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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-07-29, Page 9Lakeport wins two, Company hurting '° Lakeport Steelers won a couple !of close games last week ip Industrial League fastball action , as they defeated Fisher Builders 3-0 and Canada Company 3-2. - Against Fishers, Lakeport was held to just three hits by John Verway but took ad- vantage of four errors by Fishers to win. Frank McDonald scored the first Lakeport run in the third after reaching base on an error. They added two runs in the fifth when McDonald walked and scored on Bruce Bowman's double. Bowman later scored on an error. Brian MacKenzie made the score Stand up,. boldin$. Fishers- to six hits. Wayne Draper had two hits for -Lakeport while Wally Pierson had two for Fishers. Against Canada Company, Larry McCabe singled home David White who had doubled in the bottom of the seventh to lead Lakeport to a. 3.2' decision over Canada Company. Lakeport opened the scoring in the first on Bruce -Bowman's wind -aided home run. MacKenzie held C.C. at bay in the first three innings, fanning seven 'but was nicked fora run in the fourth when Brian Bowman singled and scored two outs lateron Bob Tigert's single. Tigert also made a spectacular catch at the fence in the fourth to rob MacKenzie of a certain hit. Lakeport went ahead in the fifth as Ron Miller and McCabe hit back to back doubles. ' Stan Doherty tied it up in the seventh when Tom O'Brien bunted his way on, stole second for the second time and scored on Dean Doherty's clutch two -out single. Lakeport then won it on M.cCabe's single. MacKenzie held C.C. to six hits, two each by Bowman and O'Brien while Doherty suffered his third tough loss of the week giving up eight hits, two to McCabe.. FRENCH -6 C.0-5 Canada Company lost another close one to French when French exploded for four first inning runs and held onr to edge •Canada Company 6-5. - French jumped on Dean. Doherty early as tour scored before any were , out. Ed Johnson singled and scored when Wayne Kennedy tripled. Long ball artist Bob Johnson drilled a home run and Geroge Sutton repeated the feat. C.C. closed the gap to 6-3 until they batted in the seventh. Tom O'Brien tripled home two runs with two out but was gunned down by Sutton when trying to stretch his hit. O'Brien led C.C. with two hits while Kennedy and Sutton added two each for French. • FRENCH -14 BEDFORD -13 In another game, French Drycleaners exploded for an unbelievable 14 runs in the third inning, and even more unbelievably, barely hung on to beat Bedford 14-13. There were 31 hits off seven different pitchers. Errors prove costly Darryl Beattie unloaded a three -tun homer in the top of the seventh to lead Green & Parent Thunderbirds to a come from behind 4-2 win over Canada Company. - G&P opened the scoring in the fourth when Brian Rumig and Jim Martin singled. John Warr knocked in Martin. C.C. replied with two runs in their fourth when Rob Standen singled and Joe Moore walked. Both scored when Bob Tigert's bunt was thrownlnto right field, • Errors proved costly for C.C. in the seventh when Brian McLean and Denis Miskie both reached base .on them. Beattie followi Liw th his. clout .and G&P led 4-2. Martin.. finished off C.C. in the seventh to take the win: DeanDoherty pitched well enough to win but fell victim to Beattie's hit. Martin had two hits for G&P while Mike Donnelly and Brian Shewfelt added two apiece for C.C. Gord's Sports used three first inning runs to lead them to a 5-1 win over. Lakeport Advertising last Wednesday. Jon Ginn and Warren Watt had back to back singles and ,were brought in by Bob Reihl's triple. Reihl scored on Dave Scholl's . single. Gord's added single runs in the second and third innings - to lead 5-0. ' Lakeport finally reached Scholl for a run in the sixth on Bill Gallow's sacrifice fly. Scholl .gave up seven hits, two to Greg Hansen in winning. his first start since his hand injury. Myles Murdock and Watt each had two hits off loser Arnie Parker who gave up nine hits. Wayne Doak hit a two run . homer in the sixth inning and Simon Langlois fired