Saturday, May 21st, 2011, 2pm JTG vs. Vellano Bros.

Tim C. was our starting pitcher on this sunny day and he only gave up two runs in the top of the first inning. Offensively, 18 batters came to the plate. Although it was a great team effort, a noteworthy mention was our 9th batter, Ryan S. who doubled to the left center field fence driving in three runs. The final score after the first inning was 14-2. In the top of the 2nd, Tim had three strikeouts to retire the side. Offensive moves to advance the score to 16-2: Adam walked, AJ, Nick B. and Tim singled, and Sean also singled driving in two runs. In the third inning, with Cramer still on the mound, Nick B made a quick out on the second batter. Jared N. caught a line drive as shortstop to make the second out, and stepped on second base to make a final out of the game, yet continued the ball by throwing it to first getting the batter thrown out, and if there were four outs, that would have been the fourth or a would be triple play. Mike P. walked and made it to second on a pass ball. Nick W.  also walked. Jared singled, AJ doubled driving in two runs, and Tim drove a ball at the pitcher which brought  in two more runs. In the 4th inning, Shane had his pitching debut. Jared caught a line drive and Tim got the ball in right field and threw the runner out at first. What a great long and fast throw! At the end of the inning the score was 20-2. Ryan L. was out 5th inning pitcher. The first batter singled, but the second batter grounded to the pitcher, where Ryan L. made the double play. The final out was a strikeout. Great work Ryan L.! AJ had a solo home run, Tim and Joey walked, and Nick B. and Ryan L. singled to end the inning with the score 22-2. In the 6th inning, Nick B. came into pitch. The first batter doubled and advanced to third, although a throw to Adam at third got the runner out a third as he went off the bag and was tagged out. Next,  AJ caught a pop fly. The final out of the game was a pop fly to Tim in right. Final score 22-2, great job boys, we are back on the winning side! Congratulations!

Saturday, May 14th, 2011, 8 pm JTG vs. VFW

AJ began as our starting pitcher with a strikeout and a walk. The third batter tripled driving in a run. The next player popped to Nick B. and he player on third stole home successfully. Following a walk, there was a strikeout to retire the side. Jared walked, Adam singled, and AJ walked. The next three batters were a strikeout, a fielders choice where they got the force at home and a pop out to the pitcher to end the first inning. The first batter of the second inning was hit by a pitch, yet was tagged out by Jared on an attempted steal to second. After a strikeout and two walks, Adam came into pitch and was able to make a strikeout for the third out. Ryan S. singled and stole second. Mike grounded to the pitcher advancing Ryan to third who in turn successfully stole home for our first run scored. At the end of the inning, the score was 2-1. After a line to second and a triple, VFW had a single which brought in another run. The batter then stole second on an overthrow. Adam had a strikeout, a walk, a single, a walked which brought in another run and a ground out to second. AJ, our second batter had a nice double and Tim singled driving in AJ. After two strikeouts, the score was 4-2 in VFW's favor. Defensively we had a strikeout, allowed a single, a pop fly was caught and a ground out to the pitcher retied the side. Nick B. got a single, Ryan L. grounded out to advance Nick B. Joey singled driving in a run. Adam singled then stole second and Joey stole third on an overthrow. The inning ended with a ground out to second and the score 4-3. In the fifth inning, Adam had three consecutive strikeouts and some noise was heard from the fans for his defense and Tim's solo home run, which is his second for the season. Nick B. was able to walk and steal second, but the rest of out batters went down on strikes tying the game 4-4. VFW had a single, bunted single, a walk, another single which drove in a run, a strikeout, and Joey tagged out a runner and a final strikeout to end the defensive side. Following a ground out, Jared had a single and so did Adam, the final two batters went down on a pop to the pitcher and a fielder's choice to end the game, 5-4, our fourth loss! Keep positive boys and give it your all!

