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2012 ALB Regional Tournament Team Statistics BATTING World Series Team AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% World Series Bellevue, WA .373 5 201 49 75 18 1 8 44 110 .547 30 4 37 3 .460 2 2 7 7 132 48 11 .942 since 1926 American Legion 17aug2012 Omaha, NE .364 6 220 67 80 12 3 6 58 116 .527 19 6 18 2 .418 6 8 14 19 150 68 18 .924 New Orleans, LA .357 5 168 51 60 10 3 1 39 79 .470 39 6 23 1 .482 5 2 10 12 120 50 1 .994 Milford, CT .341 5 167 39 57 8 1 2 29 73 .437 14 6 30 3 .410 1 5 11 14 129 59 9 .954 Florence, SC .335 6 224 61 75 8 3 0 45 89 .397 28 8 27 2 .422 3 8 13 14 153 70 12 .949 Lakewood, CA .325 5 163 32 53 8 0 0 22 61 .374 24 4 22 3 .415 4 12 14 19 134 41 6 .967 Let the 86th ALWS games begin! Brooklawn, NJ .316 5 174 37 55 5 4 2 34 74 .425 16 8 18 3 .393 3 3 26 31 132 66 9 .957 Moline, IL .265 6 196 27 52 5 0 1 23 60 .306 18 3 27 3 .335 1 5 5 7 156 49 8 .962 CI - NE 1. Brooklawn, N.J., Lakewood, Calif. (23-6-1) PITCHING Team ERA W L G CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA New Orleans, LA 1.35 5 0 5 3 2 1 0 40.0 16 6 6 15 27 2 0 0 130 .123 0 4 0 1 1 returns 15 to ALWS Omaha, Neb. (48-8) Milford, CT 1.67 5 0 5 3 0 0 1 43.0 26 10 8 24 23 7 0 0 148 .176 1 2 0 1 2 85th Annual Moline, IL 1.90 5 1 6 3 0 0 0 52.0 37 15 11 18 34 4 0 1 192 .193 3 2 0 0 4 Carl Hennell Omaha, NE 2.34 5 1 6 1 1 1 1 50.0 45 19 13 24 49 3 0 0 190 .237 5 3 2 0 5 Brooklawn, NJ 2.86 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 44.0 44 16 14 13 28 4 1 1 166 .265 3 3 0 1 4 Sports Reporter Milford, Conn. (30-6) Lakewood, CA 3.63 4 1 5 0 0 0 2 44.2 32 21 18 25 47 7 1 0 161 .199 9 4 3 4 1 Florence, SC 4.41 5 1 6 1 0 0 2 51.0 38 32 25 29 37 5 1 1 192 .198 9 9 0 2 1 They had the most-thrilling opening Bellevue, WA 4.70 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 44.0 46 32 23 18 49 9 0 1 169 .272 8 5 1 1 5 round game of the American Legion PB - SC 6, WA 2, LA 1, NJ 1, IL 1, CA 1. Pickoffs - NE 2, WA 1, LA 1, CT 1, SC 1. New Orleans, La. (37-6) Baseball World Series last year, with a FIELDING Team C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI walk-off victory over Hawaii. But that’s New Orleans, LA 171 120 50 1 .994 4 1 0 1.000 1 0 Bellevue, Wash. (36-13) Lakewood, CA 181 134 41 6 .967 3 1 1 .500 1 0 where the fun ended for the boys from Moline, IL 213 156 49 8 .962 3 0 0 - 1 0 Brooklawn, N.J., be- Brooklawn, NJ 207 132 66 9 .957 7 9 4 .692 1 0 Moline, Ill. (48-7) Milford, CT 197 129 59 9 .954 8 3 3 .500 0 0 cause they lost their next Florence, SC 235 153 70 12 .949 3 10 3 .769 6 0 Bellevue, WA 191 132 48 11 .942 3 6 1 .857 2 0 two and went home. Omaha, NE 236 150 68 18 .924 3 4 2 .667 0 1 But now they’re back Florence, S.C. (40-5) with 15 returning players looking for vengeance. Brooklawn, N.J. (55-3) “One big strength is 2012 ALB Regional Tournament Individual Leaders we’ve been through this Cody Brown work and is unbeaten at 8-0 this season. summer with 61 RBIs. Batting Total bases 7 tied at 5 Saves Hits allowed before,” Dennis His twin brother (#8) John Brue (#13), who at- Hitting minimums - 12 TPA Evan Ryan, NE 27 Caught stealing Evan Raynor, SC 2 Quenton Williams, CA 1 Barth said. “Most of these kids