Denville Devils 11U Fall Ball Roster - 2010
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       Players: Jared Badalamenti, Kyle Bargfrede, Brandon Bubak, Trevor Campenalla, Tyler Faccenda, Riley Grawehr, Erik Gustavson, Aric Handabaka, Will Kenney, Colin McCollough, Thomas Tepanian, Adam Wagner and Conner Walsh.
      Head Coach: Robert Ranft. Assistant Coaches: Jay McCullough, Joe Wagner and Michael Walsh. Home Field: Gardner Field.

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Devils bow to West Milford

in first round of playoffs

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      DENVILLE - The Devils 11U travel baseball team came close - by a couple of feet, too - of advancing in the Off The Bench Sports Fall Baseball League post-season playoffs but instead were eliminated from the single-elimination competition with a 3-1 loss to No. 2 seed West Milford at West Milford on Saturday, Oct. 16.
      This was the same West Milford club that had beaten Denville, 14-4, in a game a week ago and the Devils "... fought hard and played well," in trying to reverse that decision, according to assistant coach Mike Walsh.
      The Devils, seeded No. 7 in the eight-team playoffs, trailed 3-1 going into the top of the sixth - their last at-bat - and got a life when Eric Gustavson singled with one out. After the second out was made, Aric Handabaka hit a shot to left field that looked as if it were going over the fence only to fall short to give Handabaka a double and leave runners on second and third.
     "It looked as if it had enough ... Aric hit the ball well," Walsh said. "But it was just a little short and the game would end with Eric and Aric still on base.
    "The boys played very well and we did give them a good finish ... they played one of the best teams in the league tough."
     West Milford scored two runs in the first and one in the second to take a 3-0 lead before Denville answered with its only run of the game in the top of the third inning.
     Kyle Bargfrede led off the Devils' third with a single. Will Kenny followed with a walk and Jarad Badalamenti was hit with a pitch to load the bases. Adam Wagner drew a walk to bring Bargfrede home.
    The Devils had other scoring chances, too. Kenny singled and Conner Walsh walked with two outs in the first inning and Bargfrede led off the fifth with a double but the Devils could not score in either inning.
     The Devils finished the season with a 5-5 record including regular-season and postseason play in the Off The Bench Sports Fall Baseball League.
     Bargfrede led the Devils' five-hit attack by going 2-for-3 with a run scored; Kenny was 1-for-2 with a walk, was hit with a pitch and scored a run; Handabaka was 1-for-3 with his double; Wagner was 0-for-2 with an RBI on his bases-loaded walk; Gustavson was 1-for-3.
     Badalamenti was the starting pitcher for the Devils and he worked three innings and gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits and four walks while striking out five. Walsh finished up with two scoreless innings of two-hit ball with one strikeout.
     Notes: West Milford beat No. 6 seed Long Valley, 4-2, the next day and will face top-seed Vernon for the post-season title on Saturday, Oct. 23, at Vernon ... Vernon beat No. 8 seed Mount Olive, 13-7, and No. 5 seed Stateliners, 5-2, to reach the championship games ...

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Walsh HR in 6th gives Deviles 5-4 victory

