Schedule:
. June 11 - NZ Black Sox vs Jarvis Merchants - Jarvis, ON -
7 & 9pm
. June 12 - NZ Black Sox vs Kitchener Twins - Tavistock, ON - 7 &
9pm
. June 14 - NZ Black Sox vs Canadian National Team - Orillia, ON -
. June 15 - NZ Black Sox vs Canadian National Team -
Sebringville, ON - 7 & 9pm
. June 16 - NZ Black Sox vs Canadian National Team - Kitchener, ON -
Peter Halman Ballyard - 6 & 8pm
Schedule & Results:
Game |
Date |
Location |
Black
Sox |
Score |
Team |
Score |
Game A |
June 11 |
Jarvis |
Black
Sox |
5 |
Jarvis |
0 |
Game B |
June 11 |
Jarvis |
Black
Sox |
2 |
Jarvis |
3 |
Game C |
June 12 |
Tavistock |
Black
Sox |
11 |
|
3 |
Game D |
June 12 |
Tavistock |
Black
Sox |
3 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Game 1 |
June 14 |
|
Black
Sox |
4 |
|
8 |
Game 2 |
June 14 |
|
Black
Sox |
5 |
|
0 |
Game 3 |
June 15 |
Sebringville |
Black
Sox |
8 |
|
0 |
Game 4 |
June 15 |
Sebringville |
Black
Sox |
2 |
|
8 |
Game 5 |
June 16 |
|
Black
Sox |
10 |
|
0 |
Game 6 |
June 16 |
|
Black
Sox |
5 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEAM |
WIN |
LOSS |
GP |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
..
Results are in order of most recent to
oldest:
(Game
5)
Sat, 16 Jun 2007
NZ. 10
CA. 0
Jeremy Manley: 5 IP, 0R, 0H, 8K, 1BB
C: Pat Shannon
Manly threw a no
hitter.
Rob O'Brien: 0.2 IP, 6R, 6ER, 5H, 0K, 0BB
Rick Smith: 3.1 IP, 3R, 3ER, 5H, 3K,
3BB
Trevor Ethier: 1.0 IP, 1R, 1ER, 1H, 0K, 0BB
C: Rob O'Brien
Rhys Casley had
2 hits including a home run in the first inning
Donnie Hale had
a two run home run, and a single
Thomas Makea had
two hits.
Winning run was
in the 1st inning, the first batter Makea singled and was doubled home by Nate
Nukunuku
MVP of Game:
Jeremy Manley, a no hitter.
Manley has been throwing strong all week.
Al's
Game Notes
Marc McFarlane is the umpire on the dish for this
game.
Marc is from
The traditional playing of the two natational
anthems ran into a bit of technical difficulty and in a moving scene the
Black Sox lined up and sang their anthem loud and
proudly. This placed the pressure on
the partisan crowd helped
them out.
When the two team line ups were announced, two
honorary team captains were also announced, both former Kitchener/Waterloo
Twins catchers. Al Taylor, a native
of
duty as the Twins catcher
for many years. Craig Crawford was announced as the honorary team captain for
duty as the catcher on the
Canadian National team for almost ten years.
T1
Rob O'Brien has the ball for
Thomas Makea led the game off with a single.
Nathan Nukunuku followed up with a triple,
scoring Makea and already the Black Sox are up 1-0
Travis Wilson pops one to the SS
Pat Shannon singles.
Jarrad Martin out but Nate scores
Donnie Hale singles
Brad Rona singles and adds a run
Rhys Casley hits a home run, 3 RBI
(Rick Smith comes in to pitch replacing O'Brien)
Stacy McLean pops one to the SS
Its 6-0 for
B1
Jeremy Manley has the ball for
Ryan Wolfe strikes out.
Jody Eidt drives one deep to CF but its caught
Derek Mason goes down swinging.
1-2-3
T2
Thomas Makea leads off again, called 3rd strike
Nathan Nukunuku called 3rd strike
Travis Wilson hits one towards the pitcher,
dropped, safe on 1b
Pat Shannon drills a single past SS
Jarrad Martin walks
Donnie Hale drills a long one out to RF, caught.
B2
Colin Abbott walks
Rob Gray hits into a double play
Bryan Abrey goes down swinging
T3
Brad Rona walks
Rhys Casley called out
Stacy McLean SAC, Rona to 2b
Makea pops one to RF, out
B3
Keith MacKintosh grounds one to the SS, out
Kevin Schellenberg grounds out
Sean O'Brien goes down swinging.