have been Casey Brown (9-0) com- tends St. Joe’s University, Batting avg Mitchell Morimoto, WA 22 Rob Alessandrine, NJ 2 Christian Baglini, CT 1 Timmy Wages, IL 1 Evan Ryan, NE .571 Ethan Kalin, WA 20 Pat Kane, NJ 2 McLaine Jonas, NE 1 Christian Baglini, CT 1 playing together for a good part of three piled a 0.79 ERA with 82 is hitting .393 with 75 Ed Michaud, CT .571 Kevin Connolly, NE 19 Kevin Connolly, NE 2 Ricky Winfield, CA 1 JONATHAN HESS, LA 1 strikeouts in 53 innings. RBIs and a bottom of MATTHIEU ROBERT, LA .563 2 tied at 18 Kyle Clary, CA 2 Quenton Williams, CA 1 Matt Ferraiola, CT 2 years and won three straight state cham- Anthony Timmons, CA .550 Walks 15 tied at 1 Games finished Walks allowed pionships in high school. So we’ve been They both pitched at Cen- the 9th, 2-out grand slam Clayton Huber, WA .500 MATTHIEU ROBERT, LA 8 Grounded into DP Jeff Paglione, NJ 3 Joe Santone, NJ 0 Slugging pct Matt Sinatro, WA 8 Brendon Davis, CA 2 Evan Raynor, SC 3 Andrew Owens, IL 0 through a lot of tournaments together.” tral Connecticut State this in the regional chipper. Pat Brue Evan Ryan, NE .964 ARMAND DAIGLE, LA 7 Kyle Winters, CT 2 4 tied at 2 Nick Ramsey, NE 0 spring. Kane (#6), who will be MATTHIEU ROBERT, LA .938 3 tied at 6 Matthew Brill, IL 2 Games in relief Taylor Elman, NE 1 Cody Brown (#3) will start game 1 with Hit by pitch 14 tied at 1 Jeff Paglione, NJ 3 Jacob Rosen, WA 1 Mitchell Morimoto, WA .917 about an 88 mph fastball, curveball and Joe Brooks (#11), who Brooks attending Old Dominion and has 43 stolen Ethan Kalin, WA .833 Pat Kane, NJ 4 Pitching Quenton Williams, CA 3 Fielding Kevin Connolly, NE .826 Jon Hechtner, NE 3 Pitching minimums - 5 IP Sam Roberts, CA 3 Assists changeup. He has an eye-popping 0.16 attends East Carolina bases, and Elliot McCummings (#12) are On base pct Fonta James, SC 3 Earned avg Evan Raynor, SC 3 Jon Hechtner, NE 19 ERA with 48 strikeouts in 44 innings of University, is hitting a whopping .519 this hitting better than .400 on the season. MATTHIEU ROBERT, LA .708 Kyle Clary, CA 3 Nick Ramsey, NE 0.00 10 tied at 2 Jake Bakamus, WA 18 Ed Michaud, CT .591 5 tied at 2 John Murphy, NJ 0.00 Sac bunts allowed Brett Tenuto, NJ 18 Anthony Timmons, CA .591 Sac bunts Quenton Williams, CA 0.00 McLaine Jonas, NE 3 Tallon Turner, SC 17 Aaron Sandefur, WA .588 T.J. Wood, NE 3 CODY MIGLIORE, LA 0.00 Jacob Rosen, WA 3 2 tied at 16 Nick Pinto, CT .579 10 tied at 2 ANDREW MITCHELL, LA 0.00 Mason Raburn, NE 2 Fielding plays Runs scored Sac flies Opposing bat avg 15 tied at 1 Shawn Cariglio, CT 8 Florence, S.C., will look to fly around Evan Ryan, NE 12 Taylor Elman, NE 2 Quenton Williams, CA .038 Sac flies allowed Kyle Winters, CT 7 Jon Hechtner, NE 11 23 tied at 1 Timmy Wages, IL .059 Brian Davis, SC 2 John Brue, NJ 6 Carl Hennell the season. Led by middle infielder Tallon 0.84 ERA with 83 strikeouts in 75 innings of Carnell Montgomery, SC 11 Stolen bases Christian Baglini, CT .059 8 tied at 1 Joe Brooks, NJ 5 Sports Reporter Turner’s (#7) 29 stolen bases, Florence work. He has walked just 12 all season. Kevin Connolly, NE 10 Pat Kane, NJ 8 JONATHAN HESS, LA .067 Losses 2 tied at 4 2 tied at 9 John Brue, NJ 5 CODY MIGLIORE, LA .100 Akeem Bostick, SC 1 Passed balls