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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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