The A’s and Astros met to start their 2010 seasons. The Astros jumped out to an early lead scoring six runs in the first inning on some aggressive baserunning and a 2 RBI double by Andrew Penkala. In the bottom of the frame, Pranav Prabhala stroked a sharp single and moved up to third base but was stranded there as Chase Hart struck out the side. The Astros’ bats came alive in the top of the second scoring 5 runs with singles by Stefan Martin, Owen Mooso, Andrew Penkala and Nate Lowell. Tyler Bernard made a heads up tag out play at home preventing one run from scoring on a passed ball. In the bottom of the second, Nate Beaton reached second following a base hit but was stranded following two good infield plays by the Astros. The A’s shut the door on the Astros starting in the top of the third with Anthony Ceci notching two strikeouts and Pranav Prabhala robbing Derek Chiavelli of a single on a hot shot to short. Andrew Penkala came on to pitch the bottom of the third for the Astros and held the A’s scoreless again thanks to a strikeout, fielder’s choice and an unassisted put out at first by Erika Wentz. The A’s held the Astros scoreless in the top of the fourth wasting 2 singles by Andrew Penkala and Nate Lowell. Penkala struck out two A’s in the bottom of the fourth. Tyler Bernard came on to pitch in the fifth inning and retired the Astros in order with two strikeouts. The A’s mounted a 6 run rally in the bottom of the fifth with run scoring singles by Roe Hendrick, Aaron Silva and Kevin Morris. Tyler Bernard struck out the side in the top of the sixth stranding Vinnie Priore on second. Vinnie came in to closeout the game for the Astros and stopped a rally by the A’s by striking out the side. Down 11-0, the A’s came back to score 7 but fell short on a well played game.

The Giants defeated the Blue Jays 9-0. Winning pitcher Zach Finkelstein pitched a complete game one-hit shut out striking out 14 batters. Zach had a no hitter with 2 outs in the 6th inning which was broken up on a single by Derrin Josephson. The Giants were lead offensively with big hits from Stephen and Thomas McLendon and each scoring 2 runs apiece. Thomas was also stellar behind the plate defensively. The Blue Jays were lead by the pitching of Nick Stockman and great catching from Neysa Ouelette.

The Giants offense continued to roll as they managed 11 hits and only struck out three times in a 10-2 win over the Astros. Zach Finklestein was the offensive star with three hits and a walk with three runs scored. Andrew Pencala had a walk and a hit with a run scored for the visiting Astros.

The AAA Rockies earned their fist win over the Blue Jays in a high scoring game. Harper Niven and Clayton Medling pitched for the Rockies. Nicolas Stockman pitched well for the Blue Jays and Zach Wilson sparked the Blue Jay offense with 2 triples. Jake Fitzpatrick had a nice single in the Rockies 7 run 5th inning burst.

The Cardinals faced off against the Athletics in a Friday night triller. The Cardinals started off strong with a terrific pitching performance by Austin Long while helping himself by some great fielding. The A's made a late run at the Cardinals but it wasn't enough. The A's had some stellar fielding by Pranav Prabhala robbing the Cardinals of a couple big hits.

On a beautiful spring day, The Rockies and A’s played an early season game that came down to the last batter in the bottom of the sixth. The A’s struck first in the bottom of the first with 4 hits strung together by Pranav Prabhala, Roe Hendrick, Tyler Bernard, and Anthony (Boog) Ceci. The Rockies came right back in the top of the second with six runs featuring the second double of the day by Derek Downing, this one clearing the bases, as well as hits by Casey McNally and Jacob Rodrigue and superior base running by Jay Patel, Nolan Foss, and Andres Hulfachor the last two called up from the minors and playing their very first AAA game. The A’s got 1 back in the bottom of the second aster Sri Kumar roped a single to right, stole second, and scored on a hard single up the middle by Pranav. Both teams were held scoreless in the 3rd, then in the top of the 4th the Rockies exploded for 5 runs featuring a base clearing triple by Jake Fitzpatrick and clutch hits by Casey, Jay, Harper Niven and T.J. Gillis. Facing an 11-4 deficit the A’s dug in and went to work. With Doubles by Aaron Silva and Pranav they both scored as well as driving in Nathan Beaton, Joey Earley, and Andrew Simard cutting the Rockies lead to 2 runs. The A’s sent their closer Anthony out for the top of the 5th and held the Rockies at bay in spite of a hot line drive from the bat of Noland that was caught by Sri at 3rd. The A’s came up in the bottom of the 5th and tied the score when Michael Olivier hit a solid single, stole second and third and scored on a single by Sri who once on base would not be denied and stole home to tie the game going into the 6th. In the top of the sixth Mason Moore and Harper got on base and executed a double steal. With 2 outs and runners at second and third T.J. hit a hot shot back at the pitcher, Anthony knocked it down and threw over to Michael at first to end the rally and leave the game tied at 11.Then in the bottom of the sixth, with Roe on third and Tyler on second Kevin Morris stepped up to the plate and hit a rocket to the left side scoring Roe from 3rd and Giving the A’s the walk off win. For the A’s 12 runs on 12 hits with 7 men left on base, for the Rockies 11 Runs on 11 hits with 8 men left on base. It does not get any closer than that.

