Capenter Cup Semis
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We're live from Citizens Bank Park in Philly for the Carpenter Cup Semis between the Jersey Shore and Chester County (Pa.). A baseball game at 9:30? I can't think of a better way to start the day.
Top 1st
The Jersey Shore is the away team for the second straight game, and for the second straight game, they'll try to jump on the opposing pitcher, who today is Matt Murray. The Shore looks to be going with its "B" lineup to start the game and bring in its big bats in the later innings. Kevin Majer rips a single between short and third with one out in the first, but is caught stealing by Chester cathcer Andrew Rychlak. Murray strikes out Chris Bresnahan to end the inning.
Bottom 1st
Chad Geran takes the ball for the Shore today, and looks sharp in striking out Kyle Stackhouse leading off the inning. Joe Wendle follows with a double to the gap in right-centerfield. After a hit batsman, Rob Slauch launches one over Steve Giordano's head in dead centerfield to drive in two runs. Majer's relay throw from Giordano nailed Slauch going for a triple, but the damage was done. Geran showed his curve more after the first double, but fell behind Slauch 2-1 before serving up the two-run double.
After 1st: Chester 2, Shore 0.
Top 2nd
The Shore second start just like the Chester first, with Mike Lacava doubling to right-center, followed by a hit-by-pitch. Murray wiggles out of it though, inducing groundouts to second base by Drew Pinero and Sean Gavin.
Bottom 2nd
Majer shows off his glove at short during the home half of the second, recording all three outs. The first play showcased his arm in particular when he sat back on a ground ball and whipped it to first to nab Rychlak.
After 2nd: Chester 2, Shore 0.
Top 3rd
Murray gets set for his last inning, and John Melendez welcomes him back with a leadoff single to right. After a groundout to first by Giordano, Majer works a six-pitch walk. Melendez heads to third on a Bresnahan flyout, and A.J. Miller draws a walk to load the bases. That's all for Murray on the mound, as Chester goes to righthander Chris Ott to face LaCava with the bases loaded. Ott gets the job done, striking out LaCava with a fastball up in the zone. Ott has an interesting delivery, kind of a violent, herky-jerky type motion, a la Roy Oswalt/Tim Lincecum. I wish the radar gun was working, because it looked like he was throwing pretty hard.
Bottom 3rd
Left-hander F.J. Lucchetti comes on in relief of Geran for the bottom of the third. Geran had another inning if manager John Muslof wanted, but he elected to go with a new look early. Luccetti walks Wendle to lead off the inning, but LaCava helps him out with the glove with a leaping grab just in front of the wall in left to rob Kahn of extra bases. Luchetti strikes out Slauch for the second out, and after surrendering a single to Pete Hissey, retires Scott A'hara on a lineout to first to end the threat. Lucchetti faced three lefties in the inning, two of which he retired, so it appears the move to the left-hander was both calculated and, all-in-all, effective.
After 3rd: Chester 2, Shore 0.
Top 4th
Ott baffles two more Shore hitters with strikeouts, but falls behind Gavin 3-1. Gavin makes him pay with a triple to the wall in right-center to set up an RBI opportunity for Melendez. The Matawan second baseman hangs in with a good at bat, but grounds out to short to end the inning.
Bottom 4th
Defensive changes for the Shore: Dom Hayes in centerfield, Jim Laufer at first, Dave Laufer in right, Jamie Rosenkrantz at second. Rychlak singles and Tom Rafetto walks to start the inning. Josh Martin tacks on two more runs with a triple to left-center, just out of the reach of a diving Hayes. Craig Hughes comes on in relief of Luchetti. New second baseman Rick Gehman hits a sacrifice fly to center, followed by another extra base hit just out of the reach of a diving Hayes in left-center, this time a double off the bat of Wendle. Hughes gets the last two hitters to end the inning.
After 4th: Chester 5, Shore 0.
Top 5th
Domm Hayes works a walk to start the inning, and two batters later, pinch hitter Mark Galeotafiore belts a slider into the right-center gap to drive in Hayes with the Shore's first run. After Keith Weinkofsky's pop out, Pat Biserta rips a single past Gehman to plate Galeotafiore. Ott gets Jim Laufer to fly out to left to end the inning.
