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Standings and Game Summaries September 15, 2013 NWAMSBL Championship Game @ Arvest Ball Park
2013 NWAMSBL Champions NWA X-Tinct photo by Charles Fowler 2013 NWAMSBL MVP Brett Reynolds photo by Charles Fowler 2013 NWAMSBL Runner-UP NWA White Sox photo by Katherine Taliaferro White Sox 5 X-Tinct 12 Sunday, it was the Brett Reynolds show at Arvest Ball Park in Springdale, AR. These two teams did not have a chance to meet in the regular season so it seemed fitting that they meet in the final. The X-Tinct had dominated league play from start to finish posting a 14-1 record going into the championship game. The White Sox on the other hand, had struggled at times in the latter half dropping 4 out of 5 games down the stretch, but managed to muster up the personnel and wherewithal to avenge an earlier loss to the Dodgers to advance to Arvest Ball Park. The White Sox started their hard-throwing guy, Matt Mozzoni. Mozzoni kept things in relative reach with the score 5-2 going into the 5th inning when the wheels started to come off a bit with X-Tinct 3-hole slugger, Eric Smith roping a triple in the first at-bat of the inning. The White Sox thought they would get out of the inning on a circus-type double-play started by second baseman, Phil McClure, pickling the runner at home which ended in the first out and then catcher, Jason Christner, relaying back to second starting another pickle on the runner at third for the double-play. Unfortunately for the Sox and Mozzoni, the next 5 batters reached resulting in three more runs and a big deficit. In the top of the 6th, the White Sox were down 8-2. Seth White and Brad Hughes both reached on singles. White scored on Tim Hooper's RBI single and Andy Miller followed up with a walk. It looked like the White Sox were going to have "their" inning with a chance to plate three more runs on Chris Huebner's line shot to right, but as fate would tell, the X-Tinct right fielder, who took his first two steps in, somehow turned and leapt for the snow-cone catch to out Huebner and double-up Miller who was running on contact. It figured to be the last hope for the White Sox despite plating two more runs in the 8th...Reynolds proved too strong striking out the side in the top of the ninth. Reynolds' winning line was 9inCG, 5R, 5ER, 11H, 3BB, 11K. Mozzoni's line was 5in, 8R, 5ER, 9H, 4BB, 4K in the losing effort. Andy Miller, who came in to relieve the last three innings: 3in, 4R, 3ER, 4H, 2BB, HBP, 3K. Offensively, the X-Tinct were led by Eric Smith (3-4, 3R, 2B, 3B, RBI), and Kasey Campbell (3-4, 2R, 3B, HR, BB, 4RBI). The White Sox were led offensively by Seth White (3-4, 2R, RBI), Brad Hughes (2-3, R, BB), and Albert Swann (2-4, R, 2K). --Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox 7632 Team 9 8541 Team 11 The 2013 All Star game was turning into a bit of a blow-out with both teams using a "pitcher-an-inning" the 8541 Team had the upper hand stymieing their opponents to the tune of an 11-2 lead going into the 8th inning. Of course, because both teams were batting their entire roster of 15 and 14, respectively, it was difficult for anyone to get into any sort of groove. The crippled old-man League President, Stephen Boudreaux, took the mound in the bottom of the 8th inning with his knuckleball and held the upper team without an additional run despite letting the bases be loaded. His team mate, Brad Hughes, videotaped his walk off the mound predicting his, "last pitch ever" as Boudreaux shouted, "Let's hit until we win!" In the top of the 9th inning, the lower team plated 7 runs to get the score to 11-9. With 2 outs, former league president and 50-year-old Dodger, Don Prim, smashed a single to left to keep the streak alive. Now, with two runners in scoring position, Cardinal veteran, David Thral, a mere 54-years-young, roped a line drive to left field off Wingnut pitcher, Jeremy Englehardt and it looked like the game would be tied with one out to spare...but the left fielder managed to snare the liner and end the threat and the game. The field was immaculate and the weather conditions were special-ordered. The real benefit to having the All-Star game in this format is that league members are given the opportunity to be team mates for a day and build camaraderie. I fielded a good dozen offerings of "thanks" for that very benefit which goes well beyond the surface opportunity to play at such an amazing facility as the AA NWA Naturals' Arvest Ball Park. Kind of hard to find offensive standouts with rarely a batter getting more than two at-bats in a nine-inning game, but for the 7632 Team, Matt Garza from the Dodgers (2-2, R, 2B, HBP, RBI, SB). For the 8541 Team, Kyle Cherry from the Orioles (3-3,R, BB, 2B, RBI). --Stephen Boudreaux, President
