MBL

Yeaaaaaaaah, no rainouts!!!

A few things to note before game summaries:
1. Bats: -3, not -5, see the rules
2. Challenging the strike zone can get you ejected after very little commentary, I speak from experience and observation.
3. Fields are what they are. Take the time to vote well and understand that Milwaukee County's financial problems stem from decades of poor money management and an overwhelming social welfare system. County Executive Scott Walker is supporting a separate Park's District that would handle it's own money instead of being lumped in with the general County budget. I think we should strongly consider supporting this proposal as a group.
4. Thank you scorekeepers & umpires for your efforts in helping us restore this league to the high status it was years ago.

June 23-25

Long Wongs 16 Planet Markey's
Long Wongs broke the game open in the fourth by hitting around the line-up after initially trailing 1-0 after two innings. Josh Sopczak pitched 4 stellar innings to start before giving way to Adam Graves (2 for 3) who controlled the game to finish.

Texx's Royals 5 Varsity Club BullDawgs 4
The Royals found themselves down 4-3 entering the sixth and were able to tie the score going into the seventh. In the seventh Steve Rappl hit a leadoff double and was able to score on a base hit by Jeremy Kroll, giving the Royals the walkoff win.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders 5 Texx's Royals 0
Ryan Diaz pitched a complete game shutout as the Builders beat the Royals 5-0. Adam Miller of the Royals pitched 5 solid innings to earn the loss. Jonny Baierl led the Builders going 3-3 with 2 doubles and Bry Rapp also had a multi-hit game. With a two RBI single in the bottom of the sixth, Dan Rischmann sealed the victory for Supreme.

Supreme Builders 8 Planet Markey's Indians 2
Brian Rennicke pitched a complete game for the Builders to earn the win. Dan Rischmann led their bats going two for two with a solo homerun and 3 RBIs. Eric Belter (3 RBIs) and Chris Moser also had mulit-hit games.

Kaspers 11 Wauwatosa Sluggos 7

Wauwatosa Sluggos 10 Kaspers 0
Evan McGarry allowed 2 hits over 5 innings to lead Sluggos over Kaspers. Chris Skaros and Corey Connolly each hat 3 hits for Sluggos.

O'Brien's/Milw. Harley Davidson 12 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays 3
Dan Wilfrath pitched a complete game victory striking out five and rookie Tim Heling went 3-4 with two doubles leading O'Briens/Milw. HD to a win.

O'Brien's/Milw. Harley Davidson 4 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays 2
Game two of the doubleheader turned into a pitching duel between O'brien's/Milw. HD's Jim Vielbaum and the Blue Jay's Nick Vanwieringen. Vielbaum allowed just five hits while striking out nine and walking only one to earn the hard fought win.

Johnny V's 14 Colonel Hart's 3

Colonel Hart's 6 Johnny V's 4
Colonel Harts bounced back in shortened game two due to issues with the lights.Chad Torn pitched a complete game, only allowing four hits and four runs. In addition to great pitching and defense, the offense was geared by multi-hit games from Andy Budd, Mike Grabek, Joe Vilkoski, and Bobby Jankowski.

South Milwaukee Arcade 21 MPD 1

South Milwaukee Arcade 12 MPD 0

McGinn's 7 Club Paragon 5
With the score tied at 2 going into the sixth, both teams bats woke up. Club Paragon scored two in the top of the sixth, but McGinn's scored 5 in the bottom of the inning with 9 guys batting in the inning. Club Paragon got one more in the seventh, but that was it as Danny Mehigan pitched a complete game. Mehigan and B.J. Propp led the offensive attack going 2 for 3.

McGinn's 15 Club Paragon 5
McGinn's completed the doubleheader sweep pounding out 15 hits leading to 15 runs. Club Paragon scored 3 in the first to take a 3 to 2 lead, but McGinn's bats turned it on after that. They scored 4 in the 2nd, 4th, and 7th, with a single run in the 6th. Terry Dittrich went 2 for 4 with 4 rbi's, Andrew LeGrand with 4 for 4 with 3 rbi's, and Adam Weber went 4 for 5 with 3 rbi's to lead the McGinn's attack. Weber also pitched 6 strong innings to pick up the win. Josh Hornung pitched a scoreless 7th to finish the game.

Franklin Barber Plumbing 10 Long Wong's 6

Varsity Club 6 Franklin Barber Plumbing 5

On a day when the Varsity Club was short handed, injured, beat up and praying for rain, Franklin Barber Plumbing jumped out to a five run lead through 2.5 innings. The Varsity Club began to get their second wind though in the bottom of the third with two runs of their own. Over the course of the next four innings the Varsity Club pitcher Travis Rose would settle in and allow no runs with a little help from the defense. Varsity Club chipped away at the lead, finally tying it in the bottom of the sixth with two runs. In the bottom of the seventh, Varsity Club manage, part time first baseman and radio superstar CJ Knee led the inning off with a walk. Rick Szymanski then laid down a nice sacrifice bunt to get the runner to second. On the bunt CJ Knee made a big turn at second, the ensuing throw to second was wild and ended up in the outfield allowing the runner to get to third. Korey Salmon then hit the game winning single up the middle past a drawn in defense to win the game. Travis Rose, Mike Beringer, and PJ Morrow all had two hits on the afternoon. Rob Williamson drove in 2 runs.