Playoff Results

Milwaukee Baseball League Championship

Southshore All-stars 4 PJ's Tigers 1

In a rematch of the 2009 championship game the results would be different this year.  Tony Landgraf avenged his 2010 championship game loss on the hill by allowing only one run by the PJ's Tigers in the 2010 championship.  Landgraf, who missed much of the season due to injury and family commitments, changed speeds and moved the ball around the plate to induce several important fly outs and ground balls that his mates fielded cleanly, rusulting in ten PJ's baserunners being stranded. 

PJ's only run came in the sixth when pinch hitter Adam Karis reached on a flare to left that wasn't fielded and scored on an Andy Monigal single.  PJ's challenged in almost every inning, but the All-stars defense made every other play to keep PJ's off the board.  Second baseman Bryan Mueller stood out by making several running catches of fly balls in shallow right, as well as cleanly handling three other balls.

Landgraf figured prominently in the All-star's scoring as well.  In the second inning, Landgraf walked with two outs.  He advanced to third on a Jason Mikula double and scored on a Mitch Monroe single.  In the top of the seventh, All-stars added two runs to put the pressure on PJ's for the bottom of the inning.  DJ Wojinowski singled and advanced on a walk by Bryan Mueller.  Both runners advanced on a wild pitch with Tony Landgraf at the plate.  Landgraf then hit a double to the right field gap to score both runs and create a sizable hurdle the Tigers could not overcome.  Landgraf then came out and set the Tigers down in order in the seventh to seal the championship.

Tony Landgraf was named Playoff MVP for his performance and Matt Mundt may have secured another Manager of the Year award.  Congratulations to both teams on great seasons.  PJ's Tigers continued their run of excellence for their sponsor PJ's Pub located on Lincoln Avenue.  Southshore All-stars won their first championship for sponsor Allstar Sportswear and third playoff championship as a franchise.

Semi-finals

The Tigers defeated the Braves 7-6 Sunday afternoon. With the Braves leading 2-1 in the bottom of the 5th, Andy Monigal lead off with a double, stole 3rd, and scored on a sac fly by Eric Cluppert. With the score tied, the Tigers relaxed and put up 5 more runs in the 5th. Kyle Knaust, Cory McEwen, Jason Maaske, Scott Rappl, and Justin Gelhausen all singed and scored in the inning. Matt Duranso capped the scoring with a sac fly giving the Tigers a 7-2 lead. The Tigers carried a 7-2 lead into the top of the 7th. That's when the braves struck back and refused to go away without a fight. Each batter battled hard, worked the count, and put pressue on the Tigers defense. The braves got the score to 7-6 and had the bases loaded with a chance to take the lead. But that's when Monigal turned it into high gear and got a ground out to end the game, recording a save. Kyle Knaust picked up the win by throwing 5 solid, gutty innings. The win sends the Tigers to the championship to face Allstar, in a rematch of last years championship.

All Star Sportswear over Brown Deer Supreme Builders

All Star won a close game to advance to the Championship for the second year in a row to face PJ's Tigers.

Harden Field, Saturday, August 15 Quarterfinals:

Town and Lake Realty Braves 3 Leff's Lucky Town 0
Division Rivals Leff's and the Braves met up in the first round of the playoffs. Both teams came to play. The Braves jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after the 2nd inning. That would be all they would need to win the game. The Braves added another 2 runs just for insurance in the 6th. Josh Lemke pitched an unbeliveable game for the Braves. Going the distance with a 4 hit shutout. Lemke had a perfect game going until the 4th inning when he gave up a lead off single, followed by another single. The Braves then showed their defensive ability. With a runners going on a hit and run, Braves catcher Bill Gorman threw out the runner at third base after a swining strike.  On the next play Braves shortstop Austin James made a great grab to his right and he got the runner out between 2nd and 3rd.  Leff's put 2 more runners on via hit, but Lemke then struck out the next batter to end the inning. Leff's would not get another hit the rest of the day. Josh Szuslik, Adam Graves and Paul Mallas all went 1-2, Nick Voltner, George James and Chris Samz were 1-3. Josh Szuslik, Nick Voltner and Chris Samz scored the runs, Nick Voltner, Paul Mallas and Austin James got the RBI. The Braves move on to play PJ's in Sunday's semi-final.

PJ's Tigers 17 Brew City Indians 4
PJ's Tigers defeated the Indians 17-4 in a first round playoff game played at Harden Field. Andy Monigal started the game for the Tigers and went two innings before leaving the game with a 12-1 lead. Justin Gelhausen pitched the next 5 innings surrending 3 runs. At the plate, every Tiger contributed with either a hit, rbi, or run scored.The win allowed the Tigers to advance to a semi final game against the Braves.

Zirkel Field, Saturday, August 15
All Star Sportswear 11 Johnny V's 10
In a slugfest, 2009 runner-up All Star Sportswear came back to win late and move on to the semi-finals.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders over O'Brien's / Milwaukee Harley Davidson
Supreme Builders played flawless defense to advance to the divisional championship game vs the Allstars. Builder's Brendon Dorn out dueled Oriole's Dave Pagallo on the mound to get the complete game win. Both pitchers were clutch throughout the game as both teams combined to leave 21 standed runners on base. Leading the offense for the Builders was Dave Kuczynski going 2-3 with three runs scored. The Builders upset top seed O'Brien's to move on to the semi-finals.

Veteran's Games (non-playoff)
Varsity Club Hornets 8 Wisconsin Wholesalers 0
Nick Kibler pitched 6 innings, striking out 8 and only allowing 2 hits for the win. At the plate 5 Hornets had multi-hit games: Pete Rechlitz, Pete Panagos, Mike Beringer, Justin Fischer, and Mike Thompson. The top of the order, Rechlitz and Panagos did a good job driving in runs with 2 RBI each.

Varsity Club Hornets 14 Wisconsin Wholesalers 2
Doug Fremut earned his fourth win on the year in game 2 of the doubleheader. Pete Rechlitz, Pete Panagos and Mike Beringer all had 3 hits in the game. Panagos and Beringer also drove in 3 runs each.