Week 19 Highlights
Pikesville Middle School Field 2
Palmgard vs Rue Rue's Raiders
Game 1
Palmgard 23 Rue Rue's Raiders 3 (4 Innings)
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Game 2
Palmgard 20 Rue Rue's Raiders 12
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Pikesville Middle School Field 3
Attman's Deli vs Havana Club Cannons
Game 1
Attman's Deli 11 Havana Club Cannons 5
Attman's Deli clinched the regular season championship with a convincing
11-5 win over the 2nd place Cannons. Tom Paulshock, who pitched three games in
an Ocean City tournament just the day before was mostly ineffective and unable
to throw strikes. Down 3-0 after the top of the 1st, Attman's
sliced into the lead early and took control in the 4th thanks
in part to 4 walks. With the Cannons leading 3-2 into
the bottom of the fourth, Paulshock walked four consecutive batters, resulting
in a 4 run inning. With exactly one hit in that inning, Attman's was able to
take a lead they did
not relinquish. The game was then put out of reach with a 5-run 5th,
culminated by a Brian Wolf 3-run homer. Dave Sandler contributed a key 2-out
bases loaded single in the 4th inning, which put Attman's ahead for good. Bruce
Eisenberg, the steady one, won his 21st game. Evan Kreitzer doubled and tripled
for the Cannons in game one
Game 2
Attman's Deli 18 Havana Club Cannons 7
With the regular season title already claimed, Attman's shuffled its players
around in the field and dominated the Cannons in a rain soaked 18-7 win. The
Cannons put previously undefeated Jeff Robbins on the hill, but Attman's batted
14 players and scored 11 runs in the 2nd inning en-route to the blow out. Don Herrod homered, doubled and singled driving in 4
runs on the day. Paul Bell delivered a 3-run homer and Brian Wolf knocked in 2
runs. Bruce Eisenberg won his 22nd game. Cannons Evan Kreitzer singled and
homered giving him a cycle for the day. Jim Peterson had a three run homer. The
Cannons finished the regular season in second place.
Pikesville Senior High Field 4
Legal Papers Inc. vs Schaefer & Strohminger
Game 1
Legal Papers 7 Schaefer & Strohminger 6
Both Schaefer & Stroh and LPI got the
game started in the 3rd inning. S & S took lead in , but LPI answered with leadoff singles from
Marty Ellis and Mark Cucina, then 3 consecutive doubles by Dave Kopel,
Marc Summerfield
and Jeff Sacks ending the scoring 5-1. Schaefer & Stroh added 2 more runs
in t-4th inning. LPI was silent and just waiting for a reason to start
scoring, so LPI answered in the t-7th with a 2B by
Ellis, triple from Cucina, single from Kopel which made the score 7-3.
Schaefer & Stroh threatened in the b-7th. 2 lead-off singles and a triple
by Rich Northrup. A Larry Henderson sac fly made the score 7-6, but Ellis was
able to get the last out for the win.
Game 2
Legal Papers 15 Schaefer & Strohminger 3 (5 Innings)
Schaefer & Strohminger in the t-1st scored 3
runs with a single from Mark Yokel, walk to Larry Henderson and a homer from
Bobby. LPI's Marc Summerfield
doubled, but was left on second base. Schaefer & Stroh did not
score any more runs the rest of the game, with only a single in the 2nd inning from
John Blum, a single in the 3rd from Henderson and a single in the 5th from Blum and
Jeff Harris. LPI scored 5 times in b-2nd to take a 5-3 lead. Key hits
were a Bob Hansen double, Larry Proper RBI single, and Kevin Oliner single.
In b-3rd inning, Shifrin, Oliner, Bondroff singled, Cucina blasts a triple and Kopel doubles adding 5 more runs ending the
inning with the score 10-3. In b-4th inning, the bottom of the order comes through again with
2-outs--Eric Ruby
doubles, Oliner singles, then Bondroff blasts a triple into center field. The
inning ends with LP ahead 13-3. LPI closed out the game in the b-5th inning with
Summerfield, Sacks and
Feldman singling. Hansen hits a routine ground ball to 3rd baseman Mark
Yokel. The ball scoots off Yokel's glove to SS Rosenstein who tosses the ball WITH HIS GLOVE HAND
past the 3rd
baseman ending the game early at 15-3. Kevin Oliner got the win while
S&S rookie Jeffrey Harris took the loss.
Pikesville Senior High Field 5
Sky & Sky Inc vs Pro Med
Completion of Suspended Game
Sky & Sky 9- Pro Med 3
WP- Larry Newman LP Chuck Grant
Sky & Sky met Pro Med at the high
school as each team faced three opportunities to improve their playoff
slotting. Continuing a game which was suspended back on July 2nd, Sky
& Sky resumed play with a 6-1 lead in the home half of the fifth.
