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Congratulations to Pizza Port Brewery
2026 Season 1 Champions !!
This Week's Comic
Now season 1 of 2026 is done. Now on to season 2 !!
Championship Game Pictures
Faces In The Crowd (+ Post Game Party)
Check back on this website over the weekend for game pictures provided by Janet Wood, Dick Wood, Michael Berry, and Rich Lavacot.
Also, the season 2 schedule will be posted, including practice games throughout the summer.
Thursday, May 28th: Championship Game
Pizza Port Brewery 12 - Carlsbad Inn 9
The League Championship Game has always been a close exciting game for several seasons and it repeated itself again today with CBI taking a close loss after winning last season and PPB winning the Championship today after 3 straight Title game losses in the bottom of the 9th.
In the top of the first inning David Shinn made a great catch in right field with Rich Lavacot taking 3rd after a single, then PPB turned a unconventional double play on a grounder to Tom Carney, who threw to Cord Cameron at first base, who threw it to David Buck at home to nail the runner.
PPB got one run in the bottom of the first. Jack Karson got a mammoth 3-run homer in the second inning. PPB answered back to tie the game on Mike Gallaghers 2-run double.
CBI added a run in the 3rd inning and PPB answered back again when back to back homeruns by Ken Thompson and Cord Cameron.
CBI was held scoreless in the 5th and 6th innings while PPB scored 5 in the 5th inning on hits by Gallegher, Shinn, Johnny Brand, who made several fine catches, Roney Lewis, who was amazing at Rover, Tom Carney, who made 10 putouts or assists and Mark Pedote.
CBI battled back with 3 runs in the 7th inning sparked by a 2-run triple by Joe Dimambro, who also made the games most outstanding diving catch. PPB added one run on Mike Gallaghers long homerun.
CBI’s top of the lineup added 2 runs in the top of the 8th to close the gap to 11-9. In the bottom of the inning PPB got the games final run on Tom Carney 3rd double of the game followed by Mark Pedote’s single.
Both pitchers PPB’s Ken Thompson and CBI’s Gary Soper turned in marvelous performances.
Steve Newberg and David Frantz made big defensive plays for PPB.
For CBI Jack Carson was 4/4 w/a double, homer & 4 RBIs. Joe Dimambro was 4/4 w/a double, triple & 3 RBIs. Rich Lavacot roped 3 singles. Gene LaChima, John Symanski and Dan Griffin each added 2 hits.
For PPB Cord Cameron was 3/3 w/a homer as was Mike Gallagher. Johnny Brand, Roney Lewis and David Shinn each had 2 hits.
Both teams thank Umpires Al Cabacungan, Donato Domaguin & Jack Schwarzel for their fine officiating.
And both teams would like to thank all the spectators for their attendance and support especially the leagues players, commissioners, coaches, families, fans and last but not least the voice of the Championship Game Oscar Castillo, who also supplied all the music and National Anthem.
Another great season for our League. We all enjoy the competition, but more important is the camaraderie, friendships, sportsmanship and social activity that is what this League is all about.
Thanks to Leigh Petersen for website photos and Greg Lorton for all the info he instills on the Leagues Website.
Thanks to Janet Wood for taking photos during the Championship game.
Have a great weekend!
Practices for next season start next week!
Tuesday, May 26th: Playoff Games
Pizza Port Brewery 19 - Nucci's 10
Carlsbad Inn 18 - Worden Williams 17
Carlsbad Inn 18 - Worden Williams 17
First Round Playoff Game saw 2 top teams PPB and Nucci’s facing off for a 5th time this season. Both teams got off to slow start with Nucci’s having a 4-3 lead going into the bottom of the 4th when PPB put 5 runs on the scoreboard, then held Nucci’s scoreless for 2 more innings while scoring 5 more runs making the score 13-4. In the top 7th Nucci’s fought back with 5 runs, but unfortunately for them, PPB answered with 5 runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Leading hitters for PPB were Andy Balas (double & 2 RBIs), David Frantz (double & 3 RBI’s and Mark Pedote were all 4/4. Johnny Brand & Ken Thompson were both 3/4 w/an rbi. Roney Lewis, Tom Carney (2 RBIs), Cord Cameron (double & 3 RBIs) and Steve Newberg (double) were all 2/4 w/a rbi. Frank Weishaar, Mike Gallegher, David Shinn & David Buck all had big singles. Great pitching by Ken Thompson & defense by all PPB players especially Andy Balas diving catch, Johnny Brand with 2 long running catches, Tom Carney, David Frantz and a Mark Pedote relay to Roney Lewis to David Buck to nail Randy Baird at the plate.
Leading hitters for Nucci’s were Kevin McBarron and Randy Baird (double, triple, homerun, 3 RBIs) were both 3/4 with some good catches along with Rick Skidmore & David Surh, who were both 2/3. Delta Farrington added a long 2-run homer. Tom Benacka and Bob Porter (great catch) were both 2/4. Steve Sexton, Brenda McBarron and fine pitcher Lil Keehan added big singles.
Both teams thank Umpires Jack Schwarzel, Leigh Peterson and Greg Lorton for volunteer services and for all the spectators and Commissioners present.
Carlsbad Inn 18 - Worden Williams 17
Carlsbad Inn 18 - Worden Williams 17
Carlsbad Inn 18 - Worden Williams 17
On a cool, May Gray kind of day at Alga, the 2nd and 3rd place teams battled for a chance to play in the Championship game. Carlsbad Inn and Worden Williams have been friendly rivals all season, always playing close games and today was no different. The visiting Worden Williams opened with 5 big runs without recording an out. Not to be outdone, the Innkeepers performed the same trick, finishing with a two-strike, 2 run triple by Jack Karson to the fence. CBI duplicated the 5 spot in the bottom of the 2nd to go up 10-5. WW waited until the 4th inning to score 5 runs, tying the game. For the next couple of innings, the game went back and forth. WW scored 4 runs in the top of the 8th to close the gap to 18-17, holding CBI scoreless in the bottom half. WW managed to get a couple of runners on base, but CBI shut the door, securing the final score of 18-17.
Worden Williams received contributions throughout their lineup with each player getting at least one hit. They were led by Pat Steele who hit 4-for-4 with a big HR and 5 RBIs, Joe Uribe (4/4), Jim Goertzen (4/4 with a HR), and Dan Akers who hit 3-for-3. Also contributing were Phil Urbina (HR), Bob Buscher (2/3 plus a SAC), and Joel Kudren (2/3).
CBI was led by Joe Dimambro who hit 4-for-4 with a triple, a double, and two singles, but surprisingly recorded no RBIs. Just like WW, everyone in CBI's lineup got at least 1 hit. Leading the way were Rich Lavacot (3/4), Dan Smith (3/4), Randy Agadoni (3/4), John Symanski (3/4, 4 RBIs), Dan Griffin (3/4), Dan Menendez (3 RBIs), and Gary Soper (2/3, 2 RBIs).
A big thanks to our three fine umpires: Donato Domaguin behind the plate, Jimmie Martin at first and Mike Berry at third.
2026 Season Standings as of 5/21/26
Standings are posted after all scores have been received (in a timely manner)