Stone Bridge Cruises to Tourney Title

By Matt Brooks (Contact)

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Not even a five-day layoff could cool off the scorching-hot Stone Bridge baseball team. The Bulldogs continued their dominance of the Alexandria City Baseball Championship in Monday’s championship game, pounding host West Potomac 13-0 to claim the title and improve to a perfect 5-0 on the season.

The final –- which was originally scheduled for last Wednesday but was postponed due to rain -– lasted just five innings as senior Tyler Weaver was nearly perfect on the mound and the Bulldog lineup battered West Potomac pitchers for 10 hits.

The right-handed hurler surrendered a single hit in four innings on the hill, striking out seven and only facing 13 batters – one above the minimum. Nick Fialdini pitched a scoreless fifth inning in relief before the game was called.

The Bulldogs capitalized on several fielding errors by the Wolverines to score six runs in the second inning and then followed with five more in the third to put the game well out of reach. Left-fielder Johnny Bladel led the charge with three RBIs on two hits and Michael Prince and Mike Stancik each knocked in two.

Through five games this season, Stone Bridge has been brilliant, both on the mound and in the batter’s box. The Bulldogs have scored ten or more runs in all five games (12.6 average) and are out-scoring opponents 63-8. They own a 50-14 advantage in hits, and in 31 innings of work Stone Bridge pitchers have a 44-10 strikeout to walk ratio.

Stone Bridge returns to the diamond Friday to open the AAA Liberty District regular season at McLean at 7 p.m.

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E

West Potomac 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 5

Stone Bridge 0 6 5 2 0 - 13 10 0

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WP – Tyler Weaver (1-0)

LP – Danny Peterson

Tagged: baseball, high school sports, Stone Bridge High School

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