With dusk descending on Alto and a chill in the air, the 17-game Juniors regular season title was still hanging impossibly in the balance! In fact, headed into the final week not one of the 6 final positions (and tournament seeds) had been decided. There was even a chance of a 3-way tie for 3-4-5 trending toward a coin flip.
Pirates Alex Radics, Nico Rocherolle, and Colton Zinn took the helm as managers with Arden Shapiro clipboard in hand as coach and muscle. The Pirates took the lead in the bottom of the 6th and earned the W over the Mets 16-8 and with that, the top spot over the second place Giants. With Austin Miller and Raymond Cao, these 14U Pirates 2.0 achieved a rare repeat upping their 2-year win total in black pants to 26 and making good on the team’s anthem, AC/DC’s Back In Black.
They were aided mightily by their skillful 13Us including Tommy Hockin, James Cerchiai, William Palmer, and Zander Ting who all had multi-hit games.
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The game concluded an epic day of roses and mom’s, sausages and peppers, majors and bubble gum with sunshine until nearly the very end!
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Perhaps no bigger moment in the season came as the Orioles battled the Red Sox when JP Peavy turned on a 3-2 pitch from Theo Adam and sent it to Edna McGuire for a Grand Slam!
A quick scores recap from the week.
Tue: Giants 10 Orioles 5, TPLL 16 Mets 3
Wed: Cardinals 18 Pirates 2
Thu: Mets 8 Red Sox 5, WMLL 12 Giants 8
Sat: Giants 16 Cardinals 7, Red Sox 12 Orioles 8, Pirates 16 Mets 8
Final Regular Season Stats
Home Runs
Alex Radics (Pirates) 4
JP Peavy (Orioles) 1 + Hell Nah
Henry Edwards (Red Sox) 1
GIo Perez (Cardinals) Hell Nah
Tommy Strong (Cardinals) Hell Nah
Fireballers (Ks/Inning Pitched, 8+ Min)
Henry Edwards (Red Sox) 2.7
Tommy Strong (Cardinals) 1.8
Colton Zinn (Pirates) 1.6
Heath Hochanadel (Red Sox) 1.6
Liam Garlick (Giants) 1.6
Nikki Welter (Mets) 1.6
Tianu Koss (Cardinals) 1.5
Dylan Murphy (Orioles) 1.5
Miller Weir (Red Sox) 1.2
Nico Rocherolle (Pirates) 1.2
Tough Outs (Ks/PA, 25 Min)
Jacob DiPippa (Giants) .024
Tenzin Mak (Red Sox) .032
Zander Ting (Pirates) .041
Will Weir (Orioles) .041
Liam Garlick (Giants) .064
Colton Zinn (Pirates) .064
Dylan Murphy (Orioles) .065
Alex Radics (Pirates) .065
Ty Cerne (Orioles) .070
Nikki Welter (Mets) .071
Every play, live and tape recorded — MVLL Juniors Channel on Twitch!
TOURNAMENT STARTS TONIGHT AT 5PM
Orioles vs Red Sox!
This week is the start of the City Tournament which is double elimination and that means games Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu and no one will be out until Survivor Saturday 5/18. You can see the full bracket here.
See you at Alto!
This year couldn’t be possible without an amazing roster of sponsors led by Juniors Division Sponsor — Morgan Stanley. A big thank you to Miller Avenue Advisors, San Francisco Ear, Nose & Throat, Stefano’s, The McDonnell Group, The Zinn Law Firm, and Studio Collins Weir! With WiFi courtesy of our Juniors Technology Sponsor — Offline Ventures.
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