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0625all-stars
Division 2 Tournament
10-11s CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug. 2 in Fremont
Albany 2 Saratoga 1
(Albany wins state championship!)
Recap:
Albany took the lead in the top of the first inning when Matthew Mino hit a ground-rule
double over the right fielder
with one out, then stole third and scored on a passed ball.
Albany scored its second run with two outs in the top of the 4th inning
when Nick Kubler legged out an
infield single,
and Arlo Rudy took the next
pitch down the right field line for a run-scoring triple. In the bottom
of the inning,
Saratoga got the first three hitters on, but Rudy struck out the next
three Saratoga batters. He allowed one run on six hits
with five strike-outs and one walk in five innings.
Ben Kleven came on to pitch the
sixth, and with a runner on first and no outs got a double play when
Rudy caught a
line drive at second and threw to Alex
Oyle at first to double off the runner. The next batter hit a
ground ball that
Alex Rowland ranged to his
left to secure, and the Albany third baseman fired to first for the
final out.
Albany All-Stars
2008 RECORD:
27-10
2008 TITLES:
1 Division II (10s-11s)
1 Section 1 (10s-11s)
2 District 4 (Juniors, 10s-11s)
JUNIORS (District 4 Champion &
Section 1 Runner-up; Record: 7-1)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 8 North Oakland 0
July 3 -- Albany 9
Clayton Valley 3
July 7 -- Albany 5
South Oakland 2
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 9 -- Albany 9
South Oakland 5
(Albany wins District 4 championship.)
Section 1 Results:
POOL PLAY
July 12 -- Albany 11
Benicia 1
July 13 -- Albany 11 Vacaville
Central 1
SEMIFINALS
July 15 -- Albany 2 Healdsburg 1
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 17 -- Albany 0 Benicia 6
(Albany is eliminated)
Players:
Colin Armstrong
Zachary Chiang
Garrett Freeberg
Nathan Gill
Griffin Goetz
Kyle Harty Strang
Paul Kennedy
Nick Lamb
Marcellus Love
Ryan Masterson
Tom Miller
Jesse Santos
Marquess Valdez
Patrick Xu
Manager:
Marco Santos
Coaches:
Ken Chiang
Stephen De Gange
Recaps:
July 1 -- Albany 8 North
Oakland 0
Albany ..........
0 0 0 - 0 3 5 - 0 ... 8 9 1
North Oakland 0 0 0 - 0 0
0 - 0 ... 0 2 2
Ryan Masterson pitched a
two-hit shutout and scored the game's first run in the fifth inning to
lead Albany past
one of its archrivals.
Masterson gave up a pair of singles with two outs in the bottom of the
second inning
but struck out the next batter looking to get out of the jam. He
retired the last 11 North Oakland batters
and finished with eight strikeouts -- including five in a row in the
fourth and fifth
innings.
Albany broke open a scoreless game by batting around in the fifth and
sixth innings. Masterson led
off the three-run fifth inning with a single to right center, moved
to second base on Colin
Armstrong's sacrifice bunt and
scored on Patrick Xu's double
that eluded the diving North Oakland center fielder.
After Jesse Santos was hit by
a pitch and Paul Kennedy was
safe on a error by the shortstop to load
the bases, Zachary Chiang
walked to score the second run, and Kyle
Harty Strang singled to drive in the
third run of the inning.
Albany broke the game open with five runs in the sixth inning. Santos
hit a bloop to left center to score the first run.
Nathan Gill drove in the second run with a line drive to left
field for his second hit of the game. Two more runs came in on
Marcellus Love's single to center field, and Garrett Freeberg closed out the
scoring with
an RBI single to left field.
July 3 -- Albany 9
Clayton Valley 3
Clayton Valley 1 0
0 - 0 2
0 - 0 ... 3 4 2
Albany ..........
0 0 0 - 2 0 7 - x ... 9 12 2
Albany rallied for seven runs
in the bottom of the sixth to move into the final of the winner's
bracket on Monday at Memorial Park.
Marquess Valdez singled with one out, took second base on a wild
pitch and was safe on a close play at third when winning pitcher Nathan Gill
hit a ball off the leg of the pitcher. Marcellus
Love singled home Valdez with the tying run, and Patrick Xu's RBI single scored Gill
with the go-ahead run. Love scored when
Nick Lamb executed a perfect suicide squeeze and was safe when
the ball was thrown
away at first base. Jesse Santos
broke the game open with a two-run double down the left-field line.
Albany closed out the scoring
on RBI singles by Kyle Harty Strang
and Griffin Goetz.
Gill allowed only one run in six innings on the mound. He left with
Albany leading, 2-1, and returned in the top of the fifth inning
with the scored tied, 2-2, and the bases loaded and no outs. He got the
first batter out on a sacrifice fly to
Paul Kennedy in right center,
induced the second batter to hit a grounder to Harty Strang for a
force out at home
and got out of the inning on soft line drive to Santos at shortstop.
Albany had taken a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth when Harty
Strang walked, Kennedy was safe at second on
an error, and Garrett Freeberg
drove both runners home with a single to left field.
Freeberg had made a key play in the top of the inning. With Clayton
Valley leading, 1-0, Freeberg nailed a runner
at home after backing up on an overthrow at third base.
July 7 -- Albany 5 South
Oakland 2
South Oakland 0 0
0 - 0 0 2 - 0 ... 2 6 7
Albany ..........
2 0 2 - 0 0 1 - x ... 5 3 2
Ryan Masterson won his second
game of the tournament, limiting South Oakland to two unearned runs in
six innings on the mound. He struck out seven batters before giving way
to reliever Jesse Santos, who
struck out
three batters in the seventh inning after walking the first batter and
earned the save.
Albany took advantage of some poor South Oakland fielding to jump out
to a 4-0 lead after
three innings. In the first inning, Santos walked with one out, was
safe at second when the South Oakland second baseman
was ruled to have obstructed Santos on his way to second base on Kyle Harty Strang's infield grounder.
Santos scored on Nathan Gill's
single to right field, and Harty Strang came home when the South
Oakland catcher's
toss back to the pitcher was thrown away. In the third inning, Patrick Xu walked, and Santos was
safe
when the South Oakland left fielder dropped his line drive. Both Albany
runners came home when
the South Oakland shortstop drew away the ball on Gill's ground ball.
South Oakland scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning, but
Santos got Albany out of the inning
without further damage when his throw from center field nailed the
South Oakland runner trying to
score from second base for the third out of the inning.
Albany's fifth run came in the bottom of the sixth inning when
pinchrunner Garrett Freeberg
was safe at home on a wild pitch.
July 9 -- Albany 9 South
Oakland 5
Albany
..........
0 7 0 - 1 0 0 - 1 ... 9 16 1
South Oakland 0 0
2 - 0
0 1 - 2 ... 5 8 5
Albany completed a four-game sweep of the District 4 Tournament with a
9-5 win over defending champion South Oakland.
Albany chased the SOLL starting pitcher, sending 13 batters to the
plate and scoring seven runs in the second
inning. Nathan Gill,
Tom Miller and Garrett Freeberg
loaded the
bases, and Paul Kennedy drove
in the first run with a sacrifice fly to deep left field.
