LoudounPrepSport.com Baseball Notebook: April 17
By Dan “Safety Squeeze” Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
(Apr. 17, 2009) – Broad Run High School baseball coach Pat Cassidy shook his head the other night and voiced what everybody had just witnessed: “Potomac Falls is a very good high school baseball team.”
The Panthers, with a two game lead on the pack in the AA Dulles District, have gone 5-0 in district and 7-2 overall with both losses coming at the prestigious Hanahan Invitational Tournament in South Carolina over the break. On Tuesday, PF flexed its muscles in Ashburn, bashing three home runs in a five inning, 12-1 victory.
Potomac Falls has the best of both worlds right now, a lights out pitcher in senior Jake Kline, and a line-up making contact from top to bottom, from sophomore to senior. In fact, Panther coach Joe Terrango said it has been some time since he had a team hitting as well, from No. 1 thru No. 9 in the order, as the Panthers currently are. PF is averaging eight runs a game this season with 73 total in nine contests.
Tonight the Panthers face one of the hottest teams in the Dulles District as Briar Woods, on a five game winning streak, travels to Algonkian Parkway.
Stone Bridge was also at the South Carolina tournament and the Bulldogs came back swinging the bats as well, beating up on Langley Thursday, 11-2, to knock the Saxons back into third place with SB. Tonight the Bulldogs can knock another team back a peg as they face traditional power Madison. SB is 4-2, 9-3 while the Warhawks are 4-1,7-2. McLean is also 4-1 and 7-3 with Langley 4-2, 8-3.
There is plently of basebal in the next 24 hours as teams make-up rainouts on Saturday. Read below for recaps from this week.
Weekend Schedule
Fri
Stone Bridge @ Madison, 6:30
Fauquier @ Loudoun Valley, 6
Briar Woods @ Potomac Falls, 6
Freedom @ Park View, 6
Heritage @ Leesburg, 6
Stone Bridge @ Madison, 6:30
Fauquier @ Loudoun Valley, 6
Briar Woods @ Potomac Falls, 6
Freedom @ Park View, 6
Heritage @ Leesburg, 6
Sat
Yorktown @ Loudoun Valley, 2
Bridgeport at Potomac Falls, 12:30
Loudoun County @ Briar Woods, noon
Herndon @ Park View, 11
Loudoun County @ Briar Woods, noon
Herndon @ Park View, 11
Weekly Recaps
Stone Bridge 11, Langley 2
The Skinny: Bulldogs bash Saxons in first game in a week
The Skinny: Bulldogs bash Saxons in first game in a week
Benny Piccolo filed this story to LPS:
On a beautiful night in Ashburn, senior Nick Fialdini pitched an eight strike out complete game and senior Johnny Bladel went 3 for 3 with a home run, triple and double and 3 RBIs to lead Stone Bridge to a 11-2 rout of Langley.
Stone Bridge jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first on a solo home run by Bladel down the left field line. Stone Bridge added another run in the third when sophomore Spenser Rositano got a one out bunt single and scored on a triple by Johnny Bladel to deep center.
Langley got one back in the top of the fourth on three consecutive two out base hits by seniors Jeremy Mahn, Chris Sievers and Clay Rainee. Stone Bridge came back in the bottom of the fourth and scored three to take a 5-1 lead. Senior Michael Prince led off with a double off the left field fence went ot third on a wild pitch and scored on a errant pick off throw by the catcher, After junior Michael Mattingly got a one out walk,
Senior Pat Piccolo hit a two out home run over the left center field fence.
Langley got one back in the top of the fifth on a single by junior Ian Wood and and a double off the right field fence by senior Jack McLindon.
Stone Bridge blew it wide open in the bottom of the sixth. Mattingly led off the inning with a single to right and scored on a double to left center by senior Bryce Williams. Piccolo walked, Rositano got his second bunt single of the night to load the bases. Junior Taylor Lambke and Bladel both got hit by a pitch to score two more, Senior Brad Koch walked in another run and Prince drove in another run on a ground out to short and senior Patrick Thompson closed out the scoring with a sacrifice fly to right.
