Majors Baseball
Metropolitan Market drops opener
Ken's Market 5
Metropolitan Market 0
April 5 - Adam Katz pitched well for Metropolitan Market, but it wasn't enough, as Ken's Market went on to win 5-0. Katz pitched three strong innings, giving up just one hit, while allowing two runs to cross the plate. He struck out three batters.
Another bright spot for Metropolitan was pitcher Jack Wilson, who struck out five batters while scattering just two hits in three innings of work.
The Ms' Gage Compatore drew a two-out walk in the second inning and stole second base on the next pitch.
Submitted by Mike Kreiger, Metropolitan
Ms get bats rolling but come up short
Best Plumbing 5
Metropolitan Market 2
April 18 - Metropolitan Market rallied with two runs in the fifth inning, but Best Plumbing withheld the late-game rally and held on to win 5-2.
Metro's Dustin Peterson started the game off with a fine defensive play by catching a high flyball to right field in the top of the first. Max Bridgman also showed off the leather, making a diving play at first base. The left-handed power hitter also got on base twice with two walks.
"Slammin'" Sam Fair led off the fifth inning with a single for Metropolitan, then stole second. Dustin Peterson drew a walk, and Riley Hollobaugh stepped up with an RBI groundout, scoring Fair from third base. Two batters later, Jack Wilson ripped an RBI single, scoring Peterson and trimming the lead to 5-2.
In the second inning, Ms catcher Blair Henning smashed a single into right field for the team's first hit of the season.
Pitcher Gage Compatore shut down Best in the final three innings, giving up just one hit and striking out five batters in three shutout innings.
Submitted by Mike Kreiger, Metropolitan
Met Market collects eight hits in nail-biting loss to Best Plumbing
Metropolitan Market 2
Best Plumbing 3
April 20 - Metropolitan Market jumped out an early 2-0 lead, but Best Plumbing rallied for three runs to win 3-2.
Metro's Max Bridgman started the hit parade with a double in the top of the first. The next batter, cleanup hitter Blair Henning, smashed a double and drove in Bridgman.
The Met's Dustin Peterson led off the second inning with one of his season-high three walks. Adam Katz crushed an RBI double into deep right field, scoring Peterson and giving the Mets a 2-0 lead.
The fielding highlight of the year goes to Metro's left-fielder Alex Beaumont. In the bottom of the fifth, Beaumont charged in on a sharply hit line drive in the gap. He dove, rolled over and showed the ball to the umpire for the out. Fans from both sides cheered the catch, and the Met's dugout gave Beaumont a standing ovation.
Jack Wilson pitched two innings of shutout baseball for the Ms. He struck out three batters and held Best hitless in both the fourth and fifth innings.
Submitted by Mike Kreiger, Metropolitan
Video Isle prevails in seesaw battle
Video Isle 10
Ron's Cobblers 8
April 19 - After too many soggy days with muddy infields, the weatherman finally came through last week with some sweet spring evenings perfect for baseball. Video Isle and Ron's Cobblers faced off on Tuesday, and when the dust settled, Video Isle emerged the winner of this hard-fought, nail-biting, teeth-grinding, stomach-churning offensive battle.
Will Alumbaugh started on the mound for Ron's and pitched two scoreless innings, keeping VI batters off balance and off the scoreboard. Isle starter Sutton Lowry threw three strong innings, yielding only one run in the first inning when Anthony Davis and Alumbaugh hit consecutive singles to score Sam Horowitz. Video Isle got their bats going in the third when Ross Barcinas drew a base on balls and Luke Wilson singled. Dominic King then uncorked a three-run homer to center to put Video Isle ahead.
The remainder of the game was filled with offense, and the lead changed hands four more times. VI secured the victory in the sixth when King and Lowry thumped back-to-back homers to put their team ahead by two runs. Luke Wilson pitched the last two innings for Video Isle and earned the win. Noteworthy for Video Isle were Wilson, who also went four for four at the plate; Lowry, with a double and a home run; and King, who homered twice (!) and had five RBIs.