Griffin Goetz singled to load the bases, and Zach Chiang drove in a run on a
forceout. With two out, Patrick Xu
singled to drive in a run, Jesse
Santos drove in two runs with a single to left field, and Gill's
2-run RBI double closed out the scoring.
Pitchers Miller, Xu and Gill worked in and out of trouble all evening.
Miller, the winning pitcher,
got out of based-loaded jams
in the first and third innings, and Xu, who relieved Miller in the
fourth, had the bases loaded in his
first inning of work and
retired the side on an infield grounder. Gill came on to close the game
and retired the
last three batters after South Oakland
had pulled to within 9-5 with a runner on second base and no outs.
Albany had many chances to break open the game but only added two runs.
The eighth Albany run scored on an overthrow
by the South
Oakland catcher to third base in the fourth inning, and Xu drove in the
ninth run in
the top of the seventh inning
with his fourth hit of the game.
July 11 -- Albany 11 Benicia 1
Benicia 0 0 1 - 0 0
...
1 2 1
Albany 0 0 5 - 6 x ... 11
12 0
Ryan Masterson won his third
game of all-star play, firing a two-hitter in four innings of work in
the Section 1 opener.
Tom Miller retired the side in
order to close out the game shortened by the mercy rule.
Albany took the lead with five runs in the bottom of the third. Jesse Santos was safe on an error,
and Kyle Harty-Strang and
Nathan Gill singled to load
the bases. Albany went ahead on walks to Garrett Freeberg and Paul Kennedy.
Zachary Chiang singled in two runners, and Kennedy scored on a
wild pitch to complete the scoring.
In the fourth, Albany again sent 10 batters to the plate. After Harty
Strang walked, and Gill singled for his third hit of the game,
Freeberg drove in Harty Strang with a single. Marcellus Love singled to load the
bases, and Albany broke the game open
when Chiang singled to score one run, and Patrick Xu and Santos had 2-run RBI.
July 13 -- Albany 11 Vacaville
Central 1
Albany ................ 0
2 5 - 1 3 ... 11 11 0
Vacaville Central 1 0 0
- 0 0 ... 1 4 3
Albany improved to 6-0 in all-star play and moved into the semifinals
of the Section 1 Tournament with its second blowout win
in two days. Zachary Chiang
and Patrick Xu combined to
throw a four-hitter. Albany got out of trouble in the first
inning when catcher Marcellus Love
threw out a runner trying to take third base on a strikeout, and Chiang
picked
off a runner at second base. Chiang got out of trouble in the second
inning by striking out three batters. He
finished with six strikeouts in three innings. Xu needed only 13
pitches to hurl two scoreless innings.
All outs were recorded on groundballs, including a 6-4-3 double play.
Albany took the lead in the second inning when Paul Kennedy doubled to right center
and scored when Chiang was safe
on an error by the third baseman. Chiang scored on Xu's sacrifice fly
to left field.
Albany broke the game open with five runs in the third inning. Love
drove in Nathan Gill with a
single, and
Kennedy again doubled to drive in Garrett
Freeberg and Love. After Chiang and Nick Lamb
singled, Jesse Santos drove
home two more runners with a single to make the score 7-1.
Kennedy extended Albany's lead to 8-1 with a 320-foot home run over the
fence in left center in the fourth inning,
and Gill cleared the bases in the fifth with a double, scoring Tom Miller, Santos and Kyle Harty Strang.
July 15 -- Albany 2 Healdsburg
1
Healdsburg 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 - 0 ... 1 6 1
Albany ...... 0 0 0 - 1 1 0 - x ... 2 3 2
Albany moved into the Section 1 championship game with a nail-biting
victory over Healdsburg. It got RBI singles from
Paul Kennedy and Kyle Harty Strang to rally from a
1-0 deficit. But as it has been throughout Albany's 7-0 run in
all-star play, its defense was the difference.
Albany got out of a jam in the third inning when starting pitcher Nathan Gill put down the tag on
catcher Marcellus Love's throw
to get the third out on a Healdsburg runner trying to score on a wild
pitch. Shortstop Jesse Santos
recorded 6-4 and 6-3 double plays
to erase threats in the fourth and fifth innings. In the sixth inning,
Kennedy, the center fielder, chased down a ball hit to deep right
center.
Gill pitched the first four innings before being relieved by Patrick Xu in the fifth inning. With
one out in the seventh
inning, Santos came on with runners on first and second. After the
first batter hit a bloop single to center field to load the
bases, Santos got the second out when Love made a sprawling catch on a
foul ball behind the plate. After
falling behind 2-0 and then 3-1 in the count, Santos induced
Healdsburg's cleanup batter to ground out to Gill at third base
on a 3-2 pitch and end the game.
Albany was limited to three singles. Santos led off the fourth inning
with a walk and scored from third on Kennedy's
two-out single. In the fifth inning, Xu blooped a two-strike curve ball
down the left-field line for a single and raced to
third when Santos grounded out to second base on a hit-and-run play.
With two outs, Harty Strang beat out a grounder
deep into the hole at shortstop for the go-ahead run.
July 17 -- Albany 0 Benicia 6
Benicia 0 1 0 - 0 3 2 - 0
... 6 5 0
Albany 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0
... 0 6 7
Albany's run in the Junior League All-Stars Tournament ended one game
shy of the state championship
when it fell to Benicia in a rematch of their opening game won by
Albany, 11-1.
Albany's fielding, the cornerstone of its success throughout its
seven-game run, deserted it in the Section 1 championship.
All six Benicia runs were unearned. Albany outhit Benicia, 6-5, and had
several other well-hit balls
caught by Benicia fielders.
The 14-year-old age group finished its Albany career having won the
district or finished second every year (champions as 11s
and 14s and second as 10s and 12s). The team included seven 13-year-old
players who are eligible to return in 2009.
LITTLE LEAGUE (11s-12s) ( (District 4 Runner-up; Record: 4-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 2 -- Albany 12 East County 10
July 5 -- Albany 16 Pinole-Hercules 8
July 8 -- Albany
12 Concord American 4
July 10 -- Albany 5
Alameda 6
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 11 -- Albany 7
Walnut Creek 0
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 12 -- Albany 2 Alameda 8
(Albany is eliminated)
Players:
Calvin Bernard
Noah Bremer
Shan Warren Dhaliwal
Joe Franco
Carl Jacobs
Gideon Lebowitz
Cole Martiniak
Eian Peters
Kai Rasmussen
Robin Rosenberg
James Stoner
Reed Thomas-McLean
Sami Tuqan
Robert Wu
Manager:
Matt Bremer
Coaches:
Brian Bernard
Joe Franco
Chris McLean
10s-11s #1 (Division II, Section I & District 4
Champion; Record: 11-1)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 2 -- Albany 6
Clayton Valley #1 0
July 7 -- Albany 11
South Oakland 4
July 9 -- Albany 4 Alameda #2 5
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 10 -- Albany 6 Clayton
Valley #1 1
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 11 -- Albany 15 Alameda #2 0
July 12 -- Albany 5 Alameda #2 0
(Albany wins championship.)