      DENVILLE - Winning pitcher Conner Walsh's home run in the top of the sixth and final inning - his third RBI of the day - gave the Denville Devils 11U travel baseball team a 5-4 victory over Verona in an Off The Bench Sports League game played at Verona on Sunday, Oct. 10.
      The game was the final regular-season game for the Devils, who finished the season with a 5-4 record. League playoffs will begin this weekend with opponents, dates, sites and times to be determined.
       With the game tied at 4-4 going into the final inning, Walsh led off the sixth with his homer to right center and then retired the side in order in the bottom of the sixth to complete the game.
       The Devils took at 1-0 lead in the top of the second when Jarad Badalamenti and Aric Handabaka singled and Brandon Bubak's hard infield grounder was thrown away for an error as Badalamenti scored.
       After Verona tied the game with a run in the second, Denville took a 4-1 lead with three runs in the third inning.
      Thomas Stepanian hit a one-out single but was forced at second by Colin McCollough. Kyle Bargfrede followed with a walk and Will Kenny was hit with a pitch to load the bases.
       Walsh followed with a single to drive in McCollough and Bargfrede and then Tyler Faccenda singled home Kenny with the third run of the inning to give Denville a 4-1 lead.
      Verona tied it up once again, however, by scoring two runs in the bottom of the fourth and an single run in the bottom of the fifth.
      Walsh put Denville into the lead for good with his leadoff homer and, after the Devils were retired with no more scoring, took the mound for his final inning. Walsh got the first two batters on strikeout and the final out of the game was made when left fielder Handabaka went back for a ball hit over his head and made a running one-hand catch to retire the side and end the game.
      Walsh led the Devils' nine-hit attack by going 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored. Faccenda was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored; Badalamenti was 1-for-2 with a runs scored; Bargfrede was 1-for-1 with two walks and a run scored; and McCollough scored a run. Stepanian was 1-for-1 and Conner Eppel, Bubak and Handabaka each finished 1-for-2.
     Faccenda was the starting pitcher and he threw two innings and allowed two hits, and one run (unearned) while striking out two and walking one. Kenny pitched the third inning before giving way to Walsh, who pitched the final three innings while giving up one run (earned) on three hits while striking out four and walking none.

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Walsh goes 3-for-3 with 3 RBIs to spark 8-3 win

     DENVILLE - Conner Walsh was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and pitched two innings of one-hit ball to close the game when the Denville Devils 11U travel baseball team defeated previously-unbeated Vernon, 8-4, in a Off-The-Wall Ball Baseball League game played at Vernon on Sunday, Oct. 3.
     Walsh had an RBI single in the first inning; singled home the first two runs of a four-run fourth-inning that broke a 2-2 tie; and then singled to load the bases to set up Jarad Badalamenti's two-run double in Denville's two-run fifth inning.
     Badalamenti finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs as he and Walsh combined for half of Denville's 10-hit attack.
     Will Kenny was 1-for-3 with two runs scored; Thomas Stepanian was 1-for-3 with an RBI; Kyle Bargfrede was 1-for-4 with a run scored; Trevor Campenalla was 1-for-2 with a run scored; Conner Eppel was 1-for-3 with a run scored; Brandon Bubak got an RBI when he walked with the bases loaded, and Aric Handabaka drew a walk in three trips.
      Badalamenti started on the mound for the Devils and worked the first three innings, giving up two earned runs on four hits while striking out one and walking two. Walsh finished up with two innings of one-hit ball, allowing only one run (earned) on one hit while striking out one and walking one.
      Notes: Handabaka robbed two Vernon batters of hits with two nice running catches in center field, including one for the final out of the game ... Walsh stole home for the fourth run in the fourth inning ...

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Devils' 23-hit attack routs Great Meadows, 22-6

     DENVILLE - Each of the 11 hitters in the Denville Devils' lineup got hits, drove in at least one run and scored at least one run in a 19-4 victory over Great Meadows in an Off The Bench Sports League game played at the Field of Dreams in Independence on Saturday, Sept. 25.
      The Devils scored in every inning as they improved their league record to 3-1.
      Conner Walsh, Colin McCollough and Kyle Bargfrede led the 23-hit attack as each finished with three hits.
 Walsh was 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored; McCollough finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs and one run scored; and Bargfrede was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored.
        Tyler Faccenda was 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs and two runs scored; Thomas Stepanian was also 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI and one run scored; Will Kenny was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored; Jarad Badalamenti was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored; Adam Wagner was 2-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored; and Aric Handabaka was 2-for-4 with one RBI and three runs scored.
      Trevor Campanealla was 1-for-2 with two walks, an RBI and a run scored; and Eric Gustavson was 1-for-1 with three walks, an RBI and two runs scored.
    The pitching duties were split evenly between Stepanian, McCollough and Kenny.
   Stepanian started and went two innings, giving up two runs (earned) on three its and two walks wile striking out three; McCollough went the middle two innings and gave up two runs (earned) on three hits and three walks while striking out five; Kenny closed with two hitless and scoreless innings with two strikeouts and no walks.
   Denville scored two runs in the first and then added three runs each in the next four innings before closing out the game with a five-run sixth inning.

