Bulls Take Game 2 and Advance to Semi's

July 28th @ Scheresville
Limeport 4, Northern Yankees 3
Limeport advances to Semi-Finals vs. Coplay

Solid pitching and key hitting paved the way for victory today. Ryan Gerber (West Chester) pitched 5+ solid innings and Jeff Krauss earned the victory in relief. Gerber struck out 5 while Krauss struck out 3.

Ryan Walter's suicide squeeze in the top of the 7th plated Liam O'Connor for the game winning run. Liam walked, stole second, advanced to 3rd on a passed ball, and scored on Walter's squeeze.

The Bulls scored 3 in the 6th. Pat Lane, Ryan Walter, and Brendan O'Connor each scored in the inning. Brendan O'Connor, Kevin Kershner, and Jeff Kroboth each had an rbi.

Jeff Cavanaugh was 2-3 and Kenny Serfass was 2-4.

Game 2 stat sheet
Game 2 Web-Article

The Bulls play Coplay Tuesday night at Scheresville and Game 2 will be at Limeport Thursday night.

Game 1 Goes to Bulls

June 26th @ Limeport Stadium
Game 1 of Opening Round of Playoffs
Limeport 3, Northern Yankees 0

Scott Stewart shut down the Yankees today allowing only 3 hits while striking out 7. Stewart did not walk a batter and did not allow more than 4 batters in any inning. Stewart is now 5-2 on the year with 52 strikeouts and only 3 walks. Scott has not allowed a run in his last 24 innings.

Nolan Neiman collected 2 hits and added an rbi. Luke Pile was 1-3 with a runs scored and an rbi. Matt Geiger had the game winning rbi in the 3rd inning. Pat Lane and Kenny Serfass each scored a run.

The game was the 1st ever internet broadcast of a Tri-County game. Listen to the game here.

Website article

Game 2 is at Northern Yankees Saturday at 5:30.

Playoff Dates and Updated Stats

Updated stats

The Bulls (20-9) are locked in the #4 seed and will be playing the # 5 seed Northern Yankees (16-13). The Bulls will have home-field advantage in the 1st round.

Tri-County Calendar for season and playoffs

Limeport Sweeps Cetronia

July 16th @ Limeport Stadium

The Bulls won both games of a double header this evening at Limeport Stadium.

Game 1
Limeport 4, Cetronia 0

Steve Nikorak pitched the first inning and Paul Smith pitched the final 6 innings to shut down Cetronia. Both pitchers are legion players and Nikorak only needed 1 more inning to qualify. He is pitching in the Norco playoffs later this week. Paul Smith is now with the Bulls full time. The hard-throwing righty pitched well in this debut. He struck out 5 and walked 0. He was consistantly throwing in the mid-to-upper 80's.

The offense was led by Pete Moore (2-4 and run scored) and Brendan O'Connor (1-2 and 2 rbi). Liam O'Connor and Pat Hollander each scored a run. Pat Lane added an rbi.


Game 2
Limeport 4, Cetronia 1

Paul Smith pitched the first two inning to qualify for the playoffs. Ryan Gerber came in and pitched the 3rd-6th to earn the win. Gerber now has 4 wins and has a 1.17 ERA. He has struck out 43 batters (league leading) while pitching 35 innings. Jeff Krauss pitched the 7th for his league leading 6th save.

The offense was led again by Pete Moore (2-2, run scored, and rbi). Jeff Kroboth was 1-1 with a run scored and rbi. He walked twice. Dave Shoemaker and Luke Pile each scored a run.

Bulls Coast Past Quakertown

July 14th @ Limeport Stadium
Limeport 15, Quakertown 2

The Bulls needed only 5 innings (4 at bats) to take this one from Quakertown. Pat Toner earned the win; Luke Pile and Brett Vroman each pitched one inning of shutout baseball.

The offensive leaders for today:

Nolan Neiman 1-1 with 3 walks, 4 runs scored, 4 stolen bases, 1 rbi
Blair Dameron 3-3, 1 double, 2 rbi
Pat Lane, Jeff Cavanaugh, Sean Donchez, and Jeff Kroboth each scored 2 runs. Dave Shoemaker and Pat Lane each had 2 hits. Kenny Serfass had 3 stolen bases.

Pictures of the Game

This was the season final against Quakertown. The Bulls dominated the four games outscoring Quakertown 68-3.

Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Baer

Congratulations to Randy Baer on earning an induction into the 2007 Tri-County Hall-of-Fame.

Randy's Profile

New Homepage

There have been a few changes to the main page of the site. You now can go one of three ways: Bull's Homepage, Bull's Blog (here), or to the pictures and video site (Webshots).

