Colt World Series Semi-Finalist Morgan Hill Colt A's

August 9, 2006 - Tampa, FL defeated Greensboro, NC 11-7 to win the 2006 Colt World Series.  Tampa and Greensboro battled each other with the lead changing hands several times through the first four innings.  Vinny Lally was the starting pitcher for Tampa and gave up two runs in the first inning to Greensboro and was ejected from the game for protesting a call on a steal of home by Greensboro.  Warren Slack was the starting pitcher for Greensboro.

Tampa responded with three runs in the bottom of the first to take the lead 3-2 when Kyle Allen hit a three run home run.  Greensboro came right back with two runs in the top of the second to regain the lead 4-3.  Not to be outdone, Tampa scored three more runs in the bottom of the second for a 6-4 lead.

Greensboro scored a run in the top of the third and then two more in the top of the fourth to take the lead 7-6.

Tampa broke the game open with five runs in the bottom of the fifth to take an 11-7 lead and shutout Greensboro the rest of the way to win the game.

This is the fourth year in a row that a team from the Tampa, FL area has won the CWS.  Greensboro won the CWS in 1965.

Greensboro defeats Lafayette 8-0

August 8, 2006 - Greensboro, NC defeated Lafayette 8-0 to advance to the CWS championship game.  They will face Tampa in the championship game.  Greensboro defeated Tampa 5-2 in division play earlier in the CWS.  Austin Moyer pitched the complete game two hit shutout for Greensboro.  Jeff McNeely started for Lafayette and gave up three runs in two innings.

Greensboro scored a run in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.  Alan Craven singled and stole second.  Brandon McKinney reached base on a ground ball to the short stop when Craven was thrown out going to third.  Austin Moyer walked and Cameron Cockman singled to drive in McKinney.

Greensboro added two more runs in the third inning to make it 3-0.  Clint Moore singled and Moyer walked.  Logan Frederick came on in relief of McNeely.  Cameron Cockman doubled driving in Moore.   Aaron Jones drove in Moyer with a ground out to first base.

Greensboro broke open the game with three more runs in the fourth inning.  Craven reached on an error and went to third on a ground out.  Moore reached on an infield single and Craven scored making it 4-0.  Moyer walked and Moore and Moyer both scored on the second double of the game by Cockman making it 6-0.

Greensboro continued the onslaught with two more runs in the sixth inning to make it 8-0.  Craven singled and Davis Turner walked.  Moore hit a ground ball and reached first when Turner was forced at second.  Trenton Young hit a single that drove in Craven and Moore.

Tampa defeats Morgan Hill 10-6

August 8, 2006 - Tampa, FL defeated Morgan Hill 10-6 to advance to the championship game of the Colt World Series.  Morgan Hill got very good pitching from Matt Cummins for the first three innings as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead.  Anthony Fererra started for Tampa and gave up four runs to Morgan Hill in the first three innings.

Morgan Hill scored a run in the bottom of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead and added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to make the score 4-0.  Technical difficulties prevented the internet broadcast of the first three innings so no details were available on how Morgan Hill scored their four runs.

Tampa responded with five runs in the top of the fifth to take a 5-4 lead.  Jarrod Atkinson got a leadoff walk and was forced out at second on a ground ball by Drew Malloy.  Kyle Allen singled to put runners at first and second.  Aaron Baroff reached on an error and the bases were loaded.  Austin Hartzler singled to drive in Malloy to make the score 4-1.  Anthony Fererra singled to drive in Allen and Baroff closing the gap to 4-3.  Hartzler was tagged out at the plate on a failed suicide squeeze bunt attempt.  Matt Fest walked and then Derek Heiser singled to drive in Fererra and Fest to give Tampa the lead 5-4.  Kenny Wilson grounded out to end the inning.

Chris Castelanos came in to pitch for Tampa in the fourth inning and shutout Morgan Hill for two innings facing only six batters.

Tampa broke open the game with four more runs in the top of the fifth to take a 9-4 lead.  Jarod Atkinson was hit by a pitch to start the inning.  Allen doubled to put runners at second and third.  Baroff singled to center to drive in Atkinson and Allen making it 7-4.  Hartzler singled and Fest singled to drive in Baroff to make it 8-4.  James Johnson came on in relief of Cummins and balked in Hartzler to make the score 9-4.  Johnson got the final out on a fly ball to right field by Heiser.

Tampa added another run in the top of the sixth to make it 10-4.  With two outs Malloy doubled and scored on a single by Allen.

Morgan Hill responded with a run in the bottom of the sixth to narrow the gap to 10-5.  Christian Lam got a leadoff walk and Austin Hartzler came on in relief of Castelanos.  Charlie McClung was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second.  Mike Devine pinch ran for McClung and was forced out at second on a bunt by Adam Hill.  Danny Nelson hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Lam and Adam Hill was doubled off of first base to end the inning.

In the seventh Morgan Hill threatened scoring a run and loading the bases with the tying run at the plate.  Billy Hill singled to lead off the inning.   With two outs Evanger singled to drive in Hill to make it 10-6.  Kevin Grove walked and Lam singled to load the bases.  Alika Bantilan pinch hit for McClung representing a possible tying run at the plate.  Hartzler managed to strike out Bantilan to end the game.

