Peter Hallman Memorial Tournament in Kitchener, ON

June 25, 2014

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Peter Hallman Memorial Fastball Tournament Schedule

 

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   Stats for each game provided by Gary Baughman

 

  Update from Dennis Dosman on 25 June 2014 - This week in Fastball 

 

Twins roar out of fastball gate  by Christine Rivet

KITCHENER — Not since Queen Victoria and Prince Albert hooked up has a union hinted at so much promise.

As marriages of convenience go, the Kitchener Twins' and the Jarvis Travelers' wedding was forced by a lack of sponsors, but appears to be headed for a state of matrimonial bliss.

Independent of each other, the two teams claimed five of the past six International Softball Congress senior men's club team world titles.

Combined, and now known as the Kitchener Hallman Twins, the tournament-only squad is in preparation to play host to the ISC world tournament coming to Kitchener Aug. 8 to 16.

And the world's third-ranked team certainly has a flair for the dramatic.

In their first weekend together this season, Twins leadoff hitter Jesse Taws stroked a walk-off double in an extra inning to pace the undefeated Hallman Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Scarborough Force in the title game at the Peter Hallman Memorial fastball tournament.

Twins field manager Steve Kooser, of Topeka, Kan., knows a thing or two about mergers.

His previous squad, the old Broken Bow Travelers from Nebraska, teamed up with an outfit from Jarvis, Ont., in 2010 to win the first of three consecutive world titles.

Kooser likes what he sees this time, too.

"The guys that were here played outstanding. For the first weekend, I'm pretty happy," said Kooser, who works for the state utility company back home.

"The best is yet to come."

Of course, when you boast an all-star international lineup, including a handful of locals, you are bound to be short a few regulars early in the season.

Kitchener went without its Kiwi contingent, infielders Jerome Raemaki and Tyron Bartorillo, who had national team commitments this past weekend.

Another Aussie, utility player Zenon Winters, won't join the team until August.

But they carried on, said Sunday's winning pitcher, Paul Koert, who twirled a complete-game six-hitter at Peter Hallman Ball Yard.

"I think we are pretty happy with our start. Undefeated this weekend is kind of what we expected. All of this is just to get us ready for the ISCs in August.

"The goal is to get better every weekend."

Former Twins ace Don Scott and reliever Andy Skelton combined to allow four hits for Scarborough, including a solo homer to Matt Greer and Ian Fehrman, respectively.

Force second baseman Nick Dambrosio went 2-for-3 with an RBI for the visitors who are ranked No. 5 in the world.

Next up for the Twins is the North American Fastball Challenge in Jarvis, Ont. on June 27 to 29 in a field that includes defending world champions, Hill United from Six Nations, Ont.

 

crivet@therecord.com

Twitter: @RivetRecord

 

 

Game 1

Toronto Batmen -9 vs Diamond Jazz -7 (Jun 20, 2014)

 

Game 2

Sweaburg Crush  - 1 vs Shakespeare Falcons - 2  (Jun 20, 2014)

 

Game 3

Kitchener Outlaws -5  vs CPI Classics  -0 (Jun 20, 2014)

 

No Game 4 played

Game 5

Toronto Batmen - 1 vs Hallman Twins  - 2 (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game 6

Wiarton Nationals - 3 vs Shakespeare Falcons - 5 (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game 7

Kitchener Outlaws  - 1  vs Scarborough Force  - 2 (Jun 21, 2014)

 

 Game 8

Kitchener Cubs - 7  vs Wellington Sox  - 2  (Jun 21, 2014)

 

  Game 9

Wiarton Nationals  - 7  vs CPI Classics  - 3   (Jun 21, 2014)

 

No Game 10

Game 11

Diamond Jazz  - 3   vs Wellington Sox  -14  (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game 12

Sweaburg Crush  - 0  vs Kitchener Outlaws  - 1 (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game 13

Shakespeare Falcons - 0   vs Hallman Twins  - 11   (Jun 21, 2014)

 

 Game 14

Kitchener Cubs  - 0  vs Scarborough Force  - 3   (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game 15

Wiarton Nationals   - 0  vs Toronto Batmen   - 3  (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game 16

Kitchener Outlaws  - 3 vs Wellington Sox   - 0  (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game 18

Kitchener Outlaws  -12   vs Shakespeare Falcons   -1   (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game 19

Hallman Twins  - 10   vs Scarborough Force   -6   (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game 20

Kitchener Cubs  -2  vs Kitchener Outlaws  - 1 (Jun 22, 2014)

 

Game 21

Kitchener Cubs - 0   vs Scarborough Force  -1  (Jun 22, 2014)

 

Game 22

Scarborough Force  - 2   vs Hallman Twins  - 3   (Jun 22, 2014)

 

Game C1

Sweaburg Crush  - 8  vs Wiarton Nationals  -4   (Jun 21, 2014)

 

Game C2

Toronto Batmen - 1  vs Diamond Jaxx  - 3   (Jun 22, 2014)

 

Game C3

CPI Classics  - 2  vs Shakespeare Falcons  - 5   (Jun 22, 2014)

 

Game C5

Diamond Jaxx  - 8 vs Sweaburg Crush  - 11   (Jun 22, 2014)

 

Game C6

Shakespeare Falcons - 3   vs Wellington Sox  - 4  (Jun 22, 2014)

 

Game C7

Wellington Sox  -8  vs Sweaburg Crush  - 3  (Jun 22, 2014)

 

 

 

 

CUMULATIVE PLAYER STATS

 

  Thanks to Gary Baughman for all the stats work this weekend!