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 6pm JTG vs. EHC

As the home team, Tim started off as our pitcher for this warm evening. EHC had a double to left, a triple driving in a run, a single driving in a run, a single who advanced to second and drove in a run for the first four batters. Tim struck out the next batter, there was a line out to Tim and a tag out at second by Tim to retire the side. Busy inning for Tim! Following a strikeout, Adam reached first on an error and stole second base on a pitching overthrow. Sean singled and stole second and Tim grounded out to first, yet drove in a run. The final batter struck out to end the inning 3-1. The Second inning defense was short and sweet with three consecutive strikeouts by Tim. Nick singled and Ryan L. singled and stole second while Nick stole third. The following batters struck out to end the inning. In the third inning, the batter grounded out to Tim, the second batter walked and was tagged out on an attempted steal. The third batter doubled. The final batter lined out to Tim. On to the offense: Following a strikeout, Sean grounded out to third and Tim to short stop. In the fourth inning, Tim allowed a single and a walk before three quick strikeouts. Joey grounded out to first, Nick struck out and Mike popped out to first to leading us into the fifth inning. Tim had an initial strikeout and then came a double who advanced to third. The third batter singled, driving in a run and a line drive to Adam at shortstop who threw to Ryan L. at first to make the second out. Nick W. caught a pop fly to right field to retire the side. Great job Nick! Jared doubled and the three other batters struck out. After two strikeouts and a walk, Adam came into pitch. He threw a strikeout to finish EHC. After two ground outs and a strike out, the game ended 5-1, our third loss.

Sunday, May 10, 2011 JTG vs. 99 10 am

As the visiting team our first three batters went down with a strikeout, a ground out, and a pop fly. Sean C. started off pitching to four batters bringing in his brother Tim with two strikeouts  and a run walked in with a final score of 3-0 with 99 leading at the end of the first inning. Tim started off the second inning with a walk and stole second on an overthrow. Sean had a double bringing in a run. Sean attempted to steal home but got tagged out. Nick singled and stole third as Ryan S. walked. Tim walked one batter then had three strikeouts to end the inning 3-1. In the third inning, Jared singled, Adam grounded out, although he advanced the runner, and AJ grounded out. Our final out was an aborted attempt at stealing. Defensively, Ryan L. caught a fly ball to center and Tim had two stikeouts. In the fourth inning, Tim made it to first on an error, Sean walked and Mike P. grounded out, yet advanced the runners into scoring position. Nick B. singled. A popfly and double play retired the side. Nick B. pitched the 4th inning. He walked 2 players, the next player had a double driving in a run, the next player grounded to Adam, although a run scored. There was another overthrow where a run scored, a single to centerfield, and a 3 run homerun over the centerfield fence by Abel from the 99. The final out was a popfly to Nick B. to end the inning 11-1. In the fifth inning our first three batters went down in a row. Ryan S. had his pitching debut. The first batter managed a single. Ryan L. tagged out the runner on an attempted steal to second base. The second out was made by Tim on a popfly to center field. The final out of the inning was made by Mike P. who caught a popfly. The sixth inning was short. Ryan L. walked, Tim hit a fielder's choice, and singled where Ryan L. was out at second base. Following a strikeout Mike P. singled and there was another strikeout to end the game. Final score 99 had 12 runs and  JTG had 1, our second loss. Hope all mothers have a Happy Mother's Day! We are proud of our boys.

