SYAG Braves 11u Travel Baseball Team - (Farmingville, NY)

BRAVES GO SHARK FISHING

THE BRAVES TRAVELED TO COMMACK FOR THEIR SECOND GAME OF THE 2009 SPRING SEASON TO FACE OFF AGAINST THE 2 - 2 LI SHARKS.

BUBBA TOOK THE MOUND FOR THE BRAVES. BUBBA WAS THROWING HARD WITH GREAT COMMAND OF THE STRIKE ZONE. BUBBA THREW A STRONG 4 INNINGS WITH 3 STRIKEOUTS AND GAVE UP 4 HITS.

BUBBA HAD PLENTY OF SUPPORT FROM HIS TEAM WHO BUSTED OUT 10 HITS AND DREW 8 WALKS. HITTING WAS LEAD BY MIKE WITH 2 SINGLES WITH 2 RUNS BATTED IN. SQUEEKER WAS ON BASE TWICE WITH A HIT, WALK AND 2 RBI'S. POP'S ADDED A HIT, 2 WALKS AND A RUN SCORED. AJ DREW 2 WALKS, ANDREW DREW A BIG WALK, TANK, BUBBA, WHEELS, RHINO, DAVEY AND LOOP ALL ADDED SINGLES TO ADD TO THE BRAVES POWERFULL OFFENSE. GREAT PLAYS WERE MADE ON THE FIELD WHEN NEEDED. BIG DAN WAS SOLID BEHIND THE PLATE THROWING OUT A RUNNER ON THIRD TO COMPLETE A STRIKEOUT,THROWOUT DOUBLE PLAY.

BIG MIKE CAME IN TO REEL IN THE SHARKS IN THE LAST 2 INNINGS BY STRIKING OUT 4, WALKING ONLY 2 AND GIVING UP 3 HITS. WE HAD A SCAREY MOMENT IN THE FOURTH WHEN TANK TOOK A BALL TO THE LEFT CHEEK WHILE TRYING TO CATCH A THROWDOWN FROM THE PLATE. HE IS FINE AND WILL PLAY THIS WEEKEND.

THE BRAVES WENT SHARK FISHING AND CAUGHT THE SHARKS AND BEAT THEM BY A SCORE OF 8 - 4. A GREAT GAME WAS PLAYED BY EVERYONE. THE BRAVES WILL TRAVEL TO COMMACK ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEKEND TO FACE OFF AGAINST THE LONG ISLAND INFERNO. GO GET EM BRAVES!!!!

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BRAVES BATTLE ASTROS

ON A BEAUTIFUL MOTHERS DAY THE BRAVES DID BATTLE AGAINST THE TOUGH LI ASTROS IN A NAIL BITTING DOUBLE HEADER.

GAME 1 WAS HARD THROWING LOOP VS TEDDY. BOTH PITCHERS WERE ON FIRE FROM THE GET GO. JOE PITCHED ONE OF THE BEST GAMES WE HAD EVER SEEN HIM PITCH. THEY WERE BOTH ON THROWING EACH PITCH HARDER THAN THE NEXT. THE ASTROS JUMPED ON TOP EARLY WITH A COUPLE OF RUNS. THE BRAVES BATTLED BACK WITH A RUN OF THEIR OWN TO MAKE IT A 2-1 GAME.THE ASTROS ADDED TO THEIR LEAD WITH ANOTHER RUN IN THE FOURTH TO TURN IT BACK INTO A 2 RUN LEAD. TOP OF THE SIXTH BUBBA LED OFF WITH A HARD HIT SINGLE AND STOLE SECOND BASE. NEXT UP WAS DAVEY WHO HIT A D-BOMB TO DEEP RIGHT CENTER FIELD FOR A STAND UP TRIPLE SCORING BUBBA TO MAKE IT A 1 RUN GAME. LOOP THAN CAME UP BIG WITH A SINGLE OF HIS OWN TO SCORE DAVEY AND TIE THE GAME UP AT 3 GOING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH. THE BRAVES CALLED IN THEIR CLOSER BIG MIKE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE SIXTH WHICH HE DID IN DRAMATIC FASHION. ON TO EXTRA INNINGS WHERE BOTH TEAMS COULD NOT PUT A RUN ON THE BOARD AND THE GAME ENDED IN A 3-3 TIE. ALL TOGETHER THE BRAVES GOT 8 HITS ONLY 2 WALKS AND STRUCK OUT 10 TIMES. IT WAS A GREAT COMEBACK BY THESE HARD FIGHTING BOYS WHO NEVER GIVE UP.

