GSBA Fall Showcase League Updates

What is Hudon hitting on the gun these days?

He wasn't throwing really hard, mid to upper 70's but his breaking ball was impressive. The hitters had a tough time with it, possibly because it was the first day out. It will be fun to watch him this season.

I enjoyed the game live results on the website and the fact you could get a game replay on it! That was cool! This endevour keeps getting better and better each year. I look forward to seeing how it grows next year too!

GSBA @ Southern Vermont College 9/12/2009
Follow along live or check in on box scores etc at www.nhbaseball.org

Game 1: 11:00am Concord North at Manchester Area Red
Game 2: 1:30pm Nashua Area Black at NH Seacoast Blue

Results from SVC. First of all not a drop of rain the entire day! Infact we saw a good bit of sun on the day, great weather.

Manchester Area Red 10 Concord North Green 0
For Green: Zach Husband (Bedford) had three hits including a double and played solid in the field at both shortstop and secondbase. Nick Poore (Salem)3 IP 0 ER, 1 R. For Red PJ Singster (Timberlane) scattered 3 hits over 3 Innings allowing 0 runs while striking out 6 batters. Dan Lagasse (Londonderry) had 3 hits and 2 RBI in the winning effort.

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Nashua Area Black 4 Seacoast NH Blue 3
For Blue Alex Fredette (Dover) had two hits and an RBI. Chris Tilton (Spaulding)threw 3 innings, 2 hits, 1 ER. For Black Kevin McGowan (Nashua North)was 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI he also pitched the 8th and 9th inning allowing no hits and striking out 2 for the save.

From Colby-Sawyer College:

Seacoast Blue 5 Concord Area Green 3
Green lead most of the game but Blue rallied for 2 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to take the lead and Luke Fernadesd (Marshwood ME) came in to close the door in the 9th.

Shortstop Dan Carroll (Stowe, VT) had 2 hits and 2 RBI for green plus was involved in two impressive double plays. Nick Poore (Salem) threw 3 innings allowing no hits and no runs while striking out three.

For Blue Jake Chase (Exeter) got the win with 2 shut out innings in relief. Tyler Poisson (Spaulding) had an RBI double in come back win.

Manchester Area Red 3 Nashua Area Black 2
Red edges Black despite 4 no hit innings from Kevin McGowan (Nashua) who also had 2 hits of his own. PJ Singster (Timberlane) had 3 shutout innings while piling up 7ks in relief. Colby Couture(Goffstown) also had two hits for Red and was the games winning pitcher.

This past weekend at Southern New Hampshire University:
Two great games again.

Concord North Green knocked off Nashua Area Black 5-0. Cole Warren (New Hampton) 3 IP, 1H, 0R, 5K and Joe Mauer (Bedford) 2IP 1H, 0R, 4K were named co-pitchers of the week.

Manchester Area Red 4 NH Seacoast Blue 0
Matt Blakeman (Bishop Guertin) was 2 for 5, 2 R, 2 SB, RBI and took home player of the week honors. Kevin Veilleux (Manchester Central)pitched the 8th and 9th striking out 5 for the save.

10/3 Showcase Game at University of Southern Maine has been moved to Sunday 10/4 at Plymouth State University due to weather.

Perfect weather in Plymouth, NH yesterday for Showcase League baseball.

Game 1: Nashua Area Black 10 Seacoast NH Blue 4: Tom Hudon (Merrimack)entered into a jam in the fourth, pitched out of trouble and went 3 innings giving up 1 hit and striking out 2 for the win. Kevin McGowan (Nashua North) tossed a 3 inning save and also had two hits.

Game 2: Manchester Area Red 8 Concord North 5
Manchester rallied for 5 runs in the 9th inning to sink Green and spoil great pitching outings by Nick Poore (Salem) and Joe Maher(Bedford) PJ Singster (Timberlane) went 3 IP striking out 4 and allowing no runs for Red. Dan Lagasse (Londonderry) was 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles and the go ahead RBI for Manchester. Nick Nalette (Trinity), Geoff Fisher (Londonderry), and Mike Smith (Keasarge) also had two hits a piece on the day.

