OTTAWA, On – September 20^th at Trend Arlington Field was the site of Game One of the 22^nd annual competition for the Nepean Trophy as Champion of the Trend Arlington Men’s Fastball League. Durabuilt Construction hosted Lone Star Texas Grill, and abrupt hosts they were. Durabuilt leadoff hitter Andy McAfee touched off a homer on the 3rd pitch of the game, and Gord Flannery knocked home Brett Dugan on a two-run shot, to take a 3-0 lead in the opening set. Another 3-spot was hung up spurred by some unfortunate errors in the 3^rd and capped by Dugan’s delayed steal of home. But those and the final 3 runs were about 8 more than Durabuilt pitcher Flannery needed, as his scorecard was pretty much diagonal. He struck out 12 and allowed just five baserunners over six innings for a 1-0 win. McAfee was 3 for 3 with 3 RBI with each of he, Dugan and catcher Nick Norton scoring two runs apiece. Norton backstopped as an injury substitute after the second catching casualty for Durabuilt this season, this time with Dean McDonald.

Game two goes Wednesday 22 September at 7:30 at Trend-Arlington Field, 50 Bellman Drive, Ottawa ON. Lone Star came from behind to get to the finals, so they'll need to repeat to take home the championship.