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2010
Championship Game
AYBHOF "Cooperstown Classic"

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Little Majors Stadium Championship Game

2010 " Cooperstown Classic "Championship Game Scoreboard

2010 Week #13 "Cooperstown Classic" Championship Game
September 2, 2010
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FINAL SCORE

#3 A-Turf Titans (New York)

3
5
0
0
0

8

#1 Team Rawlings Elite (California)

6
4
3
6
4

23

Pitchers:
#1 Team Rawlings Elite (California) : Issak Gutierrez (winning pitcher)
#3 A-Turf Titans (New York): John Vandemark; David Lyskawa(3rd)

Home Runs: Alec Paz (Team Rawlings Elite) (1st) (one runner on); William Hartford (A-Turf Titans) (2nd) (one runner on); David Clauson (Team Rawlings Elite) (2nd) (one runner on); David Hamilton (Team Rawlings Elite) (2nd) (one runner on); David Clauson (Team Rawlings Elite) (3rd)(solo); Matt Green (Team Rawlings Elite) (3rd) (one runner on); Willie Aguilar (Team Rawlings Elite) (4th) (one runner on); Issak Gutierrez (Team Rawlings Elite) (4th) (one runner on); Matt Green (Team Rawlings Elite) (4th) (solo); Matt Green(Team Rawlings Elite) (5th) (three runners on).

Game Started at 9:13 pm - Game Ended at 11:18 pm - GameTime 2:05

A-Turf Titans (NY)

Team Rawlings Elite (CA)

Championship Game Starting Lineups
NO
#3 A-Turf Titans
(New York)
POS

NO

#1 Team Rawlings Elite
(California)
POS
3

Brandon Nicholson

SS

12

Willie Aguilar

SS
2

Charles Hayes

CF

9

Steven Nuno

RF
12

John Vandemark

P

5

David Clauson

1B
11

Richard Miller

1B

8

Issak Gutierrez

P
10

William Hartford

C

11

Matt Green

C
14

David Lyskawa

LF

7

Justin Palucki

2B
1

Daniel Dallas

RF

2

David Hamilton

3B
7

Joseph Kwasniewski

3B

13

Alec Paz

CF
5

Gavin Borkowski

2B

1

Jake Terpstra

LF

Manager: John Vandemark

Manager: Jared Sandler

Substitutes

Substitutes

4

Erik Lynch

3

Nick Anz

6

Mathew Cross

10

Jack Owen

8

Wyatt Sibiga

12

Connor McCullom

9

Jacob Donn

14

Nick Fraze

15

Charles Mack

15

Isaiah Calderon


Coaches

Coaches

Robert Hartford

Jose Balderas

Jeff Helmbrecht

Kenneth Kwasniewski




Championship Game Umpires
Right Field - John Teichman Sr. (Murfreesboro, TN); First Base - Jesse Estrada Jr. (Los Angeles, CA);
Second Base - Mike Gawlik (Joliet, IL); Home Plate - Jesse Estrada Sr. (Los lAngeles, CA);
Third Base - Daniel Luka (San Diego, CA) and Left lField - John Teichman Jr. (Murfreesboro, TN).



Inning -By-Inning Championship Game Information


First Inning:
A-Turf Titans (NY): Brandon Nicholson struck out swinging. Charles Hayes walked. John Vandemark walked, Hayes advanced to second. Jacob Donn entered the game as a courtesy runner for Vandemark. Richard Miller struck out looking. William Hartford singled to center, Hayes scored, Donn advanced to third and Hartford advanced to second on the throw. David Lyskawa reached on an error by the shortstop, Donn scored and Hartford advanced to third. Lyskawa advanced to second on an error by the pitcher, Hartfod scored. Daniel Dallas flew out to right. Totals: three runs, one hit, two errors, and one left on base.

