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2006 Standings and Game Summaries Playoff Schedule
In the 28+ Final: So ends our 15th year of game-play for the NWAMSBL and what can be considered by many to be our most competitive season yet from top to bottom. Despite the overall records in the MSBL 28+, there was a camaraderie built among players on each of the four squads that was key in the revitalization of that division. The Bentonville Dodgers held true to their domination of that league leading the standings all the way to winning the title in a closely fought championship game. The FPEC Tigers, who had given the Dodgers their only blemish all season, held a 3-1 lead through most of the game with the help of smart pitching by young Zeb Undernehr. The Dodgers were confident in a comeback effort and placed some key hits off Tiger reliever and old-school stalwart, Bill Snowden to push the score to 6-3. The Dodgers finished off almost a perfect season by defeating the Tigers 6-3. Rich Conner picked up the victory by pitching 8 innings of 5 hit ball, striking out 9 batters, while issuing no walks. Conner also helped his cause by adding a couple of singles at the plate to earn MVP of the 2006 Playoffs. Wayne Robinson had two hits, scoring twice, while Jim Enneking had 3 RBI's with a single and a fielders choice. The Dodgers managed 10 hits on the evening. The Dodgers final record was 16-1. Tony Bigelow led the Tigers offense with 2 hits. Bill Snowden takes the loss for the Tigers.
2006 NWAMSBL Champions--Bentonville Dodgers Back L to R: Rich Conner,
Zac Arnold, Matt McBeth, Sam Chae, Jim Enneking, Ken Exner (team
trainer) with Peanut, team mascot.
2006 NWAMSBL Runner Up--FPEC Tigers Kneeling L to R: Marvin
Undernehr, Robert Coffin (Coach), Tony Bigalow, Alan Davison (League
Founder)
In the 18+ semi-finals: White Sox 1 Brewers 4...The White Sox were coming off a previous week's emotional win over the Tahlequah Thunder and had hopes of making a run to capture a second title in three years. However, Rick Elliot stood firmly in their path by pitching a solid game striking out 10 White Sox batters surrendering only 3 hits and a walk. Phillip May of the White Sox was pitching a dandy of his own striking out 7 through 4 1/3 giving up only 3 hits as well. The two teams stayed knotted at a single run through 6 when White Sox reliever, Patrick Cawthon, surrendered three straight hits to load the bases. White Sox short stop, Lyndall Bolinger, turned an unassisted double-play, but the next Brewer batter roped a double to leave the score 4-1, Brewers. Cubs 9 Athletics 6
In the 18+ Final: Fayetteville Cubs 4 Fayetteville Brewers 1 The Cubs and Brewers faced off in a battle of ex-Razorbacks. For the Brewers, Zac Clark, has been the most consistently solid pitcher all season long. Excellent location, mechanics, and intelligence on the hill. His battery mate, Matt Villines calls a great game as he seems to know the weak spot of every hitter in the league. For the Cubs, pitcher Josh Smith brings power and intensity. A stark contrast in style, but both were effective in their own right. The game was tight from the get-go considering the stalwart efforts by both pitchers knotted at 1-1 going into the 5th inning when short-stop, Aaron Ledbetter, hit a long home run on the short field to break up the tie. The score remained 2-1 through the seventh when the Cubs tacked on two more on some key-placed hits. The Brewers could not muster the comeback in the bottom of the frame. Final 4-1. Insert--However, in a twist of fate, it was discovered that the Cubs enlisted an ineligible player and were disqualified after further investigation. With such a great battle on the field, it would have been preferable to let the on-field play dictate the outcome. Since both the Brewers and Athletics faced the Cubs, it was determined by the board that an on-field attempt should be made to declare a champion rather than the logical automatic declaration of victory in the final game forfeit. However, logistics and weather prevented such a meeting. Co-Champions have been declared by a narrow board vote. The Brewers claim the regular season championship with a 19-1 record. White Sox place third and the Tahlequah Thunder end up in fourth place in the league final after the playoff games.
photos forthcoming...
Round 1 Results: White Sox 14 Tahlequah Thunder 8 Admittedly, the White Sox were a little nervous going into this game. The Thunder swept the regular season double-header from the Sox and Tahlequah pitcher, Mark Taylor had shut down the Sox and was taking the hill again today. Taylor looked up to his form in the first inning striking out two and getting an easy ground ball. White Sox starter, Andy Crowson mirrored Taylor's feat by striking out two of his own and getting a pick off from catcher Andy Miller to make the first go by quick. To start the scoring, Andy Miller leads of the second inning with a home run over the center field fence. The Sox added three more in the inning. For the Thunder, Justin Ludwig started off the bottom of the second with a home run of his own. Crowson shut down the rest of the batters, though including a diving catch of a blooper to his right (Crowson is a lefty). The third inning became the undoing of the Thunder on this day. The White Sox rattled off 9 runs against a pair of Thunder relievers. Headed into the fifth, the Sox were up 14-4, but let the Thunder back into the game on a couple of errant throws by coach Boudreaux missing out on a key double play. Boudreaux settled down to help the Sox defense in the six and seventh to preserve the win 14-8. Andy Crowson earns the victory with 9Ks in 5 innings. Patrick Cawthon earned the save pitching well in the final two frames. Standouts at the plate were Miller (2-4 HR), John Michael Hairston (2-5 HR, 3RBI), Robert Foshe (2-3 2B). For Tahlequah, Justin Ledbetter went 3-4 with a home run and Parker Whitley was 2-4 with a double. Mark Taylor takes the loss despite only pitching two innings.--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox In the first round of the
playoffs, we took on the White Sox. While we hadn't seen any action
for 6 weeks, this proved to be our undoing. Mark Taylor started out
great mowing through the first three hitters with 2 K's and 1 slow
roller to short. Again, not having seen action for 6 weeks, Mark had
already started to run out of gas. Starting the second, White Sox
hitter hit a solo homer to a very short center field normally a
routine fly ball. None-the-less, it is a homer in the books. This
opened the gate, with Mark and our relievers not able to find the zone
and a few uncharacteristic passed balls and errors, the sox were able
to jump ahead and stay there. The layoff was also detrimental for our
bats as well. In all, not a very good game for us. --Mark
Dreadfulwater, Tahlequah Thunder Brewers 2 Pirates 1 In anticipation of a full report, we could hear the excitement from the next field over... The Pirates gave the number one seed Brewers a scare nearly stealing a victory. The Brewers move on 2-1. Rangers 0 Cubs 4 The cubs won 4-0 thanks to a complete game from Justin Ledbetter. The cubs roped 4 doubles on their way to victory.--Jamie Thornton, Cubs Athletics 1 Orioles 0 (Forfeit)
Volcanoes 3 Dodgers 11 First game the
Dodgers and Volcanoes met up. The Dodgers won the game. Last score I
knew about was 11-3. Might not be the final score. Eric Exner hit a
two run homer in the 1st inning to start the Dodgers scoring.