September 9, 2013 Congratulations to the 2013 NWAMSBL All-Stars! Come see Team 8541 vs Team 7632 Sunday, September 15th at Arvest Ball Park at around 3:30pmCST following the 2013 NWAMSBL Championship Game. Here are your 2013 All Stars:
September 8, 2013 Congratulations to the X-Tinct and the White Sox for advancing to the 2013 NWAMSBL Championship Game at Arvest Ball Park on September 15th at 12:30pmCST. Playoffs Rounds 1 and 2
Wingnuts 8 X-tinct 17 Rd1 Cardinals 5 White Sox 18 Rd 2 White Sox 6 Dodgers 2 The White Sox and Cardinals had just played each other a week ago and each knew the others' strengths and weaknesses. We knew the Cardinals could hit and gave up 10 runs to them the last time. What we could not guarantee is whether we could just simply out-score them to emerge victorious. The Sox offense has been up-and-down this season. Fortunately, the offense showed up again in fine form led by old-school new-comer, Brad Hughes (3-4, 2R, 2RBI), and work-horse, Albert Swann (3-3, 4R, 2B, 2BB, 4RBI), and Seth White (3-4, 5RBI, 2B, BB, K), and Jason Christner (2-4, 3R, 3RBI, HR, HBP). Maybe most importantly was the work of starting pitcher, Chris Huebner and reliever, Dustin Wilson. Combined their line was pretty solid (7inn, 5R, 4ER, 9H, 0BB, 3K, HBP...only 31 total plate appearances.) The Dodgers beat the White Sox on a make-up Wednesday night game and as they were the #2 seed, we were quite a bit nervous going into this one. Mostly in the form of our pitching and the Dodgers middle-of-the-order which featured Matt Garza who is one of the most pure hitters the league has seen in some years. The last time we faced the Dodgers, we spotted them 6 runs in the first third inning of the game. Seth White stymied the Dodgers in his 2 2/3 innings that previous game, so we thought it best to give him the start. Seth proved stellar on this day as well (3inn, 1R, 1ER, 4H, K, BB) but left the game with the Dodgers up 1-0. The White Sox left the bases loaded in the first with no outs and failed to score. Two runners left on in the second. One runner left on in the third...something had to give. It was a "Sox inning" in the fourth with a single by Brad Huges, a rare walk by Stephen Boudreaux, and then a RBI double by Chris Huebner to tie the score at 1. Mike Lopez scored Boudreaux on a single and Jason Christner drove in Huebner and Lopez on his base hit to the gap. The Sox tacked on two more runs in the 5th and 6th frames to push the final score to 6-2. Andy Miller, who has turned into this season's "ace" took it the rest of the way the last four innings with a great effort to keep that dangerous middle-of-the-order to only two meaningless hits (an RBI single by Eric Exner in the fourth and a double by Sergio Hernandez in the sixth) to earn the win. Miller gave up only one other hit in four innings which was an infield pop fly in the 7th that landed between three fielders who all thought they "had it" for the final out of the game. This was unfortunate for Dustin Wilson as the next batter fouled off his first pitch over the back stop and directly into Wilson's windshield shattering it like it seemed the Sox hopes were given the nature of it all. As fortune goes, the fielder who made the deciding call on the dropped fly ball (Albert Swann) stayed true to his otherwise great defensive form and completed the 6-4 play on the batter's next pitch to end the game. Offensive highlights from game 2: Mike Lopez (2-3, R, 2RBI, BB, K), Tim Hooper (2-4, R), and Brad Hughes (3-4, R, RBI).--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox.
