WELLINGTON SOX WIN ISC OCC - Laverne Reichert Challenge Cup in Palmerston
Sorry to be more than a little bit late with this report on the ISC Ontario Challenge Cup at Palmerston..
The Mildmay Mets and the Wellington Sox locked up in a tight one in the final game of the ISC Ontario Challenge Cup in Palmerston.Â
Mildmay's leadoff centre fielder Matt Reinhart tripled off Wellington's Nic Goetz to open the first inning....and Shawn Detzler batting 3rd, with one away scored Reinhart for the Mets. Caleb Keeshig on the rubber for Mildmay allowed the Sox no hits, one walk, until the 5th inning. Jeff Detta walked and was moved to 3rd on a Todd Uhrig single...Keeshig struck out the next 3 batters to preserve the 1 - 0 lead...
Top of the order and three up, three down for Wellington in the 6th..Fred Follings on the rubber to start the 6th for the Sox, Detzler singled for the Mets to open the home half of the inning, and stole 2nd.  Follings retired the Mets, a fly ball back to the pitcher, and two Ks to strand Detzler at 2nd..
In the 7th, jeremy Creeden singles and Todd Uhrig moved him to 2nd...Trevor Seip in as a designated hitter for DJ Latford scored Creeden to tie the game at one..
The Mets went 3 up 3 down...and onto the ITB in the 8th...Scott Walls on 2nd for the Sox...Andrew Medhurst a single scored Walls, Ty Sebastian walked, Ryan Fisk bunt sacrifice moved the base runners to 3rd and 2nd...one out...Creeden followed, a ground ball to second scored Medhurst. Jeff Detta walked and Uhrig ground out to first...Sox up 3 - 1 after 7 1/2..
Mildmay in the bottom of the 8th, the ITB in place andZack Bross on 2nd is scored by Matt Reinhart with a single...Shawn Detzler, one away..walks. Sox up 3 - 2, 2 on base for the Mets, and Follings strikes out the next two batters...Sox win
The Wellington Sox pick up the Laverne Reichert Challenge Cup and the entry into the ISC World Tournament to be held next August in Kitchener.
Great teams in Palmerston for the OCC....
Ontario Challenge Cup recaps...
For all the details...see Gary Baughman's recaps on Al's Fastball..
All the game sheets and lineups were scanned an sent to Gary in Iowa...who transcribed the details off the game sheets and produced some great recaps and stats....
ISC LEGENDS TOURNAMENT IN QUAD CITIES
Dave Birney wondered what had happened to the tournament wrap up for the Legends division of the recent ISCs in Quad Cities...
I was waiting for the attached photo be be forwarded is my only excuse...showing two legends of fastball...both great ambassadors of the game...
Ashland Ohio Battery defeated the Cobourg Force of Ontario 5 - 2 in the Legends division of the 2013 ISCs. Cobourg defeated Sand Prairie Construction of Wisconsin 3 - 1 and Ashland defeated Stoney Creek Scrappers 7 - 6 in the semi-finals.
In pool play, Ashland had lost to Cobourg 3 - 0 to open the tournament...Ashland's other games included a 4 - 0 win over Sand Prairie Construction, a 9 - 4 loss to Haywood Calif, and a 8 - 2 win over Rock Island Illinois.Â
Stoney Creek picked up a 7 - 2 win over Haywood Bay Area Merchants, 11 - 3 over Cobourg, and their tournament opener against Boscobol Wisc. 6 - 1.
The ISC 2014 host committee is looking forward to seeing all these "Legend" division teams and more in Kitchener in August 2014.
FINALLY-
There are a few games left in the area...the St Thomas and District, the Kitchener Fastball League and the South Perth leagues are all down to final games in their playoffs...
The season is winding down...but tournament committees are planning next years tournaments and team managers are reviewing their rosters, and league execs are working on improving their leagues. There are weekly updates on the winter tournaments being posted on Al's Fastball. Orlando is not too far away...
Thanks to everyone who contributed to fastball this year...players, coaches, managers, sponsors, fans, organizers, execs, scorers, announcers, game controllers, city and town parks and recreation staff, all the volunteers in food booths and at the gates...
See you at the ball yard....
Dennis Dosman
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