GAME 2 SAW BUBBA AGAINST DEPALMA. BUBBA WAS ON FIRE USING THE ENTIRE PLATE AND ALL OF HIS PITCHES. THE BRAVES JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY 1-0 LEAD.THE GAME SEEMED TO MOVE BY SO QUICK AS IT TURNED INTO A PITCHERS DUEL WITH ONLY 11 HITS TOTAL BETWEEN THE 2 TEAMS. THE ASTROS BATTLED BACK IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING SCORING 2 RUNS AND THAN HOLDING OFF THE CHARGING BRAVES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH TO CLING ON TO A 2-1 VICTORY.

BOTH TEAMS BATTLED AND SHOWED WHY THEY ARE 2 OF THE TOP 11U TEAMS ON LONG ISLAND. IT WAS A GREAT PAIR OF BASEBALL GAMES PLAYED BY 2 GREAT TEAMS.
GREAT JOB BOYS AND KEEP UP THE HARD WORK.

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BRAVES CHOP INFERNO

The Braves played host tonight to the Long Island Inferno at Blue Point field. The Braves sent Big Mike to the mound in his first start of the season. Mike was on fire keeping the Inferno off balance going 5 innings with 3 strike outs, 1 walk and only giving up 2 hits. Mike had plenty of offense behind him as the Braves chopped out 11 hits, led by Bubba with 3. Loop and Pop's added 2 of their own while Rhino, Big mike, Wheels and Dan added a hit each.

Patience once again has shown at the plate by the Tank with 2 walks and Pop's, Wheels, Rhino with 1 apiece. Squeeker came in to close out the game in the 6th with a strikeout. All of the boys played hard and kept the pressure on even though we jumped out to an early lead. We are very proud of them.

GO BRAVEEEES!!!!

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BRAVES CATCH SHARKS

ON WED. THE BRAVES PLAYED HOST TO THE LI SHARKS. THE BRAVES HANDED THE BALL TO RHINO TO START. RHINO PITCHED WELL. HE MIXED UP HIS PITCHES AND USED ALL OF THEM. THE SHARKS GOT ON THE BOARD FIRST IN THE FIRST INNING WITH 3 RUNS.

THE BOYS SHOWED THAT THEY WERE BEHIND RHINO 100% BY SCORING 3 IN THEIR BOTTOM HALF OF THE FIRST TO TIE THE GAME AT 3. ALL OF THE BOYS HIT WELL LED BY THE TANK WITH A TRIPLE AND A SINGLE, AJ WITH A SINGLE AND A DOUBLE AND WHEELS WITH 2 SINGLES. ANDREW BROKE FREE AND CASTED OUT A DOUBLE OVER THE CENTER FIELDERS HEAD AND BUBBA AND D-BOMB ALSO ADDED 1 EACH.

EVERYTIME THE BRAVES OR SHARKS SCORED, THE OTHER WOULD NOT BACK DOWN. THEY FOUGHT BACK TO TIE THE GAME UP. TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING THE BRAVES WERE UP 10 - 7 AND THE SHARKS SHOWED THAT THE LEAD WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO COUNT THEM OUT. THEY STRUCK BACK ONCE AGAIN WITH A 3 RUN FIFTH INNING TO KNOT THE GAME UP AT 10.

THE BRAVES WOULD NOT SCORE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH AND IT WAS ON TO THE SIXTH. THE COACHES BROUGHT IN SQUEEKER TO HOLD BACK THE SHARKS OFFENSE AND THAT HE DID. THE BRAVES KNEW THEY HAD A JOB TO DO, AND THEY DID IT. AFTER THE FIRST 2 BRAVES GOT ON IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH, D-BOMB DROVE A SINGLE UP THE MIDDLE SCORING RHINO FOR THE GAME WINNING HIT AND GIVING THE BRAVES A 11 - 10 VICTORY AND BEATING THE SHARKS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT TIME THIS YEAR. ALL OF THE BOYS PLAYED WELL AND DESERVED THIS HARD FOUGHT VICTORY.

