Rotary takes two wins by shutout

Rotary roared out of the gate to start its 2004 Laguna Beach Little

League season by posting impressive shutout victories.

The two teams they beat were VFW and Sports World, who fell by

scores of 6-0 and 11-0, respectively.

Rotary 6, VFW 0

Raphael Vickers and Will Bonsey combined on a two-hit shutout in

the season opener.

Chris Lavery broke open a close game by hitting a towering,

three-run home run deep over the centerfield fence in the fifth

inning.

Rotary had taken a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Michael

Niebuhr’s single scored Vickers and Brett Linkletter.

Over the next three innings, Vickers limited VFW to Zach Rieglers’

second inning single as he racked up six strikeouts in the process.

In the fourth inning, Michael Maxsenti singled and later scored to

give Rotary a 3-0 edge.

In the Rotary fifth, Niebuhr and Sammy Witte each drew walks,

setting the stage for Lavery’s home run.

Bonsey pitched the final three innings and registered eight

strikeouts while giving up a single to Logan Schoembs in the fourth

inning.

Rotary 11, Sports World 0

Michael Maxsenti and Michael Hyden combined to throw a no-hit

shutout for Rotary.

The two also figured prominently in the Rotary offense as each had

two hits.

In the Rotary first, Michael Rubel and Raphael Vickers each

singled and Vickers, Hyden, Will Bonsey and Sawyer Pierce each had an

RBI and Brett Linkletter drove in two runs, as Rotary staked its way

to a 6-0 lead.

Michael Niebuhr and Drew Wheeler also singled in the frame for

Rotary.

Sports World’s Brandon Ferguson came up with the defensive play of

the game in the inning when he made a running catch of Hyden’s line

drive to centerfield.

Singles in the second inning by Rubel, Chris Lavery and Maxsenti

led to another run and a 7-0 advantage. Two outs later, Hyden doubled

home two more runs to make it 9-0.

In the fourth, Maxsenti got his second hit of the game and Rotary

loaded the bases. Hyden then finished his impressive performance and

the game by ripping another base hit which again plated two runs for

an 11-0 lead.

The game then was halted by the mercy rule.

Paul Soloman struck out five in three innings pitched for Sports

World and Brian Vail, Steve Contursi, Taylor Preston and Ryan Raffo

also played strong defensive games.

In AAA Division play:

SG Roofing splits pair of games

SG Roofing split its first two games of the 2004 season.

In the opener against Coldwell Banker, SG Roofing started the out

slow but came on strong in the closing innings, only to come up short

by a 9-7 score.

Garrett Burks doubled in the second inning and picked up an RBI in

the fourth.

Santi Pierini doubled to the fence in the fourth inning and Blake

Hester also hit a double.

Hester also closed on the mound for SG Roofing and didn’t allow a

run over the last two innings.

SG Roofing rebounded from that loss to knock off Laguna Beach

Batting Cages, 10-5.