Seadog News – May 4, 2011
14U Seadogs Take Three of Four!
Jonathan Shephard
Jonathan Shephard
May 4, 2010
The 14U GOLD squad enjoyed the weekend, winning three of four games behind the hot hitting of Jonathan Shepard, who went 11 for 15.
Seadogs 9, Royals Academy 5
Trailing 5-3 heading into the seventh, the Seadogs roared back with six runs to claim the opening victory. Sam D’Antuono (7 hits, 6 K’s) went the distance for the win. Shepard (4 for 4, double), John Carlson (3 for 4, double) and Ryan O’Donnell (2 for 4) paced the offense.
Royals Academy 8, Seadogs 7
Tied at three after seven, the Royals scored five times in the eighth and hung on for dear life as the Dogs scored four in the bottom half. Starter Steve Burke pitched five strong innings. Antonio Marini (3 for 4) led the way offensively, with two hits each from Matt Brazel, Kyle Holmberg and Sam D’Antuono.
Seadogs 12, Hit Doctor Diamonds 1
John Carlson dominated the HDD hitters in a 16 strikeout, three hit performance. Carlson added three hits including two doubles. Shepard (3 for 4, 2 doubles), Brazel (2 for 4) and Holmberg (2 for 4) were all part of the hit parade.
Seadogs 11, Hit Doctor Diamonds 6
Jonathan Shepard added three more hits while Marini, D’Antuono and Brazel each had a pair to conclude the sweep. Colin Jones got the win with five strong innings while Shepard (who else?) tossed the final two.
Luke Murphy
10U BLUE
The 10U BLUE played some solid baseball, winning three of four.
Seadogs 5, East Bridgewater Vikings 3 (8 innings)
Luke Murphy’s two-run double in the eighth was the decisive blow as the Dogs pulled out a hard fought win. Kayden McSheffrey fanned five over three innings of relief to garner the win.
Seadogs 14, East Bridgewater Vikings 12
Kyle Sylvester and Luke Murphy each had three hits and Gavyn White added two more as the Dogs outslugged the Vikings in game two.
Seadogs 9, SE Mass Thunder 4
Matt Hatfield was the winning pitcher in a five plus innings effort. Nate Robards led the offense as he banged out three hits.
SE Mass Thunder 16, Seadogs 6
The Dogs ran out of gas in the weekend’s finale as Kyle Sylvester’s three hits weren’t enough .
After dropping the opener of a four game NEBA weekend series with the USA Mavericks, the 13U BLUES won the final three.
USA Mavericks 10, Seadogs 4
The Seadogs were overly generous hosts in the first of the four game weekend series with USA Mavericks committing five errors and contributing six wild pitches and/or passed balls to the visitor’s cause. Mason Johnson (3 for 4, double) and Matt Cunningham (2 for 2, double) led the offense for the ‘Dogs.
Seadogs 14, USA Mavericks 10
The first four hitters who went to the plate all hit safely and scored as the Seadogs ran out to a 4-0 lead that they never relinquished. Nick Valicenti, Matt Cunningham and Robbie Robinson all had three hit efforts. Valicenti had a pair of RBI’s, Cunningham, a double and four RBI’s and Robinson, who was the starter and winning pitcher, had a triple leading off the four run explosion in the first inning.
Seadogs 17, USA Mavericks 4
The Seadogs made it two straight wins breaking up a 4-4 tie with six runs in the top of the fifth and seven more in the top of the sixth to ease to a 17-4 win. AJ Ferrara went 2-for-2 with a double, scored four times and drove in four others to power the attack and David Hutchins threw the complete game victory.
Seadogs 8, USA Mavericks 5
Another first inning explosion keyed the Seadogs’ third straight win as the one through five hitters reached and scored for a quick 5-0 lead. Nick Chapman and Robbie Robinson were both 2-for-4 and Stephen Cochrane drove in two. Tommy Larason started and got the win with three innings of one-hit/shutout relief from Matt Daly. Johnny Rorke came on to earn the save in the seventh.
In a NEBA weekend series, The Dogs dropped two at home on Saturday before winning a pair in Maine on Sunday.
USA Mavericks 15, Seadogs 8
The Dogs had plenty of offense but issued far too many free passes in the opening loss at Strong Field. Steve Gerhart (3 for 4, 2 runs, 2 SB’s), Matt Barry (3 for 4, 4 RBI), Ryan Jones (2 for 3, triple) and James Lawless (2 for 3, double, RBI,2 runs, SB) were all offensive contributors.
USA Mavericks 9, Seadogs 4
Brendan Pierce battled hard through four innings and had relief help from Andrew Scheim, but the Mavericks cruised to victory.
Seadogs 7, USA Mavericks 4
The Seadogs picked up a much needed victory behind a tremendous complete game effort from Matt Barry. Steve Gerhart remained hot with three hits and two runs scored. Ryan Jones had a big, two-run double off the fence in left and Joe Commesso went 1 for 3 with a key RBI hit.
