2017 Box Scores

Game 1 Boston puts out the Fire in Walk off style 5-4

Philly	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
Coughlin	4	2	1	1		Zuccarello- RS	4	2	0	0
Hogwood	4	1	3	0		Dias – 1B	4	1	2	0
George	4	1	3	4		Quintanilla – R	4	1	1	1
Capati	4	0	4	0		Devenish – DH	3	1	1	—
M. Tawam	3	0	3	1		– Sajjad DF/MF	—	—	—	0
G. Natoli	2	0	0	0		Yee – 3B	3	0	3	0
– Daley	1	0	1	0		J. Proctor – LS	3	0	3	0
Totals	22	4	15	6		Totals	21	5	10	1
Pitcher- D. Natoli						Pitcher- Cochran	21	5	10
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Grillo
						RS Caller – A. Proctor

The Renegades opened the season in Lincroft, New Jersey and to start the season, we had an hour rain delay.  For the first time in team history (excluding the dead ball era), the Renegades did not have time to take bp before the game.  This would have a huge impact on the game for both teams.  Philly sauntered on to the field without bp or any type of warm up routine.  They would go down on strikes three times to stat the first.  In a surprise move, Guy Zuccarello was named the lead off hitter for the Renegades and on the third pitch of the inning hit a 45-foot pop up to the middle of the field, to give Boston a run. From there Cochran whiffed the next 5 hitters with lots of timing issues and foul balls as 45% of his pitches were fouled off into the wet grass of Lincroft.  With two outs in the bottom of the second, Guy Zuccarello laced a line drive into left field and raced to the base.  It was a close play and the umpire ruled in favor of Guy being safe to the dismay of the Philly defense and especially Mike Coughlin who was “late” in getting to the ball.  After a debate with the new umpire, the ruling stood.  Rob Dias then extended the inning on the 5th pitch he saw in the at bat with his first run of the 2017 campaign and gave Boston 3-0 lead.  In the top of the third, Philly got on the board.  They had 5 strike outs in 6 trips to the plate prior to this point but Mike Coughlin led off with a line drive down the first base line that nobody was near for their first run of their season.  Scott Hogwood then took one of his infamous giant swings and hit a weak liner up the middle of the field that put Aqil Sajjad on his heels as his first instinct was to back up.  This big swing surprised Aqil when the ball landed so far in front of him that when he tried to change directions, he fell backwards on his ass.  By the time he recovered, Hogwood had beaten him to the bag to make the game 3-2.  Dom Natoli, the Philly pitcher would then strike out the next three hitters.  After three frames, Philly had 2 runs on 3 balls put in play and had racked up 8 of their 9 outs by striking out.  This pattern would continue for them all game.  Shawn Devenish led off the 3rd for Boston with a blast into left field.  However, he came out of the batters box with a terrible line, which made him very slow down to third base.  Despite the distance of the ball, Maneer, Tawam made his first career stop against Devenish out near 130 feet.  The first 2017 pink blindfold would go to Devenish.  Joe Yee and Justen Proctor would struggle and both would strike out on 4 pitches as they struggled a bit with their mechanics.  In the 4th, Gina Natoli led off for the Fire and put a ball into play off her brother Dom. Dom said after the play ” it was a nice hit but you are running in quick sand”. Justen Proctor gobbled it up with ease for his second stop of the day.  Mike Coughlin strode to the plate and on this attempt hit a ball down the first base line again.  This time it stopped rolling between Guy Zuccarello at Right Shorty and Rob Dias at First base.  Guy called for help, as he could not hear the ball well with first base going off.  By the time Rob Dias could come up on it, Coughlin had scored to tie the game.  Coughlin lives for beep baseball and beating the Renegades is one of his passions. He had given his team a 3-3 tie.  Hogwood and Randy George would go down on strikes to end the top of the 4th.  In the bottom of the 4th, the Boston bats showed some life and the possibility the lack of warm ups were starting to wear off.  Zuccarello hit the 2nd pitch of the at bat up the middle and was stopped by Randy George.  Rob Dias weakly grounded up the middle to George and then Joe Quintanilla hit a hard shot to left center on his first swing but Mike Coughlin would go a long way and lay out to make a nice stop to end the threat.  After four innings, Boston and Philly were knotted at three.  Philly went down on strikes in the 5th as Dom Natoli racked up 13 strikeouts to this point.  In the bottom of the 5th, Shawn Devenish led off the inning with a weak ground ball to the left side and this time corrected his base running woes to score.  He giggled that he could score on such a short hit but be stopped on his blast earlier.  Boston now had a 4-3 lead.  Yee and Proctor would continue to struggle, racking up a scorecard that looked like the K-K-K.  Zuccarello would end the inning with a grounder to the left side that Randy George gobbled up for his game leading 4 stops.  Going into the 6th, Coughlin had a chance to be a hero and he blasted a shot into right center field that looked like a sure run.  Joe Quintanilla ranged to his right at the rover spot and laid out for the ball making a great play and stopped Coughlin from tying the game!  Q made the biggest put of the game on defense and the team was fired up.  Next up the mighty Scott Hogwood went down swinging.  With two out and three strikes, Randy George was at the plate.  He had been 0-3 on the day with three whiffs.  Coach Weissman had flashbacks to 2016 in a similar situation with the same player.  George then lofted a fly ball down the 3rd base line.  The ball landed in front of Joe Yee.  Yee committed to early and hit the ground.  George raced to the base and beet the crawling Yee to the ball to tie the game at four.  It was the same thing he did last year to send the game into extra innings.  Going into the bottom of the 6th inning the game was tied at four.  Rob Dias led off with a 4-pitch strike out and Joe Quintanilla strode to the plate.  On his third swing, he hit a grounder to the right middle of the field, which Philly could not get in time as it died between their layers.  Q was safe and walked off to give the Renegades an exciting victory.  It was the 2nd time in q’s career he had walked off on Philly, the last time was in Boston in 2008.  It was an ugly game.  Philly struck out 15 times.  Boston struck out 10 times.  Boston made just three stops on defense.  Guy Zuccarello paced the team with 2 runs while Justen Proctor made two stops.  Joe Quintanilla was the hero of this game on both sides of the ball though with two clutch plays in the 6th inning.

Game 2 Boston Spanks the Bombers 14-3

Boston	AB	R	K	PO		Long Island	AB	R	K	PO
Haile – 1B	6	4	1	0		J. Dejesus	4	2	1	0
Zuccarello – RS	6	3	2	0		Barrera	3	0	2	1
Quintanilla – R	2	2	0	0		– Campella	1	0	1	0
— Soto R/1B	3	1	2	0		C. Dejesus – DH	2	1	0	—
Devenish – DH	3	1	1	0		– Esposito	2	0	1	—
– J. Proctor – DF/LS	2	1	0	9		– Hughes – DF	—	—	—	1
Sajjad – MF	5	2	1	0		Povugel	3	0	2	2
Yee – 3B	2	0	0	1		Erickson	2	0	0	0
–Dias – PH	1	0	1	0		– Gilroy	1	0	0	0
–Thayer – R	2	0	2	0		Fink	3	0	1	4
Totals	32	14	10	10		Totals	21	3	8	8
Pitcher- Cochran	28	13	7			Pitcher – Mazza	14	2	5
Pitcher – Connoly	4	1	3			Pitcher- Scioritino	7	1	3
Catcher- Weissman
LS Caller- Grillo
RS Caller – A. Proctor

