Frederick Hustlers (11U)

Despite many families on vacation, the July tryout dates for youngsters wanting to be the next Manny Machado or Mike Trout were quite popular.  Look at the picture above of some of the 8 and 9-year-olds that came out and you can't help but get excited.  "These kids represent the next wave of talented players to come thru the Hustler family.  We feel blessed to have a chance to work with them," commented Hustler President Wayne Main.

One more weekend of tryouts will take place Saturday, August 12 and Sunday, August 13.  Times for respective age groups can be found in the chart above.  For questions, please call 301-401-9034. 

The 11U Frederick Hustlers completed an amazing season by winning the HCYP Summer Clash Championship this past weekend in Howard County. The action began Friday night when the Hustlers squared off with the WHC Renegades from the MABA Division 1 league. This was a tight contest as WHC scored one in the first before the Hustlers answered with two of their own.  The Hustlers enjoyed a seemingly comfortable 4-1 lead going into the 4th before WHC scored three to tie it. The game was knotted at 4, until Gavin Hughes launched a 2-out solo home run to left field, giving the Hustlers a 5-4 lead.  As has been the case for much of the season, the Hustler's pitching closed the door and the Hustlers escaped by a score of 5-4. Aiden Dubetsky threw three innings and allowed no earned runs.  Logan Malachowski labored a tad in the 4th before lefty Aidan Simmons tossed two shutout innings to end any hope the Renegades had of coming back. Camren Baker and Gavin Hughes each had two hits to lead the Hustlers. Game 2 on Saturday had the Hustlers facing the Arlington Storm. The Hustlers jumped out to an 8-1 lead after three innings, only to see it evaporate, as the Storm scored three runs in the fourth, and three more in the 5th.  Most of the runs were courtesy of sloppy defense . Jaxson Wood came to the rescue and launched a  bases-loaded double in the 5th that cleared the bases and gave the Hustlers an 11-7 lead .  To the Storm's credit, they would not go away and battled back, scoring three runs. The Storm had runners at 1st and 3rd, with one out, when Aidan Simmons came in to pitch. Simmons induced a ground ball to 3rd basemen Ryan Maxey who threw home to gun down the runner trying to advance. The crafty Simmons then struck out the next batter, giving the Hustlers an 11-10 win. Ryan Maxey threw two innings of baseball, while Jaxson Wood threw in the 3rd.  Ryan Jones struggled over 2 & 1/3 innings before Simmons came on and finished the game. Jaxson Wood had three hits to lead the Hustlers, while Camren Baker and Logan Malachowski each had 2 hits. Friday and Saturday’s play put the Hustlers into Sunday as the 2 seed out of 12 teams. The Hustlers got paired up against a very formidable 10U team from HCYP, that had just beaten Catonsville, and already mercy ruled the Arlington Storm a day earlier. The Hustlers took care of business in the 1st, scoring a season high 11 runs in the first, and adding 5 more in the second, to take the game by the mercy rule and a score of 16-1. Ryan Jones, Carlos Caraballo, Ryan Maxey, and Killian Stair each had 2 hits in the game. Aiden Dubetsky, Andrew Raymond, and Jaxson Wood each doubled. Andrew Raymond threw 2 innings, allowing no earned runs, and Camren Baker pitched a scoreless 3rd for the Hustlers. The win put the Hustlers in the semi-finals versus the Arlington Storm, who won earlier Sunday morning versus the WHC Renegades. The Home team Hustlers scored in every inning to take the semi-final game by a score of 11-1, advancing to the championship game. Camren Baker had 3 hits, while Carlos Caraballo and Ryan Maxey each had 2 hits. Andrew Raymond pitched 3 innings of 1 run baseball, while Caraballo pitched a scoreless 4th. The championship game featured the Hustlers and the Shutdown Orioles. The Orioles just came from behind to beat the HCYP Raiders from the CRAB league on a walk-off hit. The Hustlers continued to play good baseball, scoring 3 in the 1st, 6 in the 3rd, and 4 more in the 4th, to take this championship game via the mercy rule by a score of 13-3. Aiden Dubetsky pitched all 4 innings, allowing 1 earned run. Dubetsky, Ryan Jones, Ryan Maxey, Jaxson Wood, and Killian Stair each had 2 hits in the game. Carlos Caraballo tripled. Leading hitters for the weekend: Jaxson Wood(.700), Camren Baker(.615), Carlos Caraballo(.583), Ryan Maxey(.583), Aiden Dubetsky(.455), Gavin Huges(.455), Logan Malachowski(.455), Andrew Raymond(.444), Killian Stair(.444), Ryan Jones(.357). The 11U Hustlers completed a very successful 11U season, with 48 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie. There were 5 tournament championships, and 2 Silver Bracket championships during the season.

