2012 American Legion Michigan Class
AA Championships - Jim's recap
August 2-4, 2012 at Nicolay Field -
Adrian College
All the mistakes are my own - all
the correct information is the result of good clean living and
brushing my teeth.
None of this should be considered
official but there are some news links below that you can use to
check my memory!
2012 KiKi Cuyler Award - Phil Carey
(Adrian Post 275) - MVP 2012
AAState Championship
Scores
10-Adrian Post
275-5, Midland Berryhill Post 165-4 - Championship
9-Midland
Berryhill Post 165-13, Milford Post 216-7
8-Adrian Post
275-4, Midland Berryhill Post 165-0
7-Milford Post
216-8, Fort Dearborn Post 364-7
6-Milford Post
216-,6 Berrien Springs Post 85-3
5-Fort Dearborn
Post 364-5, Chief Pontiac Post 377-4
4-Adrian Post
275-13, Berrien Springs Post 85-5
3-Midland
Berryhill Post 165-12, Chief Pontiac Post 377-2
2-Berrien
Springs-7, Milford-2
1-Chief Pontiac
Post 377-13, Milford Post 216-8
Jim's Summaries / notes
10 - Adrian Post 275-5, Midland
Berryhill Post 165-4 - Championship (Saturday 08/04)
(Official boxscore
used)
*Adrian (5-6-2);
SP/WP-Cowen (Tecumseh/14; CG/9ip, 4R/3er, 6H, 3-BB, 4K, 101 pitches);
2H (Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo)); 2RBI (Robinson (Adrian/12-Jackson
CC)); HR (Hayes (Adrian/13)); 2B (Robinson; Britt);
*Berryhill
(4-6-0); SP/LP-Lynch (Midland/12-Delta; 4ip, 5R/5er, 6H, 3-BB, 1K, 80
pitches); 2nd-Madill (Midland/13; 3ip, 0T, 0H, 4-BB, 5K); 3rd-Moody
(Alma/13; 1ip, 0R, 2K); 2H (Noody); 2B (Moody);
Jim's recap - Adrian rode a
third strong pitching outing to defeat defending state champion
Midland Berryhill Post 165 5-4. Nick Cowen (Tecumseh/14) went all
nine innings (4R/3er, 6H, 3-BB, 4K, 101 pitches) for the win. Adrian
scoring started in the second as Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13) was hit by
pitch, Gage Lolley (Adrian/12-Siena Heights) singled followed by a
2-RBI double by Kody Robinson (Adrian/12-Jackson CC). Adrian scored
in the third when a bases loaded walk to Gage Lolley brought home
Jacob Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo) - and in the fifth Adrian added 2
more runs as Hunter Hayes (Adrian/13) hit a leadoff homer to
left-center followed by double by Jacob Britt, who scored the fifth
run on a double steal. Centerfielder Tyler Frank (Adrian/12-Central
Michigan) had 5 putouts; Hayes a homerun; Britt had 2 hits (double),
Robinson a double and 2 RBI.
Paul Lynch (Midland/12-Delta; 4ip,
5R/5er, 6H, 3-BB, 1K, 80 pitches) started and took the loss for
Berryhill followed by Logan Madill (Midland/13; 3ip, 0R, 0H, 4BB, 5K)
and Joshua Moody (Alma/13; 1ip, 0R, 0H, 2K). Berryhill scored in the
fourth as Alex Goodwin (Midland/13) and Chase Krager (Bangor John
Glenn/12) singled and Goodwin scored on a throwing error on Michael
Wright's (Midland/13) ground ball to third; in the fifth Moody
singled and went to second on a groundout and third on a single by
Adam Fitzgibbon (Midland Dow/14) - Moody scored on Krager's sacrifice
fly; in the seventh Moody led off with a double and went to third on
Steel O'Boyle's (Bullock Creek/13) goundout and scored on a sacrifice
fly by Fitzgibbon; Berryhill's final run came in the top of the ninth
as Thomas Smith (Midland/13) walked and scored on O'Boyle's 2-out
single. Josh Moody had 2 hits (double).