August 28, 2013
White Sox 18 Cardinals 10 The Sox hadn't figured out how to rebound until tonight. Got some of our regulars back despite still missing a couple and I think that helps. Having Tim Hooper and Seth White in the lineup shores up our outfield by tons and they both contribute at the plate. Pitching has been suspect lately in the Sox skid, but things settled down a bit tonight despite giving up a collective 10 runs to the solid-hitting Cardinals. Most of the damage came early against starter, Chris Huebner, who gave up 5 runs in the first and left with the score tied. Huebner has been worn to bits lately trying to carry the pitching load. He will get some much needed rest this next week and a half. Seth White came in for the next three innings holding the Cardinals to just two runs, but it was Matt Mozzoni who came back to true form over the next 5 innings with a line: 5inn, 3R, 2ER, 6H (scattered), 1BB, 0HBP, 10K. Offensively...Andy Miller (3-3, 1R, RBI, 3B, BB), Matt Mozzoni (2-3, 1R, 2RBI, 3B), Tim Hooper (2-4, 4RBI, K), Jason Christner (3-4, 2R, 2RBI, BB), Brad "Sleeves" Hughes (3-5, 1R, RBI), and Matt Villines making a cool comeback at the plate (2-2, RBI, SB). The White Sox face these same Cardinals in the first round of the playoffs and had better keep their dangerous bats cold or the outcome could be much different.--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
August 24-25, 2013
Orioles 8 Royals 4 Royals 12 Orioles 17 On a hot humid Saturday afternoon the Orioles defense was the key to both games despite the 3-8 record the Royals are a team that can score quickly, this is also a team that can come out of nowhere and catch you with your guard down we played good defense and the bats did enough to get the job done. Game 1 final score Orioles 8 Royals 4 the second game Orioles 17 Royals 12.--Reggie Smith, Orioles White Sox 16 Wingnuts 3 August 21, 2013
Wingnuts 9 Browns 15
August 17-18, 2013
Browns 9 White Sox 8 White Sox 12 Browns 18 The White Sox have lost three straight for the first time since 2009. The White Sox scored 24 runs in three games and still lost. One common denominator in those three losses is that starting pitchers only threw a total of 2 innings in three games (1/3, 2/3, and 1). Going to have to get these guys healthy if the White Sox stand ANY chance of a playoff run... The Browns can hit the ball for sure and so can the Dodgers with balls compelled to the middle of the zone, but equally important to fix are some untimely errors or misplayed balls on defense. Even a couple of base-running gaffs can kill rallies. There were a few bright spots like Seth White's 5-7 day at the plate and Chris Huebner's continued offense (3-4, 2R, 2B, 2RBI, BB, SAC). The Sox used 7 pitchers on the day (a new record) and only Andy Miller seemed to have much success (4in, 1R, 1ER, 3H, 1BB, 3K), but still was saddled with the loss in game one giving up the tie-break go-ahead run in the 6th. Most important for the White Sox is that we have to fix our attitudes down to the player. As my wife reminded me today after I called her moping following the loss, "You got to play baseball today, didn't you?" She's absolutely right. Losing always sucks especially when you are competitive, but the sheer joy of having the opportunity to (still) play the greatest game outweighs any of that pain. Even writing this report at 1:00am, her words are resonating and each soreness in this old man's body is a "good-kinda-soreness." There is no blame to be levied. The opponent won fair enough. It's not BUNWA's fault, it's not my teammates' fault...heck...it's not even MY fault. We lost. Shut yer mouth, kick some dirt and get me back in that batter's box ASAP! --Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
Wingnuts 6 Orioles 4
August 14, 2013
August 10-11, 2013
18+ Championship Game Red Rockets 0 NWACC Eagles 15 Official game report to follow... The 2013 NWAMSBL 18+ Division Champions NWACC Eagles 2013 NWAMSBL 18+ Division MVP, Levi Schroeder
August 3-4, 2013
Wingnuts 14 Royals 13 Royals 8 Winguts 4 July 27-28, 2013
