Texas USSSA Baseball Fall Classic - Oct 6&7

The Houston Crawdads are playing in the Texas USSSA Baseball Fall Classic this weekend at Big League Dreams Ballpark in League City, TX. BLD is a complex of replica Major League Ballparks including Fenway, Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field, Sportsman's Park.

The Crawdads face off against the Cypress Renegades at 10:30am and the Alvin Express at 1:30pm on Saturday, October 6th. Both Saturday games will be on "Wrigley" field. The boys are excited to play at this awesome facility.

This should be a tough tourney with a strong field of teams including: Avengers, Banditos Black, Cypress Renegades, Express (Alvin), Houston Crawdads, Humble Bulldogs & S. Texas Yankees.

If you are following the games, this blog will be updated periodically. But, feel free to click the first link above to see the game results. Also, you can see the brackets for Sunday's games there.

Hello to Mimi & Papa Joe in Ocala, Florida and our fans elsewhere!
GO CRAWDADS!

Sunday's games

The Crawdads took on the Crusaders in a hard fought game on Sunday at the SKSA September to Remember tourney. The game went to the 6th tied 11-11. The Crawdads turned it on in the 6th and the defense held up for a 17-11 finish.

The Crawdads went on to face the Banditos for the championship game. The Crawdads defense was tough in the first inning only allowing 2 runs. But then the Banditos posted 7 runs in the 2nd. Kelly bombed a shot off the fence in the 2nd but got thrown out at 2nd. Later on in the 2nd, Grant blasted a shot over the left field fence for a 3 run homer.

The Banditos were too much in the end with lots of firepower and tough defense. Final score, Crawdads 5, Banditos 16.

Congrats to the Crawdads on a 2nd place finish!

Welcome to 8U Triple A

The Houston Crawdads got a taste of 8U AAA baseball this weekend in the Spring-Klein September to Remember tournament.

Friday,
A+ Drillers Black - 8, Crawdads - 17
Crusaders - 16, Crawdads - 13

Saturday
Crawdads - 3, Banditos Black 17

Sunday, 2:00 pm
Crawdads vs Crusaders - This is going to be a tough game. The Crawdads defeated the Crusaders in the Spring, but the Crusaders got the best of the Crawdads this past Friday. If the Crawdads play like they are capable of, our boys should come out on top.

If the Crawdads can get by the Crusaders, they will get a rematch with the Banditos for the Championship.

World Series Wrap Up

In the 7U AA semi final game, the Bulldogs were leading the Cougars 3-1 before the game was postponed due to heavy rain. The Cougars had a runner on 2nd with no outs in the top of the 5th when the rain moved in. When play resumed, the Bulldogs held off the Cougars and went on to win 4-3.

In the Championship game, the JV Express won 5-3 against the Bulldogs to claim the 7U AA USSSA World Series Championship.

Congratulations to the other teams claiming 1st place and the runners up: (Click here for final results)

• 6U - The Intimidators who won 13-8 over the El Paso Indians
• 7U Open - The Banditos Black with a big 10-3 win over the GP Horns
• 8U AA - The Cypress Renegades II who forced a second game and won against the Louisiana Lightening 5-2.
• 8U Open - The South Texas Riders who held off the W. Tennessee Wildcats with an 8-7 score in the second game.

Game 6 Crawdads vs Houston Cougars

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Cougars	0	2	3	0	0	0	5
Crawdads	1	0	0	1	0	0	2

The Crawdads again made early errors and allow 5 runs in the first 3 innings. Then, the Crawdad defense tightened up to keep the game close by retiring the next 9 Cougars in a row. However, the Crawdads just could not get the bats going. Cougars win to move on to the next round.

We are proud of you boys. You had a great season and did awesome in the tournaments!

Good luck to the Humble Bulldogs and all of the teams remaining.

Game 5 Crawdads vs Humble Bulldogs

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Bulldogs	6	3	3	0	0	0	12
Crawdads	3	0	5	0	0	0	8

Game 5 was a match up between two of the top ranked teams, The Crawdads and the Humble Bullodgs. Ironically, these two teams are staying at the same hotel with the Bulldogs taking most of the bottom floor and the Crawdads occupying most of the top floor.

The Crawdads made plenty of errors and the Bulldogs took advantage and put up 6 runs in the opening frame. The Crawdads then scored 3 in the bottom of the inning. Then, in the 2nd and 3rd it was more Bulldogs as they scored 3 in each of those innings. The Crawdads battled back with 5 in the 3rd to make it a game again at 12 - 8. Then both teams went on to play tough defense the rest of the way as neither team allowed a run in the 4th, 5th or 6th innings.

The Crawdads will have to bounce back and win tomorrow to keep playing. We know you can do it boys!

Game 4 Crawdads vs Avengers V Red

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Avengers	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Crawdads	0	3	1	0	0	X	4

Awesome defense again boys!
Crawdads allow only 8 runs in first 4 games of World Series.

Here are some of the defensive plays from the game:

• Jayden makes a nice outfield catch in right field in the 3rd inning.
• In the 4th inning the Crawdads turned their second double play of the tournament with a 6-4-3 putout by DJ, Cameron & Jacob.
• Grant gunned down runners in the 5th & 6th innings to help seal the victory.

Next up, the Humble Bulldogs at 11am tomorrow. The Bulldogs pulled out a come from behind win against the Deer Park Renegades.

