Roughriders Baseball
2008 Year In Review


WEEK 8

Roughriders 18, Lumber Kings 0 (5 inn) July 21, 2008
DEPTFORD - Jeremy Clark went 4-5 with three runs scored and Mike Carlino hit a two-run homer in a 17-0 whitewashing of the Lumber Kings. The Roughriders erupted for their most runs and hits (17) in a game this season. Clark, Carlino, Mike Plakis, and Dave Vadurro all had multiple hit games. Brian Spicer (3-2) broke a personal two game losing streak, throwing a complete game shutout. He gave up five hits, striking out three and walking two. The Roughriders currently sit in the sixth position in the overall standings.
Roughriders at Bellmawr, PPD July 23, 2008
BELLMAWR - The game between the Roughriders and Bellmawr was postponed due to inclement weather. No makeup date has been determined.
Roughriders 5, Cherry Hill 3 July 24, 2008
HADDONFIELD - Phil Arena's two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the sixth broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Roughriders a 5-3 win over Cherry Hill on Thursday night. Arena's single scored Mike Plakis (leadoff walk) and Andrew Frangos (double), making a winner of reliever Ryan McNamara. McNamara (3-3) pitched the final four innings, allowing only two hits (1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K). Starter Andrew Grennor went three innings, allowing an earned run on two hits. He struck out two and walked three. Frangos finished 2-3 and Arena went 2-4 with a double and run scored in addition to his game winner.
Roughriders 16, D'Andrea 2 July 25, 2008
HADDONFIELD - The Roughriders won their fifth straight and clinched fifth place overall with a convincing 16-2 win over D'Andrea. With a playoff bye on the line for both teams, the Roughs scored seven first inning runs highlighted by Bill Kohut's two-run single and Steve Wyland's two-run double. Mike Carlino's two-run homer, his team leading third of the year, iced the game in the third inning. Carlino knocked in four runs on the evening, going 3-3. Mark Kraus won his first game of the year in his first start of the year, striking out four and walking none. The Roughriders will face Bellmawr, the four seed, in the first round of the 2008 playoffs.