En Fuego wins the 2007 Riverside League

RIVERSIDE, IL - En Fuego beat Deuce 21-11 and Hot Mops 15-3 to win the 2007 Riverside 12 Inch League Tournament. En Fuego won there last 6 games on the year including the playoffs after losing 5 out of their 6 previous. The Hops Mops finished 2nd by beating R2D2 in the 1st round 15-9 only to lose to En Fuego in the championship game. Deuce and R2D2 tied for 3rd.

En Fuego did not leave anything on the field as they batted .588 as a team with 8 HRs in 4 games. Dan Cashin, Kevin Sherman and Josh Franks all had 2 HRs each. Cashin scores 7 times on the day with both Kevin Sherman and Ryan Sherman each scoring 5 times. Kevin Sherman drove in the most runners with 7 RBIs followed by Franks, Pete Wengerski and Ryan Sherman all with 6.

For the year, Josh Mendoza from the Hot Mops finished 1st in batting average hitting .730 on the year. Kevin Sherman was 2nd at .650 and Mike Chillo and Torre Palandri both from R2D2 finished 3rd and 4th at .623 and .615 respectively. Chillo finished 1st in HRs with 11 followed by Kevin Sherman with 8 and Ryan Sherman with 6. Kevin Sherman finished 1st in RBIs with 37 followed by Chillo at 30 and Ryan Sherman at 29.

New single season records for HRs, RBIs and Hits were set in 2007. Here is a breakdown of the single season records over the last 3 years:

Batting Average

1. Matt Rose (R2D2, 2005) - .732

2. Josh Mendoza (Hot Mops, 2007) - .730

3. George Lebeau (Marlins, 2006) - .680

Home Runs

1. Mike Chillo (R2D2, 2007) - 11

t2. Matt Rose (R2D2, 2005) - 8

t2. Mike Chillo (R2D2, 2007) - 8

t2. Kevin Sherman (En Fuego, 2007) - 8

RBIs

1. Kevin Sherman (En Fuego, 2007) - 37

2. Cary Hendrix (R2D2, 2005) - 33

3. Andy Prochaska (Deuce, 2005) - 32

Runs Scores

1. Darren Palandri (R2D2, 2005) - 34

2. Dan Cashin (En Fuego, 2007) - 31

t3. Scott Sellars (Deuce, 2005) - 29

t3. Ryan Sherman (En Fuego, 2007) - 29

Hits

1. Kevin Sherman (En Fuego, 2007) - 39

2. Andy Prochaska (Deuce, 2005) - 38

3. Anthony Zogas (R2D2, 2005) - 37

MVP Points

1. Kevin Sherman (En Fuego, 2007) - 141.77

2. Andy Prochaska (Deuce, 2005) - 134.81

3. Mike Chillo (R2D2, 2007) - 128.55

News and Notes:

-The only 2 players to be in the top 10 every year of the MVP race are Anthony Zogas and Mike Chillo. The follownig players have been in the top 10 of the MVP race 2 out of the last 3 years: Andy Prochaska, Darren Palandri, Ron Vojik, Ryan Sherman, Torre Palandri, Kevin Sherman, Dan Cashin.