NJ District 5 LL 12-Year-Old Tournament
                         North Arlington at Rutherford American
               30-Jun-1997 at North Arlington, NJ (Joseph Mellino Field)

North Arlington 3 (1-0)                       Rutherford American 1 (0-1)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
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Brian Van Houten ss........  2  0  0  0       Brian Lyons ss.............  3  0  2  1
 Brown ss..................  1  0  1  0       Mike Lastra p..............  2  0  0  0
Matt Piwowarski cf.........  2  1  0  0       Mike Palughi cf............  4  0  0  0
Mike Close 3b/p............  3  0  0  0       Dennis Davis rf............  3  0  0  0
Tom McGuire p/3b...........  2  1  0  1       Art Copell lf/ph...........  0  0  0  0
Travis Ruane rf............  3  1  2  1        Noah Ahmed lf.............  0  0  0  0
Robert Allen 1b............  2  0  2  0        Jeff Crowley lf...........  0  0  0  0
 Mark Orovio 1b............  1  0  0  0       Matt Ventura 3b............  0  1  0  0
Matt Holler c..............  2  0  1  1        Jonathan Guzman 3b........  2  0  0  0
Marc Lehman lf.............  1  0  0  0       Sean Ryan c................  3  0  1  0
 Mike DiGesu lf............  1  0  0  0       Mike Chipko 2b.............  3  0  0  0
Mike Johnson 2b............  2  0  0  0       Megan Berry 1b.............  0  0  0  0
 Kevin Corrigan 2b.........  1  0  0  0        Patrick O'Keefe ph/1b.....  2  0  0  0
                                               Danny Lyons 1b............  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 23  3  6  3       Totals..................... 22  1  3  1

Score by Innings                R  H  E
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North Arlington..... 011 010 -  3  6  2
Rutherford American. 010 000 -  1  3  0
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E - Brown 2. DP - N Arlington 1. LOB - N Arlington 6; Rutherford A 12. 2B - Holler;
BLyons. HBP - Piwowarski; DLyons. SB - Piwowarski; Close; McGuire; BLyons; Lastra 2;
Davis; Copell; Ahmed.

North Arlington                IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Tom McGuire  W,1-0.........   5.0  3  1  1  8  8   0  0  1  0   20 29   3  4
Mike Close  S,1............   1.0  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    2  2   1  0

Rutherford American            IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Mike Lastra  L,0-1.........   6.0  6  3  3  3  7   0  0  1  0   23 27   4  5

HBP - by Lastra (Piwowarski); by McGuire (DLyons).

Strikeouts - Van Houten; Piwowarski; Close; Orovio; Holler; Lehman; DiGesu; Lastra;
Palughi 3; Guzman; Ryan; Chipko; O'Keefe 2. Walks - McGuire; Holler; Lehman; BLyons;
Lastra 2; Davis; Copell 2; Ahmed; Ventura.

Umpires -
Start: 19:00   Time: 1:25

McGuire faced 3 batters in the 6th.
Game: 1201

NJ District 5 LL 12-Year-Old Tournament
North Arlington at Rutherford American - Play-by-Play
30-Jun-1997 at North Arlington, NJ (Joseph Mellino Field)

North Arlington starters: 1/ss Van Houten; 12/cf Piwowarski; 8/3b Close; 10/p McGuire; 2/rf Ruane; 4/1b Allen; 11/c Holler; 14/lf Lehman; 7/2b Johnson
Rutherford American starters: 31/ss BLyons; 32/p Lastra; 40/cf Palughi; 38/rf Davis; 44/lf Copell; 29/3b Ventura; 41/c Ryan; 43/2b Chipko; 36/1b Berry

North Arlington 1st - Van Houten struck out swinging. Piwowarski flied out to lf. Close struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rutherford American 1st - BLyons walked. Lastra reached on a fielder's choice; BLyons out at second p to ss. Lastra stole second. Palughi struck out swinging. Lastra stole third. Davis popped up to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

North Arlington 2nd - McGuire lined out to 1b. Ruane singled. Allen singled; Ruane advanced to second. Holler doubled, RBI; Allen advanced to third; Ruane scored. Lehman walked. Johnson reached on a fielder's choice; Lehman advanced to second; Holler advanced to third; Allen out at home 2b to c. Van Houten reached on a fielder's choice; Johnson out at second 2b to ss. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Rutherford American 2nd - Copell walked. Copell stole second. Ventura walked. Ryan singled; Ventura advanced to second; Copell advanced to third. Chipko reached on a fielder's choice; Ryan advanced to second; Ventura advanced to third; Copell out at home 2b to c. O'Keefe pinch hit for Berry. O'Keefe struck out looking. BLyons singled, RBI; Chipko advanced to second; Ryan advanced to third; Ventura scored. Lastra struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

North Arlington 3rd - Ahmed to lf for Copell. Guzman to 3b for Ventura. O'Keefe to 1b. Piwowarski struck out looking. Close grounded out to ss. McGuire walked. McGuire stole second. Ruane singled, RBI, out at second cf to ss; McGuire scored. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rutherford American 3rd - DiGesu to lf for Lehman. Corrigan to 2b for Johnson. Palughi flied out to cf. Davis walked. Ahmed walked; Davis advanced to second. Ahmed stole second; Davis stole third. Guzman struck out swinging. Ryan struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

North Arlington 4th - Allen singled. Holler walked; Allen advanced to second. Holler advanced to second; Allen out at third c to 3b. DiGesu struck out swinging. Corrigan grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Rutherford American 4th - Brown to ss for Van Houten. Orovio to 1b for Allen. Lehman to lf for DiGesu. Johnson to 2b for Corrigan. Chipko struck out swinging. O'Keefe struck out looking. BLyons reached on an error by ss. BLyons stole second. Lastra walked. Palughi struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

North Arlington 5th - Crowley to lf for Ahmed. DLyons to 1b for O'Keefe. Brown singled. Piwowarski hit by pitch; Brown advanced to second. Close reached on a fielder's choice; Piwowarski advanced to second; Brown out at third ss to 3b. Close stole second; Piwowarski stole third. McGuire reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Close advanced to third; Piwowarski scored. Ruane popped up to ss. Orovio struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Rutherford American 5th - Davis grounded out to p. Copell pinch hit for Crowley. Copell walked. Guzman reached on an error by ss; Copell advanced to second. Ryan popped up to 3b. Chipko grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

North Arlington 6th - Copell to lf. Holler struck out swinging. Lehman struck out swinging. Johnson lined out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rutherford American 6th - DLyons hit by pitch. BLyons doubled; DLyons advanced to third. Lastra walked. Close to p. McGuire to 3b. Palughi struck out swinging. Davis lined into double play 2b to 1b; Lastra out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.


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