Boston Renegades 2010 Game Results

Game #5 New Jersey Lightning Shock Renegades

	1	2	3	4	5	6		Runs	Strike-outs	Put-outs
New Jersey	1	1	0	4	3	2		11	9	8
Boston	0	1	3	0	2	0		6	10	9

New Jersey AB R K PO Boston AB R K PO Washington 5 5 0 4 Vasile -MF 4 1 1 1 Santiago 5 2 1 1 S. Cantan -3B 4 2 2 1 Atin 5 1 3 0 Haile -1B 4 1 1 0 Daye 5 1 1 1 Buiaon -R 3 0 3 0 Romero 5 2 3 2   -Quintanilla-PH 2 1 1 0 Szott 1 0 0 0 Ward -DH 3 0 1 -   -Winthrop 3 0 1 0   -Silver -PH/1B 1 0 0 0   -Black DF/LS - - - 4 Zuccarello DF/RS 0 0 0 0 --J. Cantan RS/LS 3 1 1 3 Totals 29 11 9 8 Totals 24 6 10 9 Pitcher-  Pitcher- Cochran 24 6 10 Catcher- Weissman LS Caller- Grillo RS Caller-Manjourides

The New Jersey Lightning would enter this game as a first year team with a two game winning steak and a lot of confidence.  Captain, Sherlock Washington would start the game off with a bang and put the Lightning ahead.  The Renegades continued their slow start as they went down 1-2-3 as Sherlock Washington did it on defense as well, making two stops in the second line of the New Jersey defense off the bats of Dino Vasile and Larry Haile.  In the second inning, New Jersey's Kevin Szott would take a hard fall while running down the baseline and would eventually have to leave the game in an ambulance with a suspected dislocated shoulder.  At this point the field was deemed unsafe to play on and a change would be made for the rest of the day on this field.  Only 3rd base would be in use for the remainder of the day.  This certainly changed the complexity of the game as a base runner know knew what base they would be running toward.  Washington would be the first batter up after the injury and he would plate his 2nd run of the game to give New Jersey a 2-0 lead.  Boston would fight back as pinch hitter Joe Quintanilla would score in the 2nd and Shayne Cantan, Larry Haile and Justen Cantan would plate runs in the 3rd to give Boston a 4-2 lead.New Jersey would open it up in the 4th inning as they would score two runs on poor defensive play by the Renegades and score a pair of run on good hits as Washington scored his 3rd run of the game.  New Jersey would tack on insurance runs as they outscore Boston 9-2 in the final three frames of the game.  In the end, New Jersey played better defense than Boston stopping 57% of the balls hit into play (vs 45% for Boston) and strike out less.  Sherlock Washington was the MVP of this game with a five for five performance at the plate and 4 stops on defense.

Game #6 Renegades Surprise Bombers

	1	2	3	4	5	6		Runs	Strike-outs	Put-outs
Long Island	2	1	0	3	0	2		8	6	8
Boston	5	5	2	3	1	x		16	7	12

Long Island AB R K PO Boston AB R K PO Fass 4 1 0 1 Vasile -MF 6 3 3 5   -Bareara 1 0 1 0 S. Cantan -3B 5 3 1 1 Hughes 5 2 1 3 Haile -1b 4 3 1 0 Thorne 2 0 1 1   -Black -1B - - - 1   -S. Guerra 2 1 0 1   -Sajaad -R - - - 0 Stevens 4 3 0 0 Buizon -R 3 2 0 0 Esposito 4 1 1 1   -Silver -1b 2 1 0 1 Povogel 3 0 2 1 Ward -DH 3 1 0 0   -Dejesus 1 0 0 0 Zuccarello -DF/RS - - - 3   -Quintanilla -DH 1 0 0 -   -Duggan-DH 1 0 0 - J. Cantan -LS 5 3 1 1 Totals 26 8 6 8 Totals 31 16 7 12 Pitcher-Sciortino Pitcher- Cochran 31 16 7 12 Catcher- Weissman LS Caller- Grillo RS Caller-Manjourides

