CPI 3, Chicago/NY Dominican Republic 0

Shaun Winship tossed a shutout win for the Cinderella squad from New York, though unfortunately for CPI, offensive leader Mike Zorzikas left the game with a shoulder injury and is out of action for the rest of the tournament.

CPI advances to the Final Four and will face Mac’s Sprayers of Iowa at 11am. (It’s now 11:10am, and the 9am games are just concluding, so 11am probably means 11:30am starting time)

Macs 2, Florida 1

Robbie O’Brien was the winning pitcher for Mac’s in a hard fought 2-1 game against Florida Fastpitch. O’Brien struck out 16 in 7 innings, while Florida starter Sean Whitten struck out 10 in 5 innings before giving way to Terry Luster.

Mac’s scored one run in the first inning, on a walk to leadoff hitter Adam La Londe, followd by a single by Chris Miljavic and RBI double by Jeff Ellsworth. Florida’s Brian Ree hit a one-out triple to the fence in right center, in the first inning, but was stranded when O’Brien struck out the last two outs of the inning.

They scored the eventual winning run in the 5th when LaLonde again walked, and came home to score on Ellsworth’s second hit on the game.

Florida made things interesting in the 7th inning when Jesse Duncan singled and came home to score on a double by Phillip Perry, putting the potential tying run in scoring position. Avon Meacham came on to run for Perry, but was erased for the final out on an obstruction call on a grounder to shortstop Todd Schultz.

The win sends Mac’s to a semi-final match-up with CPI, as the Sprayers bid to become the first team to win back-to-back AAU titles.

Broken Bow 8, Puerto Rico 1

Rhys Casley was 3-for-4 with a single, double and 3 run home run to power the Broken Bow offense against Puerto Rico. Dean Holoien struck out 10 in 5 innings. Blair Ezekiel came on in relief, but gave way to Frank Cox after being struck by a line drive.

Team Minnesota 7, Texaco Pirates, Bahamas 1

Ward Gosse picked up the win. Brian Lammers and Chad Boom both had RBI doubles in the first while teammate Jason Wandler hit a 2 run homer in the first inning in which Minnesota scored 5 runs and cruised to a Sunday morning quarterfinal win over the Texaco Pirates of the Bahamas. Rob Schweyer came on in relief of Dewey Dyck in the first. Steve Mullaley was the lone bright spot for the Bahamas squad, hitting a solo home run for the Pirates

Minnesota will advance to a semi-final game against the winner of Broken Bow vs. Puerto Rico. Broken Bow is up 8-1 in the 7th inning of that one.

The AAU International Tournament enters its fourth and final day, with the Elite Eight teams remaining. The Elite Eight are:

1. CPI, NY
2. Chicago/New York, Dominican Republic
3. Mac’s Sprayers, IA
4. Florida Fastpitch, FL
5. Broken Bow, New York
6. Puerto Rico
7. Texaco Pirates, Bahamas
8. Team Minnesota

Click here to view the bracket.

P.K. Broward…………0
Broken Bow Gremlins..7
WP – Cox, Ezekiel (5) and Rozich
LP – Potolicchio and Alstat

Texaco Pirates (Bahamas)….12
Tijuana……………………………5
WP – Dyck and Box
LP – Valdez, Romo (6) and Lopez

Combatientes………3
Team Minnesota…..4
WP – Muizelaar and Lammers
LP – Cezarra and Gonzalez

Omaha Red Angels…..2
Puerto Rico…………….10
WP – Diaz and Medina
LP – Dubsky and Scheevel

Tomorrow’s men’s match-ups are:
9 AM – CPI vs Chicago/New York
Mac’s Sprayers vs Florida Fastpitch
Broken Bow vs Puerto Rico
Texaco Pirates vs Team Minnesota

Tomorrow’s women’s match-ups are:
9 AM – Young-Harris College vs Bahamas Air
US Virgin Islands vs Puerto Rico

Women’s championship game at 11 AM. Men’s championship game at 1 PM

Ken

CPI…………………….4
Los Socios…………..2
WP – Murphy, Winship (6) and McCallum
LP – Poorman, Gonzales (1), Perez (7) and Said

Mac’s Sprayers……………….12
St. Thomas Storm……………..1
WP – Manley and O’Brien
LP – Vogel and Franklin

Chicago/New York…………..8
Millwood Logistics……………0
WP – Montero and Prol
LP – Simpson and McKenzie

Game in progress is a scoreless tie in the 7th inning between Florida Fastpitch vs Ambassadors. Final report on next update.

Ken

Team Minnesota………11
Spain……………………….1
WP – Gosse, Byrne (4) and Lammers
LP – Chaquga and Warne

Tijuana……………….9
Big Cove…………….1
WP – Valdez and Lopez
LP – Hill and Hill

Texaco Pirates……………3
Venezuela/Miami…………2
WP – Scheller and DeGroat
LP – Alvarez and Castillo

Radio 560 (Mexico)….1
Combatientes…………..7
WP – Cegarra and Gonzalez
LP – Martinez and Santiago

Women

Bahamas……………….0
Young-Harris…………8
WP – Teserakova and Schumacher
LP – Hall and Sears

Puerto Rico…………….10
Bommer G Swingers….0
WP – Camacho and Lopez
LP – Taylor and Marshall

The above two women’s games complete pool play. Here are first round match-ups for the single elimination tournament:

Young Harris – 1st round bye due to Spain forfeiting out of tournament.

3 PM – Bommer G Swingers vs Bahamas Air
5 PM – US Virgin Islands vs Colombia
5 PM – Jamaica vs Puerto Rico

7 PM Young Harris vs 3 PM winner
7 PM – 5 PM winners play each other.

Championship game for women is scheduled for Sunday, 11 AM.

Ken

Omaha Red Angels…………8
New Breed (Bahamas)…….5
WP – Eberts and Smith
LP – Forbes and Stevens

Puerto Rico…………..10
Fedlock Falcons……..0
WP – Roman and Martinez
LP – Putnam and Kahan

Ambassadors (USVI)…….6
Thomson Area Merch…….0
WP – Ginger and Todd
LP – Smith and Pagan

Florida Fastpitch………..9
Jamaica……………………0
WP – Mitchell and Horswell
LP – Donaldson and Francis

Broken Bow Gremlins…….14
Cherokee………………………0
WP – Holoein and Rosthenhausler
LP – Leitka and Hudson

Ohio Battery…………….2
P.K. Broward…………..4
WP – Humphries, Wood (4) and Freedman
LP – Thomson and Zaborowski

The final four first round games are currently underway at 1 PM. All of today’s winners play a second game today at either 3 or 5 PM.

Ken