Sorcerer 18 Gold - Mumma

Sorcerer tied for 13th place in the ASA 18 Gold Nationals in Oklahoma City, OK this week. Check out this slideshow of photos from the event.

Sorcerer began the double elimination bracket on Tuesday morning, August 5th, by defeating the Georgia Fire with a score of 7-2. Allard, Decker, Burns, and Suitos each had 2 hits. C. Moore, Kostreba, Wallace, and White each had 1 hit.  Burns had 3 RBIs. Moore, Kostreba, White, and Wallace each had 1 RBI.

On Tuesday afternoon, Sorcerer defeated the Maryland Wagner's Gold 9-2. Decker, Robben, C. Moore, Burns, and Suitos each had 2 hits. Allard, Kostreba, Wallace, and White had 1 hit. C. Moore had 3 RBIs. Robben, Burns, Kostreba, and White each had 1 RBI. Notably, Sorcerer pitcher Jessica Moore gave up only 2 hits in this pitcher's duel.

On Thursday, August, Sorcerer lost to the the Arizona Hot Shots 2-1 in a game viewed by most as a rematch following the Sorcerer defeat of the Hot Shots in the Independence Day tournament in Boulder. Wallace led the team with 2 hits. Robben and Kostreba had 1 hit. Wallace had an RBI. 

The loss to the Hot Shots dropped Sorcerer into the losers' bracket against the 2007 National Champion Worth Firecrackers on Friday morning.  Sorcerer bats would need to be hot to defeat the Firecrackers, and Sorcerer did not disappoint.

In a game riddled by errors, 2 for Sorcerer and 3 for the Firecrackers, Sorcerer defeated the Firecrackers 9-7. Decker and White had 2 hits. Allard, Burns, C. Moore, and Suitos each had 1 hit. Decker and Burns has 2 RBIs. Moore, White, and Suitos each had 1 RBI. Check out the write-up from spysoftball.com.

On Friday afternoon, Sorcerer faced the So Cal Athletics in a fight for a place in the top 12.  After a gutsy performance that morning, Sorcerer came back flat, and committed 4 errors to lose to the Athletics 5-2. C. Moore had 2 hits. Allard, Robben, Burns, and Wallace each had 1 hit. Wallace had an RBI. 

Sorcerer completed the tournament with a 13th place finish, having won a total of 5 games (2 in pool play) and lost to the 3rd place AZ Hot Shots and the T5th place So Cal Athletics. This placement marks the best achievement of a Sorcerer team at Gold Nationals, and the best of any Northern California team this year. Game by game offensive stats are available here.