Playoffs start Tuesday...

The ICC Pirates visit Gabelsville @ 5:45 and Cetronia visits the Northern Yankees, also @ 5:45 in Best-of-3, Round 1 action on Tuesday...

Home venues for Game 2 will switch on Wednesday with starting times staying at 5:45 and if Game 3 is necessary in either series, those will go on Thursday...

Fabian Acevedo collects 500th career hit...

Fabian Acevedo ripped a single to left off a 1-2 pitch from Jedi Gonzalez to get his 500th career hit Sunday during a 6-3 loss to the ICC Pirates...

Dueling no-hitters on Saturday...

The Mezza Luna Black Sox ended a rough season on a high note with a 3-0 win over Jordan Creek as Greg Hoyle twirled a no-hitter...

A few minutes after that game ended at Scherersville #1, the Northern Yankees were finishing up a dramatic 2-1 victory over Gabelsville at Scherersville #5 as Jake Argue went 6 strong and Adam Sandt (who hit the go-ahead 2-run HR off the LF fair-pole in the bottom of the 6th) pitched a scoreless 7th for the Save and a combined no-hitter...

It is first time that the Gabelsville franchise has been no-hit and the first time in Trico history that two teams were no-hit on the same day...

Ahhhh, the wooden-bat era...

Top 4 spots up for grabs coming into final weekend...

Volpe's, Limeport, Gabelsville and the Northern Yankees are locked in one heck of a battle for the top 4 playoff berths...3 of those teams' seasons end today...

Volpe's can finish anywhere from 1st to 3rd, Limeport and Gabelsville can finish anywhere from 1st to 4th and the Yankees can finish anywhere from 2nd to 4th...

The 2 games that will pretty much decide these 4 berths take place today:

Gabelsville visits the Northern Yankees at 1:30 and Volpe's visits Limeport at 7:30...

For all playoff scenarios, click here:

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Main_pages/2008_playoff_scenarios.shtml

Erik Ruff makes push for MVP...

Erik Ruff is making his bid for 2008 Trico MVP with a late surge that included three (yes 3) 3-run homers in Sunday's 10-6 win over Pennridge (played at Pennridge)...He hit one in the 1st inning, then his next one gave ICC a 7-6 lead in the 4th, and his final 3-run blast came in the 6th, giving the Pirates some insurance runs and a 10-6 lead...

Darrin Lenhart and Ben Swatsky have been the front-runners all season for MVP, while Ruff & Ricky Rivera have been hovering back in the shadows behind those two all season until the last 2 weeks, where Ruff has joined the race and arguably may now be the front-runner...

ICC Pirates clinch playoff berth...

The ICC Pirates clinched a playoff berth on Saturday with an 11-2 win over the Black Sox...Josh Tuichty was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, Cody Ruff was 2-for-2, Erik Ruff was 2-for-4 with 3 RBI and Pete Lezinsky was 2-for-4 for the Pirates...

Mezza Luna Black Sox get 1st Trico win...

It was a long time coming, but the Black Sox franchise got their first Trico win on Saturday, July 12, by edging the ICC Pirates 9-7, snapping a 24-game losing streak to start the season...

Greg Hoyle was 2-for-3 with a triple and 2 RBI, while brother Robert Hoyle was 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored to lead the Sox...Mike Toroni got the win...

Erik Ruff was 4-for-4 with a double and 5 RBI, while brother Cody Ruff was 2-for-3 in defeat for the Pirates...

All-Star Game July 11 vs. the BML...

The Tri-County League renews their annual All-Star Game with the Blue Mountain League this Friday at 7:00 p.m. at Limeport Stadium...

Trico players who want to hit in the cage will do so from 5:30 to 6:00 and take INF/OF from 6:00 to 6:15, while the BML gets the cage from 6:00 to 6:30 and will take INF/OF at 6:30...Player intros are at 6:45...