This concludes a very exciting and successful CWS for the Morgan Hill Athletics.  They were the first team from Morgan Hill to reach a Pony baseball World Series at any division for Morgan Hill.  They played very well in the division games to win the Red division and advance to the championship round.

Tampa area teams have won the CWS the last three years and this win puts them in position to make it four in a row.

Morgan Hill wins Red Division and advances to Championship Round

August 7, 2006 - O'Fallon, MI defeated Morgan Hill, CA 6-5 but ended up being eliminated from the championship round due to the runs allowed tie breaker.  Morgan Hill, Lafayette and O'Fallon all ended up 3-1 in the division pool play and Morgan Hill gave up the fewest runs and Lafayette finished with the second fewest runs.  The game was delayed three hours due to heavy rain in the morning in Lafayette, IN.

Chris Bell pitched very well for O'Fallon shutting out Morgan Hill for the first five innings.  Kevin Grove pitched for Morgan Hill for the first six innings.

O'Fallon took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning.  Bell singled, Joe West doubled and Bell scored on a ground out to the second baseman by Mike Fowler.

O'Fallon broke open the game in the top of the third inning with three runs to take a 4-0 lead.  Alex Larkin walked, Tony Schulte singled, Brent Wilke singled to load the bases and Bell drove in Larkin and Schulte with a key single to take a 3-0 lead.  West was hit by a pitch to load the bases again.  Jesse Carter grounded to Jon Hughes at third who attempted to turn the inning ending double play.  Unfortunately the throw was ruled to have pulled Matt Cummins off second while Carter was out at first on the relay by Matt Cummins to Ryan Evanger.  Wilke scored on the play to make the score 4-0.  Morgan Hill manager Dave Newton argued briefly about the call at second to no avail.  Grove struck out Mike Fowler to get out of the inning without any further damage.

O'Fallon played excellent defense in the game to match the excellent pitching by Bell.  They turned three double plays in the game and Tony Schulte made a diving catch to take a hit away from Blake Winzeler.  Morgan Hill also played well defensively turning a double play in the sixth inning and Winzeler made a diving catch in right field on a fly ball by Larkin.

In the bottom of the sixth Morgan Hill mounted a rally to score four runs to tie the score 4-4.  Billy Hill got a leadoff walk and Cummins singled sending Hill to third.  Hughes got an infield single driving in Hill for Morgan Hill's first run of the game.  Ryan Evanger hit a high pop-up to the third baseman and Kevin Grove hit a ball to the warning track in left center field for the second out of the inning.  Charlie McClung hit a single to drive in Cummins making it 4-2.  Phillip Thrappas pinch ran for McClung.  Blake Winzeler, who singled earlier, delivered another clutch single to drive in Hughes and Thrappas to tie the score 4-4.  Seth Gorman came in to pitch for O'Fallon and got a ground out to end the inning.

O'Fallon responded with two runs in the top of the seventh to regain the lead 6-4.  Maury Wilmes doubled to lead off the inning.  Larkin walked and Ryan Walters came on in relief of Grove.  Wilke doubled to drive in Wilmes to give O'Fallon the 5-4 lead.  West singled to drive in Larkin but Wilke was thrown out at the plate to end the inning.

Morgan Hill responded with a run in the bottom of the seventh for the final score of 6-5.  Newton played the inning cautiously making sure that his team would either win the game outright or not tie the score.  If the game went into extra innings O'Fallon would still have a slight chance of eliminating Morgan Hill from the championship round due to the runs allowed tie breaker or prevent Morgan Hill from winning the Red division.  Danny Nelson leadoff the inning with a single but O'Fallon turned a double play on Hill's ground ball up the middle.  Cummins singled and Hughes doubled to put runners on second and third with Cummins being held at third base.  Evanger singled to drive in Cummins making it 6-5.  Hughes was held at third to prevent the tie.  A wild pitch moved Evanger to second but Hughes was held at third once again to prevent the tie.  Grove walked to load the bases.  McClung then grounded out to end the inning.

The Red division ended in a three way tie with Morgan Hill, Lafayette and O'Fallon all finishing at 3-1.  Each of the teams defeated one of the other two teams so the head-head tie breaker did not apply.  The runs allowed by each team is the next tie breaker.  Morgan Hill allowed 11 runs, Lafayette allowed 14 runs, and O'Fallon allowed 16 runs.  Thus Morgan Hill won the Red division and Lafayette was the runner-up.  O'Fallon won the game but was eliminated from the championship round due to the runs allowed tie breaker.

Morgan Hill will play the runner-up from the White division on Tuesday (8/8/06) at 5:00 pm EST.  The White division runner-up will either be Tampa or Puerto Rico depending on who wins the Tampa vs Bay County game later.

Morgan Hill defeats Mazatlan 5-2

August 6, 2006 - Morgan Hill, CA defeated Mazatlan, MX 5-2 to improve their Red division record to 3-0.  This was a well pitched game with all the scoring for both sides occurring in the fourth inning.  Alika Bantilan pitched very well for Morgan Hill, for the first five innings, holding Mazatlan to only two runs.  Jorge Azani pitched very well for the first three innings for Mazatlan shutting out Morgan Hill.