The Cardinals came out strong in this game with some solid pitching from Adam Robinson. Ben Morin had 2 solid hits and got on base all 4 at bats. The Astros Robby Pavlas hit the ball all day and the entire Astros team played some solid defense. Andrew Penkala finished the game out with a couple solid innings. The Cardinals ran the bases well as a team and a terrific catching performance by Chris Haley at home plate kept the Astros off the scoreboard.

In a rematch of the last game, The Giants scored four runs in the bottom of the 5th to hold off the patient Astros squad. The Astros drew 10 walks and added three hits off three different Giants pitchers. Chase Hart had a hit and a walk and scored twice. John Derry was the hitting star for the Giants with a walk, two singles, and a double. John Miles and Stephen McClendon hit triples for the home Giants.

The Rockies and Blue Jays were ready to go for the second time in a week. Just off a scrimmage the night before,both teams knew it was going to be a great game. It started off with Harper Niven pitching a no hitter for the first two innings. The Blue Jays Rallied back when Zach Wilson hit a triple and scored our first run in the third inning. Derrick Downning had come in for the Rockies and was throwing some major heat! At the end, it was a real close game. Tyler Linscott had tied the game when Kavim was pitching for the Rockies. Ryan Vermette, not only hit the ball with two outs at the bottom of the sixth, he scored the winning run on a steal to home plate. Both teams played an incredible early season game, and we will not look forward to facing the Rockies again!

Saturdays game was another back and fourth game between the Cardinals and the Athletics. The A's were solid defensively through out the whole game with a strong performance by Michael Oliver behind the plate. Anthony "Boog" Ceci and Tyler Bernard swung the bat well all day. While Pranav Prabhala continued to frustrate the Cardinals again. For the Cardinals Ahbay Gandhi made his pitching debut and got himself out of a jam by pitching a great inning. Adam Robinson caught a great game behind the plate with a great pick off play to first. Ben Morin, Adi Gandhi Chris Haley all had big hits while Vince Annicchiarico came in and closed out the game with some solid pitching.

Sunday May 2nd, was one of the hottest days that I could ever remember for an early May Sunday. With the heat bearing down on both teams that day, the A's and Blue Jays came to play! It all started off with the A's, Matt Caplan's double which landed a two nothing first inning. The A's had some great pitching, Aaron Silva was throwing heat for two innings. Andrew Simard also threw some heat to make the game 5 nothing A's. The A's have truly been working on their offense, and all team members were crushing the ball yesterday. Pranav, Shrev, Anthony, and Kevin Morris were all crushing the ball. By the top of the 4th. Nick Stockman of the Blue Jays, was three for three and scored our first run drove in by Tyler Arnesen. Ryan Vermette,Tyler, Neysa O, and Nick all pitched six great innings for the Blue Jays, and this helped us secure a win that day. The Blue Jays also had two kids come up from Minors. Jake Smith, and Nathan ZAZA also made great contributions to help the team win thier second game of the season. Nathan has a great arm and helped bring in a tag at second base during the 5th inning. While Jake Smith made a great out at third during the 3rd. Hats off to Jake Meleedy who made two outs that day from second. All around both teams are coming into thier own, and we look forward to playing the A's again soon.

What a game! Sunday afternoon in 90 degree heat the Giants hosted the Cardinals. Both Teams started with strong pitching performances by Adam Robinson and Zach Finkelstein. The Giants got on the board first with some solid hitting by the top of their line up. After the 1st inning the Giants were up 2-0 but the Cardinals were able to grind one out to make it 2-1 after 2. The pitching held strong all day and both teams played well defensively. The lead went to the Cardinals after some base hits in the third making the score 4 to 2. But in the bottom of the fourth inning the Giants bats came alive with Spenser Durand, John Dery and Thomas McLendon taking a 5 to 4 lead. Stephen McLendon throw the ball well and got out of a great at bat by Ben Logu who crushed the ball just foul but Stephen painted the outside corner to end the inning. The Cardinals came back in the 5th inning with some bats of their own and regained the lead with some solid base running by Matt Frye. The last inning was a tension filled inning with a comment coming from the crowd, "this is like Red Sox vs Yankees". Today we saw a great baseball game played by young men who share friendships on both sides and they competed hard and everyone left the field knowing that they will meet again.

The AAA Rockies were able to hold off a late inning rally by the Astros to preserve a 11-9 victory. Harper Niven and Kavim Bhatnagar pitched well for the Rockies. Harper Niven also made a nice catch in center field to rob Robby Pavlas of an extra base hit. Andrew Patno had a clutch single in the Astros late inning rally but it wasn't quite enough.

