New Zealand Black Sox vs
Canadian National Team
Game 1 NZ vs CA
(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.
Game 2 NZ vs CA
(Game 6)
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
1030PM