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Badalamenti 2-run single gives Devils split

     DENVILLE - The Denville Devils 11U fall baseball travel team split a Sunday (Sept. 19) doubleheader in the Off The Bench Sports League, losing a 4-1 decision to Sparta at Station Park in Sparta in the first game and then coming back to beat Long Valley, 2-1, on Jared Badalamenti's two-run single in the fifth inning in a game played at Gardner Field here.
      Badalamenti started the game on the mound for the Devils and pitched hitless ball for three innings, finishing with six strikeouts and only one walk. Conner Walsh got the win, however, throwing two innings of two-hit ball with five strikeouts and one walk.
      Long Valley scored a run in the top of the fourth for the first run of the game, touching middle reliever Tyler Faccenda for a single and an RBI double.
     The Devils scored their only two runs of the game in the fifth when Walsh led off with an infield single and Faccenda followed with a double to put Denville runners on second and third.
     Badalamenti followed with his two-run single and, after Walsh got out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the sixth, Denville had its second victory of the season against one loss.
    Walsh, Faccenda, Badalamenti and Thomas Stepanian got Denville's hits as each team finished with four hits.
      In the first game against Sparta, the Denville trio of Faccenda, Badalamenti and  Walsh combined on a one-hitter against Sparta, but the home team scored an unearned run in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead and then added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth on a pair of walks and Sparta's only hit of the game - a home run.
      Denville, which out-hit Sparta 6-1, got its only run in the top of the sixth when Will Kenny reached on a two-out single, Walsh reached on an error, and Faccenda followed with an RBI single.
      Kyle Bargfrede, Thomas Stepanian, Badalamenti, Walsh, Faccenda and Kenny each had singles to account for Denville's six hits.
     Notes: The Devils fall ball record is now 2-1 ... Walsh ended Long Valley's bases-loaded threat in the top of the sixth in the second game with a strikeout but an on-the-money throw to the plate from left fielder Stepanian on a single kept a Long Valley runner who had rounded third from scoring earlier in the inning ... 14 of the 18 outs recorded against Long Valley were strikeouts. ...

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Devils rally to win Fall Ball opener over Verona, 9-8

      DENVILLE - The Denville Devils 11U baseball team lost a 7-0 lead then rallied for two runs in the bottom of the sixth and final inning for a 9-8 victory over Verona in an Off The Bench Fall Baseball League season opener played on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Gardner Field.
      Denville entered its final at-bat trailing 8-7 after Verona had exploded for eight runs in the top of the fifth.
     Trevor Campanella led off with a single and Jarad Badalamenti and Will Kenny followed with walks to load the bases. Conner Walsh's infield single was knocked down by the Vernoa second baseman as Campanella scored the tying run and Badalamenti came around to score the winning run when on a throwing error on the play.
     Walsh, who finished the game 4-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored, got the pitching victory after coming into the game in the top of the sixth with two on and no outs and getting three straight outs - two on strikeouts.
     Denville took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Walsh tripled and Tyler Faccenda knocked him in with a single. Denville then scored six times in the fourth to take its 7-0 lead.
     Kyle Bargfrede led off the inning with a triple and scored when Eric Gustavson followed with an RBI single. Brandon Bubak doubled to put runners on second and third and Aric Handabaka singled to load the bases.
     Badalamenti drew a walk to force in the second run of the inning and Kenny followed with a single to drive in two more runs. Walsh followed with another single to drive in the fifth and sixth runs of the inning and give the Devils a 7-0 lead.
     But Verona reached two Denville relief pitchers for eight runs in the fifth and, when the first two batters got on in the top of the sixth, Walsh came in to get out of the jam.
     Faccenda, Bargfrede and Gustavson each finished with two hits as the Devils pounded out 14 hits in the game. Faccenda finished 2-for-3 with an RBI; Bargfrede was 2-for-2 with a walk and a run scored; and Gustavson was 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored.
    Kenny was 1-for-3 with two RBIs, a walk, and a run scored; Brandon Bubak was 1-for-3 with a run scored; Campanella was also 1-for-3 with a run scored; Handabaka was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored; Badalamenti was 0-for-2 but drove in a run, walked once and scored twice; Adam Wagner finished with two walks.
     Badalamenti started on the mound for the Devils and pitched three inning of scoreless ball; he allowed one hit, struck out seven, and walked two.

