~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATLANTIC LEAGUE PLAYOFF RESULTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FIRST HALF WINNERS MEET SECOND HALF WINNERS IN BEST OF 3 SEMI-FINAL SEMI-FINAL WINNERS MEET IN BEST OF 5 CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL SEMI-FINAL SEPTEMBER 24 SOMERSET 2, NEWARK 0 (SOMERSET LEADS SERIES, 1-0) SOUTHERN MARYLAND 1, LONG ISLAND 0 (SOUTHERN MARYLAND LEADS SERIES, 1-0) SEPTEMBER 25 SOMERSET 5, NEWARK 0 (SOMERSET LEADS SERIES, 2-0) SOUTHERN MARYLAND 5, LONG ISLAND 4 (SOUTHERN MARYLAND LEADS SERIES, 2-0) SEPTEMBER 26 NEWARK 13, SOMERSET 12 (SOMERSET LEADS SERIES, 2-1) LONG ISLAND 7, SOUTHERN MARYLAND 4 (SOUTHERN MARYLAND LEADS SERIES, 2-1) SEPTEMBER 27 SOMERSET 8, NEWARK 3 (SOMERSET WINS SERIES, 3-1) LONG ISLAND 15, SOUTHERN MARYLAND 5 (SERIES TIED, 2-2) SEPTEMBER 29 SOUTHERN MARYLAND 7, LONG ISLAND 5 (SOUTHERN MARYLAND WINS SERIES, 3-2) FINAL OCTOBER 1 SOMERSET 8, SOUTHERN MARYLAND 2 (SOMERSET LEADS SERIES, 1-0) OCTOBER 2 SOUTHERN MARYLAND 10, SOMERSET 4 (SERIES TIED, 1-1) OCTOBER 3 SOMERSET 8, SOUTHERN MARYLAND 6 (SOMERSET LEADS SERIES, 2-1) OCTOBER 4 SOMERSET 11, SOUTHERN MARYLAND 1 (SOMERSET WINS SERIES, 3-1) *** SOMERSET WINS 2009 ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP *** ATLANTIC LEAGUE LEADERS (THROUGH GAMES OF 10/04/09) BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 8 PLATE APPEARANCES) PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 2 IP) BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO Jones, Kennard NWK .667 2 6 3 4 0 0 Mendoza, Ramiro NWK 0- 0 0.00 7 2 3 7 Harris, Estee LGI .429 3 7 2 3 0 1 Suzuki SMD 0- 0 0.00 6 5 2 3 Navarrete, Ray LGI .429 5 21 4 9 1 6 De La Rosa, Dane SMD 0- 0 0.00 5 2 2 6 Ramistella, John SMD .421 9 38 11 16 2 8 Dittler, Jake LGI 0- 0 0.00 5 7 0 4 Prieto, Alex LGI .417 5 12 4 5 0 0 Valentine, Joe LGI 1- 0 0.00 4 4 2 3 Nicolas, Cesar SMD .414 9 29 4 12 2 10 Simas, Bill LGI 0- 0 0.00 4 2 1 3 Lombard, George LGI .381 5 21 3 8 0 2 Demko, Luke NWK 0- 0 0.00 3 2 0 5 Hernandez, Johnny LGI .357 5 14 5 5 0 6 Brower, Jim LGI 0- 0 0.00 2 2 1 0 Just, Mike SMD .348 8 23 4 8 0 2 Standridge, Jason SOM 1- 0 1.00 9 5 6 7 Jimerson, Charlton NWK .333 4 18 2 6 1 7 Magrane, Jim SOM 2- 0 1.20 15 6 5 10 HOME RUNS WINS Nettles, Jeff SOM 3 Halama, John SMD 2 Nicolas, Cesar SMD 2 Magrane, Jim SOM 2 Ramistella, John SMD 2 Several Players Tied at 1 Several Players Tied at 1 RBI SAVES Nicolas, Cesar SMD 10 Minix, Travis SOM 2 Ayala, Elliott SOM 8 Suzuki SMD 2 Hagen, Matt SOM 8 Dittler, Jake LGI 1 Ramistella, John SMD 8 Gracesqui, Frank SMD 1 Several Players Tied at 7 Simas, Bill LGI 1 STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS Burke, Joe SOM 3 Halama, John SMD 17 Granato, Anthony SOM 3 Adams, Brian SOM 10 Hagen, Matt SOM 3 Grube, Jarrett SMD 10 Smith, Sean SOM 3 Magrane, Jim SOM 10 Owens, Jeremy SMD 2 Kirsten, Joel SOM 8 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO LONG ISLAND .285 179 31 51 2 14 36 2 0 LONG ISLAND 2- 3 3.77 47 0 0 2 3 19 29 SOUTHERN MARYLAND .274 310 41 85 6 32 54 3 2 SOMERSET 6- 2 4.02 70 1 2 2 6 24 53 SOMERSET .249 261 58 65 7 47 57 13 3 SOUTHERN MARYLAND 4- 5 5.54 90 0 1 3 6 37 62 NEWARK .237 135 16 32 3 11 28 0 1 NEWARK 1- 3 5.82 26 0 0 0 3 24 31 ATLANTIC LEAGUE ADDITIONAL LEADERS (THROUGH GAMES OF 10/04/09) ADDITIONAL BATTING LEADERS ADDITIONAL PITCHING LEADERS HITS GAMES Ramistella, John SMD 16 Schweitzer, Matt SMD 6 Nicolas, Cesar SMD 12 Suzuki SMD 6 Shanks, James SMD 11 De La Rosa, Dane SMD 5 Belcher, Jason SOM 10 Gracesqui, Frank SMD 5 Hagen, Matt SOM 10 Minix, Travis SOM 5 DOUBLES COMPLETE GAMES Hagen, Matt SOM 6 Standridge, Jason SOM 1 Ramistella, John SMD 4 Several Players Tied at 0 Ayala, Elliott SOM 3 Hall, Noah SOM 