Minor League
The Minor League program is a competitive league that is open to youth between the ages of eleven and nine years old or in the 3rd, 4th or 5th grade.  The minor league functions as a challenging training ground as kids prepare for the highest level of play in the Major Leagues.  Eleven-year-olds enjoy the level of competition the Minor League affords them—they are challenged, but not overmatched. 

Teams compete for the regular season championship and runner-up trophy.  At the completion of the regular season, teams are seeded and the Playoffs begin.  The tournament champion and runner-up team are each awarded trophies.  Players are selected via a draft.  Minor League games are played on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Minor League Spring 2008
	Team	Manager	W	L	T	Pts
1.	Reds	Shawn Boynton	7	1	1	15
2.	Yankees	David Luckenbaugh	6	3	0	12
3.	Blue Jays	Leonard Hurd	5	3	0	10
4.	Astros	Jon Simpson	4	4	1	9
5.	Athletics	Damien Austin	3	5	0	6
6.	Dodgers	James Joppich	0	8	0	0

Standings updated: 5/9
Contact Commissioner to report errors.
Minor League Commissioner:  Mike Herd.

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Results from Wednesday, May 7 ...  

Astros 17, Blue Jays 10 - In a Wednesday make-up game, the Astros beat the Blue Jays 17-10.

Results from Tuesday, May 6 ...  

Blue Jays 16, Dodgers 7 - The Dodgers and Blue Jays met for the second time this season. With heads up base running, the Jays took an early lead. The defense protected the lead with good plays by Connor Broussard at third, Lawton Berke picking off a runner at first, and Jason Jenkins with two put outs at first. Edward Yen made a valiant attempt to catch a pop-up at second, and Jack Van Camp threw to Alex Hurd behind the plate for a tag out to end the game. The Dodgers offense came alive in the third and fourth innings with hits from Eric Ottman, Eric Gjormand, Brandon Struthers, and Austin Skinner, but was unable to overcome the Blue Jays' lead.

Reds 8, Astros 7 - The Reds beat the Astros 8-7 in a tight four inning game. This was a back and forth battle, with the Astros breaking a 5-5 tie in the top of the third inning after a lead off single to center field by Alex Huff. Alex later scored ahead of Wendell Orange when the Astros took a 2-run lead. Dillon Suzuki came on in relief to shut down the Astros with 3 Ks in the 3rd inning and 3 quick outs in the final inning. The Reds tied it in their half of the 3rd inning on a single by AC Boynton, an RBI double by Nick Rowe and a ground out RBI by Jacob Schuh. The Reds manufactured the game winning run in the last inning on a pair of walks, a ground out by Alejandro Valtierra to advance the runner to third, and a wild pitch to end the game. The Astros once again took the Reds to the very last out. A great effort by both teams tonight.

Athletics 11, Yankees 10

Results from Saturday, May 3 ...  

Yankees 10, Reds 9 - Down 2 runs going into the 6th inning, the Reds scored 4 runs on hits by Alejandro Valtierra, Austin Boynton, Dillon Suzuki, and Michael Valcicak. The Yankees struck back in the bottom of the inning with a 2-out double by Noah Luckenbaugh to score Sophia Wood and tie the game and a hit by Jonah Goll to knock in Daniel Strauss and win the game. Skyler Lubreski had two hits, pitched 2 strong innings, and caught an outfield fly for the Yankees. Ronald deCastro made a great catch early in the game. Alejandro Valtierra got his first hit as part of the Reds 6th inning comeback.

Blue Jays 10, Athletics 5 - The Blue Jays' pitching staff was on the mark. Connor Broussard threw a 4-pitch first inning against the A's top of the order, closing out the inning with a double play, Jordon Lee pitched for the first time and held the A's to one run, Cole Palley closed out two innings with four strikeouts and two plays from the mound, and Alex Hurd pitched in the sixth inning to end the game with three straight strikeouts. The Jays' bats were alive with every player putting a bat on the ball during the first three innings to score 10 runs. During the third and fourth innings, Matthew House shut down the Jays' offense with 5 straight strikeouts and smashed a two-run hit to bring the A's to within 5.

Astros 13, Dodgers 12

Results from Thursday, May 1 ...  

Yankees 18, Dodgers 3 - In a Thursday game, the Yankees pushed their winning streak to 4 games with an 18-3 victory over the Dodgers in 5 innings. Every Yankee player scored at least one run in a fantastic group effort at the plate and in the field. Matthew Knox, JJ Jones, Danny Vedova, Rohun Malde, and Daniel Strauss all pitched well. The Dodgers had hits by Ian Crosbie and Eric Ottman as well as a triple by Matthew Degutis. Eric Ottman and Brandon Struthers had strikeouts on the mound.

