De Kalb, IL - - Hogs Bow To Bravos In Icebreaker Final
DeKalb, IL.
The DeKalb Hogs lost 4-1 in the Icebreaker final to the Humboldt Park (Chicago) Bravos on Sunday. The Hogs finished 3rd in Pool A defeating Sycamore 2-0 and losing to Meister Dairy 5-1 and the Wabash Crawdads 4-1. On Sunday, the Hogs took care of the Sting 2-0 and Meister Dairy 19-3 in the semifinal.
The Hogs were led by Matias Minigutti 7x16, Tommy Crouch 6x15 & Fabio Silvestre 4x11 with 2 HR's and all were named to th All Tournament team. Martin Gonzalez, Julian Fernandez and Fabio Silvetre all pitched well on the six game weekend. Another Hog notable was Brian Crouch, who was 4x9 at the plate on the weekend.
The Bravos repeated as champions and Danny Hernandez and Joel Cooley were named MVP and Top Pitcher.
Here is the full tournament awards:
MVP Danny Hernandez 3HR
MVP Pitcher Joel Cooley 3-0
P Mike Skora 2-0 (Miester Dairy)
P Bryce TeKulve 2-0 11IP 0ER (Crawdads)
P Augustin Fernandez (Sting)
Jojo Maldanado (Bravos)
Justin Gonzalez (Bravos)
Aaron Rodriguez (Bravos)
Matias Minigutti 7-16 (Hogs)
Tommy Crouch 6-15 (Hogs)
Fabio Silvestre 4-11 2HR 7RBI (HH)
Cam Schiller 8-14 HR (Crawdads)
Codi Pannebaker 5-12 (Crawdads)
Miles Helgeson (MD)
Cody Frohne (MD)
Colt Bayliss 5-12 HR (Sting)
Aaron Davis 4-10 HR (Crush)
The Hogs have a DHer in Bristol, WI on Friday night before a break and then they head to Teutopolis, IL on May 28th.