In the top of the first Jon Hughes singled for Morgan Hill but was thrown out on a steal attempt to end the inning.

In the bottom of the second inning Alberto Garcia singled and moved to second on a wild pitch to put a runner in scoring position.  Hugo Gutierrez lined a single into right field but Garcia was held at third with two outs respecting the strong throwing arm of Kevin Grove in right field.  Bantilan then got a ground out to second to end the threat.

In the top of the third inning Danny Nelson hit a single down the right field line with two outs.  He was thrown out attempting to steal second.

Mazatlan threatened in the bottom of the third inning.  With one out in the inning Rodrigo Aguirre reached base on an error by the first baseman, Isaac Montoya walked and Alvardo Delgado hit an infield single to load the bases.  Bantilan then got Miguel Gutierrez, the Mazatlan cleanup hitter, to hit a ground ball to Matt Cummins who threw to Billy Hill who threw on to Ryan Evanger for the inning ending double play.  This play really pumped up Morgan Hill.

In the top of the fourth Morgan Hill scored five runs to take a big 5-0 lead.  Hill lead off with a single and Cummins doubled to drive in Hill breaking the scoreless tie.  Hughes was hit by a pitch and Cummins went to third on an errant pickoff attempt.  He scored on an infield single by Evanger.  Kevin Grove hit a single to drive in Hughes making it 3-0.  Stephen Smith singled to drive in Evanger to widen the lead to 4-0.  Joel Rodriguez came on in relief of Azani and got Steven Rodriguez to hit a ground ball to third base.  Grove scored on the throw to first to finish the scoring in the inning.

Mazatlan responded in the bottom of the fourth with two runs to narrow the score to 5-2.  Alberto Garcia got a leadoff walk, Joel Rodriguez singled and Hugo Gutierrez doubled driving in both runs.

The game settled back into a pitching and defensive battle over the last three innings.  Charlie McClung came in to pitch the last two innings for Morgan Hill shutting out Mazatlan allowing only one single to Joel Rodriguez.

Joel Rodriguez allowed no runs for Mazatlan over his 3 2/3 innings in relief.  He was aided by some good defense in the top of the seventh.  Smith doubled to lead of the inning.  Mike Devine bunted back to the pitcher who threw out Smith at third.  Danny Nelson was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second.  The catcher threw to first to try to pick off Nelson and Devine ran to third and was thrown out.  Rodriguez got a ground out to end the inning.

Morgan Hill plays O'Fallon on Monday (8/7/06) at 2:30 pm EST.

Tampa defeats Levittown 2-1

August 6, 2006 - Tampa,FL defeated Levittown, PR 2-1 in a must win game for Tampa.  If Tampa had lost the game they would have been eliminated from the medal round of the tournament.  Greensboro has already clinched the White division top spot and Levittown would have clinched the runner-up spot they had won based on the head-head tie-breaker with Tampa.  Both teams pitched extremely well.  Eric Doty of Tampa pitched a complete game and held Levittown scoreless until the seventh inning. Harry Hernandez pitched 5 1/3 innings for Levittown and held Tampa to only two runs.

Levittown had scoring opportunities in the first two innings but could not come up with the timely hit to drive in a run.  In the first inning Angel Trinidad got a leadoff single and moved to second on an errant pickoff throw by Doty.  Doty retired the next three batters to strand Trinidad on second .  In the second inning Christian Vasquez singled with one out and was forced at second on a ground ball by Jonathan Valdez.  Valdez moved to second on another errant pickoff by Doty.   Gadiel Robles hit a ball up the middle that the second baseman fielded and Valdez was thrown out at third after rounding the base too far ending the threat.

Tampa had a bases loaded opportunity in the bottom of the second but was unable to score.  With two outs, Hernandez lost his control and walked Austin Hartzler, Doty, and Matt Fest but was able to strike out Derek Heiser to keep the game scoreless.

In the third inning Tampa was able to break through and scored two runs to take a 2-0 lead.  Jarod Atkinson and Drew Malloy both singled and Aaron Baroff delivered a big double to drive in both runners.  This was the key hit in the game and produced all of the runs Tampa would need.

Tempers flared in the top of the fourth inning when Roberto Perez walked for Levittown and then Emmanuel Quiles hit a fly ball to the shortstop who dropped the ball and then doubled up Perez at second and Quiles at first.  Quiles did not run to first incorrectly thinking that an infield fly situation existed.  Levittown argued this with the umpires to no avail.  This escalated in the next few innings to finger pointing and some tense interactions between the two teams over another close out call in the top of the sixth.

Tampa threatened in the top of the sixth when Hernandez walked Doty and Fest with one out and was relived by Gilbert Velez.  Heiser bunted the runners over to second and third.  Velez struck out Kenny Wilson to get out of the inning.

In the top of the seventh Levittown got a home run by Emmanuel Quiles over the 321 foot sign to make the final score 2-1.

Levittown is now in the position of needing to root for Bay County to beat Tampa and score more than 3 runs in which case the three way tie would result in Levittown winning on the runs allowed tie breaker.  Levittown is a very young team with thirteen 15 year old players on the team and will be a team to look for next year in the CWS.

Tampa will advance to the medal round if they win their game with Bay County or hold Bay County to less than three runs if they lose.

