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REGULAR SEASON

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Under a leaden sky, two outstanding pitchers (Harvey for the Bulldogs and Hackett for the Phantoms) locked up in a genuine pitchers' duel. Then the Rain Gods delivered what they threatened, and it poured for a day and a night. We'll pick up where we left off on June 9th!

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GAME HIGHLIGHTS: In bitterly cold and windy weather, the Skokie Indians Heroes jumped out to a eight-run lead by the time the Bulldogs scored their first run in the bottom of the third inning. Six of those runs were unearned. The Bulldogs committed 10 errors altogether but staged a valiant comeback, scoring nine runs to the Heroes' three runs in the last three innings. Darkness that shortened the game to six innings and a controversial third-out call that killed a serious Bulldogs' rally in the bottom of the fifth contributed to the Bulldogs' loss. The Bulldogs could muster only eight hits but took advantage of nine walks and four errors.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs' bats failed them today, wasting a brilliant four-hit, one-walk performance by the Bulldogs' pitching staff. Harvey singled, moved to second on a steal, and came home on a single by T.Berry in the fourth. The Phillies came back to score two unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth on three errors and no hits. Hunt tripled and scored on Harvey's single in the sixth to tie the game. With runners on second and third in the top of the seventh, two Bulldogs' batters struck out to end their threat to go ahead, leaving the door open for the Phillies. The home team from Edgebrook-Sauganash, in the bottom of the inning, worked a leadoff walk, stole second and third, and scored the winning run when he beat the throw home on a slow chopper to the shortstop. Bulldogs' pitchers struck out 13 Phillies but themselves struck out 13 times in a collective inept performance at the plate. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: A stunning upset of a previously 5-0 team with three slaughters. Skokie Indians Bulldogs pitchers Hunt and Harvey combined for a three-hitter (only one walk and 13 strikeouts) against a powerfully hitting Edgebrook-Sauganash Cubs team. Bulldog Peak's scorching RBI double down the left field line was the key hit of the game, sparking the Bulldogs' three-run rally in the third inning. The Cubs held it to a 2-1 game for three innings, but heads-up Bulldogs baserunning sealed the Cubs' fate. Cub Noradin hit a triple off Bulldog Hunt and Vega slammed a triple off Harvey.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs' bats went dead as they managed only three runs on six hits. J.Berry, a 12-year-old call up from the Major League, was the only bright spot in the Bulldogs' batting order. Batting ninth, J.Berry drove in all three Bulldog runs, going three for three. The second through fifth batters in the order managed only one hit while striking out 10 times! T.Berry, J.Berry's older brother, pitched a brilliant six innings, scattering seven hits and giving up only three earned runs while walking only one batter and striking out nine.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Today the Edgebrook-Sauganash Cubs took mighty revenge for the 9-4 upset loss to the Bulldogs on May 13, which was the first and only loss of the Cubs' season. Manager Hasman called a rare weekend batting practice after the Bulldogs managed only one hit by Needle and struck out eight times in this embarrassing slaughter-rule shortened six-inning game. The weekend practice the next day would also include fielding, as it was a fact that only one of the 10 runs scored by the Cubs was earned!

