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2010 Standings
Regular Season Final
18+ Champions
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NWA White Sox
18+ Open Divison MABL |
Team |
W |
L |
% |
NWA Pirates |
14 |
2 |
0.875 |
Van Buren Hogs |
13 |
5 |
0.722 |
Arkansas Aardvarks |
4 |
10 |
0.285 |
Tontitown
Rangers |
1 |
15 |
0.063 |
25+ Division MSBL |
Team |
W |
L |
% |
NWA White Sox |
14 |
1 |
0.933 |
Bentonville Dodgers |
10 |
4 |
0.714 |
Fayetteville AppleKnockers |
10 |
5 |
0.667 |
Carnall Hall Cardinals |
8 |
9 |
0.471 |
Fayetteville Yankees |
5 |
10 |
0.333 |
FPEC Tigers 25+ |
5 |
11 |
0.313 |
Siloam Springs RedBirds |
2 |
14 |
0.125 |
September 26, 2010
(25+ Championship)
White Sox 10 Dodgers 5
Oh man...what a great day for the NWAMSBL. Championship games at
KC Royals AA Affiliate, Arvest Ball Park on a baseball diamond cut to
perfection. Temperature was a manageable 61 degrees. Great
friends and family in attendance and a couple of great ball games.
The 18+ final went the distance with the Van Buren Hogs winning 8-6 in
the 9th inning tie-break assuring that it was going to be a fun day of
baseball. In the 25+ division, for the White Sox at least, it
was "mission accomplished". As you know, the White Sox had moved
up to the 25+ division this season after the last 11 years in the 18+.
Knowing that the 25+ division nationally is the most competitive, the
White Sox were cautiously optimistic. Before the season began, I
claimed this team to be the best I have fielded in either division
despite having lost a couple of pitchers to injury and some hot
recruits to apathy or a busy schedule. And even though we placed
our championship hopes squarely on the shoulders of "ace" pitcher,
Evan Neiser, the White Sox put together a strong team effort for the
2010 season going two-deep in every position including a pitching
staff of both young and old talent that proved solid on all fronts.
On this day, the White Sox faced the Bentonville Dodgers in what had
historically been a very tight matchup. The Sox swept the
regular season over the Dodgers in the three games faced, but the
combined margin was only 5 runs. The game began as what was
proving to be a pitchers' duel between Evan Neiser and Gary Davis.
Davis shut down the Sox through 3 innings giving up only two
meaningless hits. However, in the 4th inning, the White Sox
reached the top of the order having seen Davis one time through and
took advantage of the preview. Josh Merryman started the "Sox
Inning" with a base hit and a stolen base, Dave Battaglia walked,
Dustin Wilson gets an RBI single and Andy Miller finishes off Davis'
day with an RBI single of his own. The Dodgers turned to their
own "ace" and closer, Ritchie Conner to stop the rally. To his
misfortune, Chris Huebner, Stephen Boudreaux, and John Michael
Hairston came through with RBI hits to push the score to 6-0 White Sox
capped by Hairston's 2RBI triple. The White Sox would add two in
the 5th and two in the 7th off Conner to complete the scoring
highlighted by Andy Miller's 2RBI double in the 5th and RBI single in
the 7th. Offensive stars for the White Sox: Andy Miller
(3-4, 1R, 4RBI, 2B), John Michael Hairston (3-4, R, 2RBI, 3B, K), and
Dustin Wilson (2-3, RBI, K, FC). On the other side of the duel,
Evan Neiser stayed true to form shutting down the Dodgers into the 7th
inning. Neiser grabbed the MVP honor for the day (and the year)
with a line: 7IN, 2ER, 6H, 1BB, 14K and the win. Neiser
was relieved in the 8th inning by Levi Rush who started by giving up a
leadoff hit, but quickly picked off the runner in his sniper fashion.
A walk, K, and a lazy pop fly to right to complete the side..
Josh Merryman came in to close and pick up the save despite giving up
a nervous three runs. Merryman got three outs on three Ks
including an impressive fireball last pitch. The White Sox
pitching staff ended the day with an impressive18Ks. The Dodgers
were led offensively by Troy Steiner (3-4, 2R, K), and Chris Ogle
(2-3, 2R, 2RBI, 2B, K).--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
September 18-19, 2010
(25+ Playoffs)
White Sox 13 Yankees 4
The White Sox avenged their only loss of the season by beating the
re-tooled Yankees in round two of the 2010 playoffs (The White Sox
secured a bye in round one). The Yankees started off the season
very slow, but skipper Brent Jordan revitalized the team after the
sudden loss of his co-manager, Tim McDonald. The Yankees had
poured it on through the second half of the season which included a
win against the previously undefeated White Sox. The Sox had
reason to be nervous on that merit alone. But when they arrived
to the ball park to see a couple of players from the 18+ defending
MABL champion Pirates suited up, the buzz was buzzing.