Game two of the season brought the Long Island Bombers to the field to compete for the 31^st time in team history. This storied rivalry was all Long Island in the start. As they reeled off seven straight wins from 2002-2007 before the curse was broken. Boston is currently riding an 11 game win streak at the moment before this match up. Coming into this game was a surprise that Long Island squeaked by Rochester in game one by a 2-1 score. Added to the line-up in this game was Larry Haile to lead off for the Renegades. Getting his first appearance of the season he lit a fire for the team by lacing a line drive down into left field to set the tone. The lack of accuracy in the previous game seemed to be a thing of the past quickly. In just 6 total swings by four different batters, Boston raced out to a four-run lead as Zuccarello, Quintanilla and Devenish scored 4 straight times. Haile would tack on his 2^nd run of the inning and after the first half of the 1^st inning Boston held a five run advantage and was feeling very good. On defense Justen Proctor would make a stop on the leadoff hitter. Alex Barrera would then be involved in a strange play in which h hit a grounder to third base and raced to first. Joe Yee struggled a bit to find the ball and booted it away from himself. Alex dove at first base and fell short. As he attempted to regroup and get to the bag Yee, beat him to the ball on a bang-bang play. Proctor would make the next stop to end the first inning. After just one inning of play, Boston had matched their offensive and defensive output of the previous game! Joe Quintanilla would keep his torrid start to the season alive with his 2^nd run of the game to lead off the 2^nd inning on a pop fly to the left side. The Long Island defense was truly struggling. They would right the ship as Alex Barrera (1) and Matt Puvogel (2) would make stops to get them out of the inning. It would be the only inning they would make three stops on defense the whole game. On defense for Boston, it would become the Justen Proctor show. Every Boston defensive out from the second inning on was either by the way of a strike out (Long Island ended with 8 of these) or a stop by Justen (he would finish the game with 9). Boston cruised from here and started to get their bench in the game in the third inning. Fast-forward to the top of the 5^th inning and Boston held a 9-2 lead. Luis Soto would lead off the inning with a grounder up the right side into no mans land in front of Edgar Erickson. Soto raced to first base and missed it. He then screeched to a halt and changed directions to hit the base again…and missed it for the 2^nd time. As he was bout to make a third attempt at it a roar came from the Long Island bench to “keep playing”. As Edgar picked up the ball, Soto found the base. He would be called safe because the Long Island bench cannot give verbal direction. Soto would have his first run of the season on a totally botched play but would not be given the pink blindfold because he scored! Justen Proctor followed this up with his first run of the year. Then Aqil Sajjad got into the fun with his 2^nd run of the game. This would be Aqil’s first multi-run game since game #2 of the 2015 season!  In the top of the 6th, Weissman went to the bullpen and brought in Peter Connolly.  Peter became the 10th pitcher in team history to throw a pitch in a game.  After striking out the first two batters he faced (Sajjad and Thayer), Larry Haile cam to the plate and scored a run.  this run moved Peter ahead of Justin Manjourides for 9th place all-time in runs allowed by our pitchers (Justin never had a runner score against him). Boston would cruise to a 14-3 victory led by Larry Haile scoring 4 runs and Guy Zuccarello scoring three times. Quintanilla and Sajjad would also score a pair. This game would go down in the history books at the biggest Renegade lopsided victory over the Bombers in the 31 game history with an 11 run victory. Justen’s 9 stops on defense were also the most he had ever made in a 6 inning game (he has been involved in three extra inning games where he has made 10-11 stops). This game was caught on facebook live:

Game 3 First ever Match up against Boston and Rochester as Renegades prevail 4-0

Rochester	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
Werner	3	0	3	2		Haile – DH	2	1	0	—
Santiago	3	0	2	1		– Devenish – DF/1B	2	0	0	0
– O’Brien	—	—	—	0		Zuccarello – RS/LS	3	0	2	0
Bell	3	0	3	0		J. Proctor – LS	2	0	2	1
Smith	3	0	3	2		– Quintanilla – RS	1	1	0	1
Kolbuck – DH	3	0	2	—		Sajjad – MF	2	1	0	0
– McTiernan – DF	—	—	—	0		-Yee – MF	1	0	1	0
Kim	3	0	3	0		Soto -3B	3	1	2	0
						Thayer – R	3	0	3	0
Totals	18	0	16	5		Totals	19	4	10	2
Pitcher- J. Redman						Pitcher- Cochran	19	4	10
						Pitcher – Connoly	5	1	4
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Grillo
						RS Caller – A. Proctor

After finishing the 31^st game ever against Long Island, Boston trekked across the field to face the Rochester Pioneers for the first time in history. This team got started in 2015 and joined the Beast of the East for the first time this season. They had lost to Long Island 2-1 and then lost to the host New Jersey Lightning 5-3. Their team captain was calling this game the Boston Massacre before it ever started. Though neither team was too worried about who would win this contest, the Renegades were more worried about the fact that some giant trees were standing out at about 155 feet away. This would be one of the most challenging fields the Renegades would ever step foot on. Left field was up hill. Right field was down hill. A giant tree stood in dead left field and another one in Right center. Much of the 150-foot line was filled with roots and divots. Not the best place to play a game for sure. In addition to this, the bases were some of the weakest beeping bases we have ever used. The field next to us would have their third base sound off and it would be louder than our first base. Any stiff wind that blew would make it impossible to hear the base. Weissman instructed all hitters to stay at home until they heard the base. No guessing at the direction to run. Both teams were at the same disadvantage. Earlier that morning, Coach Rob promised that Boston would go easy on Rochester and would not play many of the big bats in this game. Rochester would win the coin toss and in fashion would choose to hit first (a common practice of the Renegades in the early days when playing some of the better teams in the league) Larry Haile and Aqil Sajjad would score runs to give Boston a two run first inning. Rochester would send 7 batters to the plate before journeyman; Tony Santiago would put their first ball into play (Stopped by Justen Proctor). In the bottom of the 3^rd after Luis Soto plated a run to give Boston a 3-0 lead, Rob Thayer would come to the plate. After a loud Rub-a-dub-dub call. Tub would be looking for his first hit and would it a weak grounder to the left side but because the bases were so hard to hear, he chased the ball into the field. As he lumbered into the field, Leah Werner of Rochester could not hear the ball and stood her ground. Thayer was so deep into the field and was about to make a left turn to the base when for some reason, the new ump called “foul”. There was no fear of collision as Werner and Thayer were not moving quickly; But Thayer was so in the wrong here. It was not a foul ball and Thayer was likely able to get to the base without interference. In the end, it was ruled a foul ball and he later struck out for the 4^th time on the day. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Peter Connolly would take the mound again for the 2^nd time today. Joe Quintanilla would score a run against him for Peter’s 2^nd run is his career as a pitcher! Following him would be Joe Yee. For the 2^nd time in history, Boston would have a family member pitching in a game against another family member. The only time this has happened was in 2012 when Joe Duggan faced his son in Haddonfield, NJ (they hooked up for a run). This time it was two cousins, Peter Connolly and Joe Yee. Sadly, the result was a strike out. The game would be a victory for Boston, as the Renegades would win 4-0. Rochester would strike out 16 times. The funniest moment of the game may have been a mistake by their captain, Kirstyn Smith when she took strike four in her final at-bat. In beep baseball, you are allowed one take. The 2^nd take is a strike. She had forgotten the count and took a called strike 4. Score that as the first ever backwards K in the scorebook in the first ever game against these teams. To see the game live watch our facebook live stream:

