South Charlotte Panthers

The 2010 SC Panthers traveled to Fort Myers, Florida where they competed in the Perfect Game World Wood Bat National Underclass Tournament.

The Panthers finished pool play with a 2 - 2 record and did not advance to championship round play in the 66 team field.

GAME 1

SC Panthers  0................................................................0.....3.....2

Midland Braves  4..........................................................4.....6.....0

The Panthers opened the event with a first round game versus the pre tournament favorite Midland Braves/Royals Scout Team. The Braves jumped out to an early 1-0 lead and extended it to 4-0 in the third inning. The Braves pitchers limited the Panthers to three hits. Starting pitcher Jesse Brewer (7-5) took the loss yet with the exception of the 3 run third held the powerful Braves in check. Jesse worked 5 innings; giving up 6 hits while striking out 5. Getting hits for the Cats were Rafael Gonzalez; Tyler Alberts and Kurt Semeniuk. RF Maverick Miles made an outstanding running catch deep to right and doubled off a runner to kill a scoring threat. Zach Westcott pitched a scoreless 6th.

GAME 2

SC Panthers  6....................................................................6.....11.....0

South Florida Bandits  0....................................................0.....1.....0

Kurt Semeniuk (4-0) threw a complete game one hit shut out for his fourth victory of the season  at the City of Palm Stadium; "Spring Training Home of the Boston Red Sox". Kurt struck out 7 and walked none for the win. The Panthers broke open the scoring in the second innng when SS Eric Brenk doubled followed by a Maverick Miles single and Tyler Alberts double. The Cats collected 11 hits and scored 6 runs. Logan Ratledge and Josh Greene collected two hits apiece to lead the offense.

GAME 3

SC Panthers  1...................................................................1.....8.....2

Deep South Baseball  5.....................................................5.....11.....1

The Panthers left 11 runners stranded and lost 5-1 in the afternoon double header. Starting pitcher Taylor Reeves gave up 4 in 2 and two thirds innings. Andy Wilson in relief pitched 3 and a third of scoreless relief to give the Cats a chance at a comeback. Logan Ratledge led the offense with two hits.

GAME 4

SC Panthers  7..................................................................7.....8.....0

Triple Threat Baseball  0...............................................0.....6.....1

Tyler Alberts (1-1) picked up the win with 5 innings of scoreless pitching. Alex Tomasovich completed the shut out on the mound. Brian Holberton and Josh Greene led the offense with two hits apiece including two RBIs each.

Logan Ratledge led the offense for the weekend going 5 for 9 with two doubles. Rafael Gonzalez finished the weekend 4 for 10 with a double and Tyler Alberts was 3 for 6 with two doubles.

There were a number of team records broken by 2010 players during the weekend of play. RF Kurt Semeniuk recorded two outfield assists in a game to tie a record when he HIT the cut off man perfectly twice to record outs at second and third respectively helping snuff any scoring threats by Triple Threat. Alex Tomasovich completed both plays for outs.

Josh Greene broke the single season stolen base record  held by Whit Merrifield (47) when he stole his 48th.

Brian Holberton broke the the single season RBI record held by Preston Shuey (44) with two RBIs to give him 45 for the year. Brian also extended the doubles record he currently held to 20.