Playoff Info located on standings page.
Pride evens series at 1, force showdown Wednesday
Hunters sweep Mustangs advance to finals
Jerry Nolan hurls six to lead the way
Hunters defeat Mustangs 6-1.
After shaky first Jared Rohrig settled down and pitched six strong innings in game one of semi finals. Cody Quinn worked the seventh. Alberto Martinez banged out a double and a home run, Joe Klein tripled and Quinn doubled to lead offense. Matt Stevens and Chris Darin had a couple of hits for the Mustangs. Game two is Tuesday at West Side Field.
Patriot Motors stay hot win game one over Pride.
The Motorerers are one game away from first ever championship appearance, face Pride Tuesday at 8pm at Pat Wall.
Mustangs eliminate Sliders 2-1
Mike Stevens outduels Sal Savo to advance to semi finals. Sean O'Reilly provides offense.
Pride outlasts Merchants 11-6
It took 11 innings but the Pride came away with victory. The Merchants made it interesting by scoring 5 runs in the seventh to get the game to extras, but in the 11th the Pride opened up and held on to advance to semi finals.
Patriot Motors 10 Total Renovations 4
In the second upset of the day the Patriot Motors knock out perenial power Total Renovations, Steven Conners leads offense.
Sunday 5:30 Pat Wall
Cheshire Mustangs vs MountainRidge Sliders
Mike Stevens vs Sal Savo
Sunday 8:00 West Side
Total Renovations vs Patriot Motors
Rick Marrero vs Jaunaukas
All Star Info can be found in the WTL News Page.
Pride take two from Cyclones
Total rolls locks in at least third place, aims for Merchants this week
Patriot Motors shut out Mustangs 10-0
Hunters outlast Mustangs 6-4. Playing their second extra inning game in three days, hunters win it with Paul Bottigiliero two run homerun in 8th. Eric Mills (2b and 3b) and Sean O'reilly (3 hits) lead Mustang offense. Mike Stevens was impressive for the Cheshire club and Jerry Nolan earns fifth win in relief going 6 innings for the win. Ken Parcella, Brian Halpin and Jeff Maurutis had key hits for the Hunters.
hunters down patriot motors 3-0, scott sobkowiak keeps hunters at bay allowing only 4 hits.
savo shuts down mustangs, improves to 4-1, sliders making tourney run to close out season
Hunters outlast Mustangs 5-1 in 9 innings
Matt Hennessey-Hunters and Tyler Brett-Mustangs were dominant in their 2008 pitching debuts, but the Hunters pulled away in the top of the ninth with a four run inning, highlighted by Jeff Maurutis' (3-5) triple. Brett fanned 9 through 7 plus innings and Hennessey fanned 14 in 8 1/3. Jared Rohrig closed the door with two k's in the bottom of the ninth.
First Annual Wallingford Twilight League All Star Game
Monday August 11 7pm Pat Wall Field
Tufts Division vs Norton Division
Hunters Total Renovations
Merchants Mustangs
Cyclones Patriot Motors
Sliders Pride
Teams will be announced Monday July 14
reno back on track versus cyclones
Hunters outlast reno 1-0 in eight, marrero rohrig showdown, antonino scores on walker sac fly, maleto two hits in losing cause, martinez two hits for winners
patriot motors win three in a row, take two from sliders
Hunters hold off Reno 8-6
rematch of last years championship series, Reno scores three in bottom of seventh on doubles by Mike Townsend and Wink Farrow to bring tying run to the plate. Rick Marrero was dominant in relief, Farrow added three hits. 2007 Pitcher of the Year Jerry Nolan earns the win for the Hunters.
Patriot Motors squeaks by Cyclones. K. Jones earns the win.
