Team USA wins Border Battle! —> 2014 Border Battle Update and report from the week!
Report, box score links, schedules, pictures, archived game video and more!
Men's Slow Pitch National Teams – 2014 Links
Link to the 2014 USA Future Stars
Link to the 2014 Team Canada and Canada Selects
Link to SportsCanada.tv where border battle games will be livestreamed
Link to Border Battle Schedule in Canada
The pay per view of the Border Battle livestream looked great on my 56 inch tv!
Team USA went 9-0 on the week including 3 wins over the USA Future Stars, a win over Canada Select, and an 18-9 win over Team Canada in the Border Battle showdown Saturday. The team had some slow starts including a game vs the Canada Selects where they were tied at 18-18 going into the 7th inning and they scored 17 runs to win! But overall Team USA took care of business and won every game. They were led by leadoff hitter Bryson Baker who had an .814 batting average 12 homers and 37 RBI.
# | 2014 Team USA | GP | PA | AB | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | HBP | ROE | FC | CI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
5 | Brian Zirkle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
10 | Scott Kirby | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
4 | Bryson Baker | 9 | 44 | 43 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.814 | 0.795 | 1.791 | 2.586 |
21 | Luis Reyna | 9 | 39 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.743 | 0.769 | 1.543 | 2.312 |
17 | Robert Blackburn | 8 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.760 | 0.769 | 1.480 | 2.249 |
44 | Brett Helmer | 5 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.733 | 0.750 | 1.867 | 2.617 |
12 | Brian Wegman | 9 | 43 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.718 | 0.744 | 1.513 | 2.257 |
22 | Chris Larsen | 8 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.714 | 0.727 | 2.238 | 2.965 |
3 | Brandon Dillon | 9 | 40 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.703 | 0.725 | 1.378 | 2.103 |
41 | Denny Crine | 9 | 35 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.688 | 0.714 | 1.438 | 2.152 |
30 | Kevin Filby | 9 | 43 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.730 | 0.698 | 1.973 | 2.671 |
14 | Kevin Bazat | 9 | 38 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.618 | 0.658 | 0.941 | 1.599 |
1 | Jeff McGavin | 9 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.522 | 0.533 | 0.609 | 1.142 |
38 | Donovan Pokraka | 9 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.450 | 0.458 | 0.900 | 1.358 |
25 | LC Watson | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.438 | 0.438 | 1.062 | 1.500 |
8 | Travis Clark | 6 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.421 | 0.429 | 0.947 | 1.376 |
Totals | 9 | 444 | 399 | 269 | 124 | 61 | 5 | 79 | 258 | 258 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0.674 | 0.682 | 1.446 | 2.129 |
Team USA's starting lineup for the Border Battle game against Team Canada
Team Canadas starting lineup for the Border Battle game vs Team USA
The USA Future Stars went 3-4 on the week, beating Team Quebec, Team Canada, and Canada Selects but losing to Team USA 3 times and the Northeast Ohio All Stars. The futures were led by Chris Greinert who batted .750 had 12 homers and 25 RBI and middle infielder Mike Umschied who batted .667 with 8 homers and 22 RBI.
# | 2014 Future Stars | GP | PA | AB | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | HBP | ROE | FC | CI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
33 | Chris Greinert | 7 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.750 | 0.750 | 2.214 | 2.964 |
12 | Dave Kessler | 7 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.750 | 0.750 | 1.400 | 2.150 |
44 | Dale Brungardt | 7 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.692 | 0.724 | 1.846 | 2.570 |
21 | Mike Umscheid | 7 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.700 | 1.741 | 2.441 |
9 | Neil Haglund | 7 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.682 | 0.696 | 1.864 | 2.559 |
18 | Andy Vitcak | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.692 | 0.917 | 1.609 |
5 | Brian Zirkle | 7 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.692 | 1.333 | 2.026 |
2 | Westy Guill | 6 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.647 | 0.647 | 1.471 | 2.118 |
10 | Jonathan Lenz | 7 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.583 | 0.600 | 0.708 | 1.308 |
11 | Cory Large | 7 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.542 | 0.593 | 1.208 | 1.801 |
4 | Adam Rockoff | 7 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.571 | 0.571 | 1.381 | 1.952 |
15 | Kyle Pearson | 7 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.480 | 0.519 | 1.160 | 1.679 |
16 | Faron Miller | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.429 | 0.444 | 0.429 | 0.873 |
13 | Cameron Cox | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.700 | 1.100 |
Totals | 7 | 305 | 287 | 180 | 80 | 33 | 6 | 61 | 156 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0.627 | 0.646 | 1.422 | 2.068 |
Team USA Futures with Canada Select
Saturday, July 26th
Team USA 18 Team Canada 9 – Kitchener, Canada – (Wind blowing in kept score low. Helmer 2 HR, 6 RBI in first two at bats)
USA Future Stars 22 Canada Selects 3 (Futures dominate)
Friday, July 25th
Team USA 30 Team Quebec 14 – Kitchener, Canada – (USA was down 10-1)
USA Future Stars 18 HomeRunSports 3 – Kitchener, Canada – (Futures with an easy one)
Team USA 34 USA Future Stars 19 – Kitchener, Canada
Thursday, July 24th
Team USA 35 Canada Selects 22 – Kitchener, Canada (USA was tied 18-18 going to 7th inning)
Team USA 37 Team Europe 11 box score – Kitchener, Canada
Future Stars 30 Team Quebec 14 – Kitchener, Canada
Future Stars 33 Team Canada 25 – Kitchener, Canada
Tuesday, July 22nd
Team USA 13 Future Stars 11 box score (only played 4 innings) – Parma, Ohio – (Walk off homer by Chris Larsen)
Team USA 45 Northeast Ohio All Stars 21 – Parma, Ohio (USA got off to huge start)
Northeast Ohio All Stars 31 Future Stars 25 – Parma, Ohio – (Futures beaten by local all star team)
Monday, July 21st
Team USA 25 Future Stars 18 – Midland, MI – (4 homers by Luis Reyna)
Team USA 21 Team Wallace 5 – Midland, MI
Video clips of Midland, Michigan and Parma, Ohio games
2014 Team USA and Futures picture album
Tuesday July 22, 2014
James Day Nike Park – 11828 W. Pleasant Valley Rd., Parma, Ohio
Below is USA Nationals vs. Cleveland All Stars from Nike Park in Parma, Ohio
Below is USA Futures vs. Cleveland All Stars from Nike Park in Parma, Ohio
Below is Team USA vs. USA Futures from Nike Park in Parma, Ohio
# | Roster | PA | AB | H | TB | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Jeremy Coleman | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Rueben Miller | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
9 | EJ Pokorney | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Zack Messer | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Josh Underwood | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Rich Zatta | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Rusty Dodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Ryan Roeppel | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Ike Worlow | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Jon Dombrowski | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
24 | Mike Bailey | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
44 | Brian Hill | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
94 | Buddy Wolf | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 52 | 51 | 34 | 76 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 2 |
Monday July 21, 2014 – Dow Diamond – Midland, Mich. – 825 E Main St, Midland, MI 48640
Below is USA Futures vs. USA Nationals – from Midland, Michigan – game starts in bottom of 1st.
Futures scored 7 in the top of the 1st on 6 homers.
Big crowds in Midland, MichiganTT
At the end of each game fans could get pictures or autographs.
This fan used to play for the famous Droba's Auto Body softball club! 🙂
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Is it just me or is Mike Macenko the Rocky Balboa of slowpitch softball. I don’t mean that as a negative at all. He’s a blast to listen to and I love the way he talks to everybody. What a great guy!