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Mechanicsburg Cardinals 2007, 2008 & 2009 West Shore League Playoff Champs
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CHAMPIONS AGAIN
August 17, 2009 - 09:04 PM
Deciding not to fool around, the Cardinals scored early and often then rode Travis Miller's strong right arm to their third straight West Shore League playoff championship Monday at Rickenbach-Shirley Field.
Playing long ball the offense put up three runs in he first inning, added two more in the second and got a solo homer from Jamie Hase in the third then went on to defeat Shippensburg, 6-2. The contest attracted 362 fans to Memorial Park.
Had the Cardinals failed Monday they would have had to make the trip down I-81 to Shippensburg for the final game Tuesday. It was something they decided they weren't going to do.
The Cardinals got to Stars starter Tyler Redick, wbo stopped them 4-2 in the series opener, in the first inning. Teed Wertz singled, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Ryan Murray's triple to deep left-center. Jason Altieri chased Murray home with his double to right-center. After Altieri moved to third on a wild pitch, Matt Gruber drove him home with a single to center.
It continued in the second on a Kasey Cooper walk and a hit by Wertz. After Murray was hit by a pitch, Artie Figueroa sent Mike Otstot, running for Cooper, and Wertz home with a base hit to center. Andrew Burke came on to pitch and gave up a solo homer to Haas in the third then settled down to permit only one base runner the rest of the game.
Miller put the Stars away in order in the first and second needing only 14 pitches to do it. After Kyle Helm reached on an error to start the third, Miller went on to strike out the side.
He ended his string of scoreless innings at 19 in the fourth inning. Hits by Andrew Burke and Mike Ordorff surrounding a walk to Kevin Scholly plus a fielder's choice by Toby Souders plated the Stars' first run.
After getting his opponents in order in the fifth, Miller was touched for the other run in the sixth on a hit by Rick Shumway, a stolen base and a single by Burke.
Miller closed it out in the seventh by fanning Souders, getting Helm on a grounder to second, walking Brian Ramsey then striking out Whitey Carroll to end the game. He allowed just four hits and two walks while nailing seven on strikes.
Shortly after the game, West Shore Twilight League President Tyke Wagner presented to championship trophy to manager Bill Rickenbach.
Locate team's league statistics
March 5, 2009 - 03:25 PM
The team's stats in league games can be found by clicking on "Teams/Rosters on the left side of the screen. Then click on West Shore Twilight 2009, then click on Mechanicsburg. Hitting and pitching stats are included.
Game results listed
March 5, 2009 - 03:25 PM
To check box score, click on Game Results on the left side of page and click on the game shown in the list. You may notice Memorial Day in the box. Click on the arrow then click on West Shore Twilight League 2009.
League link now on website
June 12, 2008 - 09:45 PM
A link to the West Shore Twilight League's website is now available on this website. Click on links at the left side of the page the click on West Shore Twilight League.
Roster listed
The 2009 Cardinals roster has been posted and can be found on by clicking on the left column and clicking on teams-rosters and West Shore Twilight League 2009-Mechanicsburg.
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