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Week #7
Championship Game



"Little Majors Stadium"
Little Majors Stadium Championship Game

2009 WEEK #7 Championship Game Scoreboard

2009 Week #7 Championship Game: July 23, 2009
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FINAL SCORE

#2 USA Travel Baseball Club (Florida)

4
3
0
3
0
3
13

#1 St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (Missouri)

0
0
4
0
0
0
4

Pitchers:
St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO) - Justin LaFleur (1.1 IP), Ian Nelson (1.2 IP), Austin Havekost(2 IP), and Michael Bruin (1 IP)
USA Travel Baseball Club (FL) - Jonny Register (6 IP)(
Winning Pitcher)


Home Runs:
Rafa Amanau (USA Travel Baseball Club (1st)(none on) ; Jonny Register (USA Travel Baseball Club) (1st)(two on); Rafa Amanau (USA Travel Baseball Club) (2nd)(none on); Danny Cepeda (USA Travel Baseball Club) (2nd)(one on); Ian Nelson (St. Louis Diamond Dawgs) (3rd)(three on); Drew Buckhault (USA Travel Baseball Club) (4th)(none on); Jonny Register (USA Travel Baseball Club) (4th)(one on); Jonny Register (USA Travel Baseball Club) (6th)(none on) and Brady Acker (USA Travel Baseball Club) (6th)(2one on).


Game Started at 9:29 p.m. - Game Ended at 11:22_p.m. - GameTime 1:53

USA Travel Baseball Team Pin

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs Team Pins
USA Travel Baseball Club (FL)

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO)


Championship Game Starting Lineups
NO
USA Travel Baseball Club (FL)
POS

NO

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO)
POS
8

Rafa Amanau

RF

6

Tre Gantt

LF
1

Brandon Perez

2B

5

Storme Cooper

3B
5

Danny Cepeda

SS

2

Ian Nelson

SS
12

Drew Buckhault

CF

1

Michael Bruin

CF
7

Husky Roberts

C

11

Kyle Johnson

RF
15

Jonny Register

P

10

Logan Anderson

2B
3

Hector Abreu

1B

7

Austin Havekost

1B
4

Alex Valverde

3B

1

Justin Lafleur

P
11

Andres Matouk

LF

3

CJ Schaeffer

C

12

Ryan Sosnowski

EH

Manager: Humberto Bencomo

Manager: Tim Nelson


Substitutes

Substitutes

2

Brady Acker

4

Josh Miller

10

Freddie Sultan

8

Colin Pecararo

13

Spencer Diaz

9

Drew May


Coaches

Coaches

Ronnie Young

Shawn Cooper

Kyle Young

Kelly Gantt

Chris Schaeffer




Championship Game Umpires

Right Field - Ikaika 'o Ahuna Nishimura (Honolulu, HI), First Base - Lisa Turbitt (Ontario, CAN)
Second Base - Joseph Winn (Metairie, LA), Home Plate - Richard Pope (Birmingham, AL)
Third Base - David Margetts (Ontario, CAN), Left Field - Bob Delvecchio (Stoneham, MA)





Inning -By-Inning Championship Game Information


First Inning:
USA Travel Baseball Club (FL) - Rafa Amanau hit a homerun to right center. Brandon Perez flied out to left field. Danny Cepeda walked. Drew Buckhault sacriced bunted Cepeda to second. Husky Roberts hit by the pitch. Jonny Register hit a homerun to right field scoring Cepeda and Roberts. Hector Abreu singled into center. Alex Valverde grounded out to the pitcher. Totals: 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, and 1 left on base.

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO) - Tre Gantt grounded out to the shortstop. Storme Cooper walked. Ian Nelson struck out looking. Michael Bruin struck out looking. Totals: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, and 1 left on base.



Second Inning:
USA Travel Baseball Club (FL) - Andres Matouk strikes out looking. Rafa Amanau hit a homerun to center field. Brandon Perez walked. Danny Cepeda hit a homerun to center field scoring Perez. Ian Nelson came into pitch for the Diamond Dawgs. Drew Buckhault was hit by the pitch. Buckhault advanced to second on a wild pitch. Perez stole third. Husky Roberts struck out looking. Jonny Register grounded out to the shortstop. Totals: 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, and 1 left on base.

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO) - Kyle Johnson popped out to the pitcher. Logan Anderson struck out swinging. Austin Havekost grounded out to first base. Totals: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, and 0 left on base.



Third Inning:
USA Travel Baseball Club (FL) - Hector Abreu flied out to right field. Alex Valverde walked. Spencer Diaz entered the game for Andres Matouk. Diaz struck out looking. Rafa Amanau singled to left advancing Valverde to second. Brandon Perez walked adancing all runners. Danny Cepeda struck out swinging. Totals: 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors, and 3 left on base.

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO) - Justin Lafleur walked. CJ Schaeffer reached on an error by the pitcher. Lafleur advanced to second. Colin Pecararo courtesy ran for Schaeffer. Ryan Sosnowski sacraficed bunted Lafleur to third and Pecararo to second. Tre Gantt struck out swinging. Storme Cooper was hit by the pitch. Ian Nelson hit a homerun to center scoring Lafleur, Pecararo, and Cooper. Michael Bruin reached on an error by the pitcher. Kyle Johnson reached on an error by the shortstop. Bruin advanced to second on the play. Logan Anderson struck out swinging. Totals: 4 Runs, 1 Hit, 3 Errors, and 2 left on base.



