2009 Season Highlights
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2009 Season Summary
July 6, 2009
Postseason Dates
June 7, 2009
Main Line League Tournament -- July 8 - 17
Main Line Junior Legion Playoffs
July 4, 2009
Springfield/Narberth at Aston
Haverford at Wayne
Roxborough at Delaware Valley
Nether Providence at Glenolden
All games at 5:45 pm.
Wayne vs. Haverford -- News of Delaware County
June 25, 2009
CORRESPONDENT
With this win, Wayne increased its record to 7-2 and snapped its two-game losing streak. It also improved to second place in Main Line Junior Legion action.
“Sean (O’Reilly) had three RBIs,” said Wayne manager Bob Bentz. “He really set the pace.”
Haverford dropped its record to 4-5-1 and slipped to fourth place. Throughout the season, the team has definitely been playing in spurts. After winning four consecutive games, this loss gave Haverford a three-game losing streak.
“The last three games were against tough teams,” said Haverford head coach Gerry Hart. “It’s been very competitive. We couldn’t hit. The 1-0 lead was nice. We just couldn’t sustain it.”
The Haverford defense started off strong allowing for a one, two, three top of the first inning. Haverford’s Jake Peabody was hit by a pitch. Tom Fior followed with a single and Chris Pokorny singled in Peabody for the 1-0 lead.
That was the only lead of the day Haverford held and it did not last long at that. Wayne’s Andrew Seaton singled and Colin Wright doubled. Seaton scored on a single by O’Reilly. Wright made it home on a steal to take the lead, a lead that Wayne held throughout the game. Sam Henderson singled in the bottom of the seventh.
Defense led the way for most of the third inning despite a single by Wayne’ Ellis Schaefer and another by Fior.
Wayne’s Mike Koerick began the fourth inning with a walk. Kyle Von-Hertsenberg was hit by a pitch and Mark McGee-Pasceri singled to load the bases with no outs. Koerick was out in an attempt to steal home. Wright singled in Von Hertsenberg. Zach DiPietro was out at first in the bottom half of the inning. Vince Piccioni walked but he and Dylan Cullen were both out on a double play.
Haverford only gave up one hit in the top of the fifth as Kevin Connor accounted for a single. The team almost got a run back in the bottom of the inning as Sam Henderson walked as did Dylan Anderson. Anderson was out and second as was Pat Morgan at first on Wayne’s second double play of the game. Henderson made it all the way to third but Jesse Hat struck out to end the inning.
Anderson replaced Morgan on the mound in the sixth. Von Hertsenberg and McGee-Pasceri both singled. Seaton walked and Wright singled to score Von Hertsenberg. O’Reilly grounded out but McGee-Pasceri scored on a double by Spencer Stokes. Seaton, however, was out at home. Henderson came to the mound to pitch and Devon Bauer popped one to left field.
Wayne gave up no runs or hits in the bottom of the sixth.
Hart pitched for Haverford in the seventh. Bobby Kooms came to the plate for Wayne and was walked. Von Hertsenberg was hit by a pitch but Haverford made three outs and allowed no more runs. Von Hertsenberg came in to pitch for Mike Koerick and made three consecutive strikeouts and the game was over.
“We started slow but we got some key hits,” said Bentz. “Haverford is a tough team.”
Koerick and Von Hertsenberg (single, two runs) combined for seven strikeouts.
“Mike did well on the mound,” said Bentz. “He threw 100 pitches. Kyle came in and struck three out.”
Morgan and Hart combined for three strikeouts.
“Our pitching was very good,” said Hart. “Pat pitched great. We couldn’t get him any run support. Defense was good.”
Wayne Legion Memorial Day Tournament
May 18, 2009
Wayne Junior Legion will host its Third Annual Memorial Day weekend tournament from May 22-24 at Radnor High School. The tournament will feature three teams from the Main Line League and three teams from the Chester County League.
