Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but a 19 year man from our Milwaukee Baseball League on my 2012 O'Sullivan's Fighting Irish team died on July 22, 2012... Let's dedicate the rest of this season & next year by wearing a #17 patch on our jerseys to Alex Haskins... I'm still shocked about this happening... He is the player standing next to me on the left side in our team photo in the back row (4th player on the top right side of photo)!
Keep Alex Haskins & his brother Rob Haskins & his family in your prayers at night. Rob Haskins is in the front row of our team photo directly in front of Alex H. on a knee in the grey street clothes...

The 2 lone Fighting Irish players on the 2012 All-League team was: League MVP Tyler Patterson who was 3rd in Batting Average at .476 BA. League leader in Home Runs with 4 Home Runs, RBI's with 19 & overall total bases leader. Eric Cluppert 10th in Batting Average at .462 BA. plus league leader in Runs scored & total hits. Congrats on being named All-League team fellas. Next year others plan on being on this list as well... Myself included. LOL. 

This 2013 baseball season The Fighting Irish will be joining the Milwaukee Rock Baseball League (MRBL) at the brand new Franklin Rock Complex at all new artifical turf infields & nice brand new Baseball Diamonds off 76th St. by the Ski Hill in Franklin. More details about the new Complex at: www.rockcomplex.com

 

2012 Playoff Schedule:

Saturday, August 11:

Zirkel Field 4:30pm: Franklin Snappers WON vs Flying Bulldogs LOST

Zirkel Field 7:15pm: Pirates WON vs A's LOST

Harden Field 4:30pm: Beavers WON 12 vs Bullfrogs LOST 3

Harden Field 7:15pm: O'Sullivans Fighting Irish WON 11 vs Orioles LOST 4

2nd Round Games: Sunday, August 12:

Zirkel Field Noon: Builders LOST 4 vs Fighting Irish WON 8

Zirkel Field 2:45pm: Tigers WON 14 vs Pirates LOST 13 (10 Innings)

Harden Field Noon: Braves LOST 7 vs Franklin Snappers WON 9

Harden Field 2:45pm: Phillies LOST 4 vs Beavers WON 5

Semi-Final Games: Saturday, August 18:

Zirkel Field 4:30 PM: Beavers WON 23 vs Franklin Snappers LOST 10

Zirkel Field 7:15 PM: Fighting Irish LOST 6 vs Tigers WON 9

FINALS: Sunday, August 19:

Zirkel Field 1:30 PM: Tigers WON 3 vs Beavers LOST 1. Tigers 2012 CHAMPS (Former Tigers team members Congrats on your 2012 title without Myself, Eric Cluppert, Jason Maaske & Andy Monigal helping you out.) 3rd Milwaukee Baseball League Championship in 5 years. Nice Job Steve & Scott Rappl being the Managers leading the way.

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2012 MBL League Leaders in Pitching as of July 1st

June 22 - 24 2012 Game Recaps:

Milwaukee Beavers 9 - Flannery's Flying Bulldogs 1

Alex Rejniak lost his bid for a no hitter with two outs in the fifth inning, but completed six one hit shutout innings, striking out 13 to help the Beavers to a much needed 9-1 win Friday night at Harden Field. Paul Lennart broke up the no hit bid with a well placed blooper that was just out of the range of Beaver third baseman Rob Tschimperle, despite his major league, hat losing efforts. Several Beavers enjoyed multi hit games including Greg Ketz (3-3, 1r, 1rbi), Matt Burke (2-3, 3B, 1r, 3rbi), Mike Schroeder (2-4, 1r, 1rbi) and Justin Barkhurst (2-4, 1r).
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Fed Life Phillies 8 - O'Sullivan's Fighting Irish 7

The Phillies took game one of a doubleheader against the Irish, 8-7. Justin Calvert went the distance on the mound and was 3-4 at the plate. The Phillies took the lead with a 4 run 5th inning but the Irish would respond with 5 in the 6th. In the bottom half the Phillies took the lead for good by scoring 3 runs. D'Juan Robert's had the game winning hit with a 2 out, 2 RBI single to center. Tyler Patterson led the Irish, going 2-4 with a double.