(9) Midland Berryhill Post 165-13,
Milford Post 216-7 (Saturday 08/04) - Jim's stats
*Milford (7-9-5); SP/LP-44/Scott (RHP;
Orchard Lake St Mary's/13; 6ip, 32BF, 8R/5er?, 8H, 5-BB, 4K);
2nd-25/Wachsmuth (CF/RHP; Hartland/11-Northwood; 2ip, 13BF, 5R/2er,
5H, 0-BB, 0K); 2H (19/Ferguson (South Lyon/11-Northwood); 6/Wilson
(Lakeland/11-Macomb CC)); 2RBI (25/Wachsmuth); HR (25/Wachsmuth/2r);
3B (6/Wilson); 2B (Ferguson);
*Berryhill (13-13-1); SP/WP-22/Regier
(RHP; Midland/12; 7ip, 30BF, 4R/4er, 6H, 4-BB, 6K); 2nd-25/Marquardt
(RHP; Bullock Creek/14; 2/3ip, 6BF, 3R/3er, 3H, 1-BB);
3rd/Save-10/Fleming (RHP; Bullock Creek/12; 1-1/3ip, 4BF, 0R, 0H,
0-BB, 0K); 2H (1/Wright-4 (1B, B-R; Midland/13); 3/Atkin (RF, B-L;
Bullock Creek/13); 9/Smith (2B, B-L; Midland/13)); 2RBI (1/Wright-4;
3/Atkin-3; 9/Smith-3); 3B (9/Smith); 2B (11/Fitzgibbon (CF, B-L;
Midland Dow/14); 1/Wright-3; 6/Gross (3B; Midland/14));
*Jims Recap - Berryhill
jumped to a quick 5-0 lead in the first with Alex Goodwin's
(Midland/13) 2-RBI double, Tanner Gross (Midland/14) with an RBI
single and Thomas Smith (Midland/13) with an 2-RBI triple followed by
one run in the fourth on an RBI single by Michael Wright (Midland/13)
and 2 in the sixth on an infield error and an RBI double by Wright.
Milford scored one in the first on a double by Ryan Ferguson (South
Lyon/11-Northwood); two in the fifth on an RBI single by Steve Morse
(Orchard Lake St Marys/11-Heidelberg) and a double-steal (Morse stole
second and Shane Felix (Hartland/11-Lansing CC) scoring on the throw
to second; one in the seventh on an RBI single by Tom Kort (South
Lyon/11-Olivet) and three runs in the seventh with a leadoff single
by Ryan Ferguson, an RBI triple by Timothy Wilson (Lakeland/11-Macomb
CC) and a 2-run homerun to left by Alexander Wachsmuth
(Hartland/11-Northwood). With the score 8-7 Midland put up five runs
in the bottom of the eighth - leadoff double by Adam Fitzgibbon
(Midland Dow/14), Sac Bunt by Goodwin, wild pitch followed by an
infield error, double by Wright, 2-RBI single by Keegan Atkin
(Bullock Creek/13), a run off of an infield error and an RBI single
by Smith. Midland's Jason Regier (Midland/12) started and went seven
innings for the win and Jacob Fleming (Bullock Creek) threw the last
1-1/3 innings for the save. Marshall Scott (Orchard Lake St
Marys/13) started for Milford and took the loss.
(8) Adrian Post 275-4, Midland
Berryhill Post 165-0 (Friday 08/03) - Jim's stats
*Adrian (4-11-0); SP/WP-12/Carey (RHP;
Tecumseh/14; CG/9ip, 0R, 1H, 1-BB, 5K, 92 pitches); 2H (22/Britt
(Tecumseh/13-Toledo); 18/Powell (Tecumseh/12-West Virginia Wesleyan);
1/Eldred-3 (Tecumseh/13); 9/Lolley (Adrian/12-Siena Heights)); 2RBI
(1/Eldred); HR (18/Powell); 3B (22/Britt); 2B (1/Eldred);
*Berryhill (0-1-0); SP/LP-18/Mayle
(RHP; Midland Dow/11-Kellogg CC; 8-1/3ip, 34BF, 4R/4er, 11H, 1-BB,
1-HBP, 8K); 2nd-4/Moody (RHP; Alma/13; 2/3ip, 2BF, 0R, 2K);
*Jims Recap - A
ton of excitement for me - I'd seen many of the Adrian players in
high school - often on opposing teams - and it was fun to see them
put together a good game across the board. Phil Carey (Tecumseh/14)
pitched for Adrian against Chad Mayle (Midland Dow/11-Kellogg CC).