News of Delaware County - Haverford falls for third time to Wayne
“We played three close games against Wayne,” said Haverford head coach Gerry Hart. “They’ve gotten better. We gave up three runs. That was the game.”
Despite being down, 2-0 and then 4-2, Wayne came back in the third and fourth innings to get the victory.
“We were behind,” said Wayne manager Bob Bentz. “A couple of guys at the bottom of the lineup did well. Ben (Rathsmill) got an RBI double coming off the bench. Kevin (Connor) had two RBI singles and a bunt.”
The Haverford offense definitely got off to a good start. Brian Peabody led off with a double and scored on a single by Sam Henderson. Chris Pokorny followed with a single but was out at second on a double play when Tom Fior was out at first. Henderson, however, made it home to score.
Defense ruled the way in the bottom of the first and top of the second as they were both one, two, three innings. Wayne was able to get its runs back in the bottom of the second. Kyle Von Hertsenberg was hit by a pitch. Mark McGee-Pasceri singled and Colin Wright popped one to center field. Connor singled in Von Hertsenbeg as well as McGee-Pasceri for the 2-2 tie.
Offensive action continued in the third inning. Joe Kokol grounded out but Peabody singled. Henderson drove in Peabody. Pokorny popped the ball to right field but Henderson scored and Haverford took a 4-2 lead. Rathsmill came to the plate for Wayne in the bottom of the third and was hit. Mike Koerick singled and scored on McGee-Pasceri’s double to make the score a tight 4-3.
Wayne made three consecutive outs in the top of the fourth. Then it got its big break. Wright was walked. Connor doubled but Wright was out while attempting to score. Spencer Stokes grounded out and Ellis Schaefer singled. Rathsmill doubled to score Connor and Schaefer and give Wayne its first lead of the day, a lead Haverford could not overcome.
There was no more scoring from that point on. Kokol singled in the fifth and doubled in the seventh. Fior hit a single in the sixth as did Wright for Wayne nut both teams made easy outs and Wayne came off the field with the 5-4 win.
McGee-Pasceri was the winning pitcher with two strikeouts. Von Hertsenberg came to the mound and pitched the rest of the game.
“Mark started and had some bad breaks,” said Bentz. “He did a good job. Kyle has had Haverford’s number. He would shut them down.”
Connor paced Wayne with a single, a double, a run and two RBIs.
Pat Morgan pitched for Haverford and struck out three.
Wayne vs. Haverford -- News of Delaware County
CORRESPONDENT
With this win, Wayne increased its record to 7-2 and snapped its two-game losing streak. It also improved to second place in Main Line Junior Legion action.
“Sean (O’Reilly) had three RBIs,” said Wayne manager Bob Bentz. “He really set the pace.”
Haverford dropped its record to 4-5-1 and slipped to fourth place. Throughout the season, the team has definitely been playing in spurts. After winning four consecutive games, this loss gave Haverford a three-game losing streak.
“The last three games were against tough teams,” said Haverford head coach Gerry Hart. “It’s been very competitive. We couldn’t hit. The 1-0 lead was nice. We just couldn’t sustain it.”
The Haverford defense started off strong allowing for a one, two, three top of the first inning. Haverford’s Jake Peabody was hit by a pitch. Tom Fior followed with a single and Chris Pokorny singled in Peabody for the 1-0 lead.
That was the only lead of the day Haverford held and it did not last long at that. Wayne’s Andrew Seaton singled and Colin Wrightdoubled. Seaton scored on a single by O’Reilly. Wright made it home on a steal to take the lead, a lead that Wayne held throughout the game. Sam Henderson singled in the bottom of the seventh.
Defense led the way for most of the third inning despite a single by Wayne’ Ellis Schaefer and another by Fior.
Wayne’s Mike Koerick began the fourth inning with a walk. Kyle Von-Hertsenberg was hit by a pitch and Mark McGee-Pasceri singled to load the bases with no outs. Koerick was out in an attempt to steal home. Wright singled in Von Hertsenberg. Zach DiPietro was out at first in the bottom half of the inning. Vince Piccioni walked but he and Dylan Cullen were both out on a double play.
