DA Cruz squeaked out a win over Coca-Cola in the bottom of the fourth, in a rain-shortened, 4 inning game. This was an old fashioned pitcher's duel between the starters, Nick Barrett for DA Cruz and Davis Goode for Coca-Cola. Billy Harkins got the win in relief.

Pitch Counts:
DA Cruz: Barrett-69 Harkins-32
Coca-Cola: Goode-50 Caplain-44

2 in the park homers in the first by Austin Schilb (Bradley) and Nic Barret (Cruz) made for an interesting start to the game. Bradley rallied in the 2nd for another 3 runs and from there it was a pitchers duel with Scotty "Paple" Hom closing the last 2 inning's with near perfect pitching.

Bradley
Danny Shea ~ 74
Scott Hom ~ 23

Cruz

Ryan Maguire ~ 42
Andrew Driscoll ~ 45
Carr ~ 13
Higgins ~ 23

DA Cruz won a hard fought battle over a young and relentless Balanced Benefits Group team. Despite the score BBG twice struck out the side. The big bats for DA Cruz were Nick Barrett, Nick Droster, Jack Diamond and Billy Harkins. Theo Carr threw a gem and Nick Droster closed it out. Bennett Lamanski drove in BBG's run in the 5th inning.

Pitch Counts:
DA Cruz
Carr-65
Droster-39

BBG
Reagan-62
Tyburski-68

Pitching, pitching, pitching! Both the Timothy Cruz Diamonds and the Snug Mariners showed the capacity crowd at Kress field what this great game is all about! Great pitching, solid fielding and clutch hitting made this one of the best games of the season. Snug's young guns Billy'the kid' McNally(9), Harry 'wheelhouse' Wheeler (8) and Will 'the thrill' D'Entremont (8)combined for 19 strikeouts in this 9 inning game. Not to be out done the Cruz Diamonds pitching staff of Droster, Maguire, Barret and Carr K'd 15 Snug 'Half pints'. Stand out plays in the field for the Snug included a great stab at shortstop by Greg'big w' Williamson, a diving stop of a hard hit grounder and accurate throw by Infielder Jackie 'robinson' Santilli, and a great running catch by Adam'in the zone' Zona in left field. The game went into the top of the 9th when the Cruz Diamonds, Jr. Jack Diamond got a solid one out hit and was followed by Grif Moriarty who patiently worked a full count for a walk. A double by O'Connor and a single by Carr Led to 3 runs. In the bottom of the 9th the 'never say die' Snug Half Pints Billy McNally and Will D'entremont walked and Jack Santilli picked up a rbi single scoring McNally. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th Brendan Morris's clutch triple scored D"etremont and Santilli. Morris was thrown out at the plate for aggressively trying to stretch his triple into a 4 bagger. Great game guys! Pitch count: Snug-McNally 64, Wheeler 75, D'etremont 22, Cruz: Droster 76, Maguire 75, 24, Carr 9

DA Cruz outlasted the Vets of Old Derby Animal Hospital in a back and forth battle between these two clubs. The Cruz gang got a ton of offense and big hits from the soutern end of their batting order. Joe Higgins, Jack Diamond, Liam Flynn, Andrew Driscoll, Chris Tascione Thomas Rockett Matt O'Connor and Griff Moriarity all contributed with some huge hits. For the Vets, the big bats in this game included, Will PelletierSam Jenkins, Owen Pelletier, Owen Kane and David Bowen. Billy arkins got the win for the Cruz gang by shutting down the Vets with runners on base.

Pitchers
Old Derby Animal Hospital
Sam Jenkins: 65 Pat Kane: 30 Von Loesecke 41

DA Cruz
Theo Carr: 65 Billy Harkins: 45

The Cruz gang beat the Senators in a game that was much closer than the score portrayed. The pitchers threw 24 strikeouts between the two teams. Ryan Maguire and Nic Droster had home runs for the Cruz gang. They also had big hits from Nick Barrett, Theo Carrand Griff Moriarity. The Senators got a run on a big blast by John Lastoria that drove in a run.