Saturday, May 7, 2011 JTG vs. Daily Gazette 6pm

Tim C. started off as our opening pitcher with 2 strike outs and a ground ball to AJ who threw the runner out at first. Offensively, Adam T. made a drive to third base, AJ walked and Tim singled and advanced to first driving in AJ to make the score 1-0 at the bottom of the first inning. Ryan L. made his majors pitching debut. After two runs scored, AJ was brought in and made two strikeouts and Sean caught the fly ball to end the inning. Sean had a solo home run over the left centerfield fence! Following Sean, two ground outs and a strikeout retired the side. The third inning was our defensive and offensive inning.  AJ had  one strikeout, a ground ball was hit to Adam for the second out, and pop fly to Tim at first base was the third out. Jared and Adam both singled, AJ walked and Sean tripled bringing in 3 runs. He was then able to steal home. Nick B. singled and Shane walked before our last out, leaving the score 4-2. In the 4th inning, one ground out was made by Jared at third base, and two groundouts were made by Nick B. at second base. AJ singled, but offensively we had two ground outs and a pop fly that was caught. In the 5th inning, Nick B. pitched and had three strikeouts. Joey walked and Sean singled. The inning ended with a pop fly, a strikeout and a tag out at first. The sixth inning kept us fans on the edge of our seats. Adam came into pitch (Enter Sandman was playing)  and the first batter doubled to centerfield and stole to third base. The second batter was struck out. The third batter grounded out to Sean at first, yet a run was driven in. The next batter was able to make it to first base on an error by the centerfielder and advanced to second on an interference call by the umpire. The next batter was able to also reach first base on an error advancing the tying run to third base. The final batter struckout to end the game with another victory for JTG against DG 6-5.

Saturday April 20 6pm JTG vs. JMS

With the nice sunny evening and warmer temperatures, JTG were ready to fight and win. Adam started us off as our pitcher with two strike outs. Ryan L. made a nice play in right field by sending the ball home to cut off a run. AJ headed off a line drive allowing only two runs to score for the first inning. On the offense, Jared was able to make it to second on an error from his pop fly, Adam also made it to second on an error, which brought home Jared. AJ walked and Sean tripled bringing in two runs to tie the game. In the 2nd inning, Adam had three strikeouts in a row, short and sweet. Although our players tried their best, we had a stikeout and two ground outs to end the inning. The 3rd inning was a busy one, with Tim making the play at first, Ryan L. catching a flyout to right field and Nick making a fielder's choice at second. Zach T. from JMS had a solo home run to left field! Adam walked and Tim doubled bringing home Adam. Joe walked and Sean singled, but Tim was tagged out at third. The inning ended 4-3, JTG in lead. In the 4th inning, AJ made an out on a ground ball as shortstop, Nick made an out at second by tagging the runner and Adam had a strikeout. Our offense went down with two strikeouts and a ground out. In the 5th inning, Adam still was pitching strong and had one stikeout. There was a pop fly to Nick B. at second base and a hit to centerfield  by JMS tied the game on an error. Jared was able to get the last out at 3rd to retire the side. AJ singled and stole to second, there were two ground outs and a play at third on a stolen base that lead us into the next inning. In the 6th inning, JMS made a gorundout to AJ as pitcher and two pop outs to first made by Tim to hold our defense. Shane started us off with a single hit to left field, Nick B. singled, Ryan L. walked and the inning ended with a groundout to third sending us into a tie-breaking inning. AJ made two strikeouts and a ground ball to Nick B. at second retired the defense. Adam started off the 7th inning by getting hit by a pitch and being sent to first base. He then stole second. AJ grounded out advancing Adam to third base. Tim singled sending Adam home and ended the inning and game with a victory over JMS 5-4. What a well played game and a true team effort!

Thursday April 28th 6pm JTG vs. ELKS

Tim started the first inning off with a strikeout and only gave up one run. On the offense, Adam and AJ had nice singles yet left the score at 1-0 Elks. In the 2nd inning Tim had another stike out on the defense. Sean and Shane were able to get on base with singles, but the Elks had a strong defense and ended the inning. In the 3rd inning, Tim had two stikeouts and Adam made an out at first for our defense. Adam hit a double but was the only player to make it on base. In the 4th inning, Tim had two stike outs and a fly ball was caught by AJ leaving the score at 2-0 Elks. Our first three batters went down with 2 strikeouts and a groundout. The 5th inning was short with Tim having three strikeouts in a row, yet the ELKS stuck out our three the same way. The 6th inning AJ came into pitch and had one strikeout and Jared had an out at second base, although the Elks brought in some more runs. Ryan S. had a single, with no other player making it on base. The final score was 5-0, ELKS Victory, our first loss.