2001 MABL WORLD SERIES - BOSTON UNITED & BOSTON DIRT DOGS

Phoenix, Arizona
October 2001

18+ Central, Div. #1

Boston Dirt Dogs

Long Island Yankees

Chicago Redhawks

Lake Arrowhead Roadkill

Daytona Beach Yankees

Eagle Valley Merchants

 

18+ Central, Div. #2

Boston United

Houston Sky Sox

Chicago Rebels

Inland Pacific Indians

Victor Valley Dodgers

Taos J's

 

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SCHEDULE
All times are Pacific Standard
(it is 3 hours later on the East Coast at the time these games are played)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17
United 13, Houston Sky Sox 2 (record 1-0)
17 hit attack led by Mark Doucette (4 for 4) and Dan Willliams (Grand Slam).

Chicago Redhawks 15, Dirt Dogs 8 (record 0-1)
Tied 5-5, Chicago mashed 10 runs in the 8th to break away.

United 14, Chicago Rebels 3 (record 2-0)
8 run 6th inning provides comeback win. Jim Belcastro, Rich Bergskaug and Kevin Spitz each rip 3 hits.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18
Dirt Dogs 11, Lake Arrowhead Roadkill 10 (record 1-1)
4 run 8th inning provides come from behind win. Matt Baier went 3 for 3 with 4 RBI.

Daytona Beach Yankees 21, Dirt Dogs 5 (record 1-2)
Through 3 games, Drew Kowalevicz is 5 for 10 with 5 doubles.

United 5, Taos J's 3 (record 3-0)
Kevin Spitz drives in Mark Doucette in 9th inning for go-ahead run.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
Eagle Valley Merchants 24, Dirt Dogs 0 (record 1-3)
The Dogs played clean, but the Merchants slugged 26 hits.

United 12, Victor Valley Dodgers 12 (record 3-0-1)
Entering the 9th with a 7-3 lead, the Dodger's bats sscored 9 runs to take a 5 run lead. The United battled back with 5 in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game highlighted by Gary Moran's 2-out, 2 run home run.

Long Island Yankees 11, Dirt Dogs 7 (record 1-4)
Dave Timmons collected 3 hits and Brett Rudy collected 2 of 14 total hits, but it was not enough. Chris Allen pitched 7 innings of relief.

Inland Pacific Indians 20, United 6 (record 3-1-1)
The United lose their first game, but head to the playoffs.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 -- PLAYOFFS
Dirt Dogs - did not qualify
Bay Area Rockies 5, United 4 - eliminated
The United had the tying man on 1st base in the last inning but left him stranded. Bryan Gauvin took the loss pitching a complete game
  ROSTERS

Boston Dirt Dogs
Chris Allen
Matt Baier
Eddie Barber
Scott Bevis
Jeff Burns
Zak Buttel
Steve Corda
Dan Gomes
Josh Gordon
Steve Gray
Drew Kowalevicz
Brandon Moore
Brendan Power
Brett Rudy
Dave Timmons
Al Wiesner
Brian Wildeman

Boston United
Eric August
Jim Balcastro
Rich Bergskaug
Leland Boutilier
Chris Clark
Brian Cooper
Rick Corson
Jeff Coveney
Greg Crossman
Mark Doucette
Mike Ganley
Bryan Gauvin
Sean Kennedy
Bart Lawyer
Sean McCarty
Dave Mitrou
Gary Moran
Neal Roper
Kevin Spitz
Jeff Sullivan
Dan Williams
Dave Zalzal