Barons Blog

The Barons slide continued today.   In the past week the team has struggled mightily.   They lost to the Puget Sound Roxx 9-5, and then they dropped two to Chaffey 5-3 and 13-12 this past weekend.   They defeated the Titans by a score of 5-4 with a seventh inning comeback.   Tonight they fell to the South Hill Stingers 6-2.   The defense, pitching, and hitting have all struggled.   The team hopes to bounce back this weekend in Coeur D'Alene Idaho.    

The Barons fell to the Federal Way Buzz Red on Tuesday evening 4-2.   This drops the teams league record to 7 wins and two losses.   The loss caused them to fall to fifth place in the standings.   Sean Goforth pitched five solid innings until giving the ball to Jay Skilton and Riley Kain who both pitched scoreless ball in the losing effort.   This is the second time the Barons have lost to the Buzz club in two close games.     

The Barons won the Semi-final of the Fathers' Day Tournament by defeating the Puget Sound Roxx 7-3 on Sunday morning.   Alec Elliott notched his filth win of the 2008 season.   Jay Skilton stole home once again in the victory.   Their effort to win the tournament was derailed when the fell to US Bankers 11-3 In the quarterfinal. The team bats went cold and the pitchers struggled with their control.   The Bank's hitters capitalized on the teams lack luster play.      This is the second time in two tournaments that the team has been defeated in the quarterfinals.   The Barons finished the tournament with four wins and one loss.

Colton Brown took matters into his own hands today in game three of the Fathers Day Tournament.   Colton pitched eight innings and surrendered only one earned run.   He finished off his spectacular day with a walk off homer to win the game in the bottom of the eighth inning by a score of 4-3.   Cotons bomb was the fourth homerun hit by the team in the past two days. Other highlights included a steal of home by Jay Skilton who also collected three hits and Sean Goforth who blasted a deep homerun in the third inning.   The Barons play game four tomorrow at Heritage Park.   First pitch will at 1:00 pm.

The Barons won their second game of the Father's day tournament by defeating Reality Sports 7-6.   The game ended on a close play at the plate.   Anthony McCarthy pick up his second win of the season and Alex Mahler earned the save.   The Baron defense was unusually shaky causing the pitches (McCarthy, Dzingle, Kain, and Mahler) extra work.   The offense featured a towering homerun by Tony Rossetto to left center field.   Logan Bushnell continued his hot hitting by hitting a single and a laser shot homer to straight away centerfield that was described by Mitchy the Kid as a missile.   Michael O'Bryant also laced a pair of singles.   The Barons face the Federal Way Wildcats in game three of the tournament.   Colton Brown will take the mound.     

The Barons won the opening game of the Fathers Day Tournament by defeating the South Hill Stingers 8-0.  The Barons' defense and pitching continues to win games.  Tonight Sean Goforth earned his second shut and the Baron defense turned two more double plays.  Right fielder Justin Lee threw out a Stinger baserunner at home plate with a beatuiful throw.  The team did not commit an error in the contest.  The offensive star of the day was Logan Bushnell who collected three RBI, on three hits to include a pair of doubles.  They will play the second game of the tournament a Herritage Park tommorow night at 8:00 pm.

The Barons won again tonight improving their league record to seven wins and one loss.   Jake Schumacher continued his hot hitting by driving in runs with an RBI single and a solo homerun.   Brown, and Rossetto also collect RBIs in the victory; Bushnell doubled and made a diving catch in center. Seth Timpke pitched four solid innings before leaving the game tied at one.   Anthony McCarthy then pitched his first inning of the year.   He picked up his first win of the year by throwing a scoreless inning against a young but talented Federal Way Buzz team.   Alex Mahler then threw his most impressive inning of the year.   He continues to rehab from surgery to his left shoulder.   His velocity and command are returning.   It is encouraging watching him battle back from his injury.   Keep up the good work Alex.   Colton Brown brought two hitters to their knees with nasty curve balls in the seventh to pick up the save.   The Barons open the Fathers Day tournament Thursday against the South Hill Stingers at Emerald Ridge HS.   First pitch will be thrown at 6:00 pm.    

The Barons improved to six wins and one loss today by defeating the North Corner Tribe 3-1.   Starting pitcher Alec Elliott continued his dominance of opposing bats.   He collected his fourth win of the 2008 season by striking out six over five innings.   The lone run he surrendered was unearned.   Illness, graduations, and the All State Team Showcase once again limited the Barons lineup.   Today the lineup featured a total of nine players four of which were pitchers.   The outfield was patrolled by pitchers Timpke, Mahler, and Tannay (pictured). Nonetheless, they managed to manufacture a win behind the strong pitching of Elliott, and the defensive wizardry of Jake Schumacher and Michael Sumi.   Schumacher collect two hits and an RBI, A.J. Easterbrook also pitched in with his second homerun of the season.   Tony Rossetto drove in a crucial run in the seventh with a shot up the middle.   Barron Tannay earned the save with his two strong innings of work.   He did not allow a Tribe runner to reach base.   On a side note Alec Elliott picked up his first hit since the 2006 season.  

The Barons won behind the strong pitching of Seth Timpke and Sean Goforth tonight.   Logan Bushnell collected two hits while driving in four runs in the 5-3 victory over the Wildcats.   Sumi collected the other RBI. Timpke struck out the side in the fifth prior to giving the ball to Goforth who earned the save.   The Barons improved their league record to five wins and one loss.  They travel to Denny Seath in west Seattle tomorrow to face the Brewers baseball club.   First pitch will be thrown at 5:30 pm.