3 Shanks, James SMD 3 TRIPLES SHUTOUTS Just, Mike SMD 1 Several Players Tied at 0 Shanks, James SMD 1 Several Players Tied at 0 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE INNINGS PITCHED Jones, Kennard NWK .750 Halama, John SMD 20.1 Nicolas, Cesar SMD .564 Magrane, Jim SOM 15.0 Prieto, Alex LGI .563 Kirsten, Joel SOM 11.0 Harris, Estee LGI .500 Miller, Josh SOM 10.1 Navarrete, Ray LGI .500 Cate, Troy LGI 9.1 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE LOSSES Jones, Kennard NWK .833 Cate, Troy LGI 2 Harris, Estee LGI .714 Several Players Tied at 1 Nicolas, Cesar SMD .690 Ramistella, John SMD .684 Nettles, Jeff SOM .594 EXTRA-BASE HITS WALKS Hagen, Matt SOM 7 Halama, John SMD 8 Ramistella, John SMD 6 Nix, Michael NWK 6 Shanks, James SMD 5 Ramsey, Keith SMD 6 Several Players Tied at 4 Standridge, Jason SOM 6 Several Players Tied at 5 RUNS SCORED HOME RUNS ALLOWED Ramistella, John SMD 11 Kirsten, Joel SOM 3 Nettles, Jeff SOM 9 Adams, Brian SOM 2 Anderson, Travis SOM 7 Bicondoa, Ryan SMD 2 Ayala, Elliott SOM 7 Ramsey, Keith SMD 2 Hagen, Matt SOM 7 Several Players Tied at 1 &l7.27C&l0O(s12H Copyright by PA-SportsTicker, 55 Realty Drive, Suite 200, Cheshire, CT. 06410 (203)272-2072 LONG ISLAND DUCKS Playoff Statistics Thru Games of: 9/29/09 W-L Record: 2- 3 PLAYER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E #Cavagnaro, Matt,3B .278 5 18 2 5 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 .500 .300 3 #Francia, Juan,2B .208 5 24 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 .208 .240 2 Gonzalez, Raul,DH .188 4 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 .250 .235 0 *Harris, Estee,OF .429 3 7 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .714 .500 0 #Hernandez, Johnny,OF .357 5 14 5 5 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 .500 .438 0 Jackson, Nic,OF .143 4 14 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .214 .200 0 *Lombard, George,OF .381 5 21 3 8 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0 .381 .409 1 Navarrete, Ray,OF .429 5 21 4 9 0 0 1 6 2 3 1 0 .571 .500 0 Pachot, John,C .111 4 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 .111 .091 1 Prieto, Alex,SS .417 5 12 4 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .583 .563 1 *Sandora, Robert,C .143 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .143 .143 0 *Thon, Freddie,1B .250 4 16 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .313 .250 0 All Others .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 Total-All Batters .285 179 51 0 27 36 0 .335 31 10 2 14 2 .374 8 OPP PITCHER W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Brower, Jim 0- 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 *Cate, Troy 0- 2 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 11 8 8 1 0 4 6 0 .314 Dittler, Jake 0- 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1 5.0 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 .318 *Leek, Randy 0- 0 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 5 4 3 1 0 3 5 0 .200 Manon, Julio 1- 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 4 3 1 0 3 5 0 .217 Olson, Jason 0- 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 .400 Ray, Ken 0- 1 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 9 5 4 0 0 2 1 0 .391 Simas, Bill 0- 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 1 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .154 Valentine, Joe 1- 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 .235 All Others 0- 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Total-All Pitchers 2 3.77 5 0 43.0 22 3 19 2 3 0 2 47 18 0 29 .273 Copyright by PA-SportsTicker, 55 Realty Drive, Suite 200, Cheshire, CT. 06410 (203)272-2072 NEWARK BEARS Playoff Statistics