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Coaching Staff

- Head Coach: Connor Patterson

- Assistant Coach(s): Andrew Doak and Steve Parker

2011 Team Roster

Team Photos available from www.photosbybeth.info , photosbybethm@yahoo.com

2011 Schedule

Scores

Game #1 - 4/28/11 - (Bangor Christian @ Milford)

The Wildcats started off their season against the visiting Bangor Christian Patriots on Thursday at home. In front of a large crowd the Wildcats won 16-5 in five innings. The game had many bright spots for the home team. In the top of the 1st Kareem Stokes made his pitching debut in impressive fashion. He only had to throw 12 pitches to get out of the inning. This included 2 strikeouts and a groundout. In the bottom half of the inning the Wildcats jumped on the opponents pitcher. The first 8 batters reached base, with 5 of them scoring. Highlights included a triple for Jacob Barnaby that plated two, and RBI’s from Matt Hobson and Dylan Thompson.

In the second inning Kareem once again took the mound. After having a relatively easy 1st inning, he had some trouble finding the strike zone. This resulted in baserunners for the other team via the walk. After allowing two baserunners to score though, Kareem settled down and made the pitches he needed to, to get out of the inning. This included two more strikeouts and a groundout that he fielded himself. In the bottom half the Wildcats would tack on 4 more runs. Highlights included a leadoff double by Andre Miller, a great bunt by Zach Libby, and an RBI single for Kareem.

In the third inning the Patriots showed extreme patience at the plate, drawing 4 consecutive walks. This would signal the end of Kareem’s day on the mound. His final line was: 2 IP, 0 hits, 5 ER, 5 K’s, 8BB, and 1HP. The Wildcats then called on Austin Lacadie to get them out of a jam. He did this by creating a double play when the runner on third tried to score after a forceout was made at first. Zach Libby fired a strike home and Andre was able to put the tag on the runner. Austin would then strikeout the next batter finishing off the inning.

In the bottom half of the third the Wildcats got back 2 of the runs they had given up in the top half. This almost didn’t happen though as their pitcher made a fantastic play. With men on 2nd and 3rd, the pitcher snagged a line drive and doubled up the man on 3rd. Andre who was on second advanced to third thinking the ball was a 1 hopper. Luckily he was able to get up and sprint back to second before the opposing team could appeal the play. This would have been the first triple play I would have ever seen.

The fourth inning saw Zach Libby make his pitching debut. Highlights included a great stretch by Kareem at 1st to get the first out. Then Zach finished the inning with two strikeouts. In the bottom half of the inning the Wildcats would bat around the order scoring 5 more runs with contributions from Andre, Will, and Dylan highlighting the inning.

The last inning saw Jacob Barnaby take over at the mound. He quickly induced 3 groundballs to finish the game by the 10 run rule. There was great glove work by Dylan at second on one of the put outs, and Austin made a strong throw from short to beat the batter by a step. Credit Kareem with making two more great stretches, and making the last put out to finish the game.

Box Score:

Batting:

AB’s Runs Hits RBI’s K’s BB HBP

Andre Miller 4 4 4 3 0 0 0

Zach Libby 4 3 2 1 0 0 0

Jacob Barnaby 4 2 3 3 1 0 0

Kareem Stokes 4 2 3 2 0 0 0

Matt Hobson 4 2 2 1 1 0 0

Ricky Doane 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

-Austin Lacadie 2 0 1 0 0 0 0

Zach Gibbons 3 1 1 0 0 1 0

Dylan Thompson 3 1 2 0 1 0 0

Will Martin 3 1 0 0 1 1 1

Totals: 33 16 18 10 4 2 1

Pitching:

IP Hits Runs ER BB K’s ERA

Kareem Stokes 2 0 5 5 8 5 22.5

Austin Lacadie 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

Zach Libby 1 0 0 0 2 2 0.00

Jacob Barnaby 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Game # 2 - 5/3/2011 - (Milford @ Winterport)

Today, the baseball team traveled to the Hampden Athletic Complex to take on a talented Winterport team. While the end result of the game was not what the boys had hoped for, they played very hard. After 4 innings the Winterport team had the
victory 20-4. Andre Miller and Zach Libby combined to score all 4 of the Wildcats runs. The opposing pitcher for the most part though stymied our offense, and unfortunately our pitchers had a difficult time finding the strike zone. This led to many of the opponents runs, as they only had 5 hits. The boys will look to get back on track at home against Orono at home next week.