Especially power-hitting Jose Cueto who put down our own Andy Miller
in one of the scariest line drive smashes to the face ever at the
beginning of last season. Jose is an excellent ball player all
around and actually took the mound to start the game for the Yankees.
Admittedly, the Sox flinched at first, but I asked the day's lead-off
hitter, Josh Merryman, to take a few pitches to see if he could
unsettle Jose. The plan worked as Josh took a walk. After
moving to second on John Michael Hairston's surprising SAC bunt and
scoring on Dustin Wilson single, it was on from there. The White
Sox scored 7 runs in the first inning capped off by Mike Lopez's 2-run
home run. His first of the season. The White Sox offense
was balanced throughout the game led by Dustin Wilson (3-4, 3R, RBI,
2B), Chris Huebner (3-3, 1R, 3RBI, 2B), Dave Battaglia (2-3, R, RBI),
Andy Miller (1-2, 2R, BB), and Stephen Boudreaux (1-2, R, RBI).
The White Sox went to Evan Neiser who pitched a strong 5 innings with
a line: 5IN, 1ER, 4H, 0BB, 0HBP, 9K giving up his only two runs
on a home run by Barry Blood. Levi Rush set thing up in the 6th
inning allowing 2 earned runs but delivered a clutch strikeout to end
the rally. Josh Merryman moved from leadoff hitter to closer
striking out the 8-9-10 hitters in impressive fashion to earn the
save. The White Sox face the dangerous hitting Dodgers in the
final on Sunday, September 26th at Arvest Ball Park.--Stephen
Boudreaux, White Sox
September 11-12, 2010
Dodgers 9 White
Sox 11
White Sox 2
Dodgers 0
It came down to the final
regular season weekend between the Dodgers and White Sox to determine
the top seed heading into the playoffs. The Dodgers needed to
sweep and the Sox need at least a split. The Sox didn't have
their "ace" for game one and it was going to come down to some sheer
will power. Starter, Chris Huebner held his own. Huebner
was determined to pitch well against the sure-hitting Dodgers.
Limited to 3 innings, Hubner's line: 3ER, 6H, 3BB, 1K and he
exited the game with a 6-3 lead. Huebner also helped himself at
the plate (3-4, 2@2B, and 1HBP...ball magnet). Dustin Wilson
couldn't find the zone in relief as the Dodgers came back to tie
things up in the 5th. Andy Miller took things into his own big ole
paws and shut the Dodgers down in the final two frames giving the Sox
a chance to pull ahead for the win. Rookie, Nathan Boudreaux,
having celebrated a milestone birthday the night before broke out of
his slump going 2-3 against strong Dodger pitching.
Game two was another tight
contest as expected. The White Sox only needed two runs produced
by Andy Miller's 2nd inning double and a WP, and Wes Elliot (who
apparently is at his best against the Dodgers) getting on with a BB
and moved over by an errant pick off attempt and a timely RBI hit by
Josh Merryman. The rest was up to stalwart pitcher, Evan Neiser:
7IN-CG, 0R, 3H, 1BB, 15K.--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
August 28-29, 2010
White Sox 4 Tigers
0
Tigers 8 White Sox
22
The weather is starting to
turn, but it is still a little warm yet. The Sox bats were a
little cool to start things off, but Evan Neiser was as hot as he has
been all season. Neiser threw a 7-inning complete game shutout
and was one hit (by 67-year-old Linden Lewis!) shy of a perfect game.
Line: 7IN, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 0HBP, 15K. Mike Lopez (2-2),
Chris Huebner (2-3, 2R, 1RBI, 1@2B) and a renewed Wes Elliot (2-3,
1RBI) were heroes of game one at the plate. Game two was a bit
more busy in the scorebook. Levi Rush took the hill and struggled a
little at first to get the White Sox down 7-6 through the 5th when the
Sox bats pushed things ahead to give Levi the eventual win.
Dustin Wilson picked up the save allowing only one run in 2 innings on
zero hits and 3BB. Offensively, it was a bit of a carousel in
the final three frames to make what was a pretty close game not so.
