14u Scores

Forest Hill 6
Carroll Manor 5

14u Scores

Arena Starz 13
Blueclaws 1

Arena Starz 11
Landsharks 1

12u Scores

Blueclaws 7
Avon Grove 7

Blueclaws 0
Harford Heat 6

The #1 seed Arena Starz needed an extra inning to claim the 2011 Spring League Championship 5-4 over the #2 seed Baltimore BlueClaws.

Andrew Yu scored the first run of the game in the top of the 4th giving the BlueClaws a brief lead. The Starz tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Joe Otto singled, stole second, and advanced to third on a throwing error. He later tagged up on a sac fly to center field.

After a quick top of the 5th the Arena Starz broke out in the bottom half scoring 3 runs on 3 hits and a walk.

It appeared that would be all Starz starting pitcher Aaron Barclay would need; the BlueClaws however had other ideas.

After pitching six strong innings, Barclay ran into trouble with a 4-1 lead in the seventh. A leadoff HBP to Austin Hayden was followed by a Matt Lozinak single and another HBP to Nick Delp. With the bases loaded the Starz coaching staff decided to make a pitching change, going with Brandon Fraley.

Tristen Rickard drew a bases loaded walk to cut the lead to 2. Lozinak and Delp scored on a fielder’s choice and an error to knot the game up at 4-4.

The Starz scored the game winning run in the bottom of the eighth after Jeff Niewiecski singled with one out, stole second and was driven home on an RBI single by championship game MVP Kurt Rawlings.

After a quiet 1st inning for both teams, the Starz pounded out 5 hits and 7 runs in the 2nd inning to take a commanding lead and eventually won by a score of 15-4.

The Starz were led by Trevor Powers (3 hits, 3 runs), Aaron Barclay (3 hits including a triple and a double, 3 runs), and Nick Turnbull (3 runs, 1 hit, walk).

The Panthers scored all of their runs in the 3rd inning. Spencer Horwitz provided an RBI single in that inning after Corey Wey and Kyle Dixon reached on a walk and Alec Pine reached on a HBP.

The BlueClaws jumped out to an early lead with 3 runs in the first inning. Matt Lozinak had a 2 RBI double and scored a run in that opening inning to get the BlueClaws started.

After going down 1-2-3 in the 2nd inning, the BlueClaws scored a couple in the 3rd and one in the 4th.

They were able to put the game away with a 5-run 5th inning.

The Cardinals were led by Luke Johnson who had a hit and scored a run in the 5th inning.

Matt Lozinak (2 hits, 3 RBI), Andrew Yu (1 hit, walk, 3 runs), and Brian Smith (1 hit, walk, RBI, 2 runs) led the charge for the BlueClaws.

The Carroll Manor Cardinals made quick work of the Putty Hill Panthers on Thursday evening.

The Cardinals jumped ahead in the bottom of the first scoring 3 runs. Leadoff hitter Paul DiPino led off the game with a double and later came around to score.

This quickly set the stage in a game that saw the Cardinals score in every inning.

Panther pitchers struggled to find the plate throughout the evening and the hitters had trouble stringing together consecutive hits.

Seven different players for the Cardinals scored in the game.

The Baltimore BlueClaws jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. After consecutive walks to Dante Frezza and Austin Hayden, Matt Lozinak drove in the first run of the game with an RBI single to center field plating Frezza. Nick Delp singled and Tristan Rickard followed with a 2 RBI single to right center that brought home Hayden and Lozinak.

The BlueClaws added additional runs in both the third and fifth innings on a RBI groundout by Matt Wolfe and a throwing error.

The ArenaStarz had 9 hits on the evening but could only muster 2 runs.

Brett Landis drove in Kurt Rawlings and Trae Fenner in the top of the fifth to pull the Starz within 2 runs.

That was as close as they would get as the BlueClaws shut the door in the sixth and seventh innings coming out on top 5-2.

The Arena Starz faced-off against the Baltimore Blueclaws Tuesday at Yankee in week 10 of the Ripken Academy Spring League. The rain would hold off, but the Starz line-up did not.

Out of the first 9 batters to the plate for the Starz in the 2nd inning, 8 of them got hits. After Bryce Butler and Ryan Sheehan singled, Joe Otto hit one of the Starz four triples to right center for 2 RBI’s. Otto was then picked off by Paul Wilson, but the Starz just started to rally again. Jeff Niediewicki knocked in Brett Landis after he reached on an error and Trevor Powers, Nick Turnbull, and Dylan Reichart combined for three hits to get the Starz another run.

At the end of two the Starz were ahead 5-0.

Brandon Fraley, the Starz starting pitcher, was perfect for 3 innings before being relieved by Ryan Sheehan.

Sheehan was lights out in the 4th inning, but the Blueclaws got to him in the 5th. After a 1-out walk to Matt Wolfe, Jordan Menfee singled to give the Blueclaws first and second. Sheehan walked Andrew Yu and the bases were loaded for Donte Freeza. Freeza hit a shot in the gap to score Wolfe and Menfee.

Tristan Rickard hit a fly ball to right field that was deep enough to score Yu from third and the Blueclaws were right back in the game only down 5-3.

The Starz would answer back in their half of the 5th inning with a couple runs of their own. Turnbull led off the inning with a walk and Reichart got him over with a great sacrifice bunt that almost turned into a hit. Fraley singled but was thrown out by Freeza, the Blueclaws catcher, at second. Turnbull was able to score on the throw, giving the Starz a three run lead. Kurt Rawlings singled and Aaron Barclay walked to put two men on for Trae Fenner. Fenner hit a bomb in the gap for his second triple of the game scoring Rawlings and Barclay.

The Starz would score another run in the 6th inning on an RBI fielder’s choice by Niediewicki. Niediewicki would also come in to pitch for the last 2 and 2/3 of the game to shut the Blueclaws down for a 9-3 Starz victory.