Lafayette defeats Slovakia 7-3

August 6, 2006 - Lafayette defeated Slovakia 7-3 to keep their medal round hopes alive.  Slovakia took an early lead and played it's most competitive game of the CWS.  Michal Miklosovik pitched very well for Slovakia except the fourth inning when he gave up four runs.  Michael Scheaffer pitched well for Lafayette after the first inning.

Slovakia broke out on top with three runs in the top of the first for their first lead in a CWS game.  Ondrej Mikus leadoff with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch.  Michal Miklosovik doubled to drive in Mikus and give Slovakia a 1-0 lead.  Stefan Lopusny singled and took second on the throw home.  Tomas Kessl singled driving in both Miklosovik and Lopusny and extending the lead to 3-0.  Scheaffer got out of the inning without allowing any additional runs.

Lafayette responded with a run in the bottom of the first.  Cory Rush got a leadoff walk and moved up two bases to third on a wild pitch.  Travis Fleming got a walk but was thrown out stealing second.  Dru Anthrop singled to drive in Rush to make the score 3-1.  Andrew Riley doubled with Anthrop moving to third.  Jeff McNeely reached on an error to load the bases.  Neil Hudson then lined into a double play to end the inning.

Lafayette regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth with four runs to take a 5-3 lead.  Neil Hudson and Frank Hrdy singled.  Jack Witteveen singled to drive in Hudson and Hrdy scored on a throwing error by the left fielder on the play. Michael Scheaffer walked.  Brandon Adams running for Witteveen scored on a ground out by Rush.   Scheaffer scored on an infield single by Fleming.

Lafayette added two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.  Hrdy and Logan Frederick both reached on infield singles and Tyler Child pinch ran for Frederick.  Hrdy and Child both scored on a double by Rush.

Greensboro defeats Bay County 7-4

August 5, 2006 - Greensboro, NC defeated Bay County, MI 7-4 to raise their record to 3-0 in the Colt World Series White Division.  This gives them a commanding position in the White Division for advancing to the semi-final games on Tuesday.  Michael Demick pitched very well for Greensboro striking out eleven batters in just 4 2/3 innings.  Paul Ramseyer pitched for Bay County and held Greensboro scoreless for the first two innings.

Bay County took advantage of three Greensboro errors in the first inning to score a run to take a 1-0.  Jordan Schuman reached on an error by the center fielder, stole second and scored on an error by the third baseman and an overthrow of the catcher by the first baseman.

Bay County added to their lead with a run in the bottom of the second inning.  Nate Corena singled and scored on a single by Brandon Henecke.

Greensboro got their bats going in the top of the third inning when they scored five runs to take a 5-2 lead.  Tim Ducerne lead off with a double, Brent Young walked, and Nick Jones got a bunt single to load the bases.  Ramseyer struggled with his control walking Alan Craven to force in Ducerne for Greensboro.  Chad Hockiday singled down the right field line to drive in Young.  Clint Moore hit a ball to the short stop who forced Hockiday at second and Jones scored giving Greensboro a 3-2 lead.  Craven then scored on a wild pitch.  Austin Moyer walked and Demick hit a single to load the bases again.  Aaron Jones hit a sacrifice fly to left field with Moore tagging and scoring on the play.

Greensboro scored another run in the top of the fourth inning making it 6-2.  Nick Jones hit a double and Alan Craven reached on an error.  Chad Hockiday then hit a sacrifice fly to short right field and Jones tagged and beat the throw to the plate.

Bay County fought back with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to make it a 6-4 game.  Ryen Bostick singled and scored on a double by K.C. Cleaver.  Nate Corena hit a triple to drive in Cleaver.  Cameron Cockman came in to relieve Demick and closed out the inning.

Greensboro added an insurance run in the top of the sixth to make the score 7-4.  Tim Ducerne doubled to lead off the inning and Kyle Reed came in to relieve Ramseyer.  Greensboro then executed their small ball game to perfection.  Jeff Medley pinch hit for Young and sacrifice bunted Ducerne to third base.  Nick Jones then executed a suicide squeeze bunt to score Ducerne with the final run of the game.

Mazatlan defeats Slovakia 14-2

August 5, 2006 - Mazatlan, MX easily defeated Slovakia 14-2 with a strong offensive performance and a complete game pitching performance from Ricardo Bernal.  Stefan Lopusny pitched for Slovakia but struggled with his control.

Mazatlan scored two runs in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead.  Lopusny walked Rodrigo Aguirre and Isaac Montoyo to lead off the inning.  The did a double steal to move to second and third and Aguirre scored on a ground out.  Alberto Garcia hit a triple to drive in Montoyo for the second run.  He was stranded at third.

Mazatlan scored another run in the top of the second to go ahead 3-0.  Edgar Lopez hit a double, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on an error by the third baseman.

Mazatlan broke open the game scoring eight runs in the top of the fourth inning to take an 11-0 lead.  Lopusny walked Lopez and Joel Rodriguez and Aguirre executed a hit and run with a single to drive in Lopez.  Montoyo walked to load the bases.  Michal Noga was brought in to pitch in relief of Lopusny.  Miguel Gutierrez tripled to clear the bases making the score 7-0.  Alberto Garcia singled driving in Miguel Gutierrez and Hugo Gutierrez singled to keep the onslaught going.  Garcia scored on a wild pitch and Ricardo Bernal walked.  Lopez hit a sacrifice fly to left field with Hugo Gutierrez tagging and scoring on the play.  Rodriguez tripled driving in Bernal.  Aguirre hit a fly ball to right field to end the inning.