Speed, speed and speed—that’s what the shattered its previous “He is a soft lefty, probably 150 pounds all Hits Carnell Montgomery, SC 5 Innings pitched Cameron Kiel, IL 1 Cameron McRae, SC 5 Evan Ryan, NE 16 3 tied at 4 EMERSON GIBBS, LA 18.0 Austin Colvin, CA 1 7 tied at 1 Florence, S.C., baseball team is all about. season record of 50 sto- wet,” Urquhart said. “He’s not very intimi- Clayton Huber, WA 12 Total plate appearances Cody Hadden, CT 16.0 McLaine Jonas, NE 1 Steal attempts against “It’s no secret in our regional that our len bases with 149 this dating. But he throws a lot of strikes and Ethan Kalin, WA 12 Tallon Turner, SC 34 Cameron Kiel, IL 15.0 Ethan Kalin, WA 1 Cameron McRae, SC 11 Ed Michaud, CT 12 Chris Washington, SC 32 Chris Washington, SC 15.0 Runners picked off Jon Theckston, NJ 8 team speed is a strength,” coach Derick year. Zack Shields (#2), changes his arm angles to mix things up.” 4 tied at 11 Carnell Montgomery, SC 31 Ricky Winfield, CA 12.0 6 tied at 1 Jimmy Sinatro, WA 7 Runs batted in Cameron McRae, SC 31 Batters struck out Wild pitches Joe Zanghi, CT 6 Urquhart said. “We have some tremendous Carnell Montgomery Washington also leads Evan Ryan, NE 11 5 tied at 30 EMERSON GIBBS, LA 14 Akeem Bostick, SC 4 Chris Washington, SC 5 athletes. We are good at (#23) and Fonta James the team in hitting with a Kevin Connolly, NE 11 At bats Quenton Williams, CA 13 Ethan Kalin, WA 3 Stolen bases against John Brue, NJ 10 Tallon Turner, SC 28 Mason Raburn, NE 13 6 tied at 2 Cameron McRae, SC 9 bunting and play some (#4) have 21, 20 and 19 .389 average, and has stole Taylor Elman, NE 10 Evan Ryan, NE 28 Jeff Albrecht, NE 13 Balks Jon Theckston, NJ 6 Mitchell Morimoto, WA 9 Chris Washington, SC 28 3 tied at 12 Anthony Timmons, CA 2 Jimmy Sinatro, WA 6 small ball. We take extra stolen bases, respective- Washington 16 bases. Doubles Cameron McRae, SC 27 Batters SO out looking Jeff Albrecht, NE 2 Chris Washington, SC 4 bases but sometimes we are ly, on the season. Akeem Bostick (#10) has Clayton Huber, WA 6 2 tied at 26 Aaron Sandefur, WA 6 Jacob Rosen, WA 1 4 tied at 3 Jacob Saley, CT 3 Steal attempts Brandon Mahovlich, WA 6 Ricky Winfield, CA 1 Caught stealing by overly aggressive and we Not only does South Carolina boast a 1.63 ERA and 52 strike- Evan Ryan, NE 3 Pat Kane, NJ 10 McLaine Jonas, NE 6 Hit batters Joe Zanghi, CT 3 MATTHIEU ROBERT, LA 3 John Brue, NJ 5 5 tied at 5 Matt Lunde, WA 3 Cameron McRae, SC 2 will get thrown out at third speed, but it has got a handful of pitchers outs in 61 innings of work. JONATHAN LEE, LA 3 Carnell Montgomery, SC 5 Wins 5 tied at 2 Jon Theckston, NJ 2 at the wrong time. We will that have compiled a 2.13 ERA this year The 6-5, 180-pounder Bostick Triples Kevin Connolly, NE 5 Quenton Williams, CA 2 Intentional BB allowed Mason Raburn, NE 2 BRADY WILLIAMSON, LA 2 8 tied at 4 Chris Washington, SC 2 McLaine Jonas, NE 2 Matt Ferraiola, CT 2 try to score or go first to Turner through 338 innings of work. throws a fastball between 13 tied at 1 Strikeouts Cody Hadden, CT 2 Cale Dineen, NE 1 Errors Home runs Joe Zanghi, CT 7 Nick Ramsey, NE 2 Jeff Albrecht, NE 1 Jon Hechtner, NE 7 third in situations that might Chris Washington (#8), who has signed on 