O'Sullivan's Fighting Irish 8 - Fed Life Phillies 5

O'Sullivan's Fighting Irish came out of the gates firing to win the 2nd game of the Double header scoring 1 in the 1st inning, 4 in the 2nd inning, and 3 more runs in the 4th inning vs. the Phillies who won the 1st game of the double header with a come back 8-7 victory. Winning pitcher was Andy Monigal who went the distance all 7 innings to earn the victory in game 2. Monigal has 9 strike outs with 4 walks & only gave up 2 earned runs with only 7 hits. Monigal toughed out he game pitching throwing 143 total pitches in the game. Also leading the way hitting was Eric Cluppert who was 3x3 with 3 RBI, having a triple, double & single in the game plus 2 runs. Also helping out was Malcomb Frazier going 2x4 with 2 RBI and 1 run. Lastly Sean Kundinger was 1x2 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI and 1 walk to helping the offense for the Irish. Taking the loss pitching for the Phillies all 7 innings was Jimmy Kuriatnyk giving up 8 runs with 4 strike outs and 4 walks while giving up 7 earned runs and 9 hits. Leading hitter for the Phillies was Andy Abromaitis going 2x4 with 2 runs scored 1 RBI. Fighting Irish improve to (6-5) overall on the season and the Phillies drop to (6-3) overall with their record now.

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Milwaukee Braves 5 - New Berlin Bullfrogs 2

Braves bounced back from their 1st loss of the season with a win over division opponent New Berlin Bullfrogs by a score of 5-2. Pitcher Andy Klein threw a complete game, striking out 10 and walking only 1, to pick up his 4th win of the season. Leading the offense was Josh Lemke 3-3, 2b, 1 run scored, 1 RBI & Bill Gorman 2-3, 1 run scored.

Milwaukee Braves 7 - New Berlin Bullfrogs 6

Braves took the 2nd game of the doubleheader to sweep the New Berlin Bullfrogs by a tight score of 7-6. Pitcher Eric Schrader earned his 2nd 'W' on the season, going 5 solid innings before giving way to Nick Voltner who earned the save. The Braves' offense pounded out 12 hits and was paced by: Paul Mallas 2-3, Chris Teske 2-4, & Bill Gorman 3-4.
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St. Francis A's 6 - South Shore All-Stars 5

St. Francis won Game 1 6-5 over the All-Stars in 9 innings. The A's scored early scoring 3 runs in top of 1st inning highlighted by Luke Schmidt's 2RBI 2B. All-Stars would battle back being down 5-3 going into bottom of the 7th. They would score the 2 runs needed and force extra innings. In the top of 9th and 2 outs, Mike Jelacic helped his own cause with a RBI single to left giving A's 6-5 lead. Then he pitched bottom of the 9th to earn the victory. Leading the offense for the A's were Brandon Kozinski (3-5, 3SB) Mike Jelacic (3-5, 2RBI) and Bryan Groschek (2-5, 2B, RBI). All-Stars got a HR from Jason Mikula and 2B by Matt Merriman.

South Shore All-Stars 13 - St. Francis A's 8

South Shore won Game 2 of DH vs A's 13-8 in 6 inningsto earn split on the weekend. Bryan Mueller scored in top 1st to take 1-0 lead. St. Francis would answer with 6 runs in bottom of first with singles by Ryan Koss and Adam Ferry. All-Stars went to bullpen early which proved to be coaching move of the game. All-Stars would chip away at A's lead scoring 2 runs in 4th and 5th innings to tie game 8-8. All-Stars would drop a 6 run 6th inningson the A's to take control of the game. Reliever Pat Curran pitched final 5 innings to earn the victory. Leading hitters for All-Stars were Bryan Mueller(2-3,3R,2SB) and Jason Mikula(2-4,2R). A's were lead by Kevin Swiatczak(2-3,2R) and Ryan Koss(2-3).

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Milwaukee Tigers 8 - Riverwest Blacksox 6

The Tigers defeated the Blacksox 8-6 in game 1 of an extra inning game played at Harden field. On the mound, Kyle Knaust battled for 6 innings before turning the ball over to Karl Osterman, who worked 2 scoreless innings to earn the win. At the plate, the Tigers were led by Matt Duranso (2-5, 2RBI's) Pete Kundinger (2-3,run, 2 RBI's, BB) Scott Rappl ( 1-2, 2 runs, 2 RBI's, 2BB) and Andrew Rappl ( 2-4, 3 runs scored, HBP). The win improved the Tigers record to 5-4 on the season. The Blacksox were led by Phillip Reed (2-4,2 RBI's, 2 runs) Dwight Williamson (2-3, including a solo home run in the 4th) and Scott Delmen( 2-4, run, RBI).