Game 4 Comets rally in the 5th to win 13-10

Boston	AB	R	K	PO		Chicago	AB	R	K	PO
Thaxton -3B	5	3	2	0		Schultz	5	2	0	3
Devenish – DH	4	2	0	0		Landrum	5	1	2	0
— Sajjad – PH	1	0	1	0		Francese – DH	5	5	0	—
– Huynh – DF/RS	—	—	—	2		– Gamino – DF	—	—	—	1
Haile – R	5	2	2	1		— J. Smolka	—	—	—	1
Quintanilla – MF	5	1	1	2		Gonzalez	5	2	2	1
Yee – 1B	4	1	1	0		– Gamino	0	0	0	0
Proctor – LS	4	1	1	2		Berrera	2	0	2	0
Proctor – DF/LS	—	—	—	3		– Muso	1	1	0	—
						– Mozdzierz	1	0	0	0
						Mcglashon	4	2	2	4
Totals	28	10	8	10		Totals	28	13	8	10
Pitcher- Dickerson	28	10	8			Pitcher -Lopez	27	12	8
Catcher- Weissman						Pitcher -Perry	1	1	0
LS Caller- Coiner
RS Caller -Bourque

The Chicago comets would be the first opponent of the weekend.  Boston owned a one game-winning streak over the comets as Boston bettered the Comets in the 2016 World Series for the first time in this rivalries history.  Christian Thaxton would make his 2017 debut and go down swinging without contact on 4 straight pitches.  Boston would go down 1-2-3 with 2 strikeouts in the first inning.  Nick Lopez would also struggle at the start as the Comet’s pitcher.  Through 2 innings Chicago held a 2-0 lead and each pitcher had 3 strikeouts.  Thaxton would lead off the third with a bomb over the head of the Comet Left fielder and then Shawn Devenish would score on a grounder up the gut to put Boston on the board.  In the Bottom of the 3rd the Comets would tack on two runs but their strikeouts were adding up as they now tallied five and Jamie Dickerson had more contacts than Nick Lopez.  The 4th inning was a good one for Boston.  Justen Proctor hit a shot up the middle and Coach Rob could be heard saying it was his best hit…EVAH!  That sparked a rally.  Thaxton then launched another ball to the moon into left field.  With one out, the L Train then hit a grounder to the right side for another Renegade score.  Joe Yee would cap the inning with one of his best hits as he blasted a shot into left field.  The Renegades had a 6-4 lead. Joe Quintanilla would make a stop to start the bottom of the 4th inning.  That brought up Big G who would hit a grounder up the middle that looked like an easy out.  The Renegade defense had multiple chances at it, but came up empty.  Juan Gonzalez would strike out.  The Comets then went to their bench.  Bernardo Barrera was 0-2 with two whiffs so they called rookie Frank Muso to the plate. Muso laced a pitch into right center and the Comets were tied up and excited that their rookie gave them a shot in the arm.  After 4 innings the Comets and Renegades were locked at six.  In the Fifth, the Renegades could not keep the Thaxton magic alive as he went down on 4 pitches.  Devenish and Quintanilla would plate runs and give the Renegades an 8-6 lead and a lot of hope. That hope would not last long Richie Schultz led off with a weak ball to the right side.  Thanh Huynh and Joe Yee could not get it time and Schultz had his first run of the game.  This would signify what would lie ahead in this inning.  The Comets would send 10 hitters to the plate and score 7 runs.  Many of these hits would elude the Renegade defense.  Five of the six Renegades would have multiple chances on defense and come up empty on defense.  It would go down as one of the worst innings in Renegade history.  Only 13 innings in Renegade history were worse than this.  The Comets had done it to Boston for the 4th time of those 13 forgettable innings.  Boston would put up some fight and score two in the top of the 6th but coach Weissman pulled Shawn Devenish in this inning as he felt tightness in his leg in this game running to third.  Though it was a loss, the Renegades were happy with how this team played.  A Few stops on defense was the difference in this match.

Game 5 Renegades clip the Scrappers 7-5

Boston	AB	R	K	PO		Cleveland	AB	R	K	PO
Thaxton – 3B/1B	5	2	2	1		Griffin	4	0	1	4
Haile – R	4	1	2	0		Dell	4	2	1	2
Devenish – DH	4	1	1	—		Dobyne	4	0	2	0
-Huynh – DF/RS	—	—	—	3		C. Keeley	4	2	1	1
Quintanilla – MF	3	1	2	0		Miller	4	0	3	0
– Sajjad – MF	1	0	0	0		Turner	3	1	1	0
Yee – 1B/3B	4	1	2	0
J. Proctor	4	1	2	5
Totals	25	7	11	9		Totals	23	5	9	7
Pitcher- Dickerson	25	7	11			Pitcher- K. Barrett
Catcher- Weissman
LS Caller- Coiner
RS Caller -Bourque

In the first match up since 2012, the Renegades took on the Cleveland Scrappers next.    These teams played ten straight years from 2003 to 2012 but none since.  Cleveland has been in a rebuilding mode.  Their bench was thin and their line up had two rookies but one long-term veteran in 62-year-old Wilbert turner.  On the mound would be another Wiley veteran, Kevin Barrett.  Boston would start fast as Thaxton scored on a high pop up to the left side.  The best hit of the inning belonged to Shawn Devenish who hit a shot into left field where Jeff Dell made a nice play.  For the Boston defense the story would be the work of the front men.  Both Justen Proctor and Thanh Huynh would make stops for the Renegades in the first.  The 2nd was a bad inning.  Dickerson would throw 12 pitches and Joe Yee, Justen Proctor and Thaxton could not even earn a foul tip.   The Scrappers could not take advantage in their half of the inning as Christian Keeley and Steve Miller would whiff before Thanh Huynh would stop the infamous, Wilbert Turner.  In the third inning, Larry Haile would plate a run on a grounder to the left side and with one out Joe Quintanilla would hit a ball down the first base line that hugged the line for Boston’s second run of the frame.  Joe Yee would hit a laser into right field and Boston would hold a 4-0 lead. Cleveland had no answer in their frame as Barrett set Stanley Griffin and Jeff dell down on strikes.  Devenish would plate the only Renegade run in the 4th inning on a laser down the third base line to put Boston up 5-0.  Cleveland would wake up in the bottom of fourth.  Christian Keeley got the scoring started with a hard shot into right field that eluded Joe Yee.  Turner would then score on a similar hit. Up next, Jeff Dell scored the third run of the frame for the Scrappers on a ball which Larry Haile and Joe Quintanilla could not grab.  The Scrappers made it 5-3.  In the fifth, Justen Proctor answered the challenge and scored on a grounder down the third base line that Stanley Griffin could not get to on the 5th pitch he saw.  Thaxton then hit the first pitch for a run scoring grounder that rolled past Jeff Dell in left field.  Boston now led 7-3.  In the Bottom of the 5th, Cleveland had no answer and after Thanh Huynh made his third stop of the game off the bat of Christian Keeley, Steve Miller and Turner would strike out.  With a chance to put their foots on the throat of the Scrappers, Boston struggled.  14 pitches, 13 swings and just 4 foul balls and Yee, Proctor and Thaxton would strike out off Jamie Dickerson.  Justen Proctor would stop Stanley Griffin for his game leading 5 stops to start the 6th inning.  Jeff Dell would hit a pop fly up the middle, which Aqil Sajjad could not find in time to make it 7-4 and give Cleveland hope.  Rookie, Antonio Dobyne would strike out for the 2nd time in the game.  Christian Keeley would then hit a pop fly down the first base line.  Thanh Huynh broke to the line but the ball got by him and the Scrappers were now down just 7-5.  Rookie, Steve Miller was looming for some Abracadabra and for the first time put a ball into play.  Weissman had moved Thaxton and Yee mid game and this time, Thaxton laid out and made the play to close out the win.  Boston would now be 1-1 on the day and would break for lunch with the hungry Indy Edge awaiting them for the last game of the day.