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Today, after a come-to-Jesus practice session the night before, the Bulldogs took revenge for their May 4 heartbreaking 3-2 loss to the Edgebrook-Sauganash Phillies. Harvey pitched a brilliant complete game shutout, giving up only one hit (a misjudged fly ball to left field by the lead-off batter.) Harvey finished the game striking out 14 while surrendering only one walk. The Bulldogs were near perfect in fielding, committing only one error on a difficult play late in the game. Harvey aided his own cause with a triple, double and two singles in four trips to the plate, driving in five runs and scoring once. T.Berry shook his four-game hitting slump with an impressive four-for-four performance, driving in and scoring one run each. Hellman scored three times and Jarosz drove in two runs with an impressive two-for-three performance at the plate.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The game started under threatening skies and a dismal forecast. After two outs in the top of the first, the Skokie Indians Bulldogs were leading 8-0. Then the skies split asunder. Bulldog Jarosz cracked a line drive deep into the gap in center-right and took a mud-bath rounding first. He sat on first base and watched as three more Bulldogs slithered home. The game was suspended on account of mud and will have to be rescheduled. Sadly, the 11 Bulldogs runs disappear from the record book because the score on a suspended game reverts to the last full half-inning (click here to see Local Rule 4D).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: After another Sunday night practice session, the Bulldogs again opened the week with a slaughter, this time 12 to 2 (in five innings) against the Heroes, avenging the heartbreaking darkness-shortened loss earlier in the season. The Bulldogs had practiced the night before by playing a scrimmage game against a pickup team of sophomore high school baseball players (and trouncing them) and their bats continued to be both lively and productive, tallying 16 hits in only five innings. The three Bulldogs' pitchers held the Heroes to three hits while walking only two and striking out nine. Once again Bulldogs' fielding was errorless. T.Berry drove in three runs and scored two more on a two-for-three performance. Cowen broke out of his hitting slump, going three for three with a double and two singles, driving in three and scoring three. Peak drove in two runs with a single and a double in three trips to the plate. Most of the scoring damage was done in an eight-run first inning barrage off the Heroes' starting pitcher. A three-run second inning sealed the Heroes' fate.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: In a game shortened to 4-1/2 innings under the slaughter rule, the Skokie Indians Herms Hornets took a one-run lead into the bottom of the second, when Skokie Indians Bulldog bats exploded for 12 runs off the Hornets starter on 10 hits, two walks, and two errors. The big sticks for the Bulldogs were Peak, who sparked the big inning with a bases-clearing three-run homer. Later in the inning Peak cracked a two-run double, for a total of five RBI in a single inning. Needle singled, scored twice and drove in three runs, and Froberg singled and doubled, driving in two runs, and scored twice. Starting pitcher Hunt helped his cause and put the game out of reach with a two-run homer in the third. Hunt and Needle combined to hurl a four-hit, three-walk gem, and Bulldogs defense played errorless ball. Jakob made two catches in left field that robbed Hornets sluggers Rowell and Shaked of extra base hits, ending the Hornets third-inning rally. Hornets Rowell and Desmond each had two extra-base hits and drove in all three Hornets runs. Bulldog batters and fielders woke up after their embarrassing 0-10 slaughter loss to the Edgebrook-Sauganash Cubs on May 18. Since then the Bulldogs have won all their games, made only four errors, and outscored their opponents 47 to 5. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Three pitchers combined to hurl a three-hitter against the cellar dwelling Golf-Maine team, giving up only one earned run and one walk while ringing up 10 strikeouts. Golf-Maine made it a game until the midway point, but a near-flawless fielding effort (only one error), a searing hot day at Dee Park, and red-hot Bulldog bats to match the heat were too much to overcome on a day all Bulldogs contributed to a fourth straight win. Bulldogs banged out 13 hits, but also took advantage of 13 walks and four errors. Hellman led all Bulldog sluggers with a three-for-three performance after recently being promoted to the second batting spot. He also drove in three runs and scored twice.  Hunt went two-for-three and scored twice from the leadoff spot and Cowen tallied twice and picked up 2 RBI's in a two-for-two performance. In all seven Bulldogs scored twice each and all but two batters collected at least one hit apiece. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: No doubt having heard of the Bulldogs' four straight slaughter victories, the Lincolnwood Mariners didn’t show up and took a forfeit. The game will not be rescheduled.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs traveled to Lincolnwood and slaughtered the Mariners in six innings, 17 to 6, extending the slaughter victory record to five consecutive games and improving their record to 8 and 4. Harvey pitched two innings and T.Berry pitched four. They combined to give  up only five hits, six walks, and four earned runs. Hunt led the Bulldogs with two triples and a double in four at-bats, driving in four runs and scoring three. Call-up Baskin went two-for-three and secured the slaughter with a bases-loaded triple in the sixth inning. The hapless Mariners gave up 11 walks and five errors, and yielded 16 hits with Harvey, T.Berry, Cowen, and Froberg each driving in two runs.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: This was the resumption in the second inning of the rain-suspended season opener on April 27. Hendricks, one of the Phantoms’ aces, pitched a masterful game, holding the Bulldogs to only eight hits and five runs. He gave up only four walks and his teammates’ fielding yielded only two errors. The Bulldogs touched up Hendricks for two runs in the sixth, and in the seventh inning the leadoff batter scored after a walk, a fielder’s choice, and a single, to bring the Bulldogs to within a run. However, the bottom of the Bulldog order left the bases loaded and tasted defeat for the first time in seven games. Only four of the Phantom runs were earned as the combined pitching of Hunt (four innings, four runs) and T.Berry (one inning, one unearned run) closely matched the excellent pitching performance of the Phantoms' ace Hendricks. Hunt led the Bulldog hitting with a double and a triple in three at-bats, but scored only once.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs suffered their second consecutive one-run defeat to the improving Hornets when they spotted the visiting Hornets a 9 to 4 lead going into the bottom of the sixth inning. In the sixth inning Bulldogs bats exploded for five runs, with Needle sparking the rally with a bases-clearing triple, to take a one-run lead into the top of the seventh. Harvey came in to relieve Hunt, who had given  up six late inning earned runs, and struck out the first two batters but  walked the third. He then struck out the batter in what appeared to be the game ender, but  a dropped third strike and  a throwing error by the catcher and a fielding error by the first baseman gave the Hornets new life. A  fielding error followed by two singles put the Hornets one run up going into the bottom of the seventh. Harvey, who had two hits in four at-bats for the game and scored four of the Bulldog runs, led off with a single and scored on a single by Jarosz, but the Bulldogs' bats stayed silent, and with two runners in scoring position, a Bulldog batter struck out for the third consecutive time, ending the rally. The difference in the game ultimately was the seven errors committed by the Bulldogs.  Both teams had 11 hits and seven walks, and Bulldogs struck out seven times while  Hornets struck out eight.  

