2014 League Champions

 

2014 PCBL Major-Division Summer Championship

Sept. 13 & 14 @ College of the Canyons
Best of 3 Series
LA Skunks -vs- Blue Jays
Photos: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
 
 
This years' Majors Division Summer Championship Series turned out to be one of the best weekends of baseball we'd seen in a long time! Playing a best of 3 series in the Majors Division Championship was a first for the PCBL; and what an amazing 3-game set it was! With 2 solid teams like the Skunks and the Blue Jays, it was no suprise that they would split the first 2 games; only to bring it all down to one dramatic finish in the deciding game 3! It was a 3-game series for the record books; despite dealing with 100 degree temps the entire weekend! With that being said, let's go back to Cowboy Stadium at College of the Canyons  ....

Game # 1  /  LA Skunks @ Blue Jays - Sat. 9/13 
Blue Jays - 1st Inning:  With 1 out, Garrett Behnke is hit by a pitch. With 2 out, Eddie Baeza singles to center. Danny Casey hits an RBI single to center. Erick Melara hits an RBI single to center. Melara steals 2nd; then Danny Casey scores on the double steal. Blue Jays get 3 runs on 3 hits; with no errors and they leave 2 men on base. 
3-0 Blue Jays. 

Blue Jays - 2nd Inning:  With 1 out, Anthony Evangelista reaches base on a fielding error. He steals 2nd soon after. Garrett Behnke is hit by a pitch. Chris Warters singles to right. Eddie Baeza reaches base on a fielding error; with a run scoring on the play. Blue Jays get 1 run on 1 hit; with 2 Skunk errors and they leave 2 men on base. 
4-0 Blue Jays.

Skunks - 3rd Inning: Leadoff hitter Josh Olsen singles to right. Justin Bunch doubles to right. Steve Zorn reaches base on a fielding error; with a run scoring on the play. Dave Granados singles to right.   Robert Wasmund hits a 3-run homer to left. Skunks get 5 runs on 4 hits; with 1 Blue Jay error and they leave the bases empty. 5-4 Skunks.

Blue Jays - 5th Inning: Chris Warters hits a double to right. Eddie Baeza hits an RBI single to left. Blue Jays get 1 run on 2 hits; with no errors and nobody left on base. 5-5 Tie.

Skunks - 8th Inning: With 1 out, Justin Bunch singles to left. With 2 out, Dave Granados hits a 2-run homer to left. Skunks get 2 runs on 3 hits; with no errors and they leave 2. 7-5 Skunks.

Skunks - 9th Inning: Brent White singles, then is sacrificed over to 2nd. Josh Olsen hits an RBI single to right. Skunks get 1 run on 3 hits; with no errors and they leave 2. 8-5 Skunks FINAL.

       LA Skunks    0   0   5   0   0   0   0   2   1      8    16     2   
        Blue Jays     3   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0      5    10     2    

LA Skunks Offensive Stars:
   Dave Granados  3 for 5;   2-run HR, single, walk, 2 RBI's, 2 runs
Robert Wasmund  1 for 4;   3-run HR, HBP, 3 RBI's
          Steve Zorn  3 for 6;   3 singles, walk, 1 run
       Justin Bunch      2 for 6;    single, double, 2 runs
          Josh Olsen      2 for 6;   2 singles, 1 RBI, 1 run  

Pitching Stats:
WP   Dom Marino (Skunks)    9 IP;  Allowed 5 runs on 10 hits; with 1 walk & 6 K's
LP   Eric Anderson (Blue Jays)  8 IP;  Allowed 7 runs on 13 hits; with 5 walks & 7 K's
   
Game Time:    10:40am - 1:50pm  (3 hrs 10 mins)

Umpires:
1st) Dax Villalta
3rd) Tom Tenney
Pl) Bob "Bad Ass" Potter

Game # 2  /  Blue Jays @ LA Skunks - Sun. 9/14  
Blue Jays - 1st Inning:  With 1 out, Garrett Behnke is hit by a pitch. Chris Warters draws a walk. Eddie Baeza hits a 2-run triple to right. Danny Casey hits an RBI single to left. Casey then steals 2nd, advances to 3rd on a wild pitch, and soon scores on a fielder's choice. Blue Jays get 4 runs on 2 hits; with no errors and they leave 1 man on base. 4-0 Blue Jays.   
 

Blue Jays - 3rd Inning:  Chris Warters hits a lead-off double to right. He is sacrificed over to 3rd on an Eddie Baeza fly ball to right; then scores on a sac fly to right by Danny Casey. Blue Jays get 1 run on 2 hits; with no errors and they leave 1 man on base. 5-0 Blue Jays. 

Skunks - 3rd Inning:  Justin Bunch hits a 1-out double to right. With 2 out, Dave Granado hits an RBI double to left. Skunks get 1 run on 2 hits; with no errors and they leave 1 man on base. 5-1 Blue Jays.

Blue Jays - 5th Inning:  Chris Warters hits a lead-off solo homer to center. Blue Jays get 1 run on 2 hits; with no errors and 2 men left on base. 6-1 Blue Jays.

Skunks - 5th Inning:  Sean Thompson leads off with an infield single. Josh Olsen singles to right. Thompson 
soon scores from 3rd on a wold pitch. Skunks get 1 run on 2 hits; with no errors and they leave 1 man on base. 
6-2 Blue Jays.

