It was a close game at Clay North Park on Friday night, as the CLL 14u Juniors team took on the Syracuse Sherwood 15u team.
Syracuse came into this game undefeated (2-0), with 14 runs scored and 6 given up. This was Cicero’s first league game of the season.
Cicero outhit Syracuse 9-5, with hits on the night coming from Thelen (double,triple), Capece (1), Capp (1), Bombard (1), Mearon (1), Sadowski (1), DeVinney (1) and Pearce (1).
Lucas Thelen started on the mound for Cicero and pitched for 3 innings. He walked 3, struck out 5, gave up 3 hits and gave up 5 runs. Nicholas Capece started the 4th inning, walking 1, striking out 2, giving up 1 hit and 1 run. Connor Pearce came in for Capece. Pearce walked 3, gave up 3 hits and 5 runs.
The game was within 1 run in the 4th inning with Syracuse leading 9-8, but 5th and 6th inning runs put the score at 11-8 in Syracuse’s favor.
Cicero had Chase Mearon (single) and Sean Bombard (walk) on base in the bottom of the 6th inning as daylight was running out on the game. With potentially the final batter at the plate, Mearon stole 2nd base. Bombard attempted to steal home as the catcher made the throw to 2nd base, but a nice throw from 2nd to home caught Bombard at the plate for the 2nd out of the inning. This was followed by the third out as Mearon attempted to steal 3rd base on the same play.
According to game rules, even if the run(s) had scored, the final score would revert to the previous inning’s score when the umpire stopped the game.
Defensive highlights on the day from Cicero included:
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- Multiple body blocks of pitches by Capp and Mooney to save runs from scoring.
- 2 fly balls caught by Smith in CF, including one turned for a double-play to Sadowski at 2b to nab the runner who hadn’t tagged up.
- Nice play at 3B by Capece, who fielded a ground ball, held up the runner at 3rd, and then made the long throw to Thelen (1B) for the out.
- Running catch of foul ball by Thelen from first base to the 1st base dugout.
- Impressive catch of a fly ball by Calabria from the short stop position.
- Nice pick off at first base from Thelen (p) to Matthews (1B).
Cicero faces ESM in a scrimmage on Saturday afternoon (2:30) at Ellis Field.
Team quote for this game: “Adversity causes some to break; others to break records.”
Syracuse Sherwood 15uDetails
| Date | Time | League | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2020 | 11:33 pm | Cicero Little League | 2020 |
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Sherwood 15u | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 2020 Rattlers CLL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
2020 Rattlers CLL
| # | Batting | PA | AB | HBP | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Calabria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lucas Thelen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethan Matthews | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nicholas Capece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Daniel Capp | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Bombard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chase Mearon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Mooney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jacob Sadowski | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Clary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack DeVinney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connor Pearce | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ERA | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Thelen | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10.00 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Nicholas Capece | .5 | 1 | 1 | 12.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Connor Pearce | 2.5 | 3 | 5 | 12.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11.00 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Syracuse Sherwood 15u
| PA | AB | HBP | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IP | H | R | ERA | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |