Baseball

2002 Cal Ripken AllStars
Simi Valley Baseball League
Mid-Summer Classic
Tournament Results

Baseball

Bracket
Team Opponent Score
Cal Ripken AllStars Woodland Hils Sun Dogs 4-0
Nick Ventra pitched the game of his life, shutting out the Sun Dogs. He scattered 5 hits, while striking out 5. Great job Nick! Cliff Quick started out the scoring in the first getting to 2nd on a 2-base error. Sean Alvord drove him to 3rd with a single. Cliff scored on a wild pitch. In the 4th a single by Brandon Garza, followed by an RBI double by Sean Alvord scored the 2nd run. The final 2 runs were scored in the 6th on a walk by Brandon Garza followed by a 2-run Home Run by Sean Alvord.
Cal Ripken AllStars Van Nuys Diablo 11-0
This time it was Cliff Quick's turn to have a spectacular pitching performance. Cliff had a no-hitter against the Diablos, striking out 3. Cliff Quick got the scoring started out in the 1st by getting a single. Brandon Garza singled him to third, where Cliff scored on a passed ball. In the 2nd, Jesse Swayze and Patrick Stone walked. Raul Rodriguez doubled in Jesse. Nick Ventra singled in Patrick. Cliff reached on an error scoring Raul. Brandon Garza was hit by a pitch. Sean Alvord singled in Nick and Cliff. In the 3rd, Patrick reached on an error, Raul singled him to 3rd. Nick walked to load the bases. Cliff walked to force in Patrick. Brandon Garza flew out to center scoring Nick and finally Sean Alvord hit a 3-run Home Run to finish the scoring.
Cal Ripken AllStars Chatsworth 3-1
Another outstanding pitching performance. This time it was Cameron Taylor pitching 4 strong innings giving up only 1 run, while striking out 6. Jake Whitaker finished up pitching 2 scoreless innings and striking out 4. Offensively, in the 2nd Peter Vegos singled, followed by a passed ball and stolen base. He scored on Patrick Stone's ground out. In the sixth tied 1-1, Brandon Garza doubled, followed by a walk-off 2-run Home Run by Sean Alvord.
Cal Ripken AllStars Van Nuys Diablo 2-3
With our ace on the mound, we had high hopes of making it to the championship game. Brandon Garza pitched a great game giving up only 1 earned run, while striking out 12. Unfortunately the defense was not strong for this game. The Diablos held them scoreless until 1 out in the 6th inning when Jesse Swayze singled. Brandon Garza flew out. Then Sean Alvord hit a 2-run Home Run to tie the game. Unfortunately, the Diablos scored 1 in the 7th on 4 errors to win the game.


Tournament Stats
Name AB R H RBI BB K 2B 3B HR Avg OB%
Sean Alvord 10 4 9 9 2 0 1 0 4 0.900 0.917
Brian Berglund                      
Tyler Block                      
Brandon Garza 10 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0.300 0.417
David Leekley                      
Cliff Quick 10 4 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.300 0.400
Raul 'Little' Rodriquez 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.400 0.400
Sean Runner 6 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.000 0.143
Patrick Stone 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.300
Jesse Swayze 9 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.111 0.200
Cameron Taylor 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.125 0.125
Nick Ventra 7 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.429 0.500
Peter Vegos 10 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.300 0.300
David Whitaker                      
Jake Whitaker 8 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0.125 0.300
Totals 91 17 26 10 24 10 3 0 4 0.286 0.398