AFTER A TWO WEEK LAYOFF, THE CYCLONES WERE BACK IN ACTION AT THE USSSA MISSOURI STATE QUALIFIER AT WIEHAUPT PARK IN FLORISSANT. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND, FULL OF GOOD BASEBALL.
THE RUST SHOWED IN THE FIRST POOL PLAY GAME, AS THE DBX EAGLES BEAT THE CYCLONES 11-3. THE BATS WERE SILENT. ONLY TWO HITS. THE SHORT FENCES YIELDED 3 HOME RUNS TO THE EAGLES. A LITTLE BP PRIOR TO THE SECOND POOL GAME WAS IN ORDER.
THE BATS ERUPTED FOR A 13-0 WIN OVER THE THUNDER IN THE SECOND GAME OF POOL PLAY. SOLID PITCHING BY TAAFFE AND CHANCE WAS SUPPORTED WITH 10 HITS. TAAFFE, KLENOVICH, AND GEORGE HAD TWO HITS APIECE.
A 1-1 RECORD IN POOL PLAY LANDED THE CYCLONES AS A 5-SEED HEADING INTO ELIMINATION PLAY ON SUNDAY.
THE FIRST ELIMINATION GAME WAS A 7-4 WIN OVER THE ST. LOUIS EAGLES. THE OFFENSE WAS PROVIDED BY TAAFFE, WITH TWO HOME RUNS AND KISTNER WITH 2 RBI. MATTHEWS CONTINUED HIS HIGH ON-BASE PERCENTAGE WITH TWO MORE HITS. BIRK DIDN'T HAVE HIS BEST STUFF, BUT BATTLED FOR 4 INNINGS, FOLLOWED BY TWO STRONG INNINGS IN RELIEF BY MILLER.
THE SEMI-FINAL GAME WAS AGAINST A GRITTY WARRIOR TEAM FROM GRANITE CITY. MILLER PITCHED A 6-INNING COMPLETE GAME, YIELDING ONLY 4 HITS AND 3 EARNED RUNS. IT WAS A 4-3 VICTORY. THE BATS WERE LED BY GEORGE WITH 2 HITS, AND A CLUTCH RBI FROM SCHWARZ.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PITTED THE CYCLONES AGAINST THE SAME DBX EAGLES FROM THE FIRST POOL GAME. THE EAGLES CAME INTO THE GAME CONFIDENT. CONTINUING THE WHIFFLE BALL BP PRIOR TO THE GAME, THE CYCLONES WERE STRAINING AGAINST THE BLOCKS.
PITCHING WAS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO KEEP THE EAGLES OFF BALANCE. URSCHLER STARTED AND WENT 2 1/3 FEATURING THE FASTBALL, STRIKING OUT 3. CHANCE, THE SOFT-TOSSING SOUTHPAW, CAME IN AND REALLY THREW THE EAGLES OFF BALANCE. CHANCE WENT THROUGH THEIR BIG-BOMBERS FOR 1 2/3 INNINGS, STRIKING OUT TWO. IT WAS THEN BULL-PEN BY COMMITTEE, WITH TAAFFE, BIRK, AND GEORGE COMBINING FOR THE LAST 2 INNINGS.
THE TONE OF THE GAME WAS SET IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST WITH A LEADOFF DOUBLE BY MILLER, WHO SCORED ON A SINGLE BY TAAFFE. MILLER FINISHED WITH 3 HITS, JOINED IN THE BARRAGE BY TAAFFE, BIRK, SCHWARZ, URSCHLER, AND MATTHEWS WITH ONE HIT APIECE. SCHWARZ KNOCKED IN 2 BIG RUNS IN THE 5TH TO PROVIDE THE MARGIN OF VICTORY.
THE CROWD WAS THRILLED, INCLUDING THE SIBLING CHEERING SECTION FROM THE MONKEY-BARS. THEIR CHANT IN THE FINAL 2 INNINGS WAS PRICELESS.
AS JACK BUCK USED TO SAY, "THAT'S A WINNER."