T4
Nathan Nukunuku grounds out to 2b
Travis Wilson grounds out
Pat Shannon goes down swinging
B4
Ryan Wolfe goes down swinging
Jody Eidt pops one to deep LF, out
Derek Mason fans out
T5
Jarrad Martin walks
Donnie Hale home run, deep CF, 2 RBI
Brad Rona singled down the 3b line
Rhys Casley doubled, at least two Errors, and
drove in a run
(Rick Smith out and Trevor Ethier in to pitch for
Gus Leger in to hit for Stacy Maclean, SAC,
runner to 3b
Thomas Makea doubles and drives in a run, making
it 10-0 ball game
Daniel Milne in to hit for Nate and grounds out
to 3b
Jonathon Mundon in to
hit for Travis Wilson goes down swinging to end the inning.
B5
Colin Abbott called 3rd strike
Rob Gray grounds out
Abrey goes down swinging to end the game.
Jeremy Manley threw a
no hitter.
Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:30:31 -0700
NZ. 5
CA.
1
Jeremy Manley: 7 IP, 1R, 1ER, 7H, 10K, 1BB
C: Pat Shannon
Manley pitched
both games back to back. He pitched a five inning no hitter in the early game
and a one run game
in the final game. As Tim Maziarz said walking out of the park, "I think
we could
have gotten to him
(Manley) if we had played one more game". That was taken as a tribute to
Manley who has thrown strong
all week in this
test series.
Todd Martin: 5 IP, 4R, 4ER, 6H, 6K, 3BB
Dean Holoien: 1.2 IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 1K, 0BB
Trevor Ethier: 0.1 IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 0K, 0BB
C: Abrey
For NZ Donnie
Hale had 3 hits including a home run.
Nathan Nukunuku
had 3 hits including a home run.
For
CA Ryan Wolfe had a lead off home run.
Steve Mullalley
had two hits.
Jody Eidt had
two hits.
MVP of Game:
Donnie Hale
Al's Game Notes:
Steve Mullaley grounds
out to SS
Kevin Schellenberg singles
Ryan Wolfe singles
Levy out
Mason is out
1030PM
..
Sunday, June 17, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16th, 2007
New Zealand finishes Series strong in Kitchener
(
In the first game,
Canada held the Black Sox for a
few innings before New Zealand exploded for four more runs in the top of the
fifth inning, highlighted by a two-run homerun by Donny Hale and an RBI double
by Makea.
Travis Wilson and Pat Shannon also
added hits for
In the second game of the twin
bill,
After throwing a no-hitter in the
first game,
Ryan Wolfe, Jody Eidt, Stephen
Mullaley and Kevin Schellenberg each had two hits for
We were beat by a better team
stated Mark Smith.
We came into this Series with
expectations to split these games. We did not have all the players we would
have wanted to show up, but we were able to bring in a few younger players to
take a longer look at them and give them experience against a good team. We are
the measuring stick for most countries, but in this Series we had the
opportunity to measure ourselves with the best team in the World, which should
help us prepare for the 2009 World Championships. This shows that there is a
lot of work to be done, but we are confident that we will get there.
-
For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Sport/Recreation Management Intern
MBA in Sport and Recreation Management
Coordinator, Marketing and Communications
Softball
gleblanc@softball.ca
(613) 523-3386 ext 3105
..
New Zealand Black Sox vs Canadian National
Team
Friday, 15 June 2007
Game 1
5 inning mercy
WP: Jeremy Manley: 5
IP 0R, 0ER, 0H, 6K, 1BB
C: Pat Shannon
LP: Paul Koert: 2.1
IP, 4R, 4ER, 3H, 2K, 2BB
Don Scott 2.2
IP, 4R, 4ER, 5H, 1K, 0BB
C: Darren Box
Travis Wilson had 2 run HR
Pat Shannon hit a home run, a bomb
MVP of Game: Jeremy Manley - threw a steady game
Al's Game Notes:
For this game the teams used the new ISF green ball.
T1
Paul Koert pitching for
Darren Box catching
Thomas Makea walked
Nathan Nukunuku struck out
Travis Wilson, home run, 2 RBI
Pat Shannon, monster home run,
deep over CF fence and all of a sudden its 3-0
Martin out
Don Hale, fouled out
B1
Jeremy Manley has the ball for Black Sox
Pat Shannon is catching.
Ryan Wolfe who was not with the
team last night, sturck out.
Jody Eidt, nice stop by SS, throws to 1b, out
Derek Mason pop up to 2b, out
3-0 after one full inning.
