays took on Baltimore. The Grays fell behind 4-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth. The Grays pulled off a dramatic comeback and tied the game 4-4. However, the winning run was thrown out at the plate and the game was sent to extra innnings. Baltimore put up four runs in the 12th inning to end the Grays season.
According to Pfeil, "It was probably the most exciting inning for a Johnstown team in the history of the tournament. It came down to a bang-bang play at the plate. If it goes our way we move on to the title game."
"It was a tough loss. We really felt we had the best team in the tournament. I was real proud of this group of guys. They battled until the end."
The Grays now look ahead to the 2005 campaign. Pfeil commented, "We are going to look to bring in some new guys and hopefully get back to the tournament next year."
GRAYS NOTES: Doug McNulty won the Johnstown AAABA League Triple Crown ... Derek Mechling won the AAABA Tournament RBI title ... The Grays placed five players on the All-AAABA League Team: Derek Mechling (C), Adam Miscik (SS), Darren Horton (3B), Doug McNulty (OF), and Brenton Gilmore (P).
30-6 y-Johnstown Grays
29-7 x-Principle Development
26-10 x-Delweld
13-23 x-P&H Architects
10-26 Norac Lab
10-26 Cernic's
8-28 Galliker's
y-clinched regular season title
x-clinched playoff berth
July 22, 2004
The Johnstown AAABA League announced the award winners for the 2004 Season on Thursday night.
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Jimmy Mayer, Delweld
MOST VALUABLE PITCHER: Greg Lasinski, Galliker's
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jake Yackovich, P/H Architects
ROOKIE PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Justin Dickert, P/H Architects
BATTING CHAMPION: Doug McNulty, Johnstown Grays (.467)
ALL-AAABA LEAGUE TEAM:
C: Derek Mechling, Johnstown Grays
1B: Joe Klezek, Galliker's
2B: Ron Peterman, Cernic's
SS: Adam Miscik, Johnstown Grays
3B: Darren Horton, Johnstown Grays
OF: Ben Hantz, P/H Architects
OF: Doug McNulty, Johnstown Grays
OF: Jeff Schellhammer, Delweld
DH: Matt Mesaros, Delweld
UT: Landon Sinclair, Cernic's
SP: Chris Ankeny, Delweld
SP: Brian Chruscial, P/H Architects
SP: Brenton Gilmore, Johnstown Grays
SP: Steve Slatcoff, Delweld
SP: Chris Twigg, Galliker's
RP: Marcus Martin, Galliker's