Reds 7, Athletics 5 - The Reds beat the Athletics 7-5 in four innings. This was an outstanding pitching duel. The Athletics got 11 of 12 outs by strike out (Merkel - 6, Stievater - 3 and House - 3) and the Reds got 12 of 12 outs by strike out (Suzuki - 6, Valcicak - 3 and Boynton - 3). The difference in the game was aggressive Reds baserunning and the number of walks for each team. The Athletics received 5 walks and scored 5 runs. The Reds received 7 walks and scored 7 runs. Austin Merkel (A's) and Jacob Schuh (Reds) both got key hits and RBIs for their respective teams. Overall, this was a tough battle of some of the league’s better pitchers.

Results from Saturday, April 26 ...  

Reds 12, Dodgers 8 - The Reds beat the Dodgers 12-8 in five innings. This back and forth game saw the Dodgers tie the game in the top of the fourth at 8-8. The Reds scored 4 runs in the bottom half of the inning with aggressive baserunning, and AC Boynton shut the door in the last inning with a three pitch strike out to the Dodgers clean up hitter to end the game.

Yankees 11, Blue Jays 7 - In a competitive game, the Yankees outscored the Blue Jays 11 to 7. Jonah Goll pitched two strong innings and Skyler Lubreski had two hits for the Yankees. Rohun Malde, JJ Jones, and Daniel Strauss had hits and Sophia Wood caught a pop up at first base. Connor Brousard pitched well with 3 strikeouts in the second inning for the Blue Jays. Lawton Berke, Cole Palley, and Sean Ennis had hits.

Athletics defeated Astros

Results from Thursday, April 24 ...  

Reds 6, Blue Jays 3 - In a Thursday makeup game, the Reds beat the Blue Jays 6-3 in five innings. The Blue Jays jumped out to an early 2 run lead in the first inning, which included a solid hit to right field by Cole Palley (who also pitched very well for 2 innings). The Reds climbed back to even at 2-2 in the bottom of the second after Michael Valcicak held the Blue Jays scoreless in the inning, in which he struck out two of the four batters he faced in his first ever pitching outing. The Reds bats came out in next inning for four runs, which proved enough with Dillon Suzuki (4 Ks in 2 innings and 7 batters) and AC Boynton (2 Ks of 3 batters faced) closing down the Blue Jays hitters. This was a good game between two good teams.

Results from Wednesday, April 23 ...  

Yankees 14, Astros 13 - In a Wednesday makeup game, the Yankees came back in the last inning tonight, scoring 7 runs to win 14-13 against the Astros. Sophia Wood scored the winning run on a Daniel Strauss line drive to win a very close game for the Yankees. JJ Jones swung the bat well and Danny Vedova and Matthew Knox had nice plays in the field.

Results from Saturday, April 19 ...  

Blue Jays 13, Dodgers 12 - After a game of aggressive base running and close plays, the Blue Jays emerged victorious over the Dodgers. Evan Alexa and Connor Broussard led the offensive charge with two hits each. Lawton Berke struck out three in the second to hold the Dodgers to one run.

Yankees 10, Athletics 5 - Danny Vedova had an unassisted double play in the final inning and Teddy Reddington threw out a runner stealing third base. Skyler Lubreski hit a double and Patrick Vedova had 2 hits for the Yankees.

Astros 7, Reds 7 - The Reds and the Astros played to a 4 inning 7-7 tie on Saturday at Alabama. Both teams had good pitching with 8 Ks each, 4 for Kevin Swecker of the Astros and 4 for Dillon Suzuki of the Reds. Ryan Murphy and Dillon Suzuki hit RBI singles in the last inning to bring the Reds back to a tie. AC Boynton closed the final the inning for the Reds (2 Ks of the 3 batters he faced) to preserve the tie.

Results from Tuesday, April 15 ...  

Reds 13, Yankees 4 - Dillon Suzuki pitched to 7 batters in the first 2 scoreless innings and AC Boynton struck out 6 of the 8 batters he faced in the final 2 innings while 9 of the 11 Reds crossed home plate at least once during the game. The Yankees had nice plays in the field by Daniel Straus and Jonah Goll at catcher, Noah Luckenbaugh at 2B, and Skyler Lubreski at SS. Patrick Vedova and Jonah Goll had hits.

Athletics 8, Blue Jays 7

Astros 14, Dodgers 6

Results from Monday, April 14 ...  

Astros 12, Athletics 8

Results from Saturday, April 12 ...  

Yankees 13, Dodgers 6 - Rohan Malde, Matthew Knox, and Noah Luckenbaugh combined for 12 strikeouts for the Yankees. Patrick Vedova and Jonah Goll each had two hits.

Reds 10, Athletics 8 - The Reds beat the Athletics 10-8 in a very exciting five-inning game. AC Boynton threw a 10 pitch, 2 strike-out 5th inning, and then Nick Rowe hit a towering fly ball over everyone in left field for the game winning 2-run home run.

Blue Jays 12, Astros 9 in a 5-inning game