Milwaukee Tigers 17 - Riverwest Blacksox 8

The Tigers defeated the Blacksox 17-8 in game 2 of a doubleheader played at Harden Field. On the mound, Pete Kundinger pitched 4 solid innings earning the win. At the plate, the Tigers were led by Kyle Knaust(3-3, HBP, 3 Runs) Adam Karas(1-1,2BB,2HBP,2SB,4 runs)Joe Oberlander(2-2, HBP,RBI,3 runs) Tim Armstrong(1-3,2BB, 3RBI's, 2runs)and Karl Osterman(2-3,BB,run,4 RBI's, homerun). The win improved the Tigers record to 6-4 on the season. The Blacksox were led by Nate Hoffman(2-4, 2RBI's, run)Dwight Williamson(2-3,BB, run)and Chaning Ogden( 1-1, 3BB,SB, 2 runs).

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Brown Deer Supreme Builders 3 - Milwaukee Orioles 2

In a classic pitching duel between the first place Brown Deer Supreme Builders and the second place Milwaukee Orioles the Builders prevailed behind a strong performance by Kevin Wild. Wild allowed 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out eight in a complete game victory. Orioles starting pitcher Sean Beauth put in a strong performance, as well, allowing 3 runs on 12 hits while striking out 4 in a complete game loss that went down to the very last inning. With the tying runner on second in the bottom of the seventh, with two outs, Wild had to dig deep and struck out the final batter to earn the win. The Builders were led by Tom West who went 3 for 3 with two doubles and one run scored as well as Jay Kuczynski who had a 2 RBI triple. Milwaukee Orioles were led by Doug Dollhopf who went 2 for 3 with a RBI double and Tony Seivers who also hit a double.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders 14 - Milwaukee Orioles 4

The Builders won in decisive fashion that was a much closer game early on then the final score would suggest. Tom West picked up his second win giving up three earned runs while striking out two and Jay Kuczynski came in to end the game striking out one. The Builders were led by newcomer Alex Vertcnick who went 2 for 3 with a double and a colossal home run complimented by 2 runs and 3 RBI's. Brendon Dorn (3 RBI) and Dave Kuczynski (3 RBI and 2 R) also had two hit games for the Builders. The Orioles were led by Chris Vogt who went 2 for 2 with 1 run and one walk. Alex Nihol (2 RBI) contributed a triple for the Orioles as well.

June 15 - 17, 2012:

Flannery's Flying Bulldogs 13 - Tarahumara Pirates 12

Flannery's edged the Tarahumara Pirates 13-12 at Zirkel Field. Flannery's trailed the entire game and overcame 6-0 and 9-2 deficits to win in a walk-off. Paul Lennart scored the winning run from second on infield play. Paul added a home run earlier in the game. Lee Kleszczynski had 3 hits and 4 RBI's and Korben Biersack had 2 hits for Flannery's. Lead-off hitter Steve Perez was on base 4 times with 2 hits and 2 walks for the Pirates. Dan Goral pitched the last 2 innings to get the win for Flannery's.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders 7 - Franklin Snappers 0

Game was ruled a forfeit by Franklin due to lack of players with only 8 players.

Fed Life Phillies 16 - New Berlin Bullfrogs 6

Tarahumara Pirates 6 - Milwaukee Braves 3

Solomon Juarez goes the distance to earn the win as the Pirates beat the Braves 6-3.

O'Sullivan's Fighting Irish 9 - Milwaukee Beavers 7

Irish built a 9-1 lead going into the 6th inning. Then things got interesting with the Beavers scoring 6 runs to make it 9-7 as the final score. Leading the way for the Irish hitting was Malcomb Frazier going 3x4 with 3 runs scored & 2 RBI & 1 double. Ryan Hennekens going 2x2 with 2 runs scored. Jeremy Hall going 1x2 with a double & a walk & a run scored. Eric Cluppert was perfect in the game going 3x3 with 3 RBI & 2 runs scored. Tyler Patterson went 2x4 with 2 RBI. Also contributing was Cory McEwen going 1x3 with 1 RBI & 1 walk. Leading the way pitching & earning the win was Josh Kundinger going the distance all 7 innings giving up 12 hits 5 runs being earned with 7 strike outs with 5 walks throwing all 7 innings. The Irish scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning, 3 more runs in the 4th inning then 2 more runs in the 5th inning.

