Owen Sound, ON
Bluewater Fastball League
at Duncan McLellan Park, Owen Sound
Owen Sound Crunch 4 Belmore Stingers 3
A series of errors and passed balls cost the Belmore Stingers in their
Bluewater Fastball League game last night in Owen Sound.
The Stingers opened the scoring with 2 runs in the top of the first inning.
Rightfieder Scott Smith had a hard infield smash to get on base for Belmore.
He scored on a solid double from catcher Robb Hammell.
Pitcher Chris Eadie got on board on a fielder's choice and would come around
to score Belmore's second run in the inning.
In the bottom of the first, Crunch second baseman Troy Barfoot put Owen
Sound on the board.
Barfoot singled, stole second and scored on an r.b.i. single by catcher Tony
Lisk.
In the top of the second, Barfoot made a sterling stop at second on a hot
smash for a put out at first to keep the margin 2-1 for Belmore.
The Crunch tied it in the bottom of the fourth.
Bill Ottwell singled to get on base. Crunch starter Garrett Baker followed
with another single that rolled through the legs of the fielder allowing
Ottwell to come around to score.
Shane Smith got the lead back for Belmore, drilling a long homer over the
fence in left to make it 3-2
In the bottom of the 5th, errors and passed balls gave the lead to the
Crunch.
Barfoot singled, went to third on an error and scored on a passed ball.
Lisk, who got aboard via the error, would come around to score on another
passed ball to give the Crunch a 4-3 lead they would not relinquish.
While Belmore struggled in the field, the Crunch got outstanding plays from
third baseman Jason Redmond.
Redmond made a nice play on a slow roller in the 5th to get Kyle Wright at
first and also started a rapid 5-4-3 double play in the 6th.
Garrett Baker went all the way for the Crunch, giving up 6 hits. Baker
struck out 5 batters including the final 3 in the 7th inning to nail down
the win.
Eadie went all the way for Belmore giving up 6 hits and also bearing down to
strand 8 Crunch runners during the game.
In Bluewater League notes, the game tonight at Lakeview Park in Port Elgin
between the Blue Devils and Chepstow has been cancelled.
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Belmore Stingers......2..0..0..0..1..0..0.......3
Owen Sound Crunch..1..0..0..1..2..0..x.......4
Fred Wallace
Bayshore Broadcasting
Owen Sound
fredww5@hotmail.com
