July 31-August 3
Stevens Point, WI
The Circle Tap Fastpitch team ventured to the ASA National Championships
and came away with a 5-2 record(21-11 overall)and a 5th place finish. The
CT offense finally exploded this weekend and showed signs of life. On the
downside, we are now dealing with some costly injuries. Don
Garvey(Hamstring)(doubtful)and Kevin Reichardt(Oblique) will be day to
day. Collin McKenzie(elbow, groin) is probable for the World Tournament.
Paul Algar(achillies) probable.
Game 1
#8Circle Tap 3 #6 Stamepede(Elkhart, IA) 10
MS 10 8 1
CT 3 3 3
The Tappers didn't come to play in the opening round. Not much positive
to take away from this one. Uncharacteristic errors, little hitting, and
pitching struggled. CT took a lead in the first as Kyle Magnusson
singled, with two out Don Garvey walked, Glenn Ormsby reached on an error
and Tim Jorgensen was hit by a pitch that drove in a run, Kevin Reichardt
walked driving in another run for a 2-0 lead. The Stampede pushed five
across in the 3rd on a walk, hit batsman, three hits, three wild pitches
and an error. They tacked on 3 more in the 5th on a walk, error and home
run by Brian Lammers. Don Garvey had an RBI single for the Tappers in the
5th to make it 8-3. The Stampede added two more in the 6th on a two run
home run by Stacey McLean.
WP:Jeremy Manley
LP:Collin McKenzie with relief from Potolicchio(5th), and Algar(6th)
Game 2 9AM Friday
#8 Circle Tap 3 The Freight(Valdalia, IL) 2
CT 3 9 0 8
TF 2 6 0 4
Circle Tap came out flat again in this early morning affair as we looked
ahead to a long trek through the loser's bracket. CT took a 2-0 lead in
the third as Chris Miljavac led off with a base hit, followed by a Kyle
Magnusson base hit, an RBI base hit by Don Garvey and an RBI sac fly by
Glenn Ormsby. The Freight came back in the bottom of the 4th to even the
game on base hits by Rich Well, Nick Casey and Tim Hatten. The game
stayed 2-2 until the top o the 7th when Miljavac laced a home run down the
right field line.
Miljavac 3x4 HR, Jorgensen 2x3
WP:Juan Potolicchio 7K 1BB
LP:Ray Reynolds 3K 2BB
Game 3 11AM Friday
#8 Circle Tap 11 The Bar of Wausau 3 5innings
BW 3 6 1 7
CT 11 13 0 6
The Bar took the early 1-0 advantage in the 1st as Conrad Bain walked and
scored on a James Darby base hit. CT evened it in the bottom half on a
Chris DeLarwelle home run. The Bar took a 3-1 lead in the 2nd as Scott
Beyer hit a two run home run. The Tappers then awoke and scored 8 times
in the bottom of the 2nd. Glenn Ormsby led it off with a home run. Tim
Jorgensen doubled, Reichardt reached on an error, Bryan Hansen picked up
an RBI single, Kyle Magnusson walked, DeLarwelle walked, Don Garvey had a
two RBI double, Ormsby singled, Jorgensen a two RBI base hit, Reichardt
base hit and Tom Crouch and an RBI single. That made it 9-3. CT tacked
on two more in the 3rd as Chris Miljavac singled and with two out Don
Garvey and Ormsby had RBI singles.
Garvey 2x3 2B 3RBI, Ormsby 3x3 HR, 2B, Jorgensen 2x2 2B
WP:Juan Potolicchio with relief from Algar(4th)
LP:Mike Roberts with relief from Eric Abitong(2) Guido Silbert(2)
Game 4 7:30PM Friday
#8 Circle Tap 7 #14MinnDak Millers(Fargo, ND) 3
MM 3 8 2 5
CT 7 7 0 6
MinnDak took a first inning lead in this one as Gregg Cascaes singled and
scored on a Bruno Matroni base hit. CT evened it in the top of the 3rd as
Bryan Hansen drew a lead off walk and scored on a Kyle Magnusson double.
The Tappers then tossed up 4 in the top half of the 4th as Glenn Ormsby
led off with a solo shot to tie the game at 2. Tim Jorgensen then walked,
was sacrified to 2nd by Kevin Reichardt, Kelly Wenstrom walked and with
two out Chris Miljavac crushed a 3 run shot for a 5-1 lead. MinnDak came
right back in the bottom of the 4th as Roman Foore singled, moved to 2nd
on a passed ball, moved to 3rd on a wild pitch and scored on a ground out
by Daryn Miller. CT added a run in the top of the 5th as DeLarwelle
doubled, moved to third on a sac bunt by Tom Crouch and scored on a Glenn
Ormsby base it. Roman Foore smashed a solo shot for MinnDak in the 6th.