Stone Bridge raised its record to 9-3 and 4-2 in the liberty District and Langley dropped to 4-2 in the Liberty District.
Langley
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Jack McLindon ss………. 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1
Barrett Hunter p………. 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joey Zarella 1b……….. 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
Geremy Mahn c…………. 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 1
Chris Sievers lf………. 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
Clay Rainie cf………… 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Pete White 3b…………. 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
Wil Lawrence ……….. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ben Johnson dh……….. 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ian Wood rf…………… 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
Robby Hart p………….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total ……………… 26 2 5 2 2 8 18 7 3
Player Name AB
Jack McLindon ss………. 3
Barrett Hunter p………. 3
Joey Zarella 1b……….. 3
Geremy Mahn c…………. 3
Chris Sievers lf………. 3
Clay Rainie cf………… 3
Pete White 3b…………. 3
Wil Lawrence ……….. 1
Ben Johnson dh……….. 1
Ian Wood rf…………… 3
Robby Hart p………….. 0
Total ……………… 26
Stone Bridge 2009
Player Name AB
Spenser Rositano 2b……. 4
Taylor Lambke 3b………. 3
Johnny Bladel cf………. 3
JJ White c……………. 3
Brad Koch c………….. 0
Michael Prince rf……… 4
Patrick Thompson 1b……. 3
Michael Mattingly dh…… 3
Spencer Brookbank lf…… 2
Bryce Williams lf…….. 1
Pat Piccolo ss………… 2
Total ……………… 28
Score by Innings 1 2 3
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Langley 0 0 0
Stone Bridge 2009 1 0 1
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E – Joey Zarella,
ET – Geremy Mahn,Pete White,
LOB – Langley 3, Stone
2B – Jack McLindon,Johnny
3B – Johnny Bladel,
HR – Johnny Bladel,Pat
SB – Jack McLindon,Patrick
HBP – Taylor Lambke,Johnny
Langley IP H
Barrett Hunter…… 4 6
Robby Hart………. 2 3
Stone Bridge 2009 IP H
Nick Fialdini……. 7 5
Win – Nick Fialdini. Loss –
Battlefield 5, Loudoun Valley 4
The Skinny: Vikes rally in seventh inning falls just short as they strand tying run on thrid base.
The Skinny: Vikes rally in seventh inning falls just short as they strand tying run on thrid base.
A Viking fan reports that:
After two weeks which included spring break and several rain outs, the Loudoun Valley Vikings baseball finally hit the diamond. They traveled to Battlefield High School and lost a close one 5-4. Shortstop Bobby Seagers went 2 for 2 with a walk and scored three runs to lead the Bobcat offense. Josh Williams pitched six innings and faced two batters in the top of the 7th inning to record the win. John Shepherd came in relief and got the save.
In the top of the 7th inning with the Bobcats leading 5-1, the Vikings tried to mount a comeback. They scored three runs but fell short leaving runners on 1st and 3rd base. Junior Peter Evans led the Vikings going 3 for 4. The Vikings fall to 3-4 overall and 2-3 in the Cedar Run District. They play Fauquier High School on Friday, April 17th and Yorktown on Saturday, April 18th. Both games are at Fireman’s Field.
Briar Woods 7, Park View 2
The Skinny: Falcons win fifth straight game after opening year 1-2.
BW coach Josh Mosser reports:
BW wins its 5th straight game with a 7-2 decision over Park View at BW Tuesday night. Junior Austin Frattali picked up his third win to run his record to 3-0, throwing 5 innings, scattering 4 hits, and striking out 4. Senior Ian Hickman finished the game with two scoreless innings to pick up his 3rd save.
Senior Chris Wade continued to swing a hot bat for BW, going 2-4 with a double and 3 RBI, upping his average to .400 and his RBI total to 13. Hickman went 2-3 and drove in a run, and continues to lead the Falcons in hitting with a .469 average. Junior Kyle Haufler went 2-3 on the night, upping his average to .441.
