NCS Division IV Baseball Semifinals (May 27)

St. Mary's 6, Justin-Siena 2
Justin-Siena 000 010 1-2 5 0

St. Mary's    100 041 x-6 7 2
Justin-Siena-Grubbs, Slinson (6) and Pardini.
St. Mary's-Kneafsey and Elliott.
WP-Kneafsey. LP-Grubbs.
2B: Justin-Siena-Dunkle, Slinson, Aguayo.
HR: St. Mary's-Torres.

Salesian 12, Marin Catholic 5
Salesian                061 005 0-12 10 2
Marin Catholic   000 040 1-5    5 4
Salesian-Claudio and Castillo.
Marin Catholic-Dito, Lynch (6), DeLong (7) and Firenzi.
WP-Claudio. LP-Dito.

2B: Salesian-Bradbury; Marin Catholic-Kristoff.
3B: Salesian-Castillo.
HR: Marin Catholic-Kristoff.

NCS Baseball Scoreboard

DIVISION I

Semifinals

Freedom 10 Deer Valley 8

De La Salle 15 California 1

DIVISION II
Semifinals

Alameda 10 Cardinal Newman 6 (8 innings)

Clayton Valley 7 Casa Grande 4

DIVISION III
Semifinals

Miramonte 5 Analy 1

Wednesday

Sir Francis Drake 3 Novato 2 Marin I-J Report

DIVISION IV

Semifinals

Salesian 12 Marin Catholic 5

St. Mary's 6 Justin-Siena 2

DIVISION V
Semifinals

Redwood Christian 5 St. Vincent 1

Head-Royce 18 Valley Christian 1

DIVISION V

Final

Saturday

Tomales (18-4-1) at St. Bernard Catholic (19-1)

IMBA Mob Squad wins Memorial Day tournament

Making its tournament debut, the IMBA Mob Squad captured the Ultimate Memorial Day Tournament in Twin Creeks, winning knockout games over the Whiplash (5-3) and Rohnert Park Crush (7-3) to avenge defeats to both teams in pool play a day earlier.

Albany's Mob Squad won the 15U wood bat tournament with solid pitching, timely hitting and clutch defense.

It rallied from two runs down in the 6th inning to beat the Crush, which entered the final with a 4-0 record. Lucas Yovanovich's hard-hit ball down the right side brought in two runs to tie the score at 3-3 in the 6th. In the top of the next inning, the Crush second baseman failed to handle Adam Lieber's hard-hit ball and after a force-out, Patrick Xu singled with his 10th hit of the tournament, and tournament MVP Paul Kennedy drove in the go-ahead run with another single. With two outs, Zachary Chiang singled in Xu with his fourth hit of the game, and Marcellus Love singled in Kennedy and Chiang with insurance runs.

Mob Squad pitchers allowed only six earned runs in five games to finish with a 1.27 ERA. Ryan Masterson pitched five innings of relief in the final to get the win, his second of the tournament. Yoshi Uemura started both the semifinal and final and allowed only two hits until maxing out at seven innings of work on Monday. In pool play, Chiang struck out 12 batters in six innings in a 3-1 loss to to the Crunch.

In Monday's semifinal, the Whiplash pulled to within 5-3 in the 7th inning and had the bases loaded when center fielder Kennedy went into the gap to snare a line drive for the final out of the game.

15s Open (Wood Bat)
POOL PLAY
IMBA Mob Squad        051 020 2-10 10 4

EJ Sports Titans 14U 010 000 0- 1   2 4

Masterson, Piedra (6) and Love.

WP-Masterson (1-0).

2B-Xu (1), Goldschmidt (1).

HR-Kennedy (1).

Hitting-Yovanovich (2-3, R, RBI, BB, SB), Kennedy (2-3, R, RBI, BB), Xu (2-4, R, RBI), Goldschmidt (1-2, 2 RBI).

Pitching-Masterson (5 IB, 1 H, 1 R, 0, ER, 2 BB, 10 K), Piedra (2 IP, 1 H, 3 BB, 3 K).

Whiplash                 010 115-8 7 1

IMBA Mob Squad 100 020-3 6 4

Yovanovich, Piedra (5) and Love.

LP-Piedra (0-1).

Hitting-Xu (2-3, RBI), Kennedy (1-2, 2 RBI, BB), Piedra (1-2, 2 R, BB, SB).

Pitching-Yovanovich (4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 1 K), Piedra (2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K).

IMBA Mob Squad        001 000 0-1 3 2

Rohnert Park Crush   201 000 x-3 5 5

Chiang and Tannahill.

LP-Chiang (0-1).

2B-Uemura (1)

Pitching-Chiang (6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 12 K).

SEMIFINALS

Whiplash                 010 000 2-3 6 2

IMBA Mob Squad  003 020 x-5 8 3

Uemura, Piedra (6) and Love.

WP-Uemura (1-0).

2B- Xu (2).

SF-Chiang (1).