Section 1 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 17 -- Albany 3
Mark West 2
July 18 -- Albany 12 Vacaville
Central 4
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 20 -- Albany 13 Benicia 10
(Albany wins championship.)
Division II Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 27 -- Albany 13 Danville 9
July 30 -- Albany 11 Saratoga 5
CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug. 2 -- Albany 2
Saratoga 1
(Albany wins state championship!)
Players:
Jesse Barber
Collin Calloway
Daniel Dempster
Jack Johnson
Ben Kleven
Nick Kubler
Kye Moffatt
Matthew Mino
Alex Oyle
Alex Rowland
Arlo Rudy
Emmett Smay
Manager:
Marcelo Mino
Coaches:
Alex Oyle
Steve Sutcher
Recaps:
July 2 -- Albany 6 Clayton
Valley 0
Daniel Dempster, Alex Rowland, Ben Kleven and Arlo Rudy combined on a 5-hit
shutout. Emmett Smay paced
Albany's offense
with two hits and two RBI. Nick Kubler
recorded the last out by making a sliding catch against the right-field
fence.
July 7 -- Albany 11 South
Oakland 4
Albany opened up a tightly contested game in the sixth inning by
exploding for seven runs on eight hits. The game
went into the sixth inning tied at 4-4 thanks to a 2-run blast off of
the bat of Arlo Rudy in the top of the fifth.
Alex Rowland, Jack Johnson and Kye Moffat combined to go 8-for-12
with four RBI and five runs scored.
July 9 -- Albany 4 Alameda #2 5
July 10 -- Albany 6 Clayton
Valley #1 1
July 11 -- Albany 15 Alameda #2 0
July 12 -- Albany 5 Alameda #2 0
After dropping to the loser's bracket by suffering a 5-4 loss at the
hands of Alameda, Albany secured
its second consecutive district championship by winning its next three
contests by a combined 26-1 score.
In the first game, Alex Rowland,
Ben Kleven and Matthew Mino took the mound and
limited Clayton Valley to
one unearned run on two hits. Emmett
Smay delivered the big hit, driving in two runs in the first
inning to make the score 4-0.
Albany won the first game of the championship series, 15-0, behind
stellar pitching from Arlo Rudy,
who allowed only
three hits with eight strikeouts and two walks. Alex Oyle drove a ball to the fence
in right center field during a
nine-run explosion in the ninth.
In the game that determined the district champion, Albany kept Alameda
scoreless for the second consecutive day
behind great defense and dominant pitching performances from Daniel Dempster and Kleven. With
Albany up 2-0
in the first and Alameda threatening to shorten the lead, Rowland
caught a line drive to third and quickly flipped a
strike to pick off the runner at second. Another Albany double play
stopped an Alameda threat in the bottom of the fourth
when Rudy fielded a grounder at second, stepped on the bag, and threw
to
first to end the inning. In the fifth inning,
with the score still close at 2-0, Rowland cut a runner down at home to
preserve the shutout. Albany then got some
breathing room in the sixth by scoring three times. Mino scored his
second run of the game on a Kye
Moffat base hit to left,
then Smay brought home Collin Calloway
and Moffat with a double. Dempster went 4 and 2/3 innings before giving
way
to Kleven, who retired all four batters that he faced.
July 20 -- Albany 13 Benicia 10
Benicia 2 0 2 - 4 2 0 ...
10 9 0
Albany 1 3 1 - 0 8 x ...
13 12 2
Albany's 10s-11s became the youngest Albany team to ever win a
sectional title when they rallied for eight runs --
six with two outs -- in the bottom of the fifth inning to defeat
Benicia, 13-10, in the Section 1 championship game and
move on to Division II (state championship) tournament, beginning next
weekend in Fremont.
Benicia had pulled ahead, 10-5, going into the bottom of the fifth
inning when Collin Calloway
hit a two-run home run
to pull Albany to within 10-7. With two outs, Matthew Mino doubled and Alex Rowland and Jack Johnson walked. In
the game's key play, Mino scored on a close play at home on a wild
pitch on Johnson's walk to make the score 10-8.
Kai Moffat hit the first of
four straight doubles to make the score 10-9. Emmett Smay drove in the tying and
go-ahead
runs with a double to right center, and Alex Oyle and Calloway added RBI
doubles.
Ben Kleven, who got the victory
in relief, got out of a jam in the top of sixth thanks in part to a
tremendous play by
Rowland on a ground ball at third base.
July 27 -- Albany 13 Danville 9
Albany outlasted Danville in the first game of the Northern California
state championship tournament. Arlo
Rudy and
Matthew Mino
each went 2-4. Rudy scored three runs and drove in two, while Mino
scored two runs and drove in three.
Jack
Johnson had
the big hit of the game when he belted a 2 -run blast well over the
centerfield wall in the fourth inning.
Albany's defense continued to
impress with a second inning 4-6-3 double play. It cut down a runner at
second
and then at home in the fourth inning. Albany pitchers Rudy, Alex Rowland, Ben Kleven and Daniel Dempster
struck out nine
Danville batters.
Aug. 2 -- Albany 2 Saratoga 1
Albany took the lead in the top of the first inning when Matthew Mino hit a ground-rule
double over the right fielder
with one out, then stole third and scored on a passed ball.
Albany scored its second run with two outs in the top of the 4th inning
when Nick Kubler legged out an
infield single,
and Arlo Rudy took the next
pitch down the right field line for a run-scoring triple. In the bottom
of the inning,
Saratoga got the first three hitters on, but Rudy struck out the next
three Saratoga batters. He allowed one run on six hits
with five strike-outs and one walk in five innings.
Ben Kleven came on to pitch the
sixth, and with a runner on first and no outs got a double play when
Rudy caught a
line drive at second and threw to Alex
Oyle at first to double off the runner. The next batter hit a
ground ball that
Alex Rowland ranged to his
left to secure, and the Albany third baseman fired to first for the
final out.
10s-11s #2 (Record: 1-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 0
Lafayette 13
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 3 -- Albany 11
Clayton Valley #2 3
July 5 -- Albany 0
Clayton Valley #1 4
(Albany is eliminated.)
Players:
Henry Bazakas
Jacob Beckman
Michael Castillo
Christian Fargeix
Josh Goldman-Waters
Daniel Hibbard-Lubow
Ray Karam
Miles MacClure
Zach Obstfeld
Rowan O'Connell-Gates
Liam Pauley
Reilly Seban
Nick Sternad
Dylan Stevens
Alternate:
Sam Kreisberg
Manager:
Andy Hanauer
Coaches:
Paul Couenhoven
Chris McLean
Recaps:
July 3 -- Albany 11
Clayton Valley #2 3
Miles
MacClure and Jacob Beckman
combined to allow three hits -- Jacob pitched the final
3 and 2/3 innings
and did not allow a base hit.
Albany leapt out of the gate by having their first four reach base in
the top of the first. Christian
Fargeix led off with
a single, Nick Sternad walked,
Daniel Hibbard-Lubow doubled,
driving in two, MacClure tripled, driving in one, and
Zach Obsfeldt hit a hard
line-drive sacrifice fly.
