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2011 WEEK #13 Cooperstown Classic Championship Game Scoreboard

2011 Week #13 "Cooperstown Classic" Championship Game
September 1, 2011
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FINAL SCORE

#19 New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ)

5
0
3
0
0
0
8

#5 So Cal Rebels (CA)

1
0
0
0
4
0
5

Pitchers
So Cal Rebels (CA): Isaiah Parra; Jason Holmes (1st); Hagen Danner (5th);
New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ): Jonathan Landaverde
(winning pitcher) ; Nolan Jones (5th);


Home Runs: August Samek (New Jersey Hurricanes) (1st) (none on); Jonathan Landaverde (New Jersey Hurricanes) (1st) (one on); Chase Champi (New Jersey Hurricanes) (1st) (one on); Chase Champi (New Jersey Hurricanes) (3rd) (one on); Steve Yelin (New Jersey Hurricanes) (3rd) (none on); Isaiah Parra (So Cal Rebels) (5th) (one on);

Game Started at 9:18 p.m. - Game Ended at 11:08 p.m. - GameTime 1:50

New Jersey Hurricanes (New Jersey)

So Cal Rebels (California)


Championship Game Starting Lineups
NO
New Jersey Hurricanes
(New Jersey)
POS

NO

So Cal Rebels (California)
POS
6

August Samek

CF

10

Hagen Danner

CF
12

Nolan Jones

3B

3

Nick Pratto

1B
13

Will Farnham

SS

7

Mickey Moniak

2B
8

Jonathan Landaverde

P

4

Justin McHale

LF
2

Eric Heatter

1B

2

Isaiah Parra

P
3

Nick O'Reilly

LF

5

Cole Cummings

SS
10

Chase Champi

C

13

Blake Hunt

C
11

Steve Yelin

2B

9

Jake Weldon

RF
5

Aljo Sujak

RF

12

Jason Holmes

3B

Head Coach: Sammy Sujak

Head Coach: Paul Weldon


Substitutes

Substitutes

4

Deenae Sujak

1

Anthony Martinez

11

Dylan Baranowski

6

Kyle May

14

Luke Thompson

8

Tayt Adams

9

Jami Wendel


Coaches

Coaches

James Heatter

Mike Adams

August Samek


2011 Week #13 championship teams prior to the championship game

Championship Game Umpires

Right Field - Ian Webber (Fort Washington, PA); First Base - William Feltner (Moberly, MO);
Second Base - Sherman McElwain (Harpursville, NY); Home Plate - Kenneth Rivera (Yonkers, NY);
Third Base - John Teichman Sr. (Murfreesboro, TN) and Left Field - Heather Schlesinger (Skokie, IL).


Inning -By-Inning Championship Game Information


First Inning:
New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ)
: August Samek hammered a home run to left field to open the game. Nolan Jones singled off the left field fence. Will Farnham struck out swinging. Jones stole second base. Jonathan Landaverde homered to center field driving in Jones. Eric Heatter singled to left. Nick O'Reilly flied out to center. Heatter stole second base. Chase Champi homered to center field and Heather scored. Jason Holmes came in to pitch for the So Cal Rebels. Steve Yelin struck out swinging. Totals: five runs, five hits, no errors and none left on base.

So Cal Rebels (CA): Hagen Danner grounded out short to first. Nick Pratto singled to center. A wild pitch sent Pratto to second. Another wild pitch advanced Pratto to third. A passed ball allowed Pratto to score. Mickey Moniak struck out swinging. Justin McHale walked. Isaiah Parra was on first when the shortstop could not handle the play for an error. Cole Cummings singled and Justin McHale was caught trying to score right fielded to cathch to third. Totals: one run, two hits, two errors and two left on base.


Second Inning:
New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ) : Aljo Sujak walked. August Samek grounded into a fielders choice third baseman to the second baseman with Sujak out at second. Samek stole second base. Nolan Jones popped out to the second baseman. Will Farnham singled that the shortstop just got to but could not make a play with Samek going to third. Jonathan Landaverde struck out swinging. Totals: no runs, one hit, no errors and two left on base.

So Cal Rebels (CA): Blake Hunt doubled off the third base bag. Jake Weldon grounded into a fielders choice pitcher to third baseman with Hunt out at third. Jason Holmes struck out swinging. Hagen Danner grounded out to the shortstop unassisted. Totals: no runs, one hit, no errors and one left on base.


Third Inning:
New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ) : Eric Heatter walked. Nick O'Reilly ground to third into a fielders choice with Heatter out at second. Chase Champi homered to right field scoring O'Reilly. Steve Yelin homered to right field. Aljo Sujak struck out swinging. August Samek struck out swinging. Totals: three runs, two hits, no errors and none left on base.

So Cal Rebels (CA): Nick Pratto flew out to right field. Mickey Moniak grounded out pitcher to first base. Justin McHale struck out swinging. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors and none left on base.


Fourth Inning:
New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ) : Nolan Jones grounded out unassisted to the first baseman. Will Farnham singled to right field. Jonathan Landaverde grounded to third and into a fielders choice with Farnham out at second. Luke Thompson courtesy ran for Landaverde. Thompson stole second base. Eric Heatter grounded out short to first. Totals: no runs, one hit, no errors and one left on base.

