SATURDAY MORNING:
UPDATE FROM FASTPITCH WEST:
The California Lumberkings won their opening night game in Niagara Falls, Ontario, at the Snapper Shootut, a 6-2 win over Ohsweken, but it was a costly win, as they suffered the loss of second baseman Kevin Castillo, whose ankle was broken by a sliding baserunner. It was just a week or so ago that Castillo was named to TEAM USA Men’s Softball team. We are told the injury will require surgery, and that Kevin is expected to be out at least 6-8 weeks.
Kevin was taken to the hospital in St. Catherine’s, just down the road from Niagara Falls. We were told that they would not accept his insurance, and told him that it would cost $3000 for an ambulance ride to a Buffalo, New York area hospital, about a half hour away.
The team paid for the doctors to put Kevin in a soft cast, and his teammates drove him to the Buffalo hospital. They were just pulling into the Buffalo hospital about 3:00 a.m. New York time when I spoke with them by phone.
Meanwhile, back in the “other” Ontario — Ontario, California, Kevin’s mother and father (Paul Castillo) were racing to catch a midnight flight to Buffalo to meet up with Kevin, and are expected to arrive by 11:00 a.m. Buffalo time. We caught up with Kevin’s dad just as they were boarding, so they will arrive Saturday morning
END
Saturday Morning – June 7, 2008
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9:00am games
Game 7
CPI at Wyevale
CPI Oswego, NY: 6
Wyevale, ON: 2
CPI: 3.0.2.0.0.1.x.X.X.X.6.5.0
Wyevale: 1.0.0.0.1.0.0.x.x.x.2.3.0
WP: Jason Smith: 6 IP, 2R, 0ER, 2H, 7K, 1BB
C: Mark McCallum
LP:
Jason Giffen: 4 IP, 5R, 5ER, 5H, 5K, 2BB
Graham McNabb: 2 IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 4K, 1BB
C: Mike Kelly and Rick Hales
Jeff Jannah started with a double. Mark McCallum came in with a single and an RBI for 3 run start. Jason Smith settled in and struck out 7 batters keeping them to 2 runs. In the third Charlie Walsenran came in with a double.
MVP of the Game: Jason Smith of CPI and Mark McCallum got two more runs to pretty much sinch the game.
Blue Crew: Sharples and Kippy
End.
Game 8
Ottawa Easton at Ashland Stock Pack
Ottawa: 0.0.0.0.1.0.0.x.x.x.1.5.x
Ashland: 0.0.0.0.3.0.X.x.x.x.3.3.x
WP: Ty McKenney: 6 IP, 1R, 5H, 7K, 2BB
C: Shane Flinner
LP:
Dan Bradley: 4.2 IP, 3R, 2H, 6K, 3BB
Dan Konkle: 1.2 IP, 0R, 1H, 1K, 3BB
C: Randy Peck
Ashland had 3 players with one hit each.
Craig Buttar had two hits for Ottawa
Wild pitch made a difference.
MVP of the game: Ty McKinney of Ashland, pitcher.
Blue Crew: Hearn and Bedard
End
Game 9
Elmira Cubs at Niagara Snappers
Elmira: 6
Niagara: 3
Elmira: 1.0.0.0.0.0.1.4.x.x.x.6.8.x
Niagara: 0.0.0.0.2.0.0.1.x.x.x.3..4.x
Exciting 8 inning game.
WP: Casey Halstead: 8 IP, 3R, 3ER, 4H, 4K, 1BB
C: Grant Baechler
LP:
Mike Bateman: 4 IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 3K, 1BB
Tom Berube: 4 IP, 3H, 4K, 1BB
C: Dean Carr and Adam Dearborn came in in the 8th inning
For Elmira:
Bob Gillow had a single and a home run
Matt Reinhart had 2 singles
Adam Hiller had a triple
Adam Hiller had a triple with 2 out in top of 8th inning.
MVP of Game: Bob Gillow of Elmira
Blue Crew: Havercroft and Kluzy
End
11am games in progress
The weather is spectacular this morning. Bright sunny day, only a few clouds, luckily with a very pleasant breeze blowing through the ballyard.