The hitting stars were: Hibbard-Lubow (3-3 with a single, double,
triple and sacrifice fly and 3 RBIs), MacClure
(3-4 with a single, double, and a triple with 2 RBIs) and Obsfeldt (2-3
with a single, double, and a sac fly with 2 RBI).
Beckman and Ray Karam hit
doubles.
The defense was stellar, with particularly strong play by Dylan Stevens
at third base.
9s-10s #1 (Record: 3-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 9
Alameda #2 8
July 7 -- Albany 10
Continental 9
July 9 -- Albany 9 Lafayette 7
July 11 -- Albany 0
Alameda #1 10
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 12 -- Albany 0
Lafayette 9
(Albany is eliminated.)
Players:
Grady Camps
Nathan Greco
Max Katz-Balmes
Liam Knowles
Dixon Layton
Marrion Love
Ihson Nassari
Leo Pollack
Henry Rosenfeld
Avery Tonkyn
Austin Warren
Sevrin Weiss
Jordan Williams
Manager:
David Dhaliwal
Coaches:
Duane Focht
Romell Williams
Recaps:
July
1 -- Albany 9
Alameda #2 8
Albany rallied to beat Alameda on a 2-run walk-off single by Marrion Love in the bottom of the
sixth inning. Alameda led, 8-3,
going into the bottom of the fifth when Jordan Williams led off with a
single, followed by
three consecutive batters – Love, Liam
Knowles and Henry Rosenfeld
– safely reaching first base to score one
run. Nathan Greco then hit a
towering sacrifice fly to deep right center to score a second
run. Max
Katz-Balmes then hit a sharp grounder to shortstop which was
bobbled, allowing another run to score, followed
by another run-scoring ground ball up the middle by Austin Warren.
With Albany now trailing by only one run, Williams struck out three
batters to hold Alameda scoreless in the
top of the sixth. In the bottom of the inning, Grady Camps walked and reached third
base on wild pitches.
Williams then walked and stole second to set the stage for Love’s
game-winning smash single in the hole between short and third.
July 7 -- Albany 10
Continental 9
Albany got off to a quick start by scoring five runs in the top of the
first on aggressive base-running by leadoff batter,
Max Katz-Balmes, and singles by
Avery Tonkyn, Jordan Williams and Ihson Nassiri. In the top of
the fourth,
Sevrin Weiss and Henry Rosenfeld scored on a two-out
single by Austin Warren and
then Grady Camps
knocked in Warren with a drive up the middle. Weiss and Rosenfeld
both scored again in the fifth when Leo
Pollack
smashed a double over the head of Continental’s
centerfielder.
Continental came back with five runs in the bottom of the fifth to make
the game close. Weiss made a game-saving,
over-the-shoulder catch of a deep fly to center with the bases loaded
to end the inning. With Continental now trailing
by only one run in the bottom of the sixth, closer Jordan Williams got three
consecutive batters to ground out,
but not without some great defense at second base from Avery Tonkyn.
9s-10s #2 (Record: 1-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 17
Pinole-Hercules 7
July 7 -- Albany 1
Concord American 11
LOSER'S BRACKET
9s-10s: Albany 2 North
Oakland 3 (7 innings)
(Albany is eliminated.)
Roster:
Willy Bass
Oscar Brown
Elijzah Casanares
Josh Friedkin
Jeremiah Holmes
Cameron James
Orion Lewallen
Theo Lewis-Miller
Billy Treseler
Andrew Whittemore
Manager:
Jami James
Coaches:
Carl Bass
Bill Treseler
Recaps:
July 1 -- Albany #2 17 Pinole-Hercules 7
Josh Friedkin pitched four solid innings for the win, and Willie Bass and Billy Treseler completed the mound
work in the Albany win. Treseler, Friedkin, Bass, Jeremiah Holmes and Cameron James each recorded
multiple-hit games, while outfielders Theo
Lewis-Miller, Elijzah Casanares
and Orion Lewallen were
outstanding
in preventing several hard hit balls from hurting Albany. Andrew Whittemore was solid at
catcher and
Oscar Brown smoked a key hit in
the fourth inning to break the game open.
July 7 -- Albany #2 1 Concord
American 11
Albany mounted their only scoring threat in the fifth, when Billy Treseler singled sharply to
left,
advanced to third on Jeremiah Holmes'
booming double to left center, and scored on Cameron James' single.
Elijzah Casanares got two hits
and continued his strong play in center field, and Orion Lewallen pitched
well in his first outing of the tournament.
July 9 -- Albany #2 2 North
Oakland 3 (7 innings)
Albany bowed out of the tournament despite an outstanding pitching
performance by Cameron James,
who
allowed just three hits while striking out eight in four-plus innings.
Albany built a 2-0 lead in the third with Jeremiah Holmes
and Elijzah Casanares scoring.
Casanares tallied on an exciting steal of home. North Oakland
rallied with two runs in the fifth
to tie the game and won with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the
seventh for the win. Casanares continued his hot hitting
with two doubles and a single as he led Albany with seven hits for the
tournament. Willy Bass had a
perfect night at the plate
and turned a clutch double play to end a North Oakland rally in the
fifth inning.
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Juniors
June 24 -- Albany Mission Reds
19 Martinez Red Sox 5
June 26 -- Albany Mission Reds
11 North Oakland Athletics 1
June 28 -- Albany Mission Reds
10 Concord American 0
(Albany wins third straight Juniors TOC championship.)
The Mission Reds took the Junior Division crown with a convincing 10-0
victory over Concord American.
Albany sent nine batters to the plate and scored five runs in the
second inning on singles by Nikko
Edwards, Peter Schneider,
Marquess Valdez and a double by
Marcellus Love. The Mission
Reds scored another five
runs in the sixth on hits by Patrick Xu, Garrett Freeberg, David Jacobs and doubles by Marcellus Love and Daniel Baldassare
for the final margin of victory. Schneider got the win by pitching a
complete game shutout, yielding
only two hits and one walk. No Concord American runners reached second base.
The Mission Reds opened the tournament with a 19-4 victory
over Martinez in the quarterfinals on June 24. Albany trailed
3-2 before scoring three runs in the second, nine runs in the third and
five more runs in the fourth inning for the final
margin of victory. In the semifinals, the Mission Reds also won easily
by a score of 11-1 over North Oakland. Albany
took the lead in the top of the first inning by sending nine men to the
plate and scoring five
runs. Xu pitched a complete game victory, giving up only two hits and one unearned run.
The Mission Reds completed a 21-5 season by winning its final six
games, all of which were elimination games.
Majors
June 21 -- Albany Cubs 8 East
County Red Sox 1
June 23 -- Albany Cubs 5
Clayton Valley 4
June 25 -- Albany Cubs 8
Walnut Creek 4
June 28 -- Albany Cubs 4
Alameda Nationals 3
(Albany wins first Majors TOC championship.)
AAA
June 23 -- Albany White Sox 4
Clayton Valley White Sox 7
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The 2008 all-star season is just around the corner. Here is some
information for players and parents.
TEAMS.
Albany Little League selects two teams in the 9s-10s and 10s-11s categories and one
team
for both the Majors (11s-12s) and Juniors divisions (12s-14s). Teams
carry 11-14 players.
ELIGIBILITY.
Players must have played in 60 percent of their Little League games.
