WEEK #8 2002
Championship

Championship Game

Championship Game - August 8, 2002
1 2 3 4 5 6 Final Score

#9 Fresno Blue Devils (CA)
3 4 1 0 0 1 9

#3 Las Vegas Titans (NV)
4 2 2 2 0 X 10

Pitchers:
Las Vegas Titans: Phil Lail, (3rd Inning) C.J. Amaya, (6th Inning) German Barajas

Fresno Blue Devils: Taylor Koontz , (4th Inning) Mike Beech, (4th Inning) Nick Youpel

Winning Pitcher: C.J. Amaya (Las Vegas)
Save: German Barajas (Las Vegas)

Home Runs:
Clay Cedarquist (Fresno) (1st)(One On); Nick Youpel (Fresno) (1st)(None On); John Rickard (Las Vegas) (1st)(Bases Full); Clay Cedarquist (Fresno) (2nd)(Two On); CJ Amaya (Las Vegas) (2nd)(None On); Jeff Malm (Las Vegas) (3rd)(One On).

Championship Game Starting Lineups

NO	Fresno Blue Devils Players Name	POS	NO	Las Vegas Titans Players Name	POS
15	Mike Beech	CF	2	C.J. Amaya	SS
8	Taylor Koontz	P	1	Phil Lial	P
2	Clay Cedarquist	1B	15	German Barajas	3B
12	Matt Jelmini	2B	13	D.J. Ingram	DH
6	Nick Youpel	SS	7	John Rickard	C
7	Stewart Webb	LF	11	Jeff Malm	1B
9	Mike Cooper	3B	4	Michael Stiles	2B
11	Jerod Baroni	C	10	Tyler Iodence	LF
1	Nate Hayes	RF	9	Andrew Garcia	RF

Umpires: (Home Plate) Michael Evans of Springfield, VA, (1st Base) Gary Roberson of Yulee, FL, (2nd Base) Ed Young of Sterling, VA, (3rd Base) Henry Frengle of New Castle, PA, (Left Field Line) Jack Harris of Springfield, VA and (Right Field Line) Joe DiGaetano of Whitinsville, MA.

Managers: Mike Baroni (Fresno Blue Devils) and Mark Iodence (Las Vegas Titans)

Inning -By-Inning Championship Game Information

First Inning:
Fresno Blue Devils: Mike Beech singled, Taylor Koontz grounded into a fielders choice, and then stole second base. Clay Cedarquist hit a two-run home run. Matt Jelmini struck out. Nick Youpel homered to right center. Stewart Webb struck out. TOTAL: 3 RUNS, 3 HITS

Las Vegas Titans: CJ Amaya reaches first on an error by the third baseman, Phil Lial walked. Amaya took second on a passed ball and to third on a wild pitch. German Barajas walks to load the bases. DJ Ingram strikes out. John Rickard hits a grand slam home run. Jeff Malm grounds out to first base unassisted. Michael Stiles strikes out to end the inning. TOTAL: 4 RUNS, 1 HIT

Second Inning:
Fresno Blue Devils: Mike Cooper popped out to first base. Jerod Baroni singled. Nate Hayes struck out while Mike Beech singled. Taylor Koontz's single scored Baroni. Clay Cedarquist homers on the first pitch with two men on. Matt Jelmini struck out. TOTAL 4 RUNS, 4 HITS

Las Vegas Titans: Tyler Iodence ground out third to first. Andrew Garcia struck out. CJ Amaya homered to left. Phil Lial doubled to centerfield. German Barajas reaches first on an error by the shortstop with Lial scoring. DJ Ingram struck out. TOTAL 2 RUNS, 2 HITS

Third Inning:
Fresno Blue Devils: Nick Youpel doubled off of the new pitcher, CJ Amaya. Steward Webb singled while Nick Youpel scored as the left fielder let the ball get by him and Webb advanced to second. Webb was picked off second base on a fielders choice by Mike Cooper. Mike Cooper was picked off of first base for the second out. Jerod Baroni gounded out short to first. TOTAL 1 RUN, 2 HITS.