The White Sox had a combined line in game two:: 26-47, 22R,
22RBI, 6@2B, 2HR, 2BB, 3K. Dustin Wilson led the day (5-5, 4R,
8RBI, 2HR), Chris Huebner (4-5, 1R, 1RBI), Seth White (4-4, 1R, 4RBI,
2@2B), etc.--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
August 23, 2010
2010 Arklahoma
Shootout Report Here
also find pictures of our fun time at
Arvest Ballpark on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/NWA-White-Sox/107330319301391?ref=ts
August
14-15, 2010
White Sox 18
Redbirds 1
Unfortunately for the
Redbirds, the Sox were determined to bounce back from last week's loss
to the Yankees. Even though the Redbirds picked up two new
players on this day that will give them some solidity on the mound and
shore up some defense, they were victimized by an early pair of errors
in right field that kicked off a White Sox blitz of 9 runs in the
first inning. The Redbird pitcher was not looking as bad as the
Sox bats were proving as they pounded 7 hits in that first frame.
18 total hits on the day for the Sox. The White Sox pitching
staff was stellar giving up only the one run on 4 scattered hits.
Seth White started things off pitching 2IN, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 4K, Chris
Huebner grabbed the next two 0R, 0H, 0BB, 1K. Levi Rush game in
to vulture the group by picking up the win with 5IN, 1ER on 2H, 2BB,
1HBP, and 4Ks. The White Sox offense was led by Josh Merryman
(4-5, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, SB), Stephen Boudreaux (4-5, 2R, 3RBI, 1@2B,
1SAC), and rookie, Tim Hooper (2-3, 2RBI) and a stellar web gem catch
in left field to secure his place on the roster.--Stephen
Boudreaux, White Sox
August 7-8, 2010
White Sox 1
Yankees 6
The hard work and dedication that the Yankee Team has
put into improving themselves as a team is starting to show. Jacob
Koch pitched all 7 innings in game 1 of a double header vs the White
Sox. Striking out 5, allowing only 2 hits, and one run. Robby Starner
went 3 for 3 with two singles, a double, and scoring twice. The entire
lineup did their part at the plate as well as playing the field with
good heads up baseball. The Yankees come out on top 6-1. Game 2 was
called off due to a freak rain storm in the 2nd inning.--Brent
Jordan, Yankees
I was bound to happen...The White Sox were going to
have "one of those games" where everyone was flat. With their
ace hurler and another young arm on the other field helping out a
short-handed Rangers team, the White Sox should have been able to
muster more than a single run in 7 innings, but it was not meant to be
on this day. Kudos to Jacob Koch of the Yankees for keeping our
hitters on their heels all game. A Sox offense that is
accustomed to the aforementioned 15 hit-per-game average could only
muster 4 total scattered hits (4-25) and suffering a season-high 8
strikeouts. I was totally not meant to be for the Sox to get a
victory on this day. As they jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead in
inning 2 of game 2, the world's smallest hurricane decided to park
itself tactically over our ball field and rendered it unplayable in
about 7 minutes.--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
July 30-August 1, 2010
White Sox 17
Cardinals 6
Sometimes the final score
is not indicative of actual occurrences on the field. The
Cardinals are a strong hitting team and gave the White Sox all they
could handle AGAIN through most of the game. The Cardinals
put up four runs on 6 hits through the first three innings and had the
Sox on their heels. So the White Sox turned to their ace ,
Evan Neiser, in the 5th inning with a marginal lead. It became
evident at that moment how important a catcher is to his pitcher.
Stalwart receiver, Andy Miller's son had a bit of a tumble off the
third row bleacher and had to take his leave. Filling in was
trooper, Wes Elliot. But catching the movement of Neiser's
strangely delivered southpaw is an adventure if one is not accustomed.
It is not certain if Elliot was unprepared or if Neiser was holding
back, but the Cardinal hitters jumped on his deliveries quick scoring
two quick runs on two walks and a triple. To Neiser (and
Elliot's) fortune, shortstop hero, John Michael Hairston showed up
today. The next two Cardinal hitters ripped certain base hits to
Hairston's side, but the long-reaching Texan had other plans.