Cardinals vs. Giants It was another classic at Drescher Field on Wednesday night between the Gitants and the Cardinals. After coming off a close win Sunday the Cardinals knew the Giants would be looking for a little payback The game started with the Cardinals jumping to an early 3-0 lead by hits from Ben Morin, Chris Haley (double) and single by Adam R. Great pitching by Devin Gates led to 3 strike out in the 2nd which kept the Giants at bay. The Cardinals batscame alive in the 3rd inning scoring 5 runs to lead 8 -0. Most notably was a shot that could be heard alll the way down to Dube was a scorching triple by Austin Long. The Cardinals ran into a Giant onslaught in the 4th that lead to the Giants scoring 7 runs closing the gap. Spencer Dunand lead off and got on base which lead to strong hits by Stephen Mclendon. Seth Bridge Miles Johnson, and Braden Macdonald. All day long the Cardinals and Giants were making great plays in the field one most notably was Kevin Barrows diving stop to get an out at first. By the end of the fourth inning it was 13-7 Cardinals and Austin Long came into close out the game with solid pitching and fielding. Another instant classic by two great teams.

On a warm windy Thursday evening at Dresher field The A’s and The Blue Jays met again. The visiting A’s struck first in the top of the first with a string of hits Pranav Prabhala’s first of 3 double and some great base running by Kevin Morris, Joey Early and Roe Hendrick. When the dust settled 8 A’s had crossed the plate. Pranav then took the mound and held the Blue Jays scoreless thanks to a put out by catcher Michael Oliver on the speedy Nic Stockman.. The A’s went down 1-2-3 in the second As Brenan Bergeron did a masterful job for the Jay’s and they carried that momentum into the bottom of the 2nd with 5 runs sandwiched around Ryan Vermette’s slashing double scoring Zach Wilson and Tyler Linscott and a clutch hit by Anen Kennedy to score Ryan. The A’s were held scoreless in the top of the third and in the bottom of the 3rd Tyler Bernard took the mound and held the Blue Jay’s scoreless in spite of a long double by Zach. With the score still A’s 8, Blue Jay’s 5 the A’s got a single by Anthony “Boog” Ceci scoring Pranav. After Joey work his way on base loading them up with A’s and nobody out, The Blue Jay’s sent for their Ace Nick Stockman... Nic Struck out the first batter he faced then began to bear down on the A’s power hitter Matt Caplan. Matt was up to the challenge and slammed a double into the gap in right scoring Tyler and Anthony and despite his speed Joey was tagged out by Neysa Oulelte the Blue Jay’s all star catcher saving a run.. Nic took care of the next batter and the Blue Jays went to work in the bottom of the fifth trailing by 6. the A’s 6 run lead quickly turned to 4 despite the best defensive efforts of A’s star players Andrew Simard and Nathan Beaton when Nic and Tyler Arnesen cross the plate for the Jay’s. The top of the sixth saw great pitching by Nic. Roe lead off by working the count and getting aboard with a walk and stole his way around the diamond for an insurance run. Going to the bottom of the 6th it was A’s 12 and Blue Jays 7. Even with A’s close Anthony on the mound the A’s knew 5 runs was not a comfort level against a team the caliber of the Jays. The A’s defense tightened up led by Sri Kumar to make some plays to save this game. Cam Bisson led off the inning and did his job to get on base and then work himself into scoring position. Nic slammed a double scoring Cam, Then Neysa, already a defensive star, became an offensive star with a big league single scoring Nic from second. Then Neysa scored on a clutch fielder’s choice from Zach in a text book sacrifice. 2 down 2 run game and Anthony dug in to get the third and final out of the game….. A’s 12 – Blue Jays 10

The AAA Rockies got back to .500 with a 13-1 victory over the Astro’s. Both Harper Niven and Clayton Medling provided strong pitching for the Rockies. A highlight for the Astro’s was some quality pitching by Vincent Priore.

The Astros and Blue Jays played a tight game at Dresher Field today. The visiting Jays led off with an in-the-park home run by Nic Stockman. Neysa Ouellette followed with a single but was caught stealing at third by a quick throw by Owen Mooso and good tag by Robby Pavlas. Tyler Linscott had a single and scored. In the bottom of the first the Astros scored two to tie the game with double by Chase Hart and 2 RBI single by Andrew Patno. Chase Hart pitched a 1-2-3 top half of the second inning helping himself by nabbing a soft liner up the middle and throwing to Erika Wentz to double up the runner on first. The Astros scored two runs in the bottom of the second on a 2 RBI single by Stefan Martin to take a 4-2 lead. The Blue Jays scored three to take the lead in the top of the third on a double by Nic Stockman and singles by Neysa Ouellette and Cam Bisson. Brennan Bergerson pitched his way out of a one-out bases loaded jam striking two Astros out to limit them to a single run that tied the game in the bottom of the third. The Blue Jays scored 6 quick runs in the fourth to take a 11-5 lead on two doubles by Zach Wilson and Cam Bisson and singles by Neysa Ouellette and Ryan Vermette. The Astros mounted a come back in the bottom of the fourth scoring 4 runs to pull within two runs sparked by a single and some heads up base running by Andrew Pankala. The game tightened as Andrew Patno and Tyler Arnesen pitched clean innings in the fifth both striking out 3. The Astros held the Blue Jays scoreless in the top of the sixth with the second Hart-Wentz pop-up/pickoff double play of the day. In the bottom of the sixth the Astros hit four singles by Chase Hart, Andrew Penkala Penkala, Andrew Patno and capped by Robby Pavlas’s walk-off RBI single scoring Nate Lowell from third to win the game.