Strict rules govern participation in all-stars. Players are required to
submit three proofs of residency (from a list set by Little League) and
an original birth certificate.
MANAGERS & COACHES.
Albany Little League’s board of directors selects the managers and
coaches, taking into account, among other things, their experience,
success and availability. Teams can be together almost every day for as
long as seven or eight weeks.
Each team has one manager and two coaches (one coach if less than 13
players). Teams must begin a game with 13 players for the team to have
one manager and two coaches on the field.
PLAYER SELECTIONS.
The first nine players for the Juniors, Majors and the 10-11 #1 teams
are chosen by their peers, league players voting for their top nine
players in balloting held at the end of the season.
The first nine
players for the 9-10 #1 team are chosen by a vote of AAA managers and
coaches. The remaining players on these teams and all players on the
9-10 and 10-11 #2 teams are
chosen by their manager.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The all-star season begins with the announcement
of the selections on June 15 and practice for two or three weeks before
play begins in late June or early July.
COMPETITION.
All-Star competition begins with the District 4
tournament involving
teams in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. The tournament is
double-elimination, meaning a team must lose twice to be knocked out.
(Several Albany teams have come all the way back through the loser's
bracket after losing their opening game -- that is, they won six games
in six straight days -- to play in the district championship game.
SCHEDULES.
All District 4 schedules and brackets (all-stars and TOC) are available
at:
http://www.eteamz.com/California4/handouts/
HOME SCHEDULE.
Albany Little League will host a record number of all-star games at the
University Village and Memorial Park.
Volunteers are needed to help out with the many all-star games Albany
will be hosting. Team parents are expected to share with the
responsibilities of organizing home games.
Key volunteers for these games include tournament director,
scorekeeper, p.a. announcer and snack shack person.
District 4 All-Stars
Juniors
July 7
July 8
July 9 (Championship #1)
July 10 (Championship #2)
10s-11s
July 7
July 8
July 9
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS.
The Juniors, Majors and AAA league champions represent Albany in
District 4's Tournament
of Champions against other league champions from teams in parts of
Alameda and Contra Costa Counties in late June.
Teams play as many as four or five games in the knockout competition
(one loss and you’re out) before the winner is decided.
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Division 2 Tournament
10-11s CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug. 2 in Fremont
Albany 2 Saratoga 1
(Albany wins state championship!)
Recap:
Albany took the lead in the top of the first inning when Matthew Mino hit a ground-rule
double over the right fielder
with one out, then stole third and scored on a passed ball.
Albany scored its second run with two outs in the top of the 4th inning
when Nick Kubler legged out an
infield single,
and Arlo Rudy took the next
pitch down the right field line for a run-scoring triple. In the bottom
of the inning,
Saratoga got the first three hitters on, but Rudy struck out the next
three Saratoga batters. He allowed one run on six hits
with five strike-outs and one walk in five innings.
Ben Kleven came on to pitch the
sixth, and with a runner on first and no outs got a double play when
Rudy caught a
line drive at second and threw to Alex
Oyle at first to double off the runner. The next batter hit a
ground ball that
Alex Rowland ranged to his
left to secure, and the Albany third baseman fired to first for the
final out.
Albany All-Stars
2008 RECORD:
27-10
2008 TITLES:
1 Division II (10s-11s)
1 Section 1 (10s-11s)
2 District 4 (Juniors, 10s-11s)
JUNIORS (District 4 Champion &
Section 1 Runner-up; Record: 7-1)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 8 North Oakland 0
July 3 -- Albany 9
Clayton Valley 3
July 7 -- Albany 5
South Oakland 2
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 9 -- Albany 9
South Oakland 5
(Albany wins District 4 championship.)
Section 1 Results:
POOL PLAY
July 12 -- Albany 11
Benicia 1
July 13 -- Albany 11 Vacaville
Central 1
SEMIFINALS
July 15 -- Albany 2 Healdsburg 1
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 17 -- Albany 0 Benicia 6
(Albany is eliminated)
Players:
Colin Armstrong
Zachary Chiang
Garrett Freeberg
Nathan Gill
Griffin Goetz
Kyle Harty Strang
Paul Kennedy
Nick Lamb
Marcellus Love
Ryan Masterson
Tom Miller
Jesse Santos
Marquess Valdez
Patrick Xu
Manager:
Marco Santos
Coaches:
Ken Chiang
Stephen De Gange
Recaps:
July 1 -- Albany 8 North
Oakland 0
Albany ..........
0 0 0 - 0 3 5 - 0 ... 8 9 1
North Oakland 0 0 0 - 0 0
0 - 0 ... 0 2 2
Ryan Masterson pitched a
two-hit shutout and scored the game's first run in the fifth inning to
lead Albany past
one of its archrivals.
Masterson gave up a pair of singles with two outs in the bottom of the
second inning
but struck out the next batter looking to get out of the jam. He
retired the last 11 North Oakland batters
and finished with eight strikeouts -- including five in a row in the
fourth and fifth
innings.
Albany broke open a scoreless game by batting around in the fifth and
sixth innings. Masterson led
off the three-run fifth inning with a single to right center, moved
to second base on Colin
Armstrong's sacrifice bunt and
scored on Patrick Xu's double
that eluded the diving North Oakland center fielder.
After Jesse Santos was hit by
a pitch and Paul Kennedy was
safe on a error by the shortstop to load
the bases, Zachary Chiang
walked to score the second run, and Kyle
Harty Strang singled to drive in the
third run of the inning.
Albany broke the game open with five runs in the sixth inning. Santos
hit a bloop to left center to score the first run.
Nathan Gill drove in the second run with a line drive to left
field for his second hit of the game. Two more runs came in on
Marcellus Love's single to center field, and Garrett Freeberg closed out the
scoring with
an RBI single to left field.
July 3 -- Albany 9
Clayton Valley 3
Clayton Valley 1 0
0 - 0 2
0 - 0 ... 3 4 2
Albany ..........
0 0 0 - 2 0 7 - x ... 9 12 2
Albany rallied for seven runs
in the bottom of the sixth to move into the final of the winner's
bracket on Monday at Memorial Park.
Marquess Valdez singled with one out, took second base on a wild
pitch and was safe on a close play at third when winning pitcher Nathan Gill
hit a ball off the leg of the pitcher. Marcellus
Love singled home Valdez with the tying run, and Patrick Xu's RBI single scored Gill
with the go-ahead run. Love scored when
Nick Lamb executed a perfect suicide squeeze and was safe when
the ball was thrown
away at first base. Jesse Santos
broke the game open with a two-run double down the left-field line.
Albany closed out the scoring
on RBI singles by Kyle Harty Strang
and Griffin Goetz.
Gill allowed only one run in six innings on the mound. He left with
Albany leading, 2-1, and returned in the top of the fifth inning
with the scored tied, 2-2, and the bases loaded and no outs. He got the
first batter out on a sacrifice fly to
Paul Kennedy in right center,
induced the second batter to hit a grounder to Harty Strang for a
force out at home
and got out of the inning on soft line drive to Santos at shortstop.
Albany had taken a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth when Harty
Strang walked, Kennedy was safe at second on
an error, and Garrett Freeberg
drove both runners home with a single to left field.
