Highlights of the GriffinSports 18U Baseball Team

On 7/15 The GriffinSports 17U Baseball Team defeated Premier Baseball 6-5. Highlights for GriffinSports were:

• Rodney Bassett who pitched four strong innings and had two hits and two RBIs
• Ardell Cloud who had two RBIs.
• Andrew Pollock who had a hit and a great catch in right field.
• Alex Wojtala who was lights out in relief, pitching three shut-out innings for his fourth victory of the season.
• Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. who had a hit and  scored a run.
• Alejandro Gonzalez Jr., Ardell Cloud and CJ Griffin turned the eighth GriffinSports doubleplay of the season when they turned a “clutch” 6-4-3 doubleplay in the sixth inning.
• Also, Jonathon Griebel, who will be playing with our 15U team in the CABA High School World Series pitched his best game of the year tonight.  A two hit,  seven inning complete game (3-0) shut-out against a Mid Ohio Bullets team that won the U16 State Tournament.
• And, Lucas Daugherty who will be playing with our 15U team in the CABA High School World Series, pitched a complete game against the Central Ohio Select giving up no earned runs in a 4-1 victory.

On 7/2-7/4 The GriffinSports 18U Team competed in the Bay Village Independence Day Classic. Even though the much younger GriffinSports team lost all four games, Cincinnati Styx (14-4), Avon Lake All-Stars (9-7), and the Shoremen (5-2) and (8-2) they were mostly competitive games . Highlights for GriffinSports were:

• Nolan Grenig who is second on the team in hitting (.320) with an On-Base Percentage of (.520) had three hits, two walks and scored two runs.
• Brandon McCartney who had two hits, a walk and two RBIs.
• Rodney Bassett who leads the team in hitting (.409) with an On-Base Percentage of (.545) had three hits and an RBI.
• David Kowakski who had two hits including a double, and scored two runs.
• Andrew Samoson, who had a hit, scored two runs and an RBI.
• Andrew Pollock who had two hits including a double, scored a run and an RBI.
• CJ Griffin, who had two hits and an RBI.
• Jake Dersi who scored a run and had an RBI
• Ardell Cloud who had three walks, scored a run and an RBI.
• Kevin Keane who scored a run

On 6/18- 6/20The GriffinSports 18U Baseball Team played in the Tri-C Classic this past weekend. Eventhough the young GriffinSports team lost all three games to the more experienced teams in the tournament, they played well at certain times. Highlights for GriffinSports were:

• Rodney Bassett who is second on the team in hitting (.353) had two hits. Rodney also lowered his team leading ERA (2.80) by only giving up three runs in six innings and five strikeouts. He now has 12 strikeouts on the year. 
• Nolan Grenig who leads the team in On-Base Percentage (.529) had a double and scored a run.
• David Kowalski who is second on the team in On-Base Percentage (.471) had one hit, two walks and an RBI
• Brandon McCartney who slammed a double to deep left center field also made a great sliding catch behind the plate on a foul pop up.
• Will Wagner nearly missed hitting a home-run when he “jacked” a double deep to left field.  

The Blue Wave defeated GriffinSports 8-5 in Game #6 of the GriffinSports 18U Baseball Tournament. Highlights  for GriffinSports were:

• Nolan Grenig who had two hits, including a double and scored a run.
• Ardell Cloud who had two hits, two walks had an RBI and scored a run.
• Rodney Bassett who pitched six solid inning with four strikeouts.
• Rodney Bassett, CJ Griffin and Andrew Samoson, who turned a nice 1-6-3 doubleplay.  

Cleveland RBI defeated GriffinSports in Game #4 of the GriffinSports 18U Baseball Tournament. Highlights for GriffinSports were:

• Nolan Grenig who had an RBI single and scored a run.  
• Jonathan Molnar who had a hit and scored a run.
• Zach Peters who pitched two innings with-out giving up an earned run

The Westside Hornets defeated GriffinSports 8-4 in Game #1 of the GriffinSports 18U Baseball Tournament. Highlights for GriffinSports were:

• Ardell Cloud who had two hits and scored a run.
• Rodney Bassett who pitched seven strong innings only giving up three earned runs with four strikeouts.
• CJ Griffin had an RBI single
• Andrew Samoson who had a double and an RBI
• Zach Peters who had a 350 foot double deep to left field and a walk.

On 6/6 GriffinSports split a doubleheader with The Up To Bat Titans, winning the first game 4-3 and losing the second game 12-3. Highlights for GriffinSports were:

• Rodney Bassett who had two hits, two stolen bases and scored three runs, including the game winning run in the bottom of the 7th inning. Rodney also pitched a Complete Game (94 pitches) giving up one earned run and four strikeouts. He has a 1.00 ERA this summer. 
• Ardell Cloud who had three hits, three walks, (including an intentional walk in the bottom of the 7th inning) and scored a run.
• Brandon McCartneywho had one hit, scored a run and had two RBI’s  including the game winning RBI on a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the 7th inning. Brandon also called a GREAT game behind the plate,  nailing a runner trying to steal second base while catching both games (194 pitches) of the doubleheader.
• Nolan Grenig, who had two hits including a double, scored a run, two stolen bases and a walk.  
• David Kowalski, who pitched a complete game (100 pitches) only giving up two earned runs in the last five innings, striking out five.