ASE Pee Wee Baseball: Welcome

The #1 seed from Evans Boys/Girls Club, Midwest Sporting Goods, won the Pee Wee City Tournament by defeating YMA 6-3 in the championship game. Congrats to Midwest on a great season.

Nick Martin            .758

Trace Dillinger        .720

Josh Perkins            .714

Travis Chaffey        .696 

                                            Ethan Moates           .667 

                                            Gabriel Leding         .640

                                             Tyler Gunter           .500

The last few games we have really started hitting the ball. Our top 6 batters are really tearing it up at the plate and tonight would be no different. Tonight our 1-6 batters would be 12 for 12 in the game and that would be the main reason we cruised to the upset of #3 seed Cooper Coin 7-1. We came right out knocking the ball all over the field and used some Cooper Coin throwing errors to take an early lead. Nick Martin got things going in the top of the 1st with an infield single. Josh Perkins would then triple to score Nick for a 1-0 lead. Josh missed the stop sign at 3rd base and got tagged out at home plate for the 1st out of the inning. Travis Chaffey would then double and Trace Dillinger would knock him in with a triple. Gabriel Leding would keep his hot bat alive with a single for a 3-0 lead. Ethan Moates kept the rally going with another single and it looked as if we might put this one away early. Tyler Gunter and Kiki Clark both then battled hard at the plate but went down swinging for the final two outs of the inning.

          Cooper Coin would open the bottom half of the inning testing our defense. Their first batter would hit to Josh, who tossed to Trace for the 1st out. A couple of hits surrounded by a strikeout would see Cooper Coin load the bases with two outs. Their next batter fouled off several pitches before going down on strikes to end the inning with us holding a 3-0 lead.

          The top of the 2nd we suffered three straight strikeouts from Sergio Ramirez, Kinsey Martin and Zeb Gattis. Our lead remained 3-0 going into the bottom of the 2nd inning. Cooper came right back at our defense as their first batter once again grounded to to Josh for a quick out. An inside the park home run by their next batter would make this one interesting again. Luckily for us their next two batters went down on strikes and the inning ended with us still holding a 3-1 lead.

          The umpire came over to me and said there was only 8 minutes left in the game due to the time limit, so I knew we needed to score some runs in this inning. Ryan Smith would lead off the inning for us grounding out to the 1st baseman, but Nick would pick him up with an infield single. Josh would single and Travis would score Nick after a single of his own. Trace kept the rally going with another hit, scoring Josh to extend our lead to 5-1. After an infield single by Gabriel the bases were loaded with "Big E" Ethan Moates at the plate. Ethan drilled a very hard hit ball down 3rd base line scoring both Travis and Trace for a 7-1 lead. Due to the 5-run scoring limit per inning, Cooper could not catch up and the game was called.

          What a hitting performance put on by our kids tonight! We played really well and deserved to win this one that's for sure. The win moves us into the final 8 of the city tournament and we will face the #2 seed from Goldtrap, Rashaad's tomorrow night @ 6:30. By the way, of the 8 teams left in the tourney, 6 of them are from our Goldtrap league. Evans only has two teams left, Midwest and Corley's. So much for the rumor that their league was so much stronger than ours :)

See you all at the field at 6:00 tomorrow night. Please no swimming tomorrow before the game!!!

I think the heat had a lot of people's blood pressure a little high tonight. I know mine was, especially when they tried to call the game with 4 minutes remaining in the time limit. Anyway after we got that straightened out, our kids fought from behind and beat Forsgren 4-3 in the final game of the 2009 regular season.

We really came out hitting the ball in this one. Nick Martin and Josh Perkins got us started with back-to-back singles in the top of the 1st inning. Travis Chaffey then hit a ball to the outfield to score both runners and give us an early 2-0 lead. I got greedy on the play and got Travis tagged out at 3rd base for the first out of the inning. Trace Dillinger and Gabriel Leding both singled to get the rally started again. Ethan Moates then grounded out to the 1st baseman and once again I got one of our runners thrown out, as I tried to score Trace but Forsgren's catcher caught the throw and made a great tag for the final out of the inning. If not for some poor base coaching on my part we could have had a 4-0 lead, instead it was 2-0 after 1/2 inning of play.

          Forsgren led off their half of the inning with an inside the park home run on a long hit ball to right field. Their next batter would go down on strikes but they weren't done. Their next three batters all hit infield singles and our defense did a great job and kept any runs from scoring. Their last batter of the inning would go down swinging and they left the bases loaded to end the 1st inning. After one full inning of play we held a slim 2-1 lead.

          The 2nd inning neither team was able to get anything going. We did get a single from Tyler Gunter and Kinsey Martin, but three strikeouts kept us from scoring any runs. Forsgren sent three batters to the plate in the bottom of the 2nd and all three went down swinging to end the inning.

