Cincinnati Stars: Welcome

Welcome to the Cincinnati Stars Collegiate Baseball team web site.  The Stars are comprised of current collegiate players from NCAA Div. 1 to NJCAA.  The Stars will compete against the best competition during the summer months in order to better prepare themselves for their respective college baseball teams.  The Stars will compete in the Southern Ohio Valley Collegiate League.

For the second consecutive game it took a while for the Stars bats to awaken.  Down 4-1 in the top of the 7th, a lead off walk to Austin Downing (Sinclair CC) followed by another walk to Chris Arnold (Savannah State).  Patrick Jones (Xavier U.) stepped to the plate and smashed a drive to the left center gap for a 2 run double.  Still down 4-3 and Jones advancing to third on a wild pitch.  Alberto Mejia (Univ. of Cumberlands) laid down a perfectly placed bunt down the first base line for a hit and scored Jones to tie the score at 4-4.   Base hits by Will Thomas (Armstrong Atlantic), Matt Peden (Presbyterian Univ.), and Marcus Wojokowski (Louisburg College) and a HBP to Ryan Toimil (Dartmouth College) extended the lead to 8-4.  Stars releiver Jordan Butcher (West Virginia St.) who came in to pitch in the 6th closed the game out to earn the win.

Stars extend winning streak to 8 straight!!

Record to date:  10-1

For out of town players the Report Date is May 30th so we can get you settled into your house for the summer.

We will have a team meeting on May 31st at 12 noon at Elite Baseball Academy(3143 Western Row Cincinnati 45039). Then we will have a team practice from 3-5 at Northwest HS. June 1st the Season Opener Non League Game VS the Hamilton Joes @ Foundation Field at 7pm BP will begin at 5:40.

The 2011 Cincinnati Stars completed their season Tuesday evening with a loss in the CRC City Tournament to the Cincinnati Chiefs.  The Stars had a very successful summer as they finish with 32 victories in 47 games played.  Most importantly each player improved their play in the field and hitting.  Players were able to get well over 100 plate appearances, and several pitchers were able to get 25 plus innings on the bump.  Three Stars pitchers were called to join Great Lakes summer teams during the season.

Best of luck to all 2011 Star players as they approach their new school year and fall baseball season.

2011 record:   32-14-1

The Cincinnati Stars held a 5-3 lead in the top of the 7th against the Ohio War Dawgs before the War Dawgs mounted a one out rally scoring 5 runs and took a 8-5 lead to the bottom of the 7th.  The three run deficit did not phase the Stars as they were able to score two runs and with the bases loaded, E J Murray (E. Ky) laced a single to center that scored Drew Fitzpatrick (Wabash Valley) and Kevin Thamann (Univ. of Dayton) with the tying and winning runs.  The Stars win 9-8 with their 4th walk off win of the 2011 summer season.  Mike Scarcello (Univ. of Buffalo) picked up the win in relief.

The Stars swept their double header at Roselawn this Thursday evening as they defeated a very good Ciny Flames team 11-1 and then capped off a good night by defeating Yorkville, Indiana 9-2.  Tyler Snoke picked up his 6th win this summer and third complete game.  Jake Clear earned the win in the second game.

The Stars and Champions Baseball Academy hooked up for another gem of a game at Testerman Park on Tuesday evening.  Good pitching along with some outstanding defensive plays on both sides as CBA took a 2-1 lead into the top of the 9th.  Mike Morris (Tenn. Tech) led off the 9th by hitting a slow ground ball to first base and was able to beat the first baeman to the bag.  With one out and Morris moving to second on a passed ball, Tyler Raymond (Univ. of Ky) hit a fly ball to right, Morris tagged up and beat the throw to third with the ball bouncing away from third, Morris scampered home to even the score at 2-2.  The game went to the 10th in which the Stars were able to get runners at second and third with two outs but a strike out looking ended the top half of the 10th.  In the bottom of 10, CBA stared the inning with a walk, and wild pitch sending their runner to second.  The Stars elected to intentionally walk the next batter to set up a possible double play.  That idea was thawrted with another wild pitch putting runners at second and third.  The next CBA batter hit a ball in the right center gap to give Champions a walk off 3-2 win.

