Champion – Thunder (win 10-5 in championship game)

Runner-Up – Lightning

Pool Play Order of Finish:

1. Lightning – 4-0 record

2. Thunder – 2-2 record (beat ACes in head to head)

3. Aces – 2-2 record

4. Blues – 1-3 record (beat EJ in head to head)

5. EJ – 1-3 record

Individual Awards: 

Outstanding Pitcher – Sean Kelly, Lightning (3 wins, 0 losses, 29 1/3 IP, 9 R’s, 12 H’s, 50 K’s, 6 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Justin Kenzke, ACes (7-14, .500 average)

Outstanding Infielder – Rob Lewis, Thunder (8-17, .471 average)

Outstanding Outfielder -  Brian Skirka, Lightning (9-20, .450 average)

Game Results:

Game 1: Aces – 9 (11 hits) over EJ – 2 (5 hits)

WP – Kyle Crawford (14 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Doug Gillis (5 IP, 5 R’s, 7 H’s, 12 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Corey Essenberg (2/3 IP, 4 R’s, 4 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB)

Aces – Justin Krenzke had 3 hits, Ty Sabastian and Ken Hoffman each had 2 hits with a homerun, Justin Davis and Andrew Plouff each doubled, singles by Ben Sleep and Josh Peterson

EJ – Tom Tryban homered, Denzil Wilson doubled, singles by Josh Bush, Dave Corcoran, and Stu Hancock

Game 2: Lightning – 4 (4 hits) over Blues – 1 (2 hits)

WP – Sean Kelly (15 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Ryan Nichols (7 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Lightning – Rich Brown homered, Adam Saylor doubled, singles by Brian Skirka and Matt Shook

Blues – Jeff Kucharczyk doubled, Guy Thurston singled

Game 3: Thunder – 2 (5 hits) over Aces – 1 (7 hits)

WP – Tyler Kelly (7 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Kyle Crawford (11 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Thunder – Jimmy Keenan, Tyler Dudley, Tyler Kelly, Brent Kowitz, and Rob Lewis all singled

Aces – Justin Krenzke had 2 hits with a double, Jeff Nowaczyk had 2 hits, Ken Hoffman homered, singles by Ben Sleep and Justin Davis

Game 4: Blues – 4 (7 hits) over EJ – 1 (4 hits)

WP – Ryan Nichols (11 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Doug Gillis (5 IP, 4 R’s, 6 H’s, 10 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Doyle Dustin (1 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB)

Blues – Jared Nichols had 2 hits with a homerun, Jeff Kucharczyk, Steve Myers, and Guy Thurston each homered, singles by Drew Thurston and Gene McKinstry

EJ – Randy Wheelock had 2 hits, Tom Tryban and Dave Corcoran both singled

Game 5: Lightning – 6 (5 hits) over Thunder – 5 (6 hits) in 9 innings

WP – Sean Kelly (10 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Tyler Kelly (4 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 3 K’s, 5 BB’s) in relief of Jon Gwizdala (4 IP, 4 R’s, 2 H’s, 4 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Lightning – Matt Shook had 3 hits with a double, singles by Trevor Kelly and Bill Kunkell

Thunder – Adam Binkley doubled, singles by Tyler Dudley, Tyler Kelly, Brent Kowitz, Rob Lewis, and Tyler Asher

Game 6: Aces – 14 (10 hits) over Blues – 5 (9 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Doug Sleep (3 IP, 3 R’s, 5 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Ty Sebastian (2 IP, 2 R’s, 4 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Ryan Nichols (5 K’s, 7 BB’s)

Aces – Justin Davis had 2 hits with a triple, Jeff Nowaczik had 2 hits with a double, Drew Plouff had 2 hits, Justin Krenzke and Josh Peterson both homered, Ty Sebastian doubled, and Ben Sleep singled

Blues – Guy Thurston doubled and homered, Jeff Kucharczyk had 2 hits with a homerun, Paul Smith homered, singles by Ryan Nichols, Steve Myers, Mike Cross, and Lee Nichols

Game 7: Lightning – 5 (6 hits) over EJ – 1 (1 hit)

WP – Sean Kelly (16 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Doug Gillis (3 IP, 2 R’s, 1 H, 8 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Lee Wyckoff (4 IP, 3 R’s, 5 H’s, 4 K’s, 1 BB)

Lightning – Chad Ferguson and Trevor Kelly each had 2 hits, Adam Saylor doubled, and Brian Skirka singled

