THE BROWARD BLAZE RODE STRONG PITCHING AND A SIX RUN 1ST INNING ENROUTE TO A 12 - 0 VICTORY OVER THE BROWARD PANTHERS. THIS IS THE 1ST OF 2 SEEDING GAMES FOR THE BLAZE AS THEY COMPETE IN THE USSSA FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. ZACH KLEIMAN AND RICHARD CHERNOFF COMBINED FOR THE 4 INNING SHUTOUT IN WHICH THEY SURRENDERED ONLY 4 HITS.

AFTER THE VICTORY, THE BLAZE PLAYERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COACHING STAFF GOT TOGETHER TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BLAZE 3RD BASEMAN ADAM MUND, WHO CELEBRATED HIS 14TH YESTERDAY AND TO COACH MARTIN FOX WHO'S BIRTHDAY IS UPCOMING. THANKS TO THE NEWELLS, EVERYONE SHARED IN GREAT CUPCAKES....

THE BLAZE WILL PLAY THE WEST PINES COBRAS ON SATURDAY MORNING AT 8:30 AT PEMBROKE SHORES FIELD 7.

SATURDAY HAS BEEN DECLARED "WEAR ONLY RIGHT SHOES DAY". SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU COMING TO ROOT ON THE BLAZE, WEAR ONLY RIGHT SHOES (AND NO THEY DON'T HAVE TO MATCH) ON BOTH FEET. COME ON OUT, HAVE SOME FUN AND CHEER THE BLAZE TO VICTORY! 

SINGLE ELIMINATION GAMES BEGIN AT 2:00PM ON SATURDAY.....GO BLAZE!

BY VIRTUE OF SPLITTING AN END OF THE SEASON DOUBLEHEADER WITHT EH SOUTH FLORIDA BULLDOGS, THE BROWARD BLAZE CLINCHED SECOND PLACE IN DIVISION 14A. AFTER STARTING THE SEASON 0 - 2, THE BLAZE WENT 10 - 3 - 1 IN THE FINAL 14 GAMES.

IN GAME 1, THE BLAZE DEFEATED THE BULLDOGS 12 - 1 AS ZACH KLEIMAN AND RICHARD CHERNOFF COMBINED FOR THE VICTORY. KLEIMAN (0R, 3H, 5K, 2BB) WENT THE 1ST 4 INNINGS AND CHERNOFF (2IP, 1R, 2H, 1K) SECURED THE VICTORY IN RELIEF. ON OFFENSE, SKYLER FOX AND JASON WILPON ( 2 RBI, 1 RUN) EACH HAD TWO HITS. ADAM MUND ADDED A HIT AND 3 RBI'S. RICH ENGLAR REACHED BASE ON EACH OF HIS AT BATS AND SCORED 3 RUNS. IN ADDITION TO A WELL EXECUTED SACRIFICE BUNT WHICH MOVED RUNNERS INTO SCORING POSITION IN THE 2ND INNING, ZACH FRIEDLAND, PLAYED ANOTHER STRONG GAME AT CATCHER. FRIEDLAND, KLEIMAN, DOM MARENGO, ROBERT COLLIN AND HARRISON FRANETIC EACH ADDED A HIT. 

IN THE 2ND GAME, THE BLAZE YIELDED 3 RUNS IN THE 1ST INNING AND COULD NEVER RECOVER. FALLING TO THE BULLDOGS 7 - 2. LIKE IN THE 1ST GAME, THE BLAZE RECEIVED GOOD PIRCHING EFFORTS FROM PITCHING FROM CHRIS NEWELL, ADAM MUND AND SKYLER FOX. HOWEVER, THE DEFENSE WAS NOT AS STRONG AS USUAL AND THE OFFENSE NEVER REALLY GOT GOING. THE BLAZE RUNS WERE SCORED BY GEORGE GUGINO AND SKYLER FOX. HARRISON FRANETIC, CHRIS NEWELL, ZACH FRIEDLAND AND JARED HEIDT HAD HITS FOR THE BLAZE.   