The Giants topped the A's 12-2 behind good pitching from Seth Bridge and Thomas McClendon. Seth struck out four in his two and one-third innings. Thomas relieved and struck out three. They were helped by some stellar defense including two catches in the outfield by John Miles. John caught a sinking line drive to end the first and a deep fly to end the game. He also had three hard-hit balls and an RBI. Braden McDonald rapped a single in the fourth and scored for the Giants. Highlights for the home A's included two screamers off the bat of Anthony "Boog" Ceci. There was plenty of solid defense behind the A's hurlers.

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The AAA Rockies edged the Giants in a well played baseball game. Both teams showed midseason form with excellent defense and smart base running. Casey McNally and Jake Fitzpatrick sparked the offense for the Rockies with back to back doubles. Kavim Bhatnagar pitched well for the Rockies and also got a clutch single to help push in the winning run. Giant Zach Finklestein had a nice single and a nice defensive play as catcher throwing out a baserunner trying to steal third base.

It was a great day for baseball at Drescher Field. Blue Jays hosted the Cardinals for the second time this season. Starting pitcher Nic Stockman pitched a solid first inning striking out two. Answering back was Cardinal's starting pitcher Devin Gates with a 1-2-3 inning. The second inning saw the Cardinals score 2 runs from hits by Adam Robinson and Ben Lugo. The Blue Jays anwered back scoring one of their own by heads up base running by Ryan Vermette. Nic continued his dominant pitching by striking out 3 in the 3rd. Adam Robinson countered with a 1-2-3 of his own. Score 4-1. The Cardinals continued to get great play's by a double from Austin Long and some heads up base running by Matt Frye. Bottom of the fourth gave the Blue Jays another run on the board making it 6-2. Austin Long came in to pitch the final two innings and in the fifth, striking out 3 in a row. Nic came back in and returned the favor striking out three Cardinals. The Cardinal bats came alive in the top of the sixth with great hits by Ben Morin, Devin Gates, Chris Haley, Adam Robinson, Ben Lugo and Vincent Annicchiarico. Great game by both teams! Looking forward to our next game.

On a crisp windy day at Dresher Field the Astros and the A’s met tied in the standings of the tuff AAA division. The Astros struck first with consecutive singles by Chase Hart, Owen Mooso, and Andrew Penkala. A’s pitcher Pranav Prabhala then settled down holding the Astros to just one run over the first 2 innings even though 3 Astros, Stefan Martin, Vincent Priore, and Erika Wentz all worked their way on base. The A’s then struck in the top of the third inning with solid hits by Nolan Foss, Srimanth Kumar, Roe Hendrick, Michael Oliver, Kevin Morris, and Pranav putting 5 up on the board and taking the lead 5-1. The Astros came right back in the bottom of the third with 4 runs of their own sparked by hits from Derek Chiavelli and Robby Pavlas sandwiched around great base running by Chase and Andrew. The A’s came right back in the bottom of the fourth. After Nolan worked his way on base Joshua Tramack moved him into scoring position and Andres Hulfachor lashed a screaming double scoring them both. With hits from hits then from Pranav, Sri, Roe, and Michael the A’s batted around for the second inning in a row ending with Aaron Silva driving in the final run of the inning making the score A’s 11, Astros 5. In the bottom of the 4th the daunting task of holding the Astros and protecting the slim lead for the A’s went to Ace pitcher Andrew Simard. The Astros were not intimidated and with some great base running from Alex Patno and Erika put 2 up on the board cutting the A’s lead to 4. The Astros then took the field led by such defensive standouts as Camden Chesbrough and Nathan Lowell with one mission, shut down the A’s offensive machine. Nolan led off with a single then Vinny settled down on the mound and his defense tightened up and the Astros got out of the inning stranding Nolan at third. Time became the enemy as it was clear when they came up for the bottom of the 5th that this would be their last chance to walk off with the win. Andrew took the mound to finish the job but everyone knew it would not be easy. After getting one out Owen hit a solid single followed by Andrew Penkala 3rd hit of the day a double but in a clutch defensive play the Astro’s lead runner was tagged out trying to score. Two outs man on second. After Robby worked his way on base Andrew Patno came to the plate and just like that he slammed a triple to the gap scoring 2 making cutting the A’s lead to 2 runs. The tying run came to the plate. Nate made contact with Andrew’s fastball hitting a slow roller in front of the plate. A’s catcher Michael Oliver sprang up, barehanded the ball, made a perfect throw to Pranav at 1st for the final out of the game. Final Score A’s 11, Astros 9. The A’s would like to thank the The Minor league Cardinals for sending up 3 of their stars Andres Hulfachor, Joshua Tramack, and Nolan Foss. Without your help the A’s would not have been able to come away with the win.

