Bluewater Fastball League
at Duncan McLellan Park, Owen Sound, Ontario
Scenic City Automotive Crunch 4 Wiarton Tom Norris Busmen 3
The Busmen grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning.
Catcher Jim Fries, aboard on a fielder's choice, managed to scamper all the
way from first to home on a wild throw to first base giving the Busmen a 1-0
lead.
Rob Thomas advanced to third base later in the inning and scored on a
sacrifice fly from shortstop Kendrick Nicholson to give the Busmen a 2 run
lead.
The Crunch tied the game in the bottom of the 4th inning.
Centrefielder Mike Majury singled, was sacrificed to second, moved to third
on a Wiarton error and scored on a wild pitch to put the Crunch on the
board.
Troy Barfoot tied the score at 2, knocking in a run with a hard shot off
Wiarton starter Shawn McCully's glove
In the bottom of the 5th, the Crunch took the lead.
Ken Kivell got on board with another Wiarton error, hustled towards third on
a sacrifice bunt and scored when Wiarton tried to catch him moving into
third base.
Majury made it 4-2 Crunch when he got another single and scored on 2 more
Wiarton errors.
Overall, the Busmen made 6 errors in the game
The Busmen closed the gap in the 7th when reliever Chris Mink slapped a
double and scored on McCully's r.b.i. single.
However, the Busmen couldn't get McCully home and the Crunch scored the
victory.
Perry Solomon went all the way for the Crunch in the win. Solomon was
touched for 3 Busmen hits.
McCully went 5 innings for the Busmen and gave up 4 hits. In relief, Mink
did not give up a hit in his stint.
Friday night, the Crunch and the Owen Sound Midget Selects will play a
doubleheader starting at 7 pm at Duncan McLellan Park.
Wiarton Tom Norris Busmen.....0..0..2..0..0..0..1......3
Scenic City Automotive Crunch..0..0..0..2..2..0..x......4
Fred Wallace
Bayshore Broadcasting
Owen Sound
fredww5@hotmail.com