Thru Games of: 9/27/09 W-L Record: 1- 3 PLAYER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E #Everett, Carl,DH .125 4 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .125 .125 0 Hernandez, Michael,OF .500 2 6 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .500 1 #Jimenez, D'Angelo,2B .308 4 13 1 4 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 1 .308 .471 0 Jimerson, Charlton,OF .333 4 18 2 6 1 0 1 7 0 6 0 0 .556 .333 0 *Jones, Kennard,OF .667 2 6 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .833 .750 0 *Loadenthal, Carl,OF .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 *Mackowiak, Rob,1B .091 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .091 .286 1 Manriquez, Salomon,C .143 4 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 2 Mcdonald, D,OF .118 4 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 .118 .211 0 Mercedes, Victor,SS .200 4 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 4 Otanez, Willis,3B .333 4 15 2 5 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 .533 .375 0 Tejeda, Juan,1B .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 All Others .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 Total-All Batters .237 135 32 0 15 28 1 .299 16 2 3 11 0 .319 8 OPP PITCHER W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Blacksher, Derek 0- 0 18.00 2 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 8 8 1 0 5 2 1 .353 Demko, Luke 0- 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .167 *Hess, Isaac 0- 1 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 2 2 1 0 0 3 6 0 .105 Kobernus, Kyle 0- 0 21.60 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 4 4 1 0 2 2 0 .444 Komine, Shane 0- 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000 Mendoza, Ramiro 0- 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 .087 Nix, Michael 0- 0 54.00 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 5 4 0 0 6 1 2 .500 Santos, Victor 0- 1 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 5 3 1 0 2 0 1 .273 *Smith, Matt 0- 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Thorpe, Tracy 1- 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .167 Willey, Cory 0- 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 Williamson, Scott 0- 1 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .333 All Others 0- 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Total-All Pitchers 1 5.82 4 0 34.0 27 3 24 5 3 0 0 26 22 0 31 .208 Copyright by PA-SportsTicker, 55 Realty Drive, Suite 200, Cheshire, CT. 06410 (203)272-2072 SOMERSET PATRIOTS Playoff Statistics Thru Games of: 10/04/09 W-L Record: 6- 2 PLAYER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Anderson, Travis,1B .278 7 18 7 5 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 .500 .458 0 Ayala, Elliott,OF .320 8 25 7 8 3 0 1 8 4 3 0 0 .560 .419 0 *Belcher, Jason,C .294 8 34 4 10 0 0 0 7 1 3 0 1 .294 .314 0 *Burke, Joe,1B .000 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 .000 .200 0 #Granato, Anthony,SS .231 8 26 5 6 0 0 0 4 9 8 3 1 .231 .417 1 Hagen, Matt,2B .294 8 34 7 10 6 0 1 8 3 8 3 0 .559 .368 3 Hall, Noah,OF .207 8 29 5 6 3 0 0 6 6 5 1 0 .310 .333 0 Nelson, Jon,PH .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 1.000 0 Nettles, Jeff,3B .281 8 32 9 9 1 0 3 7 3 8 0 0 .594 .342 1 Olivares, Teuris,DH .000 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .273 0 *Pressley, Josh,DH .500 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .500 .750 0 *Rodriguez, Mike,OF .250 6 12 3 3 1 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 .333 .357 0 Smith, Sean,OF .233 8 30 6 7 0 0 1 2 7 8 3 1 .333 .395 0 Teilon, Nilson,DH .000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 0 All Others .