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs traveled to Wildwood to play the Edgebrook-Sauganash  Marlins, embarrassed by two consecutive losses due to Bulldogs’ inept play, by the poor record to date (8-6), and by the loss to the Marlins earlier in the year (see May 15 game highlights). Hunt pitched four innings, facing only one over the minimum in the first three innings and struck out five batters. The Marlins scored a run in the fourth on two singles by the second and third batters in the order, which were the only hits Hunt yielded all day. Needle, rusty from not having taken the mound in 18 days, pitched the fifth inning and struggled, giving up six runs (two unearned), three singles, a double and two walks. Harvey relieved to shut the Marlins down in the sixth and seventh innings, pitching hitless ball while striking out five. At the plate, four-run outbursts in both the third and fourth innings sealed the victory. Hunt, Harvey, Cowen and Jakob each drove in two runs and Jakob finally lived up to pre-season expectations by hitting  three-for-four in addition to the two RBI’s. The Bulldogs totaled 13 hits and committed only three errors.  

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs tuned up for the championship season by slaughtering Golf-Maine eleven to one in five innings. The game was a resumption of an earlier suspension due to rain and lightning. Harvey pitched a complete game, ringing up ten strikeouts while yielding only one hit and facing only one batter over the minimum. Golf-Maine scored its lone run on two consecutive walks and a sacrifice in the first inning. Harvey helped his own cause, slapping a single, a double, and a triple in three at-bats and scoring two runs and driving in one. Needle, Berry, and Jarosz each contributed two hits and Jakob continued his hot batting streak, going three-for-three and driving in two runs. Jarosz and Berry each had two RBI’s.

CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

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Thurs., June 20
Skokie Youth Diamondbacks
Central Park West (home)
17-1 slaughter in 5 innings (1-0)
T.Berry (4), Needle (1)

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs opened their double elimination tournament championship run by slaughtering the Skokie Youth Diamondbacks in five innings, 17 to 1. T.Berry pitched four innings of two-hit, one-walk, and seven-strikeout ball. The only run off T.Berry was in the top of the fourth when the leadoff batter was hit by a pitch and scored on a triple by Adler, the Diamondback’s leading hitter. Needle mopped up in the fifth by striking out three Diamondback hitters. For the day, the Diamondbacks managed only one earned run on three hits, two walks and ten strikeouts. The Bulldogs started their championship run very strongly: they needed only four at-bats to score 17 runs on 17 hits, four walks, one hit batsman, and ten Diamondback errors. Peak had a career second best day, collecting a walk, a single, and a home run.  He drove in four runs on the day, and scored three. Harvey and Needle each drove in three runs on two-for-two performances, Harvey scoring twice and Needle three times. Jarosz scored three times, Hellman contributed two runs, and Chrobak slapped in two RBI’s in only her third hit of the season.  

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Hornets visited the Bulldogs under the lights at Laramie and were stung with a five-inning, 15 to 3, slaughter. The Bulldogs' memory of their disappointing loss on June 12 was erased. Harvey gave up all three Hornet runs, hurling four innings in which he gave up only four hits and two walks while striking out seven. The Hornets' DaMario and Rowell drove in two and one runs respectively. Hunt was brought in to close in the fifth inning which started off with a dropped throw to first for an error, but Hunt retired the next three batters, the middle of the Hornets batting order, to clinch the victory. The Bulldogs collected 14 hits and scored five times in each of the first, second and fourth innings, and took advantage of three Hornet errors, a hit batter, and a catcher interference. Harvey and Needle led the hitting attack with each driving in three runs. Harvey tripled twice, walked once, and scored three times and Needle tripled, singled twice, scored two runs, and drove in three runners. Berry drove in two runs with a single and a double and scored three times. Jarosz drove in two runs with a clutch hit in the fifth to seal the deal. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: In a old fashioned slugfest, the Bulldogs whittled down the Edgebrook-Sauganash Giants in a 21 to 12 pounding, leading another Skokie Indians manager to remark, "Gee, if the Bulldogs ever start hitting, they'll be dangerous!" Batters on both sides were aided by a 15 to 20 mile an hour wind gusts blowing out to center field. Harvey led all hitters with a three-for-four performance.  He contributed six runs batted in, the last three on a home run, and he scored three runs. T.Berry also showed his power at the plate, hitting three-for-four, including a first inning home run, and he drove in four runs and scored two. Hunt drew two walks, hit a single and a double, and clubbed a monstrous four-bagger  in the third inning, driving in three runs from his leadoff position and scoring five. Jakob continued his mastery of the second spot in the Bulldogs’ batting order, drawing three walks, getting a clutch hit to keep alive an early rally, and scoring three times. Peak drove in three runs with a single and a sacrifice and Hellman scored twice. Both starting pitchers, Van Leur for the Giants and Hunt for the Bulldogs, were shaky in the first inning, giving up six and five runs respectively in what appeared to be championship game jitters. Hunt however settled down after the first inning and went the seven-inning distance, giving up only five earned runs in the final six  innings, and only 12 hits and four walks for the game. Hunt was aided by sound defense: Bulldogs' fielders made only three errors and turned impressive double plays in the both the fifth and sixth innings to end Giant  rallies. Bulldogs’ infielders Hellman and Albergo and outfielders Peak, Jakob and T.Berry played solid defensive ball with key defensive stops which contributed to the victory and sent the Giants to the losers' bracket. The Bulldogs moved on to the winner's bracket championship game  to face the vaunted, number one ranked Edgebrook-Sauganash Cubs.   

