Game Reports from Piedmont Baseball-Softball Foundation, May 7-13

By Matt Burge

Weekly game results for Piedmont Baseball Foundation teams are listed below. Game information from coaches and team representatives should be submitted by Sunday at 8 p.m. at www.piedmontbaseball.org using the “Game Publicity” menu item. Results below are from games played last week.

SOFTBALL U6

Piedmont Silver Dolphins 36, Piedmont Black Cats 36

Both teams showed impressive defensive skills. For the Black Cats, Anna Gotto and Isley Douglas handled the pitching assistant position with authority as they made stellar plays at first and home. With patience at the plate, Sammy Schwartz drilled one to the outfield. The Silver Dolphins defense kept the game at a tie. Taylor Rolefson made two key outs at second base while Krysta Tsukahara shined at first base. Both Clare Murphy and Lucy Filler were impressive in the outfield. Amy Derr was the big hitter of the game for the Silver Dolphins with a big hit deep into center field.

Piedmont Black Cats vs. Alameda Pixies

Another outstanding outing by the Black Cats on Saturday. Impressive hitting performances by Tyler Knapp and Addison Osta Smith. Pitching Assistant Annika Hattan-Kutter got in her groove and did a tremendous job fielding and with the assistance of first baseman, Gretchen Gerhardy, they made incredible defensive plays. It was a great team effort all around!

Piedmont Black Cats vs. Piedmont Purple Ponies

The Black Cats bats brought their “A” game on Sunday with incredible offensive and defensive plays. Their bats were alive, with awesome hitting from Annika Nillsson, Ellie De Van and Elizabeth Wiesbrock. With the Purple Ponies' strong offensive line-up, the Black Cats were focused and ready to defend as Julia Banuelos hustled to field the ball, with great back up support from Sadie Lahey Teare.

Softball U10

Piedmont Mudhens 4, Oakland Eclipse 5

Caroline Strauch started the pitching and after giving up a walk and 2 consecutive singles settled down with a "K" and a ground-out. Kyra Gardner and Caroline Strauch, alternating pitching innings in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, held the Exclipse scoreless with a combined 6 "k's." Mudhens hitting was led by Anna Greenstein, who had 2 doubles. Kylie-Ann Heller was 1-2 with a walk and 2 stolen bases. Sydney Ferris was 1-2 with a walk and 2 stolen bases. Kit Asa-Hauser and Addie Castle-Darden each had a hit and scored a run.

Piedmont Dragons 2, Oakland Eclipse 10

Piedmont Dragons pitchers Ingrid Schleuning, Jasmine Edwards, Maeve Gilbert, and Camille Creighton combined for 12 strikouts in 5 innings, but the Oakland Eclipse took advantage of a few walks followed by timely hitting to jump ahead 6-2 in the 2nd. Rachel Elliott and Camille Creighton both had singles and scored the Dragons' two runs. The Eclipse's pitching and defense was strong and they were able to fend off Dragon's rallies in the 2rd and 5th innings. The Dragons had some nice defense of their own, especially Naomi Feder's throw from centerfield to pitcher Gilbert to catcher Creighton, who tagged out the runner at home.

Piedmont Mudhens 6, Oakland Blue Crystals 3

The MudHens pitching was led once again by Kyra Gardner, Caroline Strauch and Anna Greenstein. Stellar and timely hitting was led by Caroline Strauch who went 3-3 with a triple and 2 singles. Cameron Park despite injuring her elbow in the 1st inning drew 2 walks and stole 3 bases. Kylie-Ann Heller went 1-2 with a double and a stolen base. Sydney Ferris drew 2 walks and stole 3 bases, and Addie Castle-Darden drew a walk and stole 2 bases.

MUSTANG

Piedmont Jedi 6, Piedmont Eidams 2

Patrick Devereaux led the Jedi offensively with 2 hits and Max Wagener led the defense behind the plate in a 6-2 win extending the Jedi division win streak to 6 games.

BRONCO

Piedmont Aces 9, Moraga Athletics 4

The Aces established an early lead with strong offense and then succeeded with good pitching. Sam Von Herrman pitched 4 innings with no earned runs and 5 strikeouts. Lucas Scherman pitched well with 5 strikeouts and Jonah Sanders pitched 2 strikeouts to save the game. Grant Keating scored 2 runs with a single and a 2 RBI double and also had a sacrifice fly RBI. Scherman also scored 2 with 2 doubles, one an RBI. Carson Lang had a running catch in center.

Piedmont Aces 11, Piedmont Vipers 4

The Aces won with strong pitching and fielding. EJ Cheung allowed no runs in 3 innings with 4 strikeouts. Jacob Praeger allowed no runs. Sam Von Hermann closed the game with no allowed runs due to 3 outs from his fielding. Andrew Newell had 2 singles/runs, and one was an RBI. Nine other Aces each scored a run. Samuel Whit hit a 2 RBI single in the 1st and Elan Valdez-Kaminsky also hit an RBI.

Piedmont Red Raiders 12, Moraga Athletics 1

Will Dalton pitched a complete game, scattering 8 hits over 5 innings while striking out 4 and walking 1 batter. Dalton, who needed just 49 pitches on the afternoon, kept Athletics hitters off balance the entire game and also benefited from stellar defense played behind him, which included an outfield assist by Brendan Walsh in the 2nd inning and an unassisted double play by Cole Kingston to help seal the game in the final inning. The Red Raiders produced 14 hits, with Cole Kingston, Ben Barrett, Paul Woolcott, Brendan Walsh, Jonathan Dinetz and Harrison Kohr each collecting 2 hits in the game. Jonathan Dinetz added 4 RBI in addition to his two hits. Kingston (2) and Kohr (1) each had doubles among their hits for the Red Raiders.

Piedmont Red Raiders 9, Orinda Prospects 14

The visiting Orinda Prospects got an early boost with a 5-run 1st inning, which ended up being the difference in the game as the Prospects defeated the Red Raiders 14-9 Saturday at Coaches Field. Despite being behind 7-0 in the 3rd inning, the Red Raiders battled back with two runs in the third, followed by another 3 in the 5th and a furious rally in the 7th netted another 4 runs. Ben Barrett had a monster day at the plate, going 3-4 with a double and 4 RBI. Cole Kingston scored 3 runs and had two hits for the Red Raiders. Kingston (1), Will Dalton (1), Harrison Kohr (1) and Jonathan Dinetz (1) each had RBIs.

Piedmont Red Raiders 9, Piedmont Aces 4

Backed by strong pitching performances from starter Cole Kingston and Hunter
Devroede in relief, the Red Raiders defeated the Aces 9-4 Friday at Coaches Field. Red Raiders broke game with a 5-run 4th inning capped by a 2-run single by Hunter Devroede, who had three RBIs in the game. Kingston pitched 3-2/3 innings, striking out 6 Aces, and Devroede pitched 2-1/3 innings of hitless relief, and squelched a 4th inning Aces rally, which proved to be the turning point in the game. The Aces were led by Lucas Scherman, who doubled and scored a run. Ben Barrett (2), Kingston (1) and Will Dalton (1) each had RBIs for the Red Raiders.