For eight innings Mayle gave up 2 runs on 6 hits as Adrian led 2-0,
but Carey gave up only one baserunner in the same stretch (a single
to Michael Wright (Midland/13)). Adrian started with a solo homerun
by Jared Poswell (Tecumseh/12-West Virgina Wesleyan) in the second
and an RBI single by Eric Eldred (Tecumseh/13) in the fourth. In the
top of the ninth Adrian got 2 runs on 5 hits - a leadoff triple by
Jacob Britt (Tecumseh/13-Toledo), groundout, infield hit by Jared
Powell, RBI single by Eric Eldred, a single by Gage Lolley
(Adrian/12-Siena Heights) and an RBI single by TJ Baker (Clinton/14).
Berryhill had a last try with Steele O'Boyle (Bullock Creek) getting
a 1-out walk in the ninth, but Alex Goodwein (Midland/13) flied out
after an 8-pitch at-bat to end the game. PS - no errors by my
accounting.
(7) Milford Post 216-8, Fort
Dearborn Post 364-7 (Friday 08/03)
(Official boxscore
used)
*Milford (8-11-4); SP/WP-Morse (RHP;
Orchard Lake St Marys/11-Heidelberg; CG/9ip, 44BF, 7R/3er, 10H, 5-BB,
4K); 2H (Kort (South Lyon/11-Olivet); Ferguson (South
Lyon/11-Northwood); Garcia (South Lyon/13)); 2RBI (Ferguson; Garcia);
2B (Kort; Morse; Wilson (Lakeland/11-Macomb CC));
*Fort Dearborn (7-10-2); SP/LP-Kujawa
(Detroit CC/11-Lawrence Tech; 6ip, 32BF, 8R/4er, 10H, 3-BB, 3K);
2nd-Abston (RF/P; Dearborn/12; 3ip, 9BF, 0E, 1H, 1K); 2H (Santostasi
(Divine Child/12); Ordo-3 (Dearborn/12); Sobh (Dearborn/13); Calhoun
(Dearborn/12)); 3B (Santostasi);
*Jims Recap - Did not see
most of the game, but Fort Dearborn had the tying run on base with 2
out in the ninth. Fort Dearborn was
eliminated with the loss.
(6) Milford Post 216-6, Berrien
Spring Post 85-3 (Friday 08/03) - Jim's Stats
*Berrien Springs (3-7-1);
SP/LP-21/Turner (EHP/2B; Dowagiac/11-Aquinas; 5+ip, 22BF, 5R/5er, 6H,
2-BB, 3K); 2nd-13/Campbell (3B/RHP; Niles/12-Walsh; 3ip, 10BF,
1R/1er, 2H, 2-BB, 2K); 2H (10/Garrett Shembarger (Berrien
Springs/11); 19/Henckel (Buchanan/12));
*Milford (6-8-1); SP/WP-6/Wilson (RHP;
Lakeland/11-Macomb CC; CG/9ip, 37BF, 3E/1er?, 7H, 4-BB; 5K); 2H
(23/Morse (2B, B-L; Orchard Lake St Mary's/11-Heidelberg); 12/Felix-3
(1B, B-L; Hartland/11-Lansing CC)); 2B (23/Morse; 19/Ferguson (LF,
B-R; South Lyon/11-Northwood));
*Jims Recap -
Milford's Timothy Wilson (Lakeland/11-Macomb CC) scattered 7 hits in
a 6-3 complete game win over Berrien Spring. Steve Morse (Orchard
Lake St Marys / Heidelberg) had 2 hits (double); Ryan Feguson (South
Lyon/11-Northwood) had a double; and Shane Felix
(Hartland/11-Lansing CC) had 3 hits for Milford. Jason Turner
(Dowagiac/11-Aquinas) took the loss with Garrett Shembarger (Berrien
Springa/11) and Nathan Henckel (Buchanan/12) both having 2 hits.
