Frederick Hustlers (12U)

The 12U Frederick Hustlers put together their best all-around performance of the young season and beat a solid HCYP Raiders Blue team out of Howard County 4-0 on a cool Wednesday evening at the ballpark. Nick DeLisi, Luke Schlimm and Tyler Prather split the pitching duties for the Hustlers and all were superb. The right-left-right combination held the Raiders to four hits. The Hustlers meanwhile had their work cut out as they faced two hard throwing arms in lefty Evan Marcinko and righty Ripken Reese. JT Sachar got things going in the bottom of the first when he worked a walk and ended up scoring on a passed ball. The Hustlers tacked on two more in the fourth when Gabe Torres led off with a missile to right center for a single and Matt Cunningham followed with a long two-run bomb to left. The Hustlers picked up their final run in the fifth when Prather and Cunningham each singled. On the defensive side, the Hustlers turned to their trademark play. Cunningham showed why he's one of the best middle infielders around as he turned in three beautiful plays at short. Dustin Isanogle was spectacular behind the plate and Schlimm threw a bullet from CF to the plate in the fourth to squelch a Raider rally. The Hustlers finished the game with eight hits. Cunningham had two and DeLisi, Prather, Torres, Ryan Talbert, Isanogle, and Ryan Bennett each had one. Talbert reached safely all three at bats and Sachar reached safely twice.

The Hustlers head to Aberdeen, MD this weekend for the Ripken Gold Glove Tournament.

On Sunday the Frederick Hustler's 11U team traveled to play a twin bill against the Catonsville Cubs.  Catonsville picked up one in the first off Jay Parente on a single and a Double.  In the second Catonsville got another 3 runs to put the Hustler's into an early hole.  Dax Mitchell managed to break up the no-no in the third with a single.  In the fourth inning the Hustler's started to show a little life.  Zach Oseneek led off with a single.  Mikhai Evans blasted a deep shot over the centerfielder head with ended up a two run homer pulling the Hustler's within 2.  In the bottom half of the inning the Cubs plated two more runs off of reliever Mike Dodson going back up 6-2. Nathan Cavenee led off with a single and later scored on Dax Mitchell's double cutting the lead to 6-3.  Catonville got one in the fifth to go back up by 4. with one last chance to catch up the Hustler's were led off with a double by Mikhai Evans.  He later scored on a wild pitch. Dominic Gomez smaked a single and cored on nathan Cavenee's single.  Nathan was driven in on a sacrifice by Jabob Stinson to cut the lead to 7-6. Alas, the Hustler's got things rolling to late and couldn't get another runner across the plate and the game ended 7-6 in Catonsville's favor.

 After a quick break the teams were back at it in game 2.  Dax Mitchell go the start for the Hustler's and Catonsville came out ready.  They scored 3 in the first and the secon to go up 6-0.  In the second the bats came to life with Nathan Cavenee getting his third hit of the day. Jacob Stinson drove him home to cut the lead to 6-1.  Zach Oseneek took the mound in the third and slowed down the Catonsville hitters.  They wre able to score on more making it 7-1.  Colby Moran led off with a single in the third and scored on a Zach Oseneek single. Mikhai Evan's drove in Oseneek with another single.  Mike Dodson followed with a single of his own plating Evans.  Nathan Cavenee drove in Dodson and the Hustler's were back in the ballgame 7-5.  Catonsville was plugging away scoring another run in the fourth to make it 8-5, but then the offensive explosion finally happened.  Dax Mitchell led off with a single. Colby Moran got his second hit putting runners on second and third. Zach Oseneek got a single to score Mitchell. The barrage continued with Mikhai Evans smacking a double to plate 2 more runs. Dodson lined anther single to score Evans. nathand Cavenee continued his hot streak with another single scoring Dodson. Jacob Stinson smacked a double to score Cavenee. Dax Mitchell followed with his second hit of the inning and before it was all said and done the Hustler's were up 11-8. Oseneek held Catonsville to 1 run in the fifth inning, but we could use some insurance runs.  He led off the 5th with a triple to centerfield. Mikhai Evans drove him home with another double. Mike Dodson drove him home with a single to give us a three run inning.  Nathan Cavenee closed the door on Catonsville with a 8 pitch 6th inning to preserve the 14-9 win. This improved the Hustler's record to 9-5 on the season. Next game will be Wednesday at Yellow Spring against the LF Archers. 