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs traveled to Laramie Park to play the number one ranked team in the NSYBA and found out why the Cubs were so highly ranked and loser of only one game all year, a Bulldogs 9-4 win in May. The Cubs mauled the Bulldogs 12 to 3, thanks to almost perfect fielding, an impressive 11-hit performance, five walks, and six Bulldog fielding errors. The defending NSYBA champions in 2001, the Cubs made only three errors, scattered nine hits and four walks, and struck out ten Bulldogs. T. Berry, the Bulldogs' starting pitcher, gave up only six hits and three walks and allowed just three earned runs over four innings, while striking out six Cubs. T.Berry also led the Bulldog hitters with a two-for-three performance at the plate and an RBI. Jakob and Harvey had the other two RBI's and Harvey and Hunt scored two and one runs respectively. Cowen had two hits and a walk and was in easy scoring position three times, but the bottom of the Bulldogs' batting order could not bring him home. The young Bulldogs seemed tense and tentative in the field and at the plate, which forced some errors, while the older and more experienced Cubs drew on their 2001 NSYBA champion season series experience and seemed loose and at ease in this winners' bracket championship game.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs, having tasted playoff defeat for the first time in this championship season, met the Cardinals for the championship of the losers' bracket and hung on to post a solid 8-6 win over the peaking Cardinals. The Cardinals had earned their playoff berth by winning seven of eight games since the start of the double-elimination tournament and were the most improved as well as the hottest team in the playoffs. The home team Bulldogs scored first in the opening frame on a walk to Harvey, two stolen bases, and a passed ball. The visiting Cardinals bounced back and roughed up starter Hunt (four innings pitched) on a three-run homer by Lewis in the third, three consecutive singles in the fourth, and a triple by Lewis followed by a groundout in the fourth. The Bulldogs roared back with five of their own in the bottom of the fourth to erase a five-to-one deficit. Hellman started the rally with a leadoff walk, and before the rally was quelled, a five-spot was posted on subsequent timely doubles by Hunt, Harvey and Needle, sandwiched between walks to Jakob and T. Berry. For the day, Harvey scored three runs on two hits and a walk and drove in two. Needle went two-for-three and batted in three runs. Hunt and Hellman each drove in a run. The win put the Bulldogs back in the winners' bracket to face the powerful Cubs in the first game of the World Series the next night. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: In an impressive reversal from the June 28 pasting the Bulldogs took from the Cubs, the visiting Bulldogs mauled the Cubs in a 19 to 1 walloping which ended after five innings under the NSYBA slaughter rule. The Bulldogs scored in all five innings on 18 hits and five walks. Peak woke up from his slump and tore apart Cubs pitching with two hits, including a towering home run that accounted for three of the six Bulldog runs in the third, and himself scoring three times. Cowen was three-for-four with two runs scored and an RBI . Hunt pounded out two hits in three at-bats including a triple, and knocked in two runs while scoring two. Jakob improved his late season performance batting in the number two spot by collecting a double and a triple that drove in two runs and he also tallied twice. T.Berry continued his hitting tear with a two-for-four day that included a double, a run scored, and two RBI's. Froberg contributed a single, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI while Albergo added a single and a walk, scored two runs and batted in two. Bulldog pitching was nearly perfect. T.Berry pitched three innings of no-hit, one-walk ball to set the table for Hunt, who pitched the fourth and fifth innings, giving up only one walk and the Cubs' only hit, a single by T.Kane, the Cubs' leading hitter. T.Kane however was erased on a double play started by the next batter. The Cubs scored their only run when the game's leadoff batter reached first on a throwing error, stole second and third bases, and scampered home on an infield groundout by T.Kane with two outs. The hot-hitting Bulldogs saw every batter with at least one hit, one run, and one RBI. Only one Bulldog error was made and the defense was stellar. With only three strikeouts between them, Berry and Hunt depended on strong defense and were not disappointed. Six Cubs were retired on grounders and six on fly balls. The lopsided Bulldogs win evened the records of the two teams with two wins each against the other. More importantly the win evened the double elimination tournament count of the two clubs to one each and sent the rivals into the final and deciding game of the NSYBA World Series on July 2 at Central Park West.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: The Bulldogs opened up the final game of the NSYBA World Series Championship game by continuing the prior day's hitting barrage (see game report of July 1 slaughter victory) and stunning the Cubs with a five-run first inning. The big hit was Cowen's bases-clearing single with two on. Jarosz and Peak followed with run-scoring singles with two out after Froberg legged out a dropped third strike to keep the rally alive. But after that the Bulldogs bats were effectively silenced by lefty T.Kane, the Cubs ace, who pitched a complete game and seemed to get stronger as they game went on. The visiting Bulldogs collected only four hits the remainder of the game, which included a towering solo home run in the top of the fourth by Peak to post a 6-0 lead. The more experienced Cubs kept their cool on this 97-degree, humid day, played near-perfect defense after the first inning, and they woke up from their sluggish start in the bottom of the fourth, when a two-out single by the last man in the batting order broke up Hunt's perfect game. That hit was followed by three errors which led to two unearned runs to narrow the score to 6-2. After the second, third, and fourth batters in the Bulldog order made outs in the top of the inning, the Bulldogs ace closer, Harvey relieved. He gave up three hits and two walks which, coupled with a throwing error, yielded three runs, making it a one-run ballgame. The middle of the Bulldogs batting order then went three and out in the top of the 6th, and T.Berry came in to stop the Cubs. He showed great stuff as he struck out two Cubs and got the third out on a weak pop to first. In the top of the seventh, Peak, who had three hits in three plate appearances, doubled with one out and stole third. Momentum appeared to have shifted to the Bulldogs. And with two outs, Hellman hit a screaming line drive to right which had fans and players on their feet and screaming for a score if not a rally. Hellman was robbed of an extra base hit by a spectacular running catch. Dreams of an upset victory and a pennant stayed alive on the Bulldogs' side of the field as T.Berry and the Bulldogs trotted out to play the bottom of the seventh, and last, inning, confidently clinging to a one-run lead. Suddenly and swiftly the Bulldogs' championship hopes were dashed by the same shabby defense which had plagued the Bulldogs off and on all year. The Cubs scored twice on an error, a scratch hit, and two more errors and the Cubs' celebration was on. 