88-92 mph, with a curve and splitter- Mitchell Morimoto, WA 5 Shawn Cariglio, CT 7 EMERSON GIBBS, LA 2 Ricky Winfield, CA 1 Christian Baglini, CT 6 not be ideal. But that’s part of who we are.” to play with Spartanburg Methodist, leads the changeup. He has the third-highest batting 5 tied at 2 Carnell Montgomery, SC 6 Andrew Owens, IL 6 Six players have double-digit steals on pack and is unbeaten at 13-0 and has a crazy average (.360) with 10 extra-base hits. Page 2 World Series 17Aug2012 17Aug2012 World Series Page 3 N’Orleans boasts powerful pitching Lakewood, Omaha Washington balanced on O Carl Hennell Carl Hennell kid hit five. We’ve got some baseman Aaron Sandefur (#17) Sports Reporter California Sports Reporter great hitters. We’ve got some are both hitting around .350 and Even though the Bayou boys Judging by only its regional good power. We’ve got a lot of have combined out-scored their regional op- bursting has it all tournament stats in compari- depth.” for 8 extra-base ponents, 53-6, it’s their pitch- Carl Hennell son with the other teams at the /third baseman Jim hits. Out- ing and defense that are really Sports Reporter ALWS, Bellevue, Wash., could Sinatro (#27), who finished up fielder Mitchell special. with youth Looking at the regional provide the most-entertaining his freshman Morimoto (#16) New Orleans boasted a 1.35 Carl Hennell tournament stats, Omaha, Neb., games because they had the year at Gonzaga is a 15-year-old ERA with two shutouts and Sports Reporter looks to have a stout team. best-hitting, worst-pitching, and and was drafted who hit 5 HRs at three complete games at the This team is a rarity at the It comes in as the second-best second-worst defensive team. by the Houston the regional and Mahovlich regional. ALWS. It has no graduated hitting team, according to re- “Our pitching staff I thought Astros in the is hitting around “Our pitching has just been seniors or 18-year-olds. gional tourney comparisons. The was our strength but it hasn’t 35th round, .300 for the year. outstanding,” coach Joey Latino Just like the 2011 ALWS, Shelby native Steve Vaughn will Nonetheless, the boys from the team hit .364 at the tournament really dominated like they are leads Bellevue Mahovlich will get the start on Sinatro said. “Since the state tourna- skydive into Keeter Stadium during the opening ceremony. But Long Beach/Los with six home capable of doing,” coach Rob on offense. He the mound in game 1. The 6-foot- ment, we’ve gone to the this year, Civil War cannon “Satan” will fire as well. Angeles area are runs, 12 doubles Reese said. “So hopefully we is hitting .378 2, 210-pounder has a fastball in once. We’ve had one complete where our strength is.” ball in the mid-80s, curveball, raring to go and and three triples can keep hitting then put the with 5 HRs, 8 the lows 90s with a breaking ball game after another. Now is that Emerson Gibbs (#19) is the cutter, change.” prove them- with 14 stolen pitching together. 