Haverford only gave up one hit in the top of the fifth as Kevin Connor accounted for a single. The team almost got a run back in the bottom of the inning as Sam Henderson walked as did Dylan Anderson. Anderson was out and second as was Pat Morgan at first on Wayne’s second double play of the game. Henderson made it all the way to third but Jesse Hat struck out to end the inning.
Anderson replaced Morgan on the mound in the sixth. Von Hertsenberg and McGee-Pasceri both singled. Seaton walked and Wright singled to score Von Hertsenberg. O’Reilly grounded out but McGee-Pasceri scored on a double by Spencer Stokes. Seaton, however, was out at home. Henderson came to the mound to pitch and Devon Bauer popped one to left field.
Wayne gave up no runs or hits in the bottom of the sixth.
Hart pitched for Haverford in the seventh. Bobby Kooms came to the plate for Wayne and was walked. Von Hertsenberg was hit by a pitch but Haverford made three outs and allowed no more runs. Von Hertsenberg came in to pitch for Mike Koerick and made three consecutive strikeouts and the game was over.
“We started slow but we got some key hits,” said Bentz. “Haverford is a tough team.”
Koerick and Von Hertsenberg (single, two runs) combined for seven strikeouts.
“Mike did well on the mound,” said Bentz. “He threw 100 pitches. Kyle came in and struck three out.”
Morgan and Hart combined for three strikeouts.
“Our pitching was very good,” said Hart. “Pat pitched great. We couldn’t get him any run support. Defense was good.”
Wayne Wolverines take two of three this week.
The Wayne Wolverines started off their week beating division rivals Glenolden and Nether Providence to raise their record in the Main Line Division of Jr. Legion baseball to 6-0. On Sunday they faced their first place rival 5-0 Aston but were defeated in a great 2-1 game which went 9 innings which is two more than the standard 7 inning game at this level.
Wayne won a controversial 7-6 decision over Glenolden on Thursday. Glenolden got off to a strong start and were cruising by a score of 6-2 going into the bottom of the 5th inning. Ben Rathsmill led off the 5th with a single which was followed with a single by Jonah Frey. With one out Michael Koerick doubled to bring in both runners. With two out Devin Baver singled in Koerick to bring Wayne to within one run. After a single by Andrew Seaton and a walk to Kevin Connor, Collin Wright came up and worked the count to 3-2. With all three runners going on the pitch Wright hit a hard grounder to the Glenolden 3rd baseman who overthrow the first baseman leading to two runs. Two coaches from Glenolden were tossed by the ump when they complained that the 3rd baseman was run into by Seaton.
In a rematch of their game the previous week the Wolverines defeated Nether Providence by a score of 13-3 when the mercy rule was enforced since Wayne was up by 10 runs after 5 innings played. Michael Koerick pitched 4 strong innings and was relieved by Kyle Von Hertsenberg who finished the game. Wayne totaled 15 hits led by Ellis Schaefer who went 4-4 with a double.
Wayne then played a game which was a battle for first place with Wayne competing against unbeaten Aston at Neumann College. Aston was able to score first with one run in the 1st inning off of pitcher Mark McGee-Pasceri. McGee-Pasceri settled down and held the strong hitting Aston team scoreless in the four innings that followed but Wayne was unable to put a run on the board in the meantime. In the 6th inning Ellis Schaefer led off with a single and promptly stole 2nd base. With one out Kyle Von Hertsenberg slugged a triple to tie the score. Von Hertsenberg came on in relief in the 6th and the game remained a 1-1 tie going into the bottom of the 9th inning. Aston led off the 9th with a walk. On a play that was hotly disputed by Wayne the runner stole 2nd base. An intentional walk followed and the 3rd batter in the inning singled to load the bases. Von Hertsenberg followed up by strucking out the next batter and got the following batter make the 2nd out on an easy pop up. Unfortunately for Wayne the game ended on a miscue by the 1st baseman leaving Aston in sole possession of first place.
