Summaries
of Games
We have played during the 2000
season
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Dates
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Opponents
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Game Summary by
Dave Stanley
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March 26
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Bull Run Baseball Club double-header
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The Cobras started off the season with 2 victories
over the Bull Run Baseball Club. In the first game, Lous Ullrich (4 innings)
and Trevor House (2 innings) combined on a 1-hit shut out. Chris Wilson
led the way on offense with a double, a triple, and a 2 run home-run over
the 330 fence. Brian Nolen was 2 for 3.
Final score: Cobras win 13-0
The second game featured on offense: Taylor Rife and Jeff Gregory each
going 2 for 3, and Chris Wilson and Trevor House each hitting 3 for 3.
Jeff Gregory, Taylor Rife and Bud Hall pitching combined to limit the
opponent to 5 hits and 3 runs.
Final score: Cobras win 11-3
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April 1
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Olney Pirates
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Another fine pitching performance by Louis Ullrich
led the Cobras to their 3rd victory of the season. After a lead-off single,
Louis held the Olney Pirates hitless through the 4th inning. Bud Hall came
in relief to pitch the last 3 innings and gave up 2 hits to close out the
game. On offense, the Cobras had 8 hits, including a deep blast by Bud Hall
off the left field fence for a double. Anthony Monica, Trevor House, and
Louis Ullrich each went 2 for 3.
Final score: Cobras win 7-2
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April 2
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Olney Pirates
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The Cobras and Pirates rematch was rained out
after the top of the 4th inning. In a see-saw battle, the Pirates had just
taken a 5-4 lead when the game was stopped. After falling behind 3-0 in
the top of the first inning, the Cobras staged a 2 out rally started by
Louis Ullrich's deep shot off the wall in right center for a double. After
a single by Wes Stanley and a walk to Trevor House, Brian Bobby drove in
2 runs with a single to left field. In the bottom of the 3rd, the Cobras
tied the game at 4 all. Chris Wilson led off with a triple to the wall in
left center. Louis Ullrich brought him home with another deep bomb to center
for a double. A single by Trevor House sent Louis home to even the score.
A nice defensive play in the 2nd inning was started by TJ Shaughnessy's
diving attempt at a soft line drive at 3rd base. After glancing off TJ's
glove, shortstop Jeff Gregory fielded the ball and forced the runner out
at 3rd base and threw to 2nd to complete an inning ending double play.
Final score: Rained out, tied at 4 all after 3 innings |
April 15
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Bowie Baseball Club
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The Cobras fought the Bowie team and the rainy
weather to a tie in the first game. Taylor Rife pitched 4 solid innings
and gave up 3 runs. Jeff Gregory pitched the last 2 innings to close out
the game. Chris Wilson made a nice throw from center field to turn a lead-off
single into an out at 2nd base in the 5th inning. On offense, Jeff Gregory
went 2 for 3, including a 2 RBI single giving the Cobras their first lead
of the game in the 5th. The 5th inning started with the Cobras down 3-1,
and Anthony Monica got the rally going with a double to deep right-center.
With 2 outs, Brian Gleason beat out an infield hit and TJ Shaunessy fought
off several tough pitches to earn a 9 pitch walk. Down again by 1 run in
the bottom of the 6th, Chris Wilson lead off with a walk, and Wes Stanley's
sacrifice bunt moved him into scoring position. Trevor house followed with
a hard line drive to left field to tie the game.
Final score: 5-5
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April 15
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MSA BaseBall
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The Cobras bats exploded for 18 runs in the first 3 innings in the second
game. Bud Hall (5 RBI) led the onslaught with a triple and a tremendous
grand-slam homerun to deep left field. Taylor Rife was 3 for 4, and Chris
Wilson went 3 for 3. Jeff Gregory and Trevor House combined to pitch 5
innings. A nifty double play was started by Brian Nolen at 2nd base. Brian
threw to shortstop Jeff Gregory covering 2nd base, and he made the throw
to first base to snuff out a rally by the MSA Terps in the 4th inning.
Final score: Cobras win 18-9
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April 28
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Virginia Players
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The Cobras won the first game of the Virginia Vipers Invitational Tournament
with solid defense and outstanding pitching. Starting pitcher Louis Ullrich
went 4 innings with no hits, 7 strikeouts, and no runs. Wes Stanley closed
out the last 2 innings with 5 strikeouts, 2 hits, and no walks. Jeff Gregory
led the offense with 3 for 3 hitting.
