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VIENNA SENATORS TAKE TWO FROM ORIOLES |
Box
Score Game 1
Box Score Game
2
IJAMSVILLE, Md. June 16—The Vienna Senators, defending champions of the Clark Griffith League, took another doubleheader in inter-league play with the Maryland Orioles. The Senators held on to a lead in Game 1 to win 4-3, and conquered early in Game 2 to win 9-2.
The Senators traveled to Urbana High School in Ijamsville , Md. to compete with the Maryland Orioles of the Maryland Collegiate Baseball League. This is the third consecutive inter-league doubleheader that the Senators have swept.
A combination of careful pitching and strong hitting helped Vienna (10-3) to victory. Nate Newman picked up his second win with a 6.1-inning long performance. He only gave up three hits his performance and stuck out nine batters.
Billy Tinsley got the starting nod in Game 2 and picked up his first win of the season. Tinsley went six innings and struck out six batters. Last season's Most Outstanding Pitcher, Mason Griffin, and George Mason pitcher, Benji Kagan, appeared in relief in the doubleheader.
The first game started quietly, as no team got on the board until the sixth inning. Until the sixth, the Senators had two hits (both by second baseman Brandon Cassamasina to left field) and the Orioles had just one hit. In the sixth inning, the Senators bats exploded to get the team firmly in the lead. Itawamba Community College product Nick Wheeler got things started with a double. First baseman Sam Honeck walked. When Ryan Heroy reached on an fielder's choice, Wheeler was thrown out at home. With runners on first and second and two out, Cassamasina strode up to the plate and walloped a three-run home run over the left field wall.
The Senators added to their lead in the top of the seventh as catcher Steve Moritz doubled to lead off the inning. Bryce Mendonca got an infield hit when he reached safely on a bunt attempt. University of New Orleans product Ryan Eden followed with an RBI single to bring home Moritz for the team's fourth and final run.
In the bottom of the seventh, Newman struck out Wade Keenan to lead off the inning. Then the Orioles started a rally and almost came back against the Senators. Right fielder Matt Anuszewski walked, and Griffin Steward singled. Pinch hitter Michael Speciale then put the Orioles on the board with an RBI single. Steven Soares then singled to load the bases. Mason Griffin relieved Newman on the mound. Robbie O'Brien reached on an error, and two more runs scored. O'Brien was picked off first base and Griffin got Alfredo Carrillo to ground out and end the game.
The second game began after a twenty-minute break. Eden started the game off with a strong single, but the Senators did not score a run until the second inning, when Ryan Heroy smacked his first homer of the season.
Tulane product Anthony Scelfo scored Vienna 's second run in the fourth inning. He led off the inning by reaching first on an error, and made it to third as the ball rolled away. When Wheeler flied out on a sacrifice to center field, Scelfo scored.
The floodgates opened for the Senators in the fifth inning, as Vienna scored six runs. Eden led off the inning with a single, and moved to third when shortstop Steven Gauthe doubled. Scelfo then notched a 2-RBI triple to put Vienna up 4-0. It was Scelfo's fourth RBI triple of the season, his last one coming Thursday against the Bethesda Blue Caps. Scelfo crossed home when Mendonca flied out. Later in the inning, Honeck came into the game as a pinch hitter, and launched a three-run homer to put the Senators up 8-0. Honeck now leads Vienna in home runs with three.
Vienna scored its final run in the top of the sixth inning as an RBI single by Mendonca brought home Gauthe. The Senators went down in order in the seventh.
But the Orioles worked to stage another comeback in the last inning. Benji Kagan came on to relieve Billy Tinsley in the seventh. Michael Speciale, the leftfielder, got things going for the Orioles with a leadoff homerun on the first pitch. Kagan then retired the next two batters before giving up a single to Ryan McDonald. Shortstop Alfredo Carrillo then hit a double and McDonald scored when Wade Keenan hit an RBI single. Matt Anuszewski walked to load the bases with two out. Kagan then got designated hitter Brett Caplan to fly out to end the game.
The Senators return to Clark Griffith League action tomorrow at Fairfax High School , where they will make up a game against the Fairfax Nationals. Game time is set for 1 p.m. The Senators are excited to bring families together at tomorrow's Father's Day game.
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For further information, please go to www.viennasenators.com or contact the public relations intern, Kristin Pratt, at pratt.kristin@gmail.com or (703) 401-6416.