Grady Field, AIA Xenia Ohio, 09-08-2019

The Wild Boars looked to move on to the Championship series for the first time in team history with 2 wins against the Royals on Saturday. 

Zac Carey went to the mound in game #1 for the Boars and returned with another shutout victory, over the 3rd seeded Royals in the Miami Valley Adult Baseball League.

Carey went 7 innings to get the complete game shutout collecting 10 K's, giving up 6 hits, 0 runs. 

The Wild Boars runs came in the 1st inning off a base hit from Sean Johnson, with an RBI from Markus Hall. and in the 2nd inning when Sully Minner, reached on an error, and was brought in by P.J. Dobbins single. The 2 runs were all that was scored by both teams and was enough to lift the Boars to 1 game lead in the series. 

P.J Dobbins, took Boars Offensive player of the game in game #1

Matt Seibert took Boars Defensive Player of the Game at Shortstop, with 4-PO, and 3 Assist.

Game 2 sent Sid Srinivasan to the mound, again in his 2nd appearance in the playoffs. and again the game was tight and close. The Boars broke through in the 2nd, scoring after Sully Minner singled, stole 2nd, and was brought home when Gary North doubled. The Boars added 2 more in the 4th after Carey walked and stole 2nd, Matt Seibert doubled and brought Carey home. Seibert Scored on a Jacob Greve single.

The Royals added a run of their  own in the 4th, when Srinivasan left a hanger that was sent sailing by Chris Flaherty of the Royals. The Boars put 2 more on in the 6th after Hall walked and stole 2nd Carey walked, Hall scored on a Single by Seibert, while Carey went to 3rd and later scored on a single by Greve the Boars 3rd baseman. Boars lead was 5 to 1.

The Royals final run came in the bottom of the 6th. When Nick Ferraro  singled and stole a base came home on a F/C for the 2nd out. The Boars lead was 5 to 2 and that was the final of the game.

Matt Seibert was Boars Offensive Player of the Game going 2 for 3, with a single, a double 1 run scored and 2 RBI's.

Markus Hall takes Boars Defensive player of the game for at 2nd base turning 2 DP starting one, 5 recorded outs and 4 assist.

Sid Srinivasan takes the Complete Game win going 7 Innings allowing 5 hits, 2-runs 1-earned, with 4-K's

The Boars moved on sweeping the series to take on the Slammers at Wright State University, on Saturday September 14th at 1 pm, and 4 pm, come out and watch the Boars play in their first  MVABL Championship in the Wild Boars franchise history.  

Kettering Field, Dayton Ohio,  August 18, 2019

The Wild Boars closed out the season with a win to move to 19 and 5 in the Miami Valley Adult Baseball League, by defeating the Dayton Cardinals at Kettering Field on Sunday. 

The Boars sent veteran pitcher Brandon Lucas, fresh from his vacation schedule to face the Cardinals.  The Cardinals top draft pick Josh Knox sliced a single, in the 1st inning that just got past  left fielder Sean Johnson allowing Knox to advance to 2nd and the Cardinals were threatening early. The threat ended on a ground ball to short fielded by Markus Hall with a flip to 1st, and then a pop up also fielded by Hall for the 3rd out. 

The Cardinals countered with their own veteran pitcher, in Josh Cvetkovich, But after a walk to S. Johnson, and  Markus Hall, Jimmy Herold  reached on an error, after Johnson swiped 2nd and 3rd.  Then Gary North reached on another BB, and Colin Minner brought in 2 runs with a single. Brian Erbe was HBP,  and Jacob Greve drove in a run with a single, Conner Morris had an RBI single and Sean Johnson drove in 2 with a single, in his 2nd at bat in the 1st. Hall hit a double and later scored. In all the Boars sent 14 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs. 

The Cardinals added 1 run in the 2nd when Alex Schulke hit a single and was brought home on a FC.  The Boars lead was 11 to 1 and both Pitchers had settled. The Cardinals made a pitching change to Thomas Henry and he was able to put the Boars in check till the 5th. 

Lucas was in control of everything but his curve, which was sailing to the backstop at times. but was still able to get through the 3rd, 4th 5th and 6th with no runs, and just a couple hits, while the Boars defense took care of plays.  

In the Boars 5th, Jacob Greve was walked and then stole 2nd, and was driven home by Dylan Pletsch hitting a double to the gap and collecting the RBI.  Pletsch stole 3rd but did not make it home.  

The 6th saw the Cards, pop out to 3rd and hit a long fly ball over the Johnson in left but Johnson never lost the ball and ran it down and made the catch over his shoulder.  A ball back to Lucas ended the Cardinal 6th.  The Boars put the final 2 Runs after Hall singled and Herold and North singled, North driving in Hall and Colin Minner driving in Herold on FC for the RBI.