T2
Brad Rona, into a game for the first time this
week, he was suffering from a leg injury, out
Rhys Casley out
Stacy McLean hits a line drive to SS, out
NZ down 1-2-3
B2
Colin Abbot strikes out
Darren Box grounds one to pitcher, out
Steve Mullaley line drive to CF, out
T3
Thomas Makea, pop up, out
Nathan Nukunuku walks
Travis Wilson single
Pat Shannon SAC to RF scores Nathan Nukunuku
Jarred Martin grounds to SS, out, Wilson LOB
Don Scott came in to pitch for
B3
Jeff Ellsworth strikes out
Kevin Shellenberg walks
Tex Lessard grounds to 2b, out
Ryan Wolfe single and Schellenberg safe at 3b when
he slides under the tag, close but safe
Jody Eidt hits to CF, out
NZ still lead 4-0
T4
Donnie Hale, out
Brad Rona single
Rhys Casley nice bunt, reaches 1b, Rona moves to 2b
Stacy McLean line drive to 3b, runners safe and 2b,
3b
Thomas Makea hits a double, 2 RBI
Nathan Nukunuku, LF, out, runner holds
Travis Wilson, single, RBI, scoring Makea
Pat Shannon, strikes out.
4R - 5H - now its 8-0 for NZ
B4
defence, Casley out, Gus Leger in for NZ
Derek Mason, out
Colin Abbott strikes out
Darren Box strikes out
T5
Jarred Martin out
Donnie Hale hits one down the middle, out at 1b
Brad Rona out
NZ down 1-2-3
B5
Steven Mulalley out
Jeff Ellsworth strikes out
Kevin Shellenberg grounds to SS, out
5 inning mercy
..
Game 2
WP:
Trever Ethier: 3.2 IP, 2R,
2ER, 6H, 4K, 1BB
Dean Holoien: 3.1 IP, 0R, 0ER,
1H, 8K, 1BB
C: Sean O'Brien
LP:
Heinie
Michael Geiger: 2.1 IP, 3R, 3ER,
5H, 3K, 1BB
C: Pat Shannon
Keith Mackintosh pinch hit for
Dean Holoien threw exceptional relief, 8K, and
throwing bullets.
MVP of Game: Dean Holoien
Al's Game Notes:
T1
Trever Ethier pitching for
Sean O'Brien catching
Thomas Make pokes one to CF, out
Nathan Nukunuku hits to CF for a single
Travis Wilson, out
Nathan Nukunuku tagged out at 2b, 3 out
B1
Heinie Shannon pitching for
Pat Shannon catching
Ryan Wolfe drills one to LF and speeds to 2b
Jody Eidt, SAC bunt, out, Wolfe safe at 3b
Derek Mason single, scoring Wolfe -
Colin Abbott, called 3rd strike, ohhhh
Rob Gray, line drive, out
T2
Pat
Jarrad Martin grounds out to 1st
Donnie Hale singles
Brad Rona called 3rd strike
B2
Ian Fehrman, pop to SS, out
Bryan Abrey sees action for first time, shot to CF,
out
Kevin Shellenberg, pops to RF, out
down 1-2-3
T3
Rhys Casley double on an
E?
Stacy McLean strikes out
Thomas Makea drills one hard to 2b, out
Nathan Nukunuku grounds one to 1b, out
Casley is LOB
B3
Sean O'Brien pops to 2b, out
Ryan Wolfe, called on 3rd strike
Jody Eidt walks
Derek Mason lines to RF, out
Eidt LOB
T4
Travis Wilson home run deep CF, now the game is
tied 1--1
Pat Shannon walks
Jarrad Martin SAC bunt, fielded by 3b Eidt while
sitting on his butt, out at 1b, not pretty but it worked
Donnie Hale singles to LF, RBI, NZ
take the lead 2-1
Rhys Casley singles and Hale to 3b
(Dean Holoien in to pitch for
Stacy McLean goes down swinging, a major out on a
big swing
2R - 3H - 2
LOB - NZ lead 2-1
B4
Colin Abbot strikes out swinging
Rob Gray hits a home run deep LF,
we have a tie game again
Ian Fehrman doubles to CF fence
Derek Mason drops one into CF and is safe at 1b
Kevin Schellenberg strikes out
Sean O'Brien is about to step into the batter's box
when he is replaced with pinch hitter Keith Mackintosh who makes the coach look
wise with bloop 2 RBI double.
Ryan Wolfe hits a triple, again running like a deer
around the bases
(Michael Gaiger is in to pitch replacing Heinie
Shannon)
Jody Eidt pops out to SS, leaving one LOB
big inning for
T5
Thomas Makea strikes out swinging
Nathan Nukunuku rips one down RF line for a single
Travis Wilson goes down swinging
Pat Shannon goes down swinging hard, Nate goes to
2b on passed ball
Dean Holoien is throwing major heat.