So Cal Rebels (CA): Isaiah Parra walked. Cole Cumming struck out swinging. Parra stole second base. Blake Hunt struck out looking. Jake Weldon grounded out to the first baseman unassisted. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors and one left on base.


Fifth Inning:
New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ) : Hagen Danner came in to pitch for the So Cal Rebels. Nick O'Reilly grounded out to the first baseman unassisted. Jami Wendel pinch hit for Chase Champi and struck out swinging. Steve Yelin grounded out third to first. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors and none left on base.

So Cal Rebels (CA): Jason Holmes struck out swinging. Hagen Danner singled. Nick Pratto singled moving Danner to second. Mickey Moniak popped out to the third baseman. A balk was called and that moved Danner to third and Pratto to second. Justin McHale doubled down the left field line driving in Danner and Pratto. Isaiah Parra homered to center driving in McHale. Cole Cummings walked. Nolan Jones came in to pitch for the New Jersey Hurricanes. Blake Hunt ground out to the third baseman who threw to the second baseman for a force out. Totals: four runs, four hits, no errors and one left on base.


Sixth Inning:
New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ) : Luke Thompson pinch hit for Aljo Sujak and struck out swinging. August Samek struck out swinging. Nolan Jones struck out swinging. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors and none left on base.

So Cal Rebels (CA): Jake Weldon flied out to the first baseman. Jason Holmes singled to left field. A wild pitch sent Holmes to second. Hagen Danner popped out to the pitcher. Nick Pratto grounded out second baseman to the first baseman to end the game and win the 2011 "Cooperstown Classic" for the New Jersey Hurricanes. Totals: no runs, one hit, no errors and one left on base.

FINAL SCORE:

New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ) 8 - So Cal Rebels (CA) 5


CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

New Jersey Hurricanes (New Jersey)
NO
NAME
POS
AB
R
H
2B
HR
RBI'S
6

August Samek

CF
4
1
1
0
1
1
12

Nolan Jones

3B/P
4
1
1
0
0
0
13

Will Farnham

SS
3
0
2
0
0
0
8

Jonathan Landaverde

P/3B
3
1
1
0
1
2
2

Eric Heatter

1B
2
1
1
0
0
0
3

Nick O'Reilly

LF
3
1
0
0
0
0
10

Chase Champi

C
2
2
2
0
2
4
11

Steve Yelin

2B
2
1
1
0
1
1
5

Aljo Sujak

RF
2
0
0
0
0
0
9

Jami Wendel

PH
1
0
0
0
0
0
11

Dylan Baranowski

2B
0
0
0
0
0
0
4

Deenae Sujak

LF
0
0
0
0
0
0
14

Luke Thompson

PH
1
0
0
0
0
0

TOTALS

27
8
9
0
5
8
NO
PITCHING
IP
AB
K
BB
H
R
ER
8

Jonathan Landaverde (winning pitcher)

4 2/3
24
6
3
7
5
4
12

Nolan Jones

1 1/3

5
0
0
1
0
0

TOTALS

6
29
6
3
8
5
4

So Cal Rebels (California)

NO
NAME
POS
AB
R
H
2B
HR
RBI'S
10

Hagen Danner

CF/3B/P
4
1
1
0
0
0
3

Nick Pratto

1B
4
2
2
0
0
0
7

Mickey Moniak

2B/CF
3
0
0
0
0
0
4

Justin McHale

LF
2
1
1
1
0
2
2

Isaiah Parra

P/SS
2
1
1
0
1
2
5

Cole Cummings

SS/2B
2
0
1
0
0
0
13

Blake Hunt

C
3
0
1
1
0
0
9

Jake Weldon

RF
3
0
0
0
0
0
12

Jason Holmes

3B/P/CF
3
0
1
0
0
0

TOTALS

26
5
8
2
1
4
NO
PITCHING
IP
AB
K
BB
H
R
ER
2

Isaiah Parra

2/3
7
1
0
5
5
5
12

Jason Holmes

3 1/3

16
4
2
4
3
3

10

Hagen Danner

2
6
4
0
0
0
0

TOTALS

6
29
9
2
9
8
8

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER - Jon Pont



How The Teams got to the Championship

New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ)
-defeated #14 Bayport Blue Point Bombers (NY) 24-5
-defeated #3 Titans Baseball Club of New Jersey (NJ) 13-1
-defeated #27 Team Anderson Black (CA) 9-8
-defeated #2 Bandits Baseball Club (CA) 10-4



So Cal Rebels (California)
-defeated #33 Federal Way Knights (WA) 15-1
-defeated #12 A-Turf Titans (NY) 6-5
-defeated #20 Hackensack Comets (NJ) 9-6
-defeated #1 Team Rawlings (CA) 19-1



2011 "Cooperstown Classic" Victory Celebration

2011 Week #13 "Cooperstown Classic" Runnerup - So Cal Rebels (Mission Viejo, California)
2011 Week #13 Cooperstown Classic Runnerup - So Cal Rebels (CA)

2011 Week #13 "Cooperstown Classic" Champions - New Jersey Hurricanes (Tenafly, New Jersey)
2011 Week #13 Cooperstown Classic Champions - New Jersey Hurricanes (NJ)

Photos by JOSH BUXBAUM and DENNIS FINN