Championship Bracket Play Starts Today

Championship Bracket Play Starts Today

The Crawdads take on the winner of the Avengers V Red vs the Cypress Renegades III at 2:00 pm. Let's keep the wins coming.

RJ, Kelly & Richard

Game 3 Houston Crawdads vs Lake Charles Bucs

Cameron got the scoring started early with an inside the park homerun and the rest of the boys poured on the hits as the Crawdads defeated the Lake Charles Bucs 14-1. The game was called in the 4th due to run rule. There was more great defense including a nice catch by Scotty at the plate on a foul ball and RJ chasing down a runner heading to home on a ball hit back up the middle. Scotty also blasted a shot past the Bucs defenders for a triple.

Hello to Noni from Chuck, Richard & Nancy.
Also, hello to April & Ben from Roy, RJ & Allison.

The Crawdads go 2-1 in pool play allowing only 5 runs in these 3 games. Crawdads are the 3rd seed going into bracket play on Wednesday.

Game 2 - Houston Crawdads vs Houston Cougars

Game 2 was scheduled for high noon as the Crawdads squared off against the Cougars in the rematch from the State playoffs.

The Crawdads defense was phenomenal as they shutout the Cougars 8 - 0. There were great plays from all of the boys. Some of the highlights include; Kelly and Jacob turning a double play, Cameron with a huge running catch in the outfield for the 3rd out when the Cougars had bases loaded, a line drive speared by DJ and excellent plays by Scoop himself, Jacob.

The Crawdads scored a run in the 1st, 2 more in the 3rd and poured on 5 runs in the 5th. Then, going into the botttom of the 5th, the Crawdads clamped down and got 3 quick outs to run rule the Cougars.

Crawdads 8 - Cougars 0 game over! Way to go boys - keep it up!

Game One Houston Crawdads vs. Deer Park Young Guns

The Crawdads were visitors in game one and jumped on the Young Guns early with 3 runs in the top of the 1st. The Young Guns then scored 1 run in the bottom half of the inning.

The fields were wet and the ball did not travel far in this grass infield or even in the outfield. The YGs scored again in the second to make it 3-2. The Crawdads were held scoreless in the 3rd. Then, the YG's took a 4-3 lead in the 3rd. Both teams went without a run in the 4th & 5th and it was still 4-3 going into the the 6th. After one out and a man at 1st base, the Crawdads were threating to put up some runs in the 6th but the Young Guns shortstop turned a nice double play to end the game.

OK boys, time to turn up the heat for the rest of the tourney!

Happy Belated Birthday to Kelly B!

Kelly celebrated his 8th birthday on July 3rd. He and some friends went to see the Astros game vs the Philadelphia. Phillies Most of us bailed out after the 11th inning. But, we listened on the radio on the way home as Hunter Pence homered in the bottom of the 13th to win the game. We heard Milo Hamilton say that Hunter was so excited he sprinted around the bases and was back at home plate in about 3 seconds.

Arrival Day

Well, this was supposed to be opening day followed by the skills events. But, the fields were too wet from all of the rain. The opening ceremonies have been postponed until tomorrow evening at 7pm. Also, Monday's games hve been moved from Fracsh to the Pattison Complex.

We checked in to the hotel and we along with the Humble Bulldogs are taking up most of the hotel. The boys are very excited and this looks like it's going to be a fun week.

Some of the Crawdad families headed over to dinner at Steamboat Bills for dinner. Coach Randy told us he heard this place was good. Man, this place was outstanding. Everyone seemed to really enjoyed their dinner. There was lots of fried dishes, boudin balls, gumbo, etoufee and red beans & rice dishes.

We saw several local teams at the restaurant and everyone wished each other well. Teams there were the American Avengers 7U-CP, the Houston Angels, 7U-CP and the Fairfield Express 6U. Once again, good luck to all of the teams.

Send Off Party Update

UPDATE - Due to the ongoing rain, the Crawdads moved the event to Husky's. They had dinner and passed out the goody bags. Looks like a good time was had by all. Check out the pic of Coach Roy on the kiddie ride.

Car Decorating & Send Off Party

The Crawdads will meet at Keith Elementary parking lot in Fairfield at 7pm on Friday, July 6th. The boys and their families will be decorating cars and have a World Series send off party.
Thanks to all of the moms who put together nice goody bags for the boys.

Crawdads take 3rd in State South Zone

This past weekend, June 22-24th, the Houston Crawdads placed 3rd in the 7U-AA South Zone State Tournament. The Crawdads were in the field of 26 teams in the tourney in Laporte, TX vying for the State Championship.

After going 2-0 in pool play on Friday, and winning the next two games to get to the semi finals, the Crawdads faced off against the Houston Cougars with the winner going to the finals. The Crawdads could not hold on to an early 6-1 lead and the Cougars went on to win the game. The Cougars then defeated the Pearland Outlaws to take home the Championship. Congrats to the Cougars for their accomplishment! Way to go Crawdads for fighting hard and taking 3rd out of 26 teams.

Results of the South Zone State Tournament

Welcome

Hello and thanks for visiting the blog of the Houston Crawdads. This blog was created with the intent to update game scores, etc during the upcoming World Series. The Crawdads will be playing in the 7U-AA World Series July 8th - 15th in Sulphur, La.

Please visit the official team website at www.houstoncrawdads.com for more information concerning the team.