Barthel (11 k's) leads Total Reno overs Sliders 10-1
Rohrig (13 k's) outduels Cox Hunters win 8-2 over Merchants
Bainer shuts down Sliders, fans 10
Piscitelli wins another, Merchants down Patriot 9-2 Goodrich goes deep for Patriot
Quinn, Maurutis and Zikaras lead complete effort in Hunters win over Pride
Belanger does it all in Pride win over Cyclones
Savo beats Mustangs 2-1, Sliders climbing latter
Merchants winning with pitching, Piscitelli and Cox shut down Sliders
Zikaras and Shuckerow combine for 7 hits in Hunters win over Cyclones
Three Wallingford Twilight Leaguers go in day two of draft
Liam Ohlmann (Downtown Merchants 2006-2008, Manchester Community College, Milwaukee Brewers) highlights a significant day in Wallingford Twilight League History by being one of three players with league ties to be selected in the MLB draft. Mike Diaz and Brian Irving are the other two players. Ohlmann lead the Downtown Merchants to a league title in 2006 and was a dominant pitcher and excellent offensive threat for the Merchants. Liam was an asset to the league because of his talent, competitive nature and sportsmanship.
Mike Diaz (Milford Hunters, Southern Connecticut) was selected by the Houston Astros. Mike is an outstanding athlete with a very decorated career at Southern. Mike played from 2006-2008 with the Hunters.
Brian Irving (Milford Hunters, Yale) led the Hunters to the 2005 state AABC title. In 2005 the Hunters came out of the losers bracket to win the 2005 State Championship, Brian pitched in the semi final and was outstanding in throwing a shut out.
Sliders win in comeback fashion Delizio bases clearing double leaves Pride on the field
Hahn Shuts out Hunters, Merchants win 3-0
Doonan back in the mix Total knocks off Cyclones
Mustangs chalk up win, Chris Darin adding w's
Merchants on a roll, another day another ace emerges
Jeff Piscitelli picks up where Jim Cox and Liam Ohlmann left off, shutting down Total Renovations in a 6-1 win.
Hunters tap youth in win over Sliders
Tyler Mizenko hurled three hitless innings and Kyle Nissen added two hits in a 11-1 win over MountainRidge Sliders. Pete Barrows got lone hit for MountainRidge. Matt Corsetti pitched well in his three innings. Jeff Maurutis homered for the Hunters.
Oh Man Ohlmann k's 17!
Fresh off impressive collegiate season, Liam Ohlmann leads the Merchants to win over Cyclones.
Smith fans 12 in Hunters win over Pride
Eric Smith was impressive in 9-2 win over Pride. Wes Dutton was equal to the task leaving tied 2-2 in the sixth. Ryan Antonino, Mike Dooling and Kevin Zikaras lead the offense. Jeff Rustico had two hits, an rbi and a stolen base for the Pride.
Sliders put two wins up on holiday weekend. Culver, St.Arnault lead the way
Patriot Motors get first win over Cyclones, Pete Karl earns the win
Mustangs on the board with 9-2 win over Pride
Revamped Pride shut out Patriot Motors
Jeff Rustico hurls shut out in 5-0 win.
Hunters hold off Mustangs in classic duel
Riley Shuckerow outduels Eric Weber in 2-1 classic at Pat Wall. Weber hard luck loser allowing a couple of infield singles and an unearned run.
Merchants knock off Sliders to earn first win of 08
Cox Dominant in second start allows zero hits in five innings
Cylcones 9 Hunters 6
Cyclones earn victory in WTL Debut
Hunters 9 Patriot Motors 5
Jeff Maurutis lead the offense and Riley Shuckerow earns the win in relief.
Total Renovations 10 Downtown Merchants 1
Mike Townsend doubled and homered for the Renomen, and Rick Jackson shut down the Merchants as Reno evens up for the season.
Hunters 10 Total Renovations 1
Jerry Nolan hurls complete game to earn victory over Renomen, allowing two hits. Ryan Antonino (3-4 Solo HR), Mike Dooling (3-4 Triple), Alberto Martinez (3-4) lead offense.
2008 Season begins with history making day.
On a cold spring night the Hunters tossed two no hitters to open the season.
Hunters 5 Merchants 0
Brad Stearns and Ryan Antonino combine to no hit Merchants. Alberto Martinez delivered a bases clearing double in the sixth to seal game. Jimmy Cox makes return to league in dominating fashion, allowing only a single run through five.
Hunters 2 Sliders 0
Jared Rohrig no hits the Sliders as the Hunters win by a slim 2-0 margin. Alberto Martinez hits solo home run and Tom Hanley squeezes in insurance run. Sliders pitcher Russ Budnick was nearly equal to the task by fanning six in the last three innings.
