Saturday, July 16, 2011
Big Train move to 7th in the nation
Now going back in time to Monday's Mid Atlantic Classic:
Bethesda had Hunter Renfroe and Adam Barry starting. Neither of them had hit or got on base.
Mike Aldrete and Martin Agosta pitched later in the game, allowing 0 runs.
The Cal Ripken league won 6-3 and out hit the Valley league 10-3.
Joey Cujas from Vienna was the only batter with more than 1 hit on the night.
The Home Run Derby was short and uneventful, as 10 players had 4 outs each, then the top 2 went to the championship round. Mike Mandarino (SOMD) vs. the other valley league dude whose name i do not know. And it was 1-0. Hunter Renfroe only hit one home run. Why? Because the pitcher was Rockville's coach. He hit 2 batters during the derby.
July 13th vs Baltimore Redbirds
Baltimore came into the game after beating the Nationals the night before 14-4. After a quick first 3 innings, the Redbirds scored one run in both the 4th and 5th. But behing David Wayne Russo and Josh Schneider's pitching, Bethesda was able to tie the game at 3 after 7.
7th Inning :
Error by 2nd baseman, allows Hudak to get to 1st.
Norris and Wise popout.
Quiery walks.
Morioka doubles scoring both runners.
Bass popout.
By that error, Bethesda not only tied it but later won the game in the bottom of the 9th inning.
With 2 outs and nobody on, Matt Bowman and Michael Bass walked back to back.
And Mike Aldrete brought home Matt Bowman with a single to walk-off!
Pictures from this game are HERE
Josh Schneider Pitching in the 8th
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Brandon Bouxdreaux's amazing catch
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July 14th vs Herndon Braves
9-1. Thats not the final score. Thats the score after the 3rd inning. Bethesda rocked Herndon's pitcher Chris Shaklee in the 1.2 innings he pitched, giving up 2 runs in the first and 5 in the 2nd. Herndon's 2nd pitcher, also names Chris, calmed things down a little bit, but he still allowed a run. Bethesda's starter Ryan Garton left earlier than Herndon's starter, after only throwing for 1 inning. Garton didn't show up at Povich yesterday. Patrick Keane came on to throw 5 innings allowing only 2 runs. And by the time he was done, Bethesda had already added 5 more runs to the previous 9. 6 Big Train players had multi-hit nights! Leadoff hitter Michael Bass was 3-4 with 4 runs, a walk, and his 16th stolen base on the season. Alex Hudak was 3-3 with 2 RBI. Adam Barry had 2 hits and 4 RBI. Hunter Renfroe had 2 hits, 2 RBI, and a run before Mason Morioka came in to pinch-hit. Brenden Kalfus had 2 hits. At last but not least Daryl Norris was 3-5 with 2 doubles and 3 runs. Matt Bowman also crossed the plate 3 times. Drew Farber had a mentionable play when he broke his bat, and the barrel went flying into the stands, barely missing some fans by hitting off of the rail and over the stands. Final 14-3. 17 Hits for Bethesda. 5 errors for Herndon.
July 15th vs Youse's Orioles
Hit Parade!...again.
This game didn't start off very well as a 2-run home run was hit in the first inning by Dennis Mitchell off of Matt Bowman. But that was it until the 9th as Bowman shut them down from then until the 8th when he was relieved. He recorded 8 strikeouts. Bethesda didn't start their run explosion until the 3rd when Mike Aldrete and Michael Bass hit back to back triples. They added 3 more in the 3rd. And 4 more in the 6th including a bases clearing triple by Adam Barry! They didn't stop in the 8th and 9th as 3 runs came in, in both of those innings. Alex Hudak hit a towering drive off of the center field wall in the 8th that would have been a home run without the wall. All 3 runs in the 9th were unearned because of an error by the 2nd baseman. Tucker Donahue allowed 2 runs and left the bases loaded in the 9th. But it wouldn't have mattered anyway considering they still won by 11 runs. All Big Train players got hits in the game, 5 with multi-hit nights. Bass, Barry, and Aldrete had triples. Alex Hudak and Tucker Tobin had doubles. Tobin came in as a defensive replacement for Hunter Renfroe, and only had 1 at-bat, and still managed to get 2 RBI's. Michael Bass had 3 hits and 4 runs just like the night before. Aldrete, Renfroe, Barry, and Hudak also had multi-hit nights.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
6th inning victory
Express win again
| Elliot Waterman pitching |
Extra inning victory
Doubleheader sweep
The second game was owned by Hunter Renfroe who had 3 hits and 3 RBI. Bethesda jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after the first on Adam Barry's RBI single. The T-Bolts scored in the 3rd to tie it. But it wasnt tied for long as Hunter Renfroe hit a 2 RBI single scoring Michael Bass for his 2nd time of the night and Tim Wise. Renfroe added an insurance run in the 6th inning on his 2nd homer of the season. He even came in to pitch in the 7th and recorded the save, he allowed a run and left runners on base, but still managed to get the 3rd out. Bethesda improves to 13-3 on the season.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
6-21 Minor League Update
Danny Stienstra went 0-3 with a walk for Batavia. They lost 2-0.
