2012 Perfect Game Collegiate League Written by John McGraw Director, PGCBL Media Relations Game Notes Contact: [email protected] Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Web: http://www.pgcbl.com “Let’s set the night on fire” Twitter: @PGCBLbaseball Volume 2, No. 27

WATERTOWN 20 ONEONTA 6 2012 PGCBL Standings ONEONTA, N.Y. – Donald Walter (Cal Poly Pomona) scored five times and the Wizards Team W L Pct. GB reeled off a franchise record 20 runs en route to a win over the Outlaws at Amsterdam 20 3 .864 - Damaschke Field. Walter’s five tallies set a PGCBL single-game high for 2012. Walter Glens Falls 13 10 .565 7.0 recorded runs in the first, second, fourth and sixth as the Wizards built a 12-1 lead. Newark 13 10 .565 7.0 He was hit by a pitch twice, doubled twice and added a single to finish 3-for-3. Oneonta 11 11 .500 8.5 Following a four-score sixth, the Wizards exploded for eight runs in the seventh on Albany 10 12 .455 9.5 six hits. A.J. Capone (Saint Rose) finished off the surge with a three-run double. The Mohawk Valley 9 12 .429 10.0 Wiz Kids mashed out 16 hits, nine players had at least one hit and 10 scored one run. Watertown 9 14 .391 11.0 Derek Hagy (UTPA) and Brandon Cipolla (Holy Cross) each tallied three times and Cooperstown 8 14 .364 11.5 collected three RBI. Cole Gleason (Wabash Valley) added three hits and three RBI. Elmira 8 15 .348 12.0 Starter Matt McClain (St. Mary’s, Texas) yielded just one run over six innings and pitched out of two bases-loaded jams in his second win. For Oneonta, Cody Hough LAST NIGHT’S SCORES (UC Riverside) went 2-for-2 with four RBI, Orlando Rivera (State College of Florida) Mohawk Valley 18 Cooperstown 9 (7) Susp. had three hits and two runs and Shane Crain (Louisville) was 3-for-4 with one RBI. Watertown 20 Oneonta 6 Amsterdam 7 Albany 2 AMSTERDAM 7 ALBANY 2 Elmira 11 Newark 7 ALBANY, N.Y. – Zak Colby (Faulkner) and D.J. Hoagboon (UAlbany) each knocked in two runs and Rocky McCord (Auburn) pitched six strong innings as the nationally- TONIGHT, PITCHING PROBABLES ranked Mohawks rallied to defeat the Dutchmen. Albany dashed out to a 2-0 lead Elmira at Watertown, 7:00 PM with a pair of unearned scores in the first on a Ryan Gasporra (Centenary) two-RBI ELM: Carson Bryant 0-2, 4.58 ERA single. Amsterdam batted around in the fourth and plated four runs on six hits to go WAT: Rene Solis 2-1, 1.61 ERA ahead 4-2. Zak Colby, D.J. Hoagboon and Demarcus Henderson (Miss. State) all socked RBI singles in the rally. Hoagboon added another RBI base hit in the sixth and Albany at Mohawk Valley, 7:05 PM Colby connected on a sacrifice fly in the eighth. After the opening frame, Rocky ALB: Matt Snyder 0-2, 4.50 ERA McCord shut out Albany for the next five innings. He gave up four hits, walked three MV: Evan Davis 0-1, 4.72 ERA and struck out two in his third victory. Dan Zlotnick (Marist), Kevin Archbold

(UAlbany) and Chase Williamson (Auburn) all threw a scoreless inning of relief to Cooperstown at Amsterdam, 7:05 PM complete a four-hitter. Colby went 4-for-4 to lead a 15-hit barrage from the COOP: Andrew Grann 1-2, 4.19 ERA Mohawks which included five players with multi-hit games. Evan Stephens (Wake AM: Connor Kaden 1-1, 1.84 ERA Forest) and Josh Nethaway (UAlbany) had two hits each and scored twice. Ryan

Gasporra paced the Albany offense with two singles. Oneonta at Newark, 7:05 PM

ONE: Sheldon Lee 3-0, 2.35 ERA ELMIRA 11 NEWARK 7 NEW: Austin McAuliffe 1-0, 2.25 ELMIRA, N.Y. – The Pioneers used a six-run sixth inning to ground the Pilots in front of over 3,500 fans on Monday night at Dunn Field. Newark and Elmira opened with a flurry over the first two frames and the Pios sprinted out to a 5-4 lead. The score remained the same until Elmira sent 11 men to the plate in the sixth and erupted for six runs on four hits. Tyler McIntyre (CCSU) capped off the scoring surge with a two- RBI single. Newark rallied late but Elmira relievers Lee Gilliam (UNCG) and Jimmy Yacabonis (Saint Joseph’s, Pa.) forced the Pilots to leave a combined four runners on base in the last two innings. Elmira mashed out 13 hits led by Ty Yesensky (ODU) who was 3-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored. Steven Patterson (San Joaquin Delta), Zac Bellinger (VCU) and Aaron Nardone (Delaware State) all tallied twice and Clark Wise (Wofford) drove in two runs. Elmira starter Justin Bhatti (Norfolk State), after giving up four runs in the first two innings, blanked the Pilots for the next five. Josh Perez (Miss. College) paced the Pilots with three hits and two RBI, Brent Langston (Delta State) clubbed a home run and Joe Landi (URI) scored twice.

