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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 6 | MICKS | 9-6 W |
| Thursday May 13 (DH) | at Spirits | 15-8 W |
| at McAdam Painting | 9-15 L | |
| Tuesday May 18 | G & G | 11-4 W |
| Monday May 24 | at Daddy-O | 8-9 L |
| Tuesday June 1 (DH) | at IDX | 6-7 L |
| at Kearns Tree Service | 16-12 W | |
| Wednesday June 9 | HARTNEY GREYMONT | 13-4 W |
| Monday June 14 | SPIRITS | 17-1 W |
| Wednesday June 16 | at Micks | 14-7 W |
| Tuesday June 22 | KEARNS TREE SERVICE | 14-21 L |
| Thursday June 24 (DH) | at Hartney Greymont | 20-3 W |
| IDX | 13-8 W | |
| Monday June 28 | McADAM PAINTING | 10-12 L |
| Tuesday July 6 | DADDY-O | 2-6 L |
| PLAYOFFS: | ||
| First Round | ||
| Monday July 12 | SPIRITS | 12-5 W |
| Wednesday July 14 | at Spirits | 15-10 W |
| WNTN wins series 2 games to 0 | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||
| Tuesday July 20 | at McAdam Painting | 11-9 W |
| Wednesday July 21 | McADAM PAINTING | 4-7 L |
| Thursday July 22 | at McAdam Painting | 5-22 L |
| Tuesday July 27 | McADAM PAINTING | 7-16 L |
| WNTN loses series 3 games to 1
ROSTER | ||
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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