NY Knights Midland recap
June 17, 2008
Midland, MI
The NY Knights won the 2008 Boulevard Lounge ISC II qualifier in Midland, MI this past weekend going 6-0 and improving their overall season record to 13-2-1. The Knights were lead by the pitching of Bill Hillhouse and Dan Duemo and were without pitcher Craig Pidcock. John Rozich had 3 HR & 9 RBI and Steve Platt was 8-16 with 2 HR to lead the Knights offense.
Round Robin
Game 1
DC Current 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Knights 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 7 1
WP - Duemo 7 IP, 1R, 5 H, 9 K, 1BB
LP - Huppert 6 IP, 4R, 7 H, 2 K, 2BB
Knights - Steve Platt lead the offense with 3 hits including a long 2 run HR, John Heinsch and George McConnell both drove in a run.
Game 2
Knights 0 2 2 3 1 x x - 8 15 0
Twisters 0 0 0 0 0 x x - 0 1 0
WP - Hillhouse 5 IP, 0R, 1 H, 11 K, 1BB
LP - Engle 4 IP, 7R, 13 H, 4 K, 2BB
Wright 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 K, 0 BB
Knights – John Rozich hit 2 HR and drove in 5. Dave Simon had a 2 run HR, Steve Platt was 3 – 3 and John Heinsch had 2 doubles for the Knights.
Game 3
Knights 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 0
Kelders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 3
WP - Duemo 7 IP, 0R, 0 H, 10 K, 1BB
LP - Whitman 7 IP, 3R, 7 H, 6 K, 1BB
Knights – Dan Duemo was dominating in the circle throwing a no hitter and striking out 10. He just missed a perfect game with a walk in the 6th being his only blemish. Dave Simon & Chad Busch lead the Knights offense with 2 hits each.
Game 4
Knights 0 1 8 1 2 x x - 12 11 0
Duncan 0 0 0 1 0 x x - 1 4 2
WP
Dan Deumo: 1 IP, 0R, 2H, 0K, 0BB
Bill Hillhouse, 1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB
Steve Platt: 3 IP, 1R, 2H, 3K, 1BB
LP:Allen Hodge: 2.2 IP, 9R, 6H, 3K, 3BB
Richard Stevens: 2.1 IP, 3R, 5H, 0K, 3BB
Knights – John Rozich was 4-4 with 2 doubles, HR and 4 RBI. George McConnell was 3-3 with 2 RBI.
Scary moment when Knights starter Dan Duemo was struck in the head by a line drive. Dan was removed from the game and kept out of the playoffs as a precaution but suffered only a bruise and was treated by Midland staff at the field.
Game 5 Playoffs
Knights 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1
Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
WP - Hillhouse 7 IP, 0R, 0 H, 6 K, 1BB
LP - Green 7 IP, 4R, 9 H, 5 K, 1BB
Knights- Bill Hillhouse threw a no hit shut out to lead the Knights over Duncan in the first elimination game. Dave Simon, John Heinsch, Ed Jackson and George McConnell had 2 hits for the Knights.
Game 6 – Finals
Knights 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0
Kelders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1
WP - Hillhouse 7 IP, 0R, 1 H, 13 K, 1BB
LP - Whitman 5 IP, 1R, 5 H, 3 K, 1BB
Price 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB
Knights – Bill Hillhouse went the distance in the final throwing a 1 hit shutout. The Knights needed him to be that good as they could only manage 1 run in the 5th off a tiring Mark Whitman who was throwing his 3rd straight game for Kelders. Chad Busch had 2 hits for the Knights and drove in the games only run with 2 outs in the 5th.
The Knights will be back in action this weekend in Lancaster, PA for the Mid Atlantic Travel league.
Gregg Leather
