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Terry Bernal/Daily Journal Hillsborough’s Patrick Macy pitched 5 2/3 innings before reaching the 85-pitch maximum. He retired the final eight batter he faced in a 11-4 win over Belmont-Redwood Shores in the District 52 Majors Superbowl. Wednesday June 29 2016 9:05 am Home Local News State / National / World Sports Opinion / Letters Business Arts / Entertainment Lifestyle Obituaries Calendar Submit Event Comics / Games Classifieds DJ Designers Archives Advertise With Us About Us Read the Print Edition Here: Read Archive PDFs: 1 1 2016 Get PDF Hillsborough wins Majors Superbowl title June 29, 2016, 05:00 AM By Terry Bernal, Daily Journal After the Hillsborough-Blue 12-and-under All-Stars reached the Majors Superbowl championship game — its first Superbowl title shot in three years — the team’s game plan nearly crashed and burned. But starting pitcher Patrick Macy would have none of that. While at the plate, Macy led off the second inning by getting hit by a pitch on his pitching arm. After manager Mark Molumphy deliberated removing Macy as a precaution, the gutsy pitcher asked to stay in the game. “It hurt,” Macy said. “You can see the laces on my arm right now … but I wanted to stay in the game so I had to fight for it.” Macy rewarded his manager’s decision to stick with him with a gem of pitching performance to lead Hillsborough to an 11-4 victory over Belmont-Redwood Shores to claim the Majors Superbowl title Tuesday night at Sea Cloud Park. The right-hander worked 5 2/3 innings — one out shy of a complete game — striking out nine, while setting down the last eight batters he faced. “He almost came out of the game and he stayed with it,” Molumphy said. “And he pitched probably his best game of the season. … We saved Patrick ‘til the final game and he was ready for this moment.” The Hillsborough bats did the rest, scoring in every inning to lead throughout. High-caliber offense has been the trend for Hillsborough in four tournament wins, outscoring opponents 52-5. Molumphy credits his lineup for being strong top to bottom, with each hitter 1 through 12 — the Superbowl uses full roster batting — being equally potent at the plate. “We were hitting the ball,” Molumphy said. “When we put the team together we knew we had some good hitters … and they came to play.” Not every Hillsborough win was a blowout though. In the second round, San Mateo National game them a run for their money as Hillsborough survived the single-elimination tournament with a 2-1 win. In that game relief pitcher Connor Bottoms worked the final three innings and closed it out, after yielding a leadoff single in the top of the sixth, with three straight strikeouts to strand the tying run on base. Hillsborough returned to the trend of scoring early and often Tuesday, capitalizing on seven BRS errors by totaling eight hits by eight different batters. After leadoff batter Shay Macaluso scored a run in the first on an infield error, Hillsborough cashed in on Macy getting hit by a pitch for two more in the second; after Nolan Wilbur doubled Macy to third, Macy scored on an RBI grounder by Bottoms. Wilbur later scored on a wild pitch to boost the lead to 3-0. BRS wouldn’t go away though, remaining tenacious, as they have been through the entire tournament. In the semifinals — a 7-4 win over San Mateo American — BRS had to come from behind, relying on a two-run single by Sam Jung to give them the lead in the middle innings. While BRS never caught Hillsborough on the scoreboard Tuesday, Macy had to battle through jams in each of the first four innings. BRS stranded nine runners in the game, including eight through the opening four frames. BRS did close it to 3-2 in the third inning. A leadoff single by Luke Paterra and a ground-rule double by Isaiah Crump put two runners in scoring position. Then Brady Greene got BRS on the board with an RBI fielder’s choice. Cleanup hitter Dylan Wong followed with an RBI single. Hillsborough answered right back though, rallying for four runs in the bottom of the frame. After three walks loaded the bases, cleanup hitter Aidan Braccia earned an RBI walk to score Chris Walsh. Matt Murdoff followed with a sacrifice fly to score Dexter Quisol. Then Stephen Cresson shot an RBI single to left field to score Ryan Kall, with Braccia also scoring on the play on a three- base error. In the top of the fourth, BRS kept the pressure on by seeing the first four batters reach base. BRS’ JJ Leavitt — who sparked the come-from-behind win the win over San Mateo American with a leadoff single in the comeback rally — said his lineup, too, is a threat from top to bottom. “Everybody just comes through,” Leavitt said. “Everybody hits.” Thaddeus Duffy scorched a leadoff double down the right-field line for BRS. Leavitt followed with a single to move Duffy to third. Then Sam Jung and Anthony De Benedetti produced back-to-back RBI singles to close the Hillsborough lead to 7-4. But Macy dug deep with his big devastator of a breaking ball for two straight swing-and-miss strikeouts. Then he got some help from his defense when Bottoms at second base made a nice diving play over the middle that would have made Joe Panik proud, Daily Journal Quick Poll At what age do you expect to retire? 50 62 65 68 70 Older I'm already retired ENJOY MORE AT DINNER THAN JUST YOUR MEAL Get 25,000 Points Receive 2X Points at US Restaurants Terms and Conditions Apply. the jo never Learn More 40% OF FOOD IN AMERICA WASTED. COOK IT, STORE IT, SHARE I GET THE DAY'S TOP HEADLINES DELIVERED DAILY TO YOUR INBOX FOR FREE Sign up here email address Subscribe Like 0 Like 8.7K people like this. Search Archives
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Hillsborough wins Majors Superbowl titleJune 29, 2016, 05:00 AM By Terry Bernal, Daily Journal
After the Hillsborough-Blue 12-and-under All-Stars reached the MajorsSuperbowl championship game — its first Superbowl title shot in threeyears — the team’s game plan nearly crashed and burned.
