Capitol Little League: Welcome
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Welcome to the Capitol Little League website. Capitol Little League, located in Wilmington, DE, offers both recreational and competitive baseball to youths ages 4-18. Our T-ball, Pee-Wee, Minor B, & Minor A programs offer instructional baseball to youths ages 4 - 12. The Majors, Juniors and Seniors programs offer a more competitive atmosphere, and interleague play with other local Little League teams for youths ranging from 9 - 18 years old. Our league office is located at Catalina Field (home to our Majors program) off Greenbank Road adjacent to the Wilmington Western Railroad. You may leave a message on the Club's answering machine by dialing 999-1184. Come out and see us; better yet, JOIN THE FUN LITTLE LEAGUE HAS TO OFFER ! ! !
Williamsport Team:
Capitol 3 New Castle 0
Capitol got their tournament started with a hard fought 3-0 victory over New Castle, behind a no-hit pitching effort of Nick Sayers. Early in the game hits were scarce for both team's as New Castle's Kyle Adams seemed intent on matching Sayers. Finally in the top of the 3rd, Kenny Panella got the offense going with a line drive between short and 3rd for the first hit of the game. Two batters later, Sayers hit a 3-2 fastball well over the right-center field fence to put Captiol on the board 2-0. That would be all the offense Sayers would need. With New Castle trying to work the pitch count, he kept pouring in 1st pitch strike after 1st pitch strike and eventually struck out 11 batters while only surrender 1 walk. Capitiol would strand runners in the 4th and 5th innings, as New Castle kept making the plays and the pitches it needed to stay within striking distance. Wayne Lamarche led off the top of the 6th by hitting a solo home run to end the scoring for the night. It was a good effort against a young and well coached New Castle team. Capitol will now face Canal in the next round.
Canal 5 Capitol 3
Capitol lost a heartbreaker to Canal 5-3 Thursday night at Midway. The game started off strong for Capitol as Kenny Panella dropped a base hit into left field to start the game. 2 batters later, Nick Sayers hit a bomb on the first pitch he saw to stake Capitol to a 2-0 lead. Jake Minka went to work on the mound and pitched beautifully all night. Panella threw out a runner trying to go 1st to 3rd on a single to end an inning. Nick Sayers took a ground ball up the middle, stepped on 2nd and fired to first to end another. Canal finally got on the board with a HR and sac fly that tied the game. The scored stayed 2-2 until Minka helped himself with a line drive hit into right field in the top of the 6th. After moving to second on a passed ball, Mike Delpizzo hit a bullet into center field. Minka never hesitated coming around third and beat the high throw to put Capitol up 3-2. In the bottom of the 6th, Canal led off with a double. After a great play by third basemen Dominic Cicconi Canal struck again. With 2 outs, they hit a perfectly placed fly ball into right center. Both Panella and right field Marty Murphy broke and both layed out, only coming up just short of ending the game. Minka beared down and got Canal's Brian Zweir to a 3-2 count. Zweir took the 3-2 offering and hit over the centerfield wall to end the game. It was a great game played by 2 outstanding teams. Capitol will have to advance through the loser's bracket starting Saturday.
Next Game: Saturday, July 11th vs Midway @ Stanton Newport 2:00 pm
Brandywine Team:
Capitol 9 Newark National Red 6 (7 innings)
Jason Pyle went 3-5 and knocked in the go ahead run in extra innings as Capitol won their opener Tuesday night. Nate Pegram pitched a solid 5 innings, giving up only 4 hits and 2 runs. Nate also went 3-5 at the plate. Keying the offense all night was Chris Trexler who went 5-5 and knocked in 4 runs. Captiol was up 4-3 entering the bottom of the 6th when National threatened to end it. With the score 4-4, John Hartnett layed out and snared a line drive that sent it to extra innings. In the extra frame, National had bases loaded when Capitol brought in Pyle to close it out. He fielded a hard hit ground ball up the middle to finally bring an exciting game to its conclusion. A great team effort to start the Brandywine Invitational. Capitol will next play Midway on Thursday night.
Capitol 9 Midway 7
Capitol won another knee knocker against a game Midway bunch Thursday evening in the Brandywine Invitational. For the first 4 innings, Capitol was nursing a 1-0 lead behind a stellar pitching performance of Michael Lyons. Suddenly, Midway's bats woke up and and scored 6 in the top of the 5th to take a 6-1 lead. Capitol didn't panic and roared back with 6 runs of their own to take a 7-6 lead. The biggest hits in the ralley were David Delaney's bases clearing double to make it 6-6, and John Hartnett's hard RBI single to put Capitol back in front. Chris Trexler came in to pitch 6th, worked out of a bases loaded jam only surrendering 1 run. In the bottom of the 6th, Hunter Lamarche coaxed a leadoff walk. Up strolled Michael Lyons. With an 0-2 count against him he launched a 2 run, walk off home run into the parking lot at Brandywine's Dyer Field. Another hard fought win for Capitol, which is now 2-0 in the invitational. For the game, Lyons went 3-4 with a home run and Hartnett went 2-2 with 2 doubles. Capitol will next play Canal on Tuesday night.Canal 16 Capitol 9
Down 13-0 in the bottom of the 4th & facing a slaughter, Capitol fought back with 7 runs. Scoring only one more in each the 4th & 6th, they fell short to Canal. Lyons was 3-4 with Harnett & Pyle 2-4. Nate Pegram deserves a hats off for standing tall on the mound for his max with Delaney finishing off the 5th & completing the 6th.
