Game Recap April 30, 2016

AGE GROUP: 7-9

Game: Pirates of Nuevo Amanacer vs Indians of Candelaria           

The playoffs got started with the Pirates looking for a big upset. Unfortunately they did not have much of a chance. After surrendering one run to the Pirates in to the top of the first inning, the Indians put up a five spot thanks to a grand slam homerun by Ruben Calero and that was followed up by a solo home run by Norlan Trana. The Indians never looked back as they would score 8 more runs and easily win 13-2. Ruben and Norlan once again led the way as they combined for 7 of the 10 RBI’s by the Indians. 

Game: Tigers of Santa Matilde vs Padres of Quitanca

These two teams have had some good games against each other over the course of the season, but nothing came close to what happened on Saturday. They went back and forth to the final out in what was the most exciting semifinal game. Yelkel Martinez got things going in the top of the first as he hit a 3-run homerun to give the Padres a quick 4-0 lead. Not impressed by Yelkel's efforts, Elio Rodriguez, Justin Somarrilla, and Jose Aranda all hit homeruns in what was a 6 run inning for the Tigers. Using the momentum from their bats, the Tigers shut down the Padres in the second and then put another 4 runs through as it looked like the Tigers were going to pull away with a 10-4 lead after two innings of play. The Padres would halve the lead in the top of the third to 10-7 only to see the Tigers respond with 2 more runs of their own and the Padres continued to trail 12-7 after three. In the fourth inning, realizing they were looking at only two more innings to extend their season, the Padres came alive. The first six batters amazingly all reached base and scored as the fans from Quitanca were going crazy to see their little ones take the lead for the second time in the game 13-12. The Tigers quickly responded in the bottom half when Justin Somarrilla tied the game with another homerun, this time it was a solo shot. The Tigers would squeeze out one more run to retake the lead 14-13. Emotions were at an all time high as the Tigers took the field to try to win the game with their defense. That hope did not last long as the Padres’ second batter of the inning, Alexis Espinoza, hit a 2-run home run to give the Padres the lead 15-14. The Padres added two more runs and took an astonishing 17-14 lead into the bottom of the fifth. The Tigers were stunned but confident as they had the top of their order coming to the plate. The Padres retired the first batter and were two outs away from completing an amazing comeback. The Tigers’ next batter would reach base and then Elio Rodriguez went yard again with a 2-run homerun to bring the Tigers within one run. After another Tiger found a hit, Justin Somarilla would bring him home with a double and the game was tied. Two more batters came to the plate one was retired and the other hit a single that setup the Tigers with men on first and third with two outs. Rosita Garcia came to the plate and hit a dribbler to second base who looked to have easily controlled it and was on his way to stepping on second to force extra innings, but then somehow the ball popped out and the runners were all safe and the Tigers won on a crazy walk-off error.

Next Week:

The first game of the three game championship series will feature the Indians taking on the Tigers. The Tigers gave the Indians their only loss of the season in the final game of the regular season. The Indians will be looking to avenge that loss as the Tigers will look to try and beat the Indians two more times in what should be a very competitive championship.

Although they suffered a tough loss this little team will be geared up and ready to go again come July!

The Pirates were trying to sort things out defensively as they took the field

 

AGE GROUP: 10-11

Game: Athletics of Quitanca vs Cardinals of Santa Matilde

The Cardinals played admirably and fought to the bitter end but unfortunately the pitcher for the Athletics, Carlos Mesa, brought his Clayton Kershaw stuff as he struck out 12 of the 18 batters he faced. Evert Somarrilla struck out 3 of his own in the sixth and final inning as these two pitchers combined for a 15 strikeout no hit performance. Carlos Mesa walked three batters to give the Cardinals their only base runners on the day. The Athletics surprisingly only registered three hits one of which was a 2-run homerun by Bryan Sarria. It was their lowest hit total on the year but they took advantage of 11 walks and managed to score 6 runs to win 6-0.

Game: Braves of Candelaria vs Rangers of Nuevo Amanacer

The Rangers beat the Braves with a walk off hit the last time these two teams played. Needless to say the Braves were looking for revenge. Alexander Lopez wanted to show that his stuff was just as good as Carlos Mesa’s as he struck out 9 of the 14 batters he faced and only walked 2 in four innings of no hit baseball. The Braves put together their best hitting performance as all but one of their players reached base and they sent a message with a 13-0 win in a game that was called early. In the batting department the Braves were led by Kenner Gomez and Ricardo Estrada as they both went 3-3 and had 3 RBI’s each.

Next Week:

The Athletics have yet to taste defeat and do not plan on doing so. Meanwhile, the Braves after being embarrassed the last time they played the Athletics are looking to carry over momentum from their best game of the season and will look to surprise the undefeated team from Quitanca.

Pregame high five line!

The great Chepe Caballo, feeling pretty studly after hitting his first homerun ever!

AGE GROUP: 12-13

Game: Reds of Candelaria vs Yankees of Santa Matilde

This was suppose to be a formality for the Yankees as they have dominated the Reds the past two times they have played them and the Reds have mightily struggled over the last half of the season, but the Reds came to play when it mattered the most. They surprised the Yankees with 3 runs in the first inning and took a quick 3-0 lead. The score would stay like that until the bottom of the third when Crisanto Mesa hit a solo homerun and Josue Dolmos singled in another run to cut the lead to only 1 for the Yankees. In the following inning the Yankess would again score 2 runs as it looked like they would begin to take control as they grabbed the lead for the first time 4-3 after four innings. After the Yankees switched pitchers to start the fifth, the Reds quickly pounced and scored 3 runs to re-take the lead 6-4. The Reds would not look back as the Yankees could not buy a hit. The Reds would add a run in the sixth and seventh to give them a surprising 8-4 lead. Isiais Pereira was the player of the game for the Reds as he pitched six innings and went 3-4 at the plate.

Next Week:

Unfortunately the Giants did not have enough kids show up to the game and they forfeited to the Red Sox, which leads us with a championship series that will feature the Red Sox of Quitanca taking on the Reds of Candelaria.

 

The Reds were thrilled to have pulled off the upset!