The second pick was a mind-blowing Jeter-esque back-footed zip from
deep in the hole. That was all it took for Neiser to settle down
and strike out 10 Cardinal hitters in the next four frames to shut
things down. Offensively, the White Sox had a few highlights:
Skipper, Patrick Taliaferro led the charge (5-5, 3R, 2RBI, 1-2B, 1-3B,
SB), Andy Miller (2-3, 2R, 4RBI, 2BB, HR), Evan Neiser (3-4, 3R, 2RBI,
1-3B, BB), Stephen Boudreaux (3-5, 2R, 2RBI, 1-2B, SB), and rookie
Nathan Boudreaux (2-5, 1R, 1RBI, K) and a great hustle play from right
field assisting Tom Spaniol on the cut to home for the final out of
the game.--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
July
24-25, 2010
White Sox 3
Dodgers 2
It was as it should have
been between the two teams atop the division. Undecided until
the final out... The White Sox did not know who to expect on the
mound as the game days changed, but to our fortune, Evan Neiser was
gung-ho for a CG outing. Evan had yet to start a game this
season, but has looked all ace in each of his relief outings.
The Dodgers are as solid a hitting team as they come and have been
that way in all the years I have known Eric Exner to have his squad.
The day belonged to the pitchers however on both sides. The
Dodger pitching tandem gave up only 5 hits to a White Sox squad that
averages closer to 15 on the year. Our middle-of-the-order went
1-15. Yikes! Fortunately, it only took a few previously
unsung heroes to step to the plate and make things happen. Mike
Lopez started the game off with a base hit, stolen base, and scored
the games first run on Josh Merryman's RBI. In the 5th, Evan
Neiser helped himself out with a single and scored from first on Wes
Elliot's RBI double. Elliot then scored on a pick off attempt
that rolled into center field. The Dodger center fielder never
saw the ball and Elliot continued to round third and jogged into home
for the difference in the game. Neiser gets the game ball with a
pitching line: 9 INCG, 2ER, 6H, 0BB, 1HBP, 16Ks, and 1-3, 1R,
RBI. -- Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
July 17-18th
White Sox 17 AppleKnockers 6
For some reason, the AppleKnockers kept their stallions in the
stable for this game and it cost them. The White Sox went down
a quick 4-2 after the first inning, but then go things going in the
3rd and 4th scoring 10 runs in the two frames. The White Sox
tacked on four more in the 6th to run the final to 17-6.
The offense was led by Dustin Wilson (4-5, 1R, 3RBI), John Michael
Hairston (2-2, 1R, 1@2B, 2BB, 4RBI), Seth White (2-4, 2R, 1RBI,
1HBP), and Chris Huebner (2-4, 3R, 1@2B, 1B). The pitching
group of Huebner, Andy Crowson, and Evan Neiser combined for 6IN,
4ER, 6H, 3BB, 8K. Andy Crowson gets the win without allowing a
run and Evan Neiser gets the save striking out 4 of 6 batters.--Stephen
Boudreaux, White Sox
July 10-11th
White Sox 17 RedBirds 10
Cardinals 1 White Sox 11 The White Sox
continue to roll behind the offensive prowess of Sox veteran, Andy
Miller. On the day, Andy had a stat line like this: 5
for 8, 5R, 6RBI, 1BB, 1K, and 3 Home Runs. One of those home
runs was as high and far as I have ever seen Andy hit one. I
am pretty sure it only came down after clipping the Hubble
Telescope. Andy is hitting a wacky 0.667 on the season with 37
total bases in only 24 official at bats. Dustin Wilson also
had a great first game going 4-4 with a solid home run of his own
and 3RBI. Dustin also got the win in game two in relief.
Seth White had a great game two going 3-3 with 2R, 1RBI, 2BB.
Mike Lopez also had a good game two breaking out with 3-4, 2RBI and
a SB. The most fun of the day had to be the triumphant return
of long time league veteran and journeyman, Andy Crowson.
Crowson, at one time, played for nearly every team in the league
bouncing around to wherever a good lefty was needed. Crowson
first showed up in the White Sox stat sheets in 2006 helping the Sox
to a 12-8 record and again in 2007 leading the team in wins (5) and
Ks (36). On this day, the old man started game one and went 3
2/3 innings, 4R, 2ER, 11Hits, 1BB, 3K and probably should have
earned the win had he not come out pre-maturely with a bum wheel.
