A Moment Of Silence Was Observed Before Game #1 Of The Molson Coors St. John's Senior Men's Fastpitch League Best-of-7 Final As It Was Learned Earlier In The Day That Umpire Gerald Cox Passed Away.
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On Behalf Of The Molson Coors St. John's Senior & Intermediate Men's Fastpitch Leagues We Offer Our Condolences To Gerald's Family And Friends.
Playoff Results: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Best-of-7 Final
Game #1: Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs 4 vs. 3 Cheers Pub Miller Lite 3 (9-Innings)
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Sean Cleary Went The Distance And Blair Ezekiel Delivered In The Top of the 9th Inning
Sean Cleary Tossed The Win (9IP, 3R, 5H, 2BB, 17K) And Went 2-3, 3R, Solo Home Run, 2BB, 1RBI
Blair Ezekiel 2-3, 2BB, 1RBI (RBI Single In Top of the 9th Inning)
Jon Kelly 2-5, 1RBI
Jordan Pomeroy 1-2, 1BB (Intentional), 1RBI
Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs Edged 3 Cheers Pub Miller Lite 4-3 In 9-Innings
Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs Leads Best-of-7 Final 1-0
Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs Pitching Stats:
WP: Sean Cleary 9IP, 3R, 5H, 2BB, 17K
Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs Top Batters:
Sean Cleary 2-3, 3R, Solo Home Run, 2BB, 1RBI
Blair Ezekiel 2-3, 2BB, 1RBI
Jon Kelly 2-5, 1RBI
Jordan Pomeroy 1-2, 1BB (Intentional), 1RBI
Brent Hatfield 1-2, 1BB
Stephen Strapp 1-4, 1BB
Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs RUNS:
1R 1st: With 1-Out: Sean Cleary hit a Solo Home Run to left-field to give the Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs an early 1-0 lead.
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1R 5th: Trailing 2-1 Headed To The Top of the 5th Inning: Sean Cleary led-off the inning with a walk, Blair Ezekiel walked and Jon Kelly singled to centerfield to score Cleary to tie the game at 2-2.
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1R 8th: With The Game Tied 2-2 Headed To The Top of the 8th Inning: Patrick O'Leary was placed on second base to start the inning (ISF Tie-Breaker), With 1-Out: Brent Hatfield reached on an infield hit and O'Leary advanced to third base on the play and Jordan Pomeroy singled to left-field to score O'Leary to give the Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs a 3-2 lead.
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1R 9th: With The Game Tied 3-3 Headed To The Top of the 9th Inning: Sean Cleary was placed on second base to start the inning (ISF Tie-Breaker) and Blair Ezekiel singled to right-field to score Cleary to give the Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs a 4-3 lead.
3 Cheers Pub Miller Lite Pitching Stats:
Jason Hill (Starter) 4IP, 2R, 5H, 7BB, 6K
LP: Colin Walsh (In Relief) 5IP, 2R, 6H, 1BB, 7K
3 Cheers Pub Miller Lite Top Batters:
Kyle Ezekiel 2-3, 1SAC, 1RBI
Colin Walsh 2-4, 2R, Double, Solo Home Run, 1RBI
Doug Marshall 1-3, 1BB (Intentional)
3 Cheers Pub Miller Lite RUNS:
1R 1st: Trailing 1-0 Headed To The Bottom of the 1st Inning: Colin Walsh doubled to left-field, Walsh advanced to third base on a Jason Hill 4-3 groundout and With 1-Out: Kyle Ezekiel hit a SAC Fly to left-field to score Walsh to tie the game at 1-1.
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1R 3rd: With The Game Tied 1-1 Headed To The Bottom of the 3rd Inning: Colin Walsh led-off the inning with a Solo Home Run to centerfield to give 3 Cheers Pub Miller Lite a 2-1 lead.
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1R 8th: Trailing 3-2 Headed To The Bottom of the 8th Inning: Liam Shea was placed on second base to start the inning (ISF Tie-Breaker), Shea advanced to third base on a Steven Pittman SAC; Pittman out 5-4 on the play and With 2-Out: Shea scored on a wild pitch to tie the game 3-3.
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0R 9th: Trailing 4-3 Headed To The Bottom of the 9th Inning: Jason Hill was placed on second base to start the inning (ISF Tie-Breaker), Kyle Ezekiel reached on an infield hit and Hill advanced to third base on the play and an error allowed Kyle Ezekiel to advance to second base on the play, Doug Marshall was walked intentionally to load the bases, but Cleary was able to escape the threat with a pair of strikeouts and a 1-3 groundout to end the game.
Next Senior League Playoff Action
Best-of-7 Final
Game #2: 7:00pm Thursday, September 23, 2021
3 Cheers Pub Miller Lite vs. Kelly's Pub Molson Bulldogs
KPMB Leads Series 1-0
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Cheers,
Gerald