Slovakia responded with a couple of runs in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 11-2.  Lopusny singled and Michal Noga doubled to drive in Lopusny.  Peter Cuninka singled driving in Noga.

Mazatlan added three runs in the top of the seventh for the final 14-2 score.  Alvio Trujera walked, Alvardo Delgado singled and both scored on a double by Aureal Mendoza.  Mendoza scored on a double by Miguel Gutierrez.

Levittown defeats Hoosier North 9-0

August 5, 2006 - Levittown,PR defeated Hoosier North 9-0 behind the very strong complete game one hit pitching of Carlos Hernandez.  Cameron WIlson started for Hoosier North and pitched the first 2 2/3 innings and Matt Mundy pitched the remainder of the game.

Levittown scored a run in the top of the first to take the early 1-0 lead.  Edwin Otero walked, went to second a wild pitch and scored on a single by Angel Trinidad.

Levittown widened the lead with two more runs in the top of the second inning as Wilson struggled with his control.  Julio Rodriguez singled and was forced at second on a ground ball to second by Carlos Hernandez.  Gadiel Robles and Hector Hernandez walked to load the bases and then Carlos Hernandez scored on a wild pitch.  Edwin Otero was hit by a pitch to load the bases again.  Luis Cintron walked to force in the second run in the inning making the score 3-0.  Hoosier North turned a double play to get out of the bases loaded situation.

Levittown added two more runs in the top of the third to widen the lead to 5-0.  Emmanual Quiles doubled and scored on a single by Rafael Diaz and an error by the left fielder who took second on the error.  Rodriguez singled driving in Diaz.  Gadiel Robles singled and reached third on an error by the right fielder.  Munday came on in relief of Wilson and stranded Robles at third base.

Levittown scored two runs in the fifth to make the score 7-0 and added two more runs in the seventh for the final score of 9-0.  Rodriguez got a leadoff walk and Hernandez singled.  Rodriguez scored on a wild pitch.  Angel Alisea singled and then Hernandez scored on a ground ball by Roberto Perez that forced Alisea at second.

Lafayette defeats O'Fallon 8-6

August 5, 2006 - Lafayette, IN defeated O'Fallon, MO 8-6 to move ahead of O'Fallon in the Red division of the Colt World Series before a sellout crowd of 4,014.  Andrew Riley pitched 6 2/3 innings for Lafayette shutting out O'Fallon for the first four innings.  Tony Schulte pitched the first 3 1/3 innings for O'Fallon allowing 6 runs.

Lafayette scored a run to take the lead in the bottom of the second inning for a 1-0 lead.  Jeff McNeely lead off with a double and moved to third on a throwing error by the center fielder.  Neil Hudson walked and the fourth ball was a wild pitch allowing McNeely to score.  Frank Hrdy sacrifice bunted Hudson to second base and Andrew West singled sending Hudson to third base.  Levi Evans attempted a suicide squeeze bunt but the Schulte fielded it and threw out Hudson at the plate.

In the third inning Lafayette widened their lead when Dru Anthrop singled, Andrew Riley singled and Frank Hrdy singled to drive in Anthrop.

Lafayette broke open the game with five runs in the fourth inning to take a 7-0 lead.  Evans got a lead off walk, Corey Rush had a bunt single, Fleming sacrifice bunted them to second and third and Anthrop tripled to drive in Evans and Rush.  Riley singled to drive in Anthrop.  Hudson walked and Hrdy singled driving in both Riley and Hudson.

In the top of the fifth inning O'Fallon finally got on the board scoring two runs to close the score to 7-2.  Alex Larkin leadoff with an infield single and Joe West reached on an error by the shortstop.  Jesse Carter got an infield single and Larkin scored with West going to third on a throwing error.  West then scored when Carter stole second and the catcher threw the ball into center field.

Lafayette responded with a run in the top of the fifth to make the score 8-2.  Kyle Keely came in to pitch for O'Fallon.  Evans got a leadoff walk and Rush singled.  Fleming grounded back to the pitcher who got the force out on Evans at third base.  Rush and Fleming did a double steal to take second and third.  Anthrop grounded out to the shortstop driving in Rush.

In the top of the sixth inning O'Fallon narrowed the lead by scoring two runs to make it 8-4.  Chris Bell got a leadoff walk with Kevin Ovari pinch running for him.  Brett Wilke doubled and Larkin was hit by a pitch to load the bases.  West hit a sacrifice fly to score Ovari and move Wilke to third base.  Carter reached on an error by the second baseman and Wilke scored.  Riley then settled down and got out of the inning.

In the top of the seventh O'Fallon scored two runs to narrow the score but was unable to push across the remaining two runs they needed to tie the score.  Schulte doubled, moved to third on a ground out and scored on a wild pitch to make it 8-5.  Wilke walked and scored on a double by Larkin making it on 8-6.  McNeely came on in relief of Riley with two outs and struck out the last batter to save the win for Lafayette.

