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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-06-29, Page 10PAGE 10—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1978 Jays drop first game of\season The Goderich Blue Jays split a pair of games in WOAA midget boy's baseball last week, taking an easy 33-5 vic- tory in Clinton Tuesday, and absorbing a close 4-3 defeat in' Hanover, Thursday. That loss -was the first for the Jays this season. Their league record now stands at four wins, one loss and one tie. Mike Pitre was the starting and winning pitcher in the game in Clinton. The Jays staked him to an eight run lead in their first at -bat, and added three more in the d• second. Clinton got one run in their half of the first on two hits and then struck for four more runs in the second as Pitre ran into control problems, giving up four walks and a two base hit by Bedard. Dennis, Donnelly came on in relief for the Jays to get the third out of the inning and then blanked the Clinton batters over the rest of the six inning game, giving up only one_ hit, striking out six and walking one. Doug Cruickshank and Dan Maillet had five hits each to pace the Goderich attack. Rob McDonald and Andy Moore had three hits apiece, Don- nelly had a pair and Larry Madge had a hit and four walks to his credit. David Moore, Rick Leddy and Mark Jones also had one hit each. Three Clinton pitchers gave up a total of 22 hits and 14 walks while their teammates committed five errors behind them. The Jays collected seven runs in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. The Blue Jays got a surprise in Hanover, as SPORTS they were set down on on'ly eight hits by Steve Hopkins who went the full nine innings on the mound for Hanover. The Blue Jays made a first inning run stand up for a 1-0 lead over six innings but Hanover scored three in the seventh and one in the eighth while Goderich could manage only one run in each of the eighth and ninth innings to fall one run short of the Hanover team. Mike Pitre was charged with the loss although he pitched six innings of shutout ball, lead off the first, and striking out twelve and Robert McDonald drove giving up only three hits him. home with another until the seventh inning double. The Blue Jays did when he was tagged for not score again until the two doubles and two "eighth when Dave singles by the first four Moore doubled, was Hanover batters. Dennis sacrificed .along by Ted Donnelly came on. m Doherty and Rob relief but gave up a hit McDonald and came in to and two walks betore score on Dennis Don - retiring the side. Two nelly's single.Dan errors by the Blue Jays Maillet walked to lead paved the way for the off the Jay's ninth, and .final Hanover run in the scored on Mike Pitre's ninth. single and a sacrifice by Goderich got their first Andy Moore. Pitre was run when Doug cut down at the plate Cruickshank doubled to trying to score when Mark Jones singled and David Moore grounded out to end the Blue Jays's threat. c The Blue Jays next two scheduled games are both on the road. Tonight (Thursday) they travel to Port Elgin and next Thursday they go to Chesley. Simon Langlois hurls no-hitter Simon Langlois had a rather productive evening against Green and Parent in Industrial League action last Thursday. Langlois hurled the first no-hitter" of the season and led his team at the plate with a double and triple as Ziebart downed the Thunderbirds 3-0 for their fifth straight win. Langlois retired the first 15 batters in order before Glen Ferguson reached base on an error in the °top of the sixth inning. It was the only base runner allowed by Langlois in the game. The Ziebart hurler struck out seven batters in the game, three in the third inning and issued no walks. He faced only, 22 batters in the'game. The win was the fifth straight for Ziebart and evened their record at five wins and five lo;s'ses. They remain in third place in the Dunlop Division, six points behind league -leading French and four points An elated Tim McLean rounds third base and then accepts congratulations from his Lakeport Steel team-mates after he deposited a Des Courtney pitch • over the left field fence for a grand slam home run. The homer broke open a 1-0 game and lifted Lakeport to a 10-4 win Monday. (photo by Dave Sykes) behind Canada Company. Langlois was also in- strumental- ian engineering his team's offence as he collected two of the .Ziebart seven hits. He smacked a double and tripled in the first Ziebart run in the fourth inning. The triple scored Greg Hansen with the winning run. Ziebart scored their final two runs in the fifth inning as Jim Mclvor led off with a double and scored on Cam MacDonald's • follow-up triple. M•acDonaid scored on a sacrifice fly by Al Sygrove. Jim Manna, wentthe distance in the Ions giving up seven hits and recording one strike out. Ziebart will try