B5
Derek Mason single to CF, dropped on a diving
catch, nice try, but Mason is safe at 1b
Colin Abbott SAC bunt, is out
Rob Gray, hit by pitch, walks
Ian Fehrman, single, RBI, nice slide but major dust cloud
Abrey ? goes down swinging
Kevin Schellenberg strikes out but not before
claiming he was hit, umpire convention held but they did not agree so now walk
T6
Jarrad Martin walks
Donnie Hale goes down swinging
Brad Rona fans out
Rhys Casley big swing out
Crowd is buzzing about Holoien popping them in
there tonight.
B6
Sean O'Brien walks
Ryan Wolfe pops to CF and is out
Jody Eidt has a stand up triple and an RBI driving
in
Derek Mason, single and an RBI, moving Eidt home
Colin Abbott caught looking on 3rd strike
Rob Gray singles
Ian Fehrman fly to LF, out
good inning for
T7
Daniel Milne goes down swinging
Thomas Makea grounds one to 3b, nice throw to 1b
for the out by Jody Eidt
Nathan Nukunuku pops out to LF to end the game.
Final score of 8 - 2 for
A large partisan crowd out for both games this
evening and they showed they enjoyed this second game. Many local players saw
action this evening.
Heard many times during both games were comments
about "that is why they are the best in the world" in referenc to the
New Zealand Black Sox.
Their play has been outstanding all week.
Sebringville has a nice little park with wooden
stands behind the plate and two large mobile stands in the outfield. Larger
area in the beer garden with good
view down the 3b side. The first game was played mostly
under very sunny conditions and very hot. By the time the second game got under
way, light jackets were
called for but it was very nice to see the majority of
the fans stayed for both games, right until the end. Many fans out from
Kitchener/Waterloo area and we
can expect they will be back Saturday night at 6pm
when these two great teams go at it again.
Watch for some very special events pre game
Saturday night with two local heroes being announced as honorary team captains
for these two teams.
Larry Lynch and Neil Fennell, the tour coordinators
are to be commended for organizing this tour and hosting the Black Sox. They
are at every game talking to fans
and making sure all goes well. They also have a supply
of special Black Sox t-shirts available that are real collectors
items.
Special thanks fo Doug
Eidt and Steve Strasser and their volunteers in Sebringville for setting up
this great evening.
..
Saturday, June 16, 2007
June 16th,
2007
Canada
and New Zealand split again in Sebringville
(
In the
first game of the night,
The
strong hitting of
In the
nightcap,
The four
run burst in the fourth inning chased
I got
into a groove and my arm felt really good said Holoein after the game. It
felt really good to win the second game after a tough loss in the first game.
We want to win this Series. We bounced back and gained momentum and that should
carry forward to tomorrows games.
It will
be important for us to get an early start in the next games.
-
For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Sport/Recreation
Management Intern
MBA in Sport and
Recreation Management
Coordinator, Marketing and
Communications
Softball
(613) 523-3386 ext 3105
..
NZ Black Sox vs Canadian National Team
Thursday, June 14
Game 1
CA. 8
NZ 4
BLACK SOX: 0.2.0.0.0.2.0.x.x.x.4.4.0
CANADA: 0.0.2.1.1.4-.x.x.x.8.9.0
CA
Pitching
Rob o brien
Dean Holoien
Trever ethier
Rob O'Brien: 3 IP, 2R, 1ER,
1H, 3K, 0BB
Dean Holoien: 2 IP, 0R, 0ER,
1H, 1K, 1BB
Trevor Ethier: 2 IP, 2R, 2ER,
2H, 1K, 1BB
C: Sean O'Brien
NZ
Jeremy Manley
Michael gaiger
915 PM game ended
Jeremy Manley: 5.1 IP, 4R, 4ER,
5H, 3K, 1BB
Michael Gaiger: 1.2 IP, 4R, 4ER,
3H, 1K, 4BB
C: Pat Shannon
for Canada:
Derek Mason - one HR, 4 RBIs - went 3/4
Jody Eidt - 1/4 - Monster HR - 1 RBI
Rob Gray - 1/2 - 2 walks - 1 run scored
Kevin Schelleberg: 2/3 - 1 run scored
for New Zealand:
Stacey McLean went 1/1, walk, 2 RBIs
Jarred Martin went 1/1, run scored ROE
Black Sox score 2 in T2
Stacey McLean singles in 2 off of Rob O'Brien
B3 Canada ties - Kevin Schellenberg single - Steve Mullaley single RBI
B4 Canada goes ahead 3-2 - Rob Gray walks - Jeff Elsworth triples, RBI
B5 Canada scores one to go ahead 4-2
Canada wins 8-4
MVP of Game: Derek Mason home run, 3 RBI in B6
Game enjoyed by large enthusiastic crowd estimated at 500 in nice setting by
the Lake in Orillia.