Bottom 5th
After the Shore gets on the board in the top of the inning, Chester responds by putting runners on first and with with a leadoff walk, followed by a single to right by Mike Schuster. Hughes gets a pop up for the first out, but Tom Rafetto comes through with a sac fly to get the run in. Hughes works around an error to get out of it while giving up just one run.
After 5th: Chester 6, Shore 2.
Top 6th
Ott retires Dave Laufer and Billy Lee on groundouts and leaves with a 6-2 lead after working the three-inning max. Chris Campbell comes on in relief to face Rosenkrantz in his first plate appearance of the game. Rosenkrantz reaches on a throwing error by the third baseman. Dom Hayes launches a hanging curveball into the right field seats to cut the Chester lead to 6-4. The Phillies really need to draft the guy with the way he's hitting in their affiliated ballparks. Hayes also homered at First Energy Park (home the Blueclaws, the Phillies' Low-A team) in the Shore Conference game. A.J. Rusbarsky follows with a groundout to end the inning.
Bottom 6th
Once again, Chester responds to Shore's two runs, this time loading the bases with nobody out on two singles bookending a walk. After loading the bases, Hughes departs in favor of Ryan Casey. On the latter single, Hayes once again failed to come up with a diving catch, his third of the game. Casey induces a 4-6-3 double play, but another run crosses the plate. The Shore will take those two outs in favor of the run the way they are starting to swing the bats. What they didn't want to take was Schuster's RBI single to right to make the score 8-4 in favor of Chester. Weinkofsky throws one into leftfield trying to pickoff Schuster at first, sending him to third. Casey gets a groundout to end the inning, but Chester gets the two runs right back to end a busy sixth inning.
After 6th: Chester 8, Shore 4.
Top 7th
Galeotafiore leads off the seventh with his second double of the game. Weinkofsky follows with a walk, and the Shore has a little something cooking. Chester goes to the bullpen, bringing in righty Dan Ternowcheck. Biserta flies out to left for the first out, and Jim Laufer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat. I guess nothing was cooking.
Bottom 7th
Kyle Slate comes in to pitch three days after throwing three innings in the Shore's 6-2 quarterfinal win. The CBA righty flies through the inning with two strikeouts and a flyout, the first 1-2-3 inning of the day for the Shore defense.
After 7th: Chester 8, Shore 4.
Top 8th
After a one-out single by Billy Lee, Rosenkrantz grounds into an inning-ending double play. Long way to go for the boys in blue, but they'll have the top of the order in the ninth.
Bottom 8th
Anthony Ranaudo comes in to pitch the eighth and walks the leadoff man. Ranaudo's curveball was sharp in his outing on Monday, but walks were an issue for Ranaudo in that same game. Ranaudo walks another, followed by a sacrifice bunt to put runners on second and third with two outs. Hissey singles to left to plate another, making it 9-4. Justin Lamborn is caught stealing home on a first-and-third play for the second out. Ranaudo strikes out Schuster on three pitches to end the inning. The strike-three fastball made Weinkofsky shake his hand, so I'm guessing he threw it pretty hard.
After 8th: Chester 9, Shore 4.
Top 9th
Last licks for the Shore unless they can muster up five runs. Hayes starts the inning with a single to left, but gets doubled off on a pop-out by A.J. Rusbarsky. For a brief moment, it looked like the pop up might drop, but catcher Andrew Dunn made the grab while falling to the ground. Either way, Hayes had no business straying as far off the bag as he did. Galeotafiore hits his third double of the game to keep the Shore's very slim hopes alive. Weinkofsky makes the chance a tad thicker with an RBI single to center. Biserta extends the game with a single to left, but Jim Laufer grounds into a fielder's choice at third to end the game.
Final Score: Chester 9, Shore 5.
We're live from Citizens Bank Park in Philly for the Carpenter Cup Semis between the Jersey Shore and Chester County (Pa.). A baseball game at 9:30? I can't think of a better way to start the day.
