September 18, 2009
NTIS News & Notes
Check here for scores and more, Sept. 18-20
By Wes Skipwith / usabaseball.com
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 17

USA Baseball Executive Director/CEO Paul Seiler and former big leaguer Brian McRae kicked the NTIS off as part of the event's opening ceremony. Teams were introduced, and then players and fans were treated to the final scrimmage game of the 18U National Team Trials and a fireworks show to cap off an exciting night.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 18

11:30 a.m. Games
13U - Southern California 13, Mid Atlantic 1 - Final
• Angelo Armenta and Brandon Perez led the way offensively for Southern California with both players collecting two doubles apiece.
• Lorenzo Carilo tossed four scoreless innings for Southern California.

13U - USA Stars Red 10, Great Lakes 7 - Final
• Connor Leonard started on the mound for the Stars Red and kept the opposing hitters scoreless in three innings of work.
• Keaton McKinney hit a triple and a double for USA Red.
• Michael Rothmund hit a bases loaded, two-run double.

13U - Northern California 13, Northwest 3 - Final
• Northwest's Eric Daniels connected on a two-run double while also pitching four-innings allowing one run.
• Daniel Slominski tossed four scoreless innings for Northern California.

4:00 p.m. Games
17U - Texas 2, Gulf Coast 2 - Final
• RBI doubles from C.J. Jarvis and Ryan Bielitz accounted for both of Texas' runs.
• Avery Romero went 2-2 with an RBI single to score Gulf Coast's first run.

17U - Great Lakes 3, North Atlantic 4 - Final
• Great Lake's starting pitcher Ryan Perez went three innings, allowing no runs on three hits.
• Matthew Perez scored the walkoff, game-winning run after stealing second and advancing to home on a throwing error to give North Atlantic the win.

7:00 p.m. Games
13U - Stars Blue 12, Gulf Coast 8 - Final

13U - MidWest 5, Mountain West 1 - Final
• Carson LaRue came in to pitch for MidWest and closed out the last two innings with five strikeouts.

13U - Texas 15, North Atlantic 2 - Final
• Texas starting pitcher Cole Bedford tossed four innings with no earned runs.

17U - Mountain West 4, Northwest 4 - Final
• With the bases-loaded and two out, Stephen Carabajal hit a two-run single to tie the game.

17U - Stars Red 3, Stars Blue 2 - Final
• Chase McDonald connected on a triple for USA Red.
• Michael Massardo went 2-3 with two stolen bases for USA Blue.

17U - Northern California 2, Mid-Atlantic 3 - Final
• Michael Choros and Clay Wallace combined to throw five scoreless innings for Mid-Atlantic.

17U - Southern California 3, MidWest 4 - Final
• Dakota Smith for Mountain West and Garratt Donohoe both hit triples.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 19

8:00 a.m. Games
13U - Mid Atlantic 6, Stars Red 2 - Final
• Trey Merida tossed five solid innings only allowing one run for Mid Atlantic.

13U - Great Lakes 3, Southern California 16 - Final

13U - Northwest 8, Texas 9 - Final
• Cole Bedford hit a game-winning, walkoff RBI for Texas.

13U - North Atlantic 5, Northern California 17 -Final
• Bryce Dyrda knocked a triple to left to leadoff the game for Northern California.

15U - Southern California 11, North Atlantic 12 - Final
• Christopher Rivera went 2-4 with three RBIs and a triple for SoCal.

15U - Mid Atlantic 7, Texas 9 - Final
• Texas' Preston Palmeiro blasted a two-run homerun over the right field fence for the first long ball of the NTIS.

15U - Gulf Coast 4, Stars Red 4 - Final
• With the bases juiced, Zach Green hit a bases clearing triple for the Stars Red.
• For the Gulf Coast, Max Beerman hit and RBI triple and Bobby Brenna went 2-2.

15U - Great Lakes 3, Mountain West 14 - Final

11:00 a.m. Games
13U - Gulf Coast 10, MidWest 0 - Final
• Lucas Herbert went 2-3 with a double and two RBIs for Gulf Coast.

13U - Mountain West 10, Stars Blue 12 - Final
• Jake Oakley blasted a three-run homer to dead center for USA Blue.
• Andrew Jones went 2-3 with a double and a triple for Mountain West.

13U - Southern Cal 2, Stars Red 3 Final
• Stars Red's Keaton McKinney tossed three scoreless innings to close out the game and scored the game winning run in the bottom of the seventh after stealing third and advancing to home on a throwing error.

