Red Sox Sweep GPMABL Awards

The Red Sox continued their sweeping ways by capturing both the Cy Young and MVP honors for the 2010 GPMABL season.

Eric Guise, known for his funny and random pre-game pep talks, earned the 2010 GPMABL Cy Young Award. Eric was a perfect 12-0 on the season, with a 1.48 ERA and league leading 105 strikeouts in 75.2 innings.

Cleanup hitter Jason Williams took home the 2010 GPMABL MVP Honors with a career season. He lead the league in Batting Average (0.492), Doubles (10), Triples (5), Slugging Percentage (0.857) and OPS (1.385).

Congratulations to Eric and Jason!

CHAMPIONS!!!

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The Red Sox are your 2010 GPMABL Champions. They swept the A's in a best of three series two games to none. The day started with the completion of last week's game that was suspended due to darkness. Brett Hiett finished what he started, and pitched a complete game to lead the Red Sox to a blowout 15-2 win.

Matt Altomare took the hill for game 2 and pitched six shutout innings despite intermittent rain showers. The Red Sox bats finally got going in the 6th inning, as they scored 5 runs to make it 6-0. Eric Guise came for the 7th inning to shut the door and preserve the shutout. The defense was solid during the playoffs, and helped bring home the championship.

2010 Red Sox

Player/Manager Brett Hiett (with trophy) led the Red Sox to a 22-3 Regular Season Record and 2010 Championship

Front Row: Carl Trainer, Steve McDermet, Gary Nucera.

Back Row: Joe Malloy, Wascar Soriano, Doug Kugler, Jason Williams, Bill Johnson, Bret Binder, Bryan Withrow, Brett Hiett, Matt Altomare, Craig Denlinger, Jason Hale, Will Caton, Eric Guise

(Not Pictured: Brian Freiland, Michael Tester, Tyler Warren, Bobby Midgley, Andrew Hurda)

Congrats to Red Sox All-Stars

Congratulations to following Red Sox players who were selected as All-Stars for the 2010 GPMABL season.

Brett Hiett, C/SS/P (player/manager): 0.362 AVG/24R/15RBI and 2-0/3 Saves/27 IP/30 K/1.54ERA

Jason Williams, OF: 0.492 AVG/22R/10D/5T/1HR/20RBI

Eric Guise, P/IF: 0.438 AVG/24R/4D/1T/2HR/15RBI/15SB and 12-0/75.2 IP/105K/1.48 ERA

Craig Denlinger, SS/3B: 0.352 AVG/13R/3D/2T/10RBI/7SB

Matt Altomare, P: 5-1/48IP/51K/2.33 ERA

Steve McDermet, 2B/SS/C: 0.339 AVG/15R/2D/1T/8RBI/8SB

Bill Johnson, 3B/C: 0.300 AVG/14R/1D/10RBI/7SB

The All-Star game will be played at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, DE on Thursday, August 26th at 6pm. Come support the Red Sox All-Stars! Free Admission!

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Red Sox Advance to Finals

2010 GPMABL PLAYOFFS

Preliminary Round

Outlaws 0 - A’s 7

Semi Finals

A’s 2 - Phillies 1
Phillies 6 - A’s 4

A’s 11 - Phillies 5

GPMABL CHAMPIONSHIP

A’s vs. Red Sox

Preliminary Round

Comets 0 - Colts 2

Semi Finals

Colts 4 - Red Sox 5
Red Sox 0 - Colts 2

Colts 2 - Red Sox 3

In game two of the semi-finals, the Red Sox couldn't get the bats going and were shut-out by Colt 45s' ace Ian Downes. With the series tied 1-1, the Red Sox carried a 3-0 lead into the 7th inning, but the Colt 45s wouldn't go quietly. The Colt 45s scored twice, but with the tying run in scoring position, Red Sox ace Eric Guise coaxed a routine fly ball for the third out to clinch the series.

In the other semi-final, the A's topped the Phillies two games to one. The two teams with the best regular season records met for Game 1 of the Finals which was the third game of the day for both teams.

