Thomson Merchants in Walcott Memorial Day Tournament & Quad Cities League
May 30, 2007
Walcott, IA
Thomon, Illinois
Thomson Merchants in Walcott Memorial Day Tournament & Quad Cities League
The Thomson Merchants welcomed back 2 more players for the recently completed Wallcott Memorial Day Tournament. New Zealand pitcher and catcher combination Steven Manson and Casey Eden were part of the playing roster for the first time this season and the team enjoyed instant success in the first game of the tournament versus fellow ISC bound team, the Midwest Stampede. The Merchants could not back up this success over the weekend and lost the next three games vs Dolan and Murphy, New Image and eventual tournament winners Albaugh. Defensive errors proving to be the teams downfall in all three losses. Offensively the Merchants proved very capable of scoring runs against a variety of high calibre pitching and now look to put both sides of the game together at the upcoming Graffmeier tournament. All schedule for team information for the Thomson Merchants can be found at www.thomsonfastpitch.com
Game 1
Thomson Area Merchants vs Midwest Stampede
TM 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 1
MS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2
WP Rory Miller ( 6k, 3bb, 3h)
LP Kim Hansen ( 7k, 1bb, 8h)
Thomson;
Mike House - 3 for 3, 1rbi
Scott Glazier - 1 for 4, 3rbi
Aaron Vail - 1 for 4, 1 rbi
Game 2
Thomson Area Merchants vs Dolan & Murphy
TM 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 3
MS 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 8 14 1
WP Jonas Mach; 5 innings ( 11k, 3bb, 4h )
LP Steve Manson ( 7k, 1bb, 14h)
Thomson;
Scott Glazier - 1 for 3, 2rbi
Steve Manson - 2 for 4, 1rbi
Rory Miller - 1 for 3, 2 rbi
Bruce Bielema - 2 for 4
Game 3 ( 5 innings game due to rain delays )
Thomson Area Merchants vs New Image
NI 1 0 1 3 0 5 11 0
TM 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 2
WP Brian Lathrop ( 5k, 1bb, 5h )
LP Steve Manson ( 6k, 1bb, 11h)
Thomson;
Steve Manson - 1 for 3, 2rbi
Rory Miller - 1 for 2, 1 rbi - HR
Game 4 ( 5 innings game due to rain delays )
Thomson Area Merchants vs Albaugh
AL 6 1 0 5 0 12 12 1
TM 0 1 4 0 0 5 6 4
WP Darren Dubsky ( 11k, 0bb, 6h)
LP Rory Miller ( 3k, 4bb, 12h)
Thomson;
Casey Eden - 1 for 3, 2 rbi
Rory Miller - 2 for 3, 3 rbi - HR
The Merchants also played a double header vs Bi State Furniture for Dixon, Iowa in Quad City League Play on Tuesday night. Both games were won by mercy rule after 3 innings. Highlights included towering homeruns to Marquise Cody, Steve Manson and Casey Eden. There was also an impressive defensive display by former Minor league baseball star Cody in centre field, in his first fastpitch games for the season.
The Merchants now look forward to assembling there full squad for the first time in 2007 vs the Farm on Friday night.
Scott Glazier