          The top of the 3rd we came out hitting but Forsgren's defense really stepped up. Ryan Smith grounded out to the 2nd baseman and Nick Martin would groundout to the pitcher. Just like that there were two outs. After a Josh Perkins triple, Travis Chaffey hit a very hard ball to 2nd base that they made a great play on to record the final out of the inning. Forsgren came out hitting in the bottom of the 3rd. If it hadn't of been for a couple of great plays by our defense they could have put this game away. Travis, Josh and Nick all made good plays in the inning to prevent more damage. Forsgren managed to score two runs to take a 3-2 lead. As we recorded the final out of the inning I knew we had 4 minutes left in the game but one of the umpires out at Goldtrap likes to call the games early and that's exactly what he tried to do. I argued and the game continued despite the protest from the Forsgren fans.

          Trace got us going in the top of the 4th with a lead-off triple. Gabriel would then knock Trace in with an infield single. Ethan kept the rally going as he would single to bring Gabe to 3rd base. Tyler then kept his hot hitting going as he would single up the middle to score Gabriel and give us a 4-3 lead. Kiki Clark and Sergio Rameriez both went down on strikes but Kinsey Martin would pick them up with an infield single. With the bases loaded Zeb Gattis battled hard at the plate but went down on strikes for the final out of the inning. I told the kids all we had to do was hold them and this one was over.

          Forsgren's first two batters of the inning went down on strikes and their last batter would groundout to Josh, who threw to Trace for the final out of the game. Whew, we escaped with a well deserved 4-3 victory. Both teams played really well. We hit the ball alot better than they did, but their defense was really good tonight. Great job to both teams in this one. The win ends our regular season with a record of 5-8-1 and a 5th place finish in the league standings. We open play in the city tournament against the #3 seed from Evans on Thursday night at 8:30. All tournament games will be played at Evans. See you all there around 8:00pm on Thursday night.

Some games your bats win the game and at other times it's your defense, but tonight we used a little of both. We hit the ball pretty well and played good defense to survive Phillip Taylor 6-4. After a tough loss to Monty's 7-6 on Thursday night, it was good to see our kids bounce back and get a victory.

Nick Martin and Josh Perkins got things going in the top of the 1st with back-to-back singles. Travis Chaffey then hit a ball to the fence to bring both runners home and give us an early 2-0 lead. Trace Dillinger kept the rally going with an infield single. Ethan Moates then grounded out to 1st base but Travis hustled in to score on the play. After a Tyler Gunter strikeout, Gabriel Leding singled to score his buddy Trace to give us a 4-0 lead. Kiki Clark fouled off several pitches before finally going down on strikes to end our half of the inning.

          Phillip Taylor came right back at us. After their first batter grounded out, their next two batters reached base. Another good play from Josh Perkins and Trace Dillinger would record the 2nd out of the inning. Then the big blow came as Ashton Helms belted a long 2-run homer over the fence to pull Phillip Taylor within 4-3. Their next batter would go down swinging and the inning would end with us clinging to the 4-3 lead.

          The top of the 2nd we would not start out too well. Kinsey Martin and Zeb Gattis both had some good swings before going down on strikes. Nick would then get a big 2-out rally going with an infield single. Josh would then single to right field and Travis would knock one all the way to the centerfield fence to score both runners and give us a 6-3 lead. Trace then hit a hard ball to the right side that Phillip Taylor's 2nd baseman made a great play on for the final out of the inning.

          After an infield single to begin the bottom of the 2nd, Josh and Trace would team up for a great play once again for the first out of the inning. A strikeout and a good catch on a pop fly by Trace would end the 2nd inning with us still holding the 6-3 lead. The top of the 3rd the strikeout bug really bit us. Ethan and Tyler both struck-out and after a single by Gabriel, Kiki went down again on strikes. With the time limit winding down, I told the kids all we had to do was to get three outs and the win was ours.

          Phillip Taylor started the inning with back-to-back singles. Their next batter would hit the ball to Josh, who threw to Trace for the first out. A run would score on the play and suddenly our lead was 6-4. Phillip Taylor's next two batters went down on strikes and the game was called due to the time limit. It was a good game played by both teams. We got some big hits when we needed them and Josh and Trace was awesome tonight on defense! It was a good win for our kids. We return to action tomorrow night versus Forsgren for the final regular season game of the 2009 season. See you all there at 7:00pm.   

Check out our photo album. Kinsey's Mom, Denise took some pictures and has up-loaded them to our team photo album. Please check them out. Our team photo album will be updated throughout the season with many pictures of our games. At the end of the season I will make a CD for anyone who wants one.