--Jeff Kennett, Old Style
September 16-17, 2006 All Games Cancelled Due To Rain
September 9-10, 2006
Black Sox 0 White Sox 5 Braves 0 White Sox 17 The Fall weather is nearly upon us and things have cooled down enough to just about justify these black jerseys I have compelled my team to wear. Today was a story of White Sox pitching. Phillip May took the ball for the first game still nursing a pain in his elbow and a pulled groin. May could only muster 4 innings, but save for one walk, was pitching a perfect game with 7 strike outs. Veteran Andy Crowson came on to relieve and with 6 2/3 innings through gave up the only hit by a White Sox pitcher all day. May and Crowson combined for 12 strikeouts, 1 hit, 1 walk. In game two, Patrick Cawthon took the mound all alone and pitched a no-hitter with 10 strike outs. Cawthon would have landed a perfect game had it not been for a misjudged grounder to Boudreaux at second for the error. Matt Boudreaux was seeing the ball best on the day going 4-5 and had a web-gem catch in left field. Andy Miller had a pair of doubles in the first game and roped a line drive home run in the second. Mike Lopez was 3-5 to come out of his slumber. --Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
September 1-2, 2006 No games (Labor Day)
August 26-27, 2006 All MABL Games Moved to weekend of September 16-17 due to Rain
It was another classic match up between two very mature MSBL teams that can still provide good competition and fellowship on the field of play.--Robert Coffin, Tigers
August 19-20, 2006
White Sox 2 Brewers 12 Brewers 4 White Sox 0 On a day where the White Sox could only muster 8 players on the most critical weekend of the year, the results were predictable. The White Sox, having beat the mighty Brewers earlier in the season, were hoping for at least a split in the series this weekend. Minus 4 of 5 pitchers and three key position players, the Sox were doomed from the start. In game one, Andy Crowson pitched as long as he could before having to give way to stiffness. The Sox were having trouble hitting Rick Elliot anyway, but Crowson had given up seven and catcher/reliever Andy Miller, gave up another 5 before anyone knew what hit them. The Brewers mounted what must have been a record number of extra-base hits with 5 doubles in the third alone. In game two, first baseman, Dustin Wilson took the mound and pitched a real dandy only giving up a couple of hits. Once again, the Sox had trouble hitting the ball anywhere the Brewers were not. Pitcher Zac Clark was pitching well, but the Sox were serving up Sunday hops the whole game long to help him out. The Sox hope to bring the rest of their squad come playoff time.--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox.
Old Style 11 Volcanoes 6 The Old Style and the Volcanoes met at Veterens Park for the last game of their series tonight. The game was fairly close until the 5th inning. The 5th inning started with the score somewhere near even. In the bottom the 3rd the Old Style was able to put some runs on the board and hold off the Volcanoes for the rest of the game. The final score was 11-6 in favor of the Old Style. Player of the game for the Old Style has to be pitcher Mark Davis. Davis pitched a complete and recorded several K's with a very quality change up. He also went 2-3 at the plate with a triple. So, good job Mark. This Saturday the Old Style take on the Tigers in Fayetteville's White River Baseball Facility. We will be looking for our first win against the Tigers. --Jeff Kennett, Old Style
Dodgers beat the Volcanoes
in the 5th inning.
The Dodgers won both games
this past weekend, 10-0 vs. the Volcanoes, and 12-9 to the Tigers.
While Charles Fowler, and Deron Gardner had big doubles for the
Dodgers, Sam Chae had the big hit, with his 2nd home run of the
season. Eric Exner pitched 5 innings of 1 hit ball for the victory.
August 11-13, 2006 Arklahoma Shootout Report Here
Congratulations to the OKC Ameristars. 2006 Arklahoma Shootout Champions
Tigers W Volcanoes L Old Style 17 Volcanoes 2 The Tigers took the Volcanoes in game one. I do not know what the score was. In Game two of the day the Volcanoes took on the Old Style in the 4th game of the season series of 5 games. The Old Style hold a 2-1 advantage as of this time. The Volcanoes seemed to be a little tired from the first game of the day. The Old Style started the scoring early and often with solid hits scattered all over the field. For the second game the Volcanoes hard a hard time getting good hits off of Old Style hurler Ron Keen. Keen's knuckle was again very good giving catcher Jeff Kennett a thorough workout behind the plate. Final score was 17-2 in favor of the Old Style.--Jeff Kennett, Old Style
August 5-6, 2006
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