Wayne will continue this week with a busy schedule of five games in seven days.
Wolverines return to their winning ways
The Wayne Wolverines Junior Legion baseball team returned to their winning ways with a 9-2 victory over Nether Providence at Strath Haven Middle School Sunday morning. The Wolverines are now 9-5 overall and 4-0 in their games in the Main Line Division.
The visiting Wolverines jumped to a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning after Jonah Frey led off with a single, followed by a single by Ellis Schaefer. The next batter popped out but cleanup hitter Kyle Von Hertsenberg singled to knock in Frey with one out.
In the bottom of the first starting pitcher Michael Koerick got off to a shaky start giving up a leadoff single followed by a pop up that dropped untouched in the infield for another single. The number three batter walked to load the bases with no outs and one run scored when the cleanup hitter followed with a single. Koerick proceeded to strike the next two batters out looking with nasty curve balls. It looked like the Wolverines might escape the inning giving up only one run but the following batter walked to knock in the second run of the inning before batter number eight grounded into a force play to end the inning with bases loaded.
The Wolverines tied the score in the 2nd after Ben Rathsmill walked and was replaced by pinch runner Will Schwartz who promptly stole 2nd base. Sean O’Reilly then hit a double to score Schwartz tying the game.
Starting pitcher Koerick settled down and let only one Nether Providence batter reach base on a walk over the next four innings, finishing the game with 10 strikeouts in 5 innings. Wayne kept plugging away and broke the game open with 5 runs in the 5th inning keyed by clutch singles knocking in two RBI’s each by Koerick and catcher Devon Baver. Wayne scored two insurance runs in the 7th inning to put the game away and Mark McGee-Pasceri came on to pitch the last two innings giving up no runs and striking out three batters.
Wolverines lose 2-1 pitcher's duel to Downingtown
Wayne tops Narberth 6-1 for the third time this season
The Wayne Wolverines Jr. Legion baseball team notched a 6-1 victory over Narberth on Saturday at Odorisio Field in Wayne. After losing their first three games of the season the Wolverines have come back to win eight of their last nine contests including the championship in the Radnor High School Memorial Day Tournament. Strong pitching, great defense and timely hitting were the keys in the game against Narberth. Michael Koerick was the starting pitcher in the game for Wayne and went five innings giving up only one run while Billy Greenfield got the save by blanking Narberth in the final two innings. Narberth outhit Wayne 7 to 5 but could not stop Wayne due to six costly errors leading to five unearned runs which nullified a strong pitching performance by Peter Siciliano.
After dropping behind by a 1-0 score in the top of the third inning Wayne came back with two unearned runs in the bottom of the 3rd. Wayne then put the game away in the fifth keyed by a two out triple by starting pitcher Koerick which knocked in two of the four runs scored in the inning. Leadoff hitter Jonah Frey contributed to the offense by going 2 for 3 with one RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases. Pinch hitter Ben Rathsmill continued his remarkable streak of reaching base successfully nine consecutive times by drawing a walk in the sixth inning. Wayne hopes to continue their winning ways with a tough schedule of four games starting this Tuesday through this Saturday.
Wolverines win 3rd annual RHS Memorial Day Junior Legion Tournament
Prior to the tournament I spoke to Wayne Manager, Bob Bentz, who told me that it would be quite an achievement if his team was to go 4-1 in the tournament. After the tournament’s final game, Manager Bentz said that “not taking anything away from West Chester, because they have a great team we knew they and Exton would be two tough teams to beat. We got a lot of people some at bats in that last game and that’s going to pay off later on this year because you have to be sharp, you have to have your at bats because you never know when those guys will need to step up and fill the shoes of someone who is injured. We are in the heart of our league games now, and we have a tough opponent to play this week with Aston, always a very strong team, and we have a lot of other solid teams to play in the Main Line League. Our goal is to be the Main Line League Champions and play in the regionals.”