Submitted by Felipe, Video Isle
5 Spot drowns Ken's
5 Spot Café 22
Ken's Market 0
April 20 - While the Seattle Water Department was storing water from the last few weeks of rain, 5 Spot was saving up runs to unleash against a young Ken's Market team in the second game of the majors baseball season.
The game started uneventfully enough with 5 Spot scoring two runs in the first inning when team leader Ruben Palmer stole home on a wild pitch and Keegen White doubled in Michael Amsel Jr.
A Ken's Market scoring opportunity in the second drizzled out on a fine relay from Jake Hallgrimson playing center field, to Kendall Young at second base, who threw to catcher Amsel Jr., who tagged out a Ken's runner attempting to score from first base. That was the third out of the inning.
A second Ken's scoring opportunity was washed away with a rare triple play. Two Ken's players laid down picture-perfect bunts to occupy first and second base. A third Marketeer hit a great line drive to left field, which ignited the two base runners. Unfortunately for Ken's, Connor McKittrick made a great shoestring catch in left field and calmly threw to Young, at second, who tagged the base and threw to Max Savery, who touched first base for the triple play!
The floodgates opened in the bottom of the third. For 5 Spot, Savery doubled, Amsel singled, White singled, Hallgrimson walked, Phil Burton walked, Tadeash Tapper singled, McKittrick was hit by a pitch, Palmer tripled, Young doubled, Max Savery singled, White singled - and all scored. When the downpour of runs stopped, the score stood 13 to 0.
Skipping forward to the sixth inning, Depina hit an inside-the-park grand slam that scored Daniel Orse (a rookie who went 2 for 3), Tapper, Hallgrimson and himself, Depina, for a final score of 22 to 0.
A score tells only part of the story. The Ken's Market team showed great spirit and skill. As is majors custom, all players shook hands and congratulated the other team on a game well played. Ken's has its sights set on the rematch!
Submitted by Ken Burton, 5 Spot
Senior Baseball
QA Chiropractic loses spine-tingler to Ballard
Ballard sr. no. 1 10
QA Chiropractic 8
April 2 - Queen Anne Chiropractic's Garrett Williams and PT McCarthy pitched two shutout innings before Ballard Sr. No. 1 cracked seven runs in the third. The Chiropractors did not back down, as Ben Wilson, Ian Staley and Eli Neil combined for back-to-back-to-back doubles in the fourth to spark a five-run rally. Ted Kolb straightened out two singles for three RBIs, and Wilson stretched his vertebrae to grab a sixth-inning line drive, but Ballard's hard hitting eventually broke QA's back in their home opener.
Submitted by Brian Beaumont,
Queen Anne Chiropractic
Junior Baseball
Fat City pummels NE
Fat City German Car 6
Northeast Jr. no. 3 1
April 5 - Fat City's Junior team scored a convincing 6-1 win over Northeast 3 on April 5, with strong pitching from Jimmy Pugel and Owen Lowry shutting out North-east's bats for a collective no-hitter.
Riley Goodwin led off with a bang for Fat City, smashing a double down the line and scoring the first of three runs in one inning, all the team would need.
Pugel went four strong innings, striking out nine along the way. A nice catch by Michael Garza in right and a fine snag of a line drive by Nick Aldredge in left gave him all the defensive help he needed.
In the fifth Pugel knocked a single to right, starting another rally. Sam Bridg-man's patient hitting led to an RBI base-on-balls, and a sacrifice RBI by Sam Kinn added another. Northeast mounted a spirited comeback attempt, but were shut down by the arm of Lowry, who struck out five over the last two innings, sealing the win in decisive fashion.
Submitted by Melinda Gause, Fat City
Fat City comes back to tie Northwest
Northwest Jr. No. 1 12
Fat City German Car 12
April 6 - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - in other words, a classic baseball game. Fat City hosted its home opener against a solid Northwest team, and though the score showed a tie game at the end, Queen Anne's Juniors were clearly winners.
