Frederick Hustlers (13U)

The 11U Hustlers traveled to Windber, PA, to compete in the Fireworks Classic, at the new Iron Horse Complex. For the second consecutive weekend, the Hustlers came out flat for the first game. Matched up against the Pittbulls, the Hustlers could not match the opposition and lost the first game by a score of 10-4. The Pitbulls had 10 hits off of Hustler pitching. Ryan Jones, Aidan Simmons, and Landon Johnson pitched on the mound. Jones had 2 hits including a double for the Hustlers, while Carlos Caraballo and Gavin Hughes each doubled also. Game 2 had the Hustlers facing Wheeling Post 1. The Hustler bats woke up in this game, and the Hustlers had 14 hits in 3 innings, and went on to win the game by a score of 15-0. Aiden Dubetsky threw 3 innings of no hit baseball. Ryan Jones and Logan Malachowski each had 3 hits, while Dubetsky, Carlos Caraballo, and Landon Johnson each had 2 hits. Malachowski and Simmons each doubled. Game 3 on Sunday opened with the Hustlers as the number 2 seed, again facing the Wheeling Post team from West Virginia. The Hustler bats stayed hot, as they put up 12 hits over 3 innings, taking advantage of 5 errors by the opposition, and winning the game by a score of 17-2 via the mercy rule. Landon Johnson threw 3 innings of 2 run baseball on the hill for the Hustlers. Ryan Jones had 3 hits, while Camren Baker, Aiden Dubetsky, and Carlos Caraballo each had 1 hit. Caraballo and Killian Stair each doubled, while Dubetsky doubled twice. Gavin Hughes hit a tape measure home run in this game. The semi-final game had the Hustlers facing the host Iron Horse Mustangs. The Hustler bats remained hot in this matchup, as they had 13 hits and scored in each of the 5 innings to take this game via the mercy rule by a score of 11-3. Carlos Caraballo had 3 hits to lead the way, while Ryan Jones, Andrew Raymond, and Landon Johnson each had 2 hits. Jones, Raymond, and Gavin Hughes each doubled. Johnson and Jaxson Wood each hit Home Runs in the game. Logan Malachowski threw 4 innings of 3 run baseball, while Aiden Dubetsky threw a scoreless inning to close it out. The Championship game had the Hustlers facing Doubleday’s Dubois. The game did not start well for the Hustlers. The opposition scored 2 in the first and 4 in the second, and led 6-1 after 2 innings. As has been the case all year, this young Hustler team never quits. The Hustlers put up a booming 10 spot in the 3rd, to take an 11-6 lead, and went on to win the championship game by a score of 12-8. Carlos Caraballo started on the hill for the Hustlers, but could not get out of the second inning. Aidan Simmons came on in relief and threw 2 & 2/3’s of scoreless relief. Andrew Raymond threw in the 5th, and Aiden Dubetsky threw a scoreless 6th inning to close it out for the Hustlers. Dubetsky, Ryan Jones, Logan Malachowski, Gavin Hughes, and Jaxson Wood each had 2 hits. Hughes, with 4 RBI’s, and Wood, each had Home Runs in the game. There were many hot bats over the weekend for the Hustlers. Ryan Jones hit a blistering (.857) for the weekend, reaching base every at bat in 5 games with the exception of 1 at bat. Gavin Hughes (.625), and Carlos Caraballo (.600) were also very hot. Other leading hitters were: Aiden Dubetsky (.583), Logan Malachowski (.538), Landon Johnson (.500), Killian Stair (.429), and Andrew Raymond (.400). Hughes, and Jaxson Wood each hit 2 home runs, while Johnson hit 1. Aiden Dubetsky and Aiden Simmons were lights out on the hill for the Hustlers.