Next Game: Saturday, July 11th: 9:30am vs Naamans Black @ Brandywine
10 Year Olds:
Capitol 12 Wilmington 2
Capitol 8 Midway 7
Brandywine 6 Capitol 5
Capitol 10 Stanton Newport 0
Next Game: Friday, July 10th: 7:00pm vs Naamans @ Naamans
9 Year Olds:
Canal 8 Capitol 7
Midway 15 Capitol 12
8 Year Olds:
6/29 Capitol 14 Naamans 8
We broke open a close game scoring 5 runs in the 6th inning to build a 14-7 lead and held on for the win. Colin Smith had 4 hits scoring 3 runs including a trip around the bases on his second hit. Joseph Setting had 3 hits scoring a run with a triple in the first inning. Matt Dougherty scored 3 runs, Brandon Argo and Kyle Opderbeck scored 2 runs, and Nick Lafazia, Shane Cahall, and Logan Evans each scored a run. Also this game had 2 big outs when Brandon threw 2 Naamans runners out at home to Colin from left field. Brandon, Matt, Logan, Jeff Tuites-Montero, and Colin all pitched well.
7/3 Midway 10 Capitol 9
In a nail biter, Midway scored the winning run in the bottom of the 6th when the throw to 3rd on a steal went into left field. We lead the game 7-1 in the 3rd before Midway rallied to take a 9-7 lead. We tied it at 9 in the top of the 6th with 2 runs. Joseph Setting had 3 hits scoring 2 runs. Brandon Argo scored 3 runs with a hit and 2 walks. Shane Cahall had 2 hits scoring a run. Mickey Williams, Jeff Tuites-Montero, and Colin Smith all scored a run as well. Brandon, Matt Dougherty, Logan Evans, and Jeff all pitched well.
7/6 Capitol 7 Brandywine 6
Shane Cahall made a game saving catch in left field in the bottom of the 6th inning to preserve the win. We led most of the game building a 7-4 lead entering the bottom of the 6th inning. Brandywine scored 2 runs with 2 outs before the catch by Shane. Joseph Setting continued his hot hitting getting 3 hits. Colin Smith had 2 hits scoring 2 runs. Logan Evans and Gavin DeCormis each scored 2 runs. Kyle Opderbeck had a key hit in the 4th inning scoring 2 runs. Jeff Tuites-Montero, Logan, Brandon Argo, and Matt Dougherty all pitched well.
7/7 Capitol 7 Newark National 4 (7 innings)
Mark Grunza hit the game winning hit in extra innings scoring 3 runs (Jeff Tuites-Montero, Mickey Williams, and Stephen Sinigaglio) to give us the lead and win. NN took a 1-0 lead in 3rd. Brandon Argo led off the 4th tying the game when he rounded the bases on a hit to the right field corner. Shane Cahall hit a double in the 4th scoring Jeff to take a 2-1 lead. NN rallied in the 5th to take a 3-2 lead on a questionable steal at home that was allowed. In the 6th Colin Smith rounded the bases on a hit to the outfield scoring Nick LaFazia as well to put us up 4-3. NN tied it in the 6th on a bases loaded walk. Matt Dougherty, Brandon, and Colin all pitched well in the victory. Next game is the loser’s bracket final against Midway Thursday night at 6:30.
Next Game: Thursday, July 9th: 6:30 vs Midway @ New Castle
Juniors:
Capitol 15 New Castle 1
Next Game: Saturday, July 11th: 4:00 vs Naamans/Newark National
Seniors:
Friday, July 10th: 6:00pm vs Newark American @ Newark American
Major Division:
#2 Cardinals vs #3 Orioles
Cardinals 14 Orioles 2
Cardinals 14 Orioles 5
#1 Braves vs #4 Cubs
Braves 7 Cubs 0
Braves 8 Cubs 0
Championship Series
#1 Braves vs #2 Cardinals
Cardinals 12 Braves 11
Braves 8 Cardinals 6
Braves 11 Cardinals 5
Minor A
#3 A's vs # 4 AngelsA's 8 Angels 7
Angels 11 A's 4
A's 8 Angels 5
Selection of All Star Managers and Players
Link to District 2 website
Local rules for Capitol Little League can be found in the handout section of our website. These will list the district approved alterations or clarifications to the rules in the standard Little League rulebook.