Liam Ohlman having dominating season at Manchester CC, will attend Fordham in 2009.
The following colleges will be represented this season..
Division I
Hartford, Rhode Island, Monmouth, St.Peters, Marist, Maine, UCONN, Quinnipiac,Central Connecticut, Sacred Heart, Massachusetts
Division II
Bridgeport, Southern Connecticut, New Haven, Bryant, AIC, Felician
Division III
Eastern Connecticut, Albertus Magnus, Western Connecticut, Wentworth, Bowdoin, Manhattanville
2007 Awards
Player of the Year Ryan Antonino Milford Hunters
Pitcher of the Year Jerry Nolan Milford Hunters
Rookies of the Year Peter Barrows MountainRidge Sliders
Matt Stevens Cheshire Mustangs
Manager of the Year Dan Kennedy Total Renovations
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament Jeff Maurutis Milford Hunters
Carl Tufts Man of the Year Wink Farrow Total Renovation
Milford Hunters set for NABF Regional in Salisbury, Maryland this Thursday to Sunday
Milford Hunters beat Perdue(MD) Chicks 4-3 in 11 innings. Paul Bottigliero's 2 run homer with two outs in bottom of seventh gets Hunters to extras.
Milford Hunters beat Staten Island (NY) Jewelers 7-1 behind Eric Smith.
Milford Hunters lose to Atlantic Coastal Drillers (De)5-3 despite being up 3-2 in seventh.
Milford Hunters lose to Harmony (MD) Highlanders 10-0
AABC State Tournament
Cheshire Mustangs lose 10-1 to Wolcott Scrappers, 4-2 to Brass City Brew
Total Renovations lose 2-1 to Bethehem Ploughboys, 6-0 to Torrington Rebels
Milford cops another Wallingford twi title
By John Pettit
Record-Journal staff
Milford Hunters 4 Total Renovations 1
WALLINGFORD — The team’s name has changed, but the results were much the same Thursday night under the lights at Pat Wall Field.
The Milford Hunters, formerly FPA, won their sixth Wallingford Twilight League title in the past seven seasons with a 4-1 victory over Total Renovations.
“It’s huge,” Hunters coach Tom Hanley said. “Any championship is a big deal, especially when you play a team like Total Renovations.”
Silky-smooth southpaw Brendan Wyman scattered four hits over 6 2/3 innings as Milford swept the best-ofthree series. Ryan Antonino and Ryan De Polo smacked RBI singles, while Jeff Maurutis and Nick Czekaj contributed two hits apiece for the Hunters, who also won Wednesday’s opener 4-1.
Milford left 11 runners on base in the game, including two in the first inning when Total’s TJ Dela Sota robbed Alberto Martinez with a diving backhand catch in right-center field.
The Hunters went ahead 1-0 on Antonino’s run-scoring single in the top of the fourth inning before batting around for three runs in their fifth. Czekaj and Maurutis started the big inning with singles and Martinez walked to load the bases and chase Total’s Ricky Jackson, who had seven strikeouts in his first start of the season. Reliever Ricky Marrero couldn’t get out of the jam. He walked in a run and Milford used De Polo’s RBI single and an error to build a 4-0 advantage. Wyman (4-0) cruised through the first six innings before running into trouble in the bottom of the seventh. Total’s Rich Cassella launched a solo home run to start the inning. Wyman got two quick outs, but walked pinchhitter Gary Duhamel.
“I don’t throw hard,” said Wyman, who finished with five strikeouts and two walks. “I’ve just got to throw a lot of strikes and hit my spots. That’s how I get the job done. I thought I did pretty well. In the seventh inning, I got a little tired.”
Hanley brought in lefty Matt Hennessey. He walked two straight to put the tying run on first base, but fanned the pesky Dela Sota to end the game.
“We had a little bit of fight at the end, which is good,” Total Renovations coach Dan Kennedy said. “You have to tip your cap to (Milford). They did what they had to do today. We had a fun year and a great year. It kind of gets me excited for next year. I always think I’m going to hang it up. It makes you want to hang around for a little longer.”
Mike Townsend had a single and double for Total, while Ozzie Ramos ripped a single.
“It would have been nice to win, but the reality is you win some, you lose and we’ll be putting on the cleats next year ready to go again,” Ramos said. “We’ll take another crack at it next year.”
