Vasey, ON
On a beautiful evening for fastball, the MinesingMonarchs defeated the Vasey Countrymen 9-7 in an 11 inning battle and take a2-1 series lead.
Minesing got to Countrymen starter Jason Phillips earlyas they plated 5 runs in the first two innings courtesy of singles by MattMcLearn, Jamie Grant, and Keith Rankin, a triple by third baseman John Adams,and two run homerun by Sylvain Cloutier, forcing Phillips out of the game. Brad Robinson would enter in relief and get Vaseyout of the second inning with the score 5-2.
Vasey kept the game close as they cashed in two runs offMinesing starter Paul Priest in the first via a two run single off the bat ofPhillips, and scored two runs in the second courtesy a triple by Steve Eakley withtwo runners on.
Vasey would then score in the bottom of the fifth totie the game at 5-5. Jamie Robinson singled up the middle to drive inSteve Eakley who had previous reached base via a single.
Each team would be held off of the scoreboard untilthe 9th inning. Minesing, with two out, produced a run via aMatt McLaren double, followed by a John Adams infield hit that the Vaseyshortstop threw over the first baseman’s head allowing McLaren to score.
The bottom half of the inning is when the game becamea little interesting! Leadoff batter Steve Eakley drove a Glover offeringdeep to centerfield on a rope, only to have centerfielder Jamie Grant make aspectacular over-the-shoulder catch on a dead run at the fence. In theprocess of making the catch, Grant ran into the fence and flipped over,resulting in the umpire making a homerun call. To the disgust of theentire Minesing team and coach Steve Courtemanche, the umpire stated that theplayer did not have control of the ball and ruled the hit a homerun. Courtemanchethe proceeded to set a new record for dirt kicked on an umpire and distance onecan throw a hat. To say the least, it was an intense moment on the balldiamond as a spectacular catch turned into a game tying homerun!
In the top of the 11th inning, Minesingfinally got to Vasey pitcher Brad Robinsonas they plated 3 runs on 5 singles by Rob Mclean, Paul Priest, John Adams, GregMclean and Sylvain Cloutier.
Jamie Robinson was able to produce one run in thebottom half of the 11th with an RBI single. Vasey left two runnerson base as Kurt Glover struck out Vasey batter Jody King for the final out ofthe game.
Congrats to both teams for a great night of fastball.
Game 4 is scheduled for tonight, Thursday September25th in Elmvale at 8pm
Line Score R H E
Minesing 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 16 1
Vasey 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 11 3
WP : in relief KurtGlover 4.0 IP 8K 3H 2BB
PaulPriest 7.0 IP 3K 8H 6BB
LP: in relief: Brad Robinson 10.0 IP 7H 14K 4BB
JasonPhillips 1.0 IP 9H 1K 1BB
Regards,
Brad
