ASE Pee Wee Baseball: ASE Team News

Heading into the 2013 FSBGC pee wee baseball season, ASE has its eyes on a run at another City Championship. Back are 6 players from last season that made it to the City semi-finals before falling 9-8 to eventual champion National Family. ASE has won the city championship 4 of the past 6 seasons, while compiling an incredible 88-7 record over those six seasons. While the winning is fun the thing that makes me the most proud is the fact our players always have a blast and become better baseball players. I really look forward to the 2013 season with a great group of kids. See you all on the field!

                                                                           Coach Johnny     

Wow, what an awful night for baseball it was at Goldtrap for the opening of the 2013 FSBGC Pee Wee baseball season. Both teams battled the wind, cold and rain and the game really came down to us getting a few more hits than HBI did. We would pull out a 2-1 win and move to 1-0 on the season.

HBI came right out hitting the ball in the top of the 1st inning. Their lead-off batter would hit a shot to Eric Ramirez, who fielded the ball and threw a second late to Jetson Wagner at 1st base. After a strikeout, their next batter would single to left field to score a run and make it a 1-0 game. With runners at 2nd and 3rd their next two batters would go down on strikes and we had dodged a huge bullet in the top of the inning. The bottom of the 1st we came right back at HBI. After Eric went down on strikes, Andrew Reeder would single and Jetson would double to score Andrew to tie the game. Ty Jones then knocked in his good friend Jetson, with a single up the middle for a 2-1 ASE lead. Little did I know that it would be the only runs we would score the rest of the game. Kaiden Kuykendall went down on strikes and Dillon Pike would groundout to 1st base to end the inning.

The top of the 2nd would see all three HBI batters go down on strikes and we would come to bat still leading 2-1. Nathan fuhrman and Aiden Taylor both reached on infield singles and we were in business. Landon Martinez then forced Nathan out at 3rd on a good play by the HBI 3rd baseman. Treor Inklebarger would then go down swinging for the second out of the inning. Eli Thomason would foul off several balls before finally hitting a shot down the 3rd base line, but HBI was once again there for the forceout to end the inning. We really missed a big chance to score there and put the game away.

The top of the 3rd would once again see HBI's batters all go down on strikes as the wind and rain had picked up and the kids couldn't even feel their hands. I know our kids said they could barely even feel the bat in their hands. The time limit was close to expiring and at this point I'm not sure anyone cared. It had gotten pretty miserable out there by the 3rd inning. All three of our batters in the 3rd would go down on strikes and the game would be called with us surviving with a 2-1 win. I guess you could say it wasn't pretty, but it was a win.

I'm proud of the kids for hanging in there on a terrible night for baseball. We have an off night on Monday and will practice on Wednesday at 5:30 before playing Monty's TV on Thursday the 9th at 6:30. Great job tonight ASE!

First of all I want to say a giant thank you to Leland and Chris for filling in for me on Thursday night. I told the kids today, maybe I should be gone more often as they sure didn't miss a beat on their way to a 11-0 whipping of Monty's TV. Looks like we hit the ball up and down the lineup and made plays when Monty's put the ball in play. If our defense plays the way they are capable of playing, it's gonna be awfully tough to beat this ASE team.

As I look at the scorebook I see a lot of inside the park home runs and a lot of RBI's. Eight different players had an RBI in the game which may be a first for one of my teams. It was a total team effort in this one. Andrew Reeder got things going in the top of the 1st with an inside the park home run. After a single by Jetson Wagner, Ty Jones went down on strikes. Kaiden Kuykendall picked Ty up with an inside the park home run of his own for a 3-0 ASE lead. After Nathan Fuhrman went down on strikes, Dillon Pike singled to get a 2-out rally started. Aiden Taylor would then hit our third home run of the inning to make it a 5-0 ASE lead after 1/2 inning of play.

Monty's came right out hitting the ball but our defense was up to the challenge. Andrew scooped up the first ball hit and threw to Jetson for a quick out. Kaiden would do the same on the very next play and just like that there were two outs. Monty's next batter would go down on strikes to end the inning with us holding a 5-0 lead.