After the loss to New Jersey, The Renegades huddled up and regrouped.  They knew they played a poor game and they knew they needed to wake up.  It started shaky as lead off hitter Ted Fass would plate a run and Jeff Stevens would give Long Island a 2 run lead.  Then it happened.  The bats woke up.  Dino Vasile led off with a long fly ball over the heads of everyone down the right field line.   Shayne Cantan hit a line drive to left center, Larry Haile hit a grounder up the middle, Joey Buizon hit a line drive to Right field and Justen Cantan hit a line drive down the third baseline.  Boston was up 5-2 and 4 of the 5 hits were hit hard.  Boston would plate another 5 runs in the 2nd inning as Larry Haile would score a pair of runs, Vasile, Buizon and Ward would also score.  The route was on.  Never before in the history of this rivalry had Boston held such a commanding lead.  It was not just the bats as Long Island hit the ball hard and often.  Dino Vasile was the story on defense.  In just his second start up the middle, he made 5 huge stops.  The Renegades had not had 5 stops out of this position in the whole season up till this point.  They were all big  hits and took the wind out of Long Island's sails.  In the 4th inning you knew the game was going Boston's way when Nick Esposito hit a hard ground ball up the middle of the field that ricocheted off Justen Cantan about 30 feet to the first baseman, Darren Black who made the stop.  This was the first game since 2007 the the leading defensive player was not one of the shorty players.  In this game, Boston would hit .516 for their 4th best batting average in team history and the 8 run differential would be the 4th largest in team history.  Most importantly for Boston, this was a team victory as four different Renegades scored 3 runs, 6 different players made stops on defense and Boston had proven it could wake up after a dismal start.

Game #7 Renegades Eat up the Wolpack

	1	2	3	4	5	6		Runs	Strike-outs	Put-outs
Boston	4	3	2	3	3	0		15	5	8
Penn	2	2	0	0	0	1		5	10	13

Boston AB R K PO Pennsylvania AB R K PO Vasile -MF 5 0 0 1 Shields -DH 4 0 2 -   -Duggan -PH 2 0 1 - Gontaryk -DF - - - 4  S. Cantan -3B 5 4 1 0 Hogwood 4 2 1 1   -Hoyt -1B 1 0 0 0 Patterson 4 3 0 2 Haile -R 4 3 0 0 Coughlin 4 0 1 5   -Sajjad -R 2 0 1 0 Gomberg 4 0 4 0 Ward -DH 2 2 0 0 Wallace 3 0 2 1 Zuccarello-DF/RS - - - 3   -Quintanilla -PH/1B/MF 3 3 0 0 J. Cantan -LS 5 2 2 4 Silver -1B 2 1 0 0   -O'Neill -PH 1 0 0 -   -Black -1B 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 15 5 8 Totals 23 5 12 10 Pitcher- Cochran 30 15 5 Pitcher- Krug Pitcher - Cotter 3 0 0 Pitcher -Gomberg Catcher- Weissman Pitcher -Decker LS Caller- Grillo RS Caller-Nippins

Boston could still win the Long Island Classic if they beat the Wolfpack by a large margin and got help from the Long Island Bombers to win a game against the Lightning.  The tie breaker was run differential and the Boston offense would be challenged.  Boston would get two outs before scoring on 4 straight runs by Larry Haile, JJ Ward, Justen Cantan and Evan Silver to lead off the game.  The Wolfpack would look good at the plate early as they put 4 of their first 5 at bats into play with run scoring hits by Scott Hogwood and Mike Patterson.  This would be Hogwood's first ever run in a game.  In fact this pair would also connect for runs in the second frame but they would find themselves down 7-4.  It was all Renegades from here out as the Wolfpack would strike out 7 times in their last 13 at-bats with 5 of those balls hit into play were weakly hit.  Boston came close to a 12 run rule in the 5th inning after putting up crooked numbers in the first 5 frames of the game.  The MVP of this game would be shared by the Cantan brothers as Shayne would pace the offense with 4 runs and his older brother would plate 2 runs and make stops on 4 of the 5 balls hit his way in this contest.  Long Island would go on to beat New Jersey and the Renegades would win the Long Island Classic for the 3rd year in a row on a tie breaker as three teams finished 2-1.