Sunday afternoon brought out two of Nashua South's great teams with the Athletics hosting the Cardinals. The Cardinals struck first in the top of the first inning with 3 runs while Devin Gates pitched two strong innings striking out 5 tough Athletic batters. Sinjin Doeurk made 2 spectacular defensive plays (pop up, backing up third base) that resulted in keeping the A's off the scoreboard. The Cards scored 6 runs in the third and the A's answered with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning with powerful shots by Aaron S. and Joey E. Special recognition goes out Anubhav D with two crushing singles, Benny Lugo with a great catch off a scorching shot from Kevin Morris. Up and comer Matt Frye belted a shot to second base only to be narrowly thrown out at first. Great game! Final: Cards 14 & A's 3.

The Astros got off to a hot start by scoring 4 runs in the first inning but the Giants bats came to life as they defeated the Astros 13-6 on Sunday. Andrew Penkala pitched very well and contributed 3 hits and scored 2 runs for the Astros. Owen Mooso also had 2 hits and played awesome behind the plate. For the Giants, Zack Finkelstein hit his 1st ever inside the park Home Run to deep left field and also got the save as the pitcher. Stephen McLendon picked up the victory on the mound and also contributed 3 hits including 2 triples... Seth Bridges had a great hit and scored a run. Myles Johnson walked 3 times as he has been an on-base machine for the Giants. Thomas McLendon and Spencer Durand each had 2 hits and each scored 3 times.

Monday night at Drescher field hosted a makeup game between the Rockies and Cardinals. Solid pitching by Harper Niven (6 strikeouts) and Devin Gates (5 strikeouts) kept the game tied 1 - 1 after 2 innings. In the third inning Cardinals batter Ben Morin drove in a run with a solid triple while in the bottom half heads up play by Adam Robinson lead to a pick off at first base. The Cardinals added to their score with 5 runs in the top of the fourth. While in the fifth they had an inside the park home run by Austin Long followed by a triple by Devin Gates making it 10-1. In the top of the sixth with the score 10 - 1 Harper Niven had a heads up defensive play while playing first base to get a force out at home to keep a run off the board. In the bottom half of the sixth the Rockies bats came alive with solid hits by Jake F, Harper N, Kavim B to close the gap to 10 -4 before Austin Long's strong pitching secured the last out. Great game by both teams. Final: Cardinals 10 Rockies 4

The final game of the season between the Giants and the Cardinals brought out the best of both teams. With great pitching by Cardinals Devin Gates, Adam Robinson and Austin Long they were matched with strong Giant pitching from Zach Finklestein, Stephen Mclendon Spencer Durand. Each team recorded 10 strikeouts. Cardinals got on the board first with a single by Chris H. and a RBI by Adam R. With runners on in the second inning, the Giants took the lead with a scorching triple by Braden McDonnell. The Cards answered back to take a one run lead and were looking for more when Adam R scorched a line drive only to be denied by a great grab by Stephen M. With the score tied 4-4 the Cards were able to drive in 2 base runners with a double by Adam R, and able to hold to a close victory with Austin Long recoding the final 3 outs. Final: Cardinals 7, Giants 5. Special thanks to minors player Nathan Cormier for stepping in and helping out.

The AAA Rockies edged the Astros 13-10 in an exciting game at Drescher Field. TJ Gillis started the Rockie offense out with a nice double down the right field line. Astro Vinnie Priore smacked a nice double to spark their 5 run 4th inning rally. Harper Niven pitched well for the Rockies stricking out 3 of the 4 batters he faced in the 2nd inning. Harper also made a diving catch at 1st base for a nice play.

