Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Hawks take 2nd at the Davis Super Series Tournament


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Hawks came close to winning the tournament in Davis. Davis Dynasty proved they have big bats and the Hawks proved they could play ball with them, going into the 6th tied. Tough loss, though. 

Going into the semi-finals, the Hawks outscored their opponents 28-1!

8 Hawks pitchers pitched during pool play, giving up only 1 run over 3 games. That's amazing!

The Hawks averaged 12+ hits a game going into the play-offs before meeting up with the Beasts and Dynasty.  The hits against those teams were 6 and 5 for the Hawks respectively.  Even though the Beasts had a hard throwing pitcher, the Hawks drew 8 walks.   Dynasty gave up two walks to the Hawks, making it more important for the bats to do their work.

Other highlights of the tournament
  • Noah had Capitol Edge Beasts flummoxed with his cutter.
  • Top 3 hitters were Greg (583), Dylan (556), and Max (500).
  • Top 3 on base were Max (667), Evan (625), Dylan (615)
  • Hawks pitchers had 24 strike-outs, 10 of those came from Max.
  • Hawks pitchers finished the Rio Linda Warriors off in 43 pitches.


Monday, March 16, 2009

Hawks go 4-0 against Orinda, PH11, Danville, San Ramon

Opening Day
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Highlights from this weekend playing against Danville and San Ramon
  • Hawks are 9-0 in league play.
  • Max had an amazing 10 strike-outs against San Ramon over 5 innings. He gave up only 1 hit in the 5 innings. Max pitched for average, he's averaged 2 strike-outs per inning pitched, the highest on the team. May have to start calling Max "Circle K".
  • Max has a 9 game hitting streak. Greg and Will are next in line with a 4 game hitting streak.
  • Hawks have 150 hits for the season so far
  • Max pushed the Hawks pitchers past their 100th strike out for the season in 18 games

Thursday, March 12, 2009

680 League Web-Site

Below are links to the 680 Interlock League web-site that contain the records of all of the teams.


I've also added links to these to the right under "680 Interlock Links" ==>

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Hawks win 3 against Moraga and Danville


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Hawks win 3 this weekend; 2 against Moraga and 1 from Danville.

Highlights
  • Max has an .846 batting average the last 5 games and on base over 10 games with a .636 average
  • Noah caught for 3 games.  
  • Chris on the mound averages 7 strike-outs for every walk.
  • Noah scored the 100th run of the season for the Hawks!
  • Greg has a .552 on base percentage the last 10 games

Pitching Highlights:
  • Average pitches per inning:  Chris 11, Willie 13, Drew D. 14.
  • ERA:  Luis 1.27, Chris 1.35, Noah 2.45
  • Innings Pitched:  Luis 23, Willie 21, Chris 13
  • Strike outs per inning:  Max 2.14, Luis 1.06, Chris 1.05

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Tara Hills - Hawks win 2

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Tara Hills
Over the years Tara Hills have always given the Hawks / Condors a hard time. For most of the kids on the team their first travel team loss was to Tara Hills at the 05 Citrus Heights Tournament Championship game in the bottom of the 6th with two outs and up by 1 run. For those that were there it's not something likely to be forgotten given the complete chaos that happened after that final play.

Since that time the kids have managed to beat Tara Hills once in 5 years of ball. Two years ago the team suffered from a strange rule regarding seeding. Last year the team came close twice but it was not to be.

Over the years, who would've thought the Hawks would beat Tara Hills in back to back games? Not only that, but in convincing fashion. A combined score of 20-3.

Highlights

  • 12 hits against Tara Hills in the 2nd game. A season high so far.
  • Dylan made an incredible catch in center field.
  • Greg did a great job behind the plate, catching for Noah and Chris.
  • Luis, Noah, Chris combined for 12 innings of shutout ball
  • The Hawks have struck out 52 batters in 63 innings so far this season The Hawks opponents have struck back with 52 strike-outs as well.
  • The Hawks have benefitted from 46 walks while giving up 20 walks.