Greensboro defeats Puerto Rico 4-3

August 4, 2006 - Greensboro, NC defeated Puerto Rico in a very close game 4-3 in the Colt World Series.  Puerto Rico made four errors that resulted in all four of Greensboro's runs being unearned.  Julio Rodriguez pitched well for the first six innings for Puerto Rico allowing three runs.  Warren Slack pitched well for the first six innings for Greensboro allowing three runs.

Greensboro scored two runs in the top of the second inning.  Cameron Cockman walked and Slack doubled to put runners at second and third with two outs.  Nick Jones hit a ground ball that the first baseman made an error on and Cockman came in to score.  Slack then scored on a wild pitch to make the score 2-0.

Puerto Rico responded with two runs in the bottom of the third inning to tie the score 2-2.  Gadiel Robles was hit by a pitch and Rodriguez singled.  Edwin Otero singled to drive in Robles and then Angel Trinidad doubled driving in Rodriguez.

In the fifth inning Greensboro took the lead with another run.  Alan Craven reached on an error by the second baseman, stole second and scored on a single by Brandon McKinney.

In the seventh inning Greensboro pushed across a very important insurance run.  Gilbert Velez came in to pitch for Puerto Rico.  Craven reached base on an error by the shortstop and moved to third on a single by McKinney and scored when the left fielder made an error on the play.

In the bottom of the seventh Puerto Rico gave Greensboro a scare.  Emmanuel Quiles lead off with a double and Blaine McCraw came in to relieve Slack.  Rafael Diaz singled and Christian Vasquez drove in Quiles with a single to make it 4-3.  McCraw struck out Jonathan Valdez for the first out and then Robles walked to load the bases.  McGraw made a very good play, on a slow ground ball by Velez up the third base line to throw out Diaz at the plate for the second out.  McGraw then got Otero to fly out to the right fielder to save the win for Greensboro.

O'Fallon defeats Slovakia 11-3

August 4, 2006 - O'Fallon, MO defeated Slovakia 11-3 in the CWS.  Slovakia played very competitively for the first 2 1/2 innings with Stefan Lopusny pitching well for Slovakia.  Derrick Lively pitched well for O'Fallon shutting out Slovakia in the first two innings.

Slovakia threatened in the first inning with singles by Michal Miklosovik and Stefan Lopusky but Lively pitched out of trouble.  O'Fallon scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning.  Maury Wilmes doubled, moved to third on a ground out and scored on a wild pitch to make it 1-0.  Tony Schulte and Brett Wilke walked and had a double steal to reach second and third.  Schulte then scored on a ground out by Chris Bell.

O'Fallon added another run in the bottom of the second inning.  Jesse Carter struck out but reached first on the missed third strike.  He stole second base and was sacrificed bunted over to third base by Lively.  He scored on a ground ball to third base to make it 3-0.

Slovakia scored two runs in the third when Lively struggled with his control.  Jacob McNart lead off and was hit by a pitch and sacrificed bunted over to second, Ivan Janso walked and Michal Miklosovik got an infield single to load the bases.  Lively then walked Stefan Lopusny and Tomas Kessl to force in the runs to make it 3-2.  Seth Gorman relieved Lively with one out and the bases loaded and he struck out the next two batters to get out of the inning.

O'Fallon broke open the game with three runs in the bottom of the third inning.  Schulte singled, Wilke was hit by a pitch and Bell reached on an error to load the bases.  Nick Imperiale hit a single but it hit Bell for an interference call and the first out.  Schulte scored on a wild pitch that Slovakia made several bad throws on and Wilke and Imperiale came in to score to make it 6-3.

In the fourth inning Jacob McNart hit a triple for Slovakia and scored on a single by Janso to make it 6-3.  Carter made a diving catch on a line drive to left field by Lopusny to end the inning.

O'Fallon extended their lead with four more runs in the fourth inning.  Gorman walked to lead off and Wilmes tripled to drive him in.  Alex Larkin grounded out to second and Wilmes scored making it 8-3.  Schulte doubled and beat the throw to third base on a ground ball by Wilke.  Janso relieved Stefan Lopusny and Bell hit a sacrifice fly to score Schulte and Imperiale singled to drive in Wilke to make the score 10-3.

O'Fallon scored their final run in the sixth when Schulte reached on an error, stole second, and was driven in by a single by Kevin Ovari.

Morgan Hill defeats Lafayette 5-3

August 4, 2006 - Morgan Hill, CA defeated Lafayette, IN 5-3 before a sellout crowd of 3,593 at Loeb Stadium. Jon Hughes pitched for Morgan Hill pitching six 1/3 innings.  He held Lafayette scoreless other than the fourth inning when Lafayette scored three unearned runs.  Logan Frederick pitched the compete game for Lafayette allowing five runs in the first three innings.  He then settled down to shutout Morgan Hill over the last three innings.

Morgan Hill took an early lead in the bottom of the first inning scoring three runs.  Billy Hill lead off and was hit by a pitch and Matt Cummins singled sending Hill to third.  Hughes crushed a double off the center field fence around 400 feet driving in Hill.  Ryan Evanger hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Cummins making it 2-0.  Kevin Grove hit a double down the left field line and Christian Lam singled to drive in Grove making it 3-0.