Berrien Springs was eliminated with the loss.
(5) Fort Dearborn Post 384-5, Chief
Pontiac Post 377-4 (Friday 08/03) - Jim's stats
*Chief Pontiac (4-6-2); SP/ND-Dylan
Peck (RHP/3B; Clarkston/12; 7-13ip, 30BF, 2R/2er, 8H, 0-BB, 1K);
2nd/LP-24/Owen (SS/RHP; Davison/12; 1-1/3ip, 8BF, 3R/0er, 1H, 1-BB,
1-HBP, 1K); 2H (23/Ordiway (LF, B-R; Holly/12-Alma)); 2RBI
(15/Karbowski (RF, B-R; Our Lady of the Lakes/11-Rochester)); 2B
(23/Ordiway);
*Fort Dearborn (5-8-3); SP/ND-10/Pace
(RHP; Dearborn Hts Annapolis/12; 6-2/3ip, 31BF, 2R/2er, 5H, 4-BB,
3-HBP, 2K); 2nd/WP-35/Kujawa (RHP; Detroit CC/11-Lawrence Tech;
2-1/3ip, 11BF, 2R/2er, 1H, 2-BB); 2H (44/Buzzeo (CF, B-R;
Dearborn/12); 24/Chodzko (SS, B-L; Dearborn/12); 15/Shirley-3 (3B,
B-R; Divine Child/11));
*Jim's Recap
- Fort Dearborn scored
3 runs with two out in the bottom of the ninth off of a pair of
errors that scored 2 baserunners and the batter to win 5-4. Chief
Pontiac had scored first - 2 runs in the top of the third on a
2-out/2-RBI single by Austin Karbowski (Waterford OLL/11-Rochester).
Fort Dearborn scored 1 in bottom of the third - Cameron Calhoun
(Dearborn/12) doubled, Andrew Buzzeo (Dearborn/12) advanced Calhoun
with a single and Steven Santostasi (Divine Child/12) drove in
Calhoun with a sacrifice fly; then Fort Dearborn tied the game in
sixth with back-to-back leadoff singles by Michael Chodzko
(Dearborn/12) and Christopher Shirley (Divine Child/11) followed by
an RBI groundout by Caleb Abston (Dearborn/12). Chief Pontiac scored
2 runs in the top of the eighth - David McNeeley (Holly/12-Olivet)
walked, Tyler Rogers pinch-ran and stole second and scored on Blake
Ordiway's (Holly/12-Alma) RBI single, Ordiway taking second on the
throw home; following a walk an infield error advanced Ordiway to
third and he scored on Nick Mazzone's (Clarkson/13) sacrifice fly.
Chief Pontiac's Tyler Owen got the first 2 outs in the bottom of the
ninth, but a walk and hit batter put the tying runs on base - then
with the runners going a popfly by Santostasi fell safely, one run
scoring easily - a hasty throw to the plate went wide as the tying
run scored and with Santostasi heading to second the throw to second
went wild (all the way to the centerfield wall) as Santostasi came
around with the winning run. Chief Pontiac was eliminated by the
loss.