Final score: Cobras won 7-2
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April 29
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Bull Run Baseball
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Finding themselves down by 7 runs in the bottom of the first inning,
the Cobras rallied to tie the game with 7 runs in the top of the 2nd inning.
Jeff Gregory came in to pitch in the first inning with 2 outs, the bases
loaded, and 6 runs already across the plate. After a walk to first batter,
Jeff got the 3rd out and stranded 3 runners on base. Jeff battled the
other team and the umpire's seemingly small strike zone through the 5th
inning, and kept the team within striking distance. Down by 2 runs in
the 6th inning, and the game about to be stopped due to a time limit,
the Cobras put up 4 runs to take the lead. TJ Shaughnessy led off the
6th with a single, Taylor Rife walked, and Chris Wilson hit a double to
deep center to drive in the first run. Louis Ullrich followed with a hard
single to drive in 2 more runs, and he scored from 3rd when Raul Colon
walked and then intentionally got in a run-down between 1st and 2nd base.
Louis Ullrich pitched the bottom of the inning to preserve the comeback
victory. Leading hitters were TJ (3 for 3, 2 RBI's) and Louis (3 for 4,
4 RBI's).
Final score: Cobras won 11-9
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April 29
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Braves
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Scoring 8 runs in the first 2 innings, the Cobras won by slaughter rule
in 5 innings. Trevor House pitched 3 dominant innings, striking out 6
and walking 1. TJ Shaughnessy pitched the last 2 innings, giving up 1
hit, 0 walks, and no runs. On offense, Brian Nolen (2 for 2), Wes Stanley
(1 for 2, double, 3 RBI), Anthony Monica (1 for 2, 2 RBI), Chris Wilson
(1 for 1), Bud Hall (1 for 2), and Brian Bobby (1 for 2) powered the victory.
Final score: Cobras won 11-1
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April 30
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VA Vipers
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Defensive errors spoiled a fine pitching performance by Taylor Rife in
the first round pool winners game. Taylor went 7 innings, holding the
tough Vipers team to 6 hits, 0 walks, and 0 earned runs. The Cobras fought
back on offense, but were only able to score 1 run on a bases loaded,
1 out opportunity in the 5th inning. Louis Ullrich batted 3 for 4, Chris
Wilson was 2 for 4, Brian Nolen went 2 for 2, and Trevor House hit 1 for
2 to lead the Cobras.
Final Score: Cobras lose their first game of the year, 6-4
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April 30
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Virginia Players
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The game for 3rd place in the tournament turned into long battle when
the Cobras had a 13-3 lead in the top of the 5th inning disappear. About
to lose by slaughter rule, the Players rallied to score 4 runs in their
bottom half of the inning. Trevor House pitched well through 4 innings
(5 strikeouts), but ran into trouble in the 5th inning. After the Players
had closed the lead to 15-12 in the 7th inning, Taylor Rife came on to
face 1 batter and get the last out and preserve the victory. Jeff Gregory
(2 for 2), Taylor Rife (1 for 1), Chris Wilson (2 for 3, double, 2 RBI),
Louis Ullrich (2 for 2, double, triple, 2 RBI), and Raul Colon (2 for
5, double, 2 RBI) paced the Cobras on offense.
Final score: Cobras won 15-12, winning 3rd place in the tournament
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May 7
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Bowie Baseball Club
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The Bowie team put up 8 runs in the 3rd inning to doom the Cobras to
their 2nd loss of the season. Starting pitcher Louis Ullrich held Bowie
hitless through the first 2 innings, but he was replaced to start the
3rd and the opponents took full advantage of his absence. The Cobras answered
with 6 runs in the 5th inning, but it was not enough to overcome the Bowie
lead. Wes Stanley came on in relief to pitch the 5th & 6th innings, giving
up 1 run on 1 hit. At the plate,Chris Wilson (3 RBI) and TJ Shaughnessy
were each 1 for 2. Wes Stanley, Trevor House (RBI), and Bud Hall went
1 for 3.
Final score: Cobras lose 11-6.
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May 7
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Gambrills A's
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The Cobras rebounded with good pitching and solid defense in the second
game of the doubleheader. Trevor House pitched 5 efficient innings and
gave up just 3 hits. Jeff Gregory pitched the last 2 innings to complete
the shut-out. Chris Wilson's perfect throw from centerfield to cut down
a runner trying to score from 3rd base on a fly ball ended the A's only
scoring opportunity in the 5th inning. On offense, Raul Colon and Louis
Ullrich (RBI) went 2 for 2, with each hitting 2 doubles. Chris Wilson
(double), Wes Stanley (triple), and Jeff Gregory were 1 for 3. TJ Shaughnessy
was 1 for 1.