South Shore All Stars 7 - O'Sullivan's Fighting Irish 6

Winning pitcher: Brian Curran. A very close game that Irish were winning 4-1 in the 5th inning then lost 6-7 with the tieing run on 3rd base in the 7th inning.

Milwaukee Orioles 6 - Riverwest Blacksox 2

Rookie Eric Miller got the ball for his first start against the Black
Sox. Miller struck out four and scattered four hits in six+ innings of work to pick up the win. Sean Beauth came on in the seventh with a runner on to earn the save. The Orioles bats were led by Tim Heling (3-4 2B 3B 2R), Doug Dollhopf (2-4 2B RBI), Bryan MacPherson (2-3 2B), and Jason Peters (1-1 2SF 3RBI). Rob Duffy pitched a complete game for the Sox in the loss.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders 9 - St. Francis A's 0

Milwaukee Tigers 5 - Flannery's Flying Bulldogs 3

In a well played game by both teams, the Tigers defeated the Bulldogs 5-3. On the mound Andrew Rappl(4 innings), Kyle Knaust(2 innings), and Jimmy Jungbauer(1 inning), worked together to hold the Bulldogs to one earned run, while striking out 6. Rappl earned the win, Knaust the hold, and Jungbauer the save.At the plate, the Tigers were led by Scott Rappl(2-4 1 run, 2RBI's) Adam Karas(1-2, 1 Run, 1HBP,1 BB) Matt Duranso(1-3 RBI) Kyle Knaust(2 Runs scored) and Pete Kundinger (2-3). The win improved the Tigers record to 3-4 on the season. The Bulldogs were led by Jeff Kustermann(3-3, run) Dan Goral(1-3, 2RBI's) and Rob Weist(1-3, run).

Milwaukee Tigers 5 - Milwaukee Beavers 3

In a well played game by both teams, the Tigers defeated the Milwaukee Beavers 5-3. On the mound Kyle Knaust pitched a solid 5 innings(after pitching 2 the game before)giving up 2 earned runs and most importantly keeping his team in the game before handing the ball over to Jungbauer. Jungbauer worked the final two innings, striking out 2, and earning the win.At the plate, the Tigers were led by Jimmy Jungbauer(3-4, 4 RBI's), Pete Kundinger( 1-2, 2 runs scored) and Tim Armstrong( 1 run, 1 RBI). The win improved the Tigers record to 4-4 on the season. The Beavers were led by Steve Gustafson(1-2,double,BB, run scored).

June 8th - 10th, 2012 Game Recaps
Milwaukee Braves 11 - Brown Deer Supreme Builders 3

Braves topped the defending MBL Champions, Supreme Builders, behind another great start from the pitching staff. The game opened with the Builders scoring 1 in the top of the 1st and the Braves answered with 4 in the bottom half of the inning. That was all starter Josh Lemke would need, pitching 6 innings, allowing 1 earned run while striking out 9. The offense drew 12 walks and was paced by: Paul Mallas 2-3 3 runs scored, Bill Gorman 2-3 3 RBI, Chris Teske 2-2 3RBI, Josh Szuslik 2-4, 2(2b's) 2 RBI
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Milwaukee Beavers 8 - Tarahumara Pirates 5

Alex Rejniak started game one of the doubleheader and ran into some control issues, exiting after just three innings trailing 5-0. The Beavers rallied for four runs in the fourth thanks to Pirate starting pitcher Solomon Juarez, and his own control issues. Tim Garceau led off the fifth with a solo home run to tie the game and the Beavers would scrape together three more runs on a fielders choice, wild pitch and sacrifice fly to round out the 8-5 game one victory. Mitch Myers, who entered in relief of Rejniak, earned the win striking out 9 in four innings, allowing just one hit. Jose Villegas led the Pirates offense going 2-3 with 3 RBI's.