Nice to have Andy back. He makes the dugout the place to be on
a Sunday afternoon...--Stephen Boudreaux, White Sox
AppleKnockers 4 White Sox 5
Whew...this was a close one. The White Sox bats were held
relatively quiet by AppleKnocker lefthander, Lance Perrin, who threw
a dandy game (7 1/3, 5ER on only 9H, 9BB, and 10K). A few
timely hits by David Battaglia and a hooky-playing Andy Miller
helped salvage the win. Patrick Taliaferro also came out of
his hitting slumber to go 2-3 with a run before getting tossed in
the game by a trigger-happy blue. Mike Lopez also showed great
patience at the plate with 2BB, 2R, 1@2B, and 2RBI that was
the difference in the game. More importantly, our closer, Evan
Neiser came in to halt the AppleKnocker attack starting in the 5th
inning. Evan pitched 5 innings of 1-hit ball and recorded 8
strikeouts. He also helped himself at the plate with a 2-4
performance with a double, 2RBI, 1BB, and a stolen base. Levi Rush
starting the pitching duties and pitched well giving up only one
earned run. Seth White took the third inning giving up only
one run and retiring the side. Chris Huebner set up Neiser
nicely with his 1 inning of shutout ball against the heart of the
lineup. The Sox defense held as much as it needed with only 2
errors in the game (compared to 5 the week before).~Stephen
Boudreaux, White Sox
The Cardinals were better than
expected, but I am convinced that the White Sox are our own worst
opponent. We committed 6 errors in the first 5 innings leading to at
least 4 of their 6 runs. Thanks to the second half of our pitching
staff shutting the Cards hitters down.
D. Battaglia (3-4, 3R, 1RBI, 1@2B,1BB)
A. Miller (3-4, 2R, 3RBI, 2@2B, 1BB)
S. Boudreaux (3-5, 1R, 2RBI)
J. Merryman (2-4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB)
Pitching
J. Merryman (W, 2IP, 0R, 2H, 4K)
E. Neiser (S, 3IP, 0R, 0H, 2HBP, 7K)
Too many "stars" of the game to list here. But for the game:
S. White (3-3, 5R, 2RBI, 2@2B, 2BB, 2SB)
D. Battaglia (3-3, 4R, 1RBI, 1@2B, 1BB, 1SB)
A. Miller (4-4, 5R, 4RBI, 1@2B, 2HR, 1BB)
C. Huebner (1-1, 2R, 1@2B, 1HBP, 1SB)... See More
S. Boudreaux (3-4, 5RBI, 1@1B, 1@2B, 1@3B)
J. Merryman (2-3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1SB)
N. Boudreaux (2-4, 2R, 2K)
D. Wilson (1-5, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR)
P. Taliaffero (1-4, 1R)
W. Elliot (1-3, 2R, 2RBI, 1@2B, 1BB, 1K)
L. Rush (1-4, 1R, 1K, 1SB)
J. Cottingham (0-2, 1R, 1BB, 2K)
PITCHING: 5 pitchers in 6 innings...
C. Huebner (1IP, 0R,0H,0ER,0BB,0HBP,1WP,3K)
J. Merryman (1IP,3R,3ER,3H,3BB,0HBP,3K)
S. White (2IP,2R,1ER,4H,0BB,0HBP,4K)
L. Rush (1IP,6R,5ER,3H,4BB,0HBP,3K)... See More
D. Wilson (W, 1IP,0R,0ER,0H,2BB,0HBP,1K)
White Sox 9 Tigers 3
First game of the year always sees a
few mishaps, but all seemed to go well for the White Sox in their
new endeavor in the 25+ Division after spending the past 11 years in
the 18+ Division. Thanks to a solid pitching staff, the White
Sox held the Tigers at bay striking out 15 led by Evan Neiser (3IP,10AB,0R,0ER,0H,1BB,0HBP,7K)
and Dustin Wilson (2IP,10AB,2R,1ER,3H,1BB,0HBP,6K) in
support of starter, Kyle Stiles (4IP,18AB,1R,1ER,3H,2BB,1HBP,2K).
The White Sox offense was not as productive facing a salty young
veteran pitcher in Zeb Undernehr whose father is a near legend in
the NWAMSBL. Zeb faced 35 batters, gave up 9 runs on 12 hits
and fanned only 3 White Sox, but the hits were scattered. The
Tigers played solid defense led by their wall-of-a-third baseman who
recorded 6 defensive outs (I guess the Sox were pulling the ball
down the line? White Sox offensive highlights were:
Andy Miller = 4AB,3R,2H,2RBI,2-2B,K.
Chris Huebner = 2AB,2H
Stephen Boudreaux = 4AB,3H,3RBI
David Battaglia = 2AB,2H,RBI
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