Cody Allen pitched 3.2 perfect innings against Danny Stienstra and the Muckdogs. He recoreded 6 strikeouts.
Jarrod Parks was 3-4 with 2 home runs against the Casper Ghosts. Orem won 23-1.
Nick Vickerson went (so far 1-4) with an 2 RBI and a run against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Big Train is back on track
In the previous few games, the Big Train were saving all of their hits for yesterday when they slaughtered Alexandria. Bethesda got 18 hits, hitting against all 5 Aces pitchers. Alexandria lead after the first inning 1-0, but starter Cameron Love was solid from there on until he was relieved in the 8th inning. He recorded 9 strikeouts. Almost everyone hit for Bethesda and they had 5 pinch hitters/fielders, including Victor Diaz who played LF adding to the hits with a RBI single in the 8th. Hunter Renfroe and Alex Hudak both homered yesterday at 4 mile run park. Renfroe hit a 3 run homer while Hudak hit a solo homer to lead off the 3rd inning. John Barrett (Frostburg State) hit a homer for Alexandria in the 8th inning off of Martin Agosta who pitched the 8th with 2 strikeouts. Mike Aldrete pitched the 9th inning 3 up, 3 down on strikes. The Big Train look like a new team in the last 2 games, they will face the worst pitching team, the Thunderbolts in a doubleheader Wednesday at 5 and 7:30. Silver Spring's offense is lead by league leader in batting average Bill Gerstenslager who had 4 hits, including a homerun and 2 doubles against Bethesda last time we played them.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Smaller Train
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Big Train 9-2
Yesterdays game against Vienna was pushed back an hour due to pouring rain, then they played five innings until it poured again. The Big Train won 2-1 stranding a runner on 3rd base. Here are some videos from the game, ( HERE , HERE, AND HERE ). Kelly Secrest recorded 7 strikeouts in 4 innings and allowing 0 earned runs. The run was scored on one of Bethesda's 3 errors. The River Dogs also got 3 errors. And all 6 of them came in the first 3 innings of play. A dropped fly ball to center field was scored as a hit for Bethesda so Vienna only got 2 credited errors.
Tonight, 2 more errors were made vs. the SM Nationals made by Mason Morioka and Brennan Middleton. Both errors caused the only 2 runs of the game for the Nationals. Eliott Waterman and David Wayne Russo combined to get 7 strikeouts and only 4 hits. Michael Bass got a 2 out triple but was unable to score. The Big Train will try to catch up with the Nationals after they play the Rockville (2-9)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Big Train win over Thunderbolts in extras
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Opener vs. Redbirds
| Redbirds #11 Cory Jensen tags up at 1st |
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Puerto Rico 8-5
UPDATE:
I called that! O's swept LA.
From CRSCBL.ORG
At Estadio Jose Pepito Bonano in Guaynabo, the Ripken League Stars played to a 4-4 tie after ten innings with the Juncos, a team of college, junior college, and Puerto Rican Double-A ballplayers. Down 1-0, Alex Frederick (Redbirds) doubled home Stuart MacInnes (Express), who tripled with two outs in the second inning, to tie the game. After falling behind again, Frederick walked, stole second, and scored on an error to re-tie the game in the fifth. Down again in the eighth (this time by two), Austin Harclerode (Big Train) reached on an error and scored on a single by Nick Vickerson (Big Train). Two more singles --- by Frank Florio (Redbirds) and Will Davis (Aces) --- plated Vickerson. The Ripken League stranded a lead-off triple by Jarrod Parks (Big Train) in the ninth. On the mound, Jordan Beistline (Big Train) started and went four innings, allowing two runs (one unearned) on six hits with three strikeouts. Josh Schneider (Big Train) followed with three innings, allowing two runs on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Pat Devlin (Braves) pitched a perfect eighth with one strikeout, and Bryan Hamilton (Big Train) tossed the last two, allowing one hit and striking out four.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Puerto Rico 8-4
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Worst game ever!

