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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-08-10, Page 13West Lorne beats Petrolia, wins EXETER - West Lorne 76ers emerged as the champion of the seventh annual Exeter Royals fast - ball tourney at 1 a.m. Monday morning. Some of the top teams and players in Ontario took part in -the weekend event with the two final games being the most exciting in the history of the tournament. The tourney got underway Satur- day morning after Friday's games were rained out. - West Lorne started out with a 3 1 win over. Fullarton A's as Steve Virag spun a three hitter and Team Canada member Rob Schneckenbur- ger hit a home run. Phil Avery had all three hits for. Fullarton including a home run. St. Pauls beat Lucan Harry 6 - 2 when Jon Bailey picked up the win. Jeff Shipley had a two run homer in the loss. Sarnia beat St. Marys Selects 4 1 as Wayne Parizeau tossed.a four- hitter and hit a home run. Oakville beat new Hamburg Jun- iors 6 - 0 when Bill Prichard had three hits. DRAMATIC—T-14Ra - t an Harry's Nine star pitcher Paul Horenburg releases a blistering throw during Lu; can's second game of the Exeter oya enth-annual-fastbalUorrrnament on the weekend. Bantams place KINCARDINE - Exctcr Bantams . came up.with a strong performance to place third in the Bantam OBA elimination tournament on the -weekend. The tourney involved nine teams from Western Ontario and the winners advanced to the OBA finals. Exeter played five games in two days, notching three wins and two losses in their climb to thc semi- finals. The locals edged Hanover 12-11 and then suffered a 14-3 loss at thc. hands of St. Marys only to re- bound for a 3-2 win over Godcrich and a 8-5 victory over Kincardine. - Exeter was defeated 10-4 by Si. Marys in the semi=final round. Exeter 12 - Hanover 11 Exctcr started the tourney with an epic battle against Hanover which went three extra innings with the two teams locked in a 10-10 tic. Jim Ahrens*started pitching for Exeter. He was .replaced by Davc Schwindt after four innings. Schwindt struck out seven and al- lowed no walks. Left fielder Rob Kramer stole thc show when he made a fine running catch with two out to thwart two base -runners in scoring position. Juniors fail to repeat against Senior Express EXETER - Co-op Juniors were unable to repeat their earlier perfor- their Senior counter- parts• to Creat Lakes Baseball, Ex- eter Express when thcy met this. -week. Juniors dropped a 6-3 deci- ' sion to Express in their second meeting of the season. Earlier this year, Co-ops pulled out a surprising victory over the more experienced team, but they couldn't out -gun them this time. After retiring three Juniors in a row in the top of the first inning, t:xpress jumped into a secure lead Idith four runs. Pete Hccncy started the show with a single and then Juniors pitcher Terry Cox walked Rob Dickcy. Power hitter Dave Shaw hit a home run to clear the bases and make it 3-0. Mike Neil scored on a single by Walt Parkinson to end the first in- ning scoring. Cox tightened up and pitched threeexcellent innings, but Co-op bats were silent. • A single by Brent O'Brien was mis-handled in the outfield and Steve Neil and Darren Little were able to score, making it 4-2, but Doug Fairbairn scored an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth to maintain some distance for Express. Fred Grcgus singled to bring in Neil in the sixth but it was all Co- op Juniors -could muster. One more unearned run by Davc. Atthill in the seventh finished thc game. Notes: Juniors will be taking. part in a tournament in Kincardine this weekend. 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In round two, West Lorne edged St. Pauls 4 - 3. . Rick Abbott picked up the win. Lucan beat Fullarton A's 5 - 2 af- ter Paul' Horenburg tossed a three - hitter. Sarnia beat Oakville 4 - 0 lcd by Leri Dimuzio who tossed a three hitter with 16 strikeouts. Stratford Leyser beat Stratford Optical 5 -2 with Jim Avery pick- ing up the win.. Chepstow Aces beat McLeods 2 - 0 when Pete- Spitzig earned the win. Petrolia beat Chatham 5 - 2. Jim Park picked up a win and Tim Steadman hit a home run. Shakespeare eliminated Owen Sound. Lucan scored one run in the sixth and two in the seventh to edge Oak- ville 3 - 2. Jeff Shipley tripled twice. St. Pauls put St. Marys out with • Royals tourney a 2 - 1 win in eight innings as John Van Ness won a pitchers duel with John Roger. Chatham edged Chepstow 3 -2 with Vic Bossy tossing the win. Shakespeare beat Stratford Optical 7.-2. Roy McMillan had three hits. Sunday morning 'saw a tourney first when Steve Vrag for West Lorne tosseti►a perfect game retiring all 21 batters as they edged Sarnia 1 -0. - Petrolia mercied Leyser 11 - 0. St. Pauls beat Lucan 3 - 1 as Jon Bailey hit a home run and tossed a no-hitter. Shakespeare beat Chatham Kent 3-2 as Fred Folling picked up the win and Kevin Yantzc had three hits. St. Pauls put out Sarnia 4 - 0 af- ter Lothar Mueller hit a home run and two singles and John Van Ness picked up the win. Leyser beat Shakespeare 4 - 2 with Steve Strasser getting the win. . In a battle of undefeated teams, West Lorne beat Petrolia 6 - 1 after Rob Schneckenburger hit a home run. Ames - Serving South Huron, North Middlesex Si. Pauls then eliminated Leyser 9 - 4 with Lcyscrs pulling out a triple play in the game. Lothar Mueller had three hits to his credit. Petrolia then beat St. Pauls 5. - 2 after Jim Park picked up the win. This set the stage for the first game of the finals. Petrolia would have to beat West Lorne twice to capture the championship. They won the first game in dra- matic fashion. With West Lorne leading 1 - (I in the bottom of the seventh, Mark Roddich doubled and Kent Helps reached on an error. Roddich then scored after Terry Symington