The Royals and Rockies met for the first time this year. In the first Ryan ZZ. walked and then scored on 3 stolen bases. The Rockies threatened in the bottom of the inning but came away scoreless. In the second Luke Ansel and Alex Amigo both walked and eventually scored. In the 3rd the Rockies got on the board when Colin Morrow lead of with a walk and later scored on a solid single by Nick Koch. The Royals tallied 2 more in the top of the 6th, Steve Signorello single and then scored on a single from Alex Parrott. Alex Amigo later knocked him in on a fielder's choice. The defense was excellent in this one, the Royals had nice plays from Phil Justvig, Patrick Bue, Mike Fournier and Matt Savoia. For the Rockies Cam Paquette made and excellent play at short. Pitching for the Rockies, Nick Koch 2, Carter Cormier 2, Collin Morrow 2. For the Royals, Steve Signorello 2, Ryan ZZ 2, Owen Amigo 2.

Pitching for the Royals, Ryan ZZ 2, Steve Signorello, 1, Alex Parrott 1 and Owen Amigo 2. For the Phillies, Zach Cunningham 3, Jacob Derusha 1, Gage Donaghue 2

The Athletics no-hit the Royals 9-0 behind strong pitching and solid defense. Chad Olivieri started and pitched 3 innings, starting a nifty 1-6-3 double play in the second turned by Mike Fuller at short. Fuller pitched two solid innings, walking none while striking out 3. Patrick McDonnell finished it off with a solid inning of work. For the Royals, Owen Amigo battled through three innings and Ryan Szczygielski pitched the final two. Luke Anzel made a nice catch in right and Alex Parrott scooped a low throw from short to preserve an out. Offensively, Olivieri had two hits, including a double, while Mike Fuller, Patrick McDonnell and Nikhil Karnane contributed hits. Anthony Martin made all the plays in the field for the A's.

In the first the Royal jumped out to a 3-0 lead on hits from Alex Parrott and Owen Amigo. They added 2 more in the 2nd and 8 more in the 3rd on hits from Patrick Bue(2 hits on the day), Cam Novotny, Noah Telerski and Luke Anzil. Offense for the Phillies was provided by hits from Zack Cunningham and Max Coffin and great base stealing from Noah Toland who stole home twice. Pitching for the Royal, Steve Signorello 2 innings 4k's, Alex Parrott 2 innings 4k's and Matt Savoia 2 innings 5k's. For the Phillies Max Coffin 2 innings 2k's, Jake DeRusha 1 inning, Noah Toland 1 inning 2k's, Zack Cunningham 1 inning 1k and Steve D'Onfro 2 innings

The Giants' offensive was active during innings one and two, scoring 7 runs. Overall the Giants received big offensive games from Owen Shea (3-4), Brian Barrows (2-3), and CJ Mellen (2-3). Also collecting hits were Riley Bourque, Ryan Penkala, and Nick Quadros. Defensively, Quadros had a solid game at second base. The Giants received solid pitching from Jason Fox (2 innings - 4Ks), Mellen (2 innings - 5Ks), and Penkala (2 innings - 4Ks). The Royals received a big game from Ryan Szczygielski who went 2-3 at the plate and pitched two solid innings (4Ks). Also playing well were Owen Amigo (1-2), Luke Anzel (1-2), and Mike Fournier. The Royals also received solid pitching from Stevie Signorello (2 innings - 4Ks), Owen Amigo (1 inning K), and Matt Savoia (1 inning - 3Ks).

