Elmira Cubs ClassicTournament - Sunday Results
July 27, 2008
Waterloo, ON
Waterdown Hammer win the Cubs Classic in Waterloo over the home town Bridgeport Braves.The Hammer took 9 innings to beat the Braves in the championship final6 to 5. Tied at 3 after 7 innings, and with Anthony Palmieri, onsecond with the ITB to start the 8th, he was sacrificed to 3rd by KyleDavis, and then scored on Paul Barron's single. Trevor Bownhillsingled and Chris Smith scored Barron with his FC hit.
Bridgeport opened the bottom of the 8th with Duanne Gee on second (ITB)He scored on a Dan Harris single. Harris was sacrificed to second byJason Hoch. Right fielder Greg de Belleval then singled, followed by aSam Forbes RBI single to score Harris. Jodie Schnarr walked and withtwo away Waterdown's Tim Neil struck out Terry Eaton.
In the 9th, Dave Brownhill started at 2nd, was sacrificed to 2nd byMatt da Silva, and scored by DP John Kemp's single. Bridgeport,withEaton on second went 0 for 3 in the bottom of the 9th and the Hammerwon the first Elmira Cubs Classic 6 to 5
The game was 2 hours and 15 minutes
Waterdown Hammer 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 6 10 2
Bridgeport Braves 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 9 1
WP Ted Neil
LP Fred Follings
Waterdown MVP was John Kemp with a HR, 2 singles and 3 RBIs,
Bridgeport MVP was Ross Herold
two MVPs selected for the championship game
There were some defensive classics for the Cubs classic, in the 4thboth Don Harris of Bridgeport and Anthony Palmieri both 3rd basemen,made excellent line drive catches in their halfs of the inning. In thetop of the 5th and the top of the 9th, Jodie Schnarr made twospectacular diving catches for the Braves.
Congratulations to the Waterdown Hammer.
Here are the last two games of pool play played at 9 Sunday
Game 19 Elmira Juniors 6, Oswego 1 start 8:50 end 10:35
Elmira Juniors 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 9 1
Oswego CPI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 1
WP Corey Avery
LP Ryan Sharp
Dan Martin of Elmirs Jrs MVP with 2 run home run, and single..BenWideman 2 singles
For CPI Shaun Winship, and Chad Hodkinson two singles each
Game 20 Waterdown 10 Scarborought 1 St 8:52 end 10:15
Scarborough Wolverines Jr. 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1
Waterdown Hammer 0 9 0 1 10 11 0
WP Wayne Wells
LP Andy Skelton
For Scarborough Brandon Horne a 3B and Blake Underwood a HR
For Waterdown, Anthony Palmieri two singles and Chris Smith a singleand a 2B
Game MVP was Waterdowns Chris Smith with 2 RBIs on a 2 for 3 at bat
That closed pool play with Elmira Juniors and Bridgeport Braves in ontop of their pools
and Oswego and Waterdown meeting along with Scarborough and theKitchener Outlaws with the winners to face the top seeded teams
Game 21 Waterdown 5 CPI 0 Start 10:55 end 12:30
Oswego CPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Waterdown Hammer 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 5 8 0
WP Tim Neil (no hitter)
LP Jason Smith
John Kemp has 2 singles and 2 RBIs and Kyle Davis a HR for the Hammer,Tim Niel was the MVP on the No Hitter
Game 22 Scarborough Wolverines 8 Kitchener Outlaws 3 start 10:55 end12:15
Scarborough Jr Wolverines 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 13 2
Kitchener Outlaws 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 0
WP Kevin Buckley,
LP Mel Ross
Sean Geehan led the Outlaws with 2 HRs and Brad Hackert and DerekMartin each had 2 singles
For the Wolverines, Brandon Horne, Chad Lowey, Antony Paradiso RichardColin Thome and Ryan Jaynes each had 2 singles,. Blake Underwoo was theMVP for Scarborough with his 3 run HR.
Game 23 Waterdown Hammer 8 , Elmira Jrs 1 start 1:00 end 2:35
Waterdown Hammer 3 2 1 1 1 8 12 2
Elmira Juniors 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1
WP Wayne Wells
LP Corey Avery
Waterdowns Tim Cole was game MVP , 2 singles and a 3 run HR...4 totalRBIs
Also for Waterdown Matt DaSilva a 2 run HR and Dave Brownhill a 3B and2 singles
Waterdown in Classic final
Game 24 Bridgeport Braves 9 Scarborough Wolverines 3 St 1:05 end 2:45
Scarborough Juniors 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0
Bridgeport Braves 4 0 2 1 1 1 x 9 10 1
Rick Johnson was game MVP for Bridgeport with 4 RBI's Jodie Schnarrhit a lead off HR for Bridgeport in the 1st inning. Rick Johnsonfollowed 4 players later with a 3 RBI HR of his own. Ross Herald has 2singles.
Bridgeport in the finals agaist Waterdown.
(report game 25 at the lead of the Sunday report from Hillside)
Wonderful weather in Waterloo this weekend for a great balltournament. The 6 teams in the Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin intwo weeks got a great tune up, and the two great Junior teamsrepresenting Ontario in the Canadian CASA championships in Owen Soundtested their bats and pitching against some great senior ball clubs anddid not disappoint the fans at Hillside
Next Hillside event is the OASA intermediate championship on labour dayweekend.
Enjoy Wisconsin Braves, Cubs, Outlaws, Hammer, Brewers, and CPI,
Enjoy Owen Sound Elmira and Scarborough juniors
Congratulations Brad Thomson and the Cubs on a great tournament
Saturday at Hillside Park in Warterloo, at the Elmira Cubs ClassicTournament
Elmira Cubs results for Friday nite
Dennis Dosman
NOTE: Outstanding Reporting All Weekend Long by Dennis Dosman - AD