Game #3 - 5/11/2011 - (Orono @ Milford)

Today the baseball team looked to rebound after a rough outing against Winterport in their previous game. Unfortunately the opponent wasn't going to just roll over and they beat the home team Wildcats 23-2. Inconsistency on the mound once again was the main reason for the loss. We walked 27 batters, which obviously made it very difficult for us to establish ourselves. Zach Libby scored a run for the third straight game, and Matt Hobson scored the other. Kareem Stokes had two hits; Zach Libby, Matt Hobson, and Zach Gibbons had one hit a piece. After the game the boys record sits at 1-2. They will welcome a strong Holbrook team next week and look to even out their record at 2-2.

Game #4 - 5/12/2011 - (Holbrook @ Milford)

Today the boys welcomed the Holbrook baseball team to Chaisson Field. Errors would be the downfall of the home team in this game. I want to commend Zach Libby and Jacob Barnaby on their pitching performances in this game. They continuously made good pitches, unfortunately our defense didn't back them up as well as they could have. Numerous dropped balls, and passed balls led to easy runs and by the time the game was called the away team had won 23-0. The opponent had a phenominal pitcher that we just could not figure out. By far the best pitcher the boys have faced so far. Hopefully this game will serve as a motivator to do better over the last half of our season. The boys have a bye on Tuesday and resume play next Thursday where they will look to grab a win and move their record to 2-3.

Game #5 - 5/24/2011 - (Glenburn @ Milford)

The boys lost their last home game of the season to Glenburn today. While the final score (20-5) would indicate that the opponent roughed up the home team, a more in depth look reveals the game could have been a lot closer. Errors once again would overshadow a gutsy pitching perfromance from Andre Miller. In the top of the first, a pair of infield errors led to three runs for Glenburn. The Wildcats would strike back in the bottom half though with Zach Libby scoring on a passed ball, however they would end up leaving the bases loaded. In the second Andre would limit Glenburn to 1 unearned run and would get us out of the inning executing a good pick off move to first. After not being able to generate any offense in the bottom of the 2nd, the away team would put the game out of reach in the third. They would go on to bat around their line up almost 2 complete times, scoring a total of 16 runs. Errors and walks played heavily into this offensive outburst. The Wildcats would score 4 runs in the bottom of the third, finishing the game with a 20-5 loss.

While the score was somewhat lopsided I feel the boys see the potential that is there. Hopefully they can turn this into better play over the next two days. It was nice to have Tyler Brown back out on the field with the team, and I'm sure he will contribute over the next few games. Some players that I felt did a good job included: Tyler Brown, Zach Libby, Chad Barnaby, and Kareem Stokes. Tomorrow the boys will play @ Hermon. Game starts at 3:30.

Game #6 - 5/25/2011 - (Milford @ Hermon)

The boys traveled to Hermon today looking to win their second game of the season. While the boys did not get the win, I felt they started to play a little bit better. Offensively, we had a lot of trouble generating baserunners all day and this would lead to no production in terms of runs scored. Defensively, the boys played better, however costly errors in the outfield allowed for some innings to drag out longer then we would have liked. The boys would lose the game 12-0. However, I thought the pitching was a little bit better, and that there was more active communication out on the field. The boys need to keep their heads up and get ready for their game tomorrow. The boys will travel to Caravel tomorrow to make up a game from earlier in the season. Start time is 3:30.

Game #7 - 5/26-2011 - (Milford @ Caravel)

The boys would play their 3rd game in as many days at Caravel Thursday. I felt the boys put together their best effort of the year and started to kind of put things together a little bit. After having multiple errors and confusion ruin good pitching in the first inning the boys would settle down and play the kind of defense we have all been waiting for them to show. In the 2nd and 3rd innings the boys would record quick 1-2-3 innings giving our offense a chance to try and get us back in the game. Unfortunately, the opponents pitching staff did an excellent job of making the pitches they needed to in order to keep us off the scoreboard most of the afternoon. (Kareem would score our lone run after evading the catchers tag after being caught in a rundown). I want to credit Jacob Barnaby for pitching an excellent game, and the rest of the guys for continuing to battle after such a rough start to the game. The boys would lose this game 11-1, however had they played defensively in the first as they did throughout the rest of the game the outcome could have been very different. The boys will have one week off, and then they will finish their season next Thursday at Orrington. Start time is 3:30