(4) Adrian Post 275-13, Berrien
Springs Post 85-5 - from official boxscore (Thursday
08/02)
*Berrien Springs (5-7-4); SP/LP??-Cox
(Dowagiac/13; 4.1ip, 5R/5er); 2nd/LP??-Campbell (Miles/12-Walsh;
1.2ip, 4R/1er); 3rd-Everett Shembatger (BerrienSprings/13; 2ip,
4R/2er); 2H (Henckel (Buchanan/12)); 2B (Garrett Shembarger (Berrien
Springs/11));
*Adrian (13-11-2); SP/WP-Wood (LHP;
Adrian/13; 8ip, 5R/5er, 96P), 2nd-Eldred (RF/RHP; Tecumseh/13; 1ip,
0R); 2H (Hayes (Adrian/13); Ebeling (Adrian/12); Eldred; Baker
(Clinton/14)); 2RBI (Cappelletty (Adrian/11-Albion); Ebeling;
Eldred-3; Baker-4); 3B (Cappelletty); 2B (Ebeling-2; Baker);
*Jim's Recap
- (I
had left after game 3);
(3) Midland Berryhill Post 165-12,
Chief Pontiac Post 277-2 (8in) - Jim's Stats
(Thursday 08/02)
*Chief Pontiac (2-4-2); SP/LP-22/Fairse
(RHP; Clarkston/11-jackson CC; 2ip, 18BF, 8R/5er, 7H, 2-BB, 1-HBP,
1K); 2nd-16/Rogers (LF/RHP; Our Lady of the Lakes/11; 3ip, 16BF,
1R/1er, 5H, 3-BB, 1K); 3rd-20/Slaughter (3B/RHP; Clarkston/13;
1-2/3ip, 8BF, 0R, 1H, 2-BB); 4th-15/Karbowski (RF/RHP; Our Lady of
the Lakes/11-Rochester; 1ip, 9BF, 3R/1er, 2H, 3-BB); 2RBI (7/Dylan
Peck (C, B-R; Clarkston/12); 2B (7/Dylan Peck; 2/Alex Peck (DH/LF/3B,
B-R; Clarkston/14);
*Midland Berryhill (12-16-0);
SP/WP-3/Atkins (LHP; Bullock Creek/13; 7ip, 30BF, 2R/2er, 4H, 5-BB,
11K); 2nd-14/Martin (RHP; Bangor John Glenn/12-Mott CC; 1ip, 3BF, 0R,
1-BB, 1K); 2H (11/Fitzgibbon-3 (CF, B-L; Midland Dow/14); 2/Krager-4
(RF, B-R; Bangor John Glenn/12-Mott CC); 7/O'Boyle-3 (SS, B-R;
Bullock Creek/13)); 2RBI (2/Krager-4; 9/Smith (2B, B-L; Midland/13));
3B (2/Krager);
*Jim's Recap
- Midland Berryhill jumpred out to an 8-0 lead after two innings, and
added a single run in the fourth and three more in the bottom of the
eight to force a 12-2 mercy rule win. Keegan Atkin (Bullock
Creek/13) started and went seven innings (2 runs, 4 hits, 5 walks, 11
strikeouts) for the win with Aaron Martin pitching the eighth.
Andrew Fairse (Clarkston/11-Jackson CC) took the loss. For Chief
Pontiac Dylan Peck and Alex Peck had doubles, with Dylan Peck drining
in both Chief Pontiac runs. For Berryhill Adam Fitzgibbon (Midland
Dow/14) has 3 hits, Chase Krager (Bangor John Glenn/12-Mott CC) had 4
hits (triple) and 4RBI, Thomas Smith (Midland/13) had 2RBI, and Steel
O'Boyle (Bullock Creek/13) had 3 hits.
