(Game 5)

Sat, 16 Jun 2007

NZ. 10

CA. 0

New Zealand: 10

Canada: 0

New Zealand: 6.0.0.0.4.x.x.x.10.11.0

Canada: 0.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.0.0.1

New Zealand:

Jeremy Manley: 5 IP, 0R, 0H, 8K, 1BB

C: Pat Shannon

Manly threw a no hitter.

Canada:

Rob O'Brien: 0.2 IP, 6R, 6ER, 5H, 0K, 0BB
Rick Smith: 3.1 IP, 3R, 3ER, 5H, 3K, 3BB

Trevor Ethier: 1.0 IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 0K, 0BB

C: Rob O'Brien

Rhys Casley had 2 hits including a home run in the first inning

Donnie Hale had a two run home run, and a single

Thomas Makea had two hits.

Winning run was in the 1st inning, the first batter Makea singled and was doubled home by Nate Nukunuku

MVP of Game: Jeremy Manley, a no hitter.

Manley has been throwing strong all week.

 Al's Game Notes

Marc McFarlane is the umpire on the dish for this game.

Marc is from New Zealand and as is tradition, travels with the team.

The traditional playing of the two natational anthems ran into a bit of technical difficulty and in a moving scene the

Black Sox lined up and sang their anthem loud and proudly. This placed the pressure on Canada to do the same, and

the partisan crowd helped them out.

When the two team line ups were announced, two honorary team captains were also announced, both former Kitchener/Waterloo

Twins catchers. Al Taylor, a native of New Zealand who had come to the area to be a professional fire figher many years ago, did

duty as the Twins catcher for many years. Craig Crawford was announced as the honorary team captain for Canada. Craig also did

duty as the catcher on the Canadian National team for almost ten years.

T1

Rob O'Brien has the ball for Canada, brother Sean is catching.

Thomas Makea led the game off with a single.

Nathan Nukunuku followed up with a triple, scoring Makea and already the Black Sox are up 1-0

Travis Wilson pops one to the SS

Pat Shannon singles.

Jarrad Martin out but Nate scores

Donnie Hale singles

Brad Rona singles and adds a run

Rhys Casley hits a home run, 3 RBI

(Rick Smith comes in to pitch replacing O'Brien)

Stacy McLean pops one to the SS

Its 6-0 for New Zealand

B1

Jeremy Manley has the ball for New Zealand and Pat Shannon is catching.

Ryan Wolfe strikes out.

Jody Eidt drives one deep to CF but its caught

Derek Mason goes down swinging.

1-2-3

T2

Thomas Makea leads off again, called 3rd strike

Nathan Nukunuku called 3rd strike

Travis Wilson hits one towards the pitcher, dropped, safe on 1b

Pat Shannon drills a single past SS

Jarrad Martin walks

Donnie Hale drills a long one out to RF, caught.

B2

Colin Abbott walks

Rob Gray hits into a double play

Bryan Abrey goes down swinging

T3

Brad Rona walks

Rhys Casley called out

Stacy McLean SAC, Rona to 2b

Makea pops one to RF, out

B3

Keith MacKintosh grounds one to the SS, out

Kevin Schellenberg grounds out

Sean O'Brien goes down swinging.

T4

Nathan Nukunuku grounds out to 2b

Travis Wilson grounds out

Pat Shannon goes down swinging

B4

Ryan Wolfe goes down swinging

Jody Eidt pops one to deep LF, out

Derek Mason fans out

T5

Jarrad Martin walks

Donnie Hale home run, deep CF, 2 RBI

Brad Rona singled down the 3b line

Rhys Casley doubled, at least two Errors, and drove in a run

(Rick Smith out and Trevor Ethier in to pitch for Canada)

Gus Leger in to hit for Stacy Maclean, SAC, runner to 3b

Thomas Makea doubles and drives in a run, making it 10-0 ball game

Daniel Milne in to hit for Nate and grounds out to 3b

Jonathon Mundon in to hit for Travis Wilson goes down swinging to end the inning.

B5

Colin Abbott called 3rd strike

Rob Gray grounds out

Abrey goes down swinging to end the game.

Jeremy Manley threw a no hitter.

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:30:31 -0700

NZ. 5

CA. 1

New Zealand: 0.1.0.1.1.1.1.x.x.x.5.9.0

Canada: 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.1.7.0

New Zealand:

Jeremy Manley: 7 IP, 1R, 1ER, 7H, 10K, 1BB

C: Pat Shannon

Manley pitched both games back to back. He pitched a five inning no hitter in the early game

and a one run game in the final game. As Tim Maziarz said walking out of the park, "I think we could

have gotten to him (Manley) if we had played one more game". That was taken as a tribute to Manley who has thrown strong

all week in this test series.

