SEASON STATISTICS

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REGULAR SEASON

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DIAMOND (HOME/AWAY):
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GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Morton Grove Cardinals Senensky pitched four innings, giving up three runs and striking out five. Hagopian pitched three innings and also struck out five. Skokie Youth was down 9-3 in the bottom of the 6th and exploded for eight runs. Morton Grove was down to its final strike when T.So hit a game-tying double. Following So's double,  De Guzman got his first-ever hit (new player who has never played before), which gave Morton Grove a 11-10 lead. But in the bottom of the seventh the Diamondbacks' Ehrenberg hit a single up the middle, scoring two runs and giving the Skokie Youth Diamondbacks the win. Hagopian led the attack for the Cardinals, going 2-for-2 with two walks and scored four runs. Ceisel chipped in with a 3-for-3 day and scored two runs. (Also see Skokie Youth Diamondbacks page.)

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DIAMOND (HOME/AWAY):
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GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Edgebrook-Sauganash Diamondbacks won this exciting game 7-5. Diamondbacks' bats scored four in the first with the big blow being a bases-clearing triple by Kelly. Senensky pitched a great game for the Morton Grove Cardinals after a rocky first inning. He went the distance, giving up 7 runs while striking out 9. Hagopian and Senensky both had two hits each. T.So and De Guzman both had big hits in the Cardinals' four run fourth inning.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Morton Grove Cardinals' Hagopian pitched a complete game, giving up six runs while striking out 10. Cardinals Burdi, Hagopian, and Senensky had two hits each, while Ceisel had three hits to lead the Cardinals' hit parade.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: It was the battle of the Cardinals: Morton Grove at Skokie Youth. Hagopian and Senensky led the attack with three hits each. Morton Grove tied the score at 4 when Senensky hit a two-run bomb in the fifth. Morton Grove was down 5-4 in the seventh, when Hagopian hit a two-run double to give Morton Grove a 6-4 lead. Morton Grove tallied their seventh run on a Senensky base hit. But Morton Grove could not hold the lead in the bottom of the 7th. Rodriguez got a one-out clutch hit up the middle to give Skokie youth the 8-7 win. Rodriguez pitched seven good innings for Skokie Youth. Hagopian pitched three innings and Senensky pitched four in Morton Grove's losing effort. Morton Grove thanks three call-ups for their great contributions: Simkins, Meyer, and Gibbs.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Morton Grove Cardinals hosted the Edgebrook-Sauganash Giants and pitched some of their younger arms, falling behind 18-0. In the fifth the Cardinals finally got on the board with three runs. In the bottom of the fifth the Cardinals made it interesting, scoring five runs, but were cut down at the plate to end the game 8-18. Ceisel led the attack for Morton Grove with two hits. Dukes started for the Cardinals and pitched three innings, giving up 12 runs. De Guzman came in to stop the bleeding and gave up six runs. Ceisel finished it off with a 1-2-3 fifth with three strike outs.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Morton Grove Cardinals Dukes, Hagopian, De Guzman, and Senensky each had two hits apiece. Ceisel had three hits, including a first inning three-run homer. The game was close until the Skokie Youth Diamondbacks scored three unearned runs in the seventh to break the game open. Ceisel pitched two innings and gave up six runs. De Guzman pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up four runs. Senensky came in to relive De Guzman in the third with the bases loaded and got out of the jam. Senensky ended up pitching 4-2/3 innings and striking out 11 Diamondbacks. For the Diamondbacks, Adler pitched well in relief after Kriticos gave up seven runs.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Morton Grove Cardinals prevailed over the Skokie Youth Braves by a score of 29-2. The Braves were short on pitching after going eight innings the night before, reported their manager, Steve Vogelsberg. For the Cardinals, Burdi led the attack with a five-hit game, followed by Dukes, Ceisel, and De Guzman with four hits each. Hagopian and T.So had two hits apiece. Rodi had two doubles. Lewis and Abbas blasted one hit each. Dukes and Ceisel hit home runs, Dukes' a two-run blast and Ceisel's a three-run bomb. Ceisel also hit for the cycle in this shortened game. Lewis pitched two strong shutout innings.  