(2) Berrien Springs Post 85-7, Fort
Dearborn Post 364-2 - Jim's Stats (Thursday 08/02)
*Berrian Springs (7-10-3);
SP/WP-18/Hyatt (THP; Dowagiac/11-Lake Michigan CC; CG/9ip, 2R/0er,
7H, 4-BB, 17K); 2H (1/Forsythe-4 (2B, B-L; Lakeshore/12-Lake Michigan
CC); 4/Jonathan Shembarger (2B, B-R; Berrien Springs/11-Bethel);
13/Campbell (CF/3B, B-R; Niles/12-Walsh)); 2RBI (1/Forsythe-4); 2B
(1/Forsythe-2));
*Fort Dearborn (2-7-3); SP/LP-2/Abston
(RHP; Dearborn/12; 7ip, 7R/5er?, 9H, 8-BB); 2nd-35/Kujawa (RHP;
Detroit CC/11-Lawrence Tech; 2ip, 0R, 1H, 2K); 2H (6/Calhoun (1B,
B-R; Dearborn/12));
*Jim's Recap
- Berrien Springs' Zac
Hyatt (Dowagiac/11-Lake Michigan CC) struck out 17 batters in a 7-2
complete game win over Fort Dearborn. Berrien Springs' offense was
led by Austin Forsythe (Lakeshore/12-Lake Michigan CC) with 4 hits (2
doubles) and 4RBI; Johnathan Shembarger (Berrien Springs/11-Bethel)
with 2 hits; and Taylor Campbell (Niles/12-Walsh) with 3 hits.
Caleb Abston (Dearborn/12) took the loss going 7 innings, 7 runs / 5
earned while Cameron Calhoun Dearborn/12) had 2 hits.
(1) Chief Pontiac Post 377-13,
Milford Post 216-8 - Jim's Stats (Thursday 08/02)
*Chief Pontiac (13-20-3);
SP/WP-23/Ordiway (RHP; Holly/12-Alma; 7ip, 38BF, 8R/8er, 17H, 1-BB,
6K); 2nd-24/Owen (SS/RHP; Davison/12; 2ip, 10bf, 0R, 3H, 1-BB, 2K);
2H (10/Mazzone (CF, B-R; Clarkston/13); 15/Karbowski-3 (RF, B-R; Our
Lady of the Lake/11-Rochester); 7/Dylan Peck-4 (C, B-R;
Clarkston/12); 20/Slaughter-3 (3B, B-R; Clarkston/13); 24/Owen-4
(SS/RHP, B-R; Davison/12); 4/Richards (1B, B-R; Davison/13)); 2RBI
(7/Dylan Peck-5; 24/Owen-4); 3B (7/Dylan Peck; 24/Owen-2); 2B
(15/Karbowski; 7/Dylan Peck; 13/Creager (Clarkston/14));
*Milford (8-20-4); SP/ND-32/Barber
(RHP; Huron Valley Lutheran/11-Henry Ford CC; 7-1/3ip, 40BF, 8R/5er?,
13H, 8-BB, 11K); 2nd/LP-17/Stepaniak (RHP/OF; Detroit CC/12; 2/3ip,
4BF, 1R/1er, 2H, BB); 3rd-25/Wachsmuth (RF/RHP;
Hartland/11-Northwood; 1ip, 8BF, 4R/4er, 5H, 1-BB); 2H (25/Wachsmuth
(RF/RHP, B-R; Hartland/11-Northwood); 19/Ferguson-3 (LF, B-R; South
Lyon/11-Northwood); 6/Wilson (3B, B-R; Lakeland/11-Macomb CC);
5/Martin-4 (DH, B-L; South Lyon/12); 12/Felix-3 (1B, B-L;
Hartland/11-Lansing CC); 24/garcis (CF, B-R; South Lyon/13)); 2RBI
(8/Dallape-3 (sub-C, B-L Hartland/12)); 3B (25/Wachsmuth); 2B
(23/Morse (2B, B-L; Orchard Lake St Mary's/11-Heidelberg);
19/Ferguson);
*Jim's Recap
- 100 plate appearances, 87 at-bats, 21 runs, 40 hits, 19 strikeouts,
12 walks, 7 errors (ny count) and 25 LOB - Chief Pontiac Post 377
defeated Milford Post 216 13-8 in the first game of the 2012 American
Legion Class AA Championships in Adrian, MI. Blake Ordiway
(Holly/12-Alma) got the win for Cheief Pontiac while Andy Barber
(Huron Valley Lutheran/11-Henry Ford CC) took the loss. Between the
2 teams 12 players had multiple hits and 7 players had extra-base
hits.
Media Coverage (that I could
find)
#Adrian Daily Telegram -
#Midland Daily News -
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