Canada:

Todd Martin: 5 IP, 4R, 4ER, 6H, 6K, 3BB

Dean Holoien: 1.2 IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 1K, 0BB

Trevor Ethier: 0.1 IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0K, 0BB

C: Abrey

For NZ Donnie Hale had 3 hits including a home run.

Nathan Nukunuku had 3 hits including a home run.

For CA Ryan Wolfe had a lead off home run.

Steve Mullalley had two hits.

Jody Eidt had two hits.

MVP of Game: Donnie Hale

 Al's Game Notes:

Before the second game started Terry Baytor was honoured by Larry Lynch for all his work with the
national program.

Lynch also officially honoured his long time catcher and friend Craig Crawford.

Umpire crew for this final game (game 6 of 6):
Gary Kipper on the dish
Jay Hart on 2b
Marc McFarlane on 3b
Steve Pangelly on 1b

T1

Todd Martin is pitching for Canada and Bryan Abrey is catching.

Thomas Makea led off with a walk
Nathan Nukunuku bunt and safe on 1b
Travis Wilson SAC bunt moves the runners
Pat Shannon single blooper, safe but Makea tagged out at home plate
Jarrad Martin goes down swinging.

B1

Jeramy Manley is still pitching for New Zealand and as always, Pat Shannon is catching.

Ryan Wolfe thrown turns into a monster home run to deep CF and Canada is up 1-0
Jody Eidt goes down swinging
Mason out
Colin Abbott grounder to RF, out

Canada is ahead for first time today.

T2

Donnie Hale takes the first pitch from Martin deep and well over the CF fence and we have a 1-1 ball game.
Brad Rona grounds to SS and nice throw by Schellenberg to 1b for the out.
Rhys Casley goes down swinging.
Stacy Maclean, out

B2

Rob Gray grounds out
Abrey out
Keith MacKintosh called 3rd strike.

T3

Thomas Makea grounds to 3b, out
Nathan Nukunuku grounds out
Travis Wilson pops up to SS

B3

Steve Mullaley singles down LF side
Kevin Schellenbeg singles down the same side
Ryan Wolfe goes down swinging
Jody Eidt single on an E by 2b
Derek Mason goes down swinging
Bill Simmons in to pinch hit for Abbott with the bases loaded, grounds out

3 LOB

T4

Pat Shannon walks
Jarrad Martin strikes out
Donnie Hale hit CF fence for a double and drives in Shannon for the RBI and now its 2-1 for NZ
Brad Rona doubles but Hale is out at the plate in a close play with a lot of dust
Rhys Casley walks
Stacy McLean walks
Thomas Makea gounds out to 3b

B4

Jeff Ellsworth strikes out
Abrey is out
Keith MacKintosh grounds out to 3b

(Holoien has been warming up for past two innings)

T5

Nathan Nukunuku hits a home run shot over CF fence and now its 3-1 for Black Sox
Travis Wilson grounds out
Pat Shannon goes down swinging
Jarrad Martin grounds out to SS

B5

Steve Mullaley singles
Kevin Schellenberg pops one to 3b
Ryan Wolfe singles
Dale Levy PH for Eidt, walks
Derek Mason strikes out
Bill Simmons grounds to 3b, nice play by Brad Rona

T6

Donnie Hale singles
(Dean Holoien comes in to pitch for Canada replacing Martin)
Brad Rona out at 1b
Rhys Casley, passed ball moves Hale to 3b, Casley singles and gets RBI
Daniel Milne, with Gus Leger running for Casley, Milne pops to LF, out
Thomas Make is out

B6

Jeff Ellsworth goes down swinging
Abrey goes down swinging
Ian Fehrman grounds out

Jeremy Manley is still pitching for NZ and showing no signs of tiring.

T7

Nathan Nukunuku grouns to SS, out
Travis Wilson pops to RF
Pat Shannon is out
Jarrad Martin doubles, RBI driving in Nathan Nukunuku
(Dean Holoien leaves the game and Trevor Ethier comes in to pitch for Canada)
Donnie Hale pop up, out

B7

Steve Mullaley grounds out to SS
Kevin Schellenberg singles
Ryan Wolfe singles
Levy out
Mason is out