But starting pitcher Patrick Macy would have none of that.
While at the plate, Macy led off the second inning by getting hit by a pitchon his pitching arm. After manager Mark Molumphy deliberated removingMacy as a precaution, the gutsy pitcher asked to stay in the game.
“It hurt,” Macy said. “You can see the laces on my arm right now … but Iwanted to stay in the game so I had to fight for it.”
Macy rewarded his manager’s decision to stick with him with a gem ofpitching performance to lead Hillsborough to an 11-4 victory overBelmont-Redwood Shores to claim the Majors Superbowl title Tuesdaynight at Sea Cloud Park.
The right-hander worked 5 2/3 innings — one out shy of a completegame — striking out nine, while setting down the last eight batters hefaced.
“He almost came out of the game and he stayed with it,” Molumphy said.“And he pitched probably his best game of the season. … We savedPatrick ‘til the final game and he was ready for this moment.”
The Hillsborough bats did the rest, scoring in every inning to leadthroughout. High-caliber offense has been the trend for Hillsborough infour tournament wins, outscoring opponents 52-5. Molumphy credits hislineup for being strong top to bottom, with each hitter 1 through 12 — theSuperbowl uses full roster batting — being equally potent at the plate.
“We were hitting the ball,” Molumphy said. “When we put the teamtogether we knew we had some good hitters … and they came to play.”
Not every Hillsborough win was a blowout though. In the second round, San Mateo National game them a run for their money asHillsborough survived the single-elimination tournament with a 2-1 win. In that game relief pitcher Connor Bottoms worked the finalthree innings and closed it out, after yielding a leadoff single in the top of the sixth, with three straight strikeouts to strand the tyingrun on base.
Hillsborough returned to the trend of scoring early and often Tuesday, capitalizing on seven BRS errors by totaling eight hits byeight different batters. After leadoff batter Shay Macaluso scored a run in the first on an infield error, Hillsborough cashed in onMacy getting hit by a pitch for two more in the second; after Nolan Wilbur doubled Macy to third, Macy scored on an RBI grounderby Bottoms. Wilbur later scored on a wild pitch to boost the lead to 3-0.
BRS wouldn’t go away though, remaining tenacious, as they have been through the entire tournament. In the semifinals — a 7-4win over San Mateo American — BRS had to come from behind, relying on a two-run single by Sam Jung to give them the lead inthe middle innings.
While BRS never caught Hillsborough on the scoreboard Tuesday, Macy had to battle through jams in each of the first fourinnings. BRS stranded nine runners in the game, including eight through the opening four frames.
BRS did close it to 3-2 in the third inning. A leadoff single by Luke Paterra and a ground-rule double by Isaiah Crump put tworunners in scoring position. Then Brady Greene got BRS on the board with an RBI fielder’s choice. Cleanup hitter Dylan Wongfollowed with an RBI single.
Hillsborough answered right back though, rallying for four runs in the bottom of the frame. After three walks loaded the bases,cleanup hitter Aidan Braccia earned an RBI walk to score Chris Walsh. Matt Murdoff followed with a sacrifice fly to score DexterQuisol. Then Stephen Cresson shot an RBI single to left field to score Ryan Kall, with Braccia also scoring on the play on a three-base error.
In the top of the fourth, BRS kept the pressure on by seeing the first four batters reach base. BRS’ JJ Leavitt — who sparked thecome-from-behind win the win over San Mateo American with a leadoff single in the comeback rally — said his lineup, too, is athreat from top to bottom.
“Everybody just comes through,” Leavitt said. “Everybody hits.”
Thaddeus Duffy scorched a leadoff double down the right-field line for BRS. Leavitt followed with a single to move Duffy to third.Then Sam Jung and Anthony De Benedetti produced back-to-back RBI singles to close the Hillsborough lead to 7-4.
But Macy dug deep with his big devastator of a breaking ball for two straight swing-and-miss strikeouts. Then he got some helpfrom his defense when Bottoms at second base made a nice diving play over the middle that would have made Joe Panik proud,
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knocking a sharp grounder down and shuffling it to second for the final out of the frame.
“That was a nice play,” Leavitt said. “It was pretty frustrating. It happens though.”
The web gem energized Macy, who didn’t allow another base runner. He only departed in the sixth due to surpassing the 85-pitchlimit, totaling 86. Reliever Arav Bhagwati emerged to close it out, setting off the celebration in the middle of the diamond forHillsborough.
“I knew Rav could pull it out,” Macy said. “I was a little bit bummed in my head (at being pulled). … I was just happy he closed itout for us.”
Through the opening two rounds of the tourney, BRS enjoyed wins of 12-2 over San Carlos American and 13-6 over PacificaAmerican. BRS manager Michael Jung said his team played well in the championship game as well.
“They played really well,” Michael Jung said. “We were ready to go. It just wasn’t our day.”
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