6/10/14
By: Anna Dunlavey It wasn’t easy, but the DC Grays got their third win of the season tonight, and Eric Urry (Brigham Young) was a big reason why. He had a home run and threw a runner out at the plate. The Grays got themselves out of three bases loaded jams late in the game to beat the visiting Vienna Riverdogs 4-2. The Grays are now 3-3 on the season. The Riverdogs (2-3) scored the first run of the game in the first inning, but in the bottom of the fourth, Urry ignited the home dugout with a drive over the right field fence. Aaron Tovsky (Davidson) and Brandon Chapman (George Washington) drove in Desmond Stegall (Grambling State) and Jay Graham (Dartmouth), respectively, for two more runs. Andre Wilson (Grambling State) took over for starting pitcher Joe Kinee (West Chester) in the sixth, and soon found himself in a tight spot with the bases loaded and two outs. However, he was able to pick up a soft ground ball and flip it to catcher Chapman for a force out at home to end the inning. The Grays then scored another run of their own in the bottom of the sixth. Austin Sanders (University of Alabama-Huntsville) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, sending Tovsky home. Graham relieved Wilson in the seventh, with the bases again loaded, this time with no outs. Urry then made the play of the game. After catching a fly ball for one out, he made a perfect throw from right field to home plate, where Chapman was able to tag the runner trying to score from third. Another fly ball and the Grays were out of the inning unscathed. Graham was in a jam once again in the eighth inning, with the bases loaded and nobody out, but he and the Grays escaped the inning with minimal damage—one run. Kinee got his first start and his first win of the season, pitching effectively into the sixth inning. James Lengal (Brigham Young) came out in the ninth inning for the second night in a row to shut down the Riverdogs for the save. Tonight, the Grays will travel to Herndon, VA to face the FCA Herndon Braves, who are also 3-3. Colin Kelly (Catholic University) will take the mound for the Grays.
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6/9/14
By: Anna Dunlavey A great night for the DC Grays started with a pitch thrown out by DC mayor Vincent Gray at the Nationals Youth Academy and ended in a 6-3 win over the Baltimore Redbirds. It was the Grays’ second win of the season young season . he Redbirds (2-3) took the lead in the first inning, but in the fourth inning the Grays (2-3) hit their stride. The home team had four hits before the first out of the inning. After Trae Sweeting (Georgia State) and Webb Bobo (Southeast Louisiana) both singled to get on base, Sweeting scored on a single by Eric Urry (BYU). Austin Sanders (Alabama-Huntsville) hit a double to bring in Bobo, and Lucas Martinez (New Mexico State) drove in Urry on a fielder’s choice. Sanders scored the final run of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Tovsky (Davidson). The Grays tacked on anther run in the fifth when Bobo drove in Sweeting to make it a 6-3 lead. Max Kaplow (George Washington) got the win in his first start of the season, Sherman Graves (Savannah State) contributed two scoreless innings, and Ari Kaufman (Lafayette) pitched a clean eighth. James Lengal (Brigham Young), who threw eight pitches to get the easy save. Tomorrow night, the Grays will host the Vienna River Dogs. Joseph Kinee (University of Maine) will be on the mound for the Grays. 6/8/14
By: Anna Dunlavey Bethesda Big Train stopped the DC Grays in their tracks on Sunday afternoon at the Nationals Youth Academy, besting the home team 14-3. Big Train remains undefeated in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League,improving their record to 5-0. The Grays suffered their second loss in a row, bringing their record to 1-3 in the League’s first week of play. The early innings were short and uneventful, and the game was scoreless through three innings. Grays hurler Thomas Broyles (Drew) in his first start of the season, didn’t give up a hit in the first three innings. In the fourth inning, a home run and a series of Grays errors led to the Big Train taking a 5-0 lead. Ari Kaufman (Lafayette) was brought in to relieve Broyles but two more runsscored before the Grays could get out of the inning. In the bottom of the fourth, Michael Breen (San Jose State) hit a double and was driven home by Eric Urry (Brigham Young), but it was the only run the Grays could muster in the inning. In the top of the fifth, the Grays gave up back to back home runs, the second a two-run shot. Kaufman was replaced by Joe Tietjen (UNC-Ashville), and the Grays continued trying to fight back. Trae Sweeting (Georgia State) scored on a steal, and Sayvon O’Neal (Texas Southern) scored on Jamie Cooper’s (Holy Cross) base hit. Peyton Fuller (Troy) pitched the eigth inning and got three quick outs, but a home run against Aaron Tovsky (Davidson) in the ninth cemented the Big Train win. The DC Grays return to the Nationals Youth Academy tomorrow to play the Baltimore Redbirds, with Max Kaplow (George Washington) as the probable starting pitcher. 