THE BLAZE JUMPED TO A 3 - 0 LEAD IN THE 1ST 3 INNINGS AND NEVER LOOKED BACK IN DEFEATING THE PLANTATION STARS 4 - 2. THIS IMPORTANT VICTORY GIVES THE BLAZE THE HEAD-TO-HEAD TIE BREAKER AGAINST THE STARS FOR PLAYOFF SEEDING PURPOSES. ZACH KLEIMAN PITCHED A COMPLETE GAME AND DID NOT GIVE UP A HIT UNTIL THE 4TH INNING. HE STRUCK OF 9 STARS HITTERS. JASON WILPON, ROBERT COLLIN AND GEORGE GUGINO ALL HAD RBI'S, WITH ADAM MUND SCORING THE WINNING RUN AFTER GETTING ON WITH A SINGLE TO LEFT.

IN A GAME WHERE IT LOOKED AS THOUGH A 3 RUN INNING BY THE LUMBERKINGS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO WIN, THE LUMBERKINGS PUT A VERY HARD THROWING RELIEF PITCHER ON THE MOUND FOR THE 6TH AND 7TH INNINGS. THE BLAZE HUNG TOUGH TO SCORE 1 RUN IN THE 6TH AND RALLY FOR 2 RUNS IN THE 7TH TO SALVAGE A TIE. IN THE 6TH, GEORGE GUGINO DOUBLED, MOVED TO 3RD ON A PASS BALL AND SCORED WHEN THE PITCHER ATTEMPTED TO PICK OFF CHRIS NEWELL AND OVERTHREW THE 1ST BASEMAN. WITH THE SCORE 5 - 3 IN THE 7TH INNING, DOM MARENGO LED OFF THE INNING WITH A WALK. ADAM MUND TRIPLED TO THE LEFT FIELD CORNER SCORING MARENGO. MUND THEN SCORED ON A SACRIFICE FLY. BLAZE PITCHER ROBERT "RC" COLLIN WENT THE DISTANCE, GIVING UP 4 EARNED RUNS AND STRUCK OUT 4 LUMBERKING HITTERS. ON OFFENSE, RICHARD CHERNOFF ADDED 2 DOUBLES AND JASON WILPON, RICH ENGLAR AND COLLIN EACH ADDED A HIT.

AFTER GIVING UP 2 1ST INNING RUNS, RICHARD CHERNOFF (6 2/3 IP, 5ER, 10H, 3K, 1BB) SETTLED IN FOR THE NEXT 4 INNINGS AND GAVE THE BLAZE OFFENSE A CHANCE TO WORK. IN THE 6TH AND FINAL INNING, CHERNOFF GAVE WAY TO RELIEF PITCHER CHRIS NEWELL AFTER GIVING UP 3 RUNS. WITH ONE PITCH, THE BENGAL HITTER FLIED OUT TO CENTER FIELD AND NEWELL EARNED THE SAVE. OFFENSIVELY, NEWELL (RBI), DOM MARENGO (RBI) AND ADAM MUND EACH HAD 2 HITS, SKYLAR FOX SCORED 2 RUNS AND ZACH FRIELAND ADDED A HIT AND AN RBI. HOWEVER, THE BIG PUNCH WAS PROVIDED BY HARRY FRANETIC WHO TRIPLED WITH THE BASES LOADED IN THE 4TH INNING, WHERE THE BLAZE SCORED 5 RUNS.

AS THEY WERE TOLD BY COACH KLEIMAN BEFORE THE DOUBLEHEADER, THIS COULD BE A DAY WHERE THE BLAZE COULD SOLIDIFY THEIR PLAYOFF POSITION....THE TEAM DIDN'T DISAPPOINT. 