Limeportbulls.com

Pictures Posted on Webshots

The pictures on this Blog and our Website can be found at the site Webshots.com under the following address http://community.webshots.com/user/limeport29 . If you are not familiar with Webshots, the thumbnail pictues are just the small ones. When you select the picture you want to view you will see a bigger thumbnail. In the upper righthand corner there is a link that says view full size. Click on this link to see the big picture.

The pictues from Bear Stadium are posted http://sports.webshots.com/album/559828297OkcZKh .

Pitchers are Leading the Way

The Bulls now have four pitchers with an E.R.A. close to or under 1.00.

Scott Stewart has pitched 33 innings with an E.R.A. of 1.48. He has struck out 41 batters and allowed only 23 hits. He has 3 wins.

Ryan Gerber had pitched 31.67 innings wiht an E.R.A. of 1.33. He has struck out 39 batters and allowed only 23 hits. He has 3 wins.

Limeport's closer, Jeff Kruass, has an E.R.A of 0.93. He is 2-0 with 4 saves.

Pat Toner is 2-0 with an E.R.A of 0.53. He has 11 stikeouts in 13 innings pitched. Toner has come on stong after sitting out the first half of the season with a sore arm.

Scott Stewart shut down Coplay yesterday while striking out 5. The Bulls have now shut out opponents a league leading 8 times.

The offense was lead by Matt Geiger (3-4, rbi) and Luke Pile (3 bb's, run). Pat Lane added an rbi and Liam O'Connor scored a run.

Bulls Lose at Bear Stadium

July 8th @ Bear Stadium
Limeport 3, Gabelsville 7


The Bulls lost a heartbreaker at Bear Stadium last night. Limeport scored 3 runs in the top of the 6th to take a 3-2 lead. The Owls answered back with 5 runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead for good.

Legion standout Steve Nikorak (Temple University) pitched well in his first start as a Limeport Bull. Nikorak pitched 5 strong innings giving up only 2 hits. He struck out 5 batters and walked only 1.

Pat Lane continued his hot hitting going 2-3 with an rbi. Liam O'Connor and Matt Geiger each had a hit and scored a run. Pete Moore had an rbi.

For the Owls, Gary Hessler was 2-3 with a 3 run double and Mitch Schueck added 2 rbi. Matt Kelly earned the win while striking out 7.

Toner and Serfass Lead Limeport Past Yankees

July 6th @ NY

Limeport 5, Yankees 1

Pat Toner pitched 6 strong innings and Jeff Krauss notched his league-leading 5th save. Kenny Serfass had 2 doubles and 3 rbi. Jeff Kroboth went 2-3. Dave Shoemaker and Pat Lane each had a double.

Stat Breakdown and League Leaders

Complete League Leaders (as of July 3rd)
Current Standings

AVG - Liam O'Connor 7th (.357)
Matt Geiger 8th (.356)

HR - Jeff Cavanaugh 2nd (2)

BB - Pat Hollander 1st (15)
Luke Pile 3rd (13)

Wins - Ryan Gerber 5th (3)

ERA - Ryan Gerber 6th (1.33)
Scott Stewart 13th (1.88)

IP - Ryan Gerber 5th (31.67)

Strikeouts - Ryan Gerber 1st (39)
Scott Stewart 2nd (36)
Billy Hezel 7th (25)

Saves - Jeff Krauss 1st (4)

Through 23 games the Bulls have 7 shutouts, 4 1-run games, and 3 2-run games. They have scored 112 runs while giving up only 48 runs. They are 7-3 in their last ten games.

Bulls Defeat ICC 3-0 Behind Gerber and Krauss

July 3rd @ Limeport
Limeport 3, ICC 0

Ryan Gerber pitched 6 strong innings and Jeff Krauss recorded his league leading 4th save. Gerber struck out 6. Matt Geiger was 3-3 with a run and rbi and Brendan O'Connor was 2-3 with a run. Kevin Kershner knocked in the first run and Blair Dameron belted an rbi double off the right field wall.

Vroman Strikes out 100th

July 2nd @ Limeport
Limeport 3, Fleetwings 4

The Bulls lost to the Fleetwings for the third straight time. All three games have been closely contested (0-2, 2-3, and 3-4). Starting pitcher Brett Vroman deserved a better fate. He gave up 2 hits, walked 2, and struck out 2. He did not give up an earned run (2 unearned). His first strikeout was his 100th of his career.

Liam O'Connor stayed hot going 3-4 with a run scored. Pat Lane was 2-3. Nolan Neiman and Pat Hollander each had an rbi. Matt Geiger and Kenny Serfass scored a run.