Al's Game Notes:
Black Sox
entertain the crowd with the Haka ceremony, a very popular performance. This
has not been done
at all locations, the team decides before each game if they will do it that
evening. Let's hope we see it in Sebringville
and in
Rob O'Brien
pitching for
No score after
first inning.
T2
Rob O'Brien knocks down catcher Pat Shannon,
Martin singles and Stacey McLean drives in two runners to put Black Sox up by 2
runs.
T3
Travis Wilson
hit one to deep deep CF and an amazing catch by Colin Abbott.
B3
Steve Mulalley
doubled and brought in Schellenberg.
Derek Mason brought in Mullaley to tie the game 2-2.
T4
Dean
Holoien in to pitch for
Pat Shannon fly
to RF, out
Jarrod Martin fly to CF, out
Donnie Hale singles
Rhys Casley fly to CF, out
B4
Rob Grey walks
Ellsworth drove in Robo
Schellenberg line drive to 2b, out
Sean O'Brien strikes out but
T5
Thomas Makea
hits into a double play to end the inning.
B5
Steve Mullaley
pops one to SS, out
Jody Eidt with no one on hits a monster home run, now its 4-2 for
Derek Mason singles
Colin Abbott out at 1b, Mason to 2b
Robo walks
Ian Fehrman strikes out. 2 LOB
T6
Trever Ethier in
to pitch for
Nathan Nukunuku
fly to LF, out
Travis Wilson walks
Pat Shannon singles and
Jarred Martin doubles, one RBI
Donnie Hale, SAC, scores Shannon
Rhys Casley, out
Now its 4-4
B6
Dale Levy walks
Schellenberg gets on
Keith MacKintosh singles, RBI, second runner out at home plate but now its 5-4
for Canada
Steve Mullaley walks
Jody Eidt out at 1st
(Michael Geiger comes in to pitch for Black Sox)
Derek Mason hits a home run, 3 RBI now its 8-4 for Canada
Colin Abbot walks
Rob Grey grounds out
T7
Stacey McLea
singles
Daniel Milne strikes out
Thomas Makea singles but
Nathan Nukunuku out
Game over -
final
A
very entertaining game for the partisan crowd.
..
Game 2
NZ. 5
CA. 0
Blacksox: 0.0.1.0.4.0.0.x.x.x.5.7.0
Wp Shannon
Heinie Shannon: 7 IP, 0R, 0ER, 2H, 13K, 1BB
C: Pat
Lp. Todd Martin
Rick Smith
Todd Martin: 4 IP, 1R, 1ER,
3H, 4K, 1BB
Rick Smith: 3 IP, 4R, 3ER, 6H, 3K
C: Darren Box
NZ:
Nathan Nukunuku
went 2/4, 2 RBI
Gus Leger went 1/2, SAC
Travis wilson had 2 RBI
CA:
Jody Eidt went
1/2, BB
Pat Shannon scores hit 3b scores on throw, 2 RBI
MVP of Game:
Heinie Shannon - 2 Hitter
Al's Game Notes:
T1
Todd Martin has
the ball for
Black Sox go
down, 1-2-3
Pat Shannon
Nathan Nukunuku
Travis Wilson
B1
Heinie
Steve Molalley
strikes out
Jody Eidt singles
Derek Mason strikes out
Colin Abbot strikes out
T2
Pat Shannon
walks
Jarred Martin strikes out
Donnie Hale strikes out
Rhys Casley drops one into CF, out
B2
Rob Grey pop to
3b, out
Fehrman and Levy out
T3
McLean, out
Gus Leger singles (Leger is also a world class rugby and cricket player I am
told)
Makea singles but Leger is out at 2b
Nathan Nukunuku triples bringing in Makea - now 1-0 ball game for NZ
Travis Wilson out
B3
Darren Box hits
one deep RF but very nice catch by right fielder
McKintosh strikes out
Mullaley strikes out
T4
Jarred Martin
singles
Donnie Hale out at 1b, Martin safe on 2b
Travis Wilson - Martin to 3b on passed ball -
B4
Jody Eidt
singles
Mason out
Colin Abbot called out on a disputed call by home plate umpire
Robo, out
T5
Rick Smith in to
pitch for
Stacey McLean
singles
Gus Leger SAC and
Thomas Makea, out
Nathan Nukunuku doubles scoring McLean
Travis Wilson, double
Pat Shannon - an In The Park Home Run - the man can
run!