GO BRAVEEEEES!!!

Date	Time	Division	Away Team	Runs	Home Team	Runs	Field

Sat-6/13	10:45 AM	11U	SYAG Braves		Plainedge Red Devils		Wicks Road # 1
Sat-6/13	1:00 PM	11U	LI Inferno Orange		SYAG Braves		Wicks Road # 1
Sat-6/13	3:15 PM	11U	Plainedge Red Devils		LI Inferno Black		Wicks Road # 1
Sat-6/13	5:30 PM	11U	LI Inferno Black		LI Inferno Orange		Wicks Road # 1


Sun-6/14	10:45 AM	11U	Plainedge Red Devils		LI Inferno Orange		Wicks Road # 1
Sun-6/14	1:00 PM	11U	SYAG Braves		LI Inferno Black		Wicks Road # 1
Sun-6/14	3:15 PM	11U	4th place		3rd place		Wicks Road # 1	Consolation Game
Sun-6/14	5:30 PM	11U	2nd place		1st Place		Wicks Road # 1	Championship



		WINS	LOSSES		TIES		POINTS	DIFF	ALLOWED	SCORED
SYAG Braves		0	0		0		0	0	0	0
Plainedge Red Devils		0	0		0		0	0	0	0
LI Inferno Orange		0	0		0		0	0	0	0
LI Inferno Black		0	0		0		0	0	0	0





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INFERNO EDGE BRAVES

BRAVES HOSTED THE LONG ISLAND INFERNO ON TUESDAY NIGHT AT BLUEPOINT FIELD. BUBBA TOOK THE MOUND FOR THE BRAVES AS PORCHELLI TOOK THE MOUND FOR THE INFERNO. BOTH TEAMS LOOKED A LITTLE WEARY FROM THE START ONLY GETTING 8 HITS BETWEEN BOTH CLUBS.

THE INFERNO'S STRUCK EARLY AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF 2 RARE BRAVE 1ST INNING ERRORS BY SCORING A RUN WITH 2 OUTS. THAT IS ALL THE INFERNO WOULD NEED THAT NIGHT TO BEAT THE BRAVES. THE BRAVES ONLY GOT 3 HITS AND STRUCK OUT 5 TIMES (VERY RARE FOR OUR CLUB)

THE BRAVES PITCHING WAS IN CONTROL THAT NIGHT BY NOT WALKING 1 INFERNO BATTER. TIME TO REGROUP BOYS. KEEP YOUR HEADS UP AND PRACTICE HARD.

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BRAVES LOSE TO CARDINALS

ON WED. MAY 27TH, THE BRAVES PLAYED HOST TO THE RONKONKOMA CARDINALS AT BLUEPOINT FIELD.

THE BRAVES GAVE THE BALL TO THEIR HARD THROWING LEFTY JOE LOOP. THE BRAVES JUMPED OUT TO A QUICK 3 - 0 LEAD IN THE FIRST INNING. THE BRAVES BATS SEEMED TO BE ALIVE AND LOUD EARLY. THE CARDINALS ARE NOT A TEAM THAT YOU CAN FALL ASLEEP ON. THEY ARE WELL COACHED AND HAVE GREAT PLAYERS WHO WILL BATTLE FOR 6 SOLID INNINGS. THE BRAVES TRIED TO SIT BACK ON THEIR 3 - 0 LEAD BUT COULD NOT HOLD OFF THE HARD HITTING CARDINALS.

BEFORE THE BRAVES KNEW WHAT HAPPENED, THEY FOUND THEMSELVES BEHIND 7 - 3 AND THAT IS HOW IT ENDED. THE BOYS PLAYED A GOOD GAME AND KEEP THEIR HEADS UP HIGH. THERE IS A LOT OF MORE BASEBALL TO BE PLAYED AND WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF THEM.

THE BRAVES DECIDED TO TEST THEIR SKILLS THIS YEAR AT BASEBALL HEAVENS 2009 MEMORIAL DAY TOURNAMENT. THEY WERE 1 OF 23 TEAMS INCLUDING 10 OUT OF STATE TEAMS.

