Petaluma Piratas Win 2nd Annual Leonhardt Cup Wine Country Baseball Championship

The Petaluma Piratas defeated the Sonoma Grape Crushers 8 to 1 to capture the Leonhardt Cup.  The Petaluma team led by Manager Val Altamare ended the season undefeated at 16 and 0.  The Sonoma Grape Crushers 12 and 4.  

Petaluma started off strong in the 2nd inning on a two run double into the left center gap by Jarrod Camara.  Jarrod was 2 fo 3 on the day.  Mike Miller the Piratas pitcher was chosen as Most Valuable Player of the championship game with a 12 strike out 1 run complete game.  The Sonoma Grape Crushers comprising 8 of 9 starters being from the town of Sonoma itself fought hard in front of their home crowd. Twice they loaded the bases with one out and then failed to score.  Sonoma’s star Matt Simpson scored their only run.  Dan Hunt of the Piratas returned on leave from military service just to make the playoffs for his team.  Next year Wine Country Baseball will return in early June this time split into two units.  A 6 team league for collegiate players only and a 6 team open enrollment community league - see www.winecountrybaseball.com for more details.  The league is seeking familes to host college players visiting from around the nation from June 15th to August 19th next summer please email howard@winecountrybaseball.com 
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