The 7-6 loss, however painful at the time, could not diminish for long the Bulldog' justifiable pride in the many achievements, the excitement, and the many successes that the Bulldogs shared this season. The Bulldogs were a young and comparatively inexperienced team at the beginning of the season. But they worked hard to develop skills, experience and confidence in themselves and their teammates. Some considered the Bulldogs to be overachievers, and a case can be made that they far exceeded their own and many of their fans' expectations for the 2002 season. But it was no fluke -- and no surprise to the coaching staff -- that the hard working, scrappy, never-give-up Bulldogs finished the season impressively and with justifiable confidence in their overall strong hitting and their solid and dependable pitching, polishing off the second-seeded team in the entire league (see above for report of June 25th's 21-12 pummeling of the Giants), demolishing the #1 ranked Cubs (see report of July 1st's 19-1 slaughter of the Cubs), and taking the World Series championship series to the final game before dropping the one-run loss to last year's defending, and this year's current, NSYBA champs. The line scores confirm how close the game was. Cubs scored their seven runs (only two were earned) on five hits and four walks and they made only three errors, while the Bulldogs posted their six runs (five earned runs) on 10 hits and one walk, but made six errors. Peak was three-for-three with a run scored and two RBI, Cowen was one-for-three with two RBI and one run scored, and Hunt went two-for-three and scored a run. Jarosz had one hit in three at bats and scored and also drove in a run. 

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