GAME 1
THE BRAVES FACED OFF AGAINST THE TOUGH NY OUTLAWS OF COMMACK. THE BRAVES LOOP TOOK THE HILL FOR GAME 1. LOOP WAS ON FIRE WITH THE BEST CONTROL WE HAD EVER SEEN HIM HAVE. HITTING ALL OF HIS SPOTS AND KEEPING THE OUTLAWS OFF BALANCE. LOOP THREW 5 SOLID INNINGS WITH 7 STRIKEOUTS,NO WALKS AND ONLY GIVING UP 4 HITS. THE BRAVES WERE BEHIND THEIR STARTER 100% GIVING HIM ALOT OF RUN SUPPORT. THEY POUNDED OUT 9 HITS WITH 4 WALKS AND 7 STRIKEOUTS. BIG MIKE CAME IN TO CLOSE OUT THE GAME FOR THE BRAVES AND GIVING THEM A 7 - 4 VICTORY.

GAME 2
THE BRAVES TOOK ON THE LI WHALERS. RHINO TOOK THE HILL FOR THE BRAVES. RHINO WAS RIGHT ON SURRENDERING ONLY 2 HITS. RHINO HAD PLENTY OF OFFENSE BEHIND HIM. THE BRAVES ASSISTED HIM WITH 20 HITS INCLUDING A LONG HOME RUN TO CENTER FIELD BY D-BOMB. ALL'S THE BRAVES NEEDED WAS 3 INNINGS TO PUT THE WHALERS AWAY 16 - 1.

GAME 3
THE BRAVES FACED OFF AGAINST THE NE FIREBIRDS,A HARD HITTING TEAM FROM NE. THE BRAVES, BIG MIKE TOOK THE HILL. MIKE PITCHED WELL WITH 2 STRIKEOUTS,2 WALKS AND 9 HITS. THE BRAVES JUMPED OUT TO A 4 - 2 LEAD,AND THAT WOULD BE ALL OF THE OFFENSE THAT THE BRAVES COULD MUSTER UP AGAINST THE FIREBIRDS. THE BRAVES SEEMED TO TRY AND SIT ON THE LEAD WHICH DID NOT WORK AND WOUND UP LOOSING THE GAME TO THE FIREBIRDS 12 - 4.

GAME 4
THE BRAVES FACED OFF AGAINST THE LONG ISLAND BREAKERS ANOTHER HARD HITTING CLUB FROM LONG ISLAND. THE BRAVES HANDED THE BALL TO BUBBA WHO PITCHED WELL. BUBBA WENT A SOLID 5 INNINGS WALKING 2 AND GIVING UP 7 HITS. THE BRAVES BATTLED WITH MEN ON BASE THE ENTIRE GAME BUT COULD NOT GET THE BIG HIT WHEN THEY NEEDED TO AGAINST A HARD THROWER THAT THE BREAKERS PICKED UP FROM BROOKLYN NY. THE BRAVES WENT ON TO LOOSE THE GAME 10 - 1.

THE BRAVES HAD A GREAT WEEKEND OF BASEBALL. THEY WENT 2 - 2. THERE WERE UPS AND DOWNS THAT THE BOYS WENT THROUGH. THATS WHAT MAKES THEM A GREAT TEAM. THEY TAKE THE GOOD AND THE BAD AND KEEP PRACTICING AND PLAYING HARD. GREAT JOB BOYS, WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU.

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BRAVES AND COLTS SPLIT

ON SUNDAY, THE BRAVES TOOK ON THE HARD HITTING FRANKLIN SQUARE COLTS.

GAME 1

BUBBA TOOK THE HILL FOR GAME 1. BUBBA WAS SHARP WITH GREAT COMMAND OF HIS FASTBALL AND CHANGEUP. THE COLTS ARE A VERY BIG TEAM WHO CAN HIT FOR POWER WITH THE BEST OF THEM. BUBBA WENT 4 AND 2/3RD INNINGS, STRIKING OUT 3 AND GIVING UP 7 HITS. BUBBA PITCHED VERY WELL.