Fourth Inning:
USA Travel Baseball Club (FL) - Drew Buckhault hit a homerun to right field. Husky Roberts singled to left. Jonny Register hit a homerun to center scoring Roberts. Hector Abreu was hit by the pitch. Austin Havekost came into pitch for the Diamond Dawgs. Alex Valverde struck out looking. Abreu adavnced on a wild pitch. Spencer Diaz struck out swinging. Rafa Amanau singled to left advancing Abreu to third. Brandon Perez grounded out to first base. Totals: 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors, and 2 left on base.

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO) - Austin Havekost walked. Colin Pecararo courtesty ran for Havekost. Justin Lafleur grounded into a 6-3 double play. CJ Schaeffer struck out looking. Totals: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, and 0 left on base.



Fifth Inning:
USA Travel Baseball Club (FL) - Danny Cepeda flied out to left field. Drew Buckhault struck out looking. Husky Roberts struck out looking. Totals: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, and 0 left on base.

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO) - Ryan Sosnowski struck out looking. Tre Gantt singled into right field. Storme Cooper struck out swinging. Ian Nelson struck out swinging. Totals: 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors, and 1 left on base.



Sixth Inning:
USA Travel Baseball Club (FL) - Freddie Sultan entered the game for Hector Abreu and Brady Acker entered the game for Alex Valverde for USA Baseball. Josh Miller entered the game for Storme Cooper, Drew May entered the game for Logan Anderson, and Colin Pecararo entered the game for Justin Lafleur for the Diamond Dogs. Michael Bruin came into pitch for the Diamond Dogs. Jonny Register hit a homerun to right field. Freddie Sultan walked. Brady Acker hit a homerun to center. Spencer Diaz struck out swinging. Rafa Amanau struck out swinging. Brandon Perez struck out swinging. Totals: 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, and 1 left on base.

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO) - Michael Bruin struck out swinging. Kyle Johnson struck out looking. Colin Pecararo struck out swinging to end the game. Totals; 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, and 0 left on base.



FINAL SCORE:

USA Travel Baseball Club (FL) 13 - St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO) 4

2009 Week #7 Post Game Celebration - USA Travell Baseball Club (Florida)

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

USA Travel Baseball Club (FL)
NO
NAME
POS
AB
R
H
2B
HR
RBI'S
8

Rafa Amanau

RF
5
2
4
0
2
2
1

Brandon Perez

2B
3
1
1
0
0
0
5

Danny Cepeda

SS
4
2
1
0
1
2
12

Drew Buckhault

CF
3
1
1
0
1
1
7

Husky Roberts

C
3
2
1
0
0
0
15

Jonny Register

P
4
3
3
0
3
6
3

Hector Abreu

1B
2
0
1
0
0
0
4

Alex Valverde

3B
2
0
0
0
0
0
11

Andres Matouk

LF
1
0
0
0
0
0
10

Freddie Sultan

0
1
0
0
0
0
2

Brady Acker

1
1
1
0
1
2
13

Spencer Diaz

3
0
0
0
0
0

TOTALS

31
13
13
0
8
13
NO
PITCHING
IP
AB
K
BB
H
R
ER
15

Jonny Register

6
26
12
3
2
4
3

TOTALS

6
26
12
3
2
4
3


St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO)
NO
NAME
POS
AB
R
H
2B
HR
RBI'S
6

Tre Gantt

LF
3
0
1
0
0
0
5

Storme Cooper

3B
1
1
0
0
0
0
2

Ian Nelson

SS
3
1
1
0
1
4
13

Michael Bruin

CF
3
0
0
0
0
0
11

Kyle Johnson

RF
3
0
0
0
0
0
10

Logan Anderson

2B
2
0
0
0
0
0
7

Austin Havekost

1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
1

Justin Lafleur

P
1
1
0
0
0
0
3

CJ Schaeffer

C
2
1
0
0
0
0
12

Ryan Sosnowski

EH
2
0
0
0
0
0
8

Colin Pecararo

1
0
0
0
0
0

TOTALS

22
4
2
0
1
4
NO
PITCHING
IP
AB
K
BB
H
R
ER
1

Justin Lafleur

1.1
12
1
2
5
7
7
2

Ian Nelson

1.2
13
2
2
4
3
3
7

Austin Havekost

2
7
4
0
1
0
0
13

Michael Bruin

1
7
3
1
3
3
3

TOTALS

6
39
10
5
13
13
13

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER - LOUIS ALMANZAR



Championship Game Notes:

USA Travel Baseball Club (FL)
-Team created just for Cooperstown Dreams Park and have never played a game together before this week
-Hit 55 homeruns this week
-First 12 members of the club
-The team has become a family for life

St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO)
-Record of 62 wins-9 losses
-3 Straight Missouri/Kansas USSSA Major State Champions
-They have won 10 out of 13 tournaments including the USSSA Major Championship at South Haven June Jam and the South Haven Early Bird Classic



How The Teams got to the Championship

USA Travel Baseball Club (FL)
-Defeated #34 Seed California Golden Gators (CA), 14-1
-Defeated #18 Seed M-Pact Baseball (FL), 13-1
-Defeated #7 Seed Knoxville Stars (TN), 17-5
-Defeated #6 Seed Jersey Shore Thunder (NJ), 12-0


St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO)
-Defeated #33 Seed Glenview Blaze Red (IL), 10-8
-Defeated #16 Seed Arena Starz (MD), 11-9
-Defeated #9 Seed East Cobb Warriors (GA), 17-10
-Defeated #5 Seed Alexander Cougars (NC), 10-8

2009 Week #7 Runnerup - St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (Missouri)
2009 Week #7 Runnerup - St. Louis Diamond Dawgs (MO)

2009 Week #7 Champions - USA Travell Baseball Club (Florida)
2009 Week #7 Champions - USA Travel Baseball Club (FL)

Photos by Justin Martin