Team Rawlings Elite (CA)
: Willie Aguilar walked. Aguilar stole second. Aguilar advacned to third on a pass ball. Steven Nuno walked. Nuno stole second. Aguilar scored on a pass ball, Nuno advanced to third. David Clauson singled to right, Nuno scored. Clauson advanced to second on a pass ball. Issak Gutierrez struck out looking. Matt Green was hit by the pitch. Nick Anz entered the game as a courtesy runner for Green. Justin Palucki grounded into a fielders choice, Clauson advanced to third. Clauson scored on a pass ball, Palucki advanced to second. David Hamilton doubled, Palucki scored. Alec Paz hit a homerun to right-center, Hamilton scored. Jake Terpstra walked. Willie Aguilar struck out swinging. Totals: six runs, three hits, no errors, one left on base.


Second Inning:
A-Turf Titans (NY): Joseph Kwasniewski struck out swinging. Gavin Borkowski singled to left. Brandon Nicholson singled to center, Borkowski advanced to third and Nicholson advanced to second on the error by the center field. Charles Hayes reached on a fielders choice, Borkowski scored on the error by the third baseman and Nicholson advanced to third. Hayes advanced to second on a pass ball. John Vandemark hit a sacrafice fly to center, Nicholson scored. Richard Miller singled to left, Hayes scored. William Hartford hit a homerun to left, Miller scored. David Lyskawa grounded out to third. Totals: five runs, four hits, two errors, and none left on base.

Team Rawlings Elite (CA)
: Steven Nuno walked. Nuno stole second. David Clauson hit a homerun to right, Nuno scored. Issak Gutierrez singled to left. Matt Green reached on an error by the shortstop, Gutierrez advanced to third. Nick Anz entered the game as a courtesy runner for Green. Justin Palucki flied out to left. Green was called out for sliding head first into home trying to score. David Hamilton hit a homerun to left, Anz scored. Alec Paz hit an infield single. Jake Terpstra struck out swinging. Totals: four runs, four hits, one error, and one left on base.


Third Inning:
A-Turf Titans (NY): Daniel Dallas struck out swinging. Joesph Kwasniewski struck out swinging. Gavin Borkowski popped out to the short stop. Totals: no runs. no hits, no errors, and none left on base.

Team Rawlings Elite (CA)
: Willie Aguilar flied out to right. Steven Nuno grounded out to the pitcher. David Clauson hit a homerun to right. Issak Gutierrez reached on an error by the shortstop. Matt Green hit a homerun to center, Gutierrez scored. Justin Palucki was hit by the pitch. David Lyskawa became the pitcher for A-Turf Titans, Vandemark became the first baseman, Miller became the left fielder. Palucki was picked off at first. Totals: three runs, two hits, one error, and none left on base.


Fourth Inning:
A-Turf Titans (NY): Brandon Nicholson grounded out to first. Charles Hayes singled to left. John Vandemark doubled down the right field line, Hayes advanced to third. Richard Miller struck out swinging. William Hartford struck out swinging. Totals: no runs, two hits, no errors, and two left on base.

Team Rawlings Elite (CA)
: David Hamilton singled to right. Hamilton stole second. Alec Paz tripled, Hamilton scored. Jake Terpstra grounded out to the pitcher. Willie Aguilar hit a homerun to right, Paz scored. Steven Nuno singled to left. Nuno picked off at first. David Clauson singled to right. Issak Gutierrez hit a homerun to left, Clauson scored. Matt Green hit a homerun to left. Justin Palucki singled to right. David Hamilton struck out swinging, advanced to first on the dropped third strike, Palucki advanced to second. Alec Paz was hit by the pitch, runners advance. Jack Owen entered the game for Alec Paz and Nick Anz entered the game for Jake Terpstra. Anz grounded into a fielders choice. Totals: six runs, eight hits, no errors, and three left on base.


Fifth Inning:
A-Turf Titans (NY): Charles Mack entered the game for Joseph Kwasniewski. David Lyskawa struck out looking. Daniel Dallas struck out swinging. Mack struck out swinging. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors, and none left on base.