Milwaukee Beavers 16 - Tarahumara Pirates 4

The Beavers picked up right where they left off by scoring 5 runs in the first inning of game two of the doublheader in route to 16-4 doublheader sweep. John Kuhn peppered the ball to all fields going 4-5 with two doubles and six runs batted in. Beaver starter Jarrett Gates ran into a bit of trouble early, but settled down and completed the 5 inning shortened game. Constanza finished 2-3 with a double and RBI to lead the Pirates.
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O'Sullivan's played great overall as a team with 9 hitters getting hits in the game. Irish had 16 total hits in the game scoring 13 runs in 6 innings. Leading the way on the pitching mound was Andy Monigal who threw a complete 6 innings giving up 7 hits while only giving up 3 runs with 7 strike outs & only 1 walk. Monigal also helped out hitting going 2x4 with 2 runs scored & 1 RBI. Leading the way hitting was several Irish hitters; Allan Rozanski going 3x4 with 1 run, Adam Orlando going 2x3 with 2 RBI & 1 run. Also helping out hitting was Cory McEwen who was 2x4 with 2 RBI, 2 runs scored & 1 Double, Alex Haskins going 2x4 with 1 run & Eric Cluppert going 2x4 scoing 3 more runs & 1 RBI along with 1 Triple. This game was finished in 6 innings with a 13-3 victory improving Fighting Irish to (3-3) overall. Losing pitcher for Bullfrogs was Brad Duggan going all 6 innings while giving up 16 hits & 13 runs with 4 strike outs & 3 walks.

O'Sullivans Fighting Irish 6 - New Berlin Bullfrogs 2

O'Sullivan's won 6-2 over New Berlin Bullfrogs. Irish scored all 6 runs in the game with 2 in the 1st inning, 2 in the 2nd inning & 2 more in the 3rd inning. Leading the way hitting was Tyler Patterson going 3x4 with 2 runs, 1 RBI, 2 SB's & 1 Double. Also helping out was Andy Monigal who was 2x3 with 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB & 1 Double. Leading the way pitching was Josh Kundinger who threw a complete game 7 innings giving up 7 hits with 2 runs & 0 runs were earned runs with 5 strike outs & only 3 walks. O'Sullivan's improves their record to (4-3) overall after the double header sweep of New Berlin Bullfrogs. Losing pitcher for the Bullfrogs was Joey Balke going all 7 innings with 7 strike outs & 3 walks.
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Franklin Snappers 13 - Fed Life Phillies 6

Franklin Snappers 19 - Fed Life Phillies 16

--------------------------------------------------------------------------St. Francis A's 9 - Flannery's Flying Bulldogs 5

St. Francis A's got their first win of the season by beating the Greenfield Kings 9-5 in Game #1 of a DH. Greenfield wasted no time taking the lead scoring 1 run in the bottom 1st inning. St. Francis answered with 5 runs in the top of the 3rd inning highlighted by Luke Schmidt 2 RBI bases loaded single. The A's would score 1 run in each of the 4-5-6-7th innings to secure the victory. Leading the offense for the A's were Brandon Kozinski (4x4, 1B, 2B, 3B, 3R, 2SB) Luke Schmidt (2x4, 3 RBI, R) and Adam Ferry (2x4, R). Mike Jelacic got the win pitching a complete game.

St. Francis A's 11 - Flannery's Flying Bulldogs 8

A's completed the DH sweep by beating the Kings 11-8 in Game #2. Both teams came out firing in the 1st inning each scoring 4 runs. Bryan Groschek highlighted the A's inning with a 2 RBI ground rule double. The Kings were in control of the game until the 5th inning when the A's plated 5 runs to take the lead. Groschek again highlighted that inning with another 2 RBI double. The A's were lead by Groschek (3x4, 3 2B, 4 RBI) and Brett Fraser (2x3, 3 runs). Luke Schmidt earned his first victory of the season after replacing starter Adam Bertagnolli.
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The Milwaukee Tigers defeated the Milwaukee Orioles 6-1 in game 1 of a Sunday double header played at Harden Field. On the mound, Andrew Rappl pitched 4 solid innings earning the win and Kyle Knaust pitched 3 scoreless innings of relief to pick up the save. Offensively, the Tigers were led by Matt Duranso(2-2, 4RBI's) and Adam Karas(1-1, 3 runs scored). The Orioles were led by pither Sean Beuth, who scattered 9 hits over 7 innings on a very warm day, and offensively by Pat McGarry(1-3, 1 run scored). The win improved the Tigers record to 2-3 on the season(before dropping game 2).

Milwaukee Orioles 3 - Milwaukee Tigers 2

Bryan MacPherson scattered four hits and struck out four to earn the win. The score was tied 2-2 going into the top of the seventh when Steve Budny led off the inning for the Orioles with a single. Budny stole second and advanced to third on the errant throw. He then scored on a passed ball. Chris Sanders led the Oriole offense with two doubles and two runs scored. Jimmy Jungbauer pitched a complete game for the Tigers striking out seven in a well played game.