13U - Mid Atlantic 1, Great Lakes 3 - Final

15U - Northwest 11, MidWest 2 - Final
• MidWest's Drew Ward connected on a solo homer to right.

15U - Northern California 11, Stars Blue 7
• John Riley hit a two-run homer and pitched three innings of no-hit ball to put NorCal on top.
• John Paul Crawford went 3-4 with a homer for Stars Blue.

17U - North Atlantic 1, Texas 8 - Final
• C.J. Jarvis went 3-3 with a double, triple, and two stolen bases.
• Ryan Bielitz pitched five innings for Texas striking out eight.

17U - Great Lakes 2, Gulf Coast 8 - Final
• Gulf Coast's Brett Winger pitched 2 2/3 innings of no-hit ball.

2:00 p.m. Games
13U - Northern California 0, Texas 3 - Final
• Bryce Packard threw five innings of scoreless ball for Texas.

13U - Northwest 7, North Atlantic 3 - Final

13U - Stars Blue 3, Midwest 4 - Final

13U - Gulf Coast 4, Mountain West 5 - Final

17U - Midwest 0, Northern California 6 - Final
• Danny Keller, Brandon Erickson and Steven Lozier all combined to pitch a two-hit shutout for NorCal.

17U - Stars Red 4, Mountain West 2 - Final
• Curt Brit hit a RBI double for Stars Red.

17U - Stars Blue 5, Northwest 2 - Final

17U - Mid Atlantic 1, Southern California 16 - Final

5:00 p.m. Games
15U - Mountain West 9, Gulf Coast 7 - Final

15U - Great Lakes 3, Stars Red 4 - Final

15U - North Atlantic 3, Texas 14 - Final
• Texas batters connected for three triples including a three-bager from Preston Palmeiro who went 2-3 with a RBI.

15U - Southern California 10, Mid Atlantic 2 - Final
• Christopher Rivera went 3-4 with a triple and three runs scored while also throwing three scoreless innings.
• A.J. Kennedy slammed a three-RBI triple to the wall in left center.

8:00 p.m. Games
15U - Northwest 8, Northern California 9 - Final

15U - Midwest 3, Stars Blue 12 - Final

SUNDAY, SEPT. 20

8:00 a.m. Games
13U - Southern California 7, Northern California 8 - Final

13U - Northwest 4, Mountain West 5 - Final

13U - Texas 9, Stars Blue 5 - Final

13U - Great Lakes 2, Midwest 14 - Final

15U - Northern California 4, Midwest 13 - Final
• Ryan Kirby blasted two homeruns for NorCal including a two-run bomb over the right field fence.

15U - Stars Blue 12, Northwest 6 - Final

17U - Texas 9, Great Lakes 0 - Final
• Jonathan Mejia laced two hits including a triple for Texas.

17U - Mountain West 1, Stars Blue 2 - Final
• In a pitcher's duel, Mountain West's Luke West and Derek Mazzio with Stars Blue both kept opposing batters hitless through four innings.

11:00 a.m. Games
13U - Stars Red 7, Gulf Coast 5 - Final
• Jesse Kuet knocked a two-RBI single to right for the Stars Red squad.

13U - Mid Atlantic 7, North Atlantic 4 - Final

15U - Texas 2, Southern California 6 - Final
• Billy Arendt ripped a two-RBI double for Texas.
• A.J. Kennedy ended the day with a double and a stolen base for SoCal.

15U - Stars Red 9, Mountain West 14 - Final

17U - Northwest 1, Stars Red 2 - Final
• Four Stars Red pitchers combined to hold Northwest to just one run on five hits.
• Dan Vogelbach drove in the go ahead run with a double to the warning track in right.

17U - Southern California 6, Northern California 6 - Final

2:00 p.m. Games
15U - Gulf Coast 7, Great Lakes 5 - Final
• With two out and the bases loaded in the ninth, Bobby Brennan hit a RBI single for the go-ahead run.

15U - Mid Atlantic 3, North Atlantic 16 - Final
• Calvin Scott tossed three innings of no-hit ball for North Atlantic.
• Steve Klimek went 3-3 and Jonah Heim went 2-2 with a triple to lead the way for North Atlantic.

17U - Gulf Coast 1, North Atlantic 4 - Final
• Peter Guido hit a two RBI single to put North Atlantic on top.

17U - Midwest 14, Mid Atlantic 1 - Final
• Chase Fariss hit an RBI single and Cody Kukuk hit a triple in Midwest's winning effort.