P.J.  Dobbins came on with the Boars leading 14 to 1 and after a pop out to short, a ground ball to 3rd and a diving catch by Pletsch in center, the game was over. The final was the Boars 14 and the Cardinals.

Markus Hall takes the Boars Offensive player of the game with 2 for 3, with 3 runs scored 1- RBI, 1-2B, and 2-SB.

Boars Defensive Player of the game goes to Sean Johnson for the over the shoulder catch and chase down to prevent extra bases.

Lucas went 6 innings, 4-Ks, 1-R, 0-earned. 

Dobbins faced 3 and retired 3.

The Boars Start the playoffs in Xenia Ohio, at AIA at 10 am after finishing the season with a Team Best 19 and 5, record and  in 2nd place in the MVABL.  The Boars will face the Wright Knights in the best of 3 series.

Carlisle High School, Carlisle Ohio August 4th,

As the season starts winding down toward the end, Sid Srinivasan returned from his apprenticeship to re-join the Boars as they head to the playoffs. Standing in the way on this Sunday was the Mad River Machine visiting the 2nd place Boars.

The Machine threatened early as a BB, and a Double from Paul Wilson, sandwiched between the 1st strikeout of the game.Put runners at 2nd and 3rd. But a quick fly out to Colin Minner at 2nd and another K,  held the Machine scoreless.

The Boars threatened with 2 runners of their own after Jimmy Herold, the boars catcher, and a single by J.R. Nixon moved runners into scoring position, with the ever dangerous Sully Minner at the plate, an unusual strikeout looking, ended the Boars threat after 1 inning.

The 2nd and 3rd innings turned out to be more of a pitching match Srinvasan picked up his 3rd strikout of the day to end it after Matt Seibert the Boars shortstop and Jacob Greve the Boars 3rd baseman, recorded assist on the first 2 outs in the 2nd.

The Boars went the same way a base hit by Brandon Lucas, and Colin Minner hit into a double play. Jacob Greve laced a single but Jacob Cooper hit into the 5-3. The 3rd was scoreless as well for both teams.

The 4th inning for the Machine,  brought 2 fly balls to Lucas in right and after a base hit, the 3rd out was recorded at 2nd on the F/C,  The Boars SS Matt Seibert hit a single and stole 2nd, Nixon walked and this time Sully Minner, came through with a double,and the RBI, Colin Minner then cleared the bases with a 2 RBI, Triple. Jacob Greve singled,scoring the younger Minner, then  stole 2nd, and went to 3rd on a Balk. Sean Johnson hit his first single on the day scoring Greve. The Boars led after 4 innings complete 5 to 0.

Srinivasan, dubbed the scarecrow by his teammates, picked up his 4th, and 5th, strikeouts and induced a flyball to Lucas in right. to start the 5th. The Boars went back to offense. Seibert led off again with a single, and Nixon walked again and after 2 Strikeouts the Boars were helped by a few walks and a couple wild pitches which allowed the Boars to add 3 more runs and increase the lead to 8 to the Machine's 0.

The Machine came up in the 6th and after Sully Minner recorded the first out on a sharp grounder to first, Paul Wilson hit a single but left before Srinivasan had gone home and he was able to get him in a 1-3-4-1 pick off and run down taking the tag himself. He then recorded the 6th strikeout of the game.

The Boars added 5 more runs in the 6th, Jimmy Herold singled Matt Seibert, walked and this time both were driven in by J.R. Nixon, with his 2nd single along  with 2 RBI's.  S Minner walked and the elder Minner was again driven home by the younger Minner in  with a single. Both Nixon and Minner were brought home by Jacob Greve on his 2nd single in the game with 2 RBI's. The Boars lead was 13 to 0 and that's exactly how it finished after Srinivasan picked up his 7th K in the 7th.

Sid Srinivasan pitched a complete game 7 innings allowing 5 hits, 3-BB and 7-k's with 0 runs.

Seibert and Colin Minner take Boars Offensive Player of the Game, Matt Seibert was 2 for 3 with a single a double, 3- runs scored, and 1- BB and 1 SB.                                                                                                        Colin Minner was 2 for 3 with 3 RBI's, 3 runs scored, 1 single,  1 triple,  1 BB and 1 SB.

Boars Defensive Player of the game was Jacob Geve 3rd base.

The Wild Boars return to Carlisle and look to lock up 2nd place in the MVABL standings, with a win against the Cardinals at 11:00 am and then travel to Middletown Madison to battle the Redlegs at 3:00pm  Come out and see the Boars in a split DH on Sunday