IN GAME 1, BLAZE PITCHER ZACH KLEIMAN PROVIDED A COMMANDING PERFORMANCE GOING THE DISTANCE...STRIKING OUT 7. THIS GAME LOOKED LIKE A TRUE PITCHERS DUEL UNTIL THE BLAZE 6TH, WHEN THEY SENT 12 HITTERS TO THE PLATE AND SCORED 7 RUNS.  KLEIMAN DID IT WITH THE BAT AS WELL ADDING 2 HITS, A WALK AND A RUN SCORED. RICHARD CHERNOFF DROVE IN 2 OF THE 7 RUNS. DOM MARENGO ADDED 2 HITS OF HIS OWN.

IN GAME 2, THE BLAZE SENT DOM MARENGO TO THE HILL. AFTER STRONG 1ST INNING, THE SNAPPERS BROKE THROUGH FOR 2 RUNS IN THE 2ND......THAT PROVED TO BE ALL THE RUNS THAT THE SNAPPERS WOULD GET FROM THE BLAZE'S STINGY DEFENSE AND PITCHING. CHRIS NEWELL THREW 3 STRONG INNINGS IN MIDDLE RELIEF AND SKYLER FOX CAM ON IN THE 6TH INNING TO CLOSE OUT THE GAME. ONCE AGAIN, THE BLAZE DISPLAYED THEIR PITCHING DEPTH. THE OFFENSE WAS LED BY HARRISON FRANETIC AND RICHARD CHERNOFF WITH 3 RBI'S EACH. IN ADDITION, ROBERT COLLIN AND FRANETIC EACH SCORED 3 RUNS AND JASON WILPON SCORED 2. IN ADDITION TO WILPON, CHERNOFF, COLLIN AND FRANETIC, CHRIS NEWELL, ZACH KLEIMAN AND ADAM MUND EACH ADDED HITS OF THEIR OWN.

THE BLAZE RECEIVED EXCELLENT PITCHING FROM RICHARD CHERNOFF AND ROBERT (RC) COLLIN ENROUTE TO THIS IMPORTANT DIVISIONAL VICTORY. CHERNOFF HAD GREAT CONTROL DURING HIS 6 PLUS INNINGS ON THE MOUND IN WHICH HE YIELDED 2 RUNS (6IP, 5H, 1BB), OF WHICH ONLY ONE WAS EARNED. AFTER A LEADOFF SINGLE IN THE SIXTH, CHERNOFF GAVE WAY TO COLLIN, WHO GAVE UP ONE HIT IN TWO SCORELESS INNINGS TO EARN THE SAVE. THE BLAZE KNOTTED THE GAME AT 1 IN THE TOP OF THE 3RD INNING AFTER BLAZE CATCHER ZACH FRIELAND WAS HIT BY A PITCH, PINCH RUNNER JARED HEIDT SCORED FROM FIRST ON A LONG DOUBLE BY ADAM MUND. THE BLAZE SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED A RUN IN THE 4TH AND PUT THE GAME AWAY IN THE 6TH AND 7TH WHERE THEY PLATED 4 MORE RUNS. IN THE 6TH, COLLIN AND JASON WILPON SCORED ON HITS BY GEORGE GUGINO AND SKYLAR FOX. IN THE 7TH INNING, HARRISON FRANETIC DOUBLED HOME MUND AND COLLIN.

THE BLAZE WERE ONCE AGAIN SEEDED 9TH AFTER THE PRELIMINARY ROUND GAMES AT THE TRIPLE CROWN. THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE BLAZE REALIZE THAT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY BAD FOR THE BLAZE AS THEY HAVE COME FROM THAT SPOT BEFORE TO PREVIOUSLY TAKE 2ND AT THE TRIPLE CROWN IN PLANTATION.

IN THE PRELIMINARY GAMES, THE BLAZE LOST TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAZORBACKS 10 -9. AFTER SPOTTING THE RAZORBACKS 7 (MOSTLY UNEARNED) RUNS IN THE 1ST INNING, THE BLAZE CLAWED THEIR WAY BACK BY PUTTING UP 7 OF THEIR OWN IN THE 5TH INNING. HOWEVER, IN THE END, THE RALLY FELL SHORT.