Thanks to whoever did the live game tracker. Actually whoever didnt do the game tracker because now i have no stats. Something is suspicious but i dont want to post it here. Apperantley the game is in the 6th inning. http://crcbl.bbstats.pointstreak.com/flash/index.html?gameid=22387. But the Big Train did get crushed and early too as the Redbirds got their 2nd 7 run inning of the day in the 3rd inning. They scored 3 runs the inning before to give them a 10-0 lead going into the bottom of the 3rd. The Redbirds also by then had 3 home runs off the bats of Seth Baldwin, Frank Florio, and Nate Woods. But Danny Stienstra had an answer to those 3 home runs.
The Big Train scored 1 run the next inning and 2 in the 5th. But the Redbirds added 2 more runs to hold up a 6 run victory. Since the Redbirds played a doubleheader they would be tired for the championship game #2.
Friday, July 30, 2010
2nd best game ever!
1st baseman Glynn Davis makes an unassisted outFor the 2nd game in a row the game started of with a bang. At least for the visitors. Glynn Davis hit a home run to left field to give the O's a lead without even an out. They ended up stranding Chris Cook on 2nd after his double which came after the home run. Ryan Collins scored in the 2nd but the O's answered back scoring 2 more of their own in the bottom of the 2nd. But in the 3rd the lead changed again but for the last time. The Big Train scored 4 runs in the 3rd all unearned to pitcher Chris O Grady. The first run came from Ryan Collins who singled with runners on 2nd and 3rd to score Connor Bernatz. Austin Harclerode walked to load the bases for Mason Morioka who launched a ball to center field over the center fielders head for a bases clearing double. Connor Bernatz scored again in the 4th. Austin Harclerode in the 5th. And Jarrod Parks and Austin Harclerode in the 6th. And going into the 6th it was 9 to 3. Hugh Adams came in to relieve Cameron Love and allowed his first 2 earned runs of the 2010 year. He ended up throwing 4 innings allowing 5 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks while striking out 3. Austin Harclerode in the 8th hit the longest home run yet this season as it cleared the scoreboard in left-center by about 5 feet. Mason Morioka later scored that inning. The ball game ended 11-5 in favor of the Big Train.
3 Star selection:
#1 Austin Harclerode
4 AB 4 runs 3 hits 2 RBIs 2 walks 1 HR
#2 Mason Morioka
5 AB 1 run 3 hits 4 RBIs 1 walk
#3 Nick Schneeberger
4 AB 3 hits
Best game ever!
In the bottom of the 9th Bryan Hamilton came on to protect a 1 run lead. And he delivered as he struck out the first 2 batters. And with 2 strikes he was 1 strike away from striking out the side, but Nate Woods had other plans.
And with the league leader in home runs up to bat this could only mean 1 thing:
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STRIKEOUT BABY!!!!!!!!
Tonight's 3 Stars:
#1 David Wayne Russo
4 Innings Pitched, 0 runs, 3 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts.
#2 Ryan Collins
2 for 5 with the game winning run and the game tying RBI
#3 Bryan Hamilton
1 Inning Pitched, 3 strikeouts, 1 hit, save
Other notes:
The Big Train won the game on 4 hits, the Redbirds had 8.
The Redbirds made 4 errors
UP NEXT: Youse's Orioles
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Big Train come back in last 2 innings beat T-Bolts again
Cam goes 8 innings, Big Train score one run to win
5 hits was enough for Bethesda to pull away with the win on Thursday. Drew Farber had the only run of the ball game and a stolen base in his 4th game played on the season. The Aces had 7 hits and the Big Train made 2 errors. [N.Vickerson (14), T. Covington (1)] Markus Melgosa had 2 hits to raise hit batting average to .268. Cameron Love pitched 8 innings allowing only 6 hits and 2 walks. He also struck out 6. Bryan Hamilton got the save. Max Knowles pitched the last 2 outs of the 8th inning allowing nothing.
3 run 6th wins it for Herndon
Ryan Collins had the other multi-hit night with 2 hits. Seth Williams also had a hit and was hit by a pitch.
Bryan Hamilton threw another scoreless inning but didnt have a strikeout this time. Connor Bernatz went 0-5.
