Three HRs not enough
as Bruins fall to Mt. Olive
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DENVILLE - The Denville Bruins 12U travel team used the long ball for all four it its runs against the Mount Olive Marauders, but it wasn't enough as Mount Olive scored 10 times in the final three innings to win an 11-4 Montville Travel League game played at Mount Olive on Sunday, May 15, 2011.
Tyler Faccenda followed Will Kenny's leadoff single with a homer over the center field fence in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead; Jared Badalamenti hit a solo homer over the center field fence in the top of the fourth to give Denville a 3-1 lead; and Danny Porth went deep in the top of the sixth with the bases empty to bring the Bruins to within two runs of the lead at 6-4 before Mount Olive put the game away with a five-run outburst in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The Bruins (3-3) had the bases-loaded with two outs in the top of the seventh inning but could not push across a run.
Both teams had 11 hits with Richie Boyle, Will Kenny, Justin Giacobbe and Porth each finishing with two for Denville. Boyle was 2-for-3; Kenny was 2-for-4 with a run scored; Justin Giacobbe each finished 2-for-3; and Porth was 2-for-3 witgh his homer, a walk, an RBI and one run scored.
Faccenda was 1-for-3 with his two-run home run, a walk and a run scored; Badalamenti was 1-for-4 with his homer, RBI and run scored; and Adam Wagner finished 1-for-3.
Boyle, Giacobbe, Faccenda and Porth pitched for Denville.
The Bruins don't play until Friday, May 20, when they face West Caldwell at West Cadlwell's Memorial Park at 5:45 p.m. Next is a 1 p.m. game on Sunday, May 22, at Gardner against the Tri-Boro Bombers followed by a 6 p.m. Monday, May 23, game against North Caldwell at North Caldwell's Liberty Field.
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Bruins 4-run 7th falls short in 8-4 loss to Randolph
DENVILLE - The Denville Bruins scored all four of their runs in the seventh inning but saw their rally fall short as they ended the game with the bases loaded in an 8-4 loss to the Randolph Rampage in a Montville Travel League Baseball game played at Gardner Field here on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
Randolph, which hammered out 15 hits in the game, scored single runs in the first, fourth and fifth innings before adding two runs in the six and three runs in the seventh to take an 8-0 lead into the final inning.
The Bruins (2-2), held to four hits for the first six innings, saw their bats come alive in the seventh inning when Owen Roche led off the inning with his third straight single, Conner Walsh singled and Danny Porth walked to load the bases.
Jared Badalamenti cleared the bases when he drilled a one-out 230-foot triple over the center fielder's head, cutting Randolph's lead to five runs at 8-3. Jared Sorce followed with a single to right and stole second, but Badalamenti was cut down at the plate trying to score on the front end of a delayed double steal.
Adam Wagner worked a walk to put runners on first and second; Justin Giacobbe's grounder was misplayed as Sorce scored to make it 8-4; and Nicholas Vittorio followed with a single to load the bases again for the Bruins before Randolph was able to retire the side and end the game.
Roche finished 3-for-3 with a run scored to lead the Bruins' nine-hit attack. Badalamenti was 1-for-3 with his three-run double; Walsh finished 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored; Porth was 1-for-2 with a run scored; Sorce went 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored; Richie Boyle was 1-for-3 with a walk; Vittorio was 1-for-3 with a walk; and Giacobbe was 0-for-3, but drove in a run.
Tyler Faccenda started on the mound for the Bruins, working the first four innings while allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk while striking out two. Will Kenny pitched two innings and Badalamenti finished up by getting the last three outs with one strikeout.
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Jefferson's six-run 5th hands Bruins first loss
DENVILLE - The Jefferson Lightning broke open a close game with a six-run fifth inning and the Denville Bruins 12U travel team couldn't recover and suffered its first loss of the season, a 14-6 verdict in a Montville Spring Travel Baseball League game played at Jefferson on Friday, April 22, 2011.
Jefferson held a 5-3 lead after four innings before scoring six runs (four earned) in the top of the fifth to take a commanding 11-4 lead over the Bruins (2-1). The winners added three more runs in the top of the seventh to close out the scoring.
Denville scored a run in the first when Nicholas Vittorio worked a leadoff walk and scored when Richie Boyle followed with a line double down the right field line.
The Bruins took a brief 2-1 lead in the second when Danny Porth hit a one-out double down the left field line and came around to score whenb Jared Sorce's hard grounder to short was misplayed.
After Jefferson took the lead for good with a four-run flurry in the third, the Bruins came back in the fourth inning with their third run when Walsh and Will Kenny singled and, after both runners moved up a base, Walsh scored when Porth grounded out.
Denville scored its final run of the game in the sixth inning when, trialing 11-3, Boyle and Tyler Faccenda led off the inning with singles and, after both runners moved up on an infield out, Kenny followed with another groundout as Boyle scored.
Faccenda finished 2-for-3 and Boyle, Porth, Walsh and Kenny each had hits as Jefferson pitching held the Bruins to only six hits.
Boyle and Porth each had a double, an RBI and a run scored; Walsh was 1-for-3 with a run scored; Kenny was 1-for-3 with an RBI; and Vittorio was 0-for-2 but walked once and scored once.