The A's used timely hitting and good pitching to defeat a tough Royals team 8-4. Patrick McDonnell started and pitched 4 innings, striking out 7 and working out of some tight jams. Ryan North caught a line drive and turned it in to a double play. On the Royals side, Ryan Szczygielski caught a line drive near the warning track and doubled off the runner retreating to first. Owen Amigo made several nice plays at short and Patrick Bue made a grab in right that took away a hit. Mike Fuller pitched the final two innings for the A's, striking out 4 while allowing just 1 hit and a walk. The A's offense was led by Brian Toupin (2-3) and Mike Fuller (2-3 3 RBI). Chad Olivieri (single, 2 RBI) and Patrick McDonnell also contributed to the offense. The Royals had big days from Alex Parrott (2-2, RBI) and Steve Signorello (2-3, RBI) Owen Amigo (double) and Luke Anzel. Owen Amigo pitched 1 inning and Matthew Savoia closed out the game for the Royals.

The Giants pitching behind Jason Fox (2 innings), CJ Mellon (2 innings), & Ryan Penkala (2 innings) combined to pitch a one run defensive battle against the Royals. The bottom of the third inning made the difference in this game with Charlie Deichmann getting a key walk to lead things off and some heads up base running by Brian Barrows, Ryan Penkala, Riley Bourque and Jason Fox. Fox drove in two runs with a one out single down the right field line giving the Giants all they would need to capture the win. Key defensive plays by Nick Quadros on a nifty play in the hole to throw out the runner at first base and Riley Bourque who played a screaming line drive by Steve Signorello off the fence perfectly relaying it in to second base and holding Steve with a long single seemed to stop any rally the Royals tried to mount. Brian Barrows, Riley Bourque, Jason Fox, and Mike Levasseur lead the Giants with one hit a piece in timely at bats. Ryan Szczygielski (ZZ) pitched four strong complete innings with Matt Savoia coming in to close the game for his second consecutive day, making all three put outs in the bottom of the fifth inning with two strike outs and a hard shot back up the middle that Matt snagged and threw on to first for the put out. Steve Signorello and Patrick Bue lead the Royals with one hit a piece. Ryan S. continued to hit the ball hard, but fortunately for the Giants, they were in position to make the plays. Total innings pitched:Giants-Fox 2, Mellen 2 and Penkala 2. Royals-Szczygielski 4 and Savoia 1.

Rockies come out on top of this high scoring baseball game Saturday morning. This was a very exciting game as the lead changed 3 times over the course of it's 6 innings. It was also somewhat of a rollercoaster ride as each team experienced both excellent play and hardship. The Royals came on strong the entire game offensively with 10 Hits and 10 RBI's including a two run homer by Stephen Signorello. Also hot for the Royals was Owne Amigo going 3 for 3 including a double and Alex Parrott who had 2 doubles in the game. Also contributing were Stephen Signorello who had two hits including his homerun mentioned above, Alex Amigo who had a double, Cameron Novotny who had a double and Noah Telerski. The Royal's bats were hot. As a team, they struggled with pitching as the racked up 11K's and 19 walks. Owen Amigo pitched 2, Ryan Szczygielski pitched 2, Stephen Signorello pitched 2, Matt Savoia pitched 1 and Alex Parrott pitched 1. The Rockies had a good day on the mound, generating 6K's with only 4 walks with Matt Lawyer going 4 and Collin Morrow going 2 innings. The Rockies provided excellent defense to limit the Royal's hitt fest to only 11 runs with 11 putouts. As a team, the Rockies struggled at the plate and produced only 6 hits but managed to score 13 baserunners behind 10 RBI's. This game had it all, the good the bad and the ugly.

This was a tight game right up to the bottom of the 5th. In the first inning Noah Toland laid down a bunt, got on and stole 3 quick bases for a 1-0 lead. It stayed that way till the bottom of the 3rd when the Royals got 4 runs on 4 walks, a single by Ryan ZZ and a sac fly by Steve Signorello. In the top of the 5th the Phillies struck back with 2 runs making it 4-3. In the 5th the Royals broke it open by scoring 11 on hits by Alex Amigo, Owen Amigo (2 in the inning), Ryan ZZ-double, Steve Signorello and Mike Fournier-double. Getting hits for the Phillies were Steve D'Onfro and Jacob DeRusha. Pitching: Royals: Owen Amigo 2 innings, Ryan ZZ 2, Steve Signorello 1, Matt Savoia 1. Phillies: Zack Cunningham 2, Jacob DeRusha 2, Noah Toland 1, Gage Donaghue 1.