Wingnuts 11 Red Rockets 7 Red Rockets 13 Wingnuts 18 White Sox 9 Orioles 7 Orioles 2 White Sox 4 Of course, I enjoy winning as much as the next guy, but with regard to baseball, I am not a fan of high scoring affairs and big blowouts. I love a close game and tough competition. The White Sox/Orioles matchup this weekend was good stuff. Despite a few errors scattered about, there was great pitching and clutch hitting on both sides. In game one, the Oriole middle-of-the-order was stellar going 8-14 with 5 doubles led by Lance Perrin with 3-3 3@2B! Going to have to put a stop to that next time if the Sox stand any chance. The White Sox were equal to the task with some key performances by Dustin Wilson (2-4, 2R, 3RBI, 2 HR, 2K), Albert Swann (3-4, 2R, RBI, SB), and Jason Christner (2-3, R, RBI, 2B). Chris Huebner got another start and maintained the damage, but had to age out with the game still in question. Phil McClure took over on the hill and despite the Oriole onslaught, his numbers were good enough to hold on for the win (4inn, 2R, 0ER, 5H, 2BB, 1HBP, 2K). Key moments of the game with the White Sox with the game tied at 6 going into the 5th inning...Andy Miller gets on with a single and Jason Christner moves him over to third with a double. Stephen Boudreaux plates the go-ahead run with a SAC fly to deep center. The Orioles plate an unearned run in the bottom of the 5th to make it a one-run game. Dustin Wilson closes the door on the Orioles with a two-run homer in the top of the 6th. The Orioles threatened in the bottom of the 7th, but Chris Huebner's stellar cross-body zip from third to first to get Mike Cherry (who was 3-3 up to that point) to end the game was a dugout clearer for the White Sox. Game two was a different sort of game with excellent pitching performances by both sides with the White Sox staff of Dustin Wilson and Andy Miller besting the stalwart Oriole aces, Lance Perrin and Trent Fonville.. Wilson got the start and pitched a line; 4inn, 2R, 1ER, 3H, 5BB (uncharacteristic), 1HBP, 4K enough to get the win leaving the game with a 3-2 lead. But it was an astonishing power performance by Andy Miller to get the save. Miller's line was 3inn, 0R, 0ER, 2H, 1BB, 0HBP, 6K. Reducing the doubles count by the Orioles from 5 to 2 was a great improvement and the Oriole midde-of-the-order this time was 2-13 with 0 doubles. That's a great adjustment for our pitching staff. And 10Ks on a team like that is awesome. The White Sox offense was lead by Chris Huebner (3-3, R, 2@2B), Brad Hughes (2-2, R, 2RBI), and Seth White (hitting in the 11-hole!) (1-2, RBI)--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
July 20-21, 2013
Dodgers 21 Orioles 10 Orioles 7 Dodgers 6 Not a good start to Sundays doubleheader on a warm and very humid day. We jumped to an early lead in the first game, mistakes began to pile up quickly. We played a Dodgers team that will capitalize on mistakes, along with timely hitting and good defense they took the lead and never looked back the final score in the first game Dodgers 21 Orioles 10. The second game much better defense Lance Perrin hit three homers in this game one of the homers being a key 3 run shot that gave us a 7-2 lead, the Dodgers again capitalizing on a couple of mistakes got four runs back to come within one but Lance Perrin comes in, and the defense stepped up when needed the most and was able to hold on for a 7-6 win. Trent Fonville got the start in the second game notching his second win of the season.--Reggie Smith- Orioles
Game one was all about the pitching but the Royals staff proved to be better allowing the Cardinals to score one run in the fourth and fifth inning. Jacob Tipton threw his best game on the season but without offensive help it's hard to get the win. No one for the Cardinals had more than one hit for the game but Shawn Teeters did hit a homer. The second game ended up being completely different. Clay Fecht started on the mound for the Cardinals. He gave up one run then had to be removed in the 4th inning due to hitting 4 Royals with slow curve balls. Typical for the Cardinals 17 man roster they were short players leaving only a few pitching options. To the delight of their manager Shawn Teters came on in relief and finished the game. Shawn has always had good stuff but control issues and a missed season has keeped him off the hill for the past three years. Having Shawn available should give a big boost to the Cardinals short handed pitching staff. Offensively Neal Skelton went 1-4 with a home run, Gary Miller 3-3 with a double, and Sam Stokes 1-3 with a double but hit the ball hard each plate appearance.