Final score: Cobras won 4-0.
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May 14
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Prince William Bombers
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Cobras vs. Bombers Doubleheader
The Bombers won 2 close games in Centreville on Mother's Day. The Cobras
led most of the way in the first game, but the Bombers scored 3 runs in
the top of the 6th to take the victory. Louis Ullrich pitched a complete
game, striking out 5 and giving up 3 earned runs. At the plate, the Cobras
were led by Jeff Gregory (3 for 4), Wes Stanley (2 for 3, RBI), and Bud
Hall (2 for 3, RBI). In the last inning, the Cobras had the tying runs on
base in scoring position, but couldn't take advantage of the opportunity
to tie the game.
Final score: Cobras lose 6-4.
The Bombers opened the second game with a several deep blasts and produced
8 runs in the first inning. Trevor House came on in relief to pitch in the
second inning. Trevor pitched well, stopping the scoring barrage by giving
up just 6 hits and 3 earned runs over 6 innings. Raul Colon made several
nice diving catches in left field to take away what would have been bloop
hits. The Cobras fought back with their own 8 run inning in the 5th, capped
by Jeff Gregory's 2 out, 2 RBI triple in the gap to deep left-center. The
go-ahead run for the Cobras in the 6th inning was stopped at the plate on
a close play. Brian Nolen's 2 out, bases loaded single scored the tying
runs before Jake Tisinger was thrown out trying to score from first base.
Leading hitters were Jeff Gregory (2 for 4, triple, 2 RBI), Wes Stanley
(2 for 4), and Brian Nolen (2 for 4, 4 RBI).
Final score: Cobras lose 13-12.
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May 20
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Greensboro Alley Cats
Lynchburg Riverdogs
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The Cobras led most of the way, but the Alleycats took the lead and overcame
a good complete game pitching performance by Louis Ullrich. On offense,
Trevor House, Louis Ullrich (2 RBI), Taylor Rife (RBI), Brian Nolen (double,
RBI) each went 2 for 4. Brian Gleason was 1 for 2 (double).
Final Score: Cobras lose 11-8
Cobras vs Riverdogs Taylor Rife pitched 6 1/3 strong innings, holding
the Riverdogs to 4 scattered hits with 7 strikeouts. The good pitching
wasn't enough, as the Cobras managed to score only 3 runs on 6 hits. At
bat , Jeff Gregory (double) and Taylor Rife were 1 for 2. Chris Wilson
(Triple, RBI), Bud Hall (RBI), and TJ Shaughnessy went 1 for 3.
Final Score: Cobras lose 4-3.
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May 21
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Lynchburg Riverdogs
Greensboro Alley Cats
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Defensive errors, lack of offense, and the Riverdogs
combined to hand the Cobras their worst loss of the season. Leading hitters
were Jeff Gregory and TJ Shaughnessy each 1 for 3, Wes Stanley and Louis
Ullrich each 1 for 2, and Jake Tisinger 1 for 1. A game best forgotten by
all.
Final Score: Cobras lose 12-1.
Trevor House pitched a complete game 7 innings, giving up 3 hits and 0 earned
runs. The great pitching was accompanied by 9 Cobras hits, led by Jake Tisinger
(2 for 2, triple, 2 RBI) and Taylor Rife (2 for 3, RBI). Brian Gleason was
1 for 1, while Wes Stanley and Jeff Gregory (RBI) each went 1 for 3. Final
Score: Cobras win 6-4. |
May 27-31
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Fauquier
Fauquier
(14 Year Olds)
McLean
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The Cobras started off the Manassas Memorial Day Tournament with a solid
victory over the 15 yr old Fauquier team. Louis Ullrich pitched a great
complete game shut-out, giving up 3 scattered hits, 2 walks, and 11 strikeouts
in 6 innings. The defense was sharp, too, highlighted by 2nd baseman Taylor
Rife's diving catch of a ground ball in the 5th inning. With 2 outs and
2 runners on base, Taylor fielded the ball and threw from a sitting position
to nip the runner at first base, ending Fauquier's attempt to tie the game.
