February 2005 Diamond Notes
2-28-05
Shaun Deisler drove a 3-1 fastball up the right center field gap for a game winning 2 run double in the bottom of the seventh as Marcos De Niza downed Mesquite 6-5 on Saturday. Both starting pitchers, MDN's K.C. Boyles, and Ronnie Welty of Mesquite, threw well enough to win. Welty helped his cause with a long solo shot. Andy Gardetto went 3-3 for Marcos while Seth Furmanek, Brett Whiteside and Luke Jackson all had a pair of hits for Mesquite.
Cory Burns of Mountain Ridge and Gabe Sandersius of Corona Del Sol each threw one hitters as Ridge downed Corona 2-0 at the CDS tournament.
St. Mary's downed Casa Grande 5-3 behind Garrett Prenivost who allowed one earned run in 6 innings of work. Michael Nunez and Logan Ganem each had 2 hits for St. Mary's.
St. Mary's fell 3 to 2 to Prescott in the nightcap.
Cactus outlasted Page in an 11 inning thriller 8-7. Chris Rouches and Ryan Underwood each had 3 hits and 2 doubles for Cactus. Travis Hawthorne homered and had the game winning hit in the 11th.
Tolleson hammered Sinagua 11-0 as Brent Fisher tripled and homered with 3 RBI. Aaron Capono had a pair of hits for the Wolverines.
Tolleson continued with the hot sticks in a 16-4 pounding of Buckeye. Fisher went 4-4 and hit for the cycle. Capono and Rene Ramos had 2 hits apiece.
2-25-05
Adam Bailey, Corey Bannister and Ike Davis combined on a 3 hitter as Chaparral downed Horizon 3-2 on Friday. Jeff Urlaub scattered 4 hits in a losing effort for Horizon.
At the Corona Del Sol Tournament, Mike Ford cranked a walk off homer in the eighth inning to give Mountain Pointe a 3-2 win over Corona. Pedro Pulido picked up his second win of the week in relief.
Mountain Ridge opened the 2005 season with an 8-4 decision over Westwood. Brian Budrow picked up the win for Ridge. Cory Burns and Jeff Mutchler homered and Danny Duffy had a pair of hits in the win. Zach Brown went yard for Westwood.
Ridge's Brian Budrow (l) and Dan Duffy
Sandra Day O'Connor outlasted Corona 8-6 with Sean Amerson picking up the win.
At the Desert Vista Tournament, Salpointe and Hamilton battled to a 6-6 tie after 8 innings. Sean O'Neil was on the bump for Salpointe and was pretty sharp for 4 innings. Evan LeBlanc had a first inning homer for Salpointe.
Evan LeBlanc digs one out for Salpointe
Mesa Mountain View dropped Ironwood 6-1 with Cody Thiel, Tate Ash and Justin Kirkpatrick combining for the win. Nick Shannon was 2 -4 with 2 doubles. Stetson Banks and Camden Gosch both had a pair of hits. Colin Gosch homered for the Toros.
At The McClintock Tournament, sophomore Jimmy Patterson tossed a complete game 5 hitter as the Chargers dropped Notre Dame 5-1.David Hartley and Vicente Pineira had multi hit games and Xorge Carrillo smoked a 3 run shot for McClintock.
Brian Matusz threw 6 innings of 1 hit ball as St. Mary's downed Cottonwood Mingus 7-2. Logan Ganem went 3-3 for the Knights and Marcus Mora added 2 hits.
In a game that lasted 3 1/2 hours, Mesquite outslugged Dobson 19-16. Seth Furmanek went 3-4 with a homer. Joe Cottone (3-5), Ronnie Welty, Brett Whiteside, and Kyle Cordner all had multi- hit games for the Wildcats. Dobson's Ricardo Diaz went 4-4 with a pair of doubles while Keith Busch, Brit Bingham, and Brandon Holdbridge all had 3 hits in the losing cause.
North Canyon's Shawn Davis went 3 for 3 at the plate with three runs scored and Devin McKindles went 3 for 4 with two runs scored as the Rattlers downed Skyline 8-2. Seth Laymon picked up the win for NC.
