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Adams Little League Opening Day game results - May 12, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008 Police 9 – Co-op 7
The Police were able to come from a 3 run deficit and beat the Co-op team behind Tyler O’Neil relief pitching. O’Neil got the win, while Ian Hill and Chris Gajda also pitched well for Police. The Police were able to score 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th to take the lead and added 2 more in the bottom of the 5th. O’Neil helped his cause with 2 hits, Hill got a double, while Kevin Wade got his first Little League hit.
For Co-op, Dylan Martins went 2 for 3, hitting his first Little League homerun. Eric Sneizek also went 2 for 3, with a double. Cory Puccio had a hit with 2 RBI’s and Ben Trimarchi had 1 hit. Also, in his first Little League game, Kyle Marcoux reached base with a single.
Sunday, May 4, 2008 Val’s 1- Stanley’s 0
Chris Gardner’s fielder’s choice ground ball scored Nate Tomkiewicz with the game’s only in the bottom of the 6th inning, as Val’s beat Stanley’s 1-0. Shaun Knapp pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out 10 and allowing only one hit. Matt Waltermire came on in relief, with a runner on second and struck out the only two batters he faced to pick up the win. There weren’t a lot highlights at the plate, as this game was all about pitching. Matt Koperniak was the only Val’s batter to get a hit off Stanley’s starter, Austin Milesi, who shut Val’s down for 4 innings. Brandon Tworig doubled with one out in the 5th, but was stranded. Val’s finally managed the game’s only run in the 6th. Tomkiewicz led off with a single, stole second and eventually scored the walk-off run on Gardner’s ground ball.
Matt Koperniak kept the game scoreless in the third with a spectacular catch of a line drive off the bat of Evan Lemire. The ball appeared headed for the gap, but Koperniak snagged it and quickly threw the ball in to double the runner off second base.
Opening Day fan’s witnessed a rare sight for Little League baseball- a 1-0 game, won in the bottom of the sixth. Shaun Knapp pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings striking out 10 and gave up only one hit to Evan Lemire. Austin Milesi pitched 4 scoreless innings, also striking out 8 and gave up only 1 hit to Matt Koperniak in the first. Mike Lemanski relieved Milesi in the 5th and surrender a one-out double by Brandon Tworig but was able to work his way out of the inning behind good defense from Avery Hall and a fine play by himself. After Lemire’s infield single in the top of sixth, Knapp was relieved by Matt Waltermire who struck out the side. This lead to the excitement of the bottom of the sixth. Nathan Tomkiewicz singled and Zach Curry walked. Chris Gardner hit a sharp grounder to first which was thrown wildly in an attempt to get an advancing runner which allowed Tomkiewicz to score the games only run. . Stanley’s had golden opportunity with a runner in scoring position with one out in the third. A deep fly to center field looked as thought it would break up the scoreless game but a “Web Gem” catch by Matt Koperniak ended the threat as he doubled off the runner to end the inning. Val’s is 1-0 and Stanley’s is 0-1.
Sunday, May 4, 2008 Elks 8 – Lions 0
Sean Ryan-Kut lead a balanced hitting attack by the Elks team with a 4 for 4 day including a double, a triple and 2 RBI’s. thus leading Elks to victory over Lions. Joe Gwozdz had 2 hits; while David Baillot and David Frye had one. Peter Barrow and Derek Kogut chipped in with their first Little League hits. Elks pitching was dominate led by Justin Nichols with 9 strikeouts, 1 BB, and 2 hits allowed in 4 innings of shutout pitching for the win and Keith Pero came in for the save with 5 strikeouts in the final 2 innings.
Cody Lebrie and Danny Butler lead Lions with their only hits. Danny Butler did a great job pitching for the Lions, holding Elks to one run in the first 3 innings. Shortstop Colby Gage and Center Fielder Chaise Labrie made several good plays for the Lions. |
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