The Red Sox showed now mercy on the A's depleted pitching staff. The Sox offense scored every inning and racked up 15 runs in 5 innings. The A's managed just two runs before the game was stopped due to darkness in the top of the 6th inning. Since this is a playoff game, the game must be finished and therefore will resume Sunday at 10am at Richie Asburn Field in FDR Park.

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Updated playoffs stats have been uploaded.

Don't Call It a Comeback

Once again the Red Sox needed a comeback to defeat the Colt 45's. This time, it was the second round of the playoffs.

The Red Sox earned a first round bye, and took on the Colt 45's who defeated the Comets earlier in the day. Today's game was the first in a best-of-three series.

After a rough 2nd and 3rd inning, the Red Sox found themselves down 4-0. After chipping away at the lead, the Sox eventually tied the game. In the bottom of the 7th, Jason Williams led off the inning with a single. Bill Johnson put down a sacrifice bunt to advance Williams to 2nd, but an errant throw allowed Johnson to advance to 2nd, and Williams to 3rd. Steve McDermet was intentionally walked to load the bases and set up a force play. Will Caton stepped up, and worked a long count. With 2 strikes, he lined a base hit up the middle to seal the come from behind 5-4 victory.

Final stats from the season and today's game have been uploaded.

The Red Sox return to Richie Asburn field for game 2 against the Colt 45's next Sunday. Game 3 will follow (if necessary).

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Red Sox Sweep Outlaws in Playoff Tune-up

With the Penn Division Pennant and a first round bye already in hand, the Red Sox visited Neumann College to play the winless Outlaws. The Sox continued their hot hitting and took the doubleheader with 13-8 and 12-3 wins. They wrapped up the season with a 22-3 record. The 22 wins is 6 more than the previous franchise record of 16 in 2002.

Final Regular Season Standings:

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Red Sox – x (1)	22	3	.880	-
Philadelphia A's (3)	17	8	.680	5
Philadelphia Colt .45s (4)	14	10	.583	7.5
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Montco Phillies – y (2)	11	14	.440	-
Philadelphia Comets (5)	10	14	.417	.5
Aston Outlaws (6)	0	25	.000	11

The playoffs begin on Sunday, and the Red Sox have a first round bye. At 1 pm, they will play the winner of the 10 am Colt 45s/Comets matchup. This will be a best-of-three series and will be played at Richie Ashburn Field in South Philly. Game two and three (if necessary) will be played the following Sunday.

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Red Sox Clinch Penn Division

Down 6-4 in the 7th inning, the Red Sox stormed back with three 2-out runs to beat the Colt 45's 7-6 and clinch the Penn Division Pennant. With two outs, the Red Sox got a walk by Tyler Warren and then a single by Craig Denlinger. Warren scored on a wild pitch, and then Brett Hiett was hit by pitch. An intentional walk of Jason Williams loaded the bases for Eric Guise. Guise earned a walk to force home the tying run, and Bill Johnson's walk forced home the go-ahead run.

With their first division championship since 2002, the Red Sox clinch a bye in the first round of the playoffs.

The Red Sox improve to 20-3 and set a franchise record for most wins in the regular season.

Next week, the Sox visit Neumann College to take on the Outlaws in a rain make-up doubleheader.

Red Sox Split With A's

With a short squad of players, the Red Sox battled the A's at Latshaw McCarthy. After falling 9-3 in the first game, the Sox scrapped out a 7-4 win to split the doubleheader with the second place A's.

The Red Sox improved to 18-3 and maintained a 3 game lead over their division rival.

Next week, the Sox visit Plymouth Meeting to battle the Colt 45's.

Red Sox Win a Pair of Nailbiters

The Red Sox battled the Comets for a pair of one-run wins to bring their winning streak to 11 games.

In the first game, Bill Johnson led off with a walk and scored on an error in the bottom of the eighth to win the game 3-2 in extra innings. Eric Guise pitched his fifth complete game to improve to 9-0 on the season.