Top 1st
The Jersey Shore is the away team for the second straight game, and for the second straight game, they'll try to jump on the opposing pitcher, who today is Matt Murray. The Shore looks to be going with its "B" lineup to start the game and bring in its big bats in the later innings. Kevin Majer rips a single between short and third with one out in the first, but is caught stealing by Chester cathcer Andrew Rychlak. Murray strikes out Chris Bresnahan to end the inning.
Bottom 1st
Chad Geran takes the ball for the Shore today, and looks sharp in striking out Kyle Stackhouse leading off the inning. Joe Wendle follows with a double to the gap in right-centerfield. After a hit batsman, Rob Slauch launches one over Steve Giordano's head in dead centerfield to drive in two runs. Majer's relay throw from Giordano nailed Slauch going for a triple, but the damage was done. Geran showed his curve more after the first double, but fell behind Slauch 2-1 before serving up the two-run double.
After 1st: Chester 2, Shore 0.
Top 2nd
The Shore second start just like the Chester first, with Mike Lacava doubling to right-center, followed by a hit-by-pitch. Murray wiggles out of it though, inducing groundouts to second base by Drew Pinero and Sean Gavin.
Bottom 2nd
Majer shows off his glove at short during the home half of the second, recording all three outs. The first play showcased his arm in particular when he sat back on a ground ball and whipped it to first to nab Rychlak.
After 2nd: Chester 2, Shore 0.
Top 3rd
Murray gets set for his last inning, and John Melendez welcomes him back with a leadoff single to right. After a groundout to first by Giordano, Majer works a six-pitch walk. Melendez heads to third on a Bresnahan flyout, and A.J. Miller draws a walk to load the bases. That's all for Murray on the mound, as Chester goes to righthander Chris Ott to face LaCava with the bases loaded. Ott gets the job done, striking out LaCava with a fastball up in the zone. Ott has an interesting delivery, kind of a violent, herky-jerky type motion, a la Roy Oswalt/Tim Lincecum. I wish the radar gun was working, because it looked like he was throwing pretty hard.
Bottom 3rd
Left-hander F.J. Lucchetti comes on in relief of Geran for the bottom of the third. Geran had another inning if manager John Muslof wanted, but he elected to go with a new look early. Luccetti walks Wendle to lead off the inning, but LaCava helps him out with the glove with a leaping grab just in front of the wall in left to rob Kahn of extra bases. Luchetti strikes out Slauch for the second out, and after surrendering a single to Pete Hissey, retires Scott A'hara on a lineout to first to end the threat. Lucchetti faced three lefties in the inning, two of which he retired, so it appears the move to the left-hander was both calculated and, all-in-all, effective.
After 3rd: Chester 2, Shore 0.
Top 4th
Ott baffles two more Shore hitters with strikeouts, but falls behind Gavin 3-1. Gavin makes him pay with a triple to the wall in right-center to set up an RBI opportunity for Melendez. The Matawan second baseman hangs in with a good at bat, but grounds out to short to end the inning.
Bottom 4th
Defensive changes for the Shore: Dom Hayes in centerfield, Jim Laufer at first, Dave Laufer in right, Jamie Rosenkrantz at second. Rychlak singles and Tom Rafetto walks to start the inning. Josh Martin tacks on two more runs with a triple to left-center, just out of the reach of a diving Hayes. Craig Hughes comes on in relief of Luchetti. New second baseman Rick Gehman hits a sacrifice fly to center, followed by another extra base hit just out of the reach of a diving Hayes in left-center, this time a double off the bat of Wendle. Hughes gets the last two hitters to end the inning.
After 4th: Chester 5, Shore 0.
Top 5th
Domm Hayes works a walk to start the inning, and two batters later, pinch hitter Mark Galeotafiore belts a slider into the right-center gap to drive in Hayes with the Shore's first run. After Keith Weinkofsky's pop out, Pat Biserta rips a single past Gehman to plate Galeotafiore. Ott gets Jim Laufer to fly out to left to end the inning.
Bottom 5th
After the Shore gets on the board in the top of the inning, Chester responds by putting runners on first and with with a leadoff walk, followed by a single to right by Mike Schuster. Hughes gets a pop up for the first out, but Tom Rafetto comes through with a sac fly to get the run in. Hughes works around an error to get out of it while giving up just one run.
