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Games of June 27-29

PJ's 9 Bigalke's / Brew City Indians 6
Andy Monigal and Cory McEwen teamed up on the mound in a 9-6 victory in the first game of a divisional doubleheader saturday night. Combined between the two, they allowed 8 hits and had 5 stikeouts. Offensively, they were led by Scott Rappl who was 3 for 4 with two doubles and two runs scored. In addition, Eric Cluppert was 2 for 4 with two runs scored, Cory Sumner was 2 for 4 with a run scored and matt duranzo was 2 for 4. The victory gave the tigers their 5th win of the season and a .500 record. On the other side, the Indians were led by Juan Soloman who was 3 for 4 and Fraser who was 2 for 3 with a walk.

PJ's 5 Bigalke's / Brew City Indians 2
Andy Monigal pitched 7 innings in game two of a doubleheader saturday night throwing 7 K's, allowing 2 runs and 5 hits to get the win. Offensively, the Tigers for a second straight game, were led by Scott Rappl, who was 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs. Other solid performances were turned in by Eric Cluppert who was 1-1 with 3 walks, 2 stolen bases and 2 runs scored, Victor Hein who was 1-3 with a walk, and Jason Maaski who was 1-1. Finally, Matt Duranzo and Cory McEwen also picked up a hit a piece in the win. The victory gave the tigers a 6-5 record and moved them over .500 for the first time all year. On the other side, the indians were led by Juan Soloman who was 2 for 4 with two runs scored.

Club Paragon 7 Varsity Club 4
Mike Slama his second complete game of the year, and gaining his second win of the year, as the Phillies beat the Dawgs, 7-3. Mike Jelacic and Jimmy Kuriatnyk both proved why they are All-Star Reps, by collecting five hits between the two of them. In addition, fellow All-Star member Bret Huotari collected two RBI and was on base twice himself. Troy Schmitt smacked in two two runs, and new comer A.J. Kryzyanowski had two hits, driving in one as well.

Varsity Club 11 Club Paragon 10

The Steakout 4 O'Brien's / Milwaukee HD 0
Josh Weinhandl bounced back from a rocky debut to throw a complete game, 3 hit shutout. Steakout scored 4 in the first off of the strength of John Stronstad\'s 2 out, 3 run double. Dave Pungello settled in for O'Briens to scatter 3 hits over 7 innings but received little help from his offense. This pitching duel was over in 1:40 giving those diverse sports fans an opportunity to watch Spain Vs Germany in the Euro Cup Final.

Jimmy B's over O'Brien's / Milwaukee HD

Johnny V's 13 Supreme Builders 11
Johnny V's gets the win in an offensive affair 13-11 over Supreme Builders. Builders lead for the first 3 1/2 innings highlighed by a 3 run first. However, V's tied the game at 6 iin the 4th with 3 runs. Builders took a brief lead in the 6th with 3 runs, but V's came back with 7 runs in the bottom of the 6th to take a 13-9 lead. Tony Lubarsky hit a game tying 3-run homer and V's scored 4 more runs after 2 were out. Builders came back with 2 runs in the 7th and the game ended with the tying and leading runs on base. Mike Gramarossa got the complete game win. Tony Lubarsky drove in 5 runs and Dan Marx scored 3 times for Johnny V's. Colin Moser lead Supreme Builders with 3 hits.

Long Wongs 16 MPD 3
Long Wongs jumped out to a lead that their starting pitcher wouldn't need, as every player in the Long Wongs line-up scored in the top of the first inning. Bruce Smeby responded to his teammates offensive explosion by throwing five no-hit innings and getting the complete game victory on eleven strikeouts while facing only 28 batters on the day. Each member of the Long Wongs line-up reached base multiple times, led by three hit games from Aaron Krueger and Adam Graves.