It was a beautiful day for Baseball as the A’s took on the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays struck first with 4 Runs in the top of the first with singles by Nic Stockman, Ryan Vermette, and Cam Bisson. Who along with Zach Wilson all crossed the plate. The A’s were held scoreless in the bottom of the first with great pitching from Nic and the talents of the Blue Jay’s top notch catcher Neysa Ouellette. After Sam Malignassi worked his way on great fielding by the A’s was featured in the top of the second as two of the 3 outs came on attempted steals and the 3rd came on a line drive off the bat of Aren Kennedy caught by Pranav Prabhala robbing Aren of extra bases. Despite a hit by Matt Caplan and a scorching ground ball by A’s catcher Michael Oliver the A’s were held Scoreless in the the 2nd. Due in part to some great Blue Jay fielding led by Brennan Bergerson. At the end of two innings the Score was Blue Jay’s 4, A’s 0.The Blue Jay’s added another run in the top of the 3rd with Tyler Linscott driving in Nic who led the inning off with a booming double. The A’s battled back in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Pesky Andrew Simard worked his way on base and stole 2nd. After two outs with single from Sri Kumar, Roe Hendrick, Anthony (Boog) Ceci, and double by Pranav, Michael, and Matt the A’s took a slim lead over the Jay’s at the end of 3 A’s 6 Blue Jay’s 5. The always tough Jays were not done coming back to score 2 runs in the top of the forth when Cam and Jake Meleedy crossed the plate on hits from Derin Josephson as well as Aren and JJ Kammann. Retaking the lead 7-6. The A’s came up in the bottom of the forth and struck early with a towering double off the bat of Tyler Bernard scored Andrew, then a line drive single off the bat of Pranav scored Tyler and the speedy Nathan Beaton. Kevin Morris drove in the final run of the inning and the A’s put up 4 to take a 10-7 lead after 4. Tyler Bernard took the mound in the top of the 5th and held the Blue Jay’s scoreless. The A’s came up in the bottom of the fifth and put up 7 runs capped off by a base clearing double off the bat of Kevin Morris Making the final score A’s 17 Blue Jay’s 7

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Sunday afternoon showcased another hard fought game between two good teams the Rockies and Cardinals. The Cards jumped to an early 3 run lead before the Rockies bats (Casey M and Jake F) and heads up base running took a 1 run lead in the third. The Cards came back in the bottom half to score 6 runs off hits off Devin G, Ben M, Benny L (Double), Anubhav D (Double), Vincent A, Adi and a strong hit by Austin L only to be thrown out at the plate by heads up Rockies fielding. Special recognition goes out to Matt F who recorded his first (of many) hit on a strong single into the outfield. Final Cards 14 Rockies 6

The Jays and Astros met again for the second time this season. The first meeting was a great game that came down to the last inning, and the Astros stole the show. This game also demonstrated that both teams are playing well and coming together at this point in the season. The first two innings of the game were well played and both sides did not allow a run to be scored. Chase Hart threw some heat at us for the first two innings.(2-4 with an RBI sacrifice. Erika Wentz hit her first double of the season and the crowd cheered for her incredible hit! Owen Mooso also threw a perfect strike from home plate to Andrew Patno for a steal and really set the tone for the Blue Jays. Nate Lowell hit 2-3 with two singles. On the Jays side, Neys threw heat all day long and struck out 4-5. Tyler Linscott, hit a triple and with an error was able to turn this into a in-park home run! First of the year for Tyler. Jake Meleedy caught a well hit ball from Chase Hart well into Right field, it was Jake's best play of the season so far! Nick wrapped up the game for a win pitching the final two innings. The Blue Jays came together that day with great defense and connecting with the ball to put in play. We will face the Astros this Friday, and it will be an incredible match up again for both teams.

Tuesday night at Drescher Field showcased the final match-up between the Rockies and Cardinals. The Rockies got off to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first before the Cardinals struck back scoring 5 of their own in the top of the second on singles by Benny L., Ben M., Sinjin D. and Ahbay G. Strong Rockie pitching by Clay M. in the top half of the third made quick work of the Cardinal bats. Cardinal defense played tough all game with some great fielding by shortstop Benny L and third baseman Devin G. In the top of the forth the Cards were able to add 7 runs off solid hits by Austin L, Adam R.and triple by Devin G. Rockies Harper Niven came in for the final two innings and pitched solid and was equally matched by Cardinals Austin L to close out the game. Final score Cardinal 13 Rockies 7.

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In the top of the first, Chase Hart faced 5 Blue Jays hitters giving up two walks but stranding those base runners by striking out the side. The Astros jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the first on hits by Andrew Penkala, Owen Mooso and Stefan Martin. Neysa Ouellette caught Stefan Martin trying to steal home on a passed ball and Ryan Vermette struck out one to end the inning. The Blue Jays got one back in the top of the second on a hit by JJ Kammann. Owen Mooso twice scrambled out from behind the plate to catch two pop ups to retire the side. The Astros scored 6 runs in the bottom of the second with some heads up baserunning and hits by Erika Wentz, Derek Chiavelli, Chase Hart, Owen Mooso and Nate Lowell. Andrew Patno came on to pitch the top of the third and got three quick outs including a diving catch by Chase Hart at second. The Astros scored 5 more runs in the bottom of the third on hits by Derek Chiavelli, Andrew Penkala and Stefan Martin. The Blue Jays fought hard but the win went to the Astros.

Saturday was a great morning for baseball at Drescher Field with the Astros hosting the Cardinals. The Cards got on the board first with some nice hits from Austin L., Adam R. and Ben M all scoring runs. The Astros had some great hits of their own off the bats of Andrew Patno, Andrew Penkala and Robby Pavlas. Score 3-2 after the first. The Astros had some good heads up baseball in the second with a sweet double play by Erika W. The Cards wouldn't be outdone an also had a 1-2-3 inning with a pair of strikeouts and a good play in the field. The fourth inning started off with a huge shot by Vince A., which resulted in a double. Also having big hits this inning were: Devin G., Ben M., and a Home Run by Ben L. The Astros tried to rally back but with lights out pitching by Austin L., it was nearly impossible. Great game by both teams and the Cards look forward to playing the Astros in their final game Wednesday night. Final Score Cards 19, Astros 6.