Game 6 Indy Edge have something to prove to the league mercy Ruling Gades 18-5

Edge	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
Morris	6	5	0	4		Thaxton – 1B/3B	4	1	2	0
Washington	6	4	0	0		Haile – DH	3	1	2	—
Dunleavy	6	1	1	0		— Thayer – DH	1	0	0	—
Christian	5	1	0	0		– Huynh – DF/RS	—	—	—	3
– Griswald	—	—	—	0		Yee – 3B/1B	3	0	3	2
Trejo – DH	3	1	0	—		–Devenish – 1B	1	1	0	0
– Boggs – DH	2	1	0	—		J. Proctor – LS	4	1	1	8
-Dobbs – DF	—	0	0	1		Sajjad – MF	4	1	0	1
Foppiano	5	5	0	3		Soto – R	3	0	2	0
Totals	33	18	1	8		Totals	23	5	10	14
Pitcher – K. Kennedy						Pitcher- Dickerson	23	5	10
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Coiner
						RS Caller – Bourque

The Indy Edge were a team in transition in 2016 due to infernal turmoil. It started with was some issues when they did not renew their team and lost their three seed, which they owned as the RHI Extreme.  Jarred Woodard left them in 2016 to pitch for the Thunder; this team took on a new look.  Then after some debate in the league office as to why they could not retain the RHI seed (they finished 3rd in 2015)…they walked away from their new pitcher, Lindsay Woodard and went with teenager, Kyle Kennedy.  The Edge would have a good World Series in 2016 as they had to climb from a seed that put them at the bottom of the league.  In the end, they finished 7th.  A very good showing for this team of veteran players and a rookie pitcher.  In a show of disrespect, the Edge were talking some smack on social media about how poorly the Renegades played in the title game.  They came into this 2017 match up looking to make a statement that they were a top tier team.  Kyle Kennedy impressed right out of the gate.  In the top of the first inning, Kennedy threw just 11 pitches.  They key was he faced 8 batters and only one hitter swung and missed…at just one pitch.  The Edge held a 4-0 lead.  Boston would answer.  Christian Thaxton scored on a hard grounder to the right side while Joe Yee would score on a grounder down the third base line and Aqil Sajjad would plate a run on a tweener that Marc Morris could not corral.   In the top of the second, Proctor would stop Chris Dunleavy and Joe Yee would make two stops against Brian Christian and Pete Trejo.  Larry Haile would be the only Renegade to score in the bottom of the second because Danny Foppiano would make two nice stops, one of them on a dead ball off the bat of Justen Proctor.   The Edge bats would heat up and Danny Foppiano would plate a pair of runs to pace the Edge offense to a five run inning as Aqil Sajjad and Joe Yee would have some struggles in the field.  Weissman was visibly upset at the play of Sajjad and would talk to him about how to lay out for a ball during this inning.  In the Renegades minds, this game was about getting experience for this green team.  On the other side of the field, the Edge were looking to burry the Renegades.   At this point, the Boston bats would go dark.  Marc Morris would stop Sajjad this time…and then Dickerson would struggle and strike out the next 5 batters over the next two frames.  Good news happened in the 4th inning.  The Renegades defense set the Edge down 1-2-3 as Proctor made two stops and Aqil Sajjad listened to his coach and made a diving stop on a ball off the bat of Brian Christian.  Around this time, the Edge started to complain to the ump.  Though they were up 10-4 in what looked like a lop-sided game, they were complaining about Dickerson’s cadence.  Weissman ignored them.  Dickerson toing the rubber was struggling to find consistency with his pitches and the result was bunches of strikeouts.  He was not cheating in any way.  The Edge complained he was telling the players when to swing the bat.  Nothing could have been further from the truth. Dickerson laughed it off saying “if I was cheating I sure am not doing a good job since we are missing so often” The Edge were simply looking for every edge they could get and tried to rattle Dickerson.  Things took a turn for the worst in the 5th inning.  The Edge would plate eight runs in this frame with Foppiano and Marc Morris each plating a pair in this inning.  The Edge had put up 18 runs and instituted the 12 run rule.  The Boston Renegades truly were getting a test.  As the 12 run rule was started, a few of the Edge were still complaining to the umpire about Dickerson as they showed poor sportsmanship.  Boston would get the hammer in this game and lose 18-5.  Kyle Kennedy would pitch a gem.  He would strike out just one batter.  His 3% strike out ratio was the best performance of any pitcher against the Renegades since 2009 when Darnell Booker achieved the same while pitching for the Indy Thunder.  This game was a big learning moment.  Luis Soto played the whole game at Rover on defense.  He saw more action on defense in this game than in his entire career.  He almost scored on a ball earlier in the game as well.   Aqil Sajjad played the whole game at Midfield and though he stopped just one ball in 9 tries, he showed promise that he understood how to lay out for the ball.  Coiner and Bourque each saw a ton of game action and improved their calling.  Than Huynh was filling in at Right shorty, a position he hates…but he was improving all day long.  Joe Yee and Justen Proctor were both working on their mechanics at the plate and though they were a combined 1-7 in this game, they showed promise of being able to make an impact.  Boston would be ok.  They were hot…very hot (as they were also the only team of the 8 teams without a canopy for this game due to the fact the winds damaged most of the canopies and there were no extras left).  They would need to regroup and prepare for the Austin Blackhawks in the morning.

Game 7 Renegades down Austin 9-7 to take 5th

Boston	AB	R	K	PO		Austin	AB	R	K	PO
Thaxton- 1B	5	2	2	2		Puryear	5	1	1	0
Devenish – DH	5	2	1	—		Chesser	4	3	0	2
– Huynh – DF/RS	—	—	—	2		Reynoso	4	1	0	0
Haile – R	5	3	0	2		Manning	4	0	0	1
J. Proctor – LS	4	1	3	8		Penn	4	1	1	0
Yee – 3B	4	1	2	0		Sterling	4	1	2	4
Quintanilla – MF	2	0	1	0
–Sajjad – MF	2	0	2	0
Totals	27	9	11	14		Totals	25	7	4	7
Pitcher- Dickerson	27	9	11			Pitcher – Hibner
Catcher- Weissman
LS Caller- Coiner
RS Caller – Bourque