to keep. their win streak alive tonight°against - league - leading •Fre+y,th Dry Cleaners when. -the teams meet at 7:15 °p.m.The Thunderbirds reNtrn to action Sunday against Lakeport at 7 p.m. Gords win in Lucknow Last weekend five industrial league teams played in district tournaments and the venture was most profitable for Gords Sports who won the B Championship in Lucknow. Along with a trophy the team won $100. Lakeport Steel and Green and Parent also played in Lucknow. French Dry Cleaners and McGee Pontiacs played in Lucan and French battled their way to the B Championship before losing 6-3 in that final game. The tournament was more costly than that, however, as they lost the services of second baseman Frank MacDonald who broke his leg at the tournament. McLean's slam lifts _Lakeport Lakeport Steel slam- med two Gords pitchers for 15 hits including a grand slam home run as they routed Gords' 10-4 in Industrial League action Monday. Tim McLean did the hulk of the damage with his bat as the Lakeport shortstop went four for four at the plate including a grand slam homer and a triple. Lakeport held a slim 1-0 lead after four innings before McLean broke the game open with a grand slam in the top of the fifth. The blast scored teammates Buck 'Million, Wayne Draper and Brian McKenzie who had singled, ' McLean also added two singles and a triple on the night and scored two runs. Million added three hits over the game and teammates •Draper, Ed Jones and Larry McCabe chipped in with two hits apiece. ' Lakeport led 5-1 after six innings of play and added five more runs in the top of the seventh on five hits. • Gords scored a single run 'in the fifth inning and completed the scoring with a three -run rally in their final at bat on doubles by Phil Petrie and Dennis Williamson and a single by Bob Riehl. Wayne Draper went the distance on the mound for Lakeport giving up four runs on nine hits while striking out two batters. Des Courtney and Petrie shared the mound duties for Gords. The win was the fourth of the season for Lakeport and leaves them in fourth position in the Dunlop Division. Gords remains tied for third with Little Bowl in the Maitland Division. Fisher Builders shade Canada Company 24 Fisher Custom Builders scored two unearned runs in the sixth inning to shade 'Canada -Company 2-1 in Industrial league action Sunday. Fishers were held to a single hit through .the first five innings of the game byCompany pit- cher Stan Doherty but capitalized on their only opportunity. With one out in the sixth Ken Koss was hit by a pitch and scored as Jim Bell reached base on an error. Pell then scored the second Fisher run on a sacrifice '..fly by Jack MacKinnon. Canada Company had held a 1-0 lead in the game as Tom O'Brien walked in the second inning, stole second and scooted home on Mike Donnelly's single. It was the only run Fred Pellow allowed although Canada Com- pany put together three singles In the fourth inning. With one out Tom O'Keefe was caught trying to go home on O'Brien's single. Pellow recorded 10 strikeouts in the game and walked two hatters. The victory was the sixth of the season for Fisher against four bosses and they remain in second place in the Maitland Division standings, twn points behind McGees. The loss was the third of the season for Canada Company against seven wins. Jack MacKinnon, Bellow and Barry Bloch had the Fisher hits off losing pitcher Doherty. O'Keefe, Doherty, O'Brien and Donnelly had the Company hits. Canada Company rebounded from the loss with a 6-2 win over Graham Electric Mon day. Canada Company • had tied in the game 1-1 before they erupted for a. five -run rally in the fifth inning that began with a solo home ` run by Bill Durst. Mike Donnelly -also delivered a key blow in the inning with a • run scoring double. Glen Tigert went the distance in the win giving up two runs on three hits. Ile struck nut six batters and walked two. • John V•erway was tagged for six runs ori as many bits in the loss. He struck out one batter and walked one. Don Bogie led the Company offence with two hitsin three trips to the plate. Durst's home run and Donnelly's run - scoring double were the key hits in the game. Steve Haggitt, Ker- nighan and Bruce, Bowman had the Graham hits. .p Ready, set and throw. Determination isetched on the face of Robin MacDonald as she participated in the ball throw event at the Huron -Perth separate school track meet in Mitchell last Friday. The determination paid off as Robin won the evept. (Photos by Jeff Seddon) Tykes lose to Kincardine The Goderich Tyke Victoria and Grey All- stars splita pair of games on the weekend winning a game by default Friday and losing to Kincardine Sunday. The T-ykes did little to earn a 'victory Friday night as the Port Elgin squad was forced to forfeit the game. The Tykes may have been wishing that Kin- cardine didn't show up on