2Bs and 8 SBs. and changeup. Matt Lunde (#13), going to happen here? There’s ace of the staff with a 10-1 record Jonathan Hess (#12) is a power selves. bases. “We are very balanced of- Regional MVP a crafty lefty, and Sandefur will no telling. But that has been and has a 1.00 ERA with 65 pitcher and No. 2 on the staff. “The strength Center fielder fensively and we put up some Ethan Kalin start games 2 and 3. our strength and we’ve been strikeouts in 90 innings of work. Luke Voiron (#37) is hitting of the team right Evan Ryan (#9) numbers in state and regionals. (#18) is bat- “It’s hard to call them a 1, 2 playing real good defense be- I think at regionals there were ting .358 with or 3 of the staff because they “He is a control guy,” Latino .402 while Tony Fortier-Bense now has been Alvarez led the way at Ryan hind our pitchers. We scored a said. “He’s my version of Greg (#5), Brady Williamson (#3) the pitching and regionals with eight home runs and we put up 7 HRs, 12 2Bs, Kalin are all the aces of their high bunch of runs in the Mid-South Maddux. He’s a four-pitch guy and Mitchell Alexander (#2) are defense,” coach Walter “Spud” a .571 average. The 6-foot-1, seven of them. Everyone said 3 3Bs and 76 school staffs,” Reese said. Regional, but that’s not really and gets everything over: fast- all hitting better than .370. O’Neil said. “We have been very 175-pounder blasted two home you can’t hit a ball out of Bill- RBIs. Right fielder Brandon Kalin and Sinatro are the successful in low-scoring games. runs, three doubles and a . ings (Mont.) and we had one Mahovlich (#23) and third team’s 4 and 5 pitchers. I think we only made four errors Outfielder Kevin Connolly Milford, Conn., comes with chemistry in the regional.” (#19) followed him up with a Carl Hennell record with a 1.04 ERA and 90 leading hitter with a .346 aver- Another asset is their speed. .478 average, two homers, two Molina, Ill., ready to start right Sports Reporter Ks in 74 IP. He pitched a no- age. With 26 stolen doubles and three Carl Hennell surface.” ERA with each of them getting Riding a 14-game winning hitter earlier this season. First/third bases at the stolen bases. Left Sports Reporter Toeing the rubber in game 1 around 50-60 innings pitched. streak, Connecticut’s state “Ferraiolo is baseman Ed regional tourna- fielder Adam After a year’s absence from for Moline will be lefty Dallas Leading Moline on offense champions are making their a fastball-slider Michaud (#20) is ment, Lakewood Wilson (#7) also the ALWS, Moline, Ill., returns, DeVrieze (#2), who will be is center fielder first ALWS appearance with the type of pitcher,” hitting .333 with nearly doubled hit above .400. but it took a tough road after entering his senior year in high Eric Ashcraft tourney’s second-best pitching Bugyi said. “He 24 stolen bases the output of Middle infielder losing their school. Using a low-80 mph (#11), who will staff, according to regional stat has a pretty and was the any other ALWS John Hechtner opening game at fastball, curveball and chan- be attending comparisons. good breaking regional MVP. team at regionals. Timmons (#10) and T.J. regionals. geup, the lefty is unbeaten on Illinois Univer- Connolly “Quite frankly, I thought our ball, but he’s “He’s got Michaud Javier Alvarez Wood (#2) hit in Nonetheless, the year at 12-0. sity. The 5-11, pitching was going to struggle very gutsy and Ferraiolo some power (#21) will start game 1 against the high .300s. it is here and The 6-foot-1, 170-pounder is but