After playing three games in high winds, the weather was much calmer on this morning.  The Austin Blackhawks would finish their bracket with just one win over Minnesota and losses against the Indy Thunder and Colorado Storm.  This Blackhawk team looked very different from their world championship team of 2015.  On the mound was former world champ of the West Coast Dawgs, Tim Hibner.  This game started very oddly and ended in an odd way as well.  Thaxton led off this game by hitting a grounder into left field.  He felt the base was late and the umpires did not know how to handle this rule and did not agree the base was late.  Shawn Devenish then hit a dribbler to the left side but Darius Sterling could not find it because the speaker went down into the grass.  With one out, Justen Proctor also scored on a weak dribbler to Sterling with the speaker in the ground.  One of the best hits of the inning came off the bat of Joe Yee who laced a shot into left but he missed third base and was put out by Brandon Chesser.  After all of this controversy, the blackhawks came to bat.  Steve Puryear led off with a deep drive to left but Larry Haile made a stop in deep left for a big out that would set the defensive tone.  Brandon Chesser would plate a run before the Justen Proctor show would begin as he made two stops to end the inning.  Shawn Devenish would score his second run of the game in another dinker to the left side and then Larry Haile would score in a bang-bang play which had the Austin spotters upset with the call.  Boston would lead 4-0.  In the Bottom of the 2nd, Larry Haile would make another great stop in left field to shut out Austin.  The Boston bats were quiet in the third inning with only Joe Quintanilla managing to put a dribbler to the right side into play.  The bottom of the third inning was Thaxton time (and not the offensive kind).  He made back-to-back stops at first base against Brandon Chesser and even more impressive stop against Mariano Reynoso.  Ed Manning closed out the inning for Austin by hitting a weak ball to the left side and then standing at the plate without running while Proctor easily made a play.  His coaches stood there dumbfounded as Weissman giggled about thoughts of how many times a Renegade had done this in the past.  For Boston, the strikeouts would start to pile up.  Larry Haile would score the team’s only run in the 4th but Dickerson would strike out Devenish, Proctor and Yee for his 6th, 7th and 8th strikeout of the game.  Austin got a spark in the bottom of the 4th as Faith Penn scored on a ball up the middle, which Quintanilla could not grab in time.  Austin would feed off this like vultures circling road kill.  Darius Sterling then plated a run.  Thanh Huynh would stop Puryear but Chesser would score again and the score was now down to a 5-3 Boston lead.  Huynh and Proctor would close out the inning for the Gade defense.  Weissman went to the bench in the 5th and brought in Aqil Sajjad to hit for Quintanilla.  On paper, this move did not appear to pan out as Aqil struck out.  However, part of the move was to give Dickerson back-to -back targets in similar spots.  Quintanilla’s target is one of the higher ones on the team.  The result of this was Thaxton hitting a hard grounder into left for a big run.  Larry Haile plated an insurance run and Boston would head into the bottom of the 5th up 7-4.  Penn and Sterling would lead off the bottom of the frame with strikeouts.  They were only the 2nd and 3rd of the game for Hibner.  The top of the order would come up.  Puryear, Chesser and Reynoso would score with two outs and tie the game up.  Two of these runs would score on balls close to Thaxton and Yee, which were just off their fingertips.  Close calls do not matter and Austin had tied the game at seven.  Joe Yee would lead off the 6th and hit a first pitch grounder up the middle and he jetted toward third.  After missing the base in the first, he was determined and he plowed right into the base for the go ahead run.  He was not getting up though.  We feared he may have broken a finger the way he landed and the way he was flinching in pain.  Yee went to the bench a hero and uncertain of his health.  Sajjad would strike out again making Weissman look foolish on paper…. BUT…on Dickerson’s 5th pitch to Thaxton, he would score a big run to give the Renegades a 9-7 lead.  Yee would play defense in the 6th despite his hand (which would later be diagnosed as an evulsion fracture). Penn would lead off the bottom of the 6th for Austin and this time would be denied by Justen Proctor.  Speedster Sterling would come up next and hit a weak pop down the 3rd baseline.  Proctor ranged to his right and hit the ground.  As he hit the ground, the ball one hopped and landed in his hands, while he was laying on his back.  An amazing play that shocked Austin.  Boston was fired up and one out away.  Lead off hitter, Steve Puryear who had put three of his four balls into play- all of them deep, had just one run to show for it because of Larry Haile.  As the count went deep, the pressure mounted and Hibner struck him out.  Boston held on to win an exciting game and finish in 5th place.  An exciting win and a confidence builder for this inexperienced crew.  Justen Proctor would finish with 8 stops on defense and as a team; the Renegades would have 14 defensive stops.  On a day when the bats did not have much, the gloves came up big.  Proctor would go on to make the defensive all-star team with 23 stops on the weekend.  He finished second to Stanley Griffin of Cleveland.  He was the first Renegade defender since Dino Vasile to make a defensive all star team in Bolingbrook and joined Darren Black as Renegades earning this achievement.

Game 8 Renegades come home and Wallop the Titans 15-2

New Jersey Titans	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
Bordley	4	0	2	2		Thaxton – DH	4	4	0	—
Widiner	4	1	2	0		– J. Prcotor – DF/LS	—	—	—	4
Harrell	3	0	2	1		McCormick – R/RS	4	1	2	0
Morgan	3	1	2	3		Haile – 1B	4	3	0	2
Kppenjan	3	0	0	1		— Quintanilla – R	—	—	—	0
Rodriguez	3	0	2	0		Devenish – 3B	3	3	0	0
						— Soto -3B	1	1	0	—
						— Hoyt – 1B	—	—	—	0
						Dias – RS	3	1	0	0
						–Thayer -R	1	1	0	0
						— Sajjad – MF	—	—	—	2
						Zuccarello – MF/LS	4	1	0	0
						–Yee -1B	—	—	—	0
Totals	20	2	10	7		Totals	24	15	2	8
L. Woodard						Pitcher- Cochran	24	15	2
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Grillo
						RS Caller – Proctor

For the first time since 2015, the Renegades prepared to play in front of their home crowd.  The Woburn Host Lions would play host to the biggest beep baseball tournament in New England’s history.  The first opponent, the New Jersey Titans.  THe titans came into this match with a 2-1 record in the Beast of the East with a walk-off loss at the hands of the Long Island Bombers.  The titans were fired up at the start and when Deshaun Widener scored in a ball hit to the right side which Larry Haile could not find, he was jumping and rallying his team from the first base bag.  Coach Weissman voiced his displeasure with the defensive play as they had been working this play for the past two weeks in practice.  Next up was Alfonso Harrell who also hit a ball to the right side in similar fashion.  This time the L Train laid out and made the play to the joy of his coach.  WHen Marvin Morgan stepped into the box, many if the Renegade coaches were in awe of how large a man he is.  They were excited to hear he worked out for NFL teams before losing his sight.  Morgan made contact with his big swing and launched a ball i to deep left by a diving Joe McCormick.  The titans led 2-0 and were very pumped.  that lead would be short lived.  christian Thaxton hit a hard line drive up the middle for a run.  Joe McCormick (in his first at bat of the year) then grounded a ball to the left side and nearly missed the base as he grazed it with his foot for the 2nd run. Larry Haile then hit a hard grounder to the right side on the 2nd pitch.  shawn Devenish drilled the first pitch to the left side for a run.  After a two pitch at bat resulted in an out for Rob Dias, Guy Zuccarello stepped to the plate.  He lofted a 41 ft pop up down the first base line and legged out a run.  Thaxton would then hit the first pitch for a pop up to the left side and quickly the Renegades held a 6-2 lead.  THe Titans were feeling the pressure.  Rodriguez and Bordely would stirke out to lead off the 2nd  but when Widener came back to the right side in his at bat…the L train liad out again and made a stop.  Two innings, two stops and a run for Larry…a good start indeed.  Shawn Devenish would lead off the bottom of the 2nd with a blast into left field that went by everyone.  Shawn also ran by the bag.  The ball was hit so far, he had time to stop, tun around and come back to the base and score. Rob Dias then scored on a line drive up the middle to bring Guy Zuccarello to the plate.  Guy hit a line drive into left field but he missed the base and was not as fortunate as Shawn and was put out, earning the pink blindfold.  Thaxton would hit a bomb into left field and Haile would plate another run as well.  With Two out Devenish came back to the plate and hit a weak pop up to the right side and took off for first base.  This time he plowed it over and to the surprise of his coach, he exhibited some speed on this play.  Weissman roared with delight!  After two innings the score was 12-2 and The Titans were done, as they were now very quiet.  In the bottom of the 3rd, Guy Zuccarello hit another hard shot into left and as he approached the base with his shiny new pink blindfold, he slowed up and was put out.  Thaxton would score his 4th run of the game next on a first pitch swing.  Larry Haile would then plate his 3rd run of the contest on a first pitch line drive to the right side when Weissman went to the bench.  Off popped Luis Soto.  Soto hit the 2nd pitch he saw up the middle and scored a run as his team erupted.  then Rob “Hot Tub” Thayer came off the bench.  He hit a weak grounder to the right side that went speaker down and scored.  This may have been the first time that Soto and Thayer had ever scored back-to-back runs in a game.  the Renegade bench was very boisterous and excited.  Stick a fork in the Titans.  When the dust cleared Boston had invoked the 12 run rule. As Boston rotated its defense around to finish the game, the highlight defensive play came in the 6th inning with one out.  Lamont Bordley laced a line drive up the middle and Aqil Sajjad laid out for the stop.  The Titans would be shut out the rest of the way.  For the Renegades, this would go own as one of their best offensive outputs in team history.  The team batting average for the game was .625 (4th highest in history), the Strike out rate was a low 8.3% (only 2 games in history had been better) and the margin of victory was the 2nd most in history.  The game marked just the 14th time the Renegades had invoked a 12 run rule on an opponent (Though the 9th time since 2015).  It was the first time the Renegades had been close to full strength all year with its starters on the field and the team looked excited to be back together