Pitchers
DA Cruz
Nico Droster:52 and Nick Barrett: 72

Senator Hedlund
Andrew Spaziani:77 and Drew Ronland: 36

A strong pithing performance by Andrew Burke held the big bats of DA Cruz down.Helping his own cause by doubling and a triple. John Henry came through with a big triple himself which conjures up the image of "Big Papi" rounding the bases. Bobby Beane with a two hit day and singles by Drew Foskett, Mike Marchioni, and JB Larson.
Theo Carr was on his A game today, only throwing 48 pithes he was able to hold the Jewelers bats at bay, but the Jewelers hung in there. Nick Barrett came through with 2 singles for DA Cruz.

A. Burke 75
J. Bennis 37


Theo Carr 48
Nick Droster 70

Extra Innings? That's what was needed to complete this game. Pithcing on both sides was excellent. 0-0 after 6. Only 7 hits in the game.
SSSB P. Murphy 55 pitches, K. Letorney 27- DA. Cruz- N. Barrett 73, Carr 56

DA Cruz won a tough one over a young but scrappy N'tierty squad. Nick Barrett, Joe Higgins, Bill Harkins and Andrew Dricoll had the big bats for DA Cruz. Nick Droster got the win on the mound.

Pitch Counts:
DA Cruz
Droster 35 Harkins 42

N'tierty
Ross 73 Partyka 18

Lots of solid defense for DA Cruz in this win over True North. Billy Harkins lead the defense for DA Cruz. Andrew Driscoll Ryan Maguire and Nick Barrett had the big bats for the offense. Will Roe and Brendan Tedeschi scored for True North.

Pitch Counts:
DA Cruz
Maguire 76 Higgins 16

True North
Doyle 48 Boyd 60 Tedeschi 52

A great baseball game between Reebok and D.A. Timothy Cruz Tuesday night, with Reebok taking the win 4-2. The defense showed up big-time for Team Reebok, led by pitchers Wilson Brown (76) and Drew Longo (30), and timely hits from the Reebok offense was just enough to stay ahead, despite a late-game rally from a good team in D.A. Cruz. Solid pitching from D.A. Cruz's Theo Carr (69) and Nick Barrett (11).

This was a great baseball game between two teams that showed they are playoff ready. Good pitching, great fielding and some timely big hits by both teams. In the end, DA Cruz was able to hang on to win 4-3. Greg Kaulins, Joshua Cassino and Reese Linton scored for Turner Custom Building. Ben Turner had a big double for their squad. Nick Barrett, Joe Higgins, Andrew Driscoll and Matt O'Connor scored for DA Cruz.

Pitch Counts
DA Cruz:
O'Connor 32 Maguire 35 Droster 41

Turner Custom Building
Cassino 38 Chakalis 38 Vardaro 25

The opening round of the play-offs featured a classic battle between two teams that battled to a 5-5 tie extra inning game in the regular season. This game lived up to all the hype because both teams came to play and left it all on the field. The Cruz Diamonds scored 1st in their half of inning # 1 off of a base hit by Carr and a triple by Barret. The Snug's ace Greg "Big W' Williamson was not fazed and struck out an incredible 11 out of 15 batters to face him. Cruz Diamonds ace Carr was not to be out done as he kept The Snug Half Pints scoreless for 4 innings helped by brilliant fielding, Jack Diamonds play at 2nd base in the 1st spoiled a potential Snug Rally.
The Snug bats came alive in the 4th which started with a double from Jackie 'Robinson ' Santilli that short hopped the left field fence. Doubles from Brendan "Big Red' Morris and Conner'Boomer' McDermott helped the Snug post 4 and they never looked back. Jack Santilli closed things out for Snug by striking out 6 in the lastt 2 innings.
A lead off hit by the Cruz Diamonds catcher Grif Moriarty in the bottom of the 6th kept fans in their seats but Santilli K'd the final 3 helping the Snug advance to the next round.
The Cruz team should be proud of their succesful 2007 season. They are a great team and a wonderful group of boys.
pitch count Snug- Williamson 70 Santilli 40 Cruz Carr 75, Barret 42, Harkin 22