Las Vegas Titans: John Rickard walked. Jeff Malm hit a two-run home run to centerfield. #14 Marvin Campbell batted for Michael Stiles and singled. #6 Andrew Ludwig batted for Tyler Iodence and bunted into a double play, pitcher to first base. Andrew Garcia struck out. TOTAL 2 RUNS, 2 HITS

Fourth Inning:
Fresno Blue Devils: Nate Hayes grounded out short to first. Mike Beech popped out to the shortstop. Taylor Koontz ground out pitcher to first. TOTAL 0 RUNS, 0 HITS

Las Vegas Titans: Mike Beech now pitching for Fresno. CJ Amaya singled to center. Amaya stole second base and third base. Phil Lial walked. Another pitching change for Fresno - Nick Youpel. German Barajas singled off the outfield wall with Amaya scoring. DJ Ingram walked. John Rickard struck out. Jeff Malm's squeeze bunt scored Lial and Malm was safe at first on the fielders choice. Michael Stiles struck out. Andrew Ludwig was robbed of a hit on a great play by left fielder Nate Hayes. TOTAL 2 RUNS, 2 HITS

Fifth Inning:
Fresno Blue Devils: Clay Cedarquist ground out second to first. Matt Jelmini walked. Nick Youpel popped out to the shortstop. #13 David Rohm batted for Stewart Webb and struck out. TOTAL 0 RUNS, 0 HITS.

Clay Cedarquist ground out second to first. Matt Jelmini walked. Nick Youpel popped out to the shortstop. #13 David Rohm batted for Stewart Webb and struck out. TOTAL 0 RUNS, 0 HITS. Andrew Garcia grounded out pitcher to first for the first out. CJ Amaya lined out to leftfielder Nate Hayes who made another great play for the second out. Phil Lial struck out. TOTAL 0 RUNS, 0 HITS.

Sixth Inning:
Fresno Blue Devils: Mike Cooper got on first on an error by the third baseman. Jerod Baroni singled, New pitcher for Las Vegas - German Barajas. Nate Hayes sacrificed the runners to second and third. Mike Beech grounded out to short with Cooper scoring. Taylor Koontz grounded out pitcher to first. TOTAL 1 RUN, 1 HIT.

FINAL SCORE: LAS VEGAS TITANS 10 - FRESNO BLUE DEVILS 9

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

#9 FRESNO BLUE DEVILS (California)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
15	Beech, Mike	CF/P	4	1	2	0	0	1
8	Koontz, Taylor	P	4	2	1	0	0	1
2	Cedarquist, Clay	1B	3	2	2	0	2	5
12	Jelmini, Matt	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	Youpel, Nick	SS	3	2	2	0	1	1
7	Webb, Stewart	LF	2	0	1	0	0	0
13	Rohm, David	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	Cooper, Mike	3B	3	1	0	0	0	0
11	Baroni, Jerod	C	3	1	2	0	0	0
1	Hayes, Nate	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	Gleason, Will	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS		27	9	10	0	3	8

NO	PITCHING	IP	AB	K	BB	H	R	ER
8	Koontz, Taylor	3	15	5	3	5	8	6
15	Beech, Mike	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
6	Youpel, Nick	2	0	3	1	2	2	2
	TOTALS	5	16	8	5	8	10	8

#3 LAS VEGAS TITANS (Nevada)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
12	Amaya, C.J.	SS/P	4	3	2	0	1	1
1	Lial, Phil	P	2	3	1	1	0	0
15	Barajas, German	3B/P	2	1	1	0	0	2
13	Ingram, DJ	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	Blaylock, Caleb	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Rickard, John	C	2	2	1	0	1	4
11	Malm, Jeff	1B	3	1	1	0	1	3
4	Stiles, Michael	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	Campbell, Marvin	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	Iodence, Tyler	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	Ludwig, Andrew	PH	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	Garcia, Andrew	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0
8	Krueter, Caden	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS		24	10	7	1	3	10