Tribe Results From OCC
August 29, 2006
Wyevale, ON
Wyevale, ON
The first round saw the Tribe pitted against the Sydenham Amey's out of the Loughborough Fastball League. The Tribe came flying out of the gates scoring 2 runs in the top of the 1st after a leadoff double by Graham McNabb and RBI singles by Mike Kelly, and Kevin Peterson. Sydenham quickly answered in the bottom scoring 2 runs of their own off of Tribe starter, McNabb. The Tribe fired right back scoring another in the 2nd inning with an RBI single by Mark Lambie scoring McNabb from 2nd base. Graham McNabb took the 3-2 lead and cruised through the next 5 innings, keeping the Amey's hitters off balance. The Tribe led 5-3 going into the 7th inning after they scored one in the 5th, and both teams swapped runs in the sixth inning. Wyevale added 2 runs to their lead in the top of the 7th with RBI hits by Peterson, and Kyle Lapham. The Amey's tried to make it interesting in the 7th, taking advantage of 2 Tribe miscues in the field and plating two runs to cut the lead to 2. With runners on, the Wyevale called upon Jason Giffen from the pen to cement the victory and he did, stranding the runners and picking up the save in the process. Final Score: Tribe 7 – Amey’s 5. Graham McNabb got the win and the game MVP going 6 and 1/3 innings, allowing 3ER, on 8H while striking out 11 Ameys.
The 2nd game had the Tribe facing off against the Brewers of Elora. Graham McNabb led off the game with a homerun to right field, and the Tribe quickly took a 1-0 lead. Other than that blemish the Elora pitcher settled in from there on out, scattering the few hits there was over the next 6 innings and limiting the Tribe to that only run. Wyevale starter Jason Giffen looked solid; battling out of early jams with clutch strikeouts, protected the one run lead, until the 6th inning. In the 6th, Elora tied the game after 2 hits and a Tribe error, but was limited to only 1 run. Both teams failed to break the dead lock in the 7th, and so the teams headed to extras with the score tied at 1 run apiece. With the International rule in effect, Wyevale was unable to plate the runner from second in the top of the 8th. Elora pressed in the bottom of the inning. With two outs Elora had the runner to 3rd base on a SAC fly. Giffen intentionally walked Greg Scheet, and then walked Jeff Detta to load the bases. But Giffen nailed down the 3rd and final out to get out of the inning. The Tribe responded in a big way in the top of the 9th scoring 4 runs on RBI hits by McNabb, Lambie, and Peterson, and came out with a 5-1 lead. Giffen secured 5-1 victory for Wyevale in the bottom of the inning striking out the 1st Elora batter, and inducing 2 Fly balls. Game MVP went to Kevin Peterson after another 2-4 game, while honourable mention has to go to Jason Giffen for throwing 9 strong innings allowing only the 1 run.
The undefeated Tribe then matched up against the undefeated Kitchener Phoenix Outlaws Saturday night. This was a pitcher’s duel right from the hop as Kitchener Starter Mel Ross, and Wyevale’s Graham McNabb, brought their “A” game. McNabb pitched 5 scoreless innings to start the game, scattering 3 hits, and collecting 5Ks, and then gave way to Jason Giffen. Ross limited the Tribe batters to 3 hits through 6 innings, while striking out 12. The scoring began in the top of the 7th inning, as the Tribe scraped together a run, after a lead-off single by Mike Kelly, who advanced to second on a SB, and subsequently scored on a 2 Phoenix throwing errors. The Phoenix appeared to be down and out in the bottom of the inning, until Jim Culling blasted a solo homerun to left field to tie the game, and send it to extras in dramatic fashion. No runs were plated in the 8th, as both Ross, and Giffen battled out of jams. The top of the 9th saw the Tribe take the lead once again after a miscue by the Kitchener shortstop allowed the runner from second to score. Unfortunately for the Tribe, the win was not to be, as in the bottom of the inning, Mel Ross led off with a two run homerun to centre field off of Giffen to win the game for Kitchener 3-2, handing the Tribe their first loss of the tourney.
On Sunday morning the Tribe found themselves facing elimination against the Niagara Snappers. Jason Giffen was given the ball by the Tribe, while the Snappers gave the start to M. Bateman. The Snappers struck first in the top of the 1st when Trevor Falk led off with a single, and was brought home on a double by Bateman. Giffen got out of the early jam only allowing the one Snapper run. Giffen settled in from here on out--cruising the rest of the way, holding the Snappers hitless and scoreless and leaving the fate of the game in the Tribe’s bats. Unfortunately for the Tribe there bats were silent on this day. In the 6th spurred by the rally cries of one Tink Tickler, Lambie finally broke up Bateman’s no hitter, and things looked as if they might start to turn, but the Tribe couldn’t capitalize. In the bottom of the 7th with their backs up against the wall, Trace Leonard led off with a single, and made it to 3rd base after a Sac bunt and a passed ball.. But alas, Wyevale was unable to capitalize, stranding Leonard at 3rd, and losing the game 1-0.
Tourney Totals:
Hitting:
Graham McNabb (4/15,HR,4R,3RBI)
Kevin Peterson (5/14, 1R, 4RBI)
Mark Lambie (5/14, 2R, 2RBI)
Mike Kelly (4/13, 3R, 1RBI)
Pitching:
Jason Giffen: (19.1IP,9H,21K,9BB,5ER)
Graham McNabb: (11.2IP,11H,16K,1BB,6ER)
The Tribe ended up tied for 5th place after all was said and done, with a 2-2 record. Congrats to the Kitchener Phoenix who ended up winning the tourney, defeating Elora in the final 4-0, remaining undefeated. Next stop for the Tribe is SRFL playoffs where they are currently in semi-final action against the Countrymen of Vasey. Vasey will face elimination this Thursday as the Tribe rolls into town with a 2-1 series lead, after a 3-0 Tribe victory last night. Michael Kelly
kellymikej@hotmail.com