Jarrad Martin, out
Travis Wilson, out
4 runs on 6 hits
- now NZ are up 5-0
B5
Ian Fehrman fly out to LF
Dale Levy, out
Darren Box, out
T6
Stacy McLean out
Gus Leger, Out
Thomas Makea strikes out to end their half of the 6th
B6
Keith McKintosh,
out
Steven Mulalley, pops one out to RF
Jody Eidt, strikes out
T7
Nathan Nukunuku
bounces one out of the park, ground rule double
Travis wilson, Pat Shannon, out
B7
Derek Mason pops
one to LF, out
Colin Abbot, single - out at 2b
Rob Grey singles
Ian Fehrman strikes out
game over
A spectacular
night in the ballyard!
..
Tuesday,
12 June 2007
The Black Sox vs
The evening started off
with an emotional presentation to local softball hero, Brian (Chubb) Stere.
Stere, who was a walk on try out with the Waterloo Twins 16 years ago was an immediate hit and after 16 years, the team is
retiring their first number in their forty year history.
Larry Lynch, long time
coach and friend to Stere made an powerful
presentation to Brian in front of an estimated 800 strong crowd here in
Tavistock. Stere received a jersey with his number 16 on it and received a
standing ovation from his home town fans.
Another local softball hero, Dan Yantzi threw out the first pitch to his long
time catcher, Brian Stere.
Game 1
WP: Michael Gaiger 4 IP
Heini Shannon: 1 IP
C: Pat Shannon
LP: Don Scott: 3 IP
Grant Patterson: 2 IP
C: Chris Shewfelt
Als Game Notes:
Pat Shannon and Rhys
Casley had the big hits for the Black Sox while Dale Levy did well for
A crowd estimated at
around 800 turned out on this beautiful evening to take in the ball game. The
Tavistock park was an excellent setting for this
evening of fastball. Sculpted out to provide comfortable seating for a good
sized crowd, the fans had an enjoyable evening.
The Black Sox brought out
the hot bats and showed no mercy on the Twins who had just competed in the
The Twins picked up Grant
Patterson (
In the first inning Don
Scott faced the entire starting line up of the Kitchener Hallman Twins. Thomas
Makea, led off with a double to deep RF. Nathan Nukunuku, slapped a single and
moved Makea to 3b. Travis Wilson opened up the scoring with a single down the
3b side, scoring Makea and moving Nathan Nukunuku to 3b. Patrick Shannon hit
clean up and hit a single, driving in a runner even though there was a bit of a
delay in the running when the
This half inning seemed to
take forever, and maybe even longer for pitcher Don
Scott. He tried his best to find where the Black Sox could not reach him, but
they found his pitches no matter where he threw them.
Bottom of the first and
Michael Geiger took the rubber for
Chris Shewfelt struck out, now two out.
Chris Payne hit a single and scored a run, it was now 5-2 and the crowd was
into it.
Dave Bailey grounded out
for the final out.
5-2 at
the end of one inning.
T2 Thomas Makea walked. It
seemed through the game that leadoff man Makea led off every inning.
Nathan Nukunuku hit a
single now runners on 1b and 2b.
Travis Wilson popped one
up and was the first out.
Patrick Shannon hit a SAC
fly to CF, runner to 3b.
Jarrad Martin at the
plate, inning ended suddenly with a lead off call at 1b.
A much
shorter half inning than the first one.
B2 Grant Baechler led off
but grounded out at 1b
Evan Boyd made it to 1b
Tex Lessard and Calvin
Miller each struck out, stranding one.
T3 Jarrod Martin walked.
Don Hale walked.
Casley SAC bunt, out at
1b, moved the runners.
Milne struck out.
B3 Dale Levy singled.
Ron White SAC, moved the runner to 2b.
Shewfelt singled down 3b
line, now runners on the corners.
Chris Payne, SAC fly to
score Levy.
Dave Bailey singled.
Baechler
out, end of inning, now its 6-3 for Black Sox.
T4 Grant Patterson in to pitch for
Makea led off again,
strikes out this time.
Travis Wilson singled.
Pat Shannon walked, runners on 1b and 2b.
Jarrod Martin walked, bases
loaded.
Donnie Hale doubles and
scores two.
Fast forward to 10th
batter, Thomas Makea comes up for the second time in the inning and strikes
out.
B4 Heinie Shannon comes in
to pitch for Black Sox.
Evan Boyd, Tex Lessard strike out
and Derek Shackleton pop fly, out, end of 4th inning.
T5 Grant Patterson still
has the ball for Twins.
18 singled for Black Sox,
close but safe at 1b
Travis Wilson singled,
runners on 1b and 2b
Pat Shannon strikes out
Don Hale is the second out
Casley singles and drives in
a run.