Milford improved to 21-31 overall with Thursday’s victory, while Total Renovations moved to 17-8. The Wallingford season is over, but the summer will continue for both teams next month.
Milford will compete in the NABF regionals in Salisbury, Md., while Total Renovations and the Cheshire Mustangs will represent the Wallingford league at the AABC Stan Musial State Tournament in Torrington next week.
Milford strikes first
By Tim Kolehmainen Record-Journal staff
Milford Hunters 4 Total Renovations 1 WALLINGFORD — The opening game of the Wallingford Twilight League best-of-three championship series seems an odd time to give a pitcher his first start of the season. Yet that’s exactly what both the Milford Hunters and Total Renovations did. One was by necessity, the other by design. Wednesday night at West Side Field, intention and Jared Rohrig overcame need and Ozzie Ramos as the Hunters (20-3-1) edged Total (17-7) by a 4-1 score to gain the series advantage. Rohrig, the longtime Hunters’ ace, started his first game since coming back from an elbow injury, giving Milford manager Tom Hanley the lift his club needed. He allowed only one hit in five innings, walking one and fanning five. Chris Arden came on to pitch two perfect innings in relief for Milford, fanning two. Right elbow wrapped in a black sleeve, Rohrig’s fastball was humming and his slider had late breaking movement. For the first three frames, he was untouchable, inducing weak ground balls to the right side of the infield. “I just wanted to throw strikes the first time out. Get ahead of hitters and get groundballs,” said Rohrig, who threw mostly fastballs until tiring in the fifth inning. Total didn’t get its first baserunner until Rohrig drilled Rob Cassella in the shoulder with two outs in the fourth. Meanwhile, Ramos was thrown into the fire after Total Renovations played two games the previous two nights to advance to the finals, including an 11-inning marathon in Tuesday’s semifinals in which they burned both ace Rick Marrerro and No. 2 Dan Kennedy. Yet Ramos stymied Milford for three innings before they were able to pick up his unusual herky-jerky delivery and different release points. In 5 2/3 innings, he gave up six hits and four runs, walking two and striking out one. “He really came through,” said Kennedy. “He junked them and did a great job.” “I can’t say enough about Ozzie Ramos. He came out there and threw strikes and mixed it up,” said Hanley, whose club finally got its first hit against Ramos on Ryan Antonino’s infield single with one out in the fourth. Antonino promptly stole second and scored on Jeff Maurutis’ line single to left. Maurutis then stole second and scored on a single to center by Nick Czekaj to give the Hunters a 2-0 lead. “We had to play a little small ball,” said Hanley. “You’ve got to get on base and get them around.” In the bottom of the fourth, Wink Farrow led off with a clean single to right, the only hit for Total. Rick Jackson walked and Willie Rios sacrificed both runners into scoring position. Mike Townsend plated Farrow with a grounder to second, but Rohrig reached back to strike out Gary Duhamel and end the threat. The Hunters tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to put the game away. Paul Bottigliero doubled in a run and Ryan De Polo poked an RBI single off reliever Rob Cassella. Rohrig, in his sixth year with Milford, pitched in last year’s WTL series-clincher, losing 1-0 to Liam Ohlmann and the Downtown Merchants. As he recalled, it was the first time in his stint with the Hunters that they had failed to win the league playoff title. This year’s series pits the top two teams in the WTL, as the Hunters are the No. 1 seed and Total Renovations is the No. 2 seed. During the year, Milford took three of four head-tohead, losing only the finale. “We know who they are and they know who we are,” said Marrero. Wednesday’s Game 1 victory gives the Hunters a leg up in the best-of-three series. Game two is at 8 tonight at Pat Wall Field and Milford is expected to send lefty Brendan Wyman to the mound. Wyman (3-0) is one of many Hunters who play college ball, pitching for Post University. Total ace Marrerro (6-1), just one day removed from a seven inning relief stint in their 11-inning semifinal victory Tuesday night, will pitch in a must-win situation. “We’ll get into these guys, but they’re tough. They have a lot of good pitchers,” said a confident Marrero. Game 3, if necessary, will be played Sunday at 6 p.m., also at Pat Wall Field.