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THE 2009 DEVILS 10U SEASON

  Devils fall in playoffs,

    DENVILLE - The Denville Devils 10U travel baseball team was knocked out of the Off The Bench Fall Baseball League  playoffs by top-seed Mount Olive, 16-1, in a first-round game played Saturday, Oct. 31, at Mount Olive.
    Denville scored its only run in the fourth inning when Conner Walsh walked, stole second and third and was driven in when Adam Wagner bounced out to the shortstop.
    Justin Giacobbe, Thomas Stepanian and Colin McCollough shared the pitching duties for the Devils, which finished the season at 5-5-1 after splitting their two playoff games.

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Devils win playoff game with 8-run 6th inning

     DENVILLE - Even when the last out was made, the players stayed frozen on the field as if they couldn't believe they had won the game.
     But win it they did as the Denville Devils 10U travel baseball team rallied for eight runs in the top of the sixth and final inning and then saw an interference call end the game to beat Vernon, 9-7, in the first game of the Off The Bench Fall Baseball League post-season playoffs played at Gardner Field here on Monday, Oct. 26.
     The Devils next game in the single-elimination playoffs will be against No. 1 seed Mount Olive at Mount Olive on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 1 p.m. The Devils, who finished the regular season with a 4-4-1 record, lost to Mount Olive 10-0 and 10-4 during the season.
     In Monday's game, the first five innings were all Vernon and Denville trailed 7-1 going into the top of the sixth inning, it's final at-bat.
     Will Kenny, Conner Walsh and Owen Roche got the rally started by drawing walks to load the bases.
     Adam Wagner followed with an RBI single that drove in Kenny and Walsh scored when the outfield relay was mishandled. Eric Gustavson's single reloaded the bases and Thomas Stepanian made it 7-4 when he singled in Roche, leaving the bases loaded.
     Kyle Bargfrede and Jared Badalamenti were hit by pitches to force in runs and the Devils were within one run at 7-6.
     Brandon Bubak's grounder was played into an error as Stepanian scored to tie the game at 7-7 and Bargfrede put the Devils ahead 8-7 when he alertly scored on the play when the Vernon defense got distracted and wasn't watching Stepanian as he rounded third base and came in to score.
    Jack Griffin followed with an RBI groundout that drove in Badalamenti with the Devils' eighth and final run of the inning.
     In the bottom of the sixth inning, winning-pitcher Walsh gave up back-to-back one-out walks put Vernon runners on first and second. Walsh got the second out on a strikeout and, with the next batter at the plate, Vernon tried a double steal and Wagner, who was catching for the Devils, threw the ball into left field trying to catch the lead runner.
     One run scored and the second runner reached third on the play only to have the plate umpire rule that the batter interfered with Wagner's throw and called him out, negating the Vernon run and ending the inning and the game.
     At first, the Devils in the field didn't realize what had happened but that lasted only a few seconds as the Devils' coaches came out to congratulate their team on its huge comeback victory.
     The Devils finished with eight hits - three of them in the sixth inning - with Gustavson, Wagner and Stepanian each getting two. Roche, who singled in the Devils' run in the fourth, and Bubak each finished with one hit.
     Stepanian started and went the first three innings with five strikeouts and Walsh finished up with three innings of hitless ball with four strikeouts.