July 13-14, 2013
2013 NWACC Eagles Baseball Club
Red Rockets 9 Wingnuts 10 Wingnuts 15 Red Rockets
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White Sox 19 Royals 2 (5 in) Royals 8 White Sox 20 It was a stellar weather
day for baseball at the new Farmington Sports Complex. I really
like this facility and hope we can continue this relationship with
them and start to incorporate some field prep. Once we chewed up
the hardened infield a bit with our spikes, the playing surface was
pretty good. The porch and outfield are both short (in a typical
Farmington way), but it played well. The Royals pulled one of
our tricks and showed up a little short-handed, but we saw a lot of
familiar faces including a few of the old Cubs. Being the
returning league champions, the Royals commanded our respect
regardless and glad we got the games in. Chris Huebner got the
game one start as is becoming par and he did not disappoint going 3in,
2R, 0ER, 2H, 0BB, 2HBP, 5K good enough to earn a win in a run-rule
shortened game. The Royals sent Jacob Koch to the hill and he
has historically given the White Sox fits. Seth White set the
tone of the day by stroking a solid double to the fence on the second
pitch of the game. Phil McClure plated White on a SAC fly to go
up 1-0. I predicted a tough game the rest of the way until Andy
Miller started the 2nd inning with a home run, Stephen Rookie Caleb Kelley gets the ball for the start of game two just as the Royals started getting a little more comfortable at the plate. But Kelley kept them at bay striking out 3 over 2 innings and only giving up 2ER. The game was 5-3 White Sox after three innings, but the White Sox onslaught was coming again as everyone in the dugout was having a great time almost in spite of the game. It's the best part about MSBL baseball and the real reason I show up for every game despite the required sacrifices on time, energy, finances, and health. The Royals started Tom Cisar on the hill and he pitched well until the start of the second inning. Boudreaux (I'm using the third person here) started it off with an even more rare double and after the bases were loaded behind him, second year (ever) man, Nick Coe got an HBP RBI which is awesome. Seth White also got an HBP RBI, Tim Hooper followed with a fielder's choice and Jason Christner cleaned the bases with a double. The Royals turned to old Cub, Justin Ledbetter (who is a hard-throwing baller who plays a mean short stop for a guy his size), but the Sox weren't done hitting and put up 11 runs on him before the day was done. Final 20-8. For this game, Seth White (2-2, 3RBI, 2B, HR, 2HBP), Stephen Boudreaux (3-5, 3R, 2@2B), Albert Swann (2-2, 4R, BB, 2HBP-a nasty hematoma on his forearm), Patrick Taliaferro (3-5, 3R, 4RBI, 2@2B, K) and most impressively, on the entire day, Chris Huebner (6-7, 2R, 11RBI, 2@2B, 3B coming off the bench). I am fairly sure that the Royals, like last season, will come back at the end of the year with a completely different squad that we saw today and challenge for the title again. Just hoping the White Sox keep up the fun and camaraderie. --Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
X-Tinct 7 Orioles 10 Orioles 3 X-Tinct 5 On a beautiful Sunday afternoon with temps in the low 80's two teams got together to play a doubleheader, the X-Tinct came into Sundays game 3-0 and the Orioles came in at 3-1 the O's bats was getting it done, but the always high powered X-Tinct/Pirates had some fireworks of there own, but Lance Perrin as time went on became stronger going the distance notching a very crucial win at this stage of the season final score Orioles 10 X-Tinct 7. The second game we faced the ex-mizzou tiger Brett Reynolds, the guy can bring the heat, along with a very nasty slider, with the combination of Chris Gatlin, and Trent Fonville we were able to hold the high powered offense to 5 runs. Then Brett Reynolds turn the lights out with the final score being 5-3 Brett Reynolds of course went the distance. Both teams have a great pitching staff and in my opinion will make a deep playoff run.--Reggie Smith- Orioles
