CRNLL Coon Rapids National Little League: All Stars 9's
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9 year olds playing at a tournament in Crystal
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BRACKET PLAY RESULTS
Wednesday, July 15 v. Blaine WIN 27-2 The 9’s defeated Blaine for the second time in the tournament 27-2 in four innings. The offensive performance was stellar with every player scoring at least once. They advance to the semifinals on Thursday 7/16 at 5:00 on field #1 vs. Crystal. A special thanks to everyone that has come to show their support thus far. MG
Thursday, July 16 v. Crystal WIN 11-9 Thursday brought about a battle of unbeatens. CRNLL and Crystal both entered the game 4-0 in the tournament. The 9 year olds managed to stay unbeaten by defeating a very tough Crystal team with an 11-9 victory in six innings. National took a 2-0 lead in the first and grew the lead to 5-0 in the third. Crystal battled back to tie the game at 5 a piece in the bottom of the fifth inning. National responded by scoring 6 runs in the top of the sixth to go ahead 11-5. Crystal displayed great effort and battled back to load the bases. Trent Fredenburg entered in relief with the bases loaded and helped record all 3 outs by striking out 2 and after juggling a shot back at him at the mound he fired the ball to a stretching Matt Hausker completing the game winning 1-3 put-out.
They will play a very tough Plymouth/New Hope team on Saturday at 2:00 in Crystal for the Championship. This is sure to be a great game as both teams are unbeaten and possess great hitting, fielding and pitching.
We hope you can make it to support us and cheer us on. MG
Championship game Saturday, July 18th v. Plymouth/New Hope WIN 13-12
The championship game was a battle of two unbeaten teams. Plymouth/New Hope proved to be a scoring machine averaging better than 14 runs per game and had allowed only 6 runs the entire tournament. The game started off with a bang with P/NH scoring 4 runs in the top of the first inning. But the test of a good team is always their ability to respond...and respond we did. We scored 8 runs in the bottom of the first and sent a message that we were there to play. The defense held strong for the next 3 innings allowing only 2 runs and the offense continued to add runs increasing the lead to 13-6. In the top of the sixth inning P/NH went on a furious rally scoring 6 runs in the top of the sixth and had the tying run on third and the go ahead run of second base when their #5 batter popped up to Michael Crosby to end the game.
I would like to thank the players; Caleb Ness, Cole Olson, Logan Severson, Brock Rohloff, Garrett Michaelson, Mickey Zeller, Tyler George, Michael Crosby, Matt Hausker, Max Ploof, Myles Garrick, Joey Miller, Nathan Klisch and Trent Fredenburg for their commitment this past month and for all of their effort. I would also like to recognize Doug Miller, Robert Breitbach and Travis Ness for all of their efforts and time spent. Last but not least I would like to thank the parents for all of their support and cheers throughout this great experience.
Coach Mike
First pool game 7-9 5:00 vs Blaine Win 10-0 The CRNLL 9 yr Old All-Stars defeated Blaine 10-0 in 5 innings. The pitching quartet of Tyler George, Mickey Zeller, Myles Garrick and Michael Crosbie pitched a shutout and surrendered only one hit, recording 12 strikeouts between them. Matt Hausker started the scoring in the bottom of the second with a 2-run homerun. Garrett Michaelson, Tyler George and Michael Crosbie each had two hits in the game and Joey Miller executed a perfect sacrifice bunt down the third base line scoring Logan Severson to ice the game in the bottom of the fifth. They will play Upper Tonka on Saturday at 12:00pm in Crystal. MG Second pool game 7-11 12:00 vs Upper Tonka Win 18-4The 9 yr old all-stars defeated Upper Tonka 18-4. Tyler George pitched 4 shout-out innings giving up one hit and striking out 9. Cole Olson, Michael Crosbie, Garrett Michaelson all recorded two hits and 10 of the remaining 11 players each had one hit. Mickey Zeller made a stellar defensive play in the forth inning diving to catch a line drive at shortstop and Joey Miller made a put-out from his knees in the bottom of the sixth to end the game. MG Third pool game 7-13 5:00 vs Robbinsdale Win 14-10 Congratulations to the 9 year olds on their victory over a strong hitting Robbinsdale team 14-10 and more importantly a 3-0 record in pool play. The offensive performance was strong with several players recording multiple hits and RBI’s. Cole Olson pitched 2 strong innings in relief and Myles Garrick came in as the closer. Max Ploof made a couple of nice defensive plays at third base including the game winning 4-3 put-out in the bottom of the fifth.The CRNLL 9 yr Olds are seeded #2 in the Championship Bracket and will have a rematch against Blaine at 7:00 pm on Wednesday 7/15 on field #1.
We hope to see you there to support us. MG