Eric Ramirez would get the rally going in the top of the 2nd with a single. Landon Martinez and Eli Thomason would both go down on strikes and it looked as if we may not score in the inning. Trevor Inklebarger picked up his teammates with a big 2-out double to score Eric. Rory then hit a ball to the left field fence to score Trevor and make it a 7-0 ASE lead. Andrew would double to score Rory and Jetson would do the same to score Andrew and the rout was on. Ty ended the inning with a strikeout, but what a great 2-out rally it was and we had built a 9-0 lead. Monty's was not able to get anything going in the bottom half of the inning. A couple of strikeouts and a good play from Kaiden would keep them off the scoreboard.

The top of the 3rd we once again got our bats going. Kaiden doubled and after a Nathan strikeout, Dillon would knock Kaiden in for a 10-0 lead. After an Aiden single, Eric would knock in his first run of the season and this one was getting out of hand at 11-0. Landon and Eli would both go down swinging and our half of the inning would end but this game was well in hand. Monty's tried to get a rally going in the bottom of the 3rd but Eric made a great play on a ball at 3rd base for one out. After a base hit, their next two batters would go down on strikes and this one was called due to time limit.

What a great team win this one was. We had 8 players really hit the ball well and the ones that didn't, I'm not worried about. Next game it may be a different set of heroes. We have 12 good players that are capable of doing good things to help us win. Hope the kids had fun in this one and I'm sorry I missed it. See you on Monday night!

Our player of the week for this week is Kaiden Kuykendall. He went 2 for 2 in the game on Thursday night versus Monty's TV and knocked in 2 runs. One of Kaiden's hits was an inside the park home run. Kaiden also made a couple of good plays on defense, as he threw out two of Monty's players at 1st base. Great job Kaiden, we are very proud of you!

We hit early and often in this game, which was never close. We jumped on Forsgren early and naver looked back. The result would be a 10-1 ASE victory to move us to 3-0 on the season.

In the top of the 1st, Andrew Reeder got things going early with a single up the middle. Kaiden Kuykendall then popped out to the pitcher, but Jetson Wagner picked him up with a line drive over the left field fence. It was a shot! Just like that we had a 2-0 lead. Ty Jones then hit a ball to the fence and hustled around the bases for an inside the park home run. Dillon Pike then hit a line drive up the middle for a single. After Aiden Taylor went down on strikes, Eric doubled to score Dillon for a 4-0 lead. Nathan Fuhrman would then single to left field, scoring Eric for our 5th run of the inning. Forsgren didn't know what hit them and we had a 5-0 lead.

Forsgren didn't manage to get anything going in the bottom half of the inning as they only managed one hit, surrounded by three strikeouts. We came to bat in the top of the 2nd with thoughts of putting the game away on our minds. Rory Gill and Eli Thomason both singled and we were back in business. Landon Martinez then kept the rally going with an RBI single to score Rory for a 6-0 ASE lead. Andrew Reeder would then clear the bases as he hit a shot to right field and hustled all the way around for a 3-run inside the park home run. This game was suddenly out of hand at 9-0. Ty would then double and Dillon singled him in for a 10-0 ASE lead.

Forsgren was able to hit the ball in the bottom of the 2nd inning but our defense was ready. Their first batter fouled off several balls before grounding out to Jetson at 1st base. Andrew Reeder made a good play on the next ball, going to his left he stepped on 1st base for a quick second out of the inning. Their final batter of the inning went down on strikes and this one was all but over with us holding a 10-0 lead.

In the top of the 3rd, Dillon got things going with a single but Aiden and Eric both went down on strikes. After a Nathan single, Eli would hit into a force play to end our half of the inning. In the bottom half of the inning we would change our lineup around and give some of the younger kids a chance to play some infield. Eric Ramirez moved to pitcher and we didn't miss a beat. Their first batter would groundout to Ty at 1st base and their next batter hit to Eric who threw to Ty for the second out of the inning. Forsgren did manage a couple of hits and was able to score a run but it was short lived. Jetson would scoop up a ball at shortstop and step on 2nd base for the final out of the game. The time limit was called and this one was in the books as a 10-1 ASE win.

The kids really played well tonight on both sides of the ball. We only had three strikeouts in the game and our defense played very well. When we play like that, we are going to be tough for anyone to beat. Great job tonight ASE, see you at the camp on Wednesday!