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WNTN 2004 Softball Season Recap

 

From 1979 to 2005 the WNTN Softball All*Stars played in men's and co-ed leagues in Newton and Needham.

 

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WNTN SOFTBALL 2004

Season Recap

A transitional season for WNTN Softball included the integration of several new, young players and with that came inconsistencies inherent in a 20 man roster looking for day to day leaders and stars. Once again, the McAdam Painting team ended a hopeful summer by shutting down the NTN offense and putting up 38 runs in the last two games.

Six new faces (Matt Arkin, Dustin MacPherson, Rob LaRoche, Matt Stein, Kevin Quinn & Steve Oaks) joined up to add depth and quality to a team which had been hurt in recent years by players unable to attend every game. While the newcomers instilled energy, a look at the stat sheet illustrates why there would be no championship in 2004. The WNTN Softball team allowed too many runs and hit well below expectations.

Of players who appeared in at least half the games, John Toyias was the hitting star with 3 homers, 29 RBI and a .516 average. Josh Horwitz had 31 hits, scored 22 runs and batted .543. But the team batting average was only .462 and eight who saw a lot of action batted under .500.

2004 Schedule/Results
Regular Season: 9-6, Playoffs 3-3

Thursday May 6MICKS9-6 W
Thursday May 13 (DH)at Spirits15-8 W
at McAdam Painting9-15 L
Tuesday May 18G & G11-4 W
Monday May 24at Daddy-O8-9 L
Tuesday June 1 (DH)at IDX6-7 L
at Kearns Tree Service16-12 W
Wednesday June 9HARTNEY GREYMONT13-4 W
Monday June 14SPIRITS17-1 W
Wednesday June 16at Micks14-7 W
Tuesday June 22KEARNS TREE SERVICE14-21 L
Thursday June 24 (DH)at Hartney Greymont20-3 W
IDX13-8 W
Monday June 28McADAM PAINTING10-12 L
Tuesday July 6DADDY-O2-6 L
 
PLAYOFFS:
 
First Round
Monday July 12SPIRITS12-5 W
Wednesday July 14at Spirits15-10 W
WNTN wins series 2 games to 0
 
Semi-Finals
Tuesday July 20at McAdam Painting11-9 W
Wednesday July 21McADAM PAINTING4-7 L
Thursday July 22at McAdam Painting5-22 L
Tuesday July 27McADAM PAINTING7-16 L
WNTN loses series 3 games to 1

ROSTER
2 Matt Arkin
3 David Higgins
4 Ted Argentieri
6 Mike Hluska
7 Dustin MacPherson
8 Rick Barsam
11 Josh Horwittz
12 Steve Freeman
15 Jeff Miller
16 Rob LaRoche
17 Keith Garland
18 Matt Stein
20 Stu Kaplan
21 Mike McLean
23 George Langdon
25 Rob Rudnick
26 Kevin Quinn
29 Steve Oaks
30 Eddie Murray
31 John Toyias

2004 Statistics

                       G  AB   R   H  HR   RBI   AVG   2B  3B  BB  K  S
 2 Matt Arkin          8  21   7  10         6  .476    1       1
 3 David Higgins      10  32  15  18   2    15  .562    3       2
 4 Ted Argentieri     15  52  17  25   1    19  .480    1   1         3
 6 Mike Hluska         3  12   3   4         2  .333            1
 7 Dustin MacPherson  16  46   4  13         5  .282    1       1
 8 Rick Barsam        20  41   7  19         7  .463    1             1
11 Josh Horowitz      15  57  22  31   1     4  .543    1   1
12 Steve Freeman      11  35   6  18        13  .514    1   1
15 Jeff Miller        21  10   3   4         2  .400    1
16 Rob LaRoche        20  62  15  20         8  .322    2
17 Keith Garland       2   8   2   4         2  .500
18 Matt Stein         11  35   9  17   1     6  .485    1   1         2
20 Stu Kaplan         16  56  22  26   2    11  .464    4   1   2
21 Mike McLean        21  69  22  34        17  .492    2   2         1
23 George Langdon     12  31  12  16        10  .516    2   1         3
25 Rob Rudnick        18  38   6  17        10  .447    2             1
26 Kevin Quinn        18  49  18  22   1    11  .448        2         4
29 Steven Oaks        16  37  10  18         6  .486    2   1         1
30 Eddie Murray        6  20   6  11   1     5  .550    2       1     1
31 John Toyias        19  62  25  32   3    29  .516    2   2   8     3
 
T O T A L S           21 776 231 159  12   188  .462   28  13  16    20

             Pitching
           APP   IP    R   eR  BB  K   W  L   ERA  
Miller      21  135  189  147  10  4  11  9  7.62
Higgins      1    4    3    2   0  2   1  0  3.50


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