Game Recap April 9, 2016

 AGE GROUP: 7-9

Game: Pirates of Nuevo Amanacer vs Tigers of Santa Matilde

The Tigers are on the prowl and the Pirates were their latest victims. They used great hitting and suffocating defense to easily win 15-3. Jostin Somarrilla was the star for the Tigers as he was 3-3 with 3 RBI’s and 2 homeruns. Eliseo Rodriguez also chipped in with a solo homerun of his own.

Game: Padres of Quitanca vs Indians of Candelaria

The Padres always want to win when they play, but if you ask their coach there is a different attitude when they face the Indians. The Padres have had their eyes on knocking off the Indians the whole year and this past Saturday was their last crack at it. The Padres got things going early thanks to a two out 3 run homerun by Alexis Espinoza. The following batter, Jordan Zuniga, turned a single into a homerun thanks to uncharacteristic errors by the Indians and the Padres started the game with a 4-0 lead. Without blinking an eye the Indians scored four runs of their own thanks in most in part to the heart of their lineup and the score was 4-4 going into the second inning. The Padres did nothing in the second and the Indians got a 3 run homerun but little Cesar Vega to take a 7-4 lead. Not wanting to relent the team from Quitanca rallied to score five runs in the top of the third and shut down the Indians in the bottom half as they controlled the game 9-7 after three innings. The Padres would add two more runs in the fourth thanks to Yelkel Martinez who followed up his third inning homerun with another one in the fourth. Trailing, 11-7 with only two more at bats left the Indians were left with no choice but to crush the ball, which is what they did. Ruben Calero and Norlan Trana hit back-to-back homeruns in what has become a routine even for the young studs and the Indians retook over the lead by scoring five runs in the bottom half of the fourth. After getting the first out in the top of the fifth it looked like the Indians were going to once again flex their muscles and close out the game with their defense. But that is when Jordan Zuniga stepped up to the plate wanting to prove he could hit a homerun without the help of errors and he hit a laser and raced around the bases to tie the ball game at 12-12. The Padres would add 2 more runs and looked to knock off the mighty Indians as they led 14-12 heading into the Indians final at bat. Unfortunately for the Padres the Indians were at the top of their lineup. It only took four batters for the Indians to tie the game and Norlan Trana, the cleanup hitter, put the final nail in the coffin of hopes for the Padres as he crushed what would have been a homerun to easily score the runner that was on third base. The Indians won the instant classic 15-14.

Next Week:

Heading into the final weekend of the regular season the spots for the playoffs have already been decided with the Indians being the number one seed followed by the Tigers, Padres and Pirates, but that does not mean that the Tigers will not look to gain confidence in their quest to take away the perfect season from the Indians and the Padres will try to get a little win streak going heading into the playoffs as they will face off against the Pirates.

Little Miss Belen Rodriguez is such a sweetheart!

Jordan Zuniga feeling pretty good after his homerun!

 

AGE GROUP: 10-11

Game: Athletics of Quitanca vs Cardinals of Santa Matilde

The Cardinals came out hot early as they were able to put through 2 quick runs on the Athletics, but the A’s answered back with 3 runs of their own in the bottom half. The second inning ended without a change of the score. In the third the Cardinals scored 2 more runs thanks to Maudiel Gonzales whose double turned into a 2 run homerun thanks to throwing errors. In the bottom half of the third the A’s were able to get one more run back as it was the game was surprisingly tied. The scored stayed deadlocked 4-4 until the bottom half of the fifth inning where the Athletics set off some fireworks. An 8 run inning, where all but two batters scored a run, was highlighted by a grand slam by Juber Guavara. The Cardinals were able to score 3 runs in the top of the sixth but were let down as they fell to the Athletics 12-7.

Game: Rangers of Nuevo Amancer vs Braves of Candelaria

The Rangers had not beaten the Braves all year and wanted to beat them in their final try before the playoffs. They got off to a great start as they shutdown the Braves in the top half of the first and scored 3 runs in the bottom half. In the second inning the pitcher for the Rangers got a little wild and helped the Braves score 4 runs with walks and wild throws. Yet, the Braves had issues of their own on the defensive side and gave up 6 runs in the bottom half of the inning which included a 3 run homerun by Jeffry Zelaya. The Braves trailed 9-4 until the fourth where Alexander Martinez hit a solo shot to get the Braves within 4. The Rangers refusing to give the Braves any hope found two more runs in the bottom half of the fourth and led 11-5 with only two innings left to be played. The Braves scored one more in the fifth and shut down the Rangers to trail by 5 heading into their last at bat. After being asleep for five innings the Braves’ bats woke up and the Braves put together an unbelievable 5 run inning to tie the game 11-11. The Braves looked to shut down the Rangers to force extra innings, but Ariel Hernandez started the inning off with a double. The next batter Manuel Guardian hit it a groundball to the pitcher for an out but advanced Ariel to third base. Alexander Martinez struck out the next batter to bring Josel Sarrio to the plate with the winning run on third and two outs. Little Josel turned on a 1-1 pitch and hit it between the third and second baseman to give the Rangers a walkoff win!

Next Week:

The playoff spots in this division are set as well. Even though if the Braves lose and the Rangers win to tie them with their records, the Braves hold the tie breaker by having beat the Rangers three out of four times. The Athletics remain undefeated and will be the number one seed followed by the Braves, Rangers, and Cardinals. The Braves will look to get back on track against the Cardinals this week and the Athletics will look to complete an unblemished regular season as they play the Rangers.

Somebody needs to tell Ricardo thats a bat and not a guitar!

Josel Sarrio getting ready to throw a laser!

 

AGE GROUP: 12-13

Game: Giants of Nuevo Amanacer vs Yankees of Santa Matilde

When the Yankees are hitting like they did on Saturday they are almost impossible to beat. It is amazing the turn around they have made from the beginning of the season where it seemed they could not hit a beach ball. It was another game where the Yankees scored at least one run in every inning as they crushed the Giants 12-1 to take sole possession of second place. The Yankees were led by Domingo Dolmos, Eduardo Lara, and German Chavarria who went a combined 6-9 at the plate with 6 RBI’s, the latter also pitched five innings while only surrendering one run on one hit.

Game: Red Sox of Quitanca vs Reds of Candelaria

The Reds looked to keep pace with the Yankees for second place and it looked bright as Wilson Martinez started the game off with a triple, but the Reds somehow did not find a way to get him home. That would be the only glimmer of hope on the day for the Reds as the Red Sox do what they always do; play great defense, hit the ball, and utilize savvy base running. The Red Sox used a steady attack to dominate the Reds for a 10-0 victory. The Red Sox were led by Pedro Perez who hit two homeruns and Ivan Zeledon chipped in with a homerun of his own. Jelsnor Quiroz piched six inning of shutout baseball to earn his fifth win of the year.

Next Week:

The Red Sox and Yankees have the number one and two seeds wrapped up. The game of the week will be between the Giants and the Reds. If the Reds win they will avoid a one game playoff and play the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs. The Giants will have to win next week and win the one game playoff to avoid having to face the Red Sox in the playoffs. In the other game it will be the Yankees trying to prove that the one time they beat the Red Sox was not a fluke and that they are more than capable of playing with the mighty team from Quitanca.

I can only imagine what Eduardo Lara was saying, he is the team jokester!

The Godfathers