The best part of coaching is seeing a kid shine ina tough situation. With a four full games and a continuation in one week. Zach Torla provided two huge innings to preserve an O's lead. The two teams traded identical punches in the first with the first five batters for each team scoring runs. Torla also had two hits along with Ryan Kozyra and Chad Hult. As usual, Owen Amigo and Stevie Signorello were tough outs as was ZZ. Noah Telerski also chimed in with a base hit.

The Royals and Orioles had to finish a game started way back on May 7th that was stopped due to darkness with the score 13-13. The game resumed in the bottom of the 6th with the Royals batting. Cam Novotny lead of with a key single, Noah Telerski singled and then Ryan ZZ hit the ball to the right side to score Cam and the game was over. There was a lot of offense in this one, for the Royals Owen Amigo hit the years first home run as he was 3-4, Ryan ZZ 2 hits, Steve Signorello 3-3, Alex Amigo 2 hits. For the Orioles Christian Lowell 2 hits, Ryan Kozyra 3-4, Keenan Dwyer 2 hits, Nick Perkins 3-4. Pitching 1 inning Trevor Hult.

The Royals and O's finish a 3 game set with the Royals coming out on top. The Royals jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first on hits from Alex Amigo and Noah Telerski. In the 2nd the Royals added 3 more, in the 3rd added another and then in the 4th added 4 more with hits from Can Novotny, Zach Finklestein, Matt Savoia, Patrick Bue and a double from Ryan ZZ to go up 12-0 but the O's decided not to go away without a fight. In the bottom of the 4th they put up 2 runs on hits from Nick Perkins and Keenan Dwyer.In the top of the 5th the Royals finished their scoring on a home run from Owen Amigo (2 hits) and a double from Steve Signorello. In the O's half of the inning they put up 4 more runs on hits from Christian Lowell (double), Chad Hult and Kyle Capone (2 hits). The game got interesting in the last of the 6th. The O's loaded the bases and pushed across 2 runs bringing Trevor Hult to the plate, he smashed a ball to centerfield that would have cleared the bases by Ryan ZZ made a huge play tracking the ball down to end the game. Pitching, Royals: Ryan ZZ 2, Owen Amigo 2, Matt Savoia 1, Steve Signorello 1. O's: Trevor 1, Christian Lowell 1, Nicke Perkins 1, Kyle Capone 1, Zack Torla 2.

The Royals started the game by scoring 4 runs in the 1st on RBI hits from Ryan Szczygielski, Stevie Signorello and Mike Fournier. The Rockies answered with 2 runs on RBI hits from Nick Koch and Ben Seegel. With the Royals leading 5-2, the Rockies scored 4 runs in the 3rd with 5 straight hits and RBI's from Nick Koch (double), Alec Marshall and Matt Lawyer. Going into the 6th, the Rockies held an 8-5 lead. The Royals applied pressure by scoring 1, and loading the bases. The Rockies Ben Seegel was able to work out of the jam, and preserve the 8-6 win. Pitching for the Rockies were Collin Morrow(1), Carter Cormier(1) and Ben Seegel(4). Pitching for the Royals were Ryan(3) and Owen Amigo(2). Nick Koch went 2 for 2 with a double and 2 rbi, while Mayur Patel went 2-3 with RBI. Luke Anzel and Mike Fournier both went 2-3 with an RBI each.

The A's used a well balanced offense to defeat the Royals. Chad Olivieri (3-4) and Mike Fuller (2-4) led the way while Brian Toupin, Nathan Fallon and Tyler North also contributed hits. For the Royals Cam Novotny had a hard single to center and Luke Anzel, Michael Fournier and Owen Amigo contributed hits. Olivieri started and pitched 5, striking out 8. Mike Fuller pitched a 1-2-3 6th inning to close it out. For the Royals, Steven Signorello (2IP), Owen Amigo (1IP), Matthew Savoia (2IP) and Ryan Szczygielski (1IP) handled the pitching.