The AAA Rockies put together a late inning rally to edge out the A's 9 to 6. TJ Gillis pitched well for the Rockies as did Pranav Prabhala for the A's. Mathew Caplan crushed a ground rule double for the A's and also provided defense with a nice catch in center field. Rockie Jake Fitzpatrick was able to put his bat on the ball to drive in 2 runs to spark the late inning rally and Harper Niven closed out the game striking out 5 of the 8 batters he faced.

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Pitching was the name of the game as the Cardinals hosted the Blue Jays Sunday afternoon at Drescher Field. Cards recorded 12 strikeouts from strong pitching by Devin Gates, Adam Robinson and Austin Long. The Blue Jays were strong as well, with 11 strikeouts from solid pitching from Neysa O., Nic S. and recently aquired Sam - the man. From their powerful bats, runs were scored by Cardinals Adam R (2 RBI, 2 runs), Anubhav D. (single, RBI). The Blue Jays had some strong hitting by Cam B., Aren K. and a strong hit by Derin J. that was caught by heads up fielding by Benny L. Final Score: Cardinals 7, Blue Jays 1.

On a beautiful Sunday morning The Astros and A’s squared off in a late season rematch. .The Astros struck first after Andrew Patno got on base and with dazzling speed and heads up base running came around to Score. Andrew was the only base runner allowed in two strongly pitched innings by A’s Starter Anthony (Boog) Ceci. A’s Pranav Prabhala led off the first with a single but the A’s could not bring him around to score. The A’s came back to tie it in the bottom of the second. After the Astros top notch defense led by Erika Wentz and Eric Patricio and Nathan Lowell made two great plays on hard hit Balls by Kevin Morris and Matthew Caplan, Srimanth Kumar lined a double in the gap and was brought home by a Seeing Eye single of the bat of Aaron Silva. At the end of 2 innings score is tied at 1.after both teams were held scoreless in the third by some great pitching it was time for the bats to take over. Chase Hart of the Astros got on first to lead off the top of the 4th. Using singles by Andrew Penkala, Stefan Martin, and Alex Patno and a double by Erika the Astros put up 5 runs. The A’s answered in the bottom half of the 4th with 5 runs of their own as Roe Hendrick and Anthony reached on singles, Kevin cleared the bases with a 2 run double, and then scored on a double by Matt. After 4 score tied at 6. In the top of the 5th the Astros put up 3 to break the tie with singles by Camden Chesbrough, Andrew and Nathan Lowell. The A’s answered in the bottom of the 5th with 4 runs of their own as Andrew Simard and Nathan Beaton led off the attack. When Roe reached first Anthony stepped up to the plate and drove in two runs with a hard hit single. After Michael Oliver reached first Keven drove in 2 more runs with his second double of the day. A’s 10, Astros 9 after 5. The Astros came up in the top of the 6th armed and ready. A’s pitcher Tyler Bernard was up for the challenge. Derek Chiavelli worked his way on base to lead off the inning and with heads up base running positioned himself in scoring position. Tyler retired the next two batters and chased step up to the plate and hit a single in the hole scoring Derek. Tyler then shut down the attack and the A’s came up in the bottom of the 6th with the score tied at 10. Sri Kumar hit the first pitch into left field for a single, stole second, and then scored on a single to right by Aaron Silva for a walk off win. A’s 11, Astros 10.

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The AAA Rockies closed out their season by beating the A's 16 to 3. Harper Niven, Kavim Bhatnagar and Clay Medling all pitched well for the Rockies. Athletic Anthony (Boog) Ceci played excellent 1st base defense getting 3 solo put outs. The Rockie offense was sparked by Jay Patel and Jake Fitzpatrick who were able to put their bat on the ball with runners in scoring position. A's Michael Oliver and Srimanth Kumar both got quality singles that resulted in runs scored.

Wednesday night the Cardinals hosted the Astros in the final game of the season for both teams. Strong pitching by Astro Robby Pavlas in the first 2 innings (5 K's). Cardinals Austin Long, Adam Robinson and Devin Gates made it across the plate to make the score 3-0. Cardinals had strong pitching from Devin G. (5K's), Adam R. (4K's) and Austin L (4K's) as well as some great fielding by Adi G. and Ahbay G. to keep the Astros off the scoreboard. Sinjin D. had a great double in the 5th inning that brought in several runs for the Cardinals. Great game played by both teams. Final Cardinals 12 Astros 0. We look forward to seeing the Atros in the playoffs.

