Sunday August 16th; Clifton Park, NY
The CDMABL World Series got under way Sunday the 16th of August on a very hot afternoon. The X-tribe and Canes would each have their aces on the hill. The X-tribe sent Jeremiah St. Louis to battle the Canes Nate Novak. Novack would roll through the first sitting the Tribe down 1,2, 3. Panza would lead off the bottom of the first with a walk and Hoffman would single up the middle moving runners to 1st and 2nd. Novak would reach on a 2 out error plating Panza to give the Canes the 1-0 lead. The X-tribe would get the run back real quick when Scott Rader would double to left and score when Jeremiah St. Louis would help himself by singling to right to tie the game at 1-1. St. Louis would start to roll after the first only making way to 3 hits through the next 3 innings fanning 5 Canes. The Tribe would take the lead in the 4th when Matt Ferro would walk and with 2 outs St. Louis would reach on a throwing error. The Adriano would walk and Kennedy would single scoring Ferro and St. Louis to give the Tirbe a 3-1 lead. The Canes would get on back in the 5th when RJ Lauin would single and Nick Panza would double off the RF fence plating Laurin. The X-tribe would put some insurance runs up in the 6th when St. Louis would single, Adriano would walk then Kennedy would single to left driving in one. Cullen Vumbacoo would then double off the right field wall scoring Adriano to give the X-tribe 5-2 lead. The Tribe wasn’t done in the 7th either. The Canes would go to Jason Cornell to try and keep the game close. Cornell would walk the first hitter he face and hit the next 2 batter to load the bases. Lamafla would hit SAC fly to plate Caufield and Adriano would single to score Radar to give the X-tribe the 7-2 lead. That would plenty for St. Louis who would sit the Canes down in order through the 6th and 7th.
Final Score X-tribe 7 Canes 2
WP: Jeremiah St. Louis ( 7IP, 10K’s, 6 Hits, 1BB 1ER)
LP: Nate Novak (6IP, 9K’s, 7Hits, 5BB, 4ER)
POG: Jeremiah St. Louis ( 7IP, 10K’s, 6 Hits, 1BB 1ER) (2 for 3 2 1B, 1 RBI, 1 SAC, 2 R)
The Tribe leads the series 1-0 and the next game is Tuesday night 7 pm at the Clifton Commons.
Tuesday August 18th, Clifton Park, NY
With mother Nature only coming down in Clifton Park prior to game start the field was in a shaky condition. With hard work and manual labor by both teams the field was playable by 7:30. A special thank you to Josh Kean for running out and picking up some kittie litter and Mr. Rader for doing the same. After 2 innings the X-tribe lead 4-0. Cullen Vumbacco dropped a 3 run bomb in the bottom of the second to give the X-tribe a 4-0 and the way Demidio was dealing looked like it could have been enough for the W. At this point the clouds came in and fans took for their cars. In the bottom of the 2nd the clouds opened up and the rain began to fall hard. About 14 minutes would go by and the field would again be soaked. The umpires would call the game at that point. CDMABL rules state a game that is not considered a complete game after 5 innings will start fresh the next avaliable day. With that said the X-tibe and Canes will start game 2 fresh tomorrow at 7 pm at the Clifton Commons.