11am Games
Game 10
Hamilton Hawks at Napanee North Key Jrs
Hamilton: 2.0.2.0.4.x.x.x.8.5.0
Napanee: 0.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.0.2.0
WP: Greg Garrity: 5 IP, 0R, 0ER, 2H, 6K, 1BB
C: Ray Carr
LP:
J. MacDonald: 4.? IP, 8R, 8ER, 5H, 4K, 5BB
K. Linton: 0.? IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H
C: C. Brown
Rob O’Neil went 1 for 1 and walked twice, 3 runs scored
Greg Garrity went 1-2 with a 2 run HR in the first inning
Steve Gillis had 2 RBI
Hawks dominated from the start with 2 runs in the first inning. 2 in the 3rd and 4 in the fifth for the mercy.
MVP of Game: Greg Garrity: 5 innings pitched, only gave up 2 hits, 6 K’s and hit a 2 run home run.
Blue Crew: Hart and Cundall
Game 11
Port Elgin Blue Devils at Bridgeport Braves
Port Elgin: 0.0.0.0.0.1.1.x.x.x.2.7.x
Bridgeport: 0.0.0.0.0.0.1.x.x.x.1.7.x
WP:
Matt Hamilton: 6.1 IP, 1R, 1ER, 7H, 5K, 2BB
Rob Fawcett: 0.1 IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0K, 0BB
C: Dudgeon
LP: Jeremy deBelleval: 7 IP, 2R, 2ER 7H, 10K, 0BB
C: Ross Herald
Darryl McKinnon went 2x3
Shawn Detzer went 3x3
Matt Wills had a home run and an RBI
For Bridgeport, Rick Johnson sent 3x4
Detzler game winning home run
MVP of Game: Detzler with 3 singles
Blue Crew: Otterman and McNaughton
Game 12
This one ran out of time, time limit of 1 hour and 40 minutes ended in a 2-2 tie.
Shakespeare at Palermo
Shakespeare: 0.0.0.2.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.2.8.3
Palermo: 0.0.1.1.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.2.4.3
Pitching
Shakespeare:
N. Laurette: 5 IP, 2R, 2ER, 4H, 1k, 1bb
Fred Follings: 3 IP, 0R, 0ER, 4H, 0BB
C: Rob Fallhafer
Palermo:
Wayne Wells: 5.1 IP, 2R, 1ER, 6H, 5K, 1BB
Scott Wager: 2.2 IP, 0R, 0ER, 3H, 6K, 0BB
C: Ryan Jaynes
Yantzi had a double and a single
Phil John had a home run
Kingdon had two singles
2-2 tie
Phil John home run for Palermo
Reid Yantzi went 3x4
MVP of game: Reid Yantzi
Blue Crew: Seldon and Hook
Game 13
Elmira Jrs at Ashland
Elmira: 0.0.2.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.2.3.0
Ashland: 0.0.0.2.0.0.0.x.x.x.2.5.1
Pitching
Elmira:
Corey Avery: 3 IP, 2R, 2ER, 8H, 2K, 2BB
Dan Martin: 4 IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 8K, 1BB
C: Alex Erhlich
Ashland:
Ty McKinney: 4.2 IP, 2R, 2ER, 3H, 7K, 0BB
Jeff Vanhooser: 2.1 IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 1K, 0BB
C: Shane Flinner
For Elmira:
Cory Avery hit an inside the park home run, went 2-3
For Ashland:
Ty McKinney went 2-4
Trevor Urban went 2-4
Ty McKenney lookd to have hit the game winning home run in the B7 but the wind brought it back and it was caught.
MVP(s) of Game: Dan Martin of Elmira and Ty McKinney of Ashland
Blue Crew: Kippy and Havercroft
Game 14
Ottawa at Wellington
Ottawa: 1.0.0.0.1.0.x.x.x.2.12.x
Wellington: 1.0.0.1.0.2.X.x.x.x.4.12.x
WP: Todd Uhrig: 6 IP, 2R, 1ER, 12H, 4K, 2BB
C: J. Hall
LP: Jeff Murphy: 6 IP, 4R, 3ER, 12H, 6K, 2BB
C: Todd Fraser
For Wellington:
Terry Martin went 2 for 3
S. Ingram went 3 for 4
For Ottawa:
Todd Fraser went 2 for 4
Pat O’Connor went 2 for 4
Elora (Wellington) scores 2 in B6 to win
MVP of Game: Terry Martin
Blue Crew: Bedard and Hearn
Game 15
California at CPI
California: 0.0.0.0.0.1.0.x.x.x.1..2.x
CPI: 0.1.0.0.2.0.X.x.x.x.3.4.x
WP: Shaun Winship: 7 IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 9K, 1BB
C: Mark McCallum
LP: Dave Dotzmmann: 6 IP, 3R, 1ER, 4H, 1K, 1BB
C: Jeff Twist
For CPI:
Shaun Winship hit a home run
Chad Hodkinson single plus 2 runs
For California:
James Close hit a home run
A 2 run single by Chad Hodkinson in the 5th inning changed the game.