Having to scramble to fill in a line-up for missing players from that suspended
game, Sky's line-up featured such one-time oddities as Alan Friedman in the
leadoff slot and Brian "Sky" Mekiliesky (the clean-up hitter) batting
last. They did not allow the makeshift line-up to muzzle their bats, as
they struck for three quick runs in the b-5th. Alan Smith tripled home two
and Eric Gertner doubled him in. Pro Med went quietly in their remaining
two at-bats allowing Sky & Sky to make up one half game in the
standings. Larry Newman got the win and Chuck Grant took the loss
Game 1
Pro Med 9 Sky & Sky Inc. 8 (8 Innings)
WP- Chuck Grant LP- Larry Newman
Game 1 of the scheduled doubleheader seemed to
continue from the same place where the suspended game ended. Brian Sky
collected an RBI single in the first. Sky & Sky exploded for 4 runs
in the second. Scott Felton started the second off with a solo shot
despite claiming that he was "a little sick from the previous evening's
activities". Aric Spitulnik doubled home two more, and David Kowitz
doubled him home. Pro Med pitcher Chuck Grant averted a truly disastrous
inning by inducing Andy Bloom to ground out with the bases loaded. Alan
Smith collected another RBI in the third for Sky & Sky, and Brian Kowitz
singled home one in the fourth. Meanwhile Sky's pitcher Larry Newman was
quietly cruising along, throwing a one-hitter through five innings.
Sky & Sky's bats also went dormant for several innings, but this game
seemed to be in the bag for Sky & Sky. Scott Felton doubled home a
seemingly needless insurance run in the t-7th. However, somebody forgot
to pass along the news to Pro Med that this game was basically over. Down
seven runs, Pro Med's leadoff batter was quickly retired. Then Brad
Rosenberg popped a HR into deep LCF. Two hits and a walk later, and
suddenly Pro Med was making some noise. Aaron Shifrin managed to reach
base on an error and cut the lead in half in the process. Kenny Zalis
singled home one as did Alan Varhaftik. Mike Merritt, the batter and
would-be winning run, strolled to the plate and blasted a shot into LF.
He was held at third base with a one out triple. With the winning run 60 feet
away, Larry Newman proceeded to get the next two batters to pop up ending the
threat. Still Pro Med had erased a 7 run deficit in the b-7th. A
leadoff single for Sky & Sky was stranded at first, so Pro Med had their
opportunity to pull out this most improbable victory. After two quick
outs, Chuck Grant helped his cause with a double. Russell Dlin was given
a free pass placing the pressure squarely on Shilo Merwitz to deliver.
He did just that singling home Grant form second base with the winning run.
The final was 9-8 in 8 innings. Chuck Grant got the win and Larry
Newman absorbed the hard luck loss. Hitting stars for Pro Med were
Russell Dlin who went 1-2, but reached base safely in all four of his plate
appearances. Alan Varhaftik went 2-2 plus a walk, and Mike Merrick went
2-3 including that huge triple in the 7th to knot the game at 8 runs a piece.
For Sky & Sky Scott Felton led the way going 3-4(HR, 2 2B). Brian
Kowitz and Brian Sky each went two for three with a walk.
Game 2
Sky & Sky Inc 14 Pro Med 5 (stopped after 5
Innings/ Rain)
Game 2 was a rain
shortened affair which ended after 4 1/2 innings. A Scott Felton double
pushed one across and Andy Bloom cleaned up behind him singling home two more in
the b-1st for Sky & Sky. In Sky's second inning, a leadoff double by
Stuart Rudo allowed Larry Newman to aid his own cause with a SF. Pro Med
came battling back for three of their own in the second. Brian
"Sky" Mekiliesky hit a solo blast to lead off the third, only to watch
his feat topped by a two run shot to RF off the bat of Pro Med's Alan Varhaftik,
which tied the game after three and a half innings. Pro Med started off hot and then fell apart with a 9
run fiasco in the bottom of the 4th. Larry Newman again
decided to take matters into his own hands singling home two with the bases
juiced. Aric Spitulnik doubled home one and David Kowitz doubled in a
pair. Brian Kowitz knocked his brother in, and Scott Felton added one to
his RBI total. Two more runs were pushed across as the steady drizzle
picked up. Sensing that the game was in hand, but not an official game
yet, the ump decided to allow Pro Med one last crack in the t-5th. They did
manage one run, but the rain sent fans and players alike running for cover under
the trees. The final score was Sky & Sky 14 Pro Med 6 as Larry
Newman earned his second victory on the day. Darron Tabatznik was saddled
with the loss. Hitting stars for Sky & Sky were Aric
Spitulnik(1-1,2B,2 BB), Brian Mekiliesky(2-2,HR,IB,BB), Scott Felton doubled
twice and knocked in two and Larry Newman pulled double duty with the bat
knocking in 3 runs. For Pro Med, great performances were turned in by Ken
Salzman, Shilo Merwitz, Russ Dlin and Alan Varhaftik who remains very hot.