This was the game that wouldn't end, lasting almost 3 hrs. The score doesn't tell the story here, the Royals kept trying to pull away but the Giants kept trying to come back. The Royals offense was lead by Owen Amigo who was 3-4 including his 3rd and 4th homeruns of the season, a grand slam and a 3 run shot knocking in 10 runs on the day and scoring 5 times. For the Giants Charlie Deichmann had 2 hits one being a grand slam of his own.Other Royals offense included hits from Luke Ansel 2-2 with a double, Steve Signorell 3-5 with a double, Alex Amigo, Cam Novotny 2 hits, Adam Robinson and Devon Gates 2 hits including a double. The Giants got hits from Brian Barrows 2-2, Ryan Penkala 3-4, Owen Shea 2-4. Pitching for the Royals: Owen Amigo 2, Ryan ZZ 2, Matt Savoia 1, Steve Signorello 2, Alex Amigo 1. For the Giants: Jason Fox 2, Mike Levasseur 1, Charlie Deichmann 1, CJ Mellon 1, Brian Barrows 1, Ryan Penkala 1.

This game was just how playoff ball should be, great pitching, timely hitting and some good fielding mixed in. After a scoreless first the O's went up 4-0 in the 2nd on hits by Keenan Dwyer (double), Chad Hult (2 hits on the day) and Kyle Capone. In the 3rd the Royals managed to score 3 as Steve Signorello singled and was followed by a homerun from Owen Amigo (2-3). Alex Amigo then singled (2-2 on the day) and eventually stole home to make it 4-3. It stayed that way till the 5th when Luke Ansel singled and then scored on a double from Ryan ZZ. Steve Signorello then followed him with a homerun of his own to go up 6-4 where it would end. Pitching was great in this game, for the O's Keenan Dwyer pitched 5 solid innings and was then relieved by Cam Stockman 1 inning. For the Royals Steve Signorello pitched the first 2 then Ryan Szczygielski pitched 4 lights out innings. Great game.

The A's scored in every inning as they picked up a win in their first playoff game. Johnny Zanzerkia was 2-3 with three runs scored and an RBI. Brian Toupin and Mike Fuller each had hits and RBI's. Chad Olivieri (3-3, double, HR, 4R, 5RBI) rounded out the offense. The Royals offense was led by Steve Signorello and Owen Amigo who had two hits and Luke Anzel also had a single. Signorello started and pitched 3, striking out 4. Ryan Szczygielski pitched two innings for the Royals. Olivieri started for the A's and went 4, striking out 7. Mike Fuller closed out the game with two perfect innings, throwing 17 pitches and 15 strikes, allowing no hits and fanning 4. Fuller and Olivieri executed a pickoff play at second and Anthony Martin was again solid at first base.

The Phillies did the unexpected tonight and won their first game of the season.Zach cunningham played perhaps his best game as a Phillie. He allowed 3 runs on 1 hit through 4 innings. He struck out 7 and walked 2.He also had 1 hit with 2 rbi's. Max Coffin came on in relief and allowed 1 run on 2 hits in his 2 innings of relief. Steve Signorello struggled with his control early and it proved costly as the phillies scored 7 runs in 2 1/3 innings.Ryan Z. came on in relif and allowed 1 run in his 3 1/3 innings.Offensively for the Royals, Owen amigo had 2 hits, 1 was a rocket to the fence in right, and Spencer Duran with a nice rbi single in the 6th inning.The Phillis got their offense from Noah toland ,2 hits 2 runs scored, Max Coffin, who reached base 3 times and scored everytime, Zach with his 2 rbi's Gage Donaghue had a nice hit tonight and scored a run as well.