they’ve been doing a terrific very competi- and runs really well,” Bugyi Omaha on Friday. The 6-foot, Mason Raburn (#6) is the looks like it 165-pounder has hitting .462 with Ashcroft job,” coach Cliff Bugyi said. tive. He throws probably in the said. “Shawn Cariglio is a lefty 175-pounder thows a mid-80 team’s ace. He pitched 11 in- has a balanced a 1.49 ERA and 9 HR, 25 2Bs, 6 “They did a great job at region- mid-80s.” swinger with good power. mph fastball with a changeup nings at the regional and posted attack after the DeVrieze 42 strikeouts 3Bs, 72 RBIs and 18 SBs. als. Cody Hadden (#7) is the “We’ve been swinging the and curve. He got blasted in his a 0.79 ERA with pitching and through 80 in- Brill, the team’s 6-2, “Our biggest plus to our team team’s No. 2 pitcher. He is a bats fairly well. Zanghi, who is last outing at regionals, so he is 13 strikeouts. hitting have swapped back- nings. 175-pound right is we really play together as fastball/curveball pitcher who going to UConn, hit two home looking to rebound here. Jeff Albrecht and-forth as the asset that has Lefty Cam- Kiel fielder, is hitting a unit. It has really carried us keeps it down and in and out. runs the other day. He’s a very Center fielder (#15), Taylor carried the team. eron Kiel (#25) .362 with 6 throughout the season. We try He is 5-2 and sports a 0.77 ERA big, broad-shouldered kid. He’s Anthony Tim- Elman (#8) and “Throughout the course of the will get the start in game 2 and HRs, 7 3Bs and to rely on good defense, but we with 40 Ks in 54 IP. got a lot of upside to him. He’s mons (#16) was McLaine Jonas year, our strength was our hit- has the exact same repotorie. 9 2Bs. make booboos like everybody.” Center fielder a young kid, just a sophomore, the regional (#13) anchor a ting and then it kind of switched He is 7-2 with a 2.13 ERA and Outfielder The pitching staff had three Jacob Sayley but a lot of schools are looking MVP. He hit .550 staff that held Albrecht on us and our pitching has 54 Ks in 72 IP. Timmy Wages Parker Jasper complete games at regionals (#16) went 5-2 with 3 SBs. opponents to 2.34 at him. prevailed,” coach Jim Zachare- (#23), Cooper SantAmour (#10), third Brill and posted a 1.67 ERA with 23 with a 1.08 ERA “We try to put a lot of pres- Ricky Win- earned runs per game at region- wicz said. “We had a first-round (#21), who took a perfect game baseman Ryan strikeouts in 43 innings. and 22 Ks in sure on teams with our speed. field (#34) is Winfield als. Elman, who is also a third loss and then 36 hours of rain into the 6th inning in the region- O’Keefe (#18), shortstop Matt Ferraiolo (#1) anchors 45 IP. He threw But sometimes we look like we the team’s No. baseman, pitched a complete and then we rattled off five wins al chipper, Drew Owens (#3) Drew Owens (#3), and middle the staff. The University of three shutouts are running around in circles.” 2 pitcher. He throws in the high game and hit .308 with 3 extra- in three days. The pitching re- and Matt Brill (#9) have helped infielder Emilio Alonso (#7) are Rhode Island signee has an 8-1 and is the team’s Sayley 80s with a changeup and curve. base hits and 10 RBIs. ally stepped up and came to the the pitching staff compile a 2.28 all hitting around .330.