The Cobras took the lead in the bottom of the first inning on Louis's deep
line drive double to center field that scored Chris Wilson. Insurance runs
in the 5th inning were started by a lead-off single by Bud Hall. Brian Gleason's
sacrifice bunt moved Bud to second base, and TJ Shaughnessy followed with
a single. Next, Taylor Rife singled, driving in Bud and moving TJ to 3rd
base. TJ scored on a ground-out by Jake Tisinger, and Taylor scored on an
error by the third baseman on Trevor House's grounder.
Final score: Cobras won 4-0
Jeff Gregory and Trevor House combined to pitch the Cobras to victory in
the second game of the tournament. Stats for the game were kept in the official
tournament scorebook, which the Manassas Baseball League has, so further
details about the game are not available.
Final score: Cobras won 9-5
The Cobras fought to a draw through 3 innings against the 15 yr olds, but
wound up falling behind in the last inning to the eventual Tournament winners.
Due to a time limit, the game lasted only 4 rainy and cool innings against
the trash-talking poor sports from McLean. Taylor Rife and Louis Ullrich
pitched well under the adverse conditions. On offense, the Cobras were led
by Jeff Gregory (3 for 3, 2 RBI), Chris Wilson (1 for 3, double, RBI), and
Louis Ullrich (1 for 1). Brian Bobby, Brian Gleason, and Raul Colon (RBI)
each went 1 for 2.
Final score: Cobras lose 10-5 |
July 1 - 3
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Bronx Condors
West Chester West
Baltimore Chargers
Bronx Condors (Semi-final Game)
South Vineyard (Tournament Championship Game)
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ECTB 4th of July BaseBall
Blast
Cobras Win
14U Championship
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7/1/00
The Cobras got 4 strong innings from pitcher Trevor House and never
trailed in the opening game. Trevor gave up just 4 hits and no earned runs. Wes
Stanley pitched the last 2 innings to complete the victory. The offense put
5 runs across the plate in the 5th inning to ensure the win, started
by Louis Ullrich's triple to right field. After a walk to Wes, Trevor
brought Louis home with a single to center field. Taylor Rife followed
with another RBI single to score Wes. Raul Colon then singled, and Anthony
Monica singled up the middle to drive in 2 more runs. Leading hitters:
Bud Hall (2 for 2, walk), Anthony Monica (1 for 2, walk, 2 RBI), Raul
Colon (1 for 2), Taylor Rife (2 for 3, RBI), Trevor House(2 for 4, 2 RBI), and Jeff Gregory (1 for 1, 2 walks, HBP).
Final score: Cobras won 8-4.
7/2/00
Starting pitcher Taylor Rife and the Cobras offense overwhelmed the home
team and won by slaughter rule in 4 innings. Taylor pitched 3 innings,
allowing no earned runs on 3 hits and 4 strikeouts. TJ Shaughnessy pitched
a 3 up, 3 down 4th inning to close out the victory. Top hitters: Jeff
Gregory (2 for 4,double), Chris Wilson (2 for 3, HBP), Trevor House (4 for 4, 6 RBI), Brian
Nolen (1 for 1, walk, RBI), Taylor Rife (1 for 2, sacrifice fly, RBI).
Final Score: Cobras won 17-1.
Louis Ullrich pitched 5 dominant innings to lead the Cobras to their 3rd
straight win. Louis had 3 scattered hits, 7 strikeouts, 2 walks, no earned
runs,and apppeared to be 21 years old to the other team. Louis then drove
to a local establishment near the field for few cold ones after the game
(Just kidding! His Dad drove him.) . Leading hitters were Louis (3 for
3, 3 RBI), Wes Stanley (1 for 1, walk, RBI), Bud Hall (2 for 2, triple,
RBI), and Brian Gleason (2 for 2, RBI).
Final score: Cobras won 8-1.
7/3/00
In a re-match between the 2 teams, the Cobras played solid in all aspects
of the game and won in 4 innings by slaughter rule. Pitcher Jeff Gregory
held the Condors to 3 hits, no walks, and no runs. On offense, the Cobras started
the July 4th fireworks early with several bombs of their own, including Brian
Gleason's 3 run homerun to left field and deep triples by both Trevor
House and Raul Colon. Jeff Gregory, Brian Bobby, and Brian Nolen each
were 2 for 3, while Louis Ullrich was 2 for 2 and Taylor Rife was 1 for
1 (walk).
Final Score: Cobras win 12-0.