The 11U Hustlers traveled to Kiwanis Park this past weekend to participate in the HCYP Summer Clash.  This would be the last tournament for the 11U team.  Friday nights tilt had the Hustlers facing the WHC Renegades from the MABA Division 1 league.  This was a tight game, with WHC scoring 1 in the first, but the Hustlers battled back in the 1^st scoring 2, and led 4-1 going into the 4^th.  However, WHC erased that led by scoring 3 in the 4^th to tie it.  The game was knotted at 4, until Gavin Hughes launched a 2 out Solo Home Run to left field, giving the Hustlers a 5-4 lead.  Hustler pitching closed the door, and the Hustlers won this by a score of 5-4.  Aiden Dubetsky threw 3 innings, allowing no earned runs.  Logan Malachowski labored a little, pitching the 4^th.  Lefty Aidan Simmons threw 2 shutout innings to close the door on the Renegades.  Camren Baker & Gavin Hughes each had 2 hits to lead the Hustlers.  Game 2 on Saturday had the Hustlers facing the Arlington Storm.  The Hustlers jumped out to an 8-1 lead after 3 innings, only to see this evaporate, as the Storm scored 3 runs in the fourth, and 3 more in the 5^th, with help from some sloppy defense to make it 8-7.  Jaxson wood had a bases loaded base clearing double in the 5^th to give the Hustlers an 11-7 lead going into the bottom of the frame.  However, the Storm battled back, scoring 3 runs.  The storm had runners at 1^st and 3^rd, with 1 out, when Aidan Simmons came in to pitch.  Simmons induced a ground ball to 3^rd basemen Ryan Maxey, who threw home to gun down the runner trying to advance.  The crafty Simmons then struck out the next batter, closing the door and giving the Hustlers an 11-10 win.  Ryan Maxey threw 2 innings of baseball, while Jaxson Wood threw in the 3^rd, and Ryan Jones struggled over 2 & 1/3 inning before Simmons came on to close the door.  Jaxson Wood had 3 hits to lead the Hustlers, while Camren Baker and Logan Malachowski each had 2 hits.  Friday and Saturday’s play put the Hustlers into Sunday as the 2 seed out of 12 teams.  The Hustlers got paired up against a very formidable 10U team from HCYP, that had just beaten Catonsville, and already mercy ruled the Arlington Storm a day earlier.  The Hustlers took care of business in the 1^st, scoring a season high 11 runs in the first, and adding 5 more in the second, to take the game by the mercy rule and a score of 16-1.  Ryan Jones, Carlos Caraballo, Ryan Maxey, and Killian Stair each had 2 hits in the game.  Aiden Dubetsky, Andrew Raymond, and Jaxson Wood each doubled.  Andrew Raymond threw 2 innings, allowing no earned runs, and Camren Baker pitched a scoreless 3^rd for the Hustlers.  The win put the Hustlers in the semi-finals versus the Arlington Storm, who won earlier Sunday morning versus the WHC Renegades.  The Home team Hustlers scored in every inning to take the semi-final game by a score of 11-1, advancing to the championship game.  Camren Baker had 3 hits, while Carlos Caraballo and Ryan Maxey each had 2 hits.  Andrew Raymond pitched 3 innings of 1 run baseball, while Caraballo pitched a scoreless 4^th.  The championship game featured the Hustlers and the Shutdown Orioles.  The orioles just came from behind to beat the HCYP raiders from the CRAB league on a walk-off hit.  The Hustlers continued to play good baseball, scoring 3 in the 1^st, 6 in the 3^rd, and 4 more in the 4^th, to take this championship game via the mercy rule by a score of 13-3.  Aiden Dubetsky pitched all 4 innings, allowing 1 earned run.  Dubetsky, Ryan Jones, Ryan Maxey, Jaxson Wood, and Killian Stair each had 2 hits in the game.  Carlos Caraballo tripled.  Leading hitters for the weekend: Jaxson Wood(.700), Camren Baker(.615), Carlos Caraballo(.583), Ryan Maxey(.583), Aiden Dubetsky(.455), Gavin Huges(.455), Logan Malachowski(.455), Andrew Raymond(.444), Killian Stair(.444), Ryan Jones(.357).  The 11U Hustlers completed a very successful 11U season, with 48 wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie.  There were 5 tournament championships, and 2 Silver Bracket championships during the season. 