Stars traveled to Columbus, Ohio for a Sunday Double Header vs. The Columbus Hawks of the Ohio Independent Collegiate League.  In the opening game, Stars outfielder Drew Fitzpatrick (Wabash Valley College) got the scoring underway when he stepped to the plate in the third with two runners on and no score.  Fitzpatrick hit a towering homerun to left that was a no doubter and gave the Stars and starting pitcher Tyler Jordan (Ball State Univ) a 3-0 lead.  Jordan went 5 innings then gave way to Erik Okleson (Youngstown State) with a 5-4 lead.  Okleson pitched the final two innings without allowing a run while the Stars hitters continued to pound the ball knocking in an additional 5 runs for a 10-4 final.  Mike Morris (Tenn. Tech) finish the game going 3-5 and Catcher Zack Walsh (U. of Conn) 2-4 with a double and rbi.

Game two saw Stars pitcher Justin Hoying (Capital) go the distance on his home collegiate field, picking up the win as the Stars bats continued to be hot. Stars finsih the sweep with a 10-4 victory.  Tyler Raymond (Univ. of Kentucky) 2-4 with a double, triple, and 2 rbi.

Stars split with Champions Baseball Academy taking game one 9-1 with Indiana Tech's Tyler Snoke going the distance.  In game two CBA got out to a quick 2-0 lead, CBA jumped out to a 6-2 lead on a bases loaded hit batter then a bases clearing double in the 5th.  The Stars battled back to even the score again 6-6 but Champions scored 1 in the 6th and 2 in the 7th to win 9-6.

Stars beat Yorkville 3-2 with a walk off single by right fielder Randon Pickney that plated Taylor Terrell in the bottom of the 7th in Thursday's first game of a twin bill.  Miami-Hamilton Pitcher Kurtis Watkins pitched a very solid 7 inning complete game.  In the night cap, it was another Pitcher's duel as Xavier's Jake Clear and the Cobalt's sidewinder right hander took a 0-0 game into the 6th inning.  With the score knotted at 0, Clear gave way to Capital's Kevin Brennan in the 7th.  The Cobalt's got a huge break as the 7th inn lead off hitter hit a chopper to third that took a wild hop over the outstretched arms of 3B EJ Murray for an infield hit as SS Mike Scarcello was backing up the play.  After a fly out to center and two walks that loaded the bases, another walk forced in the winning run as the Cobalt's win 1-0.

 Stars travel 3 hours south to Morehead Ky. to defeat the Eastern Kentucky Ridgerunners 2-1.  Stars Lefty David Prichard pitched 5 solid scoreless innings allowing only one hit while walking two.  Erik Okelson picked up the win in relief.

The first game of the twin bill began very slow for the Stars as their bats were silent through 6 innings.  Starting Pitcher Indiana Tech's Tyler Snoke went 6 innings down 5-2 gave way to Bowling Green's Charles Whooten in the top of the 7th.  Whooten retired the side in order to give the Stars one final chance to wake the bats up.  Morehead State's Justin Messenger opened the inning with a ground ball base hit to right field.  Xavier pitcher Jake Clear was inserted as a pinch runner for Messenger.  Univ. of Conn.'s Zack Walsh then worked a bases on balls, but then a short fly ball out to right and then a ground out to 2B moving the runners to second and third with the Stars down to their final out.  Univ. of Buffalo's Mike Scarcello then laced the first pitch to center field to plate both runs with Scarcello taking second on the throw.  Now down one still with two outs, Univ. of Dayton's Kevin Thamann hit a short pop to right field that fell in for a hit scoring Scarcello with the tying run.  Thamann took second on the throw to the plate and was in scoring position with the winning run.  Univ. of Kentucky's Tyler Raymond who has hit well over .400 all summer stepped to the plate, and he didn't disappoint as he ripped a hard ground ball up the middle into center field scoring Thamann and giving the Stars a dramatic walk off victory!  Charles Whooten picked up the win in relief. 

The Stars completed the sweep in game 2 with a 7-1 win.  Capital Univ.'s Justin Hoying threw a good 5 innings giving way to Xavier's Jake Clear for the final 2 innings.

Stars bats come alive by pounding out 15 hits including triples by Mike Scarcello, E.J. Murray, and Ben Johnson.  Drew Fitzpatrick added a double as every one in the line-up had a hit in the game.  Kurtis Watkins pitched a complete game 5 hit gem as the Stars defeat the Beavercreek Sox 11-1 at the Sox home park.

Tomorrow the Stars battle the Boys of Summer in a DH at Northwest HS. First game at 1:00.  Be there by 11:30 for hitting practice and wear Blue Jersey's.