1st Inning
After a 3 hour delay, the Championship game started at about 9:00 PM at
the minor league ballpark in Allentown, PA. Although attended by less than
30 fans for each side on this rainy, humid, night, the stadium rocked
all game long in a tense battle of the 2 unbeaten teams. The visiting
Cobras scored first when Wes Stanley's single drove in Louis Ullrich (reached
on fielder's choice). Starting pitcher Trevor House held the home team
to no runs in the first inning after a lead-off single. Left fielder Raul
Colon tracked down a deep shot near the foul line for the first out, and
his quick throw back to the infield caused the runner to miss touching 2nd base on his way back to first (he was called
out on appeal when play resumed for the second out). Wes Stanley's diving catch
on a sinking line drive in right field made the 3rd out in the first inning.
2nd Inning
The Cobras struck again to take a 2-0 lead when Bud Hall reached first
on a walk. Bud used his speed to get to 3rd base on a wild pitch and a
passed ball, and then scored on Brian Gleason's fielder's choice grounder.
The South Vineyard team scored in the bottom of the 2nd to make it 2-1.
Chris Wilson ran down a shot to deep center field for the first out. After
a walk and stolen base, the run scored on a single to left field. Trevor
stranded a man at 3rd base with 2 fly outs to left field to end the inning.
3rd Inning
After the Cobras failed to score in the top of the 3rd, the opponents
scored 2 runs on 3 hits to tie the game. The Cobras took the lead again in the
top of the 4th. Raul Colon led off with a walk, and Bud followed with a double to
deep right field. Anthony Monica reached on a walk to load the bases. Brian
Gleason then drove in one run with a fielder's choice grounder. Brian
Nolen next hustled to first base and drive in a run on an error by the
first baseman. Jeff Gregory walked, and Chris Wilson drove in the 3rd
run of the inning on a fielder's choice grounder.
4th Inning
Once again, the South Vineyard team rallied to score 3 runs in the bottom
of the 4th to tie the game. Louis had come in to pitch, and the opponents
managed to get 3 hits, including 2 deep shots to left and center field.
Louis struck out 2 batters, and a fly ball to right ended the scoring.
It was the Cobras turn to respond in the top of the 4th, and they did
so with 4 more runs across the plate. Trevor got things going with a single
to right field, and Brian Bobby walked to set the stage for Bud's booming 2 RBI triple to right-center.
After the second out and walks to Brian Gleason and Taylor Rife, the bases were
loaded for Jeff Gregory's 2 RBI single to right field.
5th Inning
With a 4 run lead, Louis shut down the other team in the 5th, 6th, and
7th innings. In the 5th, he struck out the number 4 & 5 hitters, and after
a walk, induced a pop-up to 1st base. At bat in the top of the 6th, the Cobras
were looking to score just 1 more run to lengthen the lead. A lead-off single
by Louis started things rolling, and he was moved to 2nd base on a nice
sacrifice bunt by Wes. Louis took 3rd base on an error by the pitcher
on a pick-off attempt at 2nd, and Brian Gleason's sacrifice fly to right
field scored the insurance run.
6th Inning
In the bottom of the 6th, Louis struck out 2 hitters and got some fine
defensive help from 2nd baseman TJ Shaughnessy. A sharp grounder up the middle appeared
to be a base hit to center field before TJ made a nice backhanded stab
and threw to first to get the out. In the top of the 7th, the Cobras again
threatened to score one more run on a lead-off 4 pitch walk to Bud. Anthony
Monica laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move Bud to second. South
Vineland then changed pitchers and managed to get the last 2 outs and
end the scoring opportunity.
7th Inning
In the bottom of the 7th, South Vineland attempted a comeback started
by a lead-off walk, with the heart of their order coming to the plate. Louis
had other plans, however, as he fielded a sharp grounder back to him and
threw to Jeff at shortstop covering 2nd base. Jeff threw to first base
to complete the 1-6-3 double-play. Louis then struck out the #3 hitter
to end the game and start the celebration.
Final score: Cobras won 11-6.
After a long weekend of many great plays by the entire team, the Cobras
were presented their trophy and medallions as winners of the 2000 East
Coast Tournament Baseball July 4 Blast at about midnight. The season started
in the freezing days of practice in March and proceeded through games
in the cold rain and humid heat on fields in Fredericksburg, Manassas,
Olney, Centreville, Lynchburg, and Reading, PA. Games were played on beautiful
fields, such as Liberty University, and not so great fields, such as the
hard to find Reading field, where Louis's deep fly to left field was caught
by a fielder standing in weeds up over his waist. That night in Allentown,
PA, on July 3, 2000, in a professional baseball stadium, made it all seem
worthwhile.
CONGRATULATIONS COBRAS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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