(X-Tinct perspective)
June 28-29, 2013
Cardinals 0 Royals
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Orioles 13 Browns 2 Browns 1 Orioles 13 The Orioles offense continues to produce runs, along with a deep pitching staff we were able to put together a balanced attack, defense continues to play well, the browns hit the ball well, but we was able to make plays when it counted completing a series sweep over the browns. The first game final score 13-2. The second game the offensive fireworks continue we started a little bit slower then the first game we was able to finish with a sixth run 7th inning putting the game away for good final score 13-1. A great start to the season.--Reggie Smith, Orioles Game one, Chris Gatling went 4 strong innings giving up 1 run. Lance Perrin came on in relief and threw the final 3 innings giving up 1 run. The offense just hit, everyone hit. In game 2, Trent Fonville went 6 strong innings giving up 1 run. Kyle Cherry was scheduled to throw the 7th but had arm pain during warm-ups so Chris Gatling hopped back on the mound to throw a scoreless 7th. The Browns starter (who pitched the middle innings of game one also) held us to something like a 7-1 lead going into the 7th where we put up 6 more on the relief. I believe their starter logged 8 innings between the two games and did a fine job.--Mike Perrin, Orioles
X-Tinct 6 Dodgers
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White Sox 12 Wingnuts 6 Wingnuts 1 White Sox 8 I have no idea how it could be sub 70 degrees on June 29th in Arkansas, but we will take it over having EVERY weekend last season pushing 100 degrees. And somehow, it seems on days as nice as this, we get a full roster to show up. All 18 guys. I actually prefer it that way, but dang...I wish we had 18 guys when it's 100 degrees and a double-header. Maybe that might happen. The White Sox (who only had 9 players by our second game last week) had an opportunity to finally see all of our roster at work. We have seen most of the new guys now, but some of our returning players are finally coming out of the off-season. Seth White picked up right where he left off from last year going 3-3 in the first game and logging a 9-3 put-out, so we are glad to have him back. Matt Villines comes back in his first at-bats and goes 1-1 with a BB. On the hill for game one, starter, Chris Huebner didn't look his normal self giving up 5 ER on 4 hits, 2BB, HBP, and only one K in his three allotted innings. However, newcomer, David Bodzin (who had a super shaky first outing last week), started to live up to his billing by settling down the Wingnut hitters the rest of the way with a line (4IN, 1R, 0ER, 0hits, 1BB, 1HBP, 5K) to earn the win. Besides the aforementioned, Jason Christner continues his solid offensive performance by going 2-3, R, 3RBI, 3B. By game two, the White Sox were grooving a little easier. Rookie, Caleb Kelley took the hill and looked solid (3IN, 0R, 0ER, 3hits, 2BB, 3K), but veteran, Matt Mozzoni is continuing to impress on the mound. Matt was a seldom-show in the past, but has committed to more field time this season and it's a good thing as he is picking up veteran pitching slack for us. Matt's fastball has