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.

The 11U Hustlers competed in the Upper Chesapeake tournament this past weekend.  Game one had the Hustlers facing the Bel Air Braves.  Bel Air scored 3 in the bottom of the 1^st, only to see the Hustlers take the lead in the 2^nd with 4 runs.  The Hustlers were not ready to play baseball in this one, as the bats were dead and only had 4 hits in the game.  The Hustlers held a 4-3 lead going into the 4^th, when things fell apart due to very lousy defense.  The Hustlers committed 4 errors in the 4^th inning, allowing 7 unearned runs, and went on to lose by a score of 10-4.  Ryan Jones pitched the first 3 innings, and Ryan Maxey pitched in the 4^th for the Hustlers.  Andrew Raymond, Ryan Maxey, Landon Johnson and Aidan Simmons each had 1 hit for the Hustlers.  Game 2 had the Hustlers facing the WHC Renegades.  The Hustler bats woke up in this one, as they used a 13 hit attack to take a 10-2 victory over the Renegades.  Logan Malachowski threw 3 shutout innings, while Andrew Raymond went 2& 1/3 innings on the mound, and Aidan Simmons closed it out with 2/3 of an inning on the hill.  Ryan Jones and Malachowski each had 3 hits, while Simmons had 2.  Malachowski and Jaxson Wood each doubled.  There were 24 teams competing and unfortunately the poor showing in the first game put the Hustlers into Sunday as a 9 seed, just outside of the top 8.  The Hustlers were put into the Silver bracket for Sunday starting as the number 1 seed.  The Hustlers game 1 on Sunday was versus Severna Park.  The Hustlers jumped out to a 9-0 lead after 3, and went on to win this game by a score of 12-2 via the mercy rule.  Ryan Jones, Carlos Caraballo, Ryan Maxey, Jaxson Wood, and Logan Malachowski each had 2 hits to lead the Hustlers.  Jones had 2 doubles, while Malachowski had 1.  Landon Johnson pitched 3 shutout innings, while Camren Baker threw 2 innings, and gave up no earned runs.  Game 2 on Sunday had the Hustlers facing the Shutdown Orioles.  The Hustlers did the shutting down in this one, as they won the game via the mercy rule by a score of 12-0.  Aiden Dubetsky and Jaxson Wood combined to throw a no hitter.  Dubetsky threw 3 flawless innings, and Wood closed it out.  Camren Baker, Ryan Jones, and Aidan Simmons each had 2 hits in the game.  Jones had 5 RBI’s in the game, while Carlos Caraballo and Landon Johnson each doubled.  The Championship game had the Hustlers facing Savage.  The Hustlers took control of the game quickly scoring 11 runs in the first 3 innings, and went on to win the Silver bracket championship by a score of 11-0.  Three Hustler pitchers combined to throw a second no hitter in a row.  Aidan Simmons threw 2 innings, while Killian Stair, and Carlos Caraballo each threw an inning.  Ryan Jones, Andrew Raymond, Landon Johnson, and Simmons each had 2 hits in the game.  Carmen Baker and Ryan Maxey each doubled, while Raymond tripled, and Caraballo hit a Home Run in the game.  Leading hitters for the weekend were: Aidan Simmons (.727), Ryan Jones, (.667), Aiden Dubetsky (.500), Ryan Maxey (.500), Landon Johnson (.455), Logan Malachowski (.417), Jaxson Wood (.400),  Raymond (.364), Carlos Caraballo (.364), and Camren Baker (.308).