About the Cranberry Juice

We have been in the league since 2011 and are the northernmost team in the league. All nine ouf our seasons have been in AA as we still are in search of our first championship.

 

2011: 8-15-1

Inagural season with our home field at North Park's Pie Traynor Field. We had a 5-4 first round loss to the Militia

 

2012: 7-16-1

Our worst season in team history. It was also our first year playing at Veteran's Field in Cranberry. We did not qualify for the playoffs, this was the last time that playoffs were not league wide.

 

2013: 9-15

We put a scare into the top-seeded Bulldogs losing 2-1 in the playoffs.

 

2014: 9-14

Probably our biggest moment in league history, we took down the defending champion and #2 seed Jefferson Hills 4-1 in the opening round of the playoffs. I still reference this game as the "Miracle on Dirt"

 

2015: 9-13

Another nine-win season for us. We took down the Oilers in round one of the playoffs, but lost our next two games.

 

2016: 9-13-2

I don't remember having two ties in a season, but apparently we did. We beat Carrick in the first round of the playoffs 4-0.

 

2017: 9-15

The fifth consecutive nine-win season. We beat the Sorcerers in a great back and forth game. Then we lost a heartbreaker to the eventual champion Bandidos on a walkoff groundout where the winning run scored from second base.

 

2018: 8-15

Fell one win short of keeping a crazy streak going.

 

2019: 18-4

The best season in team history. At one point we won 11 straight games, going 9-0 in June. A lot of records were set. Most wins, longest win streak, highest finish. But the season was cut short. A second round loss to the eventual champion Devils and then a loser's bracket loss to the Grizzlies. Both by the score of 5-3.

 

2020: 11-9

The regular season finish was wild as we dropped a few games but got help from others to get the 2 seed. We blew a 7th inning 4-1 lead with a trip to the championship on the line and lost 8-4.

 

2021: 11-11-1

2021 might have been the most frusterating season in team history. After a 10-2-1 start we finished the season 11-11-1 losing 9 of 10 games. We went on a run in the playoffs from the 7-seed to make the semifinals, but lost to D2 in game 3 of a best of 3 series.

 

2022: 14-10

A revamped roster got off to a hot start going 10-1 to start the year. Arm issues among other things led to a 4-9 finish and the 3-seed. Won our first playoff game but got shut down by the Jays heading to the losers bracket and taking a 5-2 loss to D2. 

 

2023: 10-13-1

A tumultuous offseason that almost led to the team folding turned into the best playoff finish in team history. Making a run to the championship before losing to the top seeded Bandidos.

 

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