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League Standings Weekly Summaries Wiffler of the Week Team Stats Box Scores
Opening Night game stats will be included in the week in which the series are completed 2013 Division Standings Champions Division - ML
Contenders Division - AAA
Team listed first is home team / teams in blue receive +3 runs / teams in orange receive +6 runs
Week 2 Schedule - Friday, June 14th
Team listed first is home team / teams in blue receive +3 runs / teams in orange receive +6 runs
Weekly Team Stats
2013 3CWL Week 1 Series Summaries The 2013 3rd Capital Wiffle ball League attempted to get under way on the first Friday of June with the biggest slate of games on Sunday evening. As has been the case pretty much all spring both evenings were heavy with humidity and Sunday night even saw spotty drizzles. The air was very heavy on both nights and Friday saw gusts, first blowing out to left on J&M and then out to left - making HRs on these fields difficult to come by. Week 1 featured the first match-ups of teams from the different divisions - the major league and AAA divisions - with the major league teams giving up 3 runs per game in each game of the series. The intent of this rule change was to give the solid but less prolific teams a fighting chance in all 3 games of the series - to even out the disparity in scores and therefore win / loss records. As evidenced by the 2 series conducted under the new rules - the intention was achieved, resulting in 2 games that finished within the margin of error, and 2 more within 2 runs. Series 1 pitted North Fork & Chance, formerly known as the Dirt Dogs, versus perennial powerhouse and winner of back-to-back 2012 and 2013 3CWL Benefit Tourneys Uncle Muscles Hour, with NFC receiving a +3 advantage on J&M field. UMH began game 1 were they left off in the tourney, with Dave Page and Eric Lewis crushing HRs enroute to a 5 run first inning - and a lead they never relinquished. All 4 UMHers hit HRs in the game with Eric Lewis leading with 2 and 5 RBIs as Dave Page picked up the win on the mound. For NFC Matt Cox had a HR in the 11-5 losing effort as NFC was unable to sustain a rally. Game 2 saw NFC take a 6-0 lead into the bottom of the 3rd before UMH could get on the board with a single run. Both teams added a run in the 4th and both shot blanks in the 5th as NFC claimed game 2 by a score of 6-2 behind the arm of Eric Cox. Every win will be crucial and very difficult to come by for AAA teams against the loaded ML teams and this was a significant victory for NFC. Tyler Depugh was the hero of the game, crushing 2 solo HRs to provide all the scoring NFC needed for the win. Newcomer Cody Burdett provided the lone HR for UMH. The rubber game of the series was a barn burner as the 2 teams stayed neck-and-neck thru out. Home team UMH scored a run in the bottom of the 3rd on an HR by Eric Lewis to pull within 1, 4-3, where the score stayed going into the bottom of the 5th. Eric again provided the heroics as he crushed a 1 out walk off grand slam as UMH won game 2 by a score of 7-4 and the series 2-1. Dave Page again claimed the win from the mound. For the series Eric Lewis led all players with 4 HRs and 10 RBIs while Cody Burdett added 2 HRs and 6 RBIs and Dave Page and Blake Lansing contributed 1 HR each and 3 and 1 RBIs respectively. Matt Cox and Tyler Depugh led NFC with 2 HRs each and 2 and 3 RBIs. Sunday night brought 2 Contenders Division foes against each other in the Pleasant Valley Boys and the Redlegs. PVB won the toss and chose to be home team. After holding the Redlegs to 1 run on Adam McGuire's 1st HR of the year in the top of the 1st, PVB took full advantage of the outblowing left field breeze and used their entire stable of 6 HRs in the bottom of the 1st enroute to a 9 run inning. Dave Fisher got his 2013 season started in fine