Wednesday August 19th; Clifton Park, NY
Game 2 of the Championship series would be a battle between Canes pitcher and Twilight all-star Tyler Travis vs. the X-tribes Tim “The Birdman” Gilroy. Gilroy already beat the Canes and Travis this season 4-1 on a Saturday afternoon at Indian Meadows. The Canes would start the game off right when Panza would hit his first lead off homerun of the season and Josh Kean would follow up 2 batters later when would go deep to center field. Travis would get in trouble in first when Vumbacco and Slater would hit back to back singles. After a flu out and a K Ferro would single to CF but LeMorta would come up throwing and miraculously throw a strike to CF to get Vumbacco at home. Travis would again get in trouble in the 2nd with back to back errors but the D would buckle down and get the next 3 batters keeping the score at 2-0. Panza and Hoffman would start the 3rd with singles and a 2 and that would be all for The Birdman. Kennedy would then come in and get 2 outs but then walk LeMorta walk to load the bases. With the bases load Kennedy would do his job and get a big K. The Canes would again get on the board in the 4th when Joyce would walk move to third on an O’brien single and score on a bases loaded walk to Hoffman. The X-tribe would have their inning in the 5th. Adriano would single, Kennedy walk and Vumbacco would lay down a SAC bunt and Travis would go to third and throw the ball away. Slater would single driving in Adriano to make the score 3-1. Cody Caufield would then double to the warning track clearing the bases and later score on a Ferro single making the score Canes 3 X-tribe 5. In the top of the sixth with 2 out Morrison would single and X-tribe manager would move to the pen and Nick Demidio to close the game with a 4 out save. Adriano would again start off the 6th with a single for the Tribe and that would be it for Travis. Cornell would come in get a Sac Bunt by Domedio then walk Vumbacco. Slater and Caufield would have back to back singles each plating a runner to give the Tribe a commanding 7-3 lead. The Canes down 4 have 2,3,4 due up in the 7th and hoped to strike back. Demidio would get the first hitter then surrender a solo shot to Kean for his second homerun of the game. After that Domedio would get the next 2 batters for the Tribe win. Final Score: Canes 4 X-tribe 7 WP:
Kennedy (4.2 Inn, 3K, 1 ER, 4 Hits, 4 BB)
LP: Travis (5 Inn, 2K, 5 ER, 6 Hits, 3 BB)
POG: Cody Caufield (2 for 4 1B, 2B, 4 RBI, ((Go Ahead double))
The X-tribe leads the series 2-0 and looks to get the brooms out and sweep the Canes Thursday night 7 pm at the Clifton Commons.
Thursday August 20th; Clifton Commons
With their Back to the door the Canes would take on the X-tribe in game 3 of the Championship series at the Clifton Commons Thursday night. The Canes would go to Ace Nate Novak on 3 days rest and the X-tribe would send Nick Demidio to the hill after closing game 2 out the night before. Novak would start the game right getting the Tribe in order 1,2,3. The Canes would wait to score this game Panza would reach on a infield single and back to back walks to Hoffman and Kean would load the bases for Nate Noavk. Novak would ground in to fielders choice driving in a run and LeMorta would follow doing the same making the score 2-0. Eric Solomon would later single in the inning to plate Kean and give the Canes a 3-0 lead. The Canes would get 2 more in the second when Morrison would single and Huneau would beat out a SAC bunt to get men on 1st and second. Panza would walk to load the bases. Hoffman would rip a single scoring Morrison. Novak with 1 out with do the job again ground into another fielders choice to help him self and plate Huneau. That would be all the offense the Canes would get off Demidio. The next 3 innings would go 1,2,3. Novak would match Demidio all game. Joe Slatee would get the X-tribes first hit in the top of the 4th steal second and advance to third on a throwing error. Novak would settle in and K the next 3 batters to reitre the side. Slater would have Novak’s number all night going 3 for 4 with 3 singles. The Tribe would make some noise in the top of the 7th when Lamalfa would double to left center. With 2 out Adriano would walk and Kennedy would single scoring Lamalfa. Vumbacco would load the bases when he would reach on an error. Slater as mentioned above would single and drive in another run to make the score 5-2. With the bases loaded and the go ahead run at the plate Novak would settle down and strike out the next hitter for the Canes W.
Final Score: X-tribe 2 Canes 5
WP: Nate Novak (7 IP, 5 Hits, 2 ER, 12K’s, 4 BB)
LP: Nick Demidio (6 IP, 5 Hits, 5 ER, 7 K’s, 3 BB)
POG: Nate Novak (7 IP, 5 Hits, 2 ER, 12K’s, 4 BB) (2 RBI)
Game 4 will be tomorrow night (Friday), the Canes still have their back to the door in a must win game and the X-Tribe looks to close the series out and bring home thier first Championship in team history.
Saturday August 22, Clifton Park, NY
The X-tribe smoked the Canes 12-2 in a series closing win Saturday afternoon at the Commons. A full write up will be done a.s.a.p.
