June2007
Circle Tap at Elkhart, IA
June 12, 2007
Elkhart, IA
June 9-10
Elkhart, IA
The Circle Tap Fastpitch team traveled to Elkhart, IA over the weekend for
the Albaugh Inc Liberty Bank Tournament and came away with a 3-2 mark
(13-6 overall). There were some ups and downs throughout the weekend.
Our offense showed some signs of life again at times which was great to
see. The weather was in the upper 80's and the sun shined down all
weekend. Missing Darren Derricks, Tim Jorgensen, Kyle VanAbel, and Paul
Algar. A big thanks to Conrad Bain of The Bar team for coming along and
playing a little infield for us to help out.
Game 1
11:45 Saturday
#8Circle Tap 6 Des Moines Stampede 2
DM 2 3 3
CT 6 8 1
The Tappers started off the weekend against a local team with a young
pitcher from Denmark that kept his team in ball games all weekend long.
CT got on the board in the 2nd as Bryan Hansen drew a walk, Jamie Knudson
singled and Conrad Bain reached base on an error driving in a run. It
would remain 1-0 until the 5th when Steve Schucker led off with a double
and scored on a Kyle Magnusson double and then Chris DeLarwelle hit a two
run shot(4) to make it 4-0. The Stampede would make it a 4-2 game in the
top of the 6th as John Einertson singled and then Chris Bohlman hit a two
run shot. CT answered right back with a pair as Matt Bramwell reached on
an error with two out and Steve Schucker followed with a two run blast(2).
Schucker 2x3 2B,HR Magnusson 2x2 2-2B, Ferguson 1x1 3B, DeLarwelle 1x3 HR
WP:Collin McKenzie(6-4) 16K 3BB
LP:Kim Hansen 6K 2BB
Game 2 5PMSaturday
#8Circle Tap 0 #19Quad City Sox 7 6innings
CT 0 1 0
QC 7 8 1
This one was ugly for the Tappers. The Sox came out whacking and never
looked back. They had our boy picked from the first pitch and we couldn't
get to the veteran Terry Luster. In the first, with one out Bill Kranz
singled, Keith Peterson walked, Nick Needham and Daryn Miller followed
with base hits driving in 3 runs. In the 3rd kranz led off with a triple
followed by an RBI single by Peterson and a two run shot by Needham. It
remained that way until a Tommy Botkins solo shot in the 6th ended it.
WP:Terry Luster 5K 1BB
LP:Matt Bramwell(3-1) 10K 1BB
Game 3 Scheduled 8:30 start, got going around 10:30ish, ended at 1AM
#8Circle Tap 9 #16 Pueblo, CO Bandits 3
CT 9 16 1
PB 3 6 1
This one started off a little shakey for the Tappers as well as we found
ourselves in another 3-0 hole in the first after Mike Kelley led off with
a double followed by a Cliff Wisdom double and a Shawn Vanduvall triple,
but that is all the Bandits would muster the rest of the way. CT made it
a 3-1 game in the 2nd as Tom Crouch drew a lead off walk moved over on a
passed ball and scored on a Kevin Reichardt base hit. The CT bats finally
came unglued in the third as we sent 9 batters to the plate and scored 4
runs and still left two men on. Steve Schucker led off with a base hit
followed by a Kyle Magnusson base hit. Schucker would score on a wild
pitch to make it 3-2. Chris DeLarwelle and Frankie Perez each picked up
base hits. With one out Matt Bramwell and Reichardt each singled. With
CT leading 5-3, Pueblo made a pitching change and brought in Bill
Hillhouse. The game remained 5-3 until the 6th when Jamie Knudson led off
with a base hit and with one out Steve Schucker picked up an RBI double,
Kyle Magnusson walked and Chris DeLarwelle picked up a 2RBI single making
it 8-3. In the 7th Reichardt led off with a double moved to 3rd on a
passed ball and scored on a Chad Ferguson base hit.
Schucker 4x5 2B, DeLarwelle 3x4, Reichardt 3x4 2B
WP:Collin McKenzie(7-4) 14K 0BB
LP:Regan Manley 3IP 5R 8H 4K 1BB
Bill Hillhouse 4IP 4R 8H 9K 1BB
With a 2-1 record in our pool we earned the 2seed (vs 3seed other pool)
11AM Sunday Quarter-Final
#8Circle Tap 6 #12Albaugh Inc(Elkhart, IA) 2
CT 6 10 2
AI 2 8 1
We've seen this Albaugh team quite a few times over the years and they are
loaded with offensive talent. Matty Bramwell redeemed himself and threw a
great game in this one and stranded 5 Albauugh runners in scoring
position, 7 total, getting the big outs when he needed them. The Tappers
left 9 runners on of their own, including the bases juiced in both the 3rd
and 7th innings. CT grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first as Steve
Schucker reached base on an error and then Kyle Magnusson cashed them both
in on a two run shot(2). With two out Tommy Crouch hit a solo blast(2).
In the bottom half of the 4th Albaugh made it a 3-1 game as Matt Palozzo
picked up a two out double and scored on a Matt Darling base hit. In the
top of the 6th CT took a 5-1 advantage as Bryan Hansen picked up a two out
base hit followed by a Chad Ferguson base hit and Steve Schucker cashed
them in on a two run triple. Albaugh came back with a run on a Matt
Palazzo solo shot to make it 5-2. The Tappers then struck again in the
top of the 7th as Chris DeLarwelle led off with a base hit and would later
score on a Kevin Reichardt base hit.
Magnusson 2x4 HR, Crouch 1x3 HR, Reichardt 3x4
WP:Matt Bramwell(4-1) 9K 0BB
LP:Karl Gollan 10K 1BB 2HP
1PM Sunday Semi-Final
#8Circle Tap 3 #10MinnDak Millers(Moorhead, MN) 4
MM 4 5 2
CT 3 5 0
This was another epic battle between these two clubs. We saw each other a
ton of times last year, this was the first meeting of the 07 season.
MinnDak has a very strong lineup again this year with some incredible team
speed. We did our job keeping the speedy guys off the pads but they got
us using power in this one. With two out in the 1st Chad Boom and Roman
Foore picked up base hits and then a walk to Tony Kunka. Jason Wandler
stepped to the plate and found a gap scoring a couple of runs and another
one the way home but a perfect 9-4-1 relay caught Kunka at the plate. CT
answered right back in the bottom half as Steve Schucker led off with a
solo blast(3). With two out Frankie Perez walked, Tom Crouch singled,
Kevin Reichardt walked, Perez scored on a wild pitch to even the score
2-2. It remained that way until the bottom of the 4th when Bryan Hansen
picked up a one out base hit, stole 2nd, moved to 3rd on a wild pitch and
scored as Chad Ferguson reached on an error. After a rough start C-Mac
retired 15 of the next 16 batters until the 7th. Tony Kunka drew a lead
off walk and then Jason Wandler knocked a two run shot to take a 4-3 win.
WP:Travis Price 5K 4BB
LP:Collin McKenzie(7-5) 4K 2BB
The Circle Tap team returns to action this Friday night in the 1st ever
TownLine Shootout in Green Bay, WI with games at 6 vs The Bar, 9:30 vs The
Farm and then a 1PM match with the Bahamas.
Zakk
CT Fastpitch
zakkflash@greenbaynet.com
www.circletap.minnesotafastpitch.com