Game 9 Renegades Rain bombs on the Lightning 15-2

New Jersey Lightning	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
Washington	4	2	2	3		Thaxton – 1B	2	2	0	0
Johnson	4	0	3	0		–Soto – R/3B	2	0	2	1
Bahn	3	0	2	2		McCormick – RS	3	3	0	1
Foster	3	0	0	0		–Dias – RS	1	0	0	1
Winthrop	3	0	2	0		Haile – DH	2	1	0	—
Etori	2	0	2	1		— Thayer – DH	2	1	0	—
–Pinora	1	0	1	0		Quintanilla – DF/R	—	—	—	0
						–Yee- DF/1B	—	—	—	0
						Devenish – 3B	3	2	0	0
						–Quintanilla – MF	1	1	0	0
						Sajjad – MF	4	4	0	1
						— Thaxton – LS	—	—	—	0
						J. Proctor – LS	4	1	1	2
						— Hoyt – !B	—	—	—	0
Totals	20	2	12	6		Totals	24	15	3	6
K. Bahn						Pitcher- Cochran	24	15	3
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Grillo
						RS Caller – Proctor
						RS Caller- Dickerson

The Lightning entered this contest with 1 win against four losses while the Renegades were undefeated in Beast of the East play.  Things got ugly right out of the gate for the Lightning. With one out, Casey Bahn stepped in the batters box.  Weissman and Bryan Grillo instantly looked confused.  Before a pitch was thrown, Weissman informed the Lightning they were hitting our of order.  No penalty would be enforced as the Renegades waived it.  The Lightning would go down in order on strikes. In the bottom of the first, Boston would set some history.  The bats would simply catch fire.  Thaxton led off with a pop up to the center of the field and cruised for a run.  Joe McCormick settled in and laced the first pitch he saw into left field for a run.  Larry Haile hit a 55 foot o pop up to the right side and scored.  Shawn Devenish then hit a grounder up the middle, missed the base and came back and tackled it in time to score the 4th run of the inning.  Then on the very next pitch, Aqil Sajjad hit a grounder to the left side to score the 5th run in a row  That was five consecutive runs on just five pitches from Ron Cochran.  Justen Proctor would strike out to end the streak.  christian Thaxton would come back up again and this time hit a pop up to the right side for the 6th Renegade run and the Lightning were stunned.  Joe McCormick scored his second run of the inning on a grounder up the middle and then the fun would start again.  Larry Haile, Shawn Devenish and Aqil Sajjad would then plate runs.  When we add Joe Macs run in…Cochran threw 4 pitches in a row for 4 more runs.  When the dust settles, the Renegades scored nine runs in the first inning.  This represented the 2nd most runs the team had ever scored in one inning.  Andre Foster would lead off the the Lightning in the 2nd inning and hit a grounder up the middle, but he would miss the base and Aqil Sajjad would make the stop.  The Lightning would go down 1-2-3 to end the 2nd inning.  Boston would start to rotate players in and out and would only score one run in the bottom of the second on a Joe McCormick run.  Sherlock Washington got the Lightning on the board in the 3rd inning and bring the Lightning to a 10-1 deficit but the defense would show up in this inning.  Justen Proctor would make two defensive stops.  Weissman was applauding on the bench because of the hard work they had done at practice was paying off. Proctor made a stop on a ball hit right at him off the bat of Casey Bahn.  He would then make a stop ranging to his left off the bat of Andre Foster.  The bench roared in applause.  Boston would deliver the hammer in the 3rd inning and put this game into the 12 run rule.  Aqil Sajjad led off the frame with a line shot up the center to start things off.  Justen Proctor then hit a laser into left field for the 2nd run of the inning.  With two outs, the team would catch further fire as Rob Thayer hit a well struck ball into left field.  If you ever watch a Renegade game, the loudest cheers happen when Thayer does something.  Joe Quintanilla then came off the bench to score a run to make it 14-1.  Aqil Sajjad then plated his 2nd run of the inning to cap the scoring for the Renegades, his second 4 run game in his career (his last was in 2012 vs Chicago).  Though the game was out of hand and Sherlock Washington would score a run to make it 15-2, one of the most exciting moments of the game would happen with two outs in the 6th inning. Dan Johnson would lace a hard line drive up the middle.  Joe Quintanilla would lay out and it would get by hum…but ranging to his left was Luis Soto to make the stop.  It would be Luis Soto’s first defensive stop in his career, something the Renegades celebrate!  Boston would move to 5-0 in the Beast o the East and would play in the 1/2 seed game.  The Lightning would head to the 5/6 game and play Rochester.  The offensive performance on the day was incredible with a lot of contact and 30 runs in just 6 innings of play with only 5 strike outs.  One more game would be left to win the Beast of the East.

Game 10 Beast of the East champs again, as Boston downs Long Island 15-2

Long Island	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
J. Dejesus	4	1	1	2		Thaxton – 1B	4	4	0	0
C. Dejesus	2	0	2	2		–Hoyt – 1B	—	—	—	0
–Anderson	2	0	1	0		McCormick – R/RS	4	3	0	3
Barrera – DH	3	1	0	—		Haile – DH	2	2	0	—
Hughes – DF	—	—	—	0		–Quintanilla	2	0	1	—
–Gilroy -DF	—	—	—	0		Proctor – DF/LS	—	—	—	2
Agnone	2	0	2	0		Devenish – 3B	3	2	1	1
–Zampello	1	0	1	—		–Sajjad – MF	1	0	0	1
Fink	2	0	1	2		Dias – RS	3	2	1	0
–Thorne	1	0	0	—		–Thayer -R	1	1	0	0
Puvogel	2	0	2	0		Zuccarello- MF	3	1	0	0
-Hughes	1	0	0	—		–Soto -PH	1	0	0	—
						–Yee – 3B	—	—	—	1
Totals	20	2	10	6		Totals	24	15	3	8
D. Mazza						Pitcher- Cochran	24	15	3
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Grillo
						RS Caller – Proctor
						RS Caller- Dickerson