Milwaukee Patriots 8 Jimmy B's 4

Town & Lake Realty / Greco's Braves 7 Leff's 0

The Steakout 15 Jimmy B's 10 (weeknight game)

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2008 Playoff Results

2008 Milwaukee Baseball League Championship

The 2008 MBL Championship Game featured #1 seeded perennial powerhouse Johnny V's versus upstart expansion team and #6 seed PJ's Tigers. Johnny V's featuring multiple Greenfield High School Varsity alum would have to play without ace starter Mike Gramarosa on the hill, who pitched the semi-final the day before. PJ's, helped by several Ripon College alum players, did start their Saturday pitcher, Andy Monigal on 18 hours rest.

In the top of the first inning for PJ's, Jason Maaske drew a two out walk to extend the inning. Cory McEwen then followed by crushing a shot off of Johnny V's starter Dan Goral into a Zablocki Golf Course fairway well beyond the right field fence at Harden Field to give PJ's the quick 2-0 lead.  The scored remained 2-0 until the top of the third, when PJ's exploded for eight runs, chasing V's starter Goral and relief pitcher Steve Murphy during the inning. Cory McEwen's single with two on, brought in Eric Cluppert to start the scoring. Scott Rappl then followed with a hit to drive in another, making it 4-0. Matt duranso then walked with still only one out loading the bases for manager Steve Rappl. On the first pitch, Rappl lined a double down the left field line driving in two runs and beginning to break the game open. Victor Helin then followed with a double also driving in two.  Finally, Cluppert singled into left field scoring Helin and Andy Monigal to make it 10-0.

Johnny V's would not go down without a fight as Eric Lubarsky hit a 2 RBI double to the left center field gap making the score 10-2 after 4 Innings. V's relief pitcher Rob Weist kept the game within shouting range by pitching 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Johnny V's would finally score 2 more runs in the 7th Inning off of another Eric Lubarsky RBI hit.  However, V's could not muster enough offense after the huge PJ's third to save losing pitcher Daniel Goral who gave up 6 earned runs in 2 Innings.   Dan Marx had 3 hits along with a RBI single as Johnny V's never gave up.

PJ's starting pitcher Andy Monigal did his best Bob Gibson / Iron Man Joe McGinnity impersonations going the distance again to get the win. In pitching 7 Innings for the second straight day, Monigal only gave up 3 earned runs while striking out 7 batters. On the weekend Monigal threw all 14 Innings for the Tigers going 2-0 on the mound to improve his pitching record to 7-1 overall on the season, while beating the #1 & #2 seeds of the MBL Tournament. The performance was enough to easily earn him Playoff Most Valuable Pitcher and to get by Cory McEwen and Eric Cluppert for Playoff Most Valuable Player.

The Tigers defense was fantastic while turning double plays & not committing any errors in support of Monigal.  At one point mid game, with runners on first and second, PJ's third baseman Matt Duranso made a great grab, got to third and wheeled a throw to first where Cory McEwen made one of his several stretches taking a step away from the runner to finish the double play and squash Johnny V's hope of a big inning. In the sixth, PJ's Eric Cluppert got to a ball which is normally a hit in the hole, and picked it while sliding to his knees to make a back handed grab and then threw the batter out when Cory McEwen made another long stretch and grab.

PJ's Tigers take the 2008 MBL Championship beating Johnny V's 10-4 . PJ's Tigers finished the season with a 15-7 overall record and on a 7 game winning streak geting hot at the right time. This was a great team win for the hardworking Tigers who regularly could be found on the practice field or in batting cages on their way to the 2008 MBL Championship. Team Members for the 2008 PJ's Tigers include: Andy Monigal, Cory McEwen, Eric Cluppert, Jason Maaske, Scott Rappl, Manager/Player Steve Rappl, Vic Helin, Matt Duranso, Ricky Pease, Kevin Tapper, Joe Gottardo, Corey Sumner, Nick Lagermaier & Steven DaPonte.

The MBL will be showing the Championship game on a big screen at Long Wongs at our Awards Banquet on November 2 at Long Wongs at 5pm. Please come. $10 for food and beer until 9pm.

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