Denville manager Gary Faccenda used six pitchers with Walsh starting and going the first three; Boyle working an inning; Vittorio, Porth and Faccenda combining to pitch Jefferson's big six-run fifth inning; and Ke3nny and Colin McCollough each pitching an inning to finish up.
Denville's next game is scheduled for Sunday, May 1, against the Randolph Rampage at 1 p.m. at Gardner Field #5.
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Bruins unleash 14-hit attack to rout Montclair
DENVILLE - Danny Porth and Tyler Faccenda each had two hits and drove in three runs and Nicholas Vittorio had three hits and scored twice when the Denville 12U Bruins defeated the Montclair Bulldogs, 13-1, in a Montville Travel Baseball League game played at Kaveny Field in Montclair on Sunday, April 10, 2011.
Justin Giacobbe and Jared Badalamenti combined on a two-hitter in a game shortened by the league's 12-run mercy rule.
Giacobbe worked the first three innings and gave up one hit and one run (earned) while striking out one and walking one to getg the win. Badalamenti finished up with two innings of one-hit scoreless ball in which he struck out three and walked but one.
"Justin did a terrific job today getting through his three innings with 36 pitches, 24 of which were strikes," said Bruins head coach Gary Faccenda after the game. "Jared followed with a stellar performance of his own with two of his three strikeouts against their third and fourth hitters ... he was throwing very hard and just overpowered their two best hitters."
The Bruins, meanwhile, reached Montclair pitching for 14 hits that included four for extra bases - a triple by Porth and doubles by Richie Boyle, Conner Walsh and Porth - as they won their second game in as many outings.
Vittorio was 3-for-4 with his two runs scored; Faccenda was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored; Porth finished 2-for-2 with three RBIs and two runs scored; Boyle was 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored; and Adam Wagner also had a multiple-hit day, going 2-for-3 with tgwo runs scored.
Walsh was 1-for-3 with a run scored; Owen Roche was 1-for-3 with a run scored; Will Kenny was 1-for-2 with a run scored; Badalamenti was 0-for-0 with three walks and two runs scored; and Giacobbe was 0-for-1 with two walks and an RBI.
The Bruins took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Badalamenti reached on a two-out walk and Porth drove him home with a double. Porth took third on a wild pitch and scored on another wild pitch.
Denville broke open the game with a seven-run third inning with a two-run triple by Porth and Faccenda's two-run single the big hits of the inning. Roche also singled in a run, Kenny hit a sacrifice fly and the final run scored on an error.
A sacrifice fly by Boyle and Faccenda's RBI single accounted for the Bruins' two fourth-inning runs and Denville gots runs 12 and 13 in the fifth inning with Walsh scoring on the front end of a double steal and a bases-loaded walk to Porth for his third RBI of the game.
The Bruins have a game scheduled for Sunday, April 17, against an opponent and at a time and place to be determined. They play again on Friday, April 22, against the Jefferson Lightning in a 7 p.m. game at Jefferson.
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Faccenda, Kenny RBIs in 7th beat Warriors in opener
DENVILLE - The Denville Bruins 12U baseball team opened its 2011 Montville Travel League schedule by scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh and final inning to defeat the Wayne Valley Warriors, 2-1, in a game played at Barbour Road Field in Wayne on Sunday, March 27.
Wayne Valley scored on a suicide squeeze in the fifth inning and took that 1-0 lead into the seventh inning where Denville scored both its runs when Tyler Faccenda doubled home the tying run and was eventually forced home with the winning run when Will Kenny drew a one-out, bases-loaded walk-off walk..
Richard Boyle got the winning rally started with a one-out walk, stole second and tied the game at 1-1 when he scored on Faccenda's long double into the left-center field gap.
Faccenda took third on a wild pitch and, after Conner Walsh walked on four pitches and stole second with no throw, Owen Roche tried a safety squeeze that he beat out for a hit but, since the ball went down the third base line, Faccenda was not sent home.
Kenny came to the plate with bases loaded and one out and worked the count to 3-1 before watching ball four go past him to bring in Faccenda with the winning run.
The game was played using high school baseball rules on a field that featured a mount 50 feet from home plate and bases 70 feet apart.
"This was the first time these players played where runners were allowed to take leads and steal at any time and pitchers had to hold runners on," said Faccenda after the game. "They adapted and played good, solid baseball.
"We told them the game was still about pitching, catching, throwing, hitting and running and told them to let their baseball instincts take over. We got strong pitching and solid defense and did a lot of the little things you have to do to win games."
Faccenda pointed out that left fielder Justin Giacobbe's backing up third on a stolen base saved a run when he was in "... perfect position to keep a run from being scored on an errant throw."
Faccenda, Boyle and Walsh shared the pitching duties. Faccenda started and pitching three innings of scoreless hitless ball with four strikeouts and only one walk; Boyle pitched two innings and gave up one run (earned) on one hits while striking out three and walking three; Walsh was the winning pitcher, working the last two scoreless innings while giving up three hits, striking out four and walking one.
Faccenda and Roche each has two hits to spark the Denville five-hit attack. Faccenda finished 2-for-3 with a double, single, RBI and a run scored and Roche was 2-for-3.
Kenny was 1-for-2 with his bases-loaded walk and Boyle finished 0-for-2, but drew the walk in the seventh and scored the Bruins' first run.
Next up for the Bruins is a 10 a.m. game on Sunday, April 10, against the Montclair Bulldogs at Kaveny Road Field in Montclair.