fashion, mashing 3 HRs in the inning, with Gabe Fisher adding 2 of his own and John Kepler claiming his 1st of the year. Ironically, as the wind shifted, blowing in from center, scoring opportunities for both teams evaporated and neither team scored the rest of the game - leaving PVB to claim game 1 9-1 and a pitching win for Dave. Dave added 5 RBIs to accompany his 3 1st inning HRs, while Gabe had 4 RBIs. Game 2 was a much closer affair as both teams had scored 3 after 3. A 3 run HR by Gabe, his 2nd HR of the game, would provide the difference in the 7-5 win for PVB and a pitching win for John Kepler. The Redlegs were still experiencing a power outage as no player managed to hit a HR. This issue quickly dispersed in Game 3 as Brad Miller hailed 2013 by crushing his 1st 2 HRs of the year, and Kyle Urigh added a 3 run dinger to propel the Redlegs to a 6-3 win and narrow the series to 2 games to 1. PVB went uncharacteristically dark in the game as they managed nary a HR off the skilled pitching of Kyle Urigh. The final series of Week 1 saw last year's COWL World Series champ Legends versus TWC. TWC has been struggling to find players, but did manage to defeat an opponent on Opening Night with just 2 as Tyler Wiget enjoyed a career night. The Legends had a full stable and attempting to defeat them short-handed promised to be a herculean task but TWC was game and gave it the old college try. TWC was home team on TLC field. The Legends wasted little time in the 1st inning, jumping out to a 7 run lead on a 2 HR inning by Levi Driggs. Tyler Wiget and Doug Pelfrey both responded with HRs in the bottom of the inning and the Legends led after 1 7-6. Inning 2 saw the Legends 1st offensive output of the year as they put up 11 on the back of a 2 HR inning by Jerry and a 3rd Levi HR. As the winds shifted to blow in from left field scoring came to a standstill and each team could only manage 1 additional run as the Legends took game 1 18-6 with Jerry picking up the win. Game 2 was a strange affair as TCW jumped out to a 6-2 lead after 2 innings on 2 additional HRs by Tyler and Doug's 3rd of the night. Trailing 6-2 in the bottom of the 3rd the Legends switched tactics somewhat, choosing to hit with the wind to right. The explosion continued until they had scored 18 runs to end the game in the mercy rule with Phill gaining the victory. Levi and Jerry combined for 9 HRs in the inning and Phill crushed his 1st dinger of the year - a granny down the left field line. Game 3 began much the same way as Jerry and Levi combined for 8 HRs in innings 1 and 2 and while Tyler and Doug hit 5 total of their own, including 3 in one inning for Doug, it was not enough as the Legends again ended the game by the mercy rule 22-5. Cade Harper picked up his 1st win on the mound. For the series Levi led all with 11 HRs and 26 RBIs while Jerry added 11 and 23. Phil had an HR to go with 9 RBIs. Tyler added 6 HRs to his total and 11 RBIs while Doug crushed 5 HRs.
Upset Award of the Week The surprise upset of the week belongs to North Fork and Chance in their 6-2 win over powerhouse UMH. The additional 3 runs were not needed, but provided insurance as every win from a team in the Major League could prove pivotal to the winner of the Contenders Division.
Game Scores (Home team on top) Return to Top Blake Lansing UMH(1) Cody Burdett UMH(1) Matt Cox NFC(1) Dave Page UMH(1) Cody Burdett UMH(1) Matt Cox NFC(1)
PVB 9-0-0-0-X= 9 Redlegs 1-2-1-0-1= 5 PVB 0-1-0-2-0= 3 Gabe Fisher PVB(2) Gabe Fisher PVB(1) Kyle Urigh RL(1) John Kepler PVB(1) Adam McGuire RL(1)
TWC 2-4-0-0-0= 6 Legends 0-2-18 = 20 TWC 2-1-4 = 7 Jerry Driggs LG(2) Levi Driggs LG(4) Levi Driggs Leg(4) Collin Hill LG(2) Phill King LG(1) Doug Pelfrey TWC(3) Tyler Wiget TWC(1) Tyler Wiget TWC(2) Tyler Wiget TWC(2) Doug Pelfrey TWC(1) Doug Pelfrey TWC(1)
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