In Beast of the East play, the Renegades were 5-0 and the Bombers were 4-1 with their only loss to Boston.  For the Bombers to win the Beast of the East, they had to beat Boston by more than 11 runs.  In most minds, the crown was clinched before the game was played.  Long Island would score two runs in the first inning on balls hit into right field.  Joe Dejesus scored first on a ball that bounced away from Christian Thaxton.  Alex Barrera also scored on a ball where the call from Aaron Proctor came out after it was already by Thaxton.  No worries for Boston, they got them back quickly Christian led off with a dribbler to the left side and sprinted to the base for the first run.  Joe McCormick was then put out by Meghan Fink (there is a running joke between Fink and McCormick that she owns him).  Haile scored on a bang bang play on a ball hit down the first base line and Shawn Devenish scored on a tweener that died between the layers.  Four runs on weakly bit balls and Boston led 4-2.  With one out in the top of the second, Joe Dejesus laced a ball down the right field line.  This time, Shawn Devenish laid out, the ball hit him in the ankles and rolled right up to his hands.  It was almost text book and represented the first defensive out Shawn Devenish had made in his career.  Maybe he angered the beep ball gods with this out as the wind started to really pick up and the skies went dark.  Teams took cover and eventually left the fields as thunder storms rolled through.  Roughly 30 minutes later, play would resume with a Chris Dejesus strike out, the 4th whiff in the first two innings for Long Island.  Boston would put the game out of hand in the bottom of the second, sending 12 batters to the plate.  Thaxton would get it started on a bomb into left field..  Joe McCormick would get even with Fink and score on a ball that bounced away from her.  Larry Haile would score on a weak pop up beating Matt Puvogel in a foot race.  Rob Dias would hit a spinning weak flare to the right side that hit the ground and spun away from the defense for the 4th run.  Guy Zuccarello would loft a high fly ball over the third baseman’s head for the 5th run.  Thaxton would then score the second run of the inning on a high pop fly that landed just about 80 feet, and beat it out easily with his speed.  McCormick plated his second run with a hard grounder up the middle.  Joe Quintanilla would be stopped on a nice hit and diving stop by Chris Dejesus on the right side for the 2nd out of the inning.  Shawn Devenish would then leg out a hit that rolled under Megan Fink at 3rd base and Rob Dias would close out the scoring with a line drive to the right side.  It was the Renegades 2nd time on the day it had scored 9 runs in an inning and only the third time in team history.   The score was now 12-2.  the defense would then become the story for the Gades.  Alex Barrera led off the inning with a blast into center field.  Joe McCormick ranged a long way to his left to make a huge stop in center field in the third layer of the defense for the out.  That would get the Gades excited.  In the bottom of the third, Boston would plate three loud runs. Christian Thaxton would hit a bomb into left field that left him giggling as he ran to first.  Joe McCormick hit a hard grounder down the third base line for a run.  With two out, Hot Tub came to the plate and laced what may have been his longest hit ever into right center field for a run and the 12 run rule was invoked.  For the third time on the day, the Renegades would score 15 runs in just three innings.  The defensive highlights for Boston would happen in each inning.  In the 4th, Rookie Derrick Anderson ripped a line drive up the middle that Aqil Sajjad laid out for to stop.  In the 5th, Joe McCormick would rob Alex Barrera again, this time he would nail him going toward the third base line on a deep out in the third layer.  Joe Yee would also make a fine stop on an over shift against Braulio Thorne on the right side in the third layer to end the 5th inning.  In the 6th, the front line made some nice stops.  Justen Proctor stopped Jim Hughes on a grounder toward the third base line which Proctor had to range for to defend.  Joe McCormick also made a fine play ranging deep to his left on the first base line to stop Joe Dejesus.  Boston would win 15-3 and be crowned the Beast of the East for the 7th straight time.  This game also represented the largest margin if victory Boston had ever had over Long Island.

Before the Rain delay

After the Rain delay

Game 11 Upstart Seattle no match for the Renegades

Seattle	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
Sanchez	4	1	1	0		McCormick- LS	3	1	2	0
Miller	3	2	1	0		— Thayer -1B	2	0	0	0
– Morey	1	0	1	0		Devenish – 3B	3	2	1	0
Pruett	4	0	3	1		— Soto – PH	1	1	0	—
Pleasants	4	0	2	2		— Hoyt – 3B	1	0	1	0
Walker	3	0	1	0		— Zuccarello – RS	0	0	0	0
King- DH	3	1	1	—		Yee – 1B	3	2	1	0
Avalos – DF	—	—	—	0		–Dias – LS	1	1	0	3
						Sajjad – MF	4	1	2	2
						J. Proctor – DH	3	3	0	—
						– Huynh -DF- RS/3B	1	0	1	2
						S. Cantan – R	3	2	1	2
						– Thaxton – R	1	1	0	0
Totals	22	4	10	3		Totals	26	14	9	9
Pitcher – Mariano						Pitcher- Cochran	26	14	9
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Grillo
						RS Caller -A. Proctor

 

Game 12 Boston hangs on to beat the Titans 8-4

NJ Titans	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
Bordley	4	2	1	0		Thaxton – R	4	4	0	4
Harrell	4	1	0	1		McCormick – 1B	4	2	2	0
Widener – DH	4	1	0	—		Haile – DH	4	1	2	—
– Patterson – DF	—	—	—	4		– J. Proctor – DF/LS	—	—	—	5
Salahuddin	4	0	2	2		Zuccarello – MF	4	0	0	0
Koppenjan	3	0	1	1		Dias – RS	4	0	2	0
Atin	3	0	2	0		Sajjad – 3B	0	0	0	0
						— Huynh -3B	0	0	0	0
						— Yee – 3B	3	1	1	3
Totals	22	4	6	8		Totals	23	8	7	12
L. Woodard						Pitcher- Cochran	23	8	7
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Grillo
						RS Caller -A Proctor

 

Game 13 Renegades get on track downing Long Island 20-8

Boston	AB	R	K	PO		Long Island	AB	R	K	PO
Thaxton- R	6	5	1	0		J. Dejesus	5	2	3	3
— Soto – R	0	0	0	0		Zampella	5	2	3	0
McCormick – 1B	5	3	0	0		Agnone – DH	4	2	0	—
— Yee – 1B	1	1	0	0		– Hughes – DF	—	—	—	0
Haile – DH	5	3	0	—		Anderson	2	0	2	0
–Thayer – DH	1	1	0	—		— Barrera	2	2	0	0
– Zuccarello – DF/MF/RS	—	—	—	1		Puvogel	2	0	0	1
— Huynh – DF/RS	—	—	—	0		–Erickson	2	0	2	2
Devenish – 3B	6	1	3	0		Fink	3	0	1	2
— S. Cantan – 3B	0	0	0	0		–Thorne	1	0	1	2
Dias – RS	5	4	0	2
–Sajjad – MF	1	0	0	0
J. Proctor – LS	5	2	1	3
Totals	35	20	5	6		Totals	26	8	12	10
Pitcher- Cochran	35	20	5			Pitcher- Sciortino
Catcher- Weissman
LS Caller- Grillo
RS Caller – A. Proctor

 

Game 14 Boston takes down the Blackhawks again 18-7

Boston	AB	R	K	PO		Austin	AB	R	K	PO
Thaxton – R/3B	6	6	0	1		Finn	5	3	0	4
McCormick – 1B	6	2	2	3		Puryear – DH	4	0	1	—
Haile – DH	6	4	1	—		– Penn – DF	—	—	—	0
– Proctor – DF/LS	—	—	—	6		Chesser	4	2	0	1
Dias – RS	6	1	1	3		Reynoso	4	1	1	1
Zuccarello – MF	6	3	2	2		Roberts	3	0	0	0
Yee – 3B	5	2	1	0		–Perez	1	0	0	0
— Devenish – PH	1	0	0	—		Sterling	4	1	1	5
— Huynh – R	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	18	7	15		Totals	25	7	3	11
Pitcher- Cochran	36	18	7			Pitcher- Hibner
Catcher- Weissman
LS Caller- Grillo
RS Caller – Dickerson

 

Game 15 Boston loses a heart breaker in world war 4 to Storm 8-6

Boston	AB	R	K	PO		Colorado	AB	R	K	PO
Thaxton – R/3B	4	3	0	0		Margist	4	1	1	1
McCormick -1B	4	0	2	1		Johnston	4	3	0	7
Haile – DH	4	2	0	—		Malloy – DH	4	3	1	—
– Prcotor – DF/LS	—	—	—	3		– Morrow – DF	—	—	—	5
Dias – RS	4	1	0	2		Sumner	3	0	2	0
Yee – 3B	1	0	0	1		–Lezcano	1	0	1	0
–Huynh – R	0	0	0	0		Coughlin	4	1	0	2
–Devenish – PH	2	0	0	—		Biggins	3	0	2	0
–S. Cantan – R	1	0	0	0
Zuccarello- MF	4	0	1	1
Totals	24	6	3	8		Totals	23	8	7	15
Pitcher- Cochran	24	6	4			Pitcher -Walker
Catcher- Weissman
LS Caller- Grillo
RS Caller -Dickerson