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 Total-All Batters .249 261 65 0 51 57 3 .369 58 15 7 47 13 .387 5 OPP PITCHER W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG *Adams, Brian 1- 0 7.56 2 2 0 0 0 8.1 13 7 7 2 0 1 10 0 .325 Basner, Ryan 0- 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Buglovsky, Chris 0- 0 7.20 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 9 4 4 0 0 0 5 1 .409 Cahill, Casey 0- 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gothreaux, Jared 0- 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 .364 Kirsten, Joel 1- 1 4.09 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 6 5 5 3 0 4 8 0 .154 Magrane, Jim 2- 0 1.20 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 6 2 2 0 1 5 10 0 .122 Miller, Josh 1- 0 2.61 2 1 0 0 0 10.1 17 6 3 1 0 2 5 0 .378 Minix, Travis 0- 0 4.26 5 0 0 0 2 6.1 5 3 3 0 0 2 5 0 .227 Prinz, Bret 0- 1 21.60 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 .500 Standridge, Jason 1- 0 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 0 1 6 7 0 .172 All Others 0- 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Total-All Pitchers 6 4.02 8 2 71.2 35 6 24 1 2 1 2 70 32 3 53 .256 Copyright by PA-SportsTicker, 55 Realty Drive, Suite 200, Cheshire, CT. 06410 (203)272-2072 SOUTHERN MARYLAND BLUE CRABS Playoff Statistics Thru Games of: 10/04/09 W-L Record: 4- 5 PLAYER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Burkhart, Lance,C .077 4 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .154 .143 0 Garcia, Travis,SS .220 9 41 6 9 0 0 0 4 0 10 0 0 .220 .220 7 #Giannotti, Rich,OF .200 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .333 0 Jeroloman, Charles,2B .111 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .111 .111 0 Just, Mike,2B .348 8 23 4 8 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 .522 .400 0 Krause, Brent,OF .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 Martinez, Octavio,C .200 9 20 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 0 Nicolas, Cesar,1B .414 9 29 4 12 2 0 2 10 9 4 0 1 .690 .564 2 Osborn, Pat,3B .250 9 32 3 8 1 0 0 2 6 5 0 1 .281 .359 3 Owens, Jeremy,OF .257 9 35 2 9 0 0 0 3 1 10 2 0 .257 .270 1 Ramistella, John,OF .421 9 38 11 16 4 0 2 8 3 5 0 0 .684 .463 0 Shanks, James,OF .297 9 37 4 11 3 1 1 6 2 4 0 0 .514 .333 1 *Tucker, Michael,DH .185 9 27 4 5 1 0 1 5 8 8 0 0 .333 .361 0 All Others .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 2 Total-All Batters .274 310 85 2 40 54 2 .343 41 14 6 32 3 .390 16 OPP PITCHER W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Bicondoa, Ryan 0- 1 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 8.0 16 13 12 2 1 4 6 0 .410 De La Rosa, Dane 0- 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 .118 Estrada, Paul 0- 1 16.20 3 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 0 2 2 1 0 .375 Gannon, Joe 0- 0 3.60 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 2 1 1 3 1 0 .300 *Gracesqui, Frank 0- 1 10.80 5 0 0 0 1 3.1 8 7 4 0 0 3 4 1 .444 Grube, Jarrett 1- 1 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 7 7 1 0 2 10 0 .321 *Halama, John 2- 1 2.21 3 3 0 0 0 20.1 16 9 5 0 0 8 17 2 .211 James, Mike 1- 0 8.31 4 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 .350 *Ramsey, Keith 0- 0 7.36 2 2 0 0 0 7.1 8 6 6 2 1 6 5 0 .286 Righter, Matthew 0- 0 5.68 4 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 4 4 0 1 3 4 2 .273 *Schweitzer, Matt 0- 0 2.25 6 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 .267 Suzuki 0- 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 2 5.2 5 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 .208 All Others 0- 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Total-All Pitchers 4 5.54 9 1 78.0 62 6 37 6 5 0 3 90 48 7 62 .286 E