GW RBI-Uemura (1).

Hitting-Kennedy (2-3, 2 R, RBI, SB), Xu (2-3, 2 R, BB), Uemura (2-3, 3 RBI).

Pitching-Uemura (5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K), Piedra (2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K).

FINAL

IMBA Mob Squad      001 002 4-7 12 1

Rohnert Park Crush 201 000 x-3 5 2

Uemura, Masterson (3) and Love.

WP-Masterson (2-0).

2B-Chiang (1).

GW RBI-Kennedy (1).

Hitting-Chiang (4-4, 2 R, 2 RBI), Xu (3-4, 2 R), Yovanovich (1-4, 2 RBI), Love (1-4, 2 RBI).

Pitching-Uemura (2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K), Masterson (5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 W, 5 K).

Albany Memorial Day weekend scoreboard

Ultimate Memorial Day Tournament
(Twin Creeks-Cupertino)

15s Open (Wood Bat)
POOL PLAY
IMBA Mob Squad 10 EJ Sports Titans 14U 1

Whiplash 8 IMBA Mob Squad  3

Rohnert Park Crush 3 IMBA Mob Squad 1

Semifinals

IMBA Mob Squad 5 Whiplash 3

Final

IMBA Mob Squad 7 Rohnert Park Crush 3

14s Open
POOL PLAY
Albany! 17 Treasure Island Pirates 11
SC Waves 14 Albany! 0

Albany! 14 CVI N 5

SILVER BRACKET

Semifinals

Treasure Island Pirates 7 Albany! 0

13s Open
POOL PLAY
Kado Hurricanes 13 Fireballs 4
Fireballs 11 Bay Area Red Sox 3

Fireballs 4 Hurricanes II 0
Fireballs 9 Treasure Island Pirates 1
SEMIFINALS

Kado Hurricanes 7 Fireballs 5

11s Elite
POOL PLAY
Albany Gaters 5 West Coast Federals 3

Lumberjacks 15 Albany Gaters 13
Mustangs Baseball Club 9 Albany Gaters 8

SILVER BRACKET

Semifinals

Albany Gaters 15 Delta Dawgs 0

Final

Albany Gaters 4 Elk Grove Gunners 3

11s Select
POOL PLAY
Belmont 11U 10 Albany Swarm 3
Delta Dawgs Gold 11 Albany Swarm 3

Albany Swarm 6 Fury 5

SILVER BRACKET

Semifinals

Albany Swarm 15 Fury 11

Final

West Coast Hurricanes 17 Albany Swarm 2

FNYB Memorial Day Tournament
(Fremont)

12s
POOL PLAY
Albany Eagles 11 Newark American 1
Albany Eagles 7 Cal Ripken 2
Albany Eagles 18 El Cerrito 2 0
El Cerrito 1 6 Albany Eagles 4

SEMIFINALS

Albany Eagles 8 Fremont NNYB 3

FINAL

Albany Eagles 11 El Cerrito 1 4

10s
POOL PLAY
FNYB Blue 5 Albany Thunder 2
FNYB White 6 Albany Comets 5

Albany Comets def. FNYB Red (score unavailable)

Albany Thunder 15 FNYB White 1
Sunday
Albany Thunder 14 Newark American 1

FNYB Blue 8 Albany Comets 3

Newark American A 7 Albany Thunder 2

Albany Comets 11 Newark American B 2

ACCAL All-League

Most Valuable Player
Tino Lipson (El Cerrito)

Most Valuable Pitcher
Dylan Flores (Alameda)

FIRST TEAM
Pitchers-Dylan Flores (Alameda), Mark Kolding (El Cerrito), Matt Lawrence (Berkeley).
Catcher-Ryan Clough (El Cerrito).
Infield-Geoff Mahley (Berkeley), Kyle Krinks (Alameda), Lipson, Nigel Calhoun (Berkeley).
Outfield-Johnnie Perry (Pinole Valley), Sam Winter (El Cerrito), Kyle Leong (Alameda).
DH-Langston Calhoun (Berkeley).
UTL-Tyler Parra (El Cerrito).

SECOND TEAM
Pitchers-Brian Nelson (Alameda), Mike Montgomery (Hercules), Greg Vidal (De Anza).
Catcher-Anthony Pezzola (Pinole Valley).
Infield-Ron Morris (Hercules), Jordan Gabriel (Hercules), Will Boscacci (Alameda), Dan Smith (Alameda).
Outfield-Brandon Woo (Alameda), Danny Jacobs (Berkeley), Kevin McCullagh (Pinole Valley)
DH-Derek Crenshaw (Pinole Valley).
UTL-Eduardo Melendez (Richmond).

HONORABLE MENTION
Daniel Esparza (Richmond), Tyvon Price (El Cerrito), Bryan Caya (De Anza), Travis Williams (Richmond), Dylan Mattingly (Berkeley), Kevin Paras (Hercules), Trevor Rosano (Pinole Valley).