Game #8 In the Rain, the Renegades Prevail 5-2

	1	2	3	4	5	6		Runs	Strike-outs	Put-outs
Penn	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	17	12
Boston	2	2	0	0	1	x		5	3	1

Pennsylvania AB R K PO Boston AB R K PO Patterson 4 0 3 4 Haile -1B 4 1 0 0 Hogwood 4 1 3 1 S. Cantan -MF 4 2 1 0 Shields 3 1 2 2 Quintanilla -DH 3 0 0 - Coughlin 3 0 3 1 Buizon -DF/3b 1 1 0 0 Gontaryk 3 0 3 4  -Sajjad R - - - 0 Wallace 3 0 3 0 J. Cantan -LS 3 1 1 0 Ward -R 2 0 0 0   -Inkiala -3B - - - 0 Black -RS 3 0 1 1 Totals 20 2 17 12 Totals 20 5 3 1 Pitcher-Cochran 17 5 2 Pitcher- Krug Pitcher-Cotter 3 0 1 Catcher- Weissman LS Caller- Grillo RS Caller-Nippins

The Wolfpack played host to the Renegades in the 2nd leg of the Beast of the East in Haddonfield, NJ.  As the game started play, the rain started to fall.  In fact, it rained the entire game.  This made things interesting.  Coach Weissman would challenge the Renegades with the "Patterson challenge" before the game started.  The goal was to shut down Mike Patterson who had hit very well and supplied most of the Wolfpack offense against Boston in the past.  Shut down Patterson and the players could make up Wednesday's practice plan. If Patterson scored  the team would do a lot of running.  Patterson led the game off with a strike out but with 2 outs Matt Shields would score on a short ball into the right side of the field to give the wolf pack a lead in the first.  The Hawaiians would score a pair of runs in the 1st inning and then in the second inning Larry Haile and Shayne Cantan would plate another pair to give Boston a lead that they would hold for the rest of the game. Boston would put 17 of their 20 balls into play and many of them were hit solid.  The wet slow grass combined with great defense by the entire Wolfpack team slowed down the Boston Offense.  The sloppy field conditions also caused some problems on the base paths for Boston as they lost a few runs due to poor base running.  For the Wolfpack, the story was strike outs.  Every hitter in their line up struck out 3 times as they only put 3 balls into play.  The scary moment of the game came in the 3rd inning when Scott Hogwood swung his bat and missed but the bat slipped out of his wet hands and landed in foul territory near the Boston bench.  In fact, thrown bats were a problem on this day as three hitters lost the grip on their bats.  This would eventually postpone the whole tournament.  This win would give Boston 3 wins and  1 Loss in the Beast of the East.  The players would win the "Patterson challenge" as he would ground out to Darren Black in the 6th inning for the only defensive stop Boston would make all game.

Game #9 Renegades Sweep Pennsylvania winning 8-1

	1	2	3	4	5	6		Runs	Strike-outs	Put-outs
Penn	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	6	12
Boston	2	1	3	2	0	x		8	3	12

Pennsylvania AB R K PO Boston AB R K PO Hogwood 4 1 2 0 Haile -R 2 1 0 0 Patterson 3 0 0 0   -Hoyt -1B 0 0 0 1 Shields 3 0 0 0   -Ward  -PH 1 1 0 - Coughlin 3 0 0 2   -Sajjad -PH 1 0 0 - Gontaryk 2 0 0 6 S. Cantan -3B 4 3 1 1   -Gomberg 1 0 1 0 Vasile -MF 4 0 1 3 Wallace 3 0 3 4 J. Cantan -LS 3 1 1 4   -Quintanilla -PH 2 0 0 - Duggan -DH 2 0 0 - Zuccarello -DF/RS - - - 2   -O'Neill -DH 2 0 0 - Black -1B/LS 0 0 0 0   -Buizon -R/3B 2 2 0 1 Totals 19 1 6 12 Totals 23 8 3 12 Pitcher-Cochran 17 8 2 Pitcher- Gomberg Pitcher-Cotter 6 0 1 Catcher- Weissman LS Caller- Grillo RS Caller-Manjourides