Freeberg had made a key play in the top of the inning. With Clayton
Valley leading, 1-0, Freeberg nailed a runner
at home after backing up on an overthrow at third base.
July 7 -- Albany 5 South
Oakland 2
South Oakland 0 0
0 - 0 0 2 - 0 ... 2 6 7
Albany ..........
2 0 2 - 0 0 1 - x ... 5 3 2
Ryan Masterson won his second
game of the tournament, limiting South Oakland to two unearned runs in
six innings on the mound. He struck out seven batters before giving way
to reliever Jesse Santos, who
struck out
three batters in the seventh inning after walking the first batter and
earned the save.
Albany took advantage of some poor South Oakland fielding to jump out
to a 4-0 lead after
three innings. In the first inning, Santos walked with one out, was
safe at second when the South Oakland second baseman
was ruled to have obstructed Santos on his way to second base on Kyle Harty Strang's infield grounder.
Santos scored on Nathan Gill's
single to right field, and Harty Strang came home when the South
Oakland catcher's
toss back to the pitcher was thrown away. In the third inning, Patrick Xu walked, and Santos was
safe
when the South Oakland left fielder dropped his line drive. Both Albany
runners came home when
the South Oakland shortstop drew away the ball on Gill's ground ball.
South Oakland scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning, but
Santos got Albany out of the inning
without further damage when his throw from center field nailed the
South Oakland runner trying to
score from second base for the third out of the inning.
Albany's fifth run came in the bottom of the sixth inning when
pinchrunner Garrett Freeberg
was safe at home on a wild pitch.
July 9 -- Albany 9 South
Oakland 5
Albany
..........
0 7 0 - 1 0 0 - 1 ... 9 16 1
South Oakland 0 0
2 - 0
0 1 - 2 ... 5 8 5
Albany completed a four-game sweep of the District 4 Tournament with a
9-5 win over defending champion South Oakland.
Albany chased the SOLL starting pitcher, sending 13 batters to the
plate and scoring seven runs in the second
inning. Nathan Gill,
Tom Miller and Garrett Freeberg
loaded the
bases, and Paul Kennedy drove
in the first run with a sacrifice fly to deep left field.
Griffin Goetz singled to load the bases, and Zach Chiang drove in a run on a
forceout. With two out, Patrick Xu
singled to drive in a run, Jesse
Santos drove in two runs with a single to left field, and Gill's
2-run RBI double closed out the scoring.
Pitchers Miller, Xu and Gill worked in and out of trouble all evening.
Miller, the winning pitcher,
got out of based-loaded jams
in the first and third innings, and Xu, who relieved Miller in the
fourth, had the bases loaded in his
first inning of work and
retired the side on an infield grounder. Gill came on to close the game
and retired the
last three batters after South Oakland
had pulled to within 9-5 with a runner on second base and no outs.
Albany had many chances to break open the game but only added two runs.
The eighth Albany run scored on an overthrow
by the South
Oakland catcher to third base in the fourth inning, and Xu drove in the
ninth run in
the top of the seventh inning
with his fourth hit of the game.
July 11 -- Albany 11 Benicia 1
Benicia 0 0 1 - 0 0
...
1 2 1
Albany 0 0 5 - 6 x ... 11
12 0
Ryan Masterson won his third
game of all-star play, firing a two-hitter in four innings of work in
the Section 1 opener.
Tom Miller retired the side in
order to close out the game shortened by the mercy rule.
Albany took the lead with five runs in the bottom of the third. Jesse Santos was safe on an error,
and Kyle Harty-Strang and
Nathan Gill singled to load
the bases. Albany went ahead on walks to Garrett Freeberg and Paul Kennedy.
Zachary Chiang singled in two runners, and Kennedy scored on a
wild pitch to complete the scoring.
In the fourth, Albany again sent 10 batters to the plate. After Harty
Strang walked, and Gill singled for his third hit of the game,
Freeberg drove in Harty Strang with a single. Marcellus Love singled to load the
bases, and Albany broke the game open
when Chiang singled to score one run, and Patrick Xu and Santos had 2-run RBI.
July 13 -- Albany 11 Vacaville
Central 1
Albany ................ 0
2 5 - 1 3 ... 11 11 0
Vacaville Central 1 0 0
- 0 0 ... 1 4 3
Albany improved to 6-0 in all-star play and moved into the semifinals
of the Section 1 Tournament with its second blowout win
in two days. Zachary Chiang
and Patrick Xu combined to
throw a four-hitter. Albany got out of trouble in the first
inning when catcher Marcellus Love
threw out a runner trying to take third base on a strikeout, and Chiang
picked
off a runner at second base. Chiang got out of trouble in the second
inning by striking out three batters. He
finished with six strikeouts in three innings. Xu needed only 13
pitches to hurl two scoreless innings.
All outs were recorded on groundballs, including a 6-4-3 double play.
Albany took the lead in the second inning when Paul Kennedy doubled to right center
and scored when Chiang was safe
on an error by the third baseman. Chiang scored on Xu's sacrifice fly
to left field.
Albany broke the game open with five runs in the third inning. Love
drove in Nathan Gill with a
single, and
Kennedy again doubled to drive in Garrett
Freeberg and Love. After Chiang and Nick Lamb
singled, Jesse Santos drove
home two more runners with a single to make the score 7-1.
Kennedy extended Albany's lead to 8-1 with a 320-foot home run over the
fence in left center in the fourth inning,
and Gill cleared the bases in the fifth with a double, scoring Tom Miller, Santos and Kyle Harty Strang.
July 15 -- Albany 2 Healdsburg
1
Healdsburg 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 - 0 ... 1 6 1
Albany ...... 0 0 0 - 1 1 0 - x ... 2 3 2
Albany moved into the Section 1 championship game with a nail-biting
victory over Healdsburg. It got RBI singles from
Paul Kennedy and Kyle Harty Strang to rally from a
1-0 deficit. But as it has been throughout Albany's 7-0 run in
all-star play, its defense was the difference.
Albany got out of a jam in the third inning when starting pitcher Nathan Gill put down the tag on
catcher Marcellus Love's throw
to get the third out on a Healdsburg runner trying to score on a wild
pitch. Shortstop Jesse Santos
recorded 6-4 and 6-3 double plays
to erase threats in the fourth and fifth innings. In the sixth inning,
Kennedy, the center fielder, chased down a ball hit to deep right
center.
Gill pitched the first four innings before being relieved by Patrick Xu in the fifth inning. With
one out in the seventh
inning, Santos came on with runners on first and second. After the
first batter hit a bloop single to center field to load the
bases, Santos got the second out when Love made a sprawling catch on a
foul ball behind the plate. After
falling behind 2-0 and then 3-1 in the count, Santos induced
Healdsburg's cleanup batter to ground out to Gill at third base
on a 3-2 pitch and end the game.
Albany was limited to three singles. Santos led off the fourth inning
with a walk and scored from third on Kennedy's
two-out single. In the fifth inning, Xu blooped a two-strike curve ball
down the left-field line for a single and raced to
third when Santos grounded out to second base on a hit-and-run play.
