September2006

St Thomas league Best of 5 final Tied @ 1-1

September 25, 2006

Alvinston, ON

Alvinston ON

ALVINSTON INDIANS EVEN SERIES


On a cold and windy Sunday afternoon, September 24, the Alvinston Indians
hosted game 2 of the best 3 out of 5 St. Thomas and District Fastball League
Playoff Finals. With St. Thomas up 1-0 in the series, a win for Alvinston
was very vital, as they did not want to fall behind 2-0 in the series. The
Indians sent Brad Young to the mound, and the St. Thomas Storm sent Ryan
Cummings to the mound. Both pitchers were brilliant in the contest, and so
were the fielders of each team, who battled the strong winds for every out
in the game.

Both teams offences struggled for hits, because of the great performances by
both pitchers on the mound. After seven complete innings, the score was
still 0-0, and the international tie breaker rule was put into force in the
game, in hopes of deciding a winner in the contest. In the eighth inning,
neither team counted a run. In the ninth Alvinston held St. Thomas off the
scoresheet, due to a timely defensive catch by CF Marc Greenwood for the
Indians to end the inning. In their half of the ninth, the Indians finally
scored a run to even the series at 1 game a piece. With Shawn Fenton at
second, he was sacrifice bunted to third by Scott Smith. Then St. Thomas
proceeded to intentionally walk Brad Young, and Scott McAuley to load the
bases and to allow for the force play at any base. The next batter Marc
Greenwood then executed the suicide squeeze play to perfection, scoring
Fenton from third base for the 1-0 hard fought victory for the Indians.
Brad Young was the winning pitcher on the mound. He was dominant in 9
innings of work, where he allowed no runs on five hits, while walking two,
and striking out 3.

Game 3 of the series goes at 8:00pm Tuesday evening in Fingal


Paul McCart
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