Skip to end of T5 and
Black Sox leading 11-3
B5 Heinie Shannon still
pitching for Black Sox,
Twins go down 1-2-3.
Five inning game ended at
9:20pm
There will be a 15 minute
break between games and players from both teams took time to sign a lot of
autographs for the large attendance of kids in the park this evening.
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Game 2
WP: Jeremy Manley
Heini Shannon
C: Pat Shannon
LP: Todd Martin
Paul Koert
C: Chris Shewfelt
Pat Shannon hit a home run
for the Black Sox.
Dave Bailey had a hit for
The second game got
underway at 9:40pm
Todd Martin on the rubber
for Kitchener Hallman Twins
T1 Thomas Makea led off, 4
straight balls, walked.
Nathan Nukunuku SAC pop up
Travis Wilson struck out
Pat Shannon, grounded at 3rd,
runner out at 1b, Makea to 2b
B1 Jeremy Manly on the runner
for Black Sox
Larry Lynch back in his
old familiar spot as 3rd base coach for Twins
Tex Lessard struck out.
Chris Shewfelt hit a line
drive to CF and a terrific catch for the out.
Dale
Levy for the 3rd out.
T2 Jarrod Martin hit one
high that fell into RF and 3 Twins missed it, turned it into a triple, thats
hustle.
Don Hale grounded to RF
and drove in Martin.
Casley grounded past 1b
and now runners on the corners.
Gus Leger drives in a run
to make it 2-0 for Black Sox.
B2 Jeremy Manly still has
the ball for Black Sox and looks strong.
Ron White walks
Pat Humfryes pop up, out.
Chris Payne strikes out
Grant Baechler strikes
out.
T3 Todd Martin still has
the ball for Twins and looks strong.
Black Sox go down 1-2-3
B3 Dave Bailey hit by
pitch, takes 1b
Chuck Chessell strikes out
Tex Lessard walks
Chris Shewfelt singles
Dale Levy hits a grounder
but is out on a close call at 1b
T4 Patrick Shannon hits a monster
home run.
Jarrad Martin hits a
single
Don Hale strikes out
Stephen Ratu strikes out
Gus Leger strikes out
B4 Twins go down 1-2-3
T5 Paul Koert in to pitch
for Kitchenr
Makea singles - great running
Next patter pops to CF and
runner is held
Black Sox end the inning
with no more scoring
B5 Heinie Shannon in to
pitch for Black Sox
Calvin Miller pops one up
to RF and is out
Dave Bailey hits one deep
but catch of the day by CF
Chuck Chessell strikes
out.
T6 lead off walks
Jarrad Martin grounds out
to 1b, runner safe on 2b
Donnie Hale bad throw to
1b, safe at 1st
Stephen Ratu pops to
CF runner had stolen 2b
B6 Tex Lessard struck out
Chris Shewfelt out
Dale Levy single
Pat Humfryes out
T7 Daniel Milne singles,
ball dropped by CF, safe at 2b
No score
B7 Dave Bailey single
No score for Twins in 7th
Game ends 3-0 for NZ Black
Sox over Kitchener Hallman Twins
A very
pleasant evening of ball. Great
park and a very large and enthusiastic crowd of
fastball fans out to enjoy the event. Weather was spectacular.
Next up:
. June 14 - NZ Black Sox vs Canadian
National Team - Orillia, ON -
. June 15 - NZ Black Sox
vs Canadian National Team - Sebringville, ON - 7 & 9pm
. June 16 - NZ Black Sox vs Canadian
National Team - Kitchener, ON - Peter Halman Ballyard - 6 & 8pm
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Close to 300 fans turned out on Monday
night to catch thekick-off of the New Zealand Blacksox tour of
Game 1:
Jarvis 0
WP- Jeremy Manley (with relief from Michael
Gaiger)
LP- Brian Urquhart (with relief from
Andrew Phibbs)
Game 2:
Jarvis 3
WP- Scott Wagar
LP- Heinie Shannon (in relief of
Gaiger)
The Blacksox struck first with a pair
of runs in the firstinning on a walk to Nathan Nukunuku, an RBI triple by
Travis Wilson and a FC byPatrick
Rhys Casley was hot on the night with
four hits for theBlacksox. Pat Graham went 2 for 2 in the second game and
Bill Simmons hada pair of hits on the night for the Merchants.
The executive of the Jarvis Merchants
would like to thankall the fans, sponsors and the Blacksox for their attendance
and support on Monday night.
Clarke Staats
cstaats6@hotmail.com
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On Monday the Black Sox's tour began. It was a nice warm nite
with lots of fans in the stands. rough guess would be
between 400 and 500.