EJ – Randy Wheelock homered

Game 8: Thunder – 9 (6 hits) over Blues – 6 (10 hits)

WP – Tyler Kelly (3 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Jon Gwizdala (4 IP, 5 R’s, 8 H’s, 5 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Ryan Nichols (8 K’s, 11 BB’s)

Thunder – Adam Binkley doubled and homered, Tyler Kelly doubled, singles by Jimmy Keenan, Tyler Dudley, and Rob Lewis

Blues – Steve Myers had 3 hits with a double, Ryan Nichols homered twice, Paul Smith had 2 hits with a homerun, Mike Cross doubled, Jeff Kucharczyk and Guy Thurston singled

Game 9: EJ – 14 (17 hits) over Thunder – 13 (11 hits)

WP – Lee Wyckoff (3 IP, 4 R’s, 5 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Corey Essenberg (4 IP, 9 R’s, 6 H’s, 3 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Jon Gwizdala (6 K’s, 3 BB’s)

EJ – Kevin Lavanway had 4 hits with a triple, Josh Bush had 3 hits with a double, John Bush had 3 hits, Dave Corcoran had 2 hits with a homerun, Tom Tryban had 2 hits, Randy Wheelock and Denzil Wilson both doubled, Corey Essenberg singled

Thunder – Rob Lewis had 3 hits, James Keenan had 2 hits with a homerun, Tyler Asher had 2 triples, Adam Binkley and Austin Lord homered, singles by Tyler Dudley and Mitch Neitzert. (This game took 2 hours and 40 minutes.)

                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total

Thunder               0 6 0 3 4 0 0 13

EJ                        3 2 3 4 0 1 1 14 

EJ - Denzil Wilson doubled to score John Bush who reached base on a walk to score the game ending run in the bottom of the 7th inning for EJ’s only win and put Thunder’s chances of getting into the finals dependent on Lightning beating the ACes.

Game 10:  Lightning – 10 (13 hits) over Aces – 7 (6 hits) in 9 innings

WP – Trevor Kelly (2 2/3 IP, 5 R’s, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Sean Kelly (6 1/3 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 9 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Kyle Crawford (12 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Lightning – Brian Skirka had 4 hits, Chad Ferguson had 2 hits with a homerun, Adam Saylor and Rich Brown both had 2 hits, Matt Shook homered, Trevor Kelly and Fred Bradford singled

Aces – Ken Hoffman, Josh Thomas, Ben Sleep, and Josh Peterson all homered, Brett Rohn and Justin Krenzke singled

Notes: Entered the 7th inning with 0-0 tie and a total of 50 minutes to play the first 6 innings. Lightning’s Sean Kelly gave up a lead-off single in the 1st and had a base on balls in the 2nd inning as the only base runners with 9 strike outs through six innings. ACes’ Kyle Crawford scattered 5 hits, one base on balls and one hit batter through the first six innings with 11 strike outs. And then in the top of the 7th inning with one out, ACes hit back to back homers off Sean Kelly and Trevor Kelly came in to pitch. Trevor gave up another homerun to put ACes up 3-0. Lightning scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning on 4 hits off Crawford to tie the game. International tie breaker went into effect for each half inning beginning in the top of the 8th where the 9th batter up in the inning starts at 2nd base at the beginning of the inning. Aces scored 3 runs in the top of the 8th inning on 1 hit and 2 errors. Lightning scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning thanks to Chad Ferguson’s 3-run-homerun to tie the game at 6’s. Aces scored 1 run in the top of the 9th inning on a ground out to go up 7-6. Lightning tied the game with an RBI single by Brian Skirka. Trevor Kelly then singled and Lightning had 2 runners on base when Matt Shook hit a 3-run bomb over the scoreboard in right field to give Lightning the walk-off win 10-7 in the bottom of the 9th inning. Thunder entered the championship game with Lightning win.

                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   Total

ACes                   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1      7

Lightning              0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4     10

GAME 11 - CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:  Thunder – 10 (13 hits) over Lightning – 5 (9 hits)

WP – Tyler Kelly (9 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Trevor Kelly (4 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Thunder – Jimmy Keenan had 3 hits, Rob Lewis had 2 hits with a homerun and triple, Adam Binkley and Tyler Dudley each had 2 hits, Jon Gwizdala homered, singles by Brent Kowitz, Mitch Neitzert and Austin Lord.

Lightning – Brian Skirka had 3 hits with a homerun, Matt Shook had 3 hits with a triple, Trevor Kelly had 2 hits, Josh Marten singled.