Blue Jays - 6th Inning:  With 1 out, Anthony Evangelista hits a solo homer to left. With 2 out, chris Warters singles to right. Eddie Baeza follows with an RBI double to right. Blue Jays get 2 runs on 3 hits; with no errors and they leave 1 man on base. 8-2 Blue Jays FINAL. 

   Blue Jays    4   0   1   0   1   2   0   0   0      8     10     1   
  LA Skunks   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0      2      9      0    

Blue Jays Offensive Stars:
Eddie Baeza 4 for 5;   single, 2 doubles, triple, 3 RBI's, 1 run
Chris Warters 3 for 4;   single, double, HR, walk, 1 RBI, 4 runs

Pitching Stats:
WP  Eric Allen (Blue Jays)    9 IP;  Allowed 2 runs on 9 hits; with 1 walk & 7 K's
LP   Sean Thompson (Skunks)  9 IP;  Allowed 8 runs on 10 hits; with 4 walks & 4 K's
   
Game Time:    10:02am - 1:10pm  (3 hrs 8 mins)

Umpires:
1st) Paul Cohen
3rd) Ralph Peck
Pl) Donovan Jackson

Game # 3  /  LA Skunks @ Blue Jays - Sun. 9/14  (Series tied 1-1) 
Skunks - 1st Inning:  Kenny Woods hits a lead-off single to left; then is sacrificed over to 2nd. With 2 out, Steve Zorn hits a 2-run homer to right. Skunks get 2 runs on 2 hits; with no errors and they leave the bases empty. 
2-0 Skunks. 

 


Blue Jays - 3rd Inning:  Randy Medellin gets a lead-off walk; then is sacrificed over to 2nd. Anthony Evangelista walks. Garrett Behnke hits a 2-run double to right; and he soon scores from 3rd on a wild pitch. Chris Warters walks. Eddie Baeza singles to left. Blue Jays get 3 runs on 2 hits; with no errors and they leave 2 men on base. 
3-2 Blue Jays

Blue Jays - 5th Inning:  Chris Warters draws a 1-out walk. Eddie Baeza singles to right; with Warters advancing to 3rd. Baeza steals 2nd; and Warters scores from 3rd to complete the double-steal. Blue Jays get 1 run on 1 hit; with no errors and they leave 2. 4-2 Blue Jays. 

 

Skunks - 6th Inning:  Kenny Woods hits a lead-off homer to left center. Josh Olsen gets an infield single. Justin Bunch singles to center. Skunks get 1 run on 3 hits; with no errors and they leave a man on base. 4-3 Blue Jays. 

Blue Jays - 6th Inning:   Randy Medellin hits a lead-off single to right; then is sacrificed over to 2nd. Anthony Evangelista singles to left. Garrett Behnke gets an RBI infield single. Blue Jays get 1 run on 3 hits; with no errors and they leave the bases loaded. 5-3 Blue Jays. 

Skunks - 8th Inning:  Josh Olsen hits a lead-off double to left. Justin Bunch walks. Steve Zorn hits an RBI single to center. Skunks get 1 run on 2 hits; with no errors and they leave 2 men on base. 5-4 Blue Jays.

Skunks - 9th Inning:   Kenny Woods draws a 2-out walk. Sean Thompson also walks. Justin Bunch hits an RBI double to left. Steve Zorn hits an RBI single to left. Skunks get 2 runs on 2 hits; with no errors and they leave 2 men on base. 6-5 Skunks. 


Blue Jays - 9th Inning:   Chris warters singles to right. Eddie Baeza singles to left. Danny Casey singles to left; loading the bases. Eric Melara hits a sacrifice fly to center; scoring Warters from 3rd to tie the game at 6 apiece. With 1 out, Alex Alvas is hit by a pitch; loading the bases again and putting the championship run 90 feet away. Randy Medellin gets an infield single; scoring the winning run from 3rd on a very close play at the plate. 

Blue Jays get 2 runs on 4 hits; and they claim the victory and the PCBL Majors Championship. 
7-6 Blue Jays FINAL.  Blue Jays win series 2-1.    

      LA Skunks    2   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2      6    13     0   
        Blue Jays    0   0   3   0   1   1   0   0   2      7    12     0    

Blue Jays Offensive Stars:
Eddie Baeza 3 for 4; 3 singles, walk, 1 run, SB
Garrett Behnke 2 for 5; single, double, 3 RBI's, 1 run
Chris Warters
2 for 3;   2 singles, 2 walks, 2 runs, SB
Randy Medillin 2 for 4;   2 singles, walk, 1 RBI, 2 runs

Pitching Stats:
WP   Eric Melara (Blue Jays)    7.1 IP;  Allowed 4 runs on 11 hits; with 1 walk & 1 K
Save   Clint Marcus (Blue Jays)   1.2 IP;  Allowed 2 runs on 2 hits; with 2 walks & 0 K's  
LP   Dave Granados (Skunks)  3 IP;  Allowed 3 runs on 3 hits; with 3 walks & 1 K
Dom Marino (Skunks) 6IP; Allowed 4 runs on 9 hits; with 3 walks & 1 K

Game Time:    2:20pm - 4:51pm  (2 hrs 31 mins)

Umpires:
1st) Paul Cohen
3rd) Ralph Peck
Pl) Donovan Jackson

Congratulations to the 2014 Majors Division Champion Blue Jays!