excellent pop as witnessed last week but it was the off-speed stuff that was shining today. Matt's line: 4IN, 1R, 1ER, 2hits, 2BB, 6K and a win. Offensively, the White Sox scattered things about, but Chris Huebner shook off his mound performance from game one with a line of dueces: 2-2, 2R, 2B. Tim Hooper had a solid game, 2-4, R, 2RBI, 2B. I'd like to note that 2nd year player...I do mean this is only his second year EVER playing baseball at age 33...Nick Coe, got his third RBI already this year tripling his output for the whole season last year. Way to go Nick! --Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
June 22-23, 2013
X-Tinct 7 Red Rockets 6 Red Rockets 1 X-Tinct 17 X-Tinct sweep Red Rockets; 6-7, 17-1 White Sox 14 Orioles 9 Orioles 17 White Sox 11 It always seems that hitting out-paces pitching early in the season and this season is no exception considering the gawdy scores being posted after the first two weekends. The White Sox had a great showing and equal results in the first weekend, but with 7 fewer players this weekend to try and tackle a double-header is a near-impossible task. Of those 7, five are pitchers. I felt fairly confident that young starter, Chris Huebner, would give us a solid three innings in game one, but after that, it was a "sight-unseen" wonder. What we also did not know is what sort of concoction the Orioles were...part Tigers, Appleknockers, VB Hogs, and Rangers at least. What we did know is that if the Orioles were the best 25% of each of those teams, then they would be a force in the NWAMSBL. Even though the Sox were without a full squad, it was apparent that the Orioles are serious competition in this league in their "first" season. Former VB Hogs pitcher, Kyle Cherry started game one for the Orioles and proved to be a menace to parts of the Sox order. But the meat of the Sox line-up eventually stymied Cherry when his control faltered taking 8 walks and 4 HBPs and ultimately rattling off 12 hits including home runs by Tim Hooper and newcomer, Jason Christner along with a rare double by "The Front Office." Chris Huebner gets the short-inning win and last season's rare show, Matt Mozzoni, gets the long-inning save with some power pitching that some of us forgot about. Game two saw the effects of having only 9 left at the ball park for the White Sox when Tim Hooper had to depart. New pitcher, David Bodzin, had a manic tough time finding the strike zone, and when he did, the Orioles made him pay giving up 9 runs in the first two frames alone. Spotting a team 9 makes for a long day trying to even think about a come-back...especially when Bodzin gave up another 6 runs in the 4th before Andy Miller came in to try and salvage anything. Down 15-6, the Sox did all they could to plate a few more runs before the dreaded "baseball clock" came into play, but it was pretty fruitless. Given the Sox numbers, I was actually kind of happy with a split. On the day: Jason Christner (4-9, 4R, 5RBI, HR, 3@2B, K), Stephen Boudreaux (4-7, 2R, 2B, BB, HBP), Tim Hooper (2-2, 2R, 4RBI, HR, 2B, BB (see why we missed him in game two...), Andy Miller (5-8, 2R, 4RBI, BB)--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
Browns 16 Cardinals 15 Cardinals 11 Browns 22 Here's a Browns story:
To say Saturday was a rough
day for the Cardinals would be an understatement. With a 15 to 5 lead
in the bottom of the last inning the Cardinals gave up 11 runs without
recording an out. Clay Fecht had an outstanding performance on the
mound throwing 6 solid innings. Unfortunately his team was missing
several key players and last weeks all-star David Thrall sprained his
ankle going for a pop fly.
