Liberty League News
October
2012:
League Playoffs
Round 1
#7 ConnRiver Patriots at #2 Montreal
Pool Sharks
ConnRiver wins series, 4 games to 2.
#6 Virginia Beach Oddsox at #3 Texas Armadillos
Texas wins series, 4 games to none.
#5 Littleton Rockies at #4 Westpark Ripcats
Littleton wins series, 4 games to 1.
#1 Castaic Quakes - bye
Round 2
#7 ConnRiver Patriots at #1 Castaic
Quakes
Castaic wins series, 4 games to 2.
#5 Littleton Rockies at #3 Texas Armadillos
Littleton wins series, 4 games to 2.
World Series
#5 Littleton Rockies at #1 Castaic
Quakes
DATE VIS R H E HOME R H E INN WIN LOSS
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10/23
LIT 2 5 0 CAQ 1
9 2 J.Verlander (1-0) J.Cueto (0-1)
10/24
LIT 4 8 0 CAQ 2
6 3 10 O.Dotel (1-0) J.Axford (0-1)
10/26
CAQ 4 10 1 LIT 3 5 0 10
M.Melancon
(1-0) F.Salas
(0-1)
10/27
CAQ 3 5 0 LIT 2
7 0 P.Maholm
(1-0) A.Harang
(0-1)
10/28
CAQ 7 10 1 LIT 3 5 0 M.Guerrier (1-0) F.Salas (0-2)
10/30
LIT 0 1 0 CAQ 1
4 2 C.Hamels
(1-0) J.Verlander
(1-1)
2012 World Series – Game 6
Castaic wins game 6 and the series on
a walk-off homerun by Carlos Gonzalez leading off the bottom of the 9th.
Rockies.........
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
- 0 1 0
Quakes..........
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1
- 1 4 2
Castaic wins series, 4 games to 2.
October
2011:
World Series -
Game 6
Razzmatazz...... 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0
Patriots........ 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 12 0
Patriots win series, 4 games to 2
Winning Pitcher - J. Chacin
Losing Pitcher - W. Lopez
October
2010:
League Playoffs
Quarterfinal Series#4
Marriottsville Bones Demons vs. #5
Richmond Razzmatazz
Marriottsville wins series, 4 games to none.
Semi-Final Series
#1 Westpark Ripcats vs.
#4 Marriottsville Bones Demons
Marriottsville wins series, 4 games to 2.
#2 ConnRiver Patriots vs. #3 Texas
Armadillos
ConnRiver wins series, 4 games to 2.
World Series
#2 ConnRiver Patriots vs.
#7 Marriottsville Bones Demons
WINNING LOSING
DATE
SCORE
PITCHER PITCHER
SAVE RECORD
10-24 MAR 5 @CRP
1 Haren
Jimenez
MAR
leads 1-0
10-25 MAR 4 @CRP 8 Cain
Sabathia Bell
Series tied 1-1
10-27 CRP 2 @MAR 8 Pineiro
Weaver
MAR leads 2-1
10-28 CRP 5 @MAR 4(12) Happ Calero
Series tied 2-2
10-29 CRP 7 @MAR 3
Cain Sabathia
CRP leads 3-2
10-31 MAR 4 @CRP 5(10) Broxton
Gutierrez CRP
wins series 4-2
Click here to view line scores from the
2010 Liberty League world series.
October 2008: League Playoffs
Quarterfinal Series
#2 Texas Armadillos vs. #7 WestAllis Cheesewedgers
WINNING LOSING
DATE
SCORE
PITCHER PITCHER
SAVE RECORD
10-3 WAC 7 @TEX
6 Beckett Harang Isringhaus WAC leads 1-0
10-4 WAC 0 @TEX
3 Lilly
Young Wagner Series
tied 1-1
10-6 TEX 2 @WAC
8 Suppan
Glavine
WAC leads 2-1
10-7 TEX 4 @WAC
9 Beckett
Hirsh Shouse
WAC leads 3-1
10-8 TEX 6 @WAC
2 Harang Germano
WAC leads 3-2
10-10 WAC 5 @TEX
1 Young
Lilly
WAC wins series 4-2
#3 Castaic Quakes vs. #6 Richmond Razzmatazz
WINNING LOSING
DATE
SCORE
PITCHER PITCHER
SAVE RECORD
10-3 RAZ 4 @CAQ
3 Hernandez Hamels
Soriano RAZ leads 1-0
10-4 RAZ 7 @CAQ
4 Owings
Hill Soriano RAZ
leads 2-0
10-6 CAQ 3 @RAZ
13 Sosa
Snell
RAZ leads 3-0
10-7 CAQ 4 @RAZ
2 Lohse
Hill
RAZ leads 3-1
10-8 CAQ 2 @RAZ
4 Cruz Hamels
Soriano RAZ wins series 4-1
#4 Brooklyn Cyclones vs. #5 Westpark Ripcats
WINNING LOSING
DATE
SCORE
PITCHER PITCHER
SAVE RECORD
10-3 WES 4 @BRK
5 Peavy
Vazquez Hoffman BRK leads 1-0
10-4 WES 2 @BRK
3 Zambrano Lincecum Hoffman BRK
leads 2-0
10-6 BRK 1 @WES
4 Kazmir
Webb Nathan
BRK leads 2-1
10-7 BRK 2 @WES
1 Peavy Marte
BRK leads 3-1
10-8 BRK 2 @WES
7 Wuertz Zambrano Franklin BRK leads
3-2
10-10 WES 1 @BRK
3 Webb Lincecum Hoffman BRK
wins series 4-2
Semi-Final Series
#1 Maui Maulers vs. #7 WestAllis Cheesewedgers
WINNING LOSING
DATE
SCORE
PITCHER PITCHER
SAVE RECORD
10-14 WAC 7 @MMM
3 Beckett Oswalt
WAC leads 1-0
10-15 WAC 7 @MMM
5 Young Mahay Isringhaus WAC leads 2-0
10-17 MMM 7 @WAC
4 Correia Suppan Accardo
WAC leads 2-1
10-18 MMM 10 @WAC 11
Burton
Pena
WAC leads 3-1
10-19 MMM 0 @WAC
7 Germano
Hudson
WAC wins series 4-1
#4 Brooklyn Cyclones vs. #6 Richmond Razzmatazz