MOHAWK VALLEY 18 COOPERSTOWN 9 (7), Suspended due to Darkness COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Monday evening’s game between the Cooperstown Hawkeyes and Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs at Doubleday Field was suspended due to darkness after the seventh inning. The game is slated to be resumed on July 15 prior to a regularly-scheduled contest between the two teams at Doubleday Field. At the time of the stoppage, the DiamondDawgs and Hawkeyes had accounted for 27 runs on 29 hits in a three hour and 14 minute slugfest.

PGCBL SUMMER TOP 30 ATTENDANCE REPORT Poll released on July 2, 2012 Avg. Total Last High 1. (Cape Cod) ALB 291 3206 287 342 2. (Cape Cod) AM 1564 15646 1094 3251 3. Wenatchee Apple Sox (West Coast) COOP 283 3399 567 567 4. Mankato Moon Dogs (Northwoods) ELM 2968 32656 3581 4182 5. () GF 848 11029 1061 3051 6. AMSTERDAM MOHAWKS (PGCBL) MV 624 7486 471 1237 7. East Texas Pumpjacks (Texas) NEW 977 7812 1132 1853 8. Loggers (Northwoods) ONE 1109 12198 1345 1875 9. Santa Barbara Foresters (California Collegiate) WAT 561 7287 638 1327 10. (Cape Cod) 11. (New England) 12. West Virginia Miners (Prospect) 2012 PGCBL Quick Facts 13. Corvallis Knights (West Coast) 14. Winchester Royals (Valley) Founded : 2010 15. Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox (Cape Cod) First Season : 2011 16. Forest City Owls (Coastal Plain) 17. (Cape Cod) President : Jeff Kunion 18. Leesburg Lightning (Florida) Executive Committee: Brian Spagnola, 19. Edenton Steamers (Coastal Plain) David Dittman, Darin Williams and Bob 20. Lima Locos (Great Lakes) Ohmann 21. Green Bay Bullfrogs (Northwoods) 22. Harrisonburg Turks (Valley) Regular Season : June 6 – August 1 23. San Luis Obispo Blues (California Collegiate) Regular Season Games : 48 24. DuBois County Bombers (Prospect) All-Star Game : July 24 25. Fayetteville Swamp Dogs (Coastal Plain) Location : Shuttleworth Park; Amsterdam 26. (Cape Cod) Division Format 27. Liberal Beejays (Jayhawk) All nine teams play in one nine-team 28. St. Joseph Mustangs (MINK) division. PGCBL teams in 2012 include the 29. Waynesboro Generals (Valley) Albany Dutchmen, Amsterdam Mohawks, 30. Rockville Express (Cal Ripken Sr.) Cooperstown Hawkeyes, Elmira Pioneers, Also receiving votes: Anchorage Bucs (Alaska), Baltimore Redbirds (Cal Ripken), Glens Falls Golden Eagles, Mohawk Valley Bellingham Bells (West Coast), Chillicothe Paints (Prospect), Cincinnati Steam (Great DiamondDawgs, Newark Pilots, Oneonta Lakes), Columbia Blowfish (Coastal Plain), Dodge City A’s (Jayhawk), Humboldt Crabs Outlaws and Watertown Wizards. (Far West), Licking County (Great Lakes), Medicine Hat Mavericks (Western Major), Eligibility Requirements : Player must have Nashua Silver Knights (Futures), (Futures), NEWARK PILOTS remaining collegiate eligibility to (PGCBL) , New York Atlantics (Atlantic Collegiate), North Fork Ospreys (Atlantic participate. Collegiate), (Futures), Palm Springs Power (Southern Roster Limit : 30 players California Collegiate), Quincy Gems (Prospect), Regina Red Sox (Western Major), San Diego Force (Western Baseball), Syracuse Jr. Chiefs (New York Collegiate), Victoria Playoffs : August 3 - August 9 Generals (Texas), Waterloo Bucks (Northwoods), Wilmar Stingers (Northwoods) Playoff Teams : Four, the top four teams in the standings at the end of the regular PGCBL OFFENSIVE LEADERS – TRIPLE CROWN CATEGORIES season qualify for the playoffs. Batting Average Format : Two rounds, each contested in a Josh Crowdus, Newark .420 best-of-three series. The playoff semifinals Ross Kivett, Glens Falls .383 will run from August 3 through August 5 and Donald Walter, Watertown .375 those will be followed by the PGCBL Zach Remillard, Albany, .375 Championship Series which will take place Ed Charlton, Amsterdam .354 from August 7 through August 9. In the divisional playoffs, the higher seed will host Home Runs the first and third game (if necessary) of Ed Charlton, Amsterdam 6 the series and the lower seed will host the Jack Morrow, Mohawk Valley 5 second game. The same format will be used Eric Helmrich, Mohawk Valley 4 in the finals with the higher-seeded team Steven Patterson, Elmira 4 hosting the first and third game (if Donald Walter, Watertown 4 necessary and the lower-seeded team hosting the second game. Runs Batted In Mike Vigliarolo, Glens Falls 24 Brent Langston, Newark 23 Sean Osterman, Newark 19 Four tied with… 18