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Morton Grove Cardinals took the win over the Edgebrook-Sauganash Yankees in a game that was closer than the score would indicate. The Cardinals played some excellent all around baseball. Senensky pitched six outstanding innings for the Cardinals, notching nine strike outs and only allowing four runs. In the seventh, Hagopian came in for the save and made the game interesting by striking out the first batter, then walking the next three. With the bases loaded and one out, Cleery hit a line drive to Dukes, the Cardinals' shortstop, who made a beautiful catch and threw it to third to get a double-play (second double-play of the game). Good plays in the field were made by Abbas, Hagopian, and De Guzman, including another double play. Ceisel and Lewis both contributed a couple of hits to seal the win over the Edgebrook-Sauganash Yankees. De Guzman slammed his first homer of the year.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Morton Grove Cardinals traveled to Wildwood to face the Edgebrook-Sauganash Yankees. This was a very well pitched game on both sides. Both pitchers, De Guzman for the Cardinals and Creely for the Yankees, went the distance. Creely also hit a solo home run. The Yankees broke the game open with five runs in the fourth. The leather was really thrown around in this game. De Guzman caught two line drives while pitching, Burdi also caught up with a smash to shortstop, and Rodi had two good plays at third base for the Cardinals. The Yankees' shortstop Rogaz also made two excellent plays. Also see Edgebrook-Sauganash Yankees' page for another account of this game.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The up and down Morton Grove Cardinals slaughtered the Skokie Youth White Sox by the score of 22-2. Dukes went five-for-five to lead the attack for the Cardinals. Hagopian had two hits. Ceisel, and Burdi had two hits each. Peterson, Lewis, and Rodi each had a hit as well. Lewis pitched three strong innings and got the win. Ceisel pitched one scoreless inning with three strikeouts. And Dukes finished off the game with two strikeouts in the final inning.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: In this huge game, the Morton Grove Cardinals beat the Skokie Youth Cardinals 18-8 in five innings. Skokie Youth took a two-run lead in the top of the first, Morton Grove came back with five in the bottom. After that Morton Grove fell asleep till the bottom of the fourth. Trailing 8-7 in the fourth Morton Grove came alive and scored six times and five more times in the fifth. Ceisel had a three-for-three day, and Budri had two hits. Senensky, making his return after a two-week vacation, went three-for-three. His two-run bomb into the parking lot helped finish off Skokie Youth. He also scored four runs. And to top off his monster day, he had a eight-pitch fifth inning with two strikeouts. 

Later that evening, the Morton Grove Cardinals got help from Golf-Maine, who upset  the Edgebrook-Sauganash Phillies 12-10. The Cardinals finished tied for seventh seed but later lost the association-rules coin flip to the Skokie Indians Phantoms, and so were seeded eighth.

CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Morton Grove Cardinals hosted this 7th versus 8th seed game against the Edgebrook-Sauganash Phillies. The Cardinals won by the score of 11-2. De Guzman pitched four great innings while giving up two runs (one earned). He also struck out six Phillies. Senensky came in and finished off the Phillies. He gave up one questionable hit. He struck out nine Phillies including five strikeouts in the sixth inning thanks to dropped third strikes.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Morton Grove Cardinals and Edgebrook-Sauganash Cubs played a very tough fought game. The Cardinals built a 8-3 lead after three innings. T.Kane came in and pitched great for the Cubs: he did not allow a run. The Cardinals were up 8-7 with two outs in the seventh, when the Cubs came back and scored two runs. The final score was 9-8. The Cardinals were without five of their players, including two of their best players. Senensky pitched seven great innings in the heat. He tired in the sixth and seventh. The Cardinals would like to thank D.Myer and R.Simpkins for playing up.

Now the Morton Grove Cardinals face the Skokie Youth Cardinals in a knockout game. These two teams split their season series.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: On Monday night it was the rubber match between the two Cardinals, Morton Grove and Skokie Youth. Morton Grove slaughtered Skokie Youth 12-2 in six innings. De Guzman went the distance and pitched a gem, only giving up two runs on three hits. Rodi, Burdi, and De Guzman made their return after a weekend off. Dukes, Hagopian, Ceisel, and Burdi led the attack.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: An elimination game between the Skokie Youth Diamondbacks and the Morton Grove Cardinals. Lewis took the mound for the Cardinals but didn't have his great stuff. He had trouble hitting the strike zone and walked ten Diamondbacks, but he did have 13 strikeouts. Ceisel came in in the top of the seventh to close the game and record the save. Both Kriticos and Adler pitched well for the Diamondbacks, but mistakes in the field led to many unearned runs. Birdi and Hagopian led the Cardinals offense to victory. Birdi went three-for-three, with two RBI's and three runs. Hagopian went four-for-four, while scoring four runs and smashing a triple and a home run. For the Diamondbacks, Kriticos killed the ball, as he went four-for-four with a triple and two homers. Adler also went four-for-five with two triples.

Thurs., June 27
Edgebrook-Sauganash Giants
Central Park West (away)
5-4 (4-1)
De Guzman (3), Ceisel (2), Senensky (2)

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: In one word: wow! This was a very well played game on both sides. At the score was knotted 4-4 in the fourth and both teams had their aces warming up. It stayed tied. In the top of the seventh, the Morton Grove Cardinals' Ceisel led off with a bomb that went to the playground at Central Park. It was a stand up triple because of the great cut-off by the Edgebrook-Sauganash Giants. One out later, Ceisel scored on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the seventh the Giants were down 5-4. The Giants' J.Luke started the inning with a leadoff walk and then Mijatovich hit a shot to center field that should have been caught but fell for a double. The Cardinals went to a shift with their defense. With the season ending run on second Senensky fought back and struck out the next two Giants. He walked Van Leur to load the bases. Senensky then struck out Shea to end this great game. This was a great game but it was sad to see one of these teams lose. Mijatovich pitched great for the Giants. And the Giants' Devey was even louder than usual.