IN THE 2ND GAME, THE BLAZE FELL BEHIND TO THE MUSKEGO WARRIORS 3 - 0 IN THE FIRST INNING. 3 BLAZE RUNS IN THE 6TH INNING WAS NOT ENOUGH TO OVERCOME A 4 RUN DEFICIT AND THE BLAZE LOST 5 - 3.

IN THE 1ST ELIMINATION GAME, THE BLAZE MET AN OLD RIVAL, THE BROWARD PANTHERS. ROBERT (RC) COLLIN PITCHED 4 STRONG INNINGS, GIVING UP ONLY 1 RUN. HE RECEIVED MORE THEN AMPLE SUPPORT AS THE BLAZE RACKED UP 16 RUNS IN THE SHORTENED GAME.

THE NUMBER 1 SEEDED PARKLAND POKERS WERE UP NEXT. ZACH KLEIMAN GAVE THEIR STRONG HITTING LINE-UP ALL THEY COULD HANDLE. IN THE 4TH INNING, THE POKERS PLATED THREE RUNS, 2 OF WHICH WERE UNEARNED, ENROUTE TO A 4 - 3 VICTORY OVER THE BLAZE.

THE TRIPLE CROWN SPRING CHASE FOR THE CHAMPIONS WILL BE PLAYED THIS WEEKEND (APRIL 13 - 15) IN PEMBROKE PINES. THE BROWARD BLAZE ENTER PLAY WITH THEIR TICKET ALREADY PUNCHED FOR  ST. AUGUSTINE  BY VIRTUE OF THEIR 2ND PLACE FINISH IN THE PLANTATION TRIPLE CROWN TOURNAMENT. POOL PLAY FOR THE BLAZE IS SECHEDULED AS FOLLOWS:

BLAZE VS. SOUTH FLORIDA RAZORBACKS - FRIDAY, 4/13 AT 6PM - FLAMINGO 1
BLAZE VS. MUSKEGO WARRIORS - SATURDAY, 4/14 AT 11:15AM AT PPO 5

THE FIRST PLAYOFF GAME WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY EVENING

THE BLAZE AND THE RAZORBACKS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF PLAYING QUALITY GAMES. MUSKEGO (http://www.muskegowarriors.org/u14page.shtml) COMES TO TOWN AS AN UNKNOWN TO TRAVEL BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, HOWEVER, THEY COME FROM A WELL ORGANIZED PROGRAM AND SHOULD ENJOY PLAYING IN SUCH A STRONG FIELD.

 

IN THE FINAL GAME BEFORE THE TEAM'S SPRING BREAK, THE BLAZE PLAYERS PULLED ALL FACETS OF THEIR GAME TOGETHER AND BEAT A VERY STRONG AND UNDEFEATED WESTON RATTLERS TEAM 3 - 1. THE BLAZE WAS LED BY PITCHER ZACH KLEIMAN (7IP, 1 ER, 8K, 4H, 2BB) WHO THREW AN OUTSTANDING GAME. HE ALSO ADDED A SACRIFICE WHICH SCORED WHAT WOULD BE THE GAME WINNING RUN. IN THE 6TH INNING, THE RATTLERS ONCE AGAIN SHOWED THEIR TENACITY BY GETTING THEIR FIRST TWO HITTERS ON BASE. BLAZE CATCHER JASON WILPON THEN PICKED OFF THE RUNNER AT 2ND WITH A PERFECT THROW ON A FAILED BUNT AND RUN. THIS PLAY EXTINGUISHED THE RALLY AS KLEIMAN THEN STRUCK OUT THE NEXT TWO RATTLERS HITTERS. GEORGE GUGINO AND ROBERT COLLIN CONTRIBUTED LONG DOUBLES....AS EACH WOULD LATER SCORE.