MVP of the Game: Shaun Winship of CPI
Blue Crew: Kluzy and Sharples
3pm Games
Game 16
Oshweken Redmen at Wyevale Tribe
Ohsweken: 0.1.3.0.0.0.1.x.x.x.4.6.0
Wyevale: 0.6.2.0.0.4.1.x.x.x.12.13.1
WP: Jason Griffin: 6 IP, 4R, 4ER, 6H, 8K, 3BB
C: Tye Columbus
LP:
Phil Martin: 1.1 IP, 5R, 5ER, 4H, 1K, 2BB
Lee Hopkins: 4.2 IP, 7R, 7ER, 8H, 3K, 0BB
C: Curtis Cornelius
For Wyevale:
John McNabb, 3 singles and a double plus 3 RBI’s
Mike Kelly, 2 singles and 3 RBI’s
Mark Lamdie 2 singles
For Oshweken:
Mike Hopkings a single, a double and 2 RBI’s
Blow out from the beginning unfortunately.
Bad pitching day for Oshweken.
MVP of Game: John McNabb
Blue Crew: Cundall and Hart
Game 17
Niagara Snappers at Napanee Juniors
Snappers gave up 5 runs in B7 to Napanee
Snappers: 6
Napanee: 7
Snappers: 2.1.0.0.3.0.0.x.x.x.6.7.x
Napanee: 1.0.0.0.0.1.5.x.x.x.7.8.x
WP:
Kyle Linton: 4 IP, 3R, 3ER, 3H, 4K, 4BB
Jordan McDonald: 3 IP, 3R, 3ER, 1H, 1K, 2BB
C: Kyle Mack
LP:
Byron Demoe: 4 IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 4K, 0BB
Jamie Simpson: 3 IP, 6R, 6ER, 8H, 4K, 1BB
C:
Adam Dearborn
Dean Carr in 5th
Chris Lewis went 3-4 for Napanee
Jarrod Burtt went 1-2 and a home run for Snappers
Byron Demoe went 2-2 including a long ball to LF for a double
Snappers were up 6-1 going into the 7th. Napanee scored 5 in B7 to win it.
Youth and determination paid off for this young team from Napanee.
MVP of Game: Chris Lewis
Blue Crew: McNaughton and Otterman
Game 18
Hamilton at Elmra
Hamilton: 0.2.0.2.0.X.X.x.x.x.4.8.0
Elmira: 0.4.0.4.2.X.X.x.x.x.10.9.0
WP: Brad Thomson: 5 IP, 4R, 4ER, 8H, 2K, 2BB
C: Mark Gutsher
LP:
Matt Somerville: 4.1 IP, 8ER, 6H, 0K, 3BB
George Tapp: 0.1 IP, 2ER, 3H, 2K, 0BB
C: Dave Wardell
Matt Reinhart went 3-4 for Elmira
Kevin Gutsher went 3-3
Dave Wardell went 3-3 for Hamilton
Chris Barbeau went 1-3 and a home run
MVP of Game: Kevin Gutsher, Elmira
Blue Crew: Hook AND Seldon
5pm games
Game 19
Shakespeare at Bridgeport
Shakespeare: 0.1.1.0.0.0.1.0.x.x.x.3.7
Bridgeport: 0.1.0.0.1.0.0.x.x.x.2.4
WP:
Nick Laurette (W): 4.2 IP, 2R, 2ER, 2H, 3K, 3BB
Fred Follings: 2.1 IP, 0R, 0ER, 2H, 3K, 0BB
C: Rob Frolhafer
LP:
Greg de Belleval: 1.1 IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 2K, 0BB
Todd Winkworth: 5.2 IP, 2R, 2ER, 6H, 1K, 0BB
C: Jason Hoch
For Shakespeare:
Dave Frolhafer game winning home run
Rob Frolhafer went 2 for 3
For Bridgeport:
Don Harris went 1-3
Pitcher Greg de Belleval hit in the face with a line drive, ambulance called; taken to hospital.
