ISF's Day 3 - Game 21 - Canada vs Australia

July 19, 2009

Game 21

3:30pm

Canada at Australia

Sean Whitten will start for Canada and Adam Folkard for Australia

Whitten, did not see that coming!

There is a major sized crowd here for this one!

3:20pm and the two teams are warming up - the diamond is lined - ready to go - where is the blue crew?

UMPIRES FOR TODAY

the Dreaded Illegal Pitch (DIP) rule is in effect today

T1 3:26pm - Kernaghan is coaching 3b side today
77, Ryan Wolfe, goes down swinging
51, Keith MacKintosh, goes down swinging
22, 3b, Jody Eidt, DIP, first one of the game; goes down swinging
3:34PM

Good sized crowd and they are really into this one.

B1
Crawford is catching Whitten
53, Winters, grounds to 2b, out
17, Mike Harrow,  walks
23, Andrew Kirkpatrick, goes down swinging.
22, David Metekingi, out at 1b
3:44pm
0-0 score

T2
20, dp, Colin Abbott, blooper to lf and those old legs are on 2b!  - he was moving!
14, Ian Fehrman, going for the bunt, again, grounds to pitcher, out at 1b
9, Mayson, DIP, Abbott on 3b, two big swings by Mayson so far; called third strike looked tight inside.
19, Jeff Ellsworth, big swings, all missed, he is out leaving Abbott on 3b
no runs, one hit, 1 lob
3:55pm

B2
Shailes singled, probably an error, Fehrman bobbled the ball at ss
27 Goolagong, out at 1b
2, Davison, out
16, Terry Downes, goes down swinging and Whitten looks like the cat that swallowed the canary, what was that all about!  .. he was staring down Downes!
4:03pm

T3
Crawford rips one to the wall and the cf falls over backwards in a failed attempt to catch it and Craw is on 2b
Giesbrecht, pops out
77, Wolfe, walks
51, MacKintosh, rips one down the left side and scores two due to some ball kicking in lf, and Tosh is on 2b
22, Jody Eidt, with one out and runner on 2b, pop high to ss, out, two down
20, the young speedster from St John's, Colin Abbott, grounds to second, inning over
2-0 lead for Canada
4:13pm
2 runs on one hit, two errors, one lob


good sized crowd is into this game

Australia has a large group here and they are not sitting quietly

strong gusts of wind blowing but the sun is shining

B3
14, Nathan Jones, walks - the no 9 batter is walked
53, Winters, - and Mark Smith is out for a visit - down the line, Todd Martin starts to warm  up; Winters, goes down swinging
17, Harrow hits a blooper but the runner looks like he bumped Tosh and we have a big meeting at 2b. - arguement lost, the runners are on 1 and 2
23, Kirkpatrick, effective bunt bounces up and over Whitten and we have three men on base
22, Metekingi, with bases loaded and Martin watching from bull pen, WALKED, in comes a run, here comes Martin back from the bull pen, we will have a pitching change
both teams are swinging for the trees today, really going for the long ball
7,  Shailles doubles and drives in two, he is sitting on 2b
27, Goolagong, with runners on 2 and 3, walked
2, Josh Davison, WALKS, and another run comes in - Holoien is warming up in the bull pen
16, Terry Downes, goes down swinging
1, Nathan Jones, - will have a batter change, manager Bob Harrow is giving the name to the blue
4, Cockman, replaces Jones; 4 Aaron Cockman, passed ball and the runner coms home head first, another run! - Cockman, strikes out swinging
 a very long inning
4:37pm
5 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 4 walks, 2 lob
5-2 for Australia leading Canada

T4
14, Fehrman, out at 1b
9, Mayson, that pleased the crowd, one in the beer tent, its a 5-3 game
19, Jeff Ellsworth, and almost, but caught at the fence in cf, that's two out, hang on, no, its  a DIP, so Ellsworth is still at bat, grounds to 1b, and out.
8, Craig Crawford, goes down swinging
4:45pm
one run
5-3 for Australia leading Canada

B4
Winters, singles
Harrow, singles, Winters hit by ground ball
Kirkpatrick, out
Metekingi, out

T5
Giesbrecht, called 3rd strike
77, Ryan Wolfe, towering shot right to the fence and a nice catch, he is out
51, Keith MacKintosh, hight to lf and almost had a 3 way crash but its caught to end the inning
4:55pm

B5
Sean O'Brien in to catch for Canada
7, Nick Shailes, triple, off the wall in front of the beer tent in rf
27, Goolagong, hit by pitch, walk to 1b
2, Davison, called third strike
16, Downes, blooper to 2b, out at 1b
5:02pm
5-3 for Australia

T6
22, Jody Eidt, pops up to 1b, nice catch falling over backwards, but he got it
20, Colin Abbott, out at 1b
14, Ian Fehrman, with two out, double off the wall in cf
9, Mayson, walks
19, Ellsworth,  TRIPLES to deep lf, and scores two, we have a tie game with a man on 3b
 we have a pitching change, Folkard is out, Humble is in to pitch
12, Sean O'Brien, out at 1b
5:20pm
5 - 5 ball game

B6
53, Winters,  bloops one past Martin into cf for a single
17, Mike Harrow, sac bunt to move the runner
23, Kirkpatrick, grounds it past Martin but out at 1b
22, Metekingi, out at 1b
5:26pm
5-5

T7
42, Rob Giesbrecht, pops out to 1b
77, Ryan Wolfe, goes down swinging
51, MackIntosh, pounds it to the fence but the rf got it, out
5-5
5:3pm

B7
Shailes, out at 1b
Goolagong, out at 1b
Davison, out
1-2-3
5-5
5:36pm

T8
Jody Eidt, with the runner on 2nd, Schellenberg, Eidt thinking bunt, called 3rd strike, Jody was expecting a walk
20, Colin Abbott, sac fly to deep rf, out, runner to 3b
14, Ian Fehrman, drills it between 1 and 2 to score Shellenberg, and he is safe on 1b
9, Mayson, walks, now runners on 1 and 2
19, Jeff Ellsworth, and we will have apitching change - Kirkpatrick
Ellssworth pulled one into the Team Canada dugout, a snow cone in rf, just barely caught it and the inning is over
5:48pm
one run, one hit, no errors, 2 lob
6-5 for Canada

B8
Josh Davison on 2b
Terry Downes sac, Davison on 3b

14, Nathan Jones, wild pitch, we have a tie game and only one out
Jones out at 1b, two out
Nick Shailles, out
we keep on playing
5:52pm
1 run, no hits, no errors
6-6


T9
Jeff Ellsworth is on 2b
12, Sean O'Brien, grounds out, 1b
33, Mulalley, enters the game, walks - runners on 1 and 3, 1 out
77, Ryan Wolfe, - and Giesbrecht re enters to run for Mulalley, passed ball and scores Ellsworth, Giesbrecht on 2b; Wolfe, singles, bad throw to 1b and scores Giesbrecht
6, Schellenberg, singles and the ss drops the ball. runners on 1 and 2
22, Jody Eidt, grounds, out at 1b, takes a fall, limps off
20, Colin Abbott, singles
14, Fehrman, walks, runner comes in. bases still loaded
9, Mayson, grounds out to 1b
6:10pm
3 runs on no hits, 3 errors, 3 lob
9-6 lead for Canada


B9

Dean Holoien in to pitch for Canada
Winters is on 2b
Mike Harrow, fly to cf out, runner holds
Andrew Kirkpatrick, pops out to ss
Metekingi, shoots it to ss, jubbles it, nails the last out at 1b
6:15pm


Canada wins 9-6