TOURNAMENTS
RISING STARS
All 65 games at Bamford were cancelled Friday, as well as 32 games at Central, 32 games at Piccolo, and 45 games at two other parks – a loss on a key recruiting weekend of 174 games. Saturday’s games were delayed two hours to allow additional work preparing the fields. Games followed the pre-tournament schedule but were shortened to permit the full bracket to be played. However, the rains poured down again Saturday night, cancelling the last round at Bamford – and presumably the other parks. SPY only attended games at Bamford, which did not keep a leader board. Airline schedules and perhaps more rain will influence the Sunday schedule.
Bamford Game Scores (notes to follow)
91 teams played 105 games at Bamford Park on Saturday; the following are the scores of the games which SPY monitored in whole or in part:
WA Lake Breeze 3, NJ Pride 0
Rhode Island Thunder 3, Team New Jersey 2
TN Fury 3, NY Pride 3
AZ Outlaws 3, Wichita Mustangs 2
Spokane Sliders 2, Bartow Intimidators 0
Team New Jersey 1, Wichita Mustangs 0
Jersey Intensity 1, TX Magic 0
TX Magic 9, Tuff-N-Tuffer Gold 0
MC Belles 2, Sorcerer Gold Pete 0
RI Thunder 4, Shamrocks 0
Shamrocks 1, Gold Coast Hurricanes Gold 0
Miami Stingrays Gator 8, Illinois Sluggers 0
Arizona Storm Beach 11, Eliminators 0
Houston Power 3, Sorcerer Gold Pete 1
Houston Power 7, Vienna Stars Gold 1
Miami Stingrays Gator 3, Houston Power 0
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Explosion 18U
Gold went 3-1-1 on the weekend.
Saturday: Golden West College
Explosion 8 - Cal Thunder Val 0
Shelly Tait (Pacific) and Michelle Moses (Fresno State) combined to pitch a
no-hitter. Caitrin DeBaun (09-uncommitted) had two hits and 5 RBI's. Kayla
Anderson (2010-uncommitted) went 2 for 2. Melanie Nichols (09-uncommitted) had 2
RBI's. Stefanie Pace (08-uncommitted) scored twice.
Explosion 3 - LV Rage 3
Melanie Nichols pitched 7 innings, had 6 K's and 0 BB's while giving up only 5
hits and 3 unearned runs. Kayla Anderson had a 2 run Home Run while Shelly Tait
had a double and an RBI.
Explosion 6 - Nor Cal Shockers 3
Michelle Moses pitched 3 innings allowing 3 hits while striking out 5 batters
and giving up 1 walk. Shelly Tait pitched 2 innings, striking out 2 with no
walks and giving up 2 hits. Kayla Anderson hit her second homerun of the day -
another 2 run shot. Shelly Tait tripled and scored. Kelly Nolan also had an RBI.
Sunday at HB Sports Complex in horrible conditions.
Explosion 8 - American Athletics 5
Explosion 1 - Firecrackers Gold 3