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Devils finish regular season with 7-7 tie

    DENVILLE - The Denville Devils 10U baseball team completed its regular-season schedule in the Off The Bench Sports League with a 4-4-1 record after playing Rockaway Township to a six-inning, 7-7 tie at Gardner Field here on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
    Jared Badalamenti was 2-for-2 with a walk; Conner Walsh was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored; and Owen Roche was 2-for-3 with a run scored to lead the Devils' 11-hit attack.
    Adam Wagner was had a two-run double and a walk in two official at-bats; Justin Giacobbe tripled, walked and stole home; Will Kenny was 1-for-2 with a walk and three runs scored, including a steal of home; Brandon Bubak was 1-for-2 with an RBI; and Erik Gustavson was 1-for-3.
    Walsh and Giacobbe split the pitching duties for the Devils with Walsh pitcing one-hit, one-run ball with three strikeouts and a walk for his three innings of work.
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Devils win pair to reach .500 mark
    DENVILLE - The Denville Devils won two games in the 10U Off The Bench Sports Fall Baseball League over the weekend to reach the .500 mark at 4-4.
    The Devils scored three runs in the top of the sixth and final inning to edge the Ringwood Skyland, 9-8, in a game played at Ringwood on Sunday, Oct. 11, after beating Long Valley, 5-2, the day before at Gardner Field here.
    In Sunday's game, Kyle Bargfrede started the Devils' sixth-inning rally off with a one-out single and Will Kenny walked. Bargfrede stole third and scored when Conner Walsh grounded out. Kenny, who had moved to second on the groundout, scored when Adam Wagner followed with a single and Thomas Stepanian then doubled to drive in Wagner with what proved to be the winning run.
    Eric Gustavson led the Devils' 11-hit attack by going 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored. Stepanian was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored and Wagner also had two hits, finishing 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Colin McCollough, Jared Badalamenti, Aric Handabaka, Bargfrede and Kenny each had one hit.
    Walsh, Colin McCollough and Stepanian pitched for Denville with Stepanian getting the win when he came in in the bottom of the fifth with bases loaded and no outs and got out of the inning with only one run scored. He then pitched a scoreless bottom of the sixth to nail down the win.
    In Saturday's game, Justin Giacobbe and Stepanian combined on a three-hitter and Kenny was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored to pace another 11-hit attack by Denville.
    Giacobbe started and threw three innings of two-hit ball with three strikeouts and no walks to get the win. Stepanian finished up, allowing one hit and striking out four batters in the three innings he pitched.
    Owen Roche's RBI groundout gave Denville a 1-0 lead in the first inning and Barfrede and Kenny each hit doubles to account for the Devils' third-inning run.   
    Denville opened the fourth with Giacobbe, Wagner and Stepanian singling to load the bases with no outs before Jared Badalamenti and Eric Gustavson each drew bases-loaded walk to force in two runs.
    In the fifth, Denville scored its final run of the game when Barfred led off with a double and Kenny singled him home.
    Bargfrede finished 2-for-3 and scored twice and Badalamenti, Giacobbe, Gustavson, Wagner, Stepanian and Walsh each finished with one hit.

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Devils fall to Mt. Olive, 10-4

     DENVILLE - The Denville Blue Devils 10U fall baseball team ran into a heavy-hitting Mount Olive Marauders team and lost a 10-4 decision in an Off The Bench Sports League game played at Gardner Field here on Saturday, Oct. 3.
     Mount Olive jumped out to a 7-0 lead after only two innings and went on to unleash a 14-hit attack on Denville pitching.
      Denville scored a run in the third inning when Jared Badalamenti reached on a two-out single, Will Kenny followed with another single and Conner Walsh came through with Denville's third straight single to drive in Badalamenti with the Devils' first run.
 The Devils' big inning was the fifth when they scored three times, loading the bases with its first three batters as Erik Gustavson and Badalamenti singled and Kenny followed with a walk.
      Walsh then drew a bases-loaded walk to force in one run; Roche drove in another on a fielder's choice; and Justin Giacobbe followed with another groundout to bring in Kenny with the third run of the inning.
     Badalamenti and Kyle Barfrede each had two hits to spark the Devil' nine-hit attack.
     Walsh finished 1-for-1 with two walks and two RBIs; and Kenny, Thomas Stepanian and Gustavson each had singles.
     Stepanian, Giacobbe and Walsh shared the pitching duties for Denville.