With two outs, Harty Strang beat out a grounder
deep into the hole at shortstop for the go-ahead run.
July 17 -- Albany 0 Benicia 6
Benicia 0 1 0 - 0 3 2 - 0
... 6 5 0
Albany 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0
... 0 6 7
Albany's run in the Junior League All-Stars Tournament ended one game
shy of the state championship
when it fell to Benicia in a rematch of their opening game won by
Albany, 11-1.
Albany's fielding, the cornerstone of its success throughout its
seven-game run, deserted it in the Section 1 championship.
All six Benicia runs were unearned. Albany outhit Benicia, 6-5, and had
several other well-hit balls
caught by Benicia fielders.
The 14-year-old age group finished its Albany career having won the
district or finished second every year (champions as 11s
and 14s and second as 10s and 12s). The team included seven 13-year-old
players who are eligible to return in 2009.
LITTLE LEAGUE (11s-12s) ( (District 4 Runner-up; Record: 4-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 2 -- Albany 12 East County 10
July 5 -- Albany 16 Pinole-Hercules 8
July 8 -- Albany
12 Concord American 4
July 10 -- Albany 5
Alameda 6
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 11 -- Albany 7
Walnut Creek 0
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 12 -- Albany 2 Alameda 8
(Albany is eliminated)
Players:
Calvin Bernard
Noah Bremer
Shan Warren Dhaliwal
Joe Franco
Carl Jacobs
Gideon Lebowitz
Cole Martiniak
Eian Peters
Kai Rasmussen
Robin Rosenberg
James Stoner
Reed Thomas-McLean
Sami Tuqan
Robert Wu
Manager:
Matt Bremer
Coaches:
Brian Bernard
Joe Franco
Chris McLean
10s-11s #1 (Division II, Section I & District 4
Champion; Record: 11-1)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 2 -- Albany 6
Clayton Valley #1 0
July 7 -- Albany 11
South Oakland 4
July 9 -- Albany 4 Alameda #2 5
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 10 -- Albany 6 Clayton
Valley #1 1
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 11 -- Albany 15 Alameda #2 0
July 12 -- Albany 5 Alameda #2 0
(Albany wins championship.)
Section 1 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 17 -- Albany 3
Mark West 2
July 18 -- Albany 12 Vacaville
Central 4
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 20 -- Albany 13 Benicia 10
(Albany wins championship.)
Division II Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 27 -- Albany 13 Danville 9
July 30 -- Albany 11 Saratoga 5
CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug. 2 -- Albany 2
Saratoga 1
(Albany wins state championship!)
Players:
Jesse Barber
Collin Calloway
Daniel Dempster
Jack Johnson
Ben Kleven
Nick Kubler
Kye Moffatt
Matthew Mino
Alex Oyle
Alex Rowland
Arlo Rudy
Emmett Smay
Manager:
Marcelo Mino
Coaches:
Alex Oyle
Steve Sutcher
Recaps:
July 2 -- Albany 6 Clayton
Valley 0
Daniel Dempster, Alex Rowland, Ben Kleven and Arlo Rudy combined on a 5-hit
shutout. Emmett Smay paced
Albany's offense
with two hits and two RBI. Nick Kubler
recorded the last out by making a sliding catch against the right-field
fence.
July 7 -- Albany 11 South
Oakland 4
Albany opened up a tightly contested game in the sixth inning by
exploding for seven runs on eight hits. The game
went into the sixth inning tied at 4-4 thanks to a 2-run blast off of
the bat of Arlo Rudy in the top of the fifth.
Alex Rowland, Jack Johnson and Kye Moffat combined to go 8-for-12
with four RBI and five runs scored.
July 9 -- Albany 4 Alameda #2 5
July 10 -- Albany 6 Clayton
Valley #1 1
July 11 -- Albany 15 Alameda #2 0
July 12 -- Albany 5 Alameda #2 0
After dropping to the loser's bracket by suffering a 5-4 loss at the
hands of Alameda, Albany secured
its second consecutive district championship by winning its next three
contests by a combined 26-1 score.
In the first game, Alex Rowland,
Ben Kleven and Matthew Mino took the mound and
limited Clayton Valley to
one unearned run on two hits. Emmett
Smay delivered the big hit, driving in two runs in the first
inning to make the score 4-0.
Albany won the first game of the championship series, 15-0, behind
stellar pitching from Arlo Rudy,
who allowed only
three hits with eight strikeouts and two walks. Alex Oyle drove a ball to the fence
in right center field during a
nine-run explosion in the ninth.
In the game that determined the district champion, Albany kept Alameda
scoreless for the second consecutive day
behind great defense and dominant pitching performances from Daniel Dempster and Kleven. With
Albany up 2-0
in the first and Alameda threatening to shorten the lead, Rowland
caught a line drive to third and quickly flipped a
strike to pick off the runner at second. Another Albany double play
stopped an Alameda threat in the bottom of the fourth
when Rudy fielded a grounder at second, stepped on the bag, and threw
to
first to end the inning. In the fifth inning,
with the score still close at 2-0, Rowland cut a runner down at home to
preserve the shutout. Albany then got some
breathing room in the sixth by scoring three times. Mino scored his
second run of the game on a Kye
Moffat base hit to left,
then Smay brought home Collin Calloway
and Moffat with a double. Dempster went 4 and 2/3 innings before giving
way
to Kleven, who retired all four batters that he faced.
July 20 -- Albany 13 Benicia 10
Benicia 2 0 2 - 4 2 0 ...
10 9 0
Albany 1 3 1 - 0 8 x ...
13 12 2
Albany's 10s-11s became the youngest Albany team to ever win a
sectional title when they rallied for eight runs --
six with two outs -- in the bottom of the fifth inning to defeat
Benicia, 13-10, in the Section 1 championship game and
move on to Division II (state championship) tournament, beginning next
weekend in Fremont.
Benicia had pulled ahead, 10-5, going into the bottom of the fifth
inning when Collin Calloway
hit a two-run home run
to pull Albany to within 10-7. With two outs, Matthew Mino doubled and Alex Rowland and Jack Johnson walked. In
the game's key play, Mino scored on a close play at home on a wild
pitch on Johnson's walk to make the score 10-8.
Kai Moffat hit the first of
four straight doubles to make the score 10-9. Emmett Smay drove in the tying and
go-ahead
runs with a double to right center, and Alex Oyle and Calloway added RBI
doubles.
Ben Kleven, who got the victory
in relief, got out of a jam in the top of sixth thanks in part to a
tremendous play by
Rowland on a ground ball at third base.
July 27 -- Albany 13 Danville 9
Albany outlasted Danville in the first game of the Northern California
state championship tournament. Arlo
Rudy and
Matthew Mino
each went 2-4. Rudy scored three runs and drove in two, while Mino
scored two runs and drove in three.
Jack
Johnson had
the big hit of the game when he belted a 2 -run blast well over the
centerfield wall in the fourth inning.
Albany's defense continued to
impress with a second inning 4-6-3 double play. It cut down a runner at
second
and then at home in the fourth inning. Albany pitchers Rudy, Alex Rowland, Ben Kleven and Daniel Dempster
struck out nine
Danville batters.
