Frederick Hustlers (11U)

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).