The Falcons will host Loudoun County tomorrow, and will travel to Potomac Falls on Friday.
Potomac Falls 12, Broad Run 1 (5 innings)
The Skinny: One of the few games played on Tuesday but the weather couldn’t stop the Panthers hitting machine
Potomac Falls continued to carry their big sticks in their trip to Broad Run last night as Rob Malan, Mike Spring and Ryan Miller all hit homeruns in the Panthers 12-1 win. The win keeps Potomac Falls unbeaten in the District and improved Jacob Kline’s record to 3-0 in the District.
The Panthers got things rolling in the 1st when Ryan Mahoney pulled a pitch down the right field line for a single and Rob Malan followed with a shot over the right field fence for a 2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the inning, Broad Run’s Shane Vlasic hit a shot to left field for a leadoff single. After a strikeout, Johnston hit a groundball to second where Ben Sweger turned a double play to end the inning.
Potomac Falls exploded in the second with 5 runs on 7 hits. Chris Pelto, Sweger, Mahoney, Malan, Spring and Miller all had consecutive hits off of Brandon Craft. Meanwhile, Kline was limiting the Spartans to 2 hits through 4 innings with 6 strikeouts.
In the 4th inning, Mike Spring hit a drive over the center field fence and his blast was followed by Ryan Miller’s shot to right field. Miller now has 3 homeruns in his last two games. The Panthers closed out their scoring in the 5th inning with singles by Harrison Kee, Sweger and a double by Mahoney to make it 12-0.
Broad Run scored their only run in the 5th when Chris Jessop ripped a triple to right field and scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Zach Rawson.
Rob Malan (2-4, HR, 3 RBI’s), Mike Spring (3-3, HR, 3 RBI’s) Ryan Miller (2-3, HR), Ryan Mahoney (3-4, 2 RBI’s), Ben Sweger (2-4, RBI) and Jacob Kline (5 innings, 5 hits, 6 K’s, 1 BB)
Heritage 3, Dominion 2
The Skinny: Andy Zarobila wins match-up on the mound with Dominion’s Chris Taylor.
Pride coach Ryan Price reports:
It was a big time pitching matchup between Chris Taylor of Dominion and Andy Zarobila of Heritage, and neither pitcher disappointed. Zarobila picks up the win with a complete game.
Zarobila scattered 6 hits over 7 innings giving up 2 runs, only one earned. Taylor pitched 5 innings, giving up 3, only 1 earned.
Offensively for the Pride:
Peters- 1-3, 2b, BB, SB, R
Zarobila- 2-3, K
Clayton- 1-2 HP, R, SB, K
Reed- 1-2, Sac, RBI
Bowers- 0-1 Sac, BB
Carrera- 1-3
Klemm- 0-1 BB, Sac, R, K
Romero- 0-3, K
Alcorn- 0-3 2k
Offensively for Dominion:
Knight- 2-4 2b, K, RBI
Sherrill 0-4 2k
Doyle 1-4, 2b
Taylor- 0-2 K, HBP, intentional BB
G. Smucker- 0-4 K, RBI
Bartolotti- 1-3 K
Skeffington- 0-2 BB, On by error, R
Demott- 2-3 FC
S. Smucker K, HBP
Loudoun County 8, Freedom 6 (8 innings)
The Skinny: Eagles led 6-2 going into the sixth inning before Raiders rallied
Freedom coach Chris Bourassa reports:
Despite playing error free baseball, the Eagles could not hold a 6-2 lead entering the 6th inning. Loudoun County scored two runs in each of the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings to win a come from behind game over the Freedom Eagles. The Raiders Nick Fischer and NIck Veshi hit clutch two out doubles to tie the game in the 7th inning. The Eagles loaded the bases in the bottom of the 7th, but Raiders SS JJ Levan made a nice play to get a force at 2nd base to end the inning.
Kyle Severns led the Eagles offense going 2-4 with a walk. Ali Moosvi added a 2-run double and 2 walks for the Eagles.
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