Eastern Shore Force 9U Baseball

ESTB is excited to offer a Baseball Training Clinic designed to help young players get confident, prepared and game-ready for Spring Baseball! A fun-filled clinic with great coaches, weekly prizes and an end of the year pizza party! See the flyer below for additional information and reach out if you have any questions! We are counting down the days to seeing you all again in the Spring!

ESTB Columbus Day Blowout (10/11):

Force 9U played in a consolidated 1 day tournament to avoid the coming rain last weekend. The day started with an early 8am game against the Aces 9U Beach team, ending in a 23-5 win to start us off. Game 2 had Force 9U playing against the South Jersey Young Guns 9U team. A solid 8 run first inning got us going and we kept our foot on the gas, winning with a final score of 13-8, securing the #1 seed heading into afternoon bracket play.

With The Young Guns securing a win in round 1, we would meet once again in the championship game. A solid showing from both sides pitching led to a full 6 inning game. Both sides struck out 6, Force finished with 8 hits and South Jersey with 9. Ultimately, Force 9U would have a 3 run 3rd inning that would push us over the top, securing another championship with a 6-3 victory!

Our next tournament will be the 10th Annual Halloween Havoc Bash this coming weekend (10/25 - 10/26).

ESTB Fall Opener (9/27 - 9/28):

Welcome back everyone! The fall season began for the boys at Snow Hill Little League opening Saturday with a dominant performance winning both pool play games, with a total score of 32-4, securing the #1 seed heading into championship games on Sunday.

Championship Sunday was Eastern Shore Force 9U vs East Coast Titans 9U Gold to see who would take home 1st place. Beau M. pitched 2.2 innings for Force securing 6 Ks while only allowing 2 hits. Keegan T. finished the last 1.1 innings with 3 Ks and only 1 hit. Offensively, the boys had 8 hits with 11 RBIs and 16 total runs scored. It was a tight game through 3 innings with a score of 5-5 going into the bottom of the third. An 11 run inning in the bottom of the 3rd broke the game wide open for Force leading to a scoreless 4th inning for the Titans, sealing the Force win 16-5.

Spring 2025 Season Recap:

What an incredible season for these boys. Eastern Shore Force 8U finished with a record of 34-8 (including one 2024 fall tournament)!!! We played in 9 spring tournaments, 3 of which were 9U tournaments, making it to all 9 championship games. Four of those Championship games ended in a 1st Place finish (1 9U) and the other five ended in a 2nd Place finish (2 9U).

The boys finished with a batting average of .418 for the season, securing 362 H, 358 RBIs, and 402 Total Runs Scored vs 174 Runs allowed. A +228 Run Differential!!! The pitching rotation was phenomenal as well. Team ERA was 2.793 with a .243 Batting Average Against the rotation all while striking out a total of 255 batters compared to 115 walks.

We were led by our incredible coaches this season:
Head Coach Drew Turner
Assistant Coach Butch McLamb
Assistant Coach Keith White
Assistant Coach Mike Cannon
Assistant Coach Steve Singleton

We also want to give a huge shoutout to all the instructors that took their time to come help us train in hitting, fielding, pitching and catching. Thank you to our SU Baseball players for helping during games and practices at the beginning of the season. And thank you to our sponsors for this season: Burley Beards, Salisbury Door and Hardware, The Wilkins Family and Cannon Enterprises.

Finally, we need to say thank you to our parents and fans for everything they do. From making sure the boys get to practice to making sure they are fed between games and everything in between. Without your support and hard work none of this is possible. We hear you cheering on the field and know you are there to support us off the field. Here's to a great season and we look forward to seeing everyone next year as the team shifts around and moves on to become Eastern Shore Force 9U!

FORCE tryout’s continue this Wednesday July 16th for ages 7-12.
Location: Berlin Little League, field A.
Preregister: https://forms.gle/D2L1dZhViW1BvjfM6

🚨 Eastern Shore FORCE Baseball Tryouts – 2025-2026 Season! 🚨
Eastern Shore FORCE Baseball is excited to announce our tryouts for the upcoming 2025-2026 season!
🏆 Whether you're returning or new to the program, we welcome all players ready to bring the FORCE!
🗓️ Players are welcome to attend more than one tryout date if they choose.
✅ Please preregister using the link below to help our staff prepare and ensure a smooth check-in process:
👉 Tryout Preregistration Form https://forms.gle/D2L1dZhViW1BvjfM6
We can't wait to see you on the field!

ESTB 10th Annual Firecracker Spectatular Blowout (7/11 - 7/13):

The boys took on the 9U bracket once again this weekend at Henry Parker Field. Friday began with an afternoon game against Mid Shore Mavericks, starting slow with a 10-0 loss. We bounced back against Aces 302 securing a win 12-2 leaving us 1-1 for the first day of pool play.

Day two started early against the Kent Island Bucs, ending in our second win with a score of 15-3. DMV Destroyers were the final game of pool play for Force. We played tough and came out with our third win of the weekend, 16-3, securing the #2 seed going into championship Sunday.

Sunday’s semi-final game against Aces 302 started a little slow in the first inning but we jumped out to a 6-1 lead after the second inning. We held strong till the 5th inning closing the game out 10-2 and securing yet another spot in a tournament championship.

We would face Mid-Shore Mavericks again in the Championship game to finish off the season. It was a pitchers duel with both teams fighting off runs but Force took the lead in the second inning and held it till the end of the 5th. In the bottom of the 6th, Mid-Shore got two hits putting the game in a 6-6 tie. With two outs and an 0-1 count The Mavericks would get a single to end the game unfortunately.

Although not gow we wanted to end the season westill finished with a championship game appearance and some hardware for the boys to take home. With this tournament under our belt we improve to 34-8 for the entire fall and spring season, securing four 1st place finishes and five 2nd place finishes over 9 tournaments. We appreciate all our fans, parents and supporters for a great season!

ESTB Schools Out Bash (6/7/25 - 6/8/25):

Force 8U boys started off the tournament at West Salisbury Little League defeating Aces 8U Coastal 16-0 then followed that up with another win later in the afternoon against Aces 8U North 8-0. These two shutout wins put us in the #1 Seed going into Sunday bracket play.

Sunday started off with a dominating 17-5 win over the #4 Seed Aces 8U North, securing our 8th championship appearance in 8 tournaments this spring season. We would go on to face Stars Baseball Bowley 8U out of Manassas, Virginia. We fought hard for 6 full innings but ended with an 11-1 second place finish.

We have 4 Championships and 4 Second place finishes in the 8 tournaments this year. We will return in a couple of weeks at the ESTB 10th Annual Firecracker Spectacular Blowout Tournament July 11th to the 13th.

Tryouts start today!

Come out to Snow Hill Little League and show what you have.

John Walter Smith Park
6030 Public Landing Road
Snow Hill MD, 21863

It’s going to a hot today please make sure your player has water or sports drink to stay hydrated.