June 15-17
Green Bay, WI
The Circle Tap Fastpitch team captured the 1st ever TownLine Shootout held
in Green Bay, WI. The weather was a perfect upper 80's low 90's all
weekend. The crowds were good the whole weekend and the tournament seemed
to run along very smoothly. Circle Tap went 4-1(17-7 overall) on the
weekend in taking home the title. Missing this week were Chad Ferguson,
Paul Algar, Chris DeLarwelle, and Kevin Reichardt. Darren Derricks is
still on the DL. Collin McKenzie (back issue) will be day to day. A
thank you goes out to local catcher Brian Lemmens who caught a game for us
on the weekend, and also Jason Wandler and Roman Foore who stepped in and
played the final 4 innings of the Championship game due to flight issues.
Here is the action:
Game 1
Friday 6PM
#8Circle Tap 5 The Bar-Green Bay 0
TB 0 1 1
CT 5 8 0
This was a nice tight ball game to kick off the tournament between a pair
of local clubs. The game was scoreless through 4. In the bottom of the
5th Steve Schucker drew a one out walk and was knocked in by a Tom Crouch
double. In the 6th Tim Jorgensen singled and with two out Jamie Knudson,
Kyle VanAbel, and Steve Schucker each singled and then Crouch hit a 3 run
triple to make it 5-0. Crouch 2x3 2B, 3B, 4RBI.
WP:Matt Bramwell(5-1) 13K 1HB
LP:Ian Knott 6K 3BB
Game 2
Friday 9PM
#8Circle Tap 0 #5The Farm(Madison, WI) 4
CT 0 1 2
FT 4 7 0
This game was all The Farm. Robbie Schweyer threw a gem for the Farmers.
Jason Hill broke a scoreless tie in the 2nd with a solo blast. In the 3rd
Jeff Goolagong hit a two run shot and Dan Smet followed with a solo homer
to make it 4-0.
WP:Rob Schweyer 8K 3BB 1HB
LP:Collin McKenzie 8K 1BB
Game 3
1PM Saturday
#8Circle Tap 10 Texaco Pirates(Nassau, Bahamas) 4
TP 4 4 1
CT 10 10 1
In the top of the first CT pitcher Collin McKenzie left the game with two
outs with a back injury.
The Tappers came out in the bottom of the 1st as Kyle Magnusson hit a one
out double, then with two outs Frankie Perez picked up an RBI single
followed by a Tom Crouch RBI single giving CT a 2-0 lead. The Bahamas
took the lead in the game in the top of the 3rd as William Waterford
walked and scored on a Landy Rodriguez home run. Barry Kahler then
singled and scored on a Louis Joglar home run giving the Bahamas a 4-2
advantage. CT struck right back in the bottom half as Kyle Magnusson
singled and then scored on a Tim Jorgensen two run shot. In the 4th the
Tappers crossed six more runs. Kyle VanAbel lead off with a double,
Schucker picked up an RBI single, Magnusson and Jorgensen walked. Frankie
Perez grounded into a fielder's choice scoring a run, Crouch walked and
then Matt Bramwell crushed a 3 run shot. Magnusson 2x3 2B, Bramwell 2x3
HR, Van Abel 2x3
WP:Matt Bramwell(6-1) 6.1 IP 13K 2BB
Collin McKenzie .2IP 0K 1BB
LP:Rob Scheller 8K 3BB
With a 2-1 mark CT earns a 2seed and a match with 1 seed from other pool
Sunday 1PM
Semi-Finals
#8Circle Tap 8 #11TownLine(Green Bay, WI) 1 5innings
CT 8 7 1
TL 1 4 3
This is the 3rd match of the year between these two local rivals. The
first two games were very tight but CT broke this one open early. In the
1st Kyle Magnusson, Tim Jorgensen, and Frankie Perez each drew one out
walks. Tom Crouch hit a two run single and Kyle VanAbel would hit a two
run single to make it a 4-0 game. Gustavo Guerinieri hit a solo homer in
the 2nd to make it a 4-1 game. Steve Schucker picked up an RBI single in
the 3rd. In the 4th Tom Crouch reached on an error scoring a run. In the
5th Bryan Hansen hit a double and Tim Jorgensen knocked him in. With the
bases loaded Frankie Perez was hit by a pitch which brought in Schucker.
Schucker 3x4
WP:Matt Bramwell(7-1) 7K 0BB
LP:James Darby with relief from Betto Guerinieri
Sunday 3PM
Finals
#8Circle Tap 4 #5The Farm(Madison, WI) 2
CT 4 5 2
FT 2 5 0
The Tappers avenged a pool play loss to The Farm taking the championship
game from the cross state rival. Steve Schucker led off the game with a
solo shot. CT took a 2-0 lead on a solo shot from Kyle VanAbel in the
3rd. The Farmers made it a 2-1 game in the bottom half on a Jeff
Goolagong solo homer. CT got solo homers from Frankie Perez(4th inning)
and Kyle VanAbel(5th inning) to make it 4-1. The Farm made it 4-2 as
Goolagong picked up a base hit and would later score on a sac fly by Ryan
Kostel. With the game running late and Farm flight issues the teams
agreed that after the farm batted in the bottom of the 6th, that they
would bat their 7th inning immediately after. Should they even the game
or take a lead then CT would be allowed to bat their half of the inning.
However, Farm didn't score, game completed. Schucker HR, Perez HR, Van
Abel 2HR.
WP:Matt Bramwell(8-1) 10K 1BB
LP:Rob Schweyer with relief from Sebastian Gervasutti
CT will have the next two weekends off to mend some very beat up bodies
before they host the Boys of Summer Open July 6-8.
Zakk
CT Fastpitch
zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com
www.circletap.minnesotafastpitch.com