6/8/14 By: Grays Press Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray will be throwing out the first pitch at the Grays home game versus the Baltimore Redbirds on Monday June 9. The Grays are honored to have the Mayor come out and support the team as well as the Academy. For more information please read the press release below. The honorary First Pitch will be thrown out at 6:45pm. Press Release Game #5
Location: Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy (3675 Ely Place, SE, Washington, DC) Probable Starters Grays: Max Kaplow Red Birds: Tyler Delp 6/6/14
By: Anna Dunlavey What started as a promising evening for the DC Grays ended in a loss in their first road game of the summer. The team rallied to close a large gap, but in the end the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts won 11-9. The Grays (1-2) started strong in the first inning. After David Kimbrough (Delaware State) singled and Trae Sweeting (Georgia State) was hit by a pitch, Joe Tietjen(UNC-Asheville) drove in Kimbrough for the first run of the game. Tietjen stole second, and after the second baseman missed the catcher’s throw, Sweeting scored the Grays’ second run. Austen Maggin (Lafayette) reached on an error while Tietjen scored run number three. In the bottom of the inning, Justin Drechsel (Johns Hopkins) got three quick outs in his first start of the season. The T-Bolts (1-2) were able to tie things up in the bottom of the second. Tietjen and Maggin scored again in the top of the third, but when the T-Bolts responded with three runs for a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the inning, Arnold Capute (Williams) replaced Drechsel on the mound. One more unearned run occurred before Capute shut down the inning. A bases loaded triple by the T-Bolts’ Jason Baytop Jr. in the fourth increased the lead to 9-3. Baytop Jr. also scored before Jay Graham (Dartmouth) relieved Capute. The Grays were then able to calm the T-Bolts offensive storm, and in the top of the eighth inning they began a rally of their own. Kimbrough drove in Austin Sanders (Alabama-Huntsville), and Drew Reid (Harvard) scored on a Sweeting single. Kimbrough scored on an error, but that was the last run the Grays were able to score, leaving the game at 11-9. Aaron Tovsky (Davidson) gave up one unearned run in the seventh and James Lengal (BYU) pitched the scoreless eighth. Drechsel was tagged with the loss. The Grays will be back home at the Nationals Youth Academy tomorrow to play Bethesda Big Train at 1:00pm. As of Friday night, Big Train (3-0) is one of three teams in the Ripken League without a loss. 6/5/14
By: Anna Dunlavey There were a number of major league hopefuls on the field at the Nationals Youth Academy yesterday, and one major league legend in the stands. Cal Ripken Jr., founder of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, came to watch the DC Grays take on Youse’s Orioles. Although Ryan Ripken helped the Orioles to first inning lead with an RBI single, it was the Grays who prevailed in the end, taking their first win of the season 4-2. The Grays (1-1) fell behind in the early innings, as starting pitcher Harry Thomas III (Delaware St.) struggled with his location. The single from Ripken and a bases loaded walk in the second inning made the score 2-0 in favor of the Orioles before the Grays even had a hit. Once Michael Breen (San Jose State) got the team’s first hit in the fourth inning, however, things began to look up. Webb Bobo (Southeast Louisiana) hit a single to drive Breen home and put the Grays on the board. Before the end of the inning, Eric Urry (BYU) scored on a sacrifice fly to left field by Lucas Martinez (New Mexico State), tying the game at 2-2. The game remained tied until the middle of the sixth inning. After Urry was walked and Bobo was hit by a pitch, Jay Graham (Dartmouth) hit a line drive single to bring them home and give the Grays a 4-2 they would not relinquish. After Harry Thomas exited the game after four innings of work, Sherman Graves (Savannah State) returning to the Grays’ bullpen this year, pitched the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings and was credited with the win. Max Kaplow (George Washington) pitched a scoreless eighth, and Ari Kaufman (Lafayette) got three quick outs in the ninth for the save. Tonight, the Grays play their first away game, at Montgomery Blair High School at 7:00pm against the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts. BOXSCORE 6/5/14