From the University of Rhode Island

Manchester Area Red @ Nashua Area Black
Red defeats Black 3 -2 to clinch the #1 seed at the New Hampshire Fall Classic. PJ Singster (Timberlane) got the win when Dan Lagasse (Londonderry) drove in the game winning run in the 8th inning. Zach Mathieu (Pinkerton) had two hits including a double and triple in the victory. Ryan Gendron (Nashua South) had two hits for team black.

NH Seacoast Blue @ Concord North Green
Concord edges the Seacoast 3-2.
Joe Maher (Bedford) continued to pitch well for Concord picking up the win. Dan Carrol (Rice Memeorial, VT) had two hits and fantastic defense for Green.

Showcase League heads to Franklin Pierce next Saturday.

reminder that today's games at Franklin Pierce are late starts due to PSAT's

With playoff seeding on the line and spots 2-4 still yet to be decided both games would go to extra innings at Franklin Pierce.

Games 1 Manchester Area Red vs. Seacost NH Blue
Seacoast would rally for 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning but would not be able to push across a winning run including with bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th. The game would end in a tie after 10 innings. Matt Cronin(Winnacunent), Logan Carman (Exeter), and Joe Breen (Nashua North) all had two hits for Blue. Colby Couture (Goffstown) had two hits for Red and also pitched two shutout innings.

Game 2: With the lights on at FPU Concord North Green would push acrossed 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning thanks in large part to 7 Nashua Area Black errors to tie the game. Kevin McGowan (Nashua North) and Garret Kelly (Bishop Guertin) both had two hits for Black. Nate Harrington (Bedford) had the game winning walk off single for Green in the bottom of the 10th. Nick poore (Salem) threw 4 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 8 Ks for Green.

Next week is the New Hampshire Fall Classic from St. Anselm

#4 Seacoast NH Blue @ #1 Manchester Area Red
#3 Nashua Area Black @ #2 Concord North Green

Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 for the Championship.

Congratulations to Manchester Area Red for their Fall Showcase League Championship this season. Great pitching performances by Colby Couture (Goffstown) and PJ Singster (Timberlane) led to wins over Seacoast Blue and Concord North Green in route to the title.

PJ Singster was named tournament MVP throwing a complete game in the final and adding 2 RBIS at the plate.

Dan Lagasse (Londonderry) was named Hitter of the Year
Nick Poore (Salem) was named Pitcher of the Year.

visit www.nhbaseball.org for all final scores, stats, league leaders, and more!

2009 Season Slide Show

Nick Poore pitched his team to victory in the first round for the second year in a row, this young man has really turned some heads this fall.

Sounds like it was a great season!!! Hats off to you guys for running an excellent program. Every year it gets bigger and better, I look forward to watching it continue to grow over the next few years!!

We got a lot of support from the greater nashua area, we hope that continues in the future, having players from that area really helped bring the level of play up even more so than in the past. Nashua is truly a baseball city, a testimate to the hard work put in by many many people from Little League through High School/Sr. Babe and American Legion. On a side note one has anyone talked to Jim Sanderson, he is one of the men in Nashua who has made a huge difference. I heard he was ill earlier this fall.

Shipbuilder2.and GSBA............you guys had a great season that was capped off by a super Sunday . A great day for baseball. Despite all the hurdles due to weather and changes in locations and sometimes travelling great distances during the season, you pulled it off without a hitch. Congratulations to you and everyone that supported you and your organization for a job well

Mike,

Sanderson lives in my neighborhood, used to deliver his paper when younger..lol. When I see Loftus I'll have to ask him how Sanderson is doing. Always knew if it was Jim driving by as his license plate has been a derivative of "babe ruth". I believe a NH senior babe ruth award is actually named after him. Another big baseball guy from Nashua would be Duane Erickson (Coach E). I believe he too has an award named after him in NH Senior Babe ruth. My son has had the good fortune to have him as a coach for Babe ruth the past couple of years as well as for Cooperstown.

You are absolutely right these guys have ment a lot to Nashua and their involvement has paid dividends.