The 18U Heartbreakers Red won the Stop DWI Tournament of Champions in Binghamton, NY, last weekend.  It was the 4th tournament championship of the season.  This tournament is one of the most prestigious college showcase tournaments in the country.  They went 2-1 in bracket play and 4-0 in single elimination play in the Gold Division.  Below is a summary of each game.

Taryn Ashway pitched a 4-hitter and struck out 3 to get the win.  Jade Bowins reached on an error and scored on a passed ball in the first inning.  Rochelle Christman walked, advanced to 3^rd on Erin McNally’s single, and scored on Kali Ball’s sacrifice fly.  Karson Tuck singled and scored on Ashway’s double to complete the scoring.

Wagner’s scored 5 runs in the first inning and held on for the win.  Amy Metcalfe had 3 hits to pace the offense. 

Ashway scattered 6 hits and struck out 6 in the victory.  Tuck had 3 hits and Metcalfe, Ashway, Christman, and Katy McNally each had 2 to pace the offense.

In the first elimination game, Ashway  fired a 3-hit shutout with 5 strikeouts.  Metcalfe and Christman had 3 hits, and Tuck and Ashway each had 2 hits. 

Kim Anders pitched a 4-hitter and struck out 4 as she  shut down the Belles in an 8 inning affair.  Tuck and Breanne Lohman each had 2 hits.  Tuck drove in the only run with a single in the bottom of the 8^th to plate Erin McNally with the winning run. 

Ashway held the pride to 3 singles and struck out 4 in the shutout victory.  The only run came in the first inning when Tuck singled and scored on Ashway’s long double to left-center field.   Ashway and Tuck each had 2 hits.

In the championship game, Anders scattered 6 hits and struck out 2 as the Heartbreakers beat the Raiders in 8 innings.  Christman had 2 hits to lead the offense.  The Heartbreakers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first as Lohman hit a long bases loaded single off the fence to score Bowins and Metcalfe who had walked and singled.  The Raiders tied the game in the 7^th to force the game to go to the International Tie-Breaker where each team starts with a runner on 2^nd base.  The Raiders scored one run in the top of the 8^th but the HB Red came back to score to 2 for the win.  After Tuck reached on an infield hit and Ashway singled to left, Lohman hit into a force at home but the catcher’s throw to first was errant allowing Tuck to score.  Ashway then scored on Katy Bobbitt’s grounder to 2^nd as the throw was not in time at the plate. 

The Heartbreakers Red went 5-0-1 in the Newtown Rock Showcase tournament on June 25-27.  ...

Monday, June 15
ASA State Champs

For the 3rd straight weekend the 18U Heartbreakers ...

Tuesday, June 9
Heartbreakers Capture ASA Regional Crown

The Heartbreakers Red won the 2009 ASA ...

Wednesday, June 3
Heartbreakers Red Win ASA Eastern Qualifier
Heartbreakers Red Win Thunder ASA Invitational 

The Heartbreakers Red defeated their sister team in the finals of the Tri-State Thunder ASA Invitational in Williamsport on Sunday.   Both Heartbreakers teams qualified for the ASA Eastern National in York, PA, on July 29-August 2. 

 

On Saturday, the HB Red team swept three games.  They beat the Shenandoah Mavericks 8-2 behind a strong pitching effort by Patti Maloney.  She struck out 4 and allowed only 2 hits in the win.  Katy McNally, Kali Ball, Breanne Lohman, and Kim Anders each had 2 hits.  Taryn Ashway added a homerun while Anders had a double and a triple.  Karson Tuck tripled and Ball had a double too.

 

They beat the Lake Shore Lightning 10-0 as Anders pitched a 1-hitter and struck out 4.  Ashway had 3 hits and Taylor Wyatt, Katy Bobbitt, and Tuck each had 2 hits.  Anders added a double to the offensive attack.