an eight strike -out five hitter to lead Lakeport Advertising to a 3-1 win over Fisher Builders Sunday. Lakeport scored first in the third inning on singled by' Bill Gallow .and Langlois. Fishers tied it in the sixth when Jack MacKinnon reached base on an error and. scored on Gerry Durst's double. That set the stage for Doak's home run. • •Loser John Verway gave ' up only five hits and struck out ten in a fine per- formance. Green & Parent used a four run third inning out- burst to lead them to a 4-3 win over Hotel Bedford —.Sunday. The Dukes opened the scoring in the second inning when Brian Sowerby singled and scored later with one out on Terry Austin's hit. Austin also had a sixth inning home run and finished • with three hits. .But the difference was the third inning when G&P scored four times. on four hits. Bob Graham and Leroy Meriam singled. Brian .McLean followed with a walk and John Warr cleared the bases witha double. Darrell Beattie then singled home Warr. Loser Rnn Austin allowed just one other hit in recording the loss. Have we got a job for you! Just Phone Or Visit THE CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE 520 Wellington'ktreet, London, Ontario N6A 3R2 Phone 679-5110 or , our Mobile offices in the Federal Building 12:00 p.m. -4:30 p.m. Sarnia . .... Every Wednesday Stratford.. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month Goderich .1st and 3rd Thursday of each month Woodstock2nd and 4th Thursday of each month Tillsonburg Last Monday of each month ASK US ' ' THE CANADIAN ABOUT- YOU ARMED FORCES PROTECT YOUR BEACH Install G€ibions for erosion control. Save your valuable lake lot and beach For free estimates, call Joe Durand Construction 565®5022 14, Bedford led 5-0 after two but let it slip away as French sent 17 men to the plate in the third. Bedford came to within one but left the tying run on second base. Bill Black, Rob Plunkett, and Brian Sowerby had three hits for Bedford. Plunkett had a two -run homer, in the fifth. Ron/ Bogie had three hits for French while Ray Mathers, George Sutton, and Wayne Kennemy added two each for French. Phil Turner had a three -run homer as did Bob Johnson. Kevin Jewell proved to be the only pitcher capable of winning the game.. GIFL STANDINGS as of Monday, July 27 Team Lakeport Steel McGee Pontiacs Gord's Sports Fisher Builders Lakeport Advertising Green & Parent French Cleaners Canada Company Hotel Bedford GP 21 20 20 21 21 21 23 18. 20 W 17 14 12 10 9 9 9 7 4 L 3 6 8 11 10 .12 14 11 16 T P 1 35 1 29 0 24 0 20 2 20 0 18 0 18 0 14 0 8 GODERICH SJGNALSTAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1981—PAGE 9 McGees win again On Monday night, the McGee Pontiacs easily defeated Fisher Builders 9-0 for their seventh consecutive victory. In the first inning, Ron Klages singled, Ron Sowerby walked, and Doug Spitzig's single brought, both. home. They added to this lead with one run in the second, two in the third and four in the sixth. Ron Sowerby had a solo home run in the second. Big hitters .of theJght were Mike 'Frayne, P Bartliff,' and Paul Kelly all with two hits apiece. The winning pitcher was Ken Daer while Doug Fisher was on the mound for the losing cause. In the second game of the night, Gord's Sports handed this year's league leader Lakeport Steel their third loss, 11-0, in fiveinnings. Five runs were scored in the first .inning as nine batters came to the plate, knocking starting pitcher Wayne Draper out to be replaced by Brian MacKenzie. Gord's scored three more in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth to close out the scoring. Leading the Gord's Sports batters was Bob Riehl who went four for four. Phil Petrie and winning pitpher Des Courtney eachhad three hits in carrying Gord's to their fifth consecutive vic- tory. Player of the week Darryl Beattie had two game winning hits and beat Hotel Bedford 4-3 in a rare pitching appearance. Honorable mention goes to Bob Johnson ,who nailed two home runs, Brian MacKenzie who had two impressive wins, and Tom O'Brien who had two two -hit games and stole twobases. ! 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