Capital City Classic, 35+ Division
Team New Era Adds New Title
Buffalo blasts Lugnuts 10-3 in final
Huntginton Park, Columbus, Ohio
Team New Era made the most of its first appearance in the Capital City Classic.
The Buffalo, NY-based team was down 3-0 entering the fourth inning but scored five times to take en-route to a 10-3 championship game win.
Rick Lancellotti's leadoff double, and hits by Curt Hoffman. Stump Merrill and Craig Leone keyed the five run rally in the fourth. Team New Era scored two more in the seventh and three more in the eighth inning to ice the win.
Starter Dennis Gawrowski (Team New Era) needed. Gawrowski allowed 11 hits to a tough Lugnut lineup, but did not allow a run after the fourth inning. Curt Hoffman was 2-for-3 with an RBI and was named Championship game MVP. Joe Horvath Scott Varney, Ty Carroll and Tom Harmon had good games for the Lugnuts.
| POOL PLAY STANDINGS |
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| AMERICAN DIVISION |
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| Team |
W |
L |
RA |
RS |
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| Pontiac Parkers |
3 |
0 |
3 |
28 |
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| FDL Bolts |
1 |
2 |
15 |
10 |
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| Beaver Co Pirates |
1 |
2 |
25 |
13 |
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| Cleveland Cubs |
1 |
2 |
17 |
9 |
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| NATIONAL DIVISION |
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| Team |
W |
L |
RA |
RS |
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| Team New Era |
2 |
1 |
7 |
13 |
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| Columbus Lugnuts |
2 |
1 |
10 |
15 |
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| Detroit King Bat |
2 |
1 |
14 |
11 |
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| Indianapolis Giants |
0 |
3 |
12 |
4 |
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| Semi-Final Results |
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| Team New Era 8, FDL Bolts 2 |
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| Columbus Lugnuts 5, Pontiac Parkers 2 |
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| CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SUMMARY |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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R |
H |
E |
| Columbus Lugnuts |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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3 |
11 |
2 |
| Team New Era |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
x |
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10 |
12 |
3 |
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| BOX SCORE |
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| Columbus Lugnuts |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
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| Ty Carroll |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
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| Craig Jones |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Charles McCroskey |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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| Tom Harmon |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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| Steve Simensky |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| Rich Weiner |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| Jason Stark |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Kemper Ansel |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Scott Varney |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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| Ken Katz |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| Joe Horvath |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| Tori Todd |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| Greg Otto |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Team New Era |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
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| Jeremy Ross |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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| Don Bell |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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| Len Previte |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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| Rick Lancellotti |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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| Dennis Gawronski |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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| Curt Hoffman |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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| John Barberio |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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| Stump Merrill |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| Bruce Hackett |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
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| Craig Leone |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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| Pitching |
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| Columbus Lugnuts |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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| Dan Zelinski (L) |
3.2 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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| Paul Niebarger |
3.1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
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| Greg Otto |
0.2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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| Charles McCroskey |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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| Team New Era |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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| Dennis Gawrowski (W) |
9 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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