What a great day to make up the last game of the season. The Rockies and Blue Jays played some great baseball tonight. The Rockies are truly ready for the playoffs and the Blue Jays finally found thier stride tongight. Good Luck the rest of the way!!! See you in the playoffs.

The Blue Jays and A's were ready to play today! It was a playoff type of day, both teams were well prepared and ready to go. The A's Pitched the following; Anthony Cecci Pitched 2: Aron Silva: Pitched 2: Tyler Bernard Pitched 1: Roe Hendrick Pitched 1: The Blue Jays Pitched: Nic Stockman: 3 innings. Neysa Ouellette: 2 innings. It was a great game, both teams played real well. I would not be surpised to see the A's back in the final rounds to come in the playoffs.

The AAA Rockies edged the Astro's 10 to 9 in a well played playoff game at Drescher Field today. Harper Niven, Kavim Bhatnagar, TJ Gillis and Casey McNally all pitched well for the Rockies. Owen Mooso played excellent defense behind the plate for the Astro's keeping the Rockie base runners at bay. There was a display of AAA girl power as both Erika Wentz for the Astro's and Makena Leezer for the Rockie's smacked clean triples. Jake Fitzpatrick played solid defense for the Rockies making a nice catch in center field.

The AAA Rockies were able to hold off a last at bat rally by the Giants that featured a 3 run homer by Giant Stephen Mclendon to preserve a 13 to 12 playoff victory. Harper Niven pitched 3 strong innings for the Rockies that included a crucial final stikeout. Casey McNally and Jake Fitzpatrick sparked the offense for the Rockies scoring 7 runs between the two of them. Zach Finkelstein provided offense for the Giants getting a nice double for some late inning RBIs.

Pitching (Giants): Stephen McLendon- 3 innings Seth Bridges - 2 innings Thomas McLendon - 2 innings Zack Finkelstein - 1 inning

Playoff baseball at Drescher field Tuesday evening with the Cardinals hosting the Blue Jays Strong pitching and fielding by Cardinals pitcher Devin G. led to a 1-2-3 inning as he accounted for all 3 outs (2Ks). Cardinals came out hitting in the bottom half of the first with great hits by Austin L Adam R. and Devin G. all rounding the bases making the score 3-0 after one. The second was a quick inning 1-2-3 inning for both sides. The third brought Cardinal Adam R. to the mound who struck out 2 and had an awesome grab to throw Brennan B. out at first. The bats came alive in the bottom half of the inning with 7 Cardinals scoring. Great hits by Anubhav D., Chris H., Austin L. (Triple), Adam R. and Vince "Bright Pants" A. The Blue Jays weren't going down without a fight and in the fourth scored 4 runs on a hit by Nic S and some solid base running by Aren K, Neysa O. and Tyler L. Bottom of the fourth showed us what a great pitcher Brennan B. is with 3 K's! Score 10-4. The fifth inning brought out southpaw Austin L. to the mound for the Cards (2Ks). Cards last at bat brought in 4 more runs making the score 14-4. Austin closed out the game with another 2Ks. Great game by both teams. Pitching: Blue Jays- Nic S. (2), Brennan B. (3) Cardinals - Devin G. (2), Adam R (2) and Austin L (2). Final Cardinals 14 Blue Jays 4

Stephen McLendon- 3 innings pitched Spencer Durand - 1 inning pitched

It was a great played today between the Astros and Jays. Both teams have been playing great defense, and heads up ball as of late. Astros Pitched: Chase Hart= 2 innings Robby Pavlas= 2 innings Andrew Patno= 2 innings Blue Jays Pitched: Brennan Bergerson=1 Neysa Ouellette= 5 Game Ball went to Neysa Ouellette for pitching a great game! Hats off to the Astros who played a great game!!!

Zach Finkelstein pitched 3 innings, Spencer Durand pitched 3 innings.

Cardinals pitching: Devin 2, Adam 1, Austin 4. Rockies: Harper 2, Kavim 3

The AAA Rockies prevailed over the Giants 12-11 in a well played playoff game at Drechser Field. Both starting pitchers, Harper Niven for the Rockies and Zach Finklestein for the Giants had quality innings. Harper along with TJ Gillis, Kavim Bhatnagar and Jake Fitzpatrick had RBI producing hits. Stephen Mclellan produced some offense for the Giants ripping a nice single into left.

Great playoff baseball Monday night at Drescher field as the Cardinals hosted the Rockies for the league championship. Strong pitching by Devin Gates (6 strikeouts) held the Rockies to one run over four innings. The Cardinals got on the board with a line shot by Adam Robinson in the fourth to score Austin Long from second and took the lead on a stong hit by Ben Morin. The Cardinals added to their lead in the fifth with hits by Abhay Ghandi, Sinjin Doeurk, Chris Haley, Austin Long, Adam Robinson and Devin Gates making it 6-1 before the Rockies added another in the top half of the sixth. Great fielding by Chris Haley, who caught a great pop up fly to end the game. Final: Cardinals 6, Rockies 2

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