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Midget Nationals - Friday

August 17, 2007

Saskatoon, SK

chAMP’S CHATTER

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE 2007 CANADIAN MIDGET BOYS FASTPITCH CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007

The first game of the morning saw the Aspen Selects squeak out a 3-0 win over Kitimat. Devon McCullough allowed only two runners past first to earn the four hit shutout and spoil a great effort by Rockies pitcher Brodie Marshall who held the Selects to 6 hits. Leduc’s bat stayed hot against as they scored 8 runs on 9 hits in just 5 innings and beat Chepstow 8-1. Tanner Nault led the attack with a 2 run homerun and Bobby Spigot chipped in with 2 RBI.

The 11:00 game saw the Linwood Chiefs explode for 4 runs in the bottom of the 6^th inning to come from behind and claim a 6-3 victory over the Calgary Rockies. Brian Culliton did most of the damage with a 3 run triple. At 11:30 Dustin Keshane pitched the Saskatchewan Chiefs to a 4-3 victory over Napanee Express. Denis Iron was the big man at the plate for the Chiefs recording 2 RBI and scoring 2 runs, Joran Graham responded for the Express with a 2 run homerun.

At 1:00, the runs came fast and furious as Mike Oakes Welding Selects beat Quebec 9-8. Steven Loitz led the attack with a single and triple and 4 RBI, and Mathieu Roy countered with 3 hits for Quebec. Patrick Burns closed the game with a perfect 7^th. At 1:30 Sooke tried to ride the arm of Scott Lieph one more time, but a 9 batter 3^rd inning produced 4 hits and 4 runs for the Newfoundland Selects who went on to win 6-5. Sooke had their shot in the 7^th when Darcy Walushka led off with a triple but was stranded.

The 3:00 game at BVI was a spirited affair between the Rockies – Kitimat and Calgary that saw 2 ejections. Calgary used three pitchers to get through the game, but they ran out of gas giving up 5 in the 7^th. Trevor Gicas led Kitimat with 3 hits and 2 RBI. It was the last game of the tournament for both teams as they each finished with two wins. The 3:30 game had a lot of provincial pride on the line as Ontario 1 – Napanee took on Ontario 2 Linwood. Linwood was able to exact some revenge for earlier losses by squeaking out a 5-4 win. Pitcher Dylan Cuningham came back from a scary injury where he took a pitch in the face in the first game, to return to the mound and produce a gutsy victory. Napanee took an early 4-0 lead after 2 innings, but Cunningham settled down and only gave up 2 more hits. Linwood stormed back with 3 in the 3^rd chasing starter Joran Graham. They later got runs in the in the 5^th and 6^th to give reliever Luke Leahy the loss. Alec Ehrlich and Brent Freeman led the Chief’s offence with 2 hits apiece.

The 5:00 game at BVI saw 2 teams going in opposite directions. The second place Leduc 747’s beat the last place team from Quebec 8-1 in 5 innings .Courtney Nelson, Michael Hauser and Kyle Michalsky each had 2 hits for Leduc, while Devin Swyripa got the win. Two teams fighting for a top 4 spot met in the 5:30 game. The Chepstow Colts beat Newfoundland Selects 4-2 to stay in the top tier. The Selects got 8 hits off winner Mark Kelly but only managed to score 2 runs, while they gave up 4 runs on 4 hits. Their 5 errors was the big problem for the Selects and for the losing pitcher Andrew Murphy.

The first game of the night at BVI saw a match up between two playoff bound teams played in front of a loud and enthusiastic crowd. Starter Mark Bonin pitched 5 strong innings and combined with Travis Dauvin to out dual losing pitcher Dustin Keshane in a 5-3 Aspen Selects win over the Saskatchewan Chiefs. Steven Ryan had 2 triples, 2 RBI and scored a run to lead the Selects offence. In the second game the Sooke Smoke claimed the final playoff spot with a commanding 13-3 win over Mike Oakes Welding in 5 innings. They had 16 hits including 4 from Darcy Walushka.

FINAL PLACINGS FOR THE PRELIMINARY ROUND

Team	P	W	L	Pts	Team	Place	Wins	Loss	Points
Host Aspen Selects	1^st	8	0	16	ON2 Linwood	7^th	4	4	8
AB1 Leduc	2^nd	7	1	14	BC1 Sooke	8^th	3	5	6
DC Sask Chiefs	3^rd	5	3	10	BC2 Kitimat	9^th	2	6	4
NL Newfoundland	4^th	5	3	10	SK MOW Selects	10^th	2	6	4
ON1 Napanee	4^th	5	3	10	AB2 Calgary	11^th	2	6	4
ON3 Chepstow	4^th	5	3	10	QC Quebec	12^th	0	8	0

Tiebreaking games for 4^th place were determined in the following manner

4 teams were tied at 5-3. They did not all play each other so plus/minus was used to award 3^rd place to the Saskatchewan Chiefs who were +20, Napanee was +17, Chepstow was +8 and Newfoundland was +7

Tiebreaking games 11:00 AM BVI Chepstow vs. Newfoundland

1:30 PM BVI The winner plays Napanee

Playoff games 6:30 PM BVI Host plays final tiebreaker games winner

8:30 PM BVI Leduc plays Saskatchewan Chiefs

Top Pitcher IP Bat ER Wins Loss H% R K HP W ERA

Devon McCullough Aspen 28.3 109 1 4 0 17 2 42 2 4 0.25

Travis Dauvin Aspen 21.7 89 4 4 0 19 6 27 1 6 1.29

Luke Leahy Napane 26.3 108 5 3 1 20 6 38 0 8 1.33

Mark Kelly Chepst 20.0 81 4 3 0 20 4 14 1 5 1.40

Jonathon Boyle Leduc 15.7 77 5 2 0 25 11 19 2 8 2.23

Dustin Keshane Sask C 41.0 158 14 5 2 16 18 91 1 4 2.39

Top Batter AP AB H W R K BA RBI OB% SA HR SB

Ryan Haldane Sooke 26 23 13 2 7 3 .565 8 69 826 2 5

Dennis Iron Sask C 28 22 12 4 9 1 .545 9 69 773 1 1

Ryan Friedrich Leduc 28 24 13 2 12 2 .542 10 65 1000 1 0

Stephan Ryan Aspen 21 18 9 1 8 1 .500 4 60 1056 1 1

Cole Reid MOW 29 23 11 5 6 3 .478 3 61 609 0 3

Kalyn Robinson MOW 23 23 11 0 6 1 .478 4 52 870 0 1

9:00 BVI	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Aspen Selects	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	6	0
Kitimat Rockies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

9:30 GH	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Chepstow Colts	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Leduc 747	0	1	3	3	1	8	9	2

11:00 BVI	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
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