Here are the rosters (positions updated at 5:20 p.m. THUR as a lineup has been established for Trico):


TRI-COUNTY LEAGUE

1B Erik Ruff (ICC Pirates)
1B Adam Tsakonas (Gabelsville)

2B Jon Kalejta (Gabelsville)
2B Tim Schemel (Limeport)

SS J.R. Graver (Northern Yankees)
SS Chris Tonte (Limeport)

3B Shawn Betz (Gabelsville)
3B Ken Spangenberg (Limeport)

LF Brian Ernst (Gabelsville)
LF Ricky Rivera (Limeport)
CF Tom DeAngelis (Gabelsville)
CF George Horn (Cetronia Longhorns)
RF Scott Garger (Volpe's Fleetwings)
RF Luke Pile (Limeport)

C Jeremy Arner (Volpe's Fleetwings)
C Kyle Ruff (ICC Pirates)

DH Darrin Lenhart (Northern Yankees)
DH Ben Swatsky (Volpe's Fleetwings)

P Scott Bolasky (Volpe's Fleetwings)
P Ryan Gerber (Limeport)
P Sean Heimpel (Limeport)
P Gary Hessler (Gabelsville)
P Nick Nigito (Volpe's Fleetwings)
P Matt Reppert (Northern Yankees)
P Ryan Schmidt (Cetronia Longhorns)
P Paul Smith (Limeport)
P Scott Stewart (Limeport)
P Ryan Walter (Limeport)
P J.D. Wyborny (Northern Yankees)
P Josh Ziegler (Northern Yankees)

Manager
Steve Smull (Limeport)

Coaches
Dylan Dando (Limeport)
Matt Danner (Gabelsville)
Mike McDaniel (Limeport)
Brian Polaha (Northern Yankees)



BLUE MOUNTAIN LEAGUE

1B Mark Nicholas (Hellertown)
1B Jim Fisher (Easton)

2B Joe Bubba (Martins Creek)
2B Josh Rodgers (Vynecrest)

SS Adam Sandt (Starters)
SS Chris Grynaviski (Hellertown)

3B Brandon Leslie (Martins Creek)
3B Ryan Miller (Easton)

OF Ian Burley (Hellertown)
OF Andrew Feher (Clippers)
OF Brandon Mazzie (Vynecrest)
OF Rick Seltzer (Starters)
OF Omar Torres (Martins Creek)
OF Erick Kresge (Northampton)

C Eric Schmitt (Martins Creek)
C Jeremy Faust (Vynecrest)
C Chad Warga (Easton)

DH Jesse Borden (Martins Creek)
DH Dan Borden (Vynecrest)

UT Mike Kolesnik (Northampton)

P Ryan Amey (Hellertown)
P Ryan Bennick (Clippers)
P Brian Cope (Starters)
P Dan Fassl (Vynecrest)
P Matt Funk (Hellertown)
P Rocky Gencarelli (Hellertown)
P Mike Hanley (Clippers)
P Justin Jachowicz (Starters)
P Ryan Quinn (Limeport Dodgers)
P C.J. Saveri (Vynecrest)
P Robbie Williams (Martins Creek)

Manager
Eric Schmitt (Martins Creek)

Coaches
Punkin' Miller (Starters)
Bob Zerfass (Hellertown)

Limeport's Steve Roberts signs with Frontier League...

Steve Roberts of the Limeport Bulls signed with the Traverse City Beach Bums in the Frontier League on July 4...Roberts was 2-0 for the Bulls with a 0.00 ERA...

Then, 4 days later, Jon Haldis, who also pitched a game with the Bulls (and earned a Save in his two-inning stint with a 3.50 ERA) also signed with Traverse City on July 8...

We wish Steve and Jon the best of luck playing professional baseball...

Stats and League Leaders updated...

Stats and League Leaders have been updated for all games played through July 4...

Click here:

http://www.tricountyleague.com/Main_pages/Team_Statistics.shtml