WINNING LOSING
DATE
SCORE
PITCHER PITCHER
SAVE RECORD
10-14 RAZ 2 @BRK
7 Peavy
Hernandez
BRK leads 1-0
10-15 RAZ 9 @BRK
6 Owings Zambrano
Soriano Series tied 1-1
10-17 BRK 4 @RAZ 6(10)Affeldt
Webb
RAZ leads 2-1
10-18 BRK 0 @RAZ
2 Hill Peavy
Soriano RAZ leads 3-1
10-19 BRK 9 @RAZ
3 Zambrano
Hernandez
RAZ leads 3-2
10-21 RAZ 4 @BRK
2 Owings
Webb Soriano RAZ
wins series 4-2
World Series
#6 Richmond Razzmatazz vs. #7 WestAllis Cheesewedgers
WINNING LOSING
DATE
SCORE
PITCHER PITCHER
SAVE RECORD
10-24 WAC 7 @RAZ
1 Beckett Hernandez WAC
leads 1-0
10-25 WAC 1 @RAZ
6 Owings Young
Series
tied 1-1
10-27 RAZ 2 @WAC
7 Germano Sosa
WAC
leads 2-1
10-28 RAZ 7 @WAC
2 Hill Beckett
Series tied 2-2
10-29 RAZ 5 @WAC
1 Hernandez Marshall
RAZ leads 3-2
10-31 WAC 1 @RAZ
7 Owings Young RAZ
wins series 4-2
Click here to view line scores from the
2008 Liberty League world series.
Only four teams made the playoffs, with one series in the first round matching up Virginia Beach and the Conn River Patriots, both with 91-71 season record. The Oddsox prevailed in six games, despite being outhit to (.251/.340/.382 to .271/.356/.469) and outpitched (4.42 ERA to 3.50). They weren't outfielded, though; they committed only one error, while the Patriots committed seven. Those seven errors led to five unearned runs, and unearned runs were the difference in three of Virginia Beach's four victories.
The other series matched up Westpark's league-leading 97-65 record against Maui's 88-74. Westpark had figured to be an offensive powerhouse this season, since virtually everyone on their roster, including several of the players picked up in the latter rounds of the draft last year -- like Gary Matthews, Jr., David Ross, and Mark Derosa -- had turned in career years. That didn't turn out to be the case, though, with almost everybody in the lineup except Jim Thome underperforming: Matt Holliday, Garrett Atkins, and Matthews finished with an OPS about 150 points lower than in real life.
And that held up during the first round of the playoffs, when the Ripcats found themselves on the short end of a 3-2 edge, having batted a miserable .238 with only 18 runs scored in those five games. From that point on, though -- the remaining two games of the series with Maui, and the four games with the Oddsox -- Westpark clubbed the ball at a .342/.385/.445 clip, averaging over seven runs a game.
The playoffs proved two things. First, anything can happen in a short series. Had the Patriots been a little more careful tossing the ball around, they very well may have been the team that advanced to the league championship series. The 7th game between Maui and Westpark went 11 innings, and Maui had the winning run in scoring position in the 8th, 9th, and 10th innings, but couldn't push it across. And Virginia Beach, even though it got swept, was arguably the victim simply of one team getting very hot while the other team got very cold. It had actually had a season's edge in contests with Westpark, winning the 10 of the 18 games between the two.
Click here to view line scores from the 2007 Liberty League world series.
9/27/2007: Anthony Reyes throws no-hitter
Anthony Reyes (3-5) thrilled the fans at The Bandbox as he crafted a no-hit masterpiece against the Texas Armadillos. The Marriottsville Bones Demons won by a final score of 7 to 0.
Reyes had overwhelming stuff tonight. He simply never gave the Texas batters a decent pitch to drive. He walked 3 Texas batters. The tension was mounting with every inning after the 6th. Reyes appeared oblivious himself to the mounting history until two were out in the 9th. Only then, did he allow himself one deep sigh and a slow trip around the mound. Reyes mowed down 12 Texas batters. Marriottsville finished with 13 hits in the victory.
Tom Glavine (11-17) was given the loss. He allowed 3 runs and 3 hits in 5 and 2/3 innings. "Reyes pitched one heck of a game!" Connie Mack said. "He didn't get away with any bad pitches because he just didn't throw any bad pitches. What a performance!"
Click here to view the box score from Reyes' no-hitter.