Jarvis was
forced to bring in Andrew Phibbs.they scored 1
more run in the next inning. to win the
first game 5 to 0. Notes
Game # 2 got started late and due to curfew had to be
put on a time limit. both teams agreed.
the
game started at9:30 with the Black Soxs startin Mike Gaiger
on the mound. Jarvis went with Scotty Wagar. THe Sox's
sdtared fast scoring 2 runs in the first inning. Then Scotty seemed to get stronger as the game went on .In the 3rd inning
Brad Robinson hit a Home Run to make the score
2 : 1 after the 3rd innning. the Sox's tryed to mount a comeback but Scotty held them
off.giving Jarvis last at bat with time runnung out.
Jarvis started
the inning off with 2 straight singles then they
got a infield single to load the bases. for Bill
Simmons.
First pitch
billy saw he lined it centre field. for 2 rbi's and the
game was over. THis gave Jarvis a 3 to 2
victory.
Both
teams played very good defencely. And the crowd really enjoyed both games
and gave both teams a standing applause while the teams shoke hands.
Bill
Lindsay
Jarvis
Merchants
Friday, May
25, 2007
International
Test Series Schedule
The schedule for the six game Senior Mens National
Team International Test Series between World #1 ranked
The first doubleheader will be played on Thursday, June
14th at
The doubleheader in
Meanwhile, the doubleheader in
Thursday, June 14th Orillia, ON
7:00 p.m. Tudhope Park New Zealand vs. Canada
9:00 p.m. Tudhope Park New Zealand vs. Canada
Friday, June 15th Sebringville, ON
7:00 p.m. Community Park New Zealand vs. Canada
9:00 p.m. Community Park New Zealand vs. Canada
Saturday, June 16th Kitchener, ON
6:00 p.m. Peter Hallman Ball Yard New Zealand vs.
Canada
8:00 p.m. Peter Hallman Ball Yard New Zealand vs.
Canada
For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Coordinator, Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
gleblanc@softball.ca
In addition to the National Team games theNew Zealand
Community Trust Black Sox will also be playing the Jarvis Merchantsin
Jarvis,Ontario
Monday June 11, 7 and 9 p.m., and the following
night they will tangle
with the Kitchener Hallman Twins at Optimist Park in Tavistock,
Ontario, again7 and 9 p.m.
The 6 game international test
series will be a highlight ofthe
and the ISC World Championship scheduled for August in
Summary:
. June 11 - NZ Black Sox vs Jarvis Merchants -
Jarvis, ON - 7 & 9pm
. June 12 - NZ Black Sox vs Kitchener Twins - Tavistock, ON - 7 &
9pm
. June 14 - NZ Black Sox vs Canadian National Team - Orillia, ON -
. June 15 - NZ Black Sox vs Canadian National Team -
Sebringville, ON - 7 & 9pm
. June 16 - NZ Black Sox vs Canadian National Team - Kitchener, ON -
Peter Halman Ballyard - 6 & 8pm
Larry Lynch
llynch9@rogers.com
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Wednesday,
June 6, 2007
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Thursday, June 7, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 7th, 2007
Softball
Canada announces 2007 Senior Mens National Team
(
The Series will include three
doubleheaders in which World #2 ranked
The athletes who have been chosen
to represent
1.
2.
Bryan Abrey,
3.
Darren Box,
4.
Jody Eidt,
5. Jeff Ellsworth,
6. Trevor Ethier,
7. Ian Fehrman,
8. Rob Gray,
9. Dean Holoien,
10. Paul Koert,
11. Tyler Lessard,
12. Dale Levy, St. Marys, ON
13. Keith Mackintosh,
14.
15. Derek Mayson,
16. Stephen Mullaley, Freshwater, NL
17. Scott Newitt, North Delta, BC
18. Rob OBrien,
19. Sean OBrien,
20. Kevin Schellenberg,
21. Don Scott,
22. Chris Shewfelt,
23.
Bill Simmons,
24. Rick Smith,
25. Ryan Wolfe,
Team
Staff
Team Leader/Statistician Barry
Smith,
Head Coach
Assistant Coach Don Bates,
Assistant Coach Marty Kernaghan,
Assistant Coach Ray Tilley,
Athletic Therapist Bruce Marshall,
Athletic Therapist Adam Davies,
Equipment Manager Bob Baird,
Player Representative
We are looking very forward to
the Test Series against
Softball
Bios on the players with pictures: http://softball.ca/nationalteams/menssrteam.aspx
For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Sport/Recreation
Management Intern
MBA in Sport and
Recreation Management
Coordinator, Marketing and
Communications
Softball
(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105