CT added one in the 7th as Crouch reached on an error and would score on a
Jorgensen ground out.
Miljavac 2x4 HR, Ormsby 2x4 HR
WP:Collin McKenzie with relief from Potolicchio(5th)
LP:Travis Price with relief from Gosse(5th)
Game 5 11AM Saturday
#8 Circle Tap 7 #18 Dolan & Murphy 4
DM 4 5 2 4
CT 7 8 0 2
The Tappers grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the first on a Kyle Magnusson
home run. CT added 5 in the 3rd, all after two outs. Kyle Magnusson
singled, DeLarwelle doubled him in, Ormsby doubled him in, Jorgensen
walked and then Reichardt hit a 3 run shot for a 6-0 lead. Dolan made it
a 6-2 game in the 5th on a hit batsman and walk and then a base hit by DJ
Cocks and sac fly by Kleffner. CT made it 7-2 in the bottom of the 6th on
a solo shot by Kelly Wenstrom. Dolan made it 7-4 in the 7th on a base
hit, walk and two RBI triple by Kleffner.
Magnusson 2x3 HR, DeLarwelle 2x2 2B
WP:Juan Potolicchio 4IP 9K 0BB
Paul Algar 3IP 1K 2BB 2HP
LP:Jonas Mach
Game 6 4PM Saturday
#8 Circle Tap 6 #10 Explorers(Midland, MI) 5
ME 5 8 0 7
CT 6 13 1 9
This was a tight, back and forth, exciting game for the fans to take in.
CT took a lead in the bottom of the 2nd on a solo shot by Tim Jorgensen.
Midland answered in the top of the 3rd as Calvin Miller led off with a
solo shot, Todd Moore drew a walk and scored with two out on a Steve
Horning base hit for a 2-1 lead. The Tappers evened it in the bottom half
as Chris DeLarwelle doubled and scored on a Tim Jorgensen base hit. The
Explorers took a 4-2 lead in the 5th as Todd Schultz singled, Craig
Crawford sacrificed him over, Brad Ezekiel walked, Steve Horning pick up
an RBI sac fly followed by a Kyle Beane RBI single. CT made it 4-3 in the
bottom of the 5th as Glenn Ormsby singled and scored on a Kelly Wenstrom
base hit. In the bottom of the 6th CT struck for 3 runs and a 6-4 lead.
Chris Miljavac picked up a one out double. With two out Chris DeLarwelle
smashed a two run shot and then Ormsby followed with a solo blast. In the
top of the 7th Midland's Brad Ezekiel tripled to right, after a strike out
and walk Steve Roberts hit a fly ball to score him and make it 6-5. Eddy
Ketelhut then reached on an error and a passed ball put runners on 2nd and
3rd but a pop out ended the game.
DeLarwelle 2x4 2B,HR, Ormsby 3x4 HR, Jorgensen 3x4 2B,HR, Wenstrom 3x4
WP:Juan Potolicchio in relief of McKenzie
LP:Grant Patterson
Game 7
#8 Circle Tap 7 #1The Farm(Madison,WI) 8
CT 7 10 1 5
FT 8 11 1 7
This was another outstanding game for the fans to watch. Unfortunately,
we let this one slip away from us twice. The Farm took a first inning
lead on a Zenon Winters solo shot. CT took a 3-1 lead in the 2nd as Glenn
Ormsby doubled and Tim Jorgensen smashed a home run. Bryan Hansen later
singled and scored on an error. The Tappers made it a 5-1 game in the 3rd
as DeLarwelle singled and Ormsby followed with a two run shot. The Farm
ralleyed back to even it in the bottom of the 4th. A walk, hit batsman 6
straight hits, five of which never left the infield and an error made it a
5-5 game. In the top of the 7th CT regained the lead as DeLarwelle
smashed a solo shot, Ormsby then singled, stole 2nd, moved to third on a
wild pitch and scored on a Kelly Wenstrom base hit. The Farmers came back
in the bottom half. After a lead off strike out, Jeff Goolagong hit a
bomb to make it 7-6. Jason Hill and Karl Gollan drew walks and Chris
Delorit grounded out for the 2nd out putting runners on 2nd and 3rd. Paul
Rosebush stepped to the plate and worked the count full fouling off
several pitches before hitting a base hit up the middle scoring two and
ending the ball game.
DeLarwelle 2x3 HR, Ormsby 3x4 2B,HR
WP:Karl Gollan(2nd) in relief of Gareau
LP:Collin McKenzie(4th) in relief of Potolicchio
The Circle Tap team will now play in the ISC World Tournament in Kimberly,
WI. We open up on Sunday August 10th at 4PM on the lower diamond vs
Pueblo, Colorado.
Zakk
CT Fastpitch
zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com
www.circletap.minnesotafastpitch.com
