STDMFL Playoff Finals
October 5, 2007
Fingal, ON
Friday, October 5, 2007
Fingal, Ontario
St. Thomas Storm won the league playoff championship for the 3rd consecutive year and 4th in the team's history last night by beating the Glencoe Astros 4-2.
Glencoe scored once in the top of the 1st and then the Storm came back with 3 in the bottom of the inning. Tex Lessard lead off with a single, Mark Coleman had an rbi double and then Chris Wismer and Chris Payne executed a double steal that Payne scored on for the eventual game winner. Brent Crocker restored the 2 run cushion with a solo blast in the 4th inning after Glencoe had pulled to within 1 run.
Shaun Winship had both rbi's with a single in the 1st scoring Dan Frank and a sac fly in the 4th that scored Mark Johnson who had doubled. It was good to see Johnson gutting it out after injuring his shoulder in game 1.
Dan Beecroft settled down after giving up the run in the 1st inning and went the distance for the Storm, giving up only 3 hits(2 in T1) while striking out 16 with 3 BB. This was especially gratifying to Dan as he was unable to make his scheduled start the previous night due to work commitments.
Winship once again kept his team in it with another strong performance on the mound. He gave up 4 hits while striking out 9 batters and only 2 BB.
Pitching for both teams was superb as hits and runs were very scarce! In the 5 games there were only 20 runs scored, 11 by St. Thomas and 9 by Glencoe.
The entire series was an excellent showcase of the talent level of the STDMFL.
The fans who attended were treated to some great pitching, solid defense and clutch hitting. Last night's crowd of approximately 200 was very enthusiast and loud!!!
Congratulations to both teams!!!
See you next year!
Tom Edie
St.Thomas Storm