After 5th: Chester 6, Shore 2.
Top 6th
Ott retires Dave Laufer and Billy Lee on groundouts and leaves with a 6-2 lead after working the three-inning max. Chris Campbell comes on in relief to face Rosenkrantz in his first plate appearance of the game. Rosenkrantz reaches on a throwing error by the third baseman. Dom Hayes launches a hanging curveball into the right field seats to cut the Chester lead to 6-4. The Phillies really need to draft the guy with the way he's hitting in their affiliated ballparks. Hayes also homered at First Energy Park (home the Blueclaws, the Phillies' Low-A team) in the Shore Conference game. A.J. Rusbarsky follows with a groundout to end the inning.
Bottom 6th
Once again, Chester responds to Shore's two runs, this time loading the bases with nobody out on two singles bookending a walk. After loading the bases, Hughes departs in favor of Ryan Casey. On the latter single, Hayes once again failed to come up with a diving catch, his third of the game. Casey induces a 4-6-3 double play, but another run crosses the plate. The Shore will take those two outs in favor of the run the way they are starting to swing the bats. What they didn't want to take was Schuster's RBI single to right to make the score 8-4 in favor of Chester. Weinkofsky throws one into leftfield trying to pickoff Schuster at first, sending him to third. Casey gets a groundout to end the inning, but Chester gets the two runs right back to end a busy sixth inning.
After 6th: Chester 8, Shore 4.
Top 7th
Galeotafiore leads off the seventh with his second double of the game. Weinkofsky follows with a walk, and the Shore has a little something cooking. Chester goes to the bullpen, bringing in righty Dan Ternowcheck. Biserta flies out to left for the first out, and Jim Laufer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat. I guess nothing was cooking.
Bottom 7th
Kyle Slate comes in to pitch three days after throwing three innings in the Shore's 6-2 quarterfinal win. The CBA righty flies through the inning with two strikeouts and a flyout, the first 1-2-3 inning of the day for the Shore defense.
After 7th: Chester 8, Shore 4.
Top 8th
After a one-out single by Billy Lee, Rosenkrantz grounds into an inning-ending double play. Long way to go for the boys in blue, but they'll have the top of the order in the ninth.
Bottom 8th
Anthony Ranaudo comes in to pitch the eighth and walks the leadoff man. Ranaudo's curveball was sharp in his outing on Monday, but walks were an issue for Ranaudo in that same game. Ranaudo walks another, followed by a sacrifice bunt to put runners on second and third with two outs. Hissey singles to left to plate another, making it 9-4. Justin Lamborn is caught stealing home on a first-and-third play for the second out. Ranaudo strikes out Schuster on three pitches to end the inning. The strike-three fastball made Weinkofsky shake his hand, so I'm guessing he threw it pretty hard.
After 8th: Chester 9, Shore 4.
Top 9th
Last licks for the Shore unless they can muster up five runs. Hayes starts the inning with a single to left, but gets doubled off on a pop-out by A.J. Rusbarsky. For a brief moment, it looked like the pop up might drop, but catcher Andrew Dunn made the grab while falling to the ground. Either way, Hayes had no business straying as far off the bag as he did. Galeotafiore hits his third double of the game to keep the Shore's very slim hopes alive. Weinkofsky makes the chance a tad thicker with an RBI single to center. Biserta extends the game with a single to left, but Jim Laufer grounds into a fielder's choice at third to end the game.
Final Score: Chester 9, Shore 5.
posted by Matt Manley at 6:46 AM
3 Comments:
thanks for game coverage........go shore!
Info close to the game is that the 8th inning 94mph fastball by Renaudo caught Winkofsky wrong and a broken ring finger is the result..hope he OK..RBI single after the injury!!!..catchers are the toughest kids oin the field !!!
Great job by Dom Hayes HR and a couple of near misses on dives in CF that would have turned it around
Slate was lights out again..sorry TUNA but I thought he was POY but you ARE still a tough piece of MEAT !!!!
Rodrigo, that was HILARIOUS. I'm not all that fluent in Spanish, but there are seriously about four words spelled correctly in that post.
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