Devin McKindles with a base hit for North Canyon
2-24-05
Arcadia's J.J. Nace (above) threw a 5 inning perfect game as the Titans run ruled Washington 12-0. Jeff Campbell had a 3 run shot for Arcadia.
Brophy dropped North Canyon 3-0 behind Chris Highmark. Sean Nicol had a pair of hits for the Broncos and North Canyon's Matt George went 2-2.
Raul Torres takes a pitch for Brophy
Scott Summers tossed a one hitter as Pinnacle downed Amphi 14-0.Brett Nicholas was 3-3 fror the Pioneers.
Tolleson downed Flagstaff 6-3 with Aaron Capono getting the win.
Trey Burks earned the win for Sunrise Mountain as the Mustangs dropped Mountain Pointe 4-2. Taylor McGregor homered and Dante Beltramo and Louie Templeton both had a pair of hits.
2-23-05
Mother Nature finally cooperated long enough for the 2005 season to kick off on Wednesday.
Desert Mountain righty Reid Kelly (above) threw 5 scoreless innings as the Wolves blanked Highland 7-0. The Wolves jumped out to an early 5-0 first inning lead on the strength of Mike Dufek's 3 RBI double. Tony Rodriguez went 2-3 with a double and an RBI.
Mesquite downed region foe Gilbert 2-1as Seth Furmanek tossed a 2 hit complete game. Furmanek also went 2-2 at the plate and scored both runs. Ronnie Welty added 2 hits and the game winning RBI.
Desert Ridge defeated Flagstaff Coconino 5-2 with Buck Gulley going the distance and scattering 3 hits for the Jaguars.
Eric Anderson went 3-3 at the plate with 2 RBI and got the win on the mound as Horizon downed Dobson.
Pedro Pulido got the win in relief of Mike Ford as Mountain Pointe defeated Ironwood 9-6.
Chaparral blanked Marcos De Niza 8-0 as Austin Yount threw 5 innibgs of 1 hit ball. Adam Bailey cranked a first inning 3 run bomb and Tim Sherlock added a solo shot in the 3rd for Chap.
North Canyon downed Appolo 4-3 with Brandon Turner and Matt George combining for the win. NC got homers from Matt Tamaro and Eric Pomroy.
Eric Pomroy (L) and Matt Tamaro hommered for North Canyon
2-20-05
Mother nature continues to play havoc with the preparation of local teams. Most if not all Saturday scrimmages were rained out. If you have word of rescheduled scrimmages please let me know.
Both local newspapers revealed their 2005 season previews this morning.
This morning's Republic features a nice photo of four "returning" Hamilton pitchers. Unfortunately, all 4 graduated in May. Ooops....
Congratulation's to 2004 Desert Mountain Grad Willy Fox, who homered in his first start at DH for ASU yesterday against Tulane.
2-17-05
Weather permitting we hit the ground running with dozens of scrimmages on Saturday the 19th.
I'm looking for tournament schedules....any tournaments, don't assume I have them as they can be hard to come by. If you have a copy of a schedule to fax send it to 480-763-6934. You can e mail to rb@azdiamondreport.com
North Canyon's Jason Davis (above), one of the top players in the 2007 class, will miss the 2005 season with a shoulder injury. He should be ready to return in the early summer. Join me in wishing Jason a speedy recovery.
2-10-05
I recentl spoke with Mark Hratko, the acting state director for Connie Mack baseball. Mark will be holding a coaches meeting for those interested in entering a team in the 2005 CM league. The meeting will be Monday, March 14 at 6:00 P.M. at South Mountain Community College in Bldg. AAEC.
2-5-05
I am happy to announce that Eric Anderson from Horizon High School has given a verbal commitment to the University of Portland to play for the Pilots in the 2006 season and will sign during the spring signing period in April.
In addition to being one of the better righthanded pitchers in the 2005 class, Eric is also an outstanding student. He carries a 4.71 GPA at Horizon and has a 1390 SAT score and a 31 ACT under his belt. In addition, Eric has taken 3 parts of the SATII and has scored an 800 on the Writing Portion, 790 Math, and 780 Chemistry. It simply doesn't get much better than that folks.
Congratulations to one of Arizona's most impressive student athletes.
Horizon's Eric Anderson on the mound this summer