By: Anna Dunlavey Fans came to watch the DC Grays at the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy on Wednesday expecting an eventful night, and they were not disappointed. A grand slam home run in the bottom of the first inning gave the DC Grays the early lead over the Alexandria Aces. But the game was called in the 6th inning due to sudden heavy rain and winds with the Aces up 8-7 over the Grays. Catcher Lucas Martinez (New Mexico State) got things started for the Grays early on. After the Aces plated two in the top of the first, Martinez came up with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the first inning and promptly swatted a grand slam home run over the left field wall. Martinez was the first player in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League to hit a home run this season, and he was the first of the Grays to do so at the Nationals Youth Academy. After a third inning single scored two more runs, Martinez has a league-leading six RBIs. The game progressed slowly from then on, with the two teams battling each other through long innings. The game had only just shifted in the Aces’ favor when the rain began pouring down. The game was called in the 6th inning, with a final score of 8-7 favoring the Aces. This result keeps with tradition; for the past two seasons, the Grays and Aces have split their season series’ equally, and more than half the games between the two teams have been decided by one run. Colin Kelly (Catholic University) was the starting pitcher for the Grays. He had two strikeouts and gave up four runs over the course of the evening. He was relieved in the fourth inning by Joseph Kinee (University of Maine). Andre Wilson (Grambling) came to the mound in the top of the 6th and was tagged with the loss. On Thursday night, the Grays return to their home field to face Youse’s Orioles and, hopefully, play their first complete game and take their first win of the season. 5/28/14
By: Grays Press The DC Grays are pleased to announce that Courage Performance East will once again serve as the official Strength and Conditioning Program of the DC Grays. Founded by former George Washington University and Siena baseball player Josh Courage and run by former Princeton baseball player Andrew Whitener, the Courage Performance East facility provides a state of the art training facility for the Grays’ players with expert, baseball-specific strength training and conditioning. The downtown DC location on Oglethorpe Street is co-located with the Washington Baseball Academy and is convenient to the Gray’s home field. The Grays are pleased to renew this partnership with Courage Performance, look forward to continuing this amenity for our current and future players and thank Josh and Andrew for making this happen. Check out the Courage Performance East website at http://www.courageperformance.com/cp-east.html. 5/21/14
By: Grays Press On Monday May 19 the DC Grays held the first “Cigars and Curveballs” event to help raise proceeds for the DC Grays Youth Baseball clinics that will be held at the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy (dates and times TBD). The event was generously hosted at Shelly’s Backroom and hosted by ESPN 980 talk show host and Washington Times columnist Thom Loverro. Mr. Loverro became a new member of the Grays Board of Directors earlier this year. The Grays would like to give special thanks to all that attended and all of the generous sponsors of the event (Signature Cigars, J.C. Newman Cigar Co., Ashton, Jameson, Brandmuscle, The Glenlevit, Next Car, ESPN 980, “Pardon the Interruption”, and Shelly’s Backroom). Here are some great images from the event: 5/15/14
By: Grays Press Some former DC Grays players have been named to their respective school’s conference “All-Conference” team. The honor recognizes stand out seasons that each player had this spring. Here is a quick list of our former players being honored. DJ Miller (Grays ’13) DJ finished the regular season with the top batting average of .417 to lead the conference. That was good for sixth in the nation and also has landed DJ as a candidate for USA Baseball’s Golden Spikes Award as the top amateur player in the country. READ MORE HERE Jason Yano (Grays ’13) (pictured above) Jason was named to First-Team all CUNY Athletic Conference and Second-Team all Empire 8. Yano put together an impressive season both as a second-baseman and as a pitcher. READ MORE HERE Scotty Ward (Grays ’13) After a shortened 2013 Grays season due to injury, Scotty has bounced back this spring picking up where he left off last season at Florida Tech. Ward finished this season with a 5-2 record, and led the club with a 1.98 ERA. His 1.98 ERA was the third best in the conference. READ MORE HERE |
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