The NY Knights went 3-0 in the league play on Saturday, July 26 finishing the MAFTL regular season with a league best 7-1-1 record and earning # 1 seed for the playoff round.  In league play the Knights defeated The Rise, TNT and Cornerstone Excavating. We opened the playoff round Saturday night with a win over Cornerstone before losing to Keating’s in the semi’s on Sunday morning. The Knights season record now stands at 22-5-1. Details of the weekend as follows:

League Play

 

                                                       

Knights        1 1 1   2 1 2 3 - 11 19 2

Rise                 0 0 2 0 0 0   1 - 3   10 1

 

WP –   Price 4 IP, 2R, 5 H, 6 K, 1BB

Dyke 3 IP, 1R, 5 H, 4 K, 0BB

LP - Smith 5IP Vogel 2 IP

 

Knights –Chad McConnell homered twice and John Rozich and Dewey Dyke added one each.

 

 

TNT      0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 8 0

Knights 0 3 3 1 0 0 x - 7 11 1

 

WP - Dyke 7 IP, 2R, 8 H, 6 K, 0BB

 LP – Bauer 3IP, McClune 4 IP

 

Knights –Chad McConnell, Dave Simon and Steve Price each had HR’s for the Knights. This game was not indicative of the close games we have played all year with TNT as they had already clinched the 2009 TOC berth and were resting their ace Jeremy Tracy.

 

 

Knights                 0 4 2 0 1 4 3 - 14 14 1

Cornerstone          3 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 6   10 1

 

WP –      Stewart 6 IP, 6R, 8 H, 9 K, 4BB

                Platt 1 IP, 0R, 2 H, 0 K, 0BB

LP – K. Obrehelizer 7IP

 

Knights – Steve Platt hit 2 HR’s and George McConnell added a solo shot for the Knights. Aussie Damien Stewart saw his first action of the year as an injury prevented him from pitching during his season at home. He was able to battle through the rust and pick up the win.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cornerstone          2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 6 10 2

Knights 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 7 10 2

 

                Price       4 IP, 4R, 5H, 6K, 3BB

WP -       Dyke       5 IP, 2R, 5H, 10K, 0BB
LP-         J. Obrehelizer 10IP                               

Knights – 14 straight hours at the fields and our 4th straight game took their toll on the Knights in this one as youth almost prevailed.. The young Cornerstone team gave the Knights all we could handle forcing 2 extra frames before we could come away with the victory. Reggie Barrua was a one man show for the Knights in this=20one going 3-3 with a HR, 3 RBI including the game winner. Barrau also stole home with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7^th to force extra innings..

 

 

Keatings                0 0 2 3 1 3 x - 9 12 1

Knights 0 1 0 0 1 0 x - 2   5 3

 

WP - Hertzler 4 IP Stokes 3IP

LP – Dyke   4 IP, 5R, 6H, 7 K, 0BB

         Stewart 2 IP, 4R, 6H, 0K, 1BB

 

Knights- The Knights offense couldn’t get much going and Keatings offense jumped on the Knights pitching staff for 9 runs and 12 hits in a 6 inning run rule shortened game. Dave Simon’s HR was the lone bright spot for the Knights in this game.

 

The Knights will be back in action Aug 1-3 in Holland Patent, NY for our last tune up before the ISC II TOC.