Sunday as Goderich dropped a 20-5 decision to the host club. Kincardine scored six runs in the first inning, added three in the second, singles in the fourth and fifth, four in the fifth inning and five runs in their final at hat. Goderich scored single runs in the second and third inning and added two in the fifth. David Almasi and Graham Weatherby each scored two runs for Goderich and one of Weatherby's runs was a sold home run in the third, inning. Joey Fitzpatrick scored' the fifth Jim Beattie, Fitz- patrick and Weatherby led the Goderich offence with two hitt apiece. The Tykes return to action Thursday July 6 against Wingham and their next game is July 8 against Walkerton at 2 p.m. Goderich Elevators win Clavering tournament The Goderich Elevators topped 12 teams in a women's softball tournament in Clavering last weekend as they edged the host team 7-5 to win' the tournament cham- pionship. Goderich won three games en route to the championship game of the three-day double knockout tournament. The Elevators won their first game of the tournament defeating Stayner 5-2. Diane Melick led the Goderich offence with four hits in as many trips to the plate. She also scored two runs. Sue Kolkman, Bev Wright and Carole Cruickshank, with a sixth inning home run, accounted for the other Goderich runs. Goderich relied on the long ball in the second game as Mary Kolkman smacked two home runs and Linda Miller added a third as the Elevators dumped Walkerton 6-3. Cruickshank, Wright and Betty MacPhee scored the other Goderich runs in the victory. • The two victories in Saturday's play b6osted Goderich into the semi- finals Sunday and they earned a berth in the championship with a 3-1 victory over Wiarton. Goderich scored a single run in the first inning and that 1-0 lead stood until the top of the sixth when Wiarton got to pitcher Bev Wright for the tying run. But the Elevators responded with a two -run rally in the bottom of the sixth for the 3-1 win. MacPhee and Mary and Sue Kolkman scored the Goderich runs. Sue Kolkman provided the heroics in the championship game as she smacked a two -run homer to lift Goderich to a 7-5 victory over Clavering. Goderich led the game 3-0 after two innings with Cruickshank,. MacPhee and Karen Pond scoring the runs. Clavering narrowed the margin with a home run in the bottom of the third inning. Goderich in- creased its lead to 4-1 in the top of the fifth inning as Mary Kolkman scored but Clavelring rallied for four runs in the bottom half of the fifth to hold a 5- 4 advantage. Clavering clung to that one -run lead until the French on -long French Dry Cleaners maintained their torrid pace' in the Dunlop Division dumping ''Little Bowl 10-6 for their sixth straight win. The victory was the eighth of theseason for French against two losses and boosted their point total to 16, the hest in the league. They were slow to start at the beginning of the season winning two of their first four games but since then have won six in a row to take the lead in the Dunlop Division. French relied on the long ball against Little Bowl as George Sutton nailed a two -run horsier in the first inning and Ron Klages hit two homers, a three -run shot in the third inning and a two -run homer in the seventh. French jumped out in front by two runs in the first inning on `Sutton's home run and rallied for seventh inning when Mary Kolkman singled in MacPhee and then scored 'on Mary' Kolkman's two - run homer. wins ball five runs in the second to 151'd a 7-0 lead after two innings of play. Little Bowl tried desperately to make a contest of the game and promptly struck for five runs in the bottom of the third inning to narrow the French lead to two runs. Glen Falkiner did the 'damage for Little Bowl with a three -run homer that capped the five -run rally. Sutton and Falkiner who are tied for the Industrial League batting ° title with .462 ' averages, both hit home runs in the game. French scored a single run in the fifth inning and Klages accounted for their final two runs with his seventh inning two - run homer. Little Bowl scored their only other run of the game in the fifth inning on back to back doubles by,. Falkiner and Dave Patterson. Athletic briefs The Maitland Tennis Club will hold the Dominion Day Tennis Classic at the club courts this Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. The event is restricted to club members and will produce a club singles champion. +++ The beach staff begin duty Friday June 30 at their patrol of the beach area will continue until the Labor Day weekend. +++ Paul Dockstader updated his swimming qualifications and it is expected that he will supervise early morning swim sessions at Judity Gooderham Pool. Details will be made available later. +++ The Goderich Industrial Softball League will hold its annual all-star game next Thursday at 8 p.m. at Agriculture Park. +++