THE BLAZE DEFEATED THE WESTON HAWKS 3-0 AT WESTON REGIONAL PARK. ON THIS NIGHT, 3 SELDOM USED PITCHERS HAD A CHANCE TO DISPLAY THEIR ABILITIES. ADAM MUND (3IP, 2K), JASON WILPON, (3IP, 4K) AND GEORGE GUGINO (1IP, 2K) LED THE WAY FOR THE BLAZE USING A GOOD COMBINATION OF PITCHES TO KEEP THE HAWK'S HITTERS OFF BALANCE ALL NIGHT. AT THE PLATE, GUGINO PROVIDED ALL THE OFFENSE THAT THE TEAM NEEDED WHEN HE SLUGGED A FASTBALL HIGH INTO THE WESTON NIGHT AND OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT. RICHARD CHERNOFF ADDED 2 HITS AND RICH ENGLAR AND JASON WILPON DROVE IN THE BLAZE'S FINAL 2 RUNS. BLAZE CATCHER ZACH FRIELAND HAD A STRONG GAME BEHIND THE PLATE AS HE DID A GREAT JOB WITH THREE DIFFERENT PITCHERS.

IN AN IMPORTANT INTER-DIVISIONAL MATCH-UP, THE PPO BENGALS TOPPED THE BLAZE 7-4. THE BLAZE FELL BEHIND EARLY IN THIS CONTEST AND WERE UNABLE TO CATCH UP. BLAZE STARTER RICHARD CHERNOFF GAVE UP 3 RUNS IN 3 INNINGS OF WORK. RICH ENGLAR AND ADAM MUND EACH HAD TWO HITS. SKYLAR FOX, JASON WILPON, ROBERT COLLIN, HARRY FRANETIC EACH ADDED A HIT.

THE BROWARD BLAZE DEFEATED THE WESTON HAWKS 10 - 0. ZACH KLEIMAN THREW THREE SCORELESS INNINGS WHERE HE GAVE UP ONLY ONE HIT TO EARN THE WIN. HE STRUCK OUT 6 HAWKS HITTERS. CHRIS NEWELL, PLAYING IN HIS FIRST GAME AGAINST HIS FORMER CLUB, WAS STRONG IN TWO INNINGS OF RELIEF WHERE HE FACED THE MINIMUM OF 6 BATTERS, STRIKING OUT THE LAST ONE WITH A GREAT CURVE BALL. OFFENSIVELY, THE BLAZE CAME OUT STRONG, PUTTING UP 8 RUNS IN THE FIRST TWO INNINGS. KLEIMAN, GEORGE GUGINO AND HARRISON FRANETIC EACH HAD TWO HITS. 7 BLAZE PLAYERS EACH ADDED A HIT INCLUDING DOM MARENGO, JARED HEIDT AND RICH ENGLAR.

AFTER GIVING UP THREE EARLY RUNS, THE BLAZE REGROUPED TO DEFEAT THE BROWARD PANTHERS 7 - 3. ROBERT "RC" COLLIN PITCHED 6 STRONG INNINGS WHERE HE SURRENDERED ONLY 5 HITS ENROUTE TO THE COMPLETE GAME VICTORY. THE BLAZE DEFENSE WAS STRONG AS THEY STOPPED A LATE ATTEMPT BY THE PANTHERS TO SCORE WHEN THEY CAUGHT A PLAYER IN A RUN DOWN BETWEEN 3RD BASE AND HOME. GEORGE GUGINO HAD THREE HITS, TO INCLUDE 2 DOUBLES, AND THREE RBI'S TO LEAD THE OFFENSE. COLLIN, CHRIS NEWELL AND JASON WILPON EACH ADDED 2 HITS. ADAM MUND ADDED A SINGLE UP THE MIDDLE IN THE 4TH INNING DRIVING IN WHAT PROVED TO BE THE GAME WINNING RUN.