In the bottom of the second inning Morgan Hill added another run when Danny Nelson singled, Hill walked and Cummins singled to drive in Nelson making it 4-0.  Morgan Hill continued the scoring in the fourth inning.  Grove reached base on an error by the third baseman, Lam singled, Charlie McClung sacrificed bunted the runners to second and third.  Phillip Thrappas hit a sacrifice fly to left field with Grove tagging and scoring on the play to make the score 5-0.

In the top of the fourth inning the Morgan Hill defense was shaky making three errors to allow three unearned runs.  Andrew Riley reached on an error by the shortstop and went to second on an errant pick off attempt.  Neil Hudson then reached on an error by the third baseman and Riley scored on the play to make it 5-1.  Jack Witteveen walked and Frederick hit a triple to drive in Ryan Cramer pinch running for Hudson and Levi Evans pinch running for Witteveen to make the score 5-3.

In the bottom of the fourth inning Morgan Hill threatened when Cummins and Hughes both singled but Frederick was able to pitch out of trouble and hold Morgan Hill scoreless.  He then faced only six batters in the fifth and sixth as he settled down and pitched very well shutting out Morgan Hill in the innings.

In the sixth Hughes pitched out of trouble after McNeely singled and Hudson walked to hold Lafayette scoreless in the inning.  In the seventh Hughes struggled with his control walking Fleming and Anthrop.  Cummins came in to pitch in relief of Hughes and got the last two outs to save the win for Morgan Hill.

Morgan Hill plays Mexico on Sunday 8/6/06 at 12:00pm EST.

Morgan Hill defeats Slovakia 18-0

August 3, 2006 - Morgan Hill, CA defeated Slovakia 18-0 in their first Colt World Series (CWS) game with the game being stopped after the top of the fifth because of the ten run rule.  Alika Bantilan was the starting pitcher for Morgan Hill and pitched very well for the first two innings.  Slovakia threatened in the first inning when Ondrej Mikus lead off with a triple but Bantilan got a pop-up and two ground outs to strand the runner at third.  Bantilan shutout Slovakia in the second inning allowing only one runner to reach base.

Morgan Hill sent twelve batters to the plate in the first inning scoring eight runs.  Billy Hill leading off was hit by a pitch and Matt Cummins reached on an error by the second baseman.  Jon Hughes drove in both runs with a double and Ryan Evanger followed with another double to drive in Hughes.  Michal Miklosovik pitching for Slovakia retired the next two batters but an error by the shortstop allowed Charlie McClung to reach first base to keep the inning alive with Evanger scoring to make the score 4-0.  Bantilan and Danny Nelson walked to load the bases and Billy Hill followed with a bases clearing triple to widen the score to 7-0.  Cummins followed with a double to drive in Hill and Hughes lined out to the second baseman to end the inning with the score 8-0.  Morgan Hill was held scoreless in the second and third innings.  They threatened in the third with a single by Nelson who stole second base and a single by Cummins.  Nelson was thrown out at home plate on the relay from right field.

James Johnson came in to pitch for Morgan Hill in the third inning and shutout Slovakia the last three innings of the game.  He allowed only two base runners in the three innings on a single and an error.  Bantilan and Johnson combined for the shutout holding Slovakia to only two hits.

Morgan Hill's offense exploded for ten more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Hughes lead off the inning and grounded out to the first baseman.  Evanger and Kevin Grove both singled and Christian Lam hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Evanger.  McClung doubled driving in Grove and Johnson walked and both moved up a base on a wild pitch.  Mike Devine singled driving in both runs.  Billy Hill was hit by a pitch for the second time in the game.  Stephen Smith singled to drive in two more runs.  Hughes and Adam Hill each walked and Blake Winzeler followed with an infield single to drive in a run.  Lam singled and Steven Rodriguez reached on an error by the second baseman with the run scoring to make the score 18-0.  Johnson singled and Devine grounded out to end the inning.

After Slovakia was retired in the top of the fifth inning the game ended because of the ten run rule.

The first baseball teams in Slovakia were created in 1990.  Slovakia defeated the Czech republic in the European Zone semi-final game and then defeated Germany in the championship game to earn a place in the CWS.  There are now four club teams in Slovakia as baseball is gradually becoming more popular in the country.  This is Slovakia's first trip to the CWS.

This is also Morgan Hill's first trip to the CWS.  Morgan Hill plays Lafayette on Friday August 4 at 7:30 pm EST.

O'Fallon defeats Mexico 4-0

August 3, 2006 - O'Fallon, MO defeated Mazatlan, MX 4-0 behind the one hit complete game shutout pitching of Tony Schulte.  Hugo Gutierrez pitched well for Mexico allowing only seven hits in a complete game performance.  O'Fallon scored a run in the second inning on a single by Chris Bell, an error, a past ball, and an RBI single by Brett Wilke.  In the third inning Murray Wilmes beat out an infield single and stole second.  Sxhulte walked and both runners advanced on a ground out to the second baseman.  With two outs they both scored on a single by Bell to make the score 3-0.  O'Fallon scored again in the fourth inning when Wilke lead off with a walk and was safe at second on a throw by Gutierrez on a sacrifice bunt by Jesse Carter.  Wilmes singled to load the bases and Wilke scored on a ground out by Alex Larkin to make it 4-0.