Sat., June 29
Skokie Indians Newtown Phantoms
Laramie (away)
8-6 (5-1)
De Guzman (2), Ceisel (2), Senensky (4)

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: In a game which was truly a playoff game the Morton Grove Cardinals edged the Skokie Indians Phantoms 8-6 in eight innings. De Guzman started for the Cardinals and went two innings. He had a strong second inning after a shaky first. Ceisel came in and pitched the third and fourth, giving up two runs. The Cardinals' number one pitcher Senensky came in to pitch the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth. Senensky gave up one run. The Cardinals' Kabet was a major help!! He had three hits after going zero for the season. In the bottom of the seventh, the Phantoms' Rammel led off with a groundout to Rodi at third base, then Bolden sent a beautiful bunt down the first base line that went for a hit. One pitch later and he was on second with a stolen base. Rashid then also grounded out to Rodi at third. With the winning run at third, the cardinals manager Hagopian went out to talk to his pitcher. The team had the confidence in Senensky to walk the Phantoms' two big hitters, Hendricks and Hackett. With the bases loaded and two outs, Senensky and Roveda had a classic duel, a nine-pitch at bat. Senensky got Roveda to go after his slider in the dirt. Dukes made a great stop on the ball and touched home to get out of the inning. In the top of the eighth the Cardinals had the bottom of the order coming up: six, seven and eight in the lineup. Lewis led off with a walk, Rodi then singled up the middle, Kabet then singled to load the bases. One out later Abbas hit a grounder to the Phantoms' pitcher Hackett, who fired home with a bad throw, which led to a run and left the bases still loaded. Dukes then hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Rodi, who tagged up. 

This was a great team win for the Cardinals! The Cardinals are peaking at the right time. Next up is the strong Skokie Indians Bulldogs! That game will be at Laramie park on Sunday, June 30th, at 7:30 PM. The winner of that game gets the very tough job of trying to beat the Edgebrook-Sauganash Cubs two days in a row after the Cubs only lost one game all year. 

Sun., June 30
Skokie Indians Walton Bulldogs
Laramie (away)
6-8 (5-2)
Lewis (2), Ceisel (1), Senensky (4)

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: In a very tough fought game between the Skokie Indians Bulldogs and the Morton Grove Cardinals, the Bulldogs won by the score of 8-6. This was also the #8 vs. #6 seeds. Both teams looked better then their seedings. Lewis started for the Cardinals and pitched two great innings. In the third he got in trouble and gave up a few runs. With not much rope to use, Lewis was pulled for Ceisel. Ceisel pitched to one batter, who touched him up for a double. Senensky came in and help settle things down for the Cardinals. In the bottom of the second Lewis, strode to the plate with runners on second and third. All the Cardinals wanted was a base hit but he did even better!! Lewis hit a bomb that had to go at least 300 feet for a three-run home run. In the top of the seventh the Cardinals were down two runs. Abbas led off and was doing anything he could to get on base. The Bulldogs' Harvey threw two called strikes past Abbas and then struck him out. Dukes then walked, and one out later he stole second base. With two outs Ceisel was up 3-1 in the count. He hit a line drive that the second baseman put his hands up and caught in self-defense to end the game. The game would have gotten very interesting if that hot smash had gotten by the Bulldogs' second baseman.

All in all, it was a great season for the Morton Grove Cardinals. This year's Cardinals did not have as much talent as past teams. But one thing this team had was heart. Going 8-7-1 in the regular season, the Cardinals were the #8 seed. After pounding the Edgebrook-Sauganash Phillies in the first round, the Cardinals had the Edgebrook-Sauganash league on the ropes in the second round, until the Cubs came back behind T.Kane's pitching. Facing elimination, the Cardinals then pounded the Skokie Youth Cardinals. In another elimination game, the Cardinals edged the Skokie Youth Diamondbacks. Then the Cardinals upset the very good #2 seed Edgebrook-Sauganash Giants. This was a great game that went the Cards' way. Then in the final four, the Cardinals beat the Skokie Indians Phantoms in another great, heart stopping contest. But the Cards ran out of juice against the Skokie Indians Bulldogs. The Cardinals went five-and-two in the playoffs, including four-and-one this week. In all, the Cardinals tallied five wins in an extremely intensive week-plus of the playoffs after getting only eight wins in two months of the regular season.

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