June 15-16, 2013
X-Tinct 15 Browns 1 Brett Reynolds and Eric Smith power X-Tinct to season opening win over Browns. Reynolds took the mound and pitched 7 strong innings, getting 11 K's along the way. Smith had almost as many RBI's (8) as Reynolds did K's. Smith paced the offense by going 4-5 with a pair of HR's, mixing in a 2B and 3B. With his new workout regiment, stopping at 1st base just isn't an option for him anymore. Jose Cueto settled into his new role in the offense going 5-5, setting the table nicely for the rest of the lineup. Cueto also came in to finish the final 2 innings from the mound. Having limited practices the defense looked very sharp. --Dennis Marshall, X-Tinct
Cardinals 22 Wingnuts 16 The Wingnuts dropped the opener of the '13 season in a slugfest with the Cardinals 22-16. It was back and fourth contest with 3 lead changes and 2 ties. The score was 17-15 going into the final inning where the Cardinals were able to plate 5 more runs to put the game out of reach. This was a great contest and had a lot of bright spots for both teams. The Nuts put up 19 hits in the game. The Wingnuts draft pick this year RJ Straubing was the player of the game going 5 for 5 scoring 3 runs and knocking in a pair of runs. Dan Motz went 3 for 4 with 3 runs and 2 RBI. Jeremy Engelhardt 2-2 (R,RBI), Steve Hudson 1-3, Joe Don Dawes 1-3 (R,RBI,BB,HBP),Jim Bob Tackett 1-2 (2R,RBI,2BB,SB), Victor Pongonis 2-2 (R,BB), Mandar Thackur 2-2(RBI), Colt Neal 2-2 (3R,2RBI), Andrew McMurray 2-3 (R,2RBI), Anthony DeWater 0-3 (R,RBI), Marc DeWeese 0-3 (2RBI).--Marc DeWeese, Wingnuts
Well, it was a pitcher’s duel to the finish. Aww, who are we kidding, it was a shootout right from the start. The normally steady Jacob Tipton got off to a rocky start on the mound for the Cardinals and only made it through 1/3 of the first inning before David Thrall came on in relief. David took it all the way to the finish for the Cards just over one week shy of his 54th birthday. The Cardinals jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the first, but the Wingnuts fought back to tie it up in the second. The third inning saw the Wingnuts take a 9-6 lead, but the Cards wouldn’t go quietly and took a 13-9 lead in the top of the fourth. The Wingnuts tied it up again in the bottom half of the fourth, but the Cards kept pouring on the offense in the fifth with back to back doubles by Ikenberry and Teters and finished the frame with a 16-13 lead. Junior Zuniga came up in the 7th with bases loaded and hit a bases clearing double to extend the Cards lead to 22-14. The Wingnuts could only manage one run in the 7th, and as the time limit had expired the Cards had their first victory of the season.--James Johnson, Cardinals
White Sox 16 Red Rockets 3 This has been the strangest off season in my recollection over 18 years in the NWAMSBL. Normally, the Sox would have a half-dozen practices and as many scrimmage games by the start of the season. However, with the paltry field availability this year, the first time to get the team on a field since last September was today in our first game against the 18+ Red Rockets. To make matters even more awkward, I had only SEEN 7 of our 17-man roster in person before today's game. Kinda hard to get a team ready over the phone and email. However, our core group that has been together since 2004 had my confidence. It was the "rookie" group that was the big question mark. With only 12 players able to make today's game, I wanted to get everyone in and see what they could do, so we batted 11 and planned on pitching everyone that could pitch. Since the two full-time pitchers we recruited in the off-season could not make the game, I chose to start Chris Huebner on the hill. Chris is somehow still considered a rookie even though he has been with the Sox for 5 years now because he is still under 25. But he plays every game like a veteran. Huebner goes a full 9 innings complete game (didn't have the heart to pull him while he was rolling) for the win with a pretty sick line including 14 Ks and giving up only 4 hits, 1BB and an HBP... The Sox offense was alive probably thanks to Phil McClure's rag arm BP in the dark mustering 22 hits led by new-comer, Brad Hughes who literally in a quiet way, went 5 for 5 with 3RBI and a 2B. The only down-side to the day was the loss of Dustin Wilson in the third who went down with an ankle injury. Dustin is a critical component to the Sox offense and defense. Hope the x-rays are negative.--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
June 9, 2013
NWACC Eagles 14 Red Rockets 0 Red Rockets 3 NWACC Eagles 8 NWACC’s Blake Sanford (Fayetteville, High School) throws no hitter on Sunday June 9, 2013. Eagles sweep Red Rockets 14-0 and 8-3. Proud Supporters of NWACC Sports Clubs: Walmart, Outdoor Cap Co., McDonalds, Flooring America by Carpet Smart, Total Document Solutions and George Nunnally Chevrolet.--John Luedtke, NWACC
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2013 Standings Final 18+ Champion-NWACC Eagles 18+ Runner Up- Red Rockets 25+ Champion-NWA X-Tinct 25+ Runner Up - NWA White Sox
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