 

They beat the Maryland Stars 6-0 behind a 4-hit shutout by Ashway who struck out 6.  Erin McNally had 3 hits and Katy McNally and Tuck added 2 to the offense.  Anders added a double for only extra base hit.  The win gave the HB Red the #1 seed going into elimination play on Sunday.

 

They beat the MD Stars again on Sunday by a 5-0 score.  Anders allowed only 2 hits and struck out4.  Jade Bowins had 3 hits Ashway added two to pace the offense.  Wyatt added a triple also.  The only Stars threat came in the 3^rd inning with 1^st and 2^nd and 1 out but a one hopper back to Anders went to Rochelle Christman at 3^rd and a strong throw to first halted that rally. 

 

In the semi-finals Ashway dominated the Lightning 9-0 on a 1-hittter with 7 strikeouts.  Tuck had 3 hits and 5 RBI while Amy Metcalfe, Ashway and Ball had 2 hits each. 

 

In the championship game, Anders allowed 3 hits and struck out 4 in the shutout victory.  Ashway had 3 hits and Bobbitt had 2 hits to lead the offense. 

Friday, October 10
Heartbreakers Open Fall Season at Newtown Rock Showcase

The Heartbreakers Red opened fall season play at Newtown, PA, in the Newtown Rock Fall Showcase.  We played 5 games in a round robin format.  Below are the results:

 HB Red 3 -- Blazing Angels Gold 3

Erin McNally allowed no earned runs in 6 innings as she scattered 5 hits and struck out 8 batters.  The Heartbreakers scored 2 runs in the first whenBre Lohman drove Amy Metcalfe home with a single and Taylor Wyat hit a sacrifice fly to score Karson Tuck.  The third run scored in the 3rd inning when Jade Bowins scored on a wild pitch after she had walked and advanced to third on a stolen base and a single by Tuck.  Kali Ball added the other HB hit.   The defensive play of the game came with 1 out and the bases loaded in the 6th for the Angels when Metcalfe fielded a swinging bunt and tossed the ball to Tuck at home for the force by executing a perfect glove toss.  

 HB Red 2 -- LI Sudden Impact Gold 4

An HB Red rally was cut short by the time limit in the 7th inning as they lost to the LI Sudden Impact Gold team 4-2.  Patti Maloney scattered 6 hits and allowed 3 earned runs in a complete game effort.  Metcalfe scored on Tuck's RBI single in the first and Bowins scored on Metcalfe's grounder after she had walked in the 6th.   Ball had a beautiful diving catch of a potential base hit in the 5th inning.  Metcalfe had the team's other 2 hits.  

 HB Red  2 -- Philadelphia Spirit Gold 1

McNally allowed 4 hits and one earned run while striking out 3 batters in the complete game victory over the Spirit.  Maloney walked twice and scored once on Tuck's RBI grounder.  Katy McNally scored on a wild pitcher after walking.  Katy also came through with the defensive play of the game when she threw out a runner at home after the Spirit had taken a 1-0 lead.  Bowins, Metcalfe, Tuck and Lohman had the HB Red hits.

 HB 4 -- Team Long Island Gold 1

Taryn Ashway fired a 2 hitter and allowed zero earned runs in the win.  Lohman was just a homerun away from hitting for the cycle as she led the offense.  Katy Bobbitt also drove in a run with a clutch 2 out single in the 2nd inning.  Metcalfe, Tuck, Ashway, Ball, Wyatt, and Erin McNally also had hits. 

HB Red 7 -- MD Legends Gold 5

Maloney and Ashway combined in a winning effort over the Legends.  Tuck had 3 hits and 2 RBI to lead the offense production.  Bowins, Metcalfe, Lohman, Ashway, Rochelle Chistman, Ball, Wyatt, and Katy McNally had the other hits.  Lohman crushed a RBI triple to RF to finish a big day at the plate.  Ashway also added a RBI double.  Ball reached base 3 times and scored a run too.