THE BRAVES ONLY CHOPPED OUT 3 HITS INCLUDING A HOME RUN IN THE FIRST BY D-BOMB. IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO HOLD OFF THE COLTS WHO TOOK GAME 1 WITH A SCORE OF 5 - 3

GAME 2

JOEY LOOP TOOK THE HILL FOR GAME 2. JOEY SHOWED NO FEAR OF THE COLTS 3RD, 4TH AND 5TH HITTERS AND POUNDED THE STRIKE ZONE. LOOP WENT 2 AND 2/3 INNINGS, STRIKING OUT 4, WALKED ONLY 1 AND SURRENDERED 5 HITS.

THE BRAVES OFFENSE SEEMED TO WAKE UP AS THE BRAVES CHOPPED 7 HITS AND ONLY STRIKING OUT TWICE. THEY WERE VERY SHARP ON THE BASE PADS AND KEPT RUNNING. BIG MIKE CAME IN TO PITCH 3 AND 1/3 INNINGS TO CLOSE OUT THE GAME AND A 8 - 6 BRAVES VICTORY.

THE BRAVES ARE HEADING OUT TO DELAWARE THIS WEEKEND TO COMPETE IN THE JUNE BUG JAMBOREE. GOOD LUCK BOYS!

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THE BRAVES OPENED UP THE 2009 SPRING SEASON AGAINST THE ALWAYS TOUGH LI YANKEES. BUBBA GOT THE START FOR THE BRAVES TO OPEN UP THEIR SEASON. BUBBA LOOKED SHARP RIGHT FROM THE GET GO USING THE ENTIRE PLATE POUNDING STRIKE AFTER STRIKE.

THE YANKEES GOT A COUPLE OF BASE RUNNERS EARLY AND CASHED IN ON A COUPLE OF BRAVES START OF THE SEASON JITTERS WITH 2 UNEARNED RUNS. ANOTHER YANKEE THREAT WAS STOPPED BY BIG DAN THROWING OUT A RUNNER AT THIRD BASE ON A STEALING ATTEMPT.

YANKEE PITCHING KEPT THE BRAVES OFF BALANCE FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF INNINGS. ONCE THE BRAVES GOT THROUGH THE BATTING ORDER ONCE AND SHOOK ALL OF THE PRESEASON BUTTERFLIES OUT OF THEIR STOMACHS, THEY CAME ALIVE.

THE BRAVE BATS SHOT OUT 5 HITS , THEIR PATIENCE AT THE PLATE DREW 6 WALKS AND THEIR SPEED ALL ADDED UP TO 7 BRAVE RUNS. MIKE LED THE WAY WITH 2 HARD HITS (SINGLE AND DOUBLE)FOLLOWED BY BUBBA HELPING HIS OWN CAUSE AND DAVE, EACH WITH A SHOT OFF THE 200' MARK IN DEAD STRAIGHT AWAY CENTER FIELD.

ALL OF THE BOYS HIT THE BALL WELL TONIGHT. THE FIELDING WAS SHAKY AT FIRST BUT THAN TIGHTENED UP WITH THAT BRAVES DEFENSE THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST AROUND LED BY AJ WITH A DIVING CATCH TO END AN INNING. POPS,DAVE,LUPE AND ALL OF THE BOYS MADE GREAT PLAYS ALL NIGHT LONG.

NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE YANKEES WHO MADE SOME INCREDIBLE PLAYS OF THEIR OWN THROWING OUT 2 BRAVES AT HOME PLATE AND HITTING THE BALL WELL.

BUBBA LASTED 4 2/3 STRIKING OUT 2,WALKING 3 AND ONLY SURRENDERING 2 HITS BEFORE THE BRAVES CALLED IN HARD THROWING MIKE M. MIKE PITCHED 1.1 STRIKING OUT 2 AND SURRENDERING ONLY 1 HIT. MIKE SHOWED HIS CONTROL BY THROWING 1ST PITCH STRIKES TO ALL 4 BATTERS HE FACED. THE BRAVES SHOWED THAT ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK IN THE OFF SEASON PAID OFF AS THEY REWARDED THEMSELVES WITH A 7 - 2 VICTORY. WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF THE BOYS WITH THE JOB THEY DID TONIGHT AND WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.

GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!