FORMER FLORIDA MARLINS MANAGER AND 2006 NATIONAL LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR JOE GIRARDI AND HIS FAMILY JOINED BLAZE PLAYERS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR A NIGHT OF FOOD AND AUTOGRAPHS AT BEEF O'BRADYS IN COOPER CITY. COACH GIRARDI WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND TAKE PICTURES WITH PATRONS IN EXCHANGE FOR A DONATION TO THE BLAZE. THERE WAS EVEN TIME FOR THE COACH TO FIELD A FEW QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE SOME TIPS TO THE PLAYERS. THANKS COACH GIRARDI FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO HELP THE BLAZE'S FUND RAISING EFFORTS!!!!!

DESPITE GOING 0-2 IN POOL PLAY AND BEING SEEDED 9TH FOR THE ELIMINATION ROUND, THE BROWARD BLAZE REELED OFF 3 CONSECUTIVE WINS BEFORE FALLING TO THE 2006 FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONS MANASOTA METEORS IN THE FINALS OF THE TRIPLE CROWN TOURNAMENT IN PLANTATION. THEY ARE A VERY DISCIPLINED AND WELL COACHED TEAM AND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THEY STILL HAD A LOT OF GAS IN THE TANK. TO GET TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THE BLAZE HAD TO DEFEAT 3 VERY TOUGH TEAMS IN THE HOMESTEAD STORM, THE SOUTH FLORIDA SNAPPERS AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAZORBACKS. DURING THESE ELIMINATION GAMES, THERE WERE TIMES THAT THE BLAZE WERE DOWN ON THE SCOREBOARD..... BUT THEY WERE NEVER DOWN IN HEART....THE BLAZE WOULD NOT BE DENIED!

SUCCESS IN THIS TOURNAMENT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. THE BLAZE DEFENSE AND PITCHING WAS EXCELLENT. 

IN TAKING 2ND PLACE, THE BLAZE EARNED AN EARLY BIRTH TO THE TRIPLE CROWN WORLD SERIES OR ONE OF THEIR NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS.  

WAY TO GO BLAZE!!!!!!

THE BROWARD BLAZE TRAVEL BASEBALL TEAM WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW PLAYERS AND THEIR FAMILIES:
ROBERT (RC), GEORGE, JARED, ZACH, DOM AND CHRIS.
GOOD LUCK GUYS....WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A GREAT SPRING SEASON!!!!!

THE SPRING TRAVEL SEASON FOR FLORIDA PREMIER SPORTS WILL BEGIN FOR THE BROWARD BLAZE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH. THE BLAZE WILL HOST THE BROWARD PANTHERS AT BRIAN PICCOLO PARK IN COOPER CITY AT 1:00PM. ALL OF THE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED BLAZE GAMES CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE SCHEDULE SECTION OF THE WEBSITE. ADDITIONAL GAMES ARE BEING SCHEDULED AND WILL BE POSTED ONCE CONFIRMED.

THE BROWARD BLAZE BEGIN PLAY IN THE FLANAGAN FALCONS ELITE HOLIDAY BASH TOURNAMENT ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS THEY PLAY THE WEST PINES COBRAS AT 6:00PM AT PEMBROKE LAKES FIELD NUMBER 1. THE BLAZE PLAY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 8:15PM AGAINST THE CORAL SPRING MUSTANGS.

THE BLAZE, BEHIND A STRONG PITCHING PERFORMANCE FROM ZACH KLEIMAN (6IP, 8K, 5 HITS, 3ER) DEFEATED A VERY TOUGH PASADENA PANTHERS TEAM, 15 - 4, TO CLOSE OUT THE FPBL REGULAR SEASON.

THE BLAZE SPLIT A PAIR WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA BLAZE ON THE LAST WEEKEND OF THE FPBL REGULAR SEASON. IN THE 1ST GAME 8 - 1 VICTORY, THE BLAZE WERE LED BY PITCHER RICHARD CHERNOFF, WHO THREW A COMPLETE GAME. DESPITE GOOD PITCHING PERFORMANCES FROM NICK MOORMAN AND ADAM MUND, THE BLAZE COULD NOT MUSTER THE OFFENSE TO OVERCOME A LATE SURGE FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA BLAZE, GOING DOWN TO A 5 - 3 DEFEAT.