Three of the last four contests between these teams had been decided by a run.  Two of them in walk off fashion.  Why should this game be different with a top 3 seed on the line? Both teams entered the game as part of the final four teams left undefeated in the week.  This time, the colorado bench was very deep as they recruited four familiar faces from Philly.  Two of them, John Margist and Mike Coughlin would draw the start. The coin toss would go for Colorado and both teams knew the game could very well come down to whom hit last.  Thaxton would lead off the game with a towering fly ball to center field.  The ball would come down straight on top of Demetrius Morrow’s head.  He was shocked, but it did not stop him from trying to find the ball.  Thaxton would score with ease.  Morrow would be fine, in fact, he would be more than fine.  More to come on that soon.  In the bottom of the inning, John Margist would tag a shot to third and it would hit Joe Yee in the chest.  Yee scrambled to make the play and in the process tweaked a muscle in his back.  The out was recorded, but Yee was forced to leave the game with tightness in his back.  Both teams had defensive players hurt in the first inning.  Ethan Johnston then lofted a fly ball to the right side which was short.  As Dias approached it, he kicked a goal by booting the ball about 50 feet.  After one, colorado led 2-1.  Thaxton got it back for Boston in the 2nd but that would be it for the Gades.  In the bottom of the frame, Margist scored a run on a shot down the line.  Joe McCormick made a great play to stop Ethan Johnston on a high fly ball to right center. Mike Malloy would then score on a shallow pop fly to the right side that Dias could not grab in time.  Weissman called time out to remind his team how to play these types of fly balls.  Chad Sumner would then hit a ball to Thaxton but the base flickered and even though it had zero impact on the play, it was a do over.  He then hit a ball down the third base line again, but Justen Proctor would range back to the base to pick the ball and stop the bleeding.  After two it was 4-2, Colorado.  The Third inning was awful.  Boston would throw up a goose egg for just the 2nd time all week.  To this point, Morrow was eating up everything hit his way up the middle of the field.  He had 3 stops and his teammate Johnston had 4.  Colorado would extend the lead in the third when Mike Coughlin would connect in a ball to center field, which bounced off Guy Zuccarello and Shayne Cantan picked up but lost the bang bang call and a run was score.  Johnston would also get the best of Zuccarello as a ball glanced off him as he was diving to his right.  Colorado led 6-2.  Thaxton would plate his third run of the game and to this point accounted for all the Renegade offense.  Joe McCormick was at the plate and had 3 strikes on him when controversy started.  For the third year in a row, a major issue occurred with the umps.  McCormick lofted a bomb into right field for what looked to be a run but in a split second, head umpire, Mike Woodard called him out for being out of the batters box.  A very long discussion incurred.  It was wrong of him to call the play dead before it was finished.  It was wrong of him to call the player out without warning.  Woodard would not budge in this and told Weissman he tried to warn him before the pitch was thrown.  No protest was filed and a sure run was taken off the board.  Weissman was fuming.  He urged his team to overcome the adversity. Larry Haile answered the call and on the first pitch he saw, he drilled it down the third base line for a run.  The team was fired up.  Dias then hit the first pitch on a fly up the middle but this time Morrow was there and the rally would end.  Colorado led 6-4 but both teams knew Woodard stole at least one run from the Renegades.  For the 3rd straight year, Colorado would have the umps in their back pocket.  Maybe it has to do with the umps love for the Storm?  Colorado would go down 1-2-3 in the 4th as Zucarello stopped Coughlin this time and Proctor stopped Biggins.  Just as we thought momentum had swung the Renegades way, we ran into a case of the “Ethan Johnston’s”. Devenish would ground out to him.  Zuccarello would then hit a hard fly ball that Johnston would grab but the back breaker was when Christian Thaxton rocked a hard grounder to him, which bounced away from him, Johnston scrambled for it and picked it up in time to nab Thaxton.  It was the first time all week a team put Thaxton out on a ball he hit and it came at a rough time For the Renegades.  In the Bottom of the 5th, John Margist would lift a fly ball up the right middle.  Dias would drift backwards to the middle but was looking for Guy to make the play when he suddenly heard the ball beeping near his own feet.  At that time he went from a standing position right to the ground and picked it clean without searching for it like someone with sight right before Margist hit the bag.  Johnston would then step to the plate and hit a grounder to the left side. Proctor ranged to his right, dove and took the ball off his forehead.  He would be ok with a small scratch.  Mike Malloy would make a statement with a bomb into left field. Colorado led 8-4 and Boston had to dig deep.  McCormick led off the inning with a grounder to the right side, away from Johnston and Morrow, but to no avail as Margist stopped him.  Larry Haile laced a shot down the third base line for his second run of the game.  Rob Dias hit a squirter to the right side that eluded Mike Coughlin and it was 8-6. Looking for some magic, Weissman re -entered Joe Yee who had been getting treatment from Mike Marciello all game.  If he or Guy Zuccarello could score a run, it would get Thaxton back to the plate.  Yee found Morrow for an out. Zuccarello hit a ball that looked like it could slide by Coughlin…but not this time.  Ball game.  Colorado would advance to play Taiwan as the only two undefeated teams.  Boston took a hard loss made worse by a crazy umpire call.  It would not be the end of the Renegades chances to get back to the finals, but the road would be much harder and longer.

Game 16 Indy Bruises the Renegades in many ways again 19-9

Indy	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
E. Rodriguez	5	4	0	6		Thaxton – R/3B	3	3	0	0
–Coryean White	0	0	0	0		–S. Cantan – PH	2	0	0	—
Dykus – DH	5	4	0	—		Haile – DH	3	1	0	—
– Tello – DF	—	—	—	4		–Soto – PH	2	1	1	—
–Harris – DF	—	—	—	0		-Zuccarello – DF/MF	—	—	—	0
Buhler	5	3	2	0		McCormick – 1B	3	0	1	0
–E. Brown	0	0	0	1		— Thayer – PH	2	0	0	—
C. White	5	4	1	0		Dias – RS	3	2	0	—
–Ikramullah	0	0	0	2		–Sajjad – PH	1	0	0	1
D. Wright	1	1	0	0		Proctor – LS	4	1	3	—
–Rodenbeck	3	2	1	0		Yee – 3B	1	0	0	2
–C. Woodard	0	0	0	0		–Sajjad – 3B/R	0	0	0	1
T. Rodriguez	4	1	1	0		–Devenish – PH	3	1	0	0
–D. Wright	0	0	0	0
Totals	28	19	5	13		Totals	27	9	5	4
Pitcher – J. Woodard						Pitcher- Cochran	27	9	5
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Grillo
						RS Caller -Dickerson

 

Game 17 Renegades take care of business and earn the #5 seed 14-7

Edge	AB	R	K	PO		Boston	AB	R	K	PO
Morris	5	1	3	8		Thaxton- 3B	5	4	0	1
Gregory	4	2	0	1		Haile – DH	5	2	1	—
Boggs – DH	4	1	2	—		-Zuccarello – DF/MF	—	—	—	0
-Dobbs – DF	—	—	—	0		–S. Cantan – DF/MF	—	—	—	0
J. Michaels	1	0	0	0		McCormick – 1B	5	4	1	1
–Trejo	3	0	1	0		Dias – RS	5	2	1	3
Porter	4	1	1	0		Proctor – LS	5	0	3	6
Griswold	4	2	0	0		Huynh – R	0	0	0	0
						–Devenish – R	4	2	0	0
Totals	25	7	7	9		Totals	29	14	6	11
Pitcher – Kennedy						Pitcher- Cochran	29	14	6
						Catcher- Weissman
						LS Caller- Grillo
						RS Caller -Dickerson