RECORD
Affton Tourney: 0-3
Bridgeton Tourney: 2-1
Columbia Cowhide Classic: 4-1
Ozzie's Super Series: 0-3
Rawlings Invitational: 2-1
USSA Missouri Qualifier at Wiehaupt Park: 4-1
Pond League: 4-0
OVERALL: 16-10
THE RUST SHOWED IN THE FIRST POOL PLAY GAME, AS THE DBX EAGLES BEAT THE CYCLONES 11-3. THE BATS WERE SILENT. ONLY TWO HITS. THE SHORT FENCES YIELDED 3 HOME RUNS TO THE EAGLES. A LITTLE BP PRIOR TO THE SECOND POOL GAME WAS IN ORDER.
THE BATS ERUPTED FOR A 13-0 WIN OVER THE THUNDER IN THE SECOND GAME OF POOL PLAY. SOLID PITCHING BY TAAFFE AND CHANCE WAS SUPPORTED WITH 10 HITS. TAAFFE, KLENOVICH, AND GEORGE HAD TWO HITS APIECE.
A 1-1 RECORD IN POOL PLAY LANDED THE CYCLONES AS A 5-SEED HEADING INTO ELIMINATION PLAY ON SUNDAY.
THE FIRST ELIMINATION GAME WAS A 7-4 WIN OVER THE ST. LOUIS EAGLES. THE OFFENSE WAS PROVIDED BY TAAFFE, WITH TWO HOME RUNS AND KISTNER WITH 2 RBI. MATTHEWS CONTINUED HIS HIGH ON-BASE PERCENTAGE WITH TWO MORE HITS. BIRK DIDN'T HAVE HIS BEST STUFF, BUT BATTLED FOR 4 INNINGS, FOLLOWED BY TWO STRONG INNINGS IN RELIEF BY MILLER.
THE SEMI-FINAL GAME WAS AGAINST A GRITTY WARRIOR TEAM FROM GRANITE CITY. MILLER PITCHED A 6-INNING COMPLETE GAME, YIELDING ONLY 4 HITS AND 3 EARNED RUNS. IT WAS A 4-3 VICTORY. THE BATS WERE LED BY GEORGE WITH 2 HITS, AND A CLUTCH RBI FROM SCHWARZ.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PITTED THE CYCLONES AGAINST THE SAME DBX EAGLES FROM THE FIRST POOL GAME. THE EAGLES CAME INTO THE GAME CONFIDENT. CONTINUING THE WHIFFLE BALL BP PRIOR TO THE GAME, THE CYCLONES WERE STRAINING AGAINST THE BLOCKS.
PITCHING WAS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO KEEP THE EAGLES OFF BALANCE. URSCHLER STARTED AND WENT 2 1/3 FEATURING THE FASTBALL, STRIKING OUT 3. CHANCE, THE SOFT-TOSSING SOUTHPAW, CAME IN AND REALLY THREW THE EAGLES OFF BALANCE. CHANCE WENT THROUGH THEIR BIG-BOMBERS FOR 1 2/3 INNINGS, STRIKING OUT TWO. IT WAS THEN BULL-PEN BY COMMITTEE, WITH TAAFFE, BIRK, AND GEORGE COMBINING FOR THE LAST 2 INNINGS.
THE TONE OF THE GAME WAS SET IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST WITH A LEADOFF DOUBLE BY MILLER, WHO SCORED ON A SINGLE BY TAAFFE. MILLER FINISHED WITH 3 HITS, JOINED IN THE BARRAGE BY TAAFFE, BIRK, SCHWARZ, URSCHLER, AND MATTHEWS WITH ONE HIT APIECE. SCHWARZ KNOCKED IN 2 BIG RUNS IN THE 5TH TO PROVIDE THE MARGIN OF VICTORY.THE CROWD WAS THRILLED, INCLUDING THE SIBLING CHEERING SECTION FROM THE MONKEY-BARS. THEIR CHANT IN THE FINAL 2 INNINGS WAS PRICELESS.
AS JACK BUCK USED TO SAY, "THAT'S A WINNER."
RECORD
Affton Tourney: 0-3
Bridgeton Tourney: 2-1
Columbia Cowhide Classic: 4-1
Ozzie's Super Series: 0-3
Rawlings Invitational: 2-1
USSA Missouri Qualifier at Wiehaupt Park: 4-1
Pond League: 4-0
OVERALL: 16-10
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