Fat City held a lead through most of the game, thanks to a great pitching effort by starter Riley Goodwin, who led the team through four innings. In the sixth inning things fell apart a bit for the mechanics, as they allowed NW to score six runs and take a five-run lead. Things looked bleak; the umpires were consulting their watches. However, when Goodwin came to the plate in the sixth and smacked a single, the crowd came alive. After Jimmy Pugel walked, Torrey Lewis (2-for-3, 3 RBI) pounded a triple to deep right, then scored on a single by Owen Lowry. With two outs, Max Sutton and Michael Garza worked walks, and so did Hajir Larijani, fouling off pitch after pitch and working out from an 0-2 count to do so, bringing home Lowry and narrowing Fat City's deficit to one. With the sacks juiced, Goodwin was up again. He hit a sharp grounder to third, sending the tying run home to the cheers of the boisterous crowd. When the last out was recorded, Queen Anne remained undefeated, at least for one more night.
Game notables included Steffen Garza going three-for-four and making a nice play from third; Lowry made a nice unassisted out at first, scooping the ball and tagging the runner as he went by. In the third inning Pugel hit a ball so hard it went all the way to the Port-a-Potty - in Juniors, that counts as "only" a triple.
Submitted by Melinda Gause, Fat City
AAA Baseball
Pitching duel puts Steve Hicks on top
SteveHicks.com 6
EileenBurke.com 4
April 18 - With Jordan Sweeney's bold steal home at the top of the first inning, SteveHicks.com were first to snatch a bit of real estate in this matchup. Tyler Landry's single in the top of the second relocated an additional runner in over the dish, and by the close of the second inning the visitors enjoyed the equity of a six-run lead.
The game then turned into a pitchers' duel, with Hicks' Sweeney and Eileen-Burke.com's Kintla Wheeler and Alexander McCullough catching looky-loo batters and leaving runs on bases. In the bottom of the fifth, Burke started a land grab of its own with a three-run homer blasted down the right-field line by Owen Freed. Not to be outdone, teammate McCullough followed with a dinger in the same neighborhood. However, Hickory southpaw Abe Friedman closed down hopes of a rally when he froze out the last Burke batter to protect the lead and obtain the deed to the game ball.
Submitted by Mary Cropp, SteveHicks.com
AA Baseball
MHT hurler pitches four-hit shutout against Napolitano
Napolitano Salon 0
Miller, Hansen & Torphy 6
April 21 - A stellar performance was turned in by MHT's ace, Spring Action. Action scattered four hits over six innings to record the victory. "My arm felt good and I was able to locate my fastball most of the day," said Action. "With two days rest I'm hoping I can resume this type of per-formance."
Most of the game was a classic pitching duel as Napolitano's ace, Blue Steel, kept MHT at bay until the bottom of the fifth, when MHT erupted for six runs. MHT hit three consecutive singles to start the fifth and brought 11 men to the plate. That was all Action needed as Napolitano continued to be baffled by Action's fast ball in the top of the sixth.
Visiting Napolitano started the game in promising fashion with a lead-off base hit by Cameron Grane. Isle Raftery followed with a base hit after two outs, moving Grane to second. Action got out of the inning by fanning the next batter, stranding Grane and Raftery. "He was throwing BBs," said Grane. "I was able to get good wood on an inside fastball."
Raftery was equally impressed and said, "I might have been jammed, but I was able to get the ball past the pitcher for an infield single."
Other Napolitano hits were recorded by Jack Sendelbach, playing with an injured thumb on his throwing hand, and Jackson Faerber, who snuck a looper over the MHT pitcher.
Napolitano displayed spectacular defense with Jack Baker's running grab of a hard-hit ball to his left. Baker sprinted toward the first-base line and snared a shot by an MHT player. The grab saved a run and allowed Napolitano to stay in the game.
Submitted by Noel Nishi, Napolitano Salon[[In-content Ad]]