O'Fallon won the North Zone with the same win-lose record as Bay County but allowed fewer runs.

Tampa defeats Hoosier North 10-0

August 3, 2006 - Tampa, FL defeated Hoosier North, IN 10-0 behind the complete game pitching of Vinny Lally who struck out twelve batters while only giving up three hits.  Tampa rebounded from a first game defeat to Greensboro with 14 hits.  The game started out as a pitchers duel between Lally and Cody Dowell of Hoosier North.  Tampa had threatened in the first inning with singles by Kenny Wilson and Drew Malley but Dowell stranded the runners with a strike out to end the inning.  The game remained scoreless until Tampa broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the third inning when Wilson singled, stole second and scored on a single by Malley to take a 1-0 lead.

In the fourth inning Aaron Baroff of Tampa was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.  WIth two outs Lally walked and Derek Heiser singled driving in Baroff to make the score 2-0.  In the bottom of the fifth inning Tampa scored three runs to break open the game.  Malley walked and was balked to second.  Kyle Allen singled driving in Malloy making it 3-0.  Baroff singled with Allen going to third.  Allen scored on a wild pitch and Austin Hartzler doubled driving in Baroff to make the score 5-0.  Dowell was relieved by Kyle Graham who got the final two outs of the inning.

In the bottom of the sixth inning Tampa scored five runs to end the game on the ten run rule.  Austin Simms came in to pitch for Hoosier North.  Heiser lead off with a walk, Wilson singled and Jarod Atkinson hit a sacrifice fly to score Heiser.  Malley singled driving in Wilson, Allen singled, and Baroff singled to load the bases.  Hartzler doubled driving in two runs to make the score 9-0.  Matt Fest walked and Anthony Fererra singled to drive in Baroff making the score 10-0 and ending the game.

Hoosier North won the CWS in 1999 and 2000 and finished as the runner-up in 2001.

Greensboro defeats Tampa 5-2

August 2, 2006 - Greensboro, NC defeated Tampa, FL 5-2 in the first game of the Colt World Series (CWS) in Lafayette, IN.  Greensboro scored a run in the second inning and lead 1-0 after three innings.  In the fourth inning Tampa scored two runs on a triple, a double and a wild pitch to take a 2-1 lead.  In the sixth inning Greensboro took a 3-2 lead on a two run home run.  Greensboro scored two additional runs in the top of the seventh inning for the final 5-2.  Greensboro held Tampa to only three hits in the game.

Greensboro hosted and won the East Zone winning three games by a margin of 27-3 to advance to this year's CWS.  Greensboro participated in the 2005 CWS finishing 0-3 in it's pool games.  They have a very experienced team this year with nine players returning from last year's CWS team. 

The Tampa Bay area has won the last three CWS championships.  In 2003, a team from the Town and Country area of Tampa won the Colt World Series.  This was followed by teams from the North Tampa and the Wellswood areas of Tampa the last two years.  These three teams dominated their opponents outscoring them 149 to 20 while winning 15 straight CWS games.  This year's team from Town and Country won the South Zone outscoring its competition 26-3.

Levittown defeats Bay County 11-3

August 2, 2006 - Levittown, Puerto Rico defeated Bay County, MI 11-3 today in the Colt World Series (CWS) in Lafayette, IN.  Levittown jumped out to an early 6-1 lead after two innings after scoring three runs in the first and second innings.  Bay County scored a run in the second inning.  Levittown widened the lead to 10-1 by scoring four more runs in the fourth inning.  Bay County responded with two runs in the fifth inning to narrow the lead to 10-3.  Levittown added a run in the sixth inning to close out the scoring.

The Asia/Pacific Zone winner South Korea declined and runner-up Japan was unable to come on short notice so the North Zone runner-up Bay County, MI was invited to replace South Korea in the CWS.  Bay County participated in the 2002 and 2003 CWS.  This year they were 10-2 in their district, state and zone tournament games.

Levittown, PR defeated Caguas, PR 7-4 in the Caribbean Zone championship game to earn a place in this year's CWS.  Caguas was the runner-up in the 2005 CWS losing to Tampa Wellswood 11-2.  Levittown was the runner-up to Tampa Town and Country in the 2003 CWS.

Lafayette defeats Mexico 3-0

August 2, 2006 - Lafayette, IN shutout Mazatlan, MX 3-0 today in the Colt World Series (CWS) in Lafayette, IN.  Both teams pitched very well with Andrew Riley throwing a complete game shutout for Lafayette.  Lafayette scored three runs in the sixth inning on four singles and two errors by Mexico.  Riley overcame five defensive errors by Lafayette to preserve the shutout.

Colt A's Advance to Colt World Series!

July 30, 2006 - The Morgan Hill Colt A's defeated Southwest Bakersfield 14-7 to win the Colt West Zone championship and advance to the Colt World Series in Lafayette, IN.  The A's had 18 hits including home runs by Jonathan Hughes and Ryan Evanger.  They got strong pitching from Matt Cummins and Jonathan Hughes and played very good defense.  This is the first team from Morgan Hill to advance to a World Series tournament.  Photos of the championship game are on All Star Photos 2006.