IN A GAME WHERE BLAZE PITCHER ZACH KLEIMAN (7IP, 7 HITS, 3 ER) STRUCK OUT 8 HITTERS, THE BLAZE COULD NOT MUSTER THE OFFENSE AND FELL TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAZORBACKS 4 - 2. AFTER GETTING OFF TO A ROCKY 1ST INNING WHERE THE BLAZE YIELDED 2 RUNS, THE TEAM STIFLED THE POWERFUL RAZORBACKS WITH STRONG PITCHING AND GOOD DEFENSE. THE BLAZE FINALLY TIED THE SCORE IN THE 6TH INNING. THE RAZORBACKS WENT ON TO WIN WHEN THEY SCORED 2 ADDITIONAL RUNS IN THE 7TH INNING.

IN GAME ONE OF A DOUBLEHEADER WITH THE CORAL SPRINGS MUSTANGS, THE BLAZE SCORED 7 RUNS IN THE 1ST INNING AND RODE THE STRONG PITCHING OF RICHARD CHERNOFF ( 3.2 IP, 2K, 1BB, 1H) TO A 10 - 0 VICTORY. RELIEVER NICK MOORMAN SECURED THE SHUTOUT WITH A STRONG EFFORT. COLIN MARTINDALE PROVIDED 2 HITS AND 2 RBI'S TO PROVIDED THE OFFENSIVE PUNCH. 

IN GAME 2, BLAZE PITCHER ADAM MUND (5IP, 2K, 3BB, 1H) THREW 5 INNINGS OF SHUT OUT BALL. HOWEVER, THE BATS CONTINUED TO BE QUIET AND THE BLAZE FELL 4 - 1 AS THE MUSTANGS SCORED 4 RUNS IN THE 6TH INNING.   

THE BROWARD BLAZE WILL BE PLAYING IN THE TRIPLE CROWN FALL NATIONALS IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA BEGINNING ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27TH. THIS TOURNAMENT FEATURES A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE FIELD. THE 1ST 2 SEEDING GAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 
6PM FRIDAY - BLAZE VS. THE LUMBERKINGS 
8:15PM FRIDAY - BLAZE VS. OHIO WARHAWKS
THESE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT A.D. DAVIS FIELD AT THE ST. AUGUSTINE LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX. COACH KLEIMAN HAS THE DIRECTIONS TO THIS FIELD. 

IN A GAME THAT FEATURED 30 COMBINED HITS, THE BROWARD BLAZE DEFEATED THE COOPER CITY COWBOYS, 16 - 9. EVERY BLAZE PLAYER HAD AT LEAST ONE HIT. JASON WILPON THREW 5 INNINGS (4ER, 7H, 3K) TO EARN THE WIN. HE ALSO ADDED 2 HITS. RICHARD CHERNOFF LED THE BLAZE OFFENSE WITH 3 HITS AND SCORED 3 RUNS. NICK MOORMANN ADDED 2 HITS AND 2 RBI'S. ADAM MUND (4 RBI'S) AND ADRIAN GARCIA (3 RBI'S ON 2 DOUBLES) HELPED THE CAUSE.

MONITOR THE WEATHER!

THE BLAZE DISPLAYED THEIR ABILITIES DURING THE PRE-TOURNAMENT SKILLS COMPETITION HELD AT THE RIPKEN EXPERIENCE IN MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA. 

IN THE END, THE BLAZE SQUAD DEFEATED 14 OTHER 13 YEAR OLD TEAMS TO WIN THE "DOUBLE PLAY" COMPETITION. 

HARRY, WHO IS BETTER KNOWN AS "THE HAMMER", TOOK 2ND PLACE IN THE HOME RUN COMPETITION.

WAY TO GO BLAZE!!!!