Aug. 2 -- Albany 2 Saratoga 1
Albany took the lead in the top of the first inning when Matthew Mino hit a ground-rule
double over the right fielder
with one out, then stole third and scored on a passed ball.
Albany scored its second run with two outs in the top of the 4th inning
when Nick Kubler legged out an
infield single,
and Arlo Rudy took the next
pitch down the right field line for a run-scoring triple. In the bottom
of the inning,
Saratoga got the first three hitters on, but Rudy struck out the next
three Saratoga batters. He allowed one run on six hits
with five strike-outs and one walk in five innings.
Ben Kleven came on to pitch the
sixth, and with a runner on first and no outs got a double play when
Rudy caught a
line drive at second and threw to Alex
Oyle at first to double off the runner. The next batter hit a
ground ball that
Alex Rowland ranged to his
left to secure, and the Albany third baseman fired to first for the
final out.
10s-11s #2 (Record: 1-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 0
Lafayette 13
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 3 -- Albany 11
Clayton Valley #2 3
July 5 -- Albany 0
Clayton Valley #1 4
(Albany is eliminated.)
Players:
Henry Bazakas
Jacob Beckman
Michael Castillo
Christian Fargeix
Josh Goldman-Waters
Daniel Hibbard-Lubow
Ray Karam
Miles MacClure
Zach Obstfeld
Rowan O'Connell-Gates
Liam Pauley
Reilly Seban
Nick Sternad
Dylan Stevens
Alternate:
Sam Kreisberg
Manager:
Andy Hanauer
Coaches:
Paul Couenhoven
Chris McLean
Recaps:
July 3 -- Albany 11
Clayton Valley #2 3
Miles
MacClure and Jacob Beckman
combined to allow three hits -- Jacob pitched the final
3 and 2/3 innings
and did not allow a base hit.
Albany leapt out of the gate by having their first four reach base in
the top of the first. Christian
Fargeix led off with
a single, Nick Sternad walked,
Daniel Hibbard-Lubow doubled,
driving in two, MacClure tripled, driving in one, and
Zach Obsfeldt hit a hard
line-drive sacrifice fly.
The hitting stars were: Hibbard-Lubow (3-3 with a single, double,
triple and sacrifice fly and 3 RBIs), MacClure
(3-4 with a single, double, and a triple with 2 RBIs) and Obsfeldt (2-3
with a single, double, and a sac fly with 2 RBI).
Beckman and Ray Karam hit
doubles.
The defense was stellar, with particularly strong play by Dylan Stevens
at third base.
9s-10s #1 (Record: 3-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 9
Alameda #2 8
July 7 -- Albany 10
Continental 9
July 9 -- Albany 9 Lafayette 7
July 11 -- Albany 0
Alameda #1 10
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 12 -- Albany 0
Lafayette 9
(Albany is eliminated.)
Players:
Grady Camps
Nathan Greco
Max Katz-Balmes
Liam Knowles
Dixon Layton
Marrion Love
Ihson Nassari
Leo Pollack
Henry Rosenfeld
Avery Tonkyn
Austin Warren
Sevrin Weiss
Jordan Williams
Manager:
David Dhaliwal
Coaches:
Duane Focht
Romell Williams
Recaps:
July
1 -- Albany 9
Alameda #2 8
Albany rallied to beat Alameda on a 2-run walk-off single by Marrion Love in the bottom of the
sixth inning. Alameda led, 8-3,
going into the bottom of the fifth when Jordan Williams led off with a
single, followed by
three consecutive batters – Love, Liam
Knowles and Henry Rosenfeld
– safely reaching first base to score one
run. Nathan Greco then hit a
towering sacrifice fly to deep right center to score a second
run. Max
Katz-Balmes then hit a sharp grounder to shortstop which was
bobbled, allowing another run to score, followed
by another run-scoring ground ball up the middle by Austin Warren.
With Albany now trailing by only one run, Williams struck out three
batters to hold Alameda scoreless in the
top of the sixth. In the bottom of the inning, Grady Camps walked and reached third
base on wild pitches.
Williams then walked and stole second to set the stage for Love’s
game-winning smash single in the hole between short and third.
July 7 -- Albany 10
Continental 9
Albany got off to a quick start by scoring five runs in the top of the
first on aggressive base-running by leadoff batter,
Max Katz-Balmes, and singles by
Avery Tonkyn, Jordan Williams and Ihson Nassiri. In the top of
the fourth,
Sevrin Weiss and Henry Rosenfeld scored on a two-out
single by Austin Warren and
then Grady Camps
knocked in Warren with a drive up the middle. Weiss and Rosenfeld
both scored again in the fifth when Leo
Pollack
smashed a double over the head of Continental’s
centerfielder.
Continental came back with five runs in the bottom of the fifth to make
the game close. Weiss made a game-saving,
over-the-shoulder catch of a deep fly to center with the bases loaded
to end the inning. With Continental now trailing
by only one run in the bottom of the sixth, closer Jordan Williams got three
consecutive batters to ground out,
but not without some great defense at second base from Avery Tonkyn.
9s-10s #2 (Record: 1-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 17
Pinole-Hercules 7
July 7 -- Albany 1
Concord American 11
LOSER'S BRACKET
9s-10s: Albany 2 North
Oakland 3 (7 innings)
(Albany is eliminated.)
Roster:
Willy Bass
Oscar Brown
Elijzah Casanares
Josh Friedkin
Jeremiah Holmes
Cameron James
Orion Lewallen
Theo Lewis-Miller
Billy Treseler
Andrew Whittemore
Manager:
Jami James
Coaches:
Carl Bass
Bill Treseler
Recaps:
July 1 -- Albany #2 17 Pinole-Hercules 7
Josh Friedkin pitched four solid innings for the win, and Willie Bass and Billy Treseler completed the mound
work in the Albany win. Treseler, Friedkin, Bass, Jeremiah Holmes and Cameron James each recorded
multiple-hit games, while outfielders Theo
Lewis-Miller, Elijzah Casanares
and Orion Lewallen were
outstanding
in preventing several hard hit balls from hurting Albany. Andrew Whittemore was solid at
catcher and
Oscar Brown smoked a key hit in
the fourth inning to break the game open.
July 7 -- Albany #2 1 Concord
American 11
Albany mounted their only scoring threat in the fifth, when Billy Treseler singled sharply to
left,
advanced to third on Jeremiah Holmes'
booming double to left center, and scored on Cameron James' single.
Elijzah Casanares got two hits
and continued his strong play in center field, and Orion Lewallen pitched
well in his first outing of the tournament.
July 9 -- Albany #2 2 North
Oakland 3 (7 innings)
Albany bowed out of the tournament despite an outstanding pitching
performance by Cameron James,
who
allowed just three hits while striking out eight in four-plus innings.
Albany built a 2-0 lead in the third with Jeremiah Holmes
and Elijzah Casanares scoring.
Casanares tallied on an exciting steal of home. North Oakland
rallied with two runs in the fifth
to tie the game and won with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the
seventh for the win. Casanares continued his hot hitting
with two doubles and a single as he led Albany with seven hits for the
tournament. Willy Bass had a
perfect night at the plate
and turned a clutch double play to end a North Oakland rally in the
fifth inning.
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