struck out and the catcher missed the ball. In throwing to first base, the throw hit the base runner in thc het- " met, allowing the winning run to score. This set up thc final game for the championship because both teams had one Toss. West Lorne was sailing along with a 4 - 0 lead into the seventh with Rick Abbott working on a one -hitter with two out in the sev- enth. Petrolia proceeded to knock in four runs to tic the game. West Lorne then won it in the bottom of the tenth when Paul Stafford doubled and scored after Paul McDonald singled him in. West Lorne pitcher Rick Abbott was honored as top pitcher while Jim Park of Petrolia was the Most Valuable -Player , P:ea:;e turn to page 2A dvocate & North lambton Since 1873 August 10, 1988 Poo 1A Tykes drop two games, tie EXETER - Rowe Fuels Tykes ran into trouble against Parkhill when they lost 21-6 despite a good effort. Andrew Hem turned in the Exeter play of the game when he struck out three consecutive batters in the sixth inning. Hcrn pitched four solids innings and wcnt two -for - three at bat. Jeff MacLcan contributed two hits in four attempts at bat -as did Andy Glavin who also managed a triple. Jason Maskcll and Todd Rcdcgald wtnt one -for -two. whie Michael —Sclj iw ' thrc trips to the plate. A lead-off home run by Paul Van Dyken in the third inning helped Exeter to a 13-13 tic with St. Mar- ' ys July 26. ports. Darryl Hartman, who had one hit in a single trip to the plate, was on the mound for the tic after he came in to relieve Bert. Guenther who c--wentThrce-and-one-third-inning-and , allowed only three runs. Van Dyken went two -for -theca at bat as did Jcff Glavin and Maskcll. Andy Glavin tripled and Jeff MacL- ean went three -for -four at bat. Listowel handed Exeter a 18-15 loss in a garne which could have gonc either way July 20. •. Van Dyken picked up two hits in four tries -while Jcff.MacLcan man- aged three hits. I lartman and Hem each had two -bits in three tries while Maskcll had two hits and Jeff Glavin notched one. Tykes record to date is four wins 1-2-Iossc-s-and-one tie— third at OBA elimtnationt�urney Mark Russell lcd the team offen- sively with.four singles to his cred- it. Schwindt turned in one double and two singles while Ryan Linden- ficld and Jason Heywood managed two singles each. Jamie Cornish, Fred Stcciuk, Shawn McFalls and Ahrens each had one single. St. Marys 14 - Exeter 3 • A fifth inning explosion by St. Marys which saw nine runs cross the plate put a win out of reach for Exctcr in game two. Trailing 5-3 in the fourth, a win was well within reach for Exctcr, but they were un- able to recover from the disastrous fifth. Heywood went the distance for Exctcr, striking out three and milk- ing one opponent. no td Russell added a home rhis credit when he slugged the ball over the left field fence. Schwindt added a pair of singles while Stcciuk and Ahrens each hit singles. • • Exeter 3 - Coderich 2 __For t1Ja,�,sccond time in the touma- mcnt, Exeter found themselves heading into extra innings locked in a tic. Darren Mason pitched the through . the first two innings, giving up just two runs. Mark Russell came in to finish the game. Russell Express maul Strathroy EXETER - Scnior Express left no doubt as to which was the bet- ter team when they came up against Strathroy Sunday and worked their way to a 17-9 win. Express pushed four runs across the plate in the first inning and managed four more in the second, leaving, the score at 8-2 as the two teams entered the third. Express added two runs in the fourth, three in the sixth and four more -in the seventh to counter a four run burst by Strathroy in the fourth. Kevin Hcrn lcd Exeter offensive- ly with two R131 singles and a home run which bre:ight two more runners in. Mike Neil also earned a pair of RBI singles and a double. Doug Fairbairn hit a two R131 dou- ble. Kevin Dragerwas on the mound for.Exctcr. A struck out six batters and walked just one opponent in the remaining seven innings of play. In the bottom of the eighth, first baseman Shawn McFalls made a fine jumping catch on a hard line drive to keep the bases empty. Scwhindt_doubled and added a -sin- gle in the effort while Russell con- tributed a double. - Singles came from Ahrens, Lin- denf ield and McFalls. Exeter 8 - Kincardine 5 Exctcr Bantams headed into game four with just 10 players on the bench but what coach Gary Hart- man described as "the most positive attitude I've seen throughout the season" propelled thein to a win over tie host team. Schwindt pitched the. entire game, retiring six opponents and walking one. • Outfielders Rob Kramer, Cornish - and Jeremy Brock 'were key etc- - mcnts in the win, catching numer- ous halls. Lindenficld also turned in a great performance as short stop, at , one point leaping up to catch a Kincardine line drive. - Schwindt added one -double and two singles to his record while Cor- nish notched a double and a -single. Heywood knocked out three singles and Lindenficld, Russell, AhrcnS and Kramer had • two singles each. Brock added a single: St. %lams 10 - Exeter 4 St. N1ar. s and Exctcr..have met six times this \cason and cacti time the locals finished -on the losing side. As they entered game five 'of the tournament. Exctcr was deter- mined to change their luck against St. Marys and it showed. Exctcr put two nuns on the hoard in the first inning, but pitching problems hampered their drive. Ahrens and Russell each pitched an inning, but tired, they were un- • Plcasc turn to itagc 2A f 1 r LIEURY D' - Laurie Timmermans, a member of Lieury Bantams, took a little dip Sunday during Lieury Minor Ball Day. Tt.e swim was provided courtesy of Pete Feddema, who coaches the Bantams. Feddema's aim was true and it only took a couple of thrown softballs to send Timmermans to the dunk -tank depths. •