Team Rawlings Elite (CA)
: Willie Aguilar singled to center. Steven Nuno singled to center. David Clauson was hit by the pitch. Nick Fraze pitch ran for David Clauson. Issak Gutierrez struck out looking. Matt Green hit a walk-off homerun to end the game, all runners scored. Totals: four runs, three hits, no errors and no one left on base!

FINAL SCORE:

Team Rawlings Elite (CA) 23 - A-Turf Titans (NY) 8

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

A-Turf Titans (New York)
NO
NAME
POS
AB
R
H
2B
HR
RBI'S
3

Brandon Nicholson

SS
3
1
1
0
0
0
2

Charles Hayes

RF
2
2
1
0
0
0
12

John Vandemark

1B
2
0
1
1
0
1
11

Richard Miller

P
3
1
1
0
0
1
10

William Hartford

C
3
2
2
0
1
3
14

David Lyskawa

2B
3
0
0
0
0
0
1

Daniel Dallas

3B
3
0
0
0
0
0
7

Joseph Kwasniewski

CF
3
0
0
0
0
0
5

Gavin Borkowski

LF
2
1
1
0
0
0
9

Jacob Donn

PR
0
1
0
0
0
0

TOTALS

24
8
7
1
1
5
NO
PITCHING
IP
AB
K
BB
H
R
ER
12

John Vandemark

2.2
18
3
4
9
13
11
14

David Lyskawa

1.2
15
2
0
10
10
10

TOTALS

4.1
33
5
4
19
23
21

Team Rawlings Elite (California)

NO
NAME
POS
AB
R
H
2B
HR
RBI'S
12

Willie Aguilar

SS
4
3
2
0
1
2
9

Steven Nuno

RF
3
3
1
0
0
0
5

David Clauson

1B
4
4
4
0
2
3
8

Issak Gutierrez

P
5
2
2
0
1
2
11

Matt Green

C
4
4
3
0
3
7
7

Justin Palucki

2B
3
1
1
0
0
0
2

David Hamilton

3B
4
3
3
1
1
3
13

Alec Paz

CF
3
2
3
0
1
3
1

Jake Terpstra

LF
2
0
0
0
0
0
14

Nick Fraze

PR
0
1
0
0
0
0
3

Nick Anz

PH/CR
1
0
0
0
0
0

TOTALS

33
23
19
1
9
20

NO
PITCHING
IP
AB
K
BB
H
R
ER
8

Issak Gutierrez (winning pitcher)

5
26
9
2
7
8
5

TOTALS

5
26
9
2
7
8
5

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER - BERNIE ZEH



Championship Game Notes:

A-Turf Titans (NY)
-Local team from Buffalo, New York.
-WNY Boys of Summer Champions.
-Brighton Bobcat Early Bird Champions.
-New Era Cap Classic Runner-up.
-USSA Fairport Red Rage Tournament Champions.
-Buffalo Wings Tournament Champions.

Team Rawlings Elite (CA)
-First time playing together.



How The Teams got to the Championship

A-Turf Titans (NY)
-defeated #42 New York Empire Baseball (NY) 17-3
-defeated #14 Peninsula Pilots (VA) 14-2
-defeated #27 Sherrill Cardinals (NY) 9-4
-defeated #2 AV Samurai (CA) 14-10 (7 in)


Team Rawlings Elite (CA)
-defeated #17 Play Hard Snipers (CA) 23-5
-defeated #8 Red Raiders (NJ) 4-1
-defeated #4 Game Gear Gators (NJ) 14-1



2010 "Cooperstown Classic" Runnerup - A-Turf Titans (Buffalo, New York)
2010 Week #13 "Cooperstown Classic" Runnerup
A-Turf Titans (Buffalo, New York)

2010 "Cooperstown Classic" Champions - Teram Rawlings Elite (San Juan Capistrano, California)
2010 Week #13 "Cooperstown Classic" Champions
Team Rawlings Elite (San Juan Capistrano, California)

Photos by DENNIS FINN