The 12U Frederick Hustlers continued to master their Sunday Jekyll and Hyde act pounding Backyard University 20-7 in the opener and losing 2-0 to Gambrills in the nightcap. The boys from Frederick recorded 16 hits in game one and kept the pedal to the floor scoring in all five innings. Tyler Prather had four hits, and JT Sachar and Nick DeLisi each had three in a game shortened by the run-rule. Dustin Isanogle and Luke Schlimm each chipped in with two. Ryan Talbert, Schlimm and Jake Sherdel each doubled. Gambrill’s Eddie Sargent had other ideas in game two. Sargent, playing more like a General, limited the Hustlers to three hits – two by Sachar and one by Ryan Bennett. The Hustlers only struck out twice but simply couldn’t get anything going against a quality arm. Nick DeLisi worked the first four innings and was the hard luck loser. DeLisi walked the first two batters of the game and gave up a single to Daray Murdock and that was the difference. DeLisi only surrendered three hits in four innings and struck out six. Luke Schlimm worked a perfect 5th and 6th to give the Hustlers a chance. The Hustlers got runners on 2nd and 3rd in the bottom of the 6th and it looked like there would be some Hustler magic. Sargent induced a groundout to 3rd to record a complete game shutout. The Hustlers JT Sachar had an impressive day going 5-6 with two walks and four runs.

The Hustlers play host to the HCYP Raiders on Wednesday before heading to Ripken in Aberdeen on the weekend for the Gold Glove Classic.

The Hustler's had a twin bill today against last year nemisis the Burtonsville Storm.  Game one  saw a tight contest go into the fourth inning tied 2-2.  Zach Oseneek started on the hill for the Hustler's and held them to 5 hits and two runs through the first four innings.  Colby Moran scored the Hustler's first run in the 3rd inning on Oseneeks ground out to short. In the fourth inning Dominic Gomez would knot things at two scoring on a grounder by Dax Mitchell.  The Storm picked up one run in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth to close out game one 5-2.

 The Hustler's came out fired up in game two knowing they let one slip through their fingers. Jay Parente got the start and shut down the Storm for the the first three innings facing only 10 batter and allowing an unearned run.  Meanwhile the bats that were limited to 5 hits in game one came to life. The scoring started when Mike Dodson scored from third on a wild pitch in the second inning. The third inning saw Zach Oseneek lead off with a single to right. Jay Parente followed with a single to left scoring Oseneek. Mikhai Evans signled in Parente.  Mike Dodson drove in Evans with a double. Dominic Gomez drove home Dodson and the Hustler's led 5-1 after 3. The fourth inning saw more of the same as Colby Moran led off with a walk. Zach Oseneek laid down a nice bunt advanced Moran to third where Coach chickened out and didn't send him home!  Jay Parente saved Coach by drilling a triple to right plating Moran on the next pitch.  Mikhai Evan followed with a triple of his one scoring Parente. Evans later scored on a wild pitch to Mike Dodson staking the Hustler's to an 8-1 lead.  The Storm tried to battle back scoring 4 in the bottom of the 4th and one in the fifth cutting the lead to 8-6. Dax Mitchell threw 2 ground balls and a pop-up all to Zach Oseneek to end the game with the Hustler's getting the win 8-6. That puts the teams record at 8-4 to start the season. Great Job Boys!! 

Tyler “T” Prather and Jake “The Snake” Sherdel played long ball, and Nick DeLisi was spectacular on the mound as the Hustlers throttled the Maryland Warriors 10-5 on a warm and comfortable night at the ballpark. DeLisi worked three solid innings and allowed his offense to go to work. The Hustlers leadoff man Josh “JT” Sachar found his groove and got the black and gold going in the first with a double to left center. DeLisi followed with a single before Prather unleashed a three-run bomb to straight away center. The home team tacked on two more in the second when Luke Schlimm walked before Sherdel ripped a two run shot over the fence in left field. The Hustlers never looked back. The Hustlers added four more in the fifth as Sachar drew a leadoff walk, and Prather, Matt Cunningham and Gabe Torres followed with RBI singles. Ryan Talbert closed out the scoring with a scorching two-run line drive off the fence in left center. DeLisi finished the game with two hits including a double, and Prather was 2-2 with a homerun, SAC fly and five RBIs. DeLisi tossed three innings allowing one earned run on a scratch single with four strikeouts. Cunningham worked the 4th and 5th and was effective limiting the Warriors to just one run. Sachar worked the 6th and Talbert the 7th as the Hustlers ran their CRAB League record to 4-1.

The Hustlers are scheduled for two games on Sunday at Yellow Springs against Hickory and Catoctin. Game one is slated to begin at noon.