Boston had beaten the Wolfpack twice in 2010 and had a 5 game winning streak against this opponent dating back to 2008.  This would be the first home game Boston had had since 2008 and the team was excited to be hosting the first ever Blind Citizens Beep Baseball Championship in Sudbury, Mass.  The weather was hot and sticky and the fans started to roll in.  Coach Bryan Grillo entered the huddle before the game and spoke to the team about the movie Rudy as the team took the field to a chant of "not in our house".  Boston would make 2 stops in the first inning as Guy Zuccarello and Justen Cantan would put out the 2/3 hitters for the Wolfpack.  As they came off the field, Coach Weissman would state...thats one more stop then we made all last game against them!    Larry Haile would lead off the game with a line shot into right center to give Boston the lead that they would not relinquish.  Fast forward to the 3rd inning and the Wolfpack were down 3-0 and had been stopped on 5 of the hits they had put into play.  Matt Shields hit a ball down the first base line that scooted by Zuccarello and he called for help as it rolled beyond 100 feet.  Behind him was Melissa Hoyt who was inserted into the game for defense.  The ball got by her and she hit the ground and made the play.  This was her first defensive stop of her 4 year career.  Never before had her teammates seen her smile as wide as she did as she trotted off the field keeping the Renegade lead at 3-0.  With 2 outs in the 3rd, the Renegade bats caught fire as Joey Buizon and JJ Ward came off the bench to score run on 3 pitches and on the 4th pitch, Shayne Cantan plated the 3rd run of the inning.  Boston would go up 6-0.  Scott Hogwood would plate the only run for the Wolfpack in the 5th inning as the Boston Defense was on fire.  The Renegades would win game 1 of their home tournament and get confidence that each and every player could contribute to their wins.

Game #10 Renegades Strike the Lightning 13-0

	1	2	3	4	5	6		Runs	Strike-outs	Put-outs
Boston	7	3	3	x	x	x		13	5	10
NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	4

Boston AB R K PO New Jersey AB R K PO Haile -1B 4 2 1 0 Washington 3 0 0 3   -Black -1B/3B - - - 0 Szott 3 0 1 1 S. Cantan -3B 4 4 0 1 Santiago 3 0 2 0   -Quintanilla -MF - - - 0 Atin 3 0 2 0 Vasile -MF 4 4 0 2 Romero 3 0 1 0   -Sajjad -R - - - 0 Winthrop 3 0 2 0 Buizon - R 4 1 2 0   -Hoyt -1B - - - 0 J. Cantan -LS 3 0 1 4 Ward -DH 3 2 1 - Zuccarello-DF/RS - - - 3 Totals 22 13 5 10 Totals 18 0 8 4 Pitcher- Cochran 18 9 5 Pitcher- Cotter 4 4 0 Pitcher- Kuzmin Catcher-Weissman LS Caller-Grillo RS Caller-Manjourides

This was a game Boston was waiting for.  A chance to redeem themselves after New Jersey took it to them in New York.  This would be the second game of the day and New Jersey had already faced some drama in their first game against Long Island.  In that game, Jersey scored 7 runs in the top of the first inning only to have Long Island score twice in the bottom of the 6th to beat them in a come from behind victory 13-12.  New Jersey also lost one of their star players to injury, Paul Daye.  Two teams heading in opposite directions as the Renegades were fired up to play.  New Jersey won the coin toss but that would be all they would win in this game as the Renegades put up 7 runs in the first inning which marked the 3rd biggest inning in team history.  New Jersey would come to the plate and put three balls into play and they would go down 1-2-3.  Boston would tack on 3 more runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings and find themselves up 13-0 after three innings which invoked the 12 run rule.  This would be only the third time in team history that the Renegades had 12 runned an opponent.  The defense went on to the field with the goal to finish what they had started.  New Jersey battled as they put 10 of their first 13 balls into play.  The Boston Defense would eventually shut out New Jersey (its 4th career shut out) and this would be the best game the defense had ever played as it made stops on all 10 balls the opponent put into play.  Offensively, Boston would hit .619 in the game which would be only the 2nd time in team history the team hit over .600 in a game.  Boston would be led by Shayne Cantan and Dino Vasile who each notched their 5th career 4 run game.

Game #11 Renegades are the Beast of the East!

	1	2	3	4	5	6		Runs	Strike-outs	Put-outs
Boston	2	4	2	1	1	3		13	4	14
LI	0	0	0	1