Cranston's Rays in NEAAU Final Four

Alfred Travieso sent along this info about the latest in local baseball:

After finishing off the regular season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses in their division, the NEW Rhode Island Rays Baseball Club: 9U TEAM is in the NEAAU SPRING LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Four!  This is the first year that the RI Rays put together a 9U team NEAAU team. 

The team won three games at the NEAAU Spring League Playoffs on Sunday, June 9, 2013 to advance beating the Mass Hurricanes 9-0 in game 1, the Canton, MA Dirt Dawgs 8-1 in game 2, and coming back from being down 2-0 in the last inning with three outs left to send them home to come back to win 5-2 over the Ocean State Outlaws to advance to the final four next Sunday at Warwick American Little League, 600 Sandy Lane, Warwick, RI 02886.  The team is seeded number one with the lease runs allowed in the playoffs. 

Sunday, June 16, 2012 

10am - RI Rays vs. CT Mustangs

12pm - RI Rebels vs. MA North Red Hawks

2pm - Final

Seven of the team players play for teams on Cranston’s League For Cranston’s Future (CLCF) Cal Ripken Baseball and all seven are on this year’s CLCF 9U Tournament team Playing for the RI State Cal Ripken Championship this July.

Rhode Island Rays Baseball Club: 9U TEAM

Head Coach Ken Garcia

Asst Coach Jack Mellor

Asst Coach Mike Giard

Players

23 Brennan Mellor, CWLL, RI

13 Tyler DiNezza, CLCF, RI

25 Iain Loverink, Jamestown, RI

9 Evan Dacey, CLCF, RI

4 Andrew Travieso, CLCF, RI

11 Ruben Fernandez, CLCF, RI

2 Owen Smith, CLCF, RI

1 Robert Fatorma, CLCF, RI

33 Devante Viveiros, CLCF, RI

10 Domenic Conte, Providence, RI

34 Troy Marsh, Cumberland, RI

7 Shaun McCaghren, CNLL, RI