The second game featured a once-in-a-lifetime play in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Comets loaded the bases with no outs, trailing by one run. In relief, Joe Malloy allows a lazy flyball to centerfielder Bryan Withrow. With the runner on third base tagging up, Bryan throws a rocket to catcher Steve McDermet who tags the runner out at a close play at home. The runner on second attempts to sneak to third base on the play, but Steve was having none of it. He threw a strike to third baseman Bill Johnson who tagged him out at third. F8-2-5, inning over. Brett Hiett came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and closed the door on the Comets for his second save and the Sox win 4-3.

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Red Sox	17	2	.895	-
Philadelphia A's	14	5	.737	3
Philadelphia Colt .45s	11	7	.611	5.5
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Montco Phillies	8	11	.421	-
Philadelphia Comets	6	12	.333	1.5
Aston Outlaws	0	19	.000	8

Next week (7-18 10am), the Red Sox battle the second place A's at Latshaw McCarthy.

Win Streak Reaches 9

The Red Sox racked up eight extra base hits on the way to demoralizing the 2nd place A's 15-3 in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader. The Sox offense racked up 19 hits (8 for extra bases) while scoring a run in every inning except the 2nd. Starting pitcher Eric Guise settled down after a 3-run first inning and held the A's scoreless for the remainder of the game on the way to his fourth complete game of the season.

The Sox kept the momentum going the second game by shutting out the A's 6-0. The Sox pitching staff took advantage of solid defense and kept the A's scoreless for 13 straight innings after the first inning of the first game. Matt Altomare pitched his second consecutive shutout to improve to 4-1 on the season.

Click here for updated stats. Stat of the week: Red Sox sluggers Eric Guise and Jason Williams are #1 and #2 in the GPMABL in slugging percentage.

With a nine game winning streak, the Red Sox improved to 15-2 and stretched their lead to 3 games over the second place A's.

The league takes a break for the Fourth of July Holiday and will return to play the following week. The Red Sox return home on July 11 to host the Comets at Latshaw McCarthy at 10am.

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Red Sox	15	2	.882	-
Philadelphia A's	12	5	.706	3
Philadelphia Colt .45s	10	6	.625	5
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Montco Phillies	7	10	.412	-
Philadelphia Comets	6	10	.375	.5
Aston Outlaws	0	17	.000	7

Red Sox Win Sloppy One Over the Outlaws

For Father's Day, the Red Sox took on the Outlaws for a 9-inning affair. Both teams displayed subpar defense, but the Sox outlasted the Outlaws 15-7.

Eric Guise hit his second home run of the season and took the win on the mound to lead the Red Sox to victory. The win preserves a 1 game lead for the first place over the Penn Division rival A's.

The Red Sox visit Medford, New Jersey next week to take on the A's in a battle of the teams with the two best records in the GPMABL.

Goose Eggs

There was nothing but goose eggs on the scoreboard for the Phillies thanks to solid pitching and defense from the Red Sox. In the battle of first place teams, the Sox beat the heat and waited out a 20 minute rain delay to top the Philles 6-0 the first game and 7-0 the second.

Matt Altomare pitched a complete game shutout for his third win of the season, while Eric Guise and Brett Hiett combined to shut out the Phillies in the second game. Doug Kugler had five hits on the day, and Bill Johnson had 4 RBI to lead the Red Sox offense. Click here for the updated stats.

Stat of the week: The Red Sox pitching staff leads the lead with a WHIP of 1.072.

The Red Sox hold their one game lead over the A's.

PENN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Red Sox	12	2	.857	-
Philadelphia A's	11	3	.786	1
Philadelphia Colt .45s	6	6	.500	5
FRANKLIN DIVISION	W	L	%	GB
Montco Phillies	7	7	.500	-
Philadelphia Comets	4	8	.333	2
Aston Outlaws	0	14	.000	7

The Red Sox will visit Aston, PA to battle the Outlaws in a nine inning Father's Day game on Sunday June 20 at 10 AM.