Seadogs 9, USA Mavericks 0
The Seadogs finished the weekend strong with a mercy-rule win. Ricky Smith was solid on the mound, fanning five in a complete game effort.. Ethan Forrest (2 for 3, double, RBI), James Lawless (2 for 3, 2 runs), Matt Barry (hit, 2 runs, 2 RBI, SB) and Ryan Jones (long triple) all chimed in.
The Seadogs Gold 13U team went 1-3 in it’s weekend swing through the Ocean State.
Rhode Island Bears 13, Seadogs 3
On Saturday, at Brown University’s Murray Stadium, the RI Bears proved to be inhospitable hosts in the opener, crushing the Seadogs 13-3.
Seadogs 14, Rhode Island Bears 4
Hingham’s Greg Williamson continued to shine on the mound, picking up the win, with strong relief from Joe Divico. Geoff Stillman, Christopher DeGiacomo, Dan Sullivan and Charley Michalowski banged out eleven of the Dogs sixteen hits to pace the offense
SRI Mustangs 9, Seadogs 8
On Sunday, in W. Warwick, the Dogs lost a heartbreaker in the bottom of the sixth, 9-8. The Dogs had rallied to go ahead in the game in the top of the 7th , with big hits coming from Sullivan and Stillman.
SRI Mustangs 10, Seadogs 7
The Dogs ran out of gas in the second game, however, falling 10-7. Christopher DeGiacomo continued to punish opposing pitchers, blasting three extra base hits in the game.
Team Mizuno 9, Seadogs 3
Mizuno’s four run fourth inning put them in the lead for good. Andrew Snape fanned seven over 3 2/3 innings and added a double for the Dogs. Alex Kennedy (2 hits, double, 2 RBI) continued his torrid offensive pace.
Team Mizuno 24, Seadogs 21
Trailing at times by scores of 15-2 and 19-7, the never say die Seadogs brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the sixth but could not quite get it done. Kennedy (4 for 5, 3 triples, 5 RBI), Will Spring (2 doubles, 4 RBI) and David Erwin (4 for 4, 3 RBI) were the big hitters.
11U GOLD
Weymouth Wildcats 16, Seadogs 8
Owen Leary’s inside the park grand slam in the third brought the Dogs back from an 8-0 deficit to knot things at eight. The hard hitting Wildcats continued their onslaught, scoring in every inning.
Weymouth Wildcats 9, Seadogs 5
Nate Curley and Nolan Dransfield had two hits apiece but the Wildcats prevailed again in game two.
Seadogs 13, South Coast Shamrocks 3
Ryan Corcoran pitched a complete game and picked up the win allowing only one base on balls against 6 strike outs. Corcoran and Eliot Hillstrand had two hits apiece to lead the offense.
South Coast Shamrocks 6, Seadogs 3
Mike Reilly pitched a complete game and was a hard luck loser in a game where Seadog bats were largely neutralized by good pitching by the Shamrock starter. Reilly walked only one, struck out seven and got one of the five Seadog hits on the afternoon.
South Coast Kings 5, Seadogs 2
Griffin Burke and Eliot Hillstrand split the pitching duties and held the Kings to five runs in a game that always seemed within the grasp of the Seadogs. Trent Cooley was white hot at the plate with a triple and two hard hit singles. Shane Curran continues to provide great offense with another multi-hit game.
South Coast Kings 9, Seadogs 8
Cole Roland pitched a gutsy 6 innings in a game eventually decided in the seventh on diving “do or die” defensive play that the Seadogs just missed converting. Charlie Auditore made a huge impact with his leather, his bat and his speed – collecting two hits, 4 stolen bases and two runs scored. Shane Curran and Trent Cooley were again tough outs collecting another two hits apiece.
The Dogs dropped four straight to the iron of the Super Division South.
Royals Academy 8, Seadogs 2
The Royals combined three walks and a pair of hits in a three run first and never looked back behind the solid pitching of Bryan Dwyer. The Seadogs mustered just two hits, one an RBI double from Trevor Cooley.
Royals Academy 7, Seadogs 3
Again the Royals combined solid pitching and defense to limit the Seadogs scoring opportunities. Drew Alexopoulos had two of the five Seadogs hits. Cooley added another RBI double.
RI Rays 7, Seadogs 0
The Dogs were limited to just two hits this time as the Rays played errorless baseball. The deficit was 2-0 until the Rays put together a five run fifth. Trevor Cooley pitched well in defeat.
RI Rays 6, Seadogs 3
The Dogs offense showed some signs of life with seven hits. Jared Hamilton’s RBI single in the fourth plated the first run of the day. He later scored on a wild pitch. Justin Fein added an RBI double in the fifth.