MVP of Game: Dave Frolhafer
Blue Crew: Sharples and Bedard
Game 20
Port Elgin Blue Devils at Palermo Athletics
Port Elgin: 0.0.0.0.3.0.0.x.x.x.3.5.1
Palermo: 1.0.2.0.2.0.0.x.x.x.5.5.1
WP: Scott Wagar: 6 IP, 3R, 3ER, 5H, 9K, 4BB
C: Ryan Janes
LP:
Rob Fawcett: 4 IP, 3R, 2ER, 3H, 6K, 2BB
Scott Christie: 3 IP
C: Matt Turcotte
For Palermo:
Phil John a 2 run home run in the 4th
Dave Kingdom had 2 singles and drove in 2 runs
For Port Elgin:
Shawn Detzler a triple in the 5th drove in a run.
MVP of the Game: Phil John, 2 run homer in the 4th.
Blue Crew: Hearn and Kippy
Game 21
Wellington at Ashland
Wellington: 0.0.0.1.1.x.x.x.2.3.2
Ashland: 3.0.0.4.2.x.x.x.9.10.0
WP:
Jeff Van Hooser: 0.2 IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 1K, 0BB
Ty McKinney (W): 3.1 IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 3K, 0BB
Van Hooser re entry: 1 IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 0K, 0BB
C: Shane Funner
LP: Todd Uhrig: 5 IP, 9R, 8ER, 10H, 4K, 0BB
C: Jay Hall
For Ashland:
Chad Honaker went 3-3 with a home run.
For Wellington:
Terry Martin went 1-3
Chad Honaker 2 run home run in the 5th to mercy Elora out of the playoffs.
Both of last year’s finalists (Elora and Niagara) failed to make the playoffs.
MVP of Game: Chad Honaker of Ashland
Blue Crew: Havercroft and Kluzy
7pm games
Game 22
Elmira Jrs: 2
Team Easton: 3
Elmira Jrs: 2.0.0.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.2.6.2
Team Easton: 0.1.0.1.1.0.x.x.x.x.3.5.1
WP: Dan Konkle: 7 IP, 2R, 2ER, 6H, 6K, 1BB
C: Todd Fraser
LP: Dan Martin: 6 IP, 3R, 3ER, 5H, 6K, 1BB
C: Travis Martin
For Ottawa (Team Easton): Dan Jessman went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI
Craig Butter went 2 for 3
For Elmira Jrs:
Nate Bauman ent 2 for 3 and had 2 RBI’s
Ben Wideman had one hit
Good Game! 1.5 hours. Pitching duel.
MVP of Game: Dan Jessman
Blue Crew: Hart and Cundall
Game 23
California: 7
Wyevale: 1
California Lumberkings: 0.4.3.0.0.x.x.x.7.9
Wyevale Tribe: 1.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.1.5
WP: Mike Egerdeen: 5 IP, 1R, 1ER, 5H, 4K, 0BB
C: Jeff Twist
LP: Graham McNabb: 5 IP, 7R, 9H, 3K, 3BB
C: Graham McNabb
For Lumberkings:
James Close, 325 ft home run, over the trees in centre field, its still going!
Chris Baker went 2 for 4
For Wyevale:
Graham McNabb went 1-2
Jeff Kawaguchi, right fielder for Lumberkings makes a sensational diving/sliding catch and turns into a double play in the 2nd inning.
MVP of Game: James Close
Blue Crew: Otterman and Hook
Game 24:
CPI: 5
Ohsweken: 4
Ohsweken: 0.0.0.0.3.0.1.x.x.x.4.8
CPI: 0.0.0.1.0.0.4.x.x.x.5.5
Wp: Charlie Walseman: 7 IP, 4R, 4ER, 8H, 8K, 1BB
C: Mike Cutro
LP: Phil Martin: 7 IP, 5R, 5ER, 5H, 6K, 1BB
C: C. Cornelius
For CPI;
Mike Blanchard went 1-3, with a home run.
For Redmen:
D. Greenburg went 2 for 4
Robert Hill went 2 for 4
Mike Blanchards 3 run home run in the B7 won the game for CPI
MVP of Game: Mike Blanchard
Blue Crew: Seldon and McNaugton
10am start on Sunday
SPECTACULAR DAY IN THE BALLPARK!!