Website Article from Steve Smulls

Stat Update

Hitting
Hits - Matt Geiger (18), Liam O'Connor (15), and Luke Pile (15)
RBI - Kenny Serfass (12), Pete Moore (10), and Matt Geiger (8)
Runs - Liam O'Connor (12), Pat Lane (9), and Matt Geiger (8)
Walks - Pat Hollander (13), Luke Pile (13), and Nolan Neiman (6)
AVG (20 AB's) - Geiger (.353), Pete Moore (.350), Dave Shoemaker (.333), Liam O'Connor (.333), and Jeff Kroboth (.318).

Pitching
IP - Scott Stewart (26), Ryan Gerber (25), Billy Hezel (18)
K's - Stewart (36 and 2 BB), Gerber (31), and Hezel (23)
Wins - Jeff Krauss, Stewart, Gerber, and Hezel (2)
Saves - Krauss (3)
ERA (12 IP) - Krauss (0.99), Gerber (1.64), and Stewart (1.88)

Complete Team Stats

Liam O'Connor Stays Hot...Bulls Win Again

June 30th @ Limeport

Limeport 4, Jordan Creek 0

The Bulls are now 14-7.

Liam and Brendan O'Connor were both 2-3 with a run scored. In the past 4 games, Liam is 6-12 with a double, triple, rbi, and 5 runs scored. Blair Dameron had the other hit for the Bulls. Pat Lane and Ryan Walter each scored a run.

Jeff Krauss earned the win. He is now 2-0 with 3 saves with 13 strikeouts in 14 innings. Krauss has a 0.99 ERA. Stroudsburg High School standout and Lehigh recruit Steve Nikorak earned the save while striking out 2.

Limeport Helps South Win All-Star Game

June 29th @ Limeport Stadium

South 4, North 2

The South prevailed in the first ever North-South Tri-County All-Star Game.

Pitchers: Ryan Gerber (starting pitcher) pitched 3 innings; Scott Stewart, Brett Vroman, and Billy Hezel each pitched one inning. Hezel earned the save.

Liam O'Connor (1-2), Luke Pile (1-2), Matt Geiger (1-3), and Blair Dameron (1-3, run, rbi) helped the South's offense.

Bulls Take Two from Pennridge

June 25th @ Pennridge
Limeport 4, Pennridge 1

Ryan Gerber threw a 2-hit 11 K's game. Gerber now has 2 wins. He has pitched 25 innings and struck out 31 batters. He has given up only 17 hits this year with a 1.64 ERA.

Liam O'Connor (Lehigh) and Matt Geiger (Lehigh) each had two hits. Geiger also added a double, run scored, and an rbi. O'Connor had a triple and scored twice for the Bulls.

June 26th @ Pennridge
Limeport 13, Pennridge 0

Scott Stewart (York) continued Limeport's strong pitching with a 1-hit 5 strikeout performance. Scott now has 2 wins. He has pitched 26 innings and struck out 36 batters. He has given up only 16 hits this year with a 1.88 ERA. For Stewart's career, he has 38 wins, 397 innings pitched, and 425 strikeouts. Stewart is only 50 strikeouts away from the #8 career strikeout leader, Dennis Kinney (475).

The offense was led by leadoff man Luke Pile (York). He was 3-3 with 2 doubles, 2 runs scored, and 2 rbi. Brendan O'Connor was 2-3 with a triple, 3 rbi, and a runs scores. His brother, Liam, had a double, rbi, and 2 runs scored. Pete Moore (Moravian) scored 3 runs. Matt Geiger had 2 rbi.

The Bulls are now 4-o against Pennridge while outscoring them 24-5.

Bulls Blow-out Quakertown

Limeport 16 - Quakertown 0
June 21st
@Quakertown

The Bulls offense exploded this afternoon with 16 runs, 14 hits, 5 BB, and 3 hits batsmen. Pat Lane led the offense going 3-3 with a double, and rbi, and 3 runs scored. Blair Dameron (West Chester), Pete Moore (Moravian), and Jeff Kroboth (Frostburg State) each had 2 hits. Moore had 3 rbi; Nolan Neiman (Desales), Dameron, Kenny Serfass (ESU), and Brendan O'Connor (ESU) each had 2 rbi. Jeremy Hass (Southern Lehigh, George Mason) and Neiman each scored 3 runs. Serass and Dave Shoemaker (Kutztown) each scored 2 runs.

Pat Toner picked up his first win of the 2007 season (1-0). Toner struck out 5 batters and allowed only 3 hits (Evan Kiesel 2-3). Toner now has 275 strikeouts in 369 innings pitched. The victory moves him to 41 - 14 lifetime. Ryan Walter struck out the side in the 5th. The 12-run mercy rule ended the game after 5 innings.

Limeport has now played Quakertown 3 times and have a run advantage of 43 - 1 (15-1, 12-0, and 16-0).