June2007
JRW Wins Booster Cup in Portland
June 13, 2007
Portland, OR
For Immediate Posting
jrwilliamson (at) foodfacility.com
Monday June 11, 2007
JRW & Associates take Championship at Booster Cup
Portland, Oregon - Dave Drotzmann, on loan from A-1 Taylor, struck out 10,
walked two and allowed one hit in a 9-1 Championship game victory for JRW &
Associates of Yakima, WA over the Booster Cup All-Stars.
Most Valuable player 2B Don Cawthron was 3-4 with 4 runs scored and 4 RBI's
in the victory. Catcher Troy Grow chipped in with a 2-3, 2 runs scored and
an RBI.
Saturday afternoon's round robin play was rained out and the Booster Cup
resumed Sun at 8:00 AM with a revised schedule.
JRW was down 3-0 to Brotherton Pipe of Grants Pass, OR on Saturday with two
more runners in scoring position when the game was suspended due to the rain
after JRW's Kurt Penner hit two batters and walked one with a slick ball.
The game resumed Sunday without starting over & JRW took a 11-1 shellacking
from Brotherton. Brotherton also won their next game to give them a berth in
the Championship game.
The rain shortened schedule advanced the Championship game by several hours
and Brotherton decided to forfeit their berth and begin the 5 hour drive
home. The tournament was tough on all teams as all the Sat morning games
were played in the rain until Saturday's play was suspended.
JRW & Associates advanced to the Championship game with a 16-4 victory over
Phoenix Drug of Portland and a 10-0 win over AA Riteway/ Robie Raines, a
second year club from Portland. Most Valuable Pitcher Wade Liberty of JRW
was the winning pitcher in these two wins. The big hitters in these two
games were 1B Kevin Norton at 3-4 with a Grand Slam, MVP Cawthron at 5-8, 7
RBI's and CF Tim Fischer at 3-3, 2 RBI's. 3B Tim Arndt and Drotzmann each
had a mop-up inning to close out the games.
Rather than having a forfeit Championship win, Tournament Director Bob Rider
asked if JRW would play an All-Star team from the remaining three teams in
the tournament. Rose City Merchants pitcher Jim Miles, Jr held JRW to 3 runs
until he ran out of gas in the later innings. After celebrating, the JRW &
Associates team began their 4 hour drive back to Yakima.
Kudo's to the Athletic Director for the Portland State Womens FP team. Their
groundskeeping on the Irv Lind Stadium allowed four hours of play in a
steady rain before the field succumbed. Sunday was sunny and the field was
in excellent shape.
JRW All-Stars were CF Tim Fischer, 3B Tim Arndt and 1B Kevin Norton.
JRW & Associates' next action is the Skagit Invite in Mount Vernon on June
16-17.
BROTHERTON PIPE 11, JRW & ASSOCIATES 1
JRW & Associates 000 01 - 1 4 1
Brotherton Pipe 520 4x - 11 9 3
Penner, Liberty (3) and Johnson; Richardson, Mapes (5) and Frantz.
Highlights: Tim Arndt 1-2, run.
JRW & ASSOCIATES 16, PHOENIX DRUG 4
JRW & Associates 012 3(10) - 16 12 1
Phoenix Drug 000 04 - 4 7 6
Liberty, Arndt (5) and Johnson; Labbe, Dixon (5) and Riesterer.
Highlights: Kevin Norton 3-4, HR (Grand Slam), 4 RBI; Aaron Fischer 3-5, 2
RBI; Don Cawthron 3-5, 3 RBI.
JRW & ASSOCIATES 10, AA RITEWAY 0
AA Riteway 000 00 - 0 3 3
JRW & Associates 00(10) 0x - 10 8 0
Kaufman, Freels (4) and Fogerty; Liberty, Drotzmann (4) and Johnson, Grow
(4).
Highlights: Don Cawthron 2-3, 4 RBI; Tim Fischer 3-3, 2 RBI.
CHAMPIONSHIP
JRW & ASSOCIATES 9, PHOENIX DRUG 1
Phoenix Drug 001 00 - 1 1 4
JRW & Associates 030 33 - 9 9 1
Miles and Riesterer; Drotzmann and Grow.
Highlights: Don Cawthron 3-4, 4 RBI; Troy Grow 2-3, RBI.
