MBL

Mother's Day Weekend games, May 12-13, 2007:

O'Brien's / Milwaukee HD 5 Johnny V's 4
Reunited in 2007 in the same division, the longest running rivalry in the MBL (dating back to 1986 Tosa Grads vs. Twins Tap) showcased O'Brien's / Milw. HD and Johnny V's. The teams kicked off an early season doubleheader on a cool Staurday night with two of the league's top pitchers, Dan Wilfrath and Mike Gramarosa going head to head in game one. O'Brien's scored first on Luke Sankey's two RBI single in the second inning. OB's tacked on a run in the third and it stayed 3-0 until the bottom of the sixth when JV's Paul Lennart led off with a homerun and Dan Goral drove in another run leaving OB's a 3-2 lead going into the seventh. Wilfrath (9K) gave way to closer Tim Heling in the seventh. Johnny V's pushed across two runs in the top of the seventh with RBI singles by Paul Lennart and Lee Kleszcynski, giving Johnny V's a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh. With JV's sticking with Gramarosa, O'Briens's loaded the bases with none retired and won on Chris Sanders' bases loaded single to score two and end this well played game.

O'Brien's / Milw HD 13 Johnny V's 6
OB's jumped out to a 10-0 lead after two innings and cruised to a win in the nightcap. OB's Luke Sankey pitched 4.2 innings with seven strikeouts to get the win. Chris Sanders had three hits with three runs and two RBI's. Doug Dollhopf and Jim Vielbaum added two hits each for OB's/MHD. Johnny V's star pitcher Mike Gramarosa showed he could hit as well as pitch. Playing four positions in game two (1B, 2B, SS, and CF, though not all at once, leaving Bugs Bunny's record intact) he had two hits including a three run homerun. Rob Weist added a solo shot for Johnny V's.

Franklin Barber 15 / Tracks 5
Franklin Barber 17 / Tracks 0

Club Paragon 20 Texx's Blue Jays 0
The Phillies second victory came behind several first year players. Jimmy Kuriatnyk went seven shut out innings for the complete game victory, giving up only four hits, and striking out ten. On a huge offensive day, first year catcher Steve Laabs led the team with four hits, scored three times, and had two RBIs. Along with him, Bryan Ureda and Mike Jelacic both had two hits each and scored twice. Not to be left out, veterans Bobby Jankowski and Joe Vilkoski each had multi hit and multi RBI days.

Varsity Club 10 Tosa Colonel Hart's 2

Long Wong's 12 Milw PD 11
In the opening game of a Mother's Day doubleheader, Long Wongs and the Milwaukee Police Department (the longest tenured team in the MBL dating to the 1930s) engaged in a slugfest. Long Wong's tallied four runs in the bottom of the first on five singles to take a 4-0 lead after one. Then the MPD fireworks began as they scored five runs in the second on two doubles and a home run. On the day, Marcus Switzer of MPD went 2 of 4 with two doubles in what would be a record making day for him. Also mashing for MPD were Bob Welch (3-4, 3 dbl, 1r, 2bi) and Jeremy Gonzalez 3-4, HR, 3r, 2bi). Long Wongs got ahead in the third with four more runs using two singles, two walks and a two out double by Randy Kumm to take a the lead. In the fourth, Chris Adamski turned on a two strike pitch and put one over the left field wall driving in Adam Graves to give Long Wongs' relief pitcher Joe Brand enough room to hold off the MPD bats. MPD never regained the lead but kept the pressure on throughout, scoring three times in the top of the seventh to account for the final score. Adam Graves (3-4), Josh Sopczak (2-3) and Paul Sinklair (2-4) had multiple hit games for the Wongers.

Long Wongs 14 Milw PD 7
Long Wongs jumped out to a 10-0 lead after two innings, fuled by a nine run outburst in the second which included two batters taking one for the team and a two out, two run, line drive single by Kirk Spano (2-4, hbp, 2bi, 2r). Long Wongs' Spano, Tom Mortonson (3-4, hbp, 1bi, 3r) and Bruce Smeby (3-4, bb, 3bi, 2r) had multiple hit games to lead the balanced offense. Josh Sopzcak earned the win by starting and then re-entering from the OF when MPD put pressure on in the middle of the game. Included in that pressure was 54 years young Marcus Switzer's 2 run blast over the 375 sign in left field in the 5th. That home run broke Switzer's own record as the veteranest player with a home run.

Leff's / Spancrete 8 South Milwaukee Arcade 1

PJ's Royals 6 Supreme Builders 3
The Royals had trouble getting it going offensively but were able to put up 6 runs. They were led by Joe Cefalu (2 for 3), Steve Rappl (3 for 4), and John Logan who went 1 for 2 and scored 3 runs. Alex Arcano got the win allowing 2 runs over 6 innings.

PJ's Royals 6 Supreme Builders 2
Adam Miller got his second complete game win of the year. Offensively the Royals were led by Scott Rappl and Jeremy Kroll, both hitting 2 run home runs.

Kasper's 13 Planet Markey's Indians 7