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The Times Advocate, 2006-06-07, Page 19Wednesday, June 7, 2006 Exeter Times -Advocate • Sports Co-op Seniors perfect EXETER — The Exeter Co-op Seniors continue to make their mark in their inaugural season in the Thames Valley Senior League. The Seniors improved to 5-0 last week with wins over Thorndale and the London Stingrays after a pair of wins in their first week. Exeter 9, Southwest London 8 Exeter's home opener was successful May 22 as they defeated the Southwest London Dodgers at Alvin Willert Field. Jon Brand went four solid innings according to coach Jeff Keller allowing just two hits, three walks and striking out three. Exeter gave Brand some run support in the first when Mark Laye scored from second base from a Matt Iredale single. Exeter extended the lead to 2-0 when Mike Seip scored on a Brand dou- ble. Exeter started to pull away in the fourth inning when Terry Hogg led off the inning with a single, scored on a triple by Laye who later scored, with Seip, from another double by Brand. "Brand was a one- man wrecking machine out there tonight," said Keller. However, Exeter got into trouble in the fifth and sixth innings. Mike Agnew made his pitching debut for the first time in many years. Keller said he pitched well, but struggled a near the end of his out- ing. "He pitched well, he was just a little rusty," said Keller. "He will get better, no doubt". London came back and tied the score 8-8 in the bottom of the sixth but Exeter didn't let that get to them. Ricky Regier came in to shut them out in the seventh to give Exeter the chance to win the game in the bottom of the seventh. With Dave Russell reaching base on an error in the bottom of the seventh, Matt Iredale came up the plate. Iredale hit a line -drive over the left -fielder's head to score Russell easily from third to give Exeter their second win in as many games. "It was great to see the guys pull themselves together and concen- trate on the task at - hand," said Keller. "It showed true char- acter to keep fighting after losing the big lead. I was very proud of everyone for not getting down and concentrating on the task." Regier got the win for Exeter with Brand get- ting a shutout. Exeter combined for 10 hits including a triple by Laye, two doubles by Brand, a double and a single by Matt Iredale, a double from Russell, two hits from Hogg and a hit each from Seip and Regier. Exeter 13, Thorndale I I Exeter kept the unbeaten streak alive May 25 at home, defeat- ing Thorndale 13-11 in what was called a "slop- py, but productive" game by Keller. "Defence was not the strong point for either team tonight," men- tioned Keller. It was a see -saw game, with Exeter and Thorndale exchanging the lead three times before Exeter sealed the victory in the sixth inning. Exeter took a 5-0 lead in the second inning with RBI singles by both Keller and Brand. However, the lead wouldn't last long as Thorndale came on strong in their half of the inning scoring six runs of their own. Hogg threw well until the wind picked up in the third, throwing his balance off, according to Keller. Hogg had to work hard to throw strikes, and Thorndale took advantage of it. They took an 11-9 lead into the bottom of the sixth when Exeter finally started hitting the ball. With bases loaded and just one out, Dave Gingerich hit a monster to the right -field fence. "We all thought it was gone - a grand slam. However, it seemed to die just at the end when it hit the top half of the fence," said Keller. "I had to get everyone to start running a little faster once I saw that. We were all too busy admiring that hit!" Exeter took a 13-11 lead into the seventh where reliever Mitch Iredale shut down Thorndale to get the win and seal the victory. Exeter 8,Thorndale 5 Exeter got off to a quick start in their final meeting with Thorndale this season. Exeter scored two runs in the bottom of the first when Matt Iredale hit a triple scor- ing Hogg who reached first base with a hit of his own. Iredale later scored on a single by Gregus. "It has been 15 years since Fred last played baseball," mentioned Jeff Keller. "He may look a little slower, but he can still hit the ball." Excellent pitching once again by Regier helped Exeter fend off any offensive attacks from Thorndale. Thorndale did score one run against Regier, his first earned run this season. Regier pitched four solid innings, allowing one run on two hits, no walks and two strike -outs. Brand pitched three innings in relief, allow- ing just one earned run, striking out four and walking three. Exeter scored three more runs in the third to take what seemed to be a commanding, four - run lead. Seip and Gregus each had hits to bring in runs. However, Thorndale would not go down easy. Thorndale came back in the sixth inning when Exeter's defence froze in support of Brand. "We seem to make errors in bunches," mentioned assistant coach Finkbeiner. "They do not come very often, but when they do, it seems to hurt us." With the game tied, in the bottom of the sixth, Exeter took advantage of two Thorndale errors to get on base. Then, with bases loaded and one out, Keller said Gingerich hit a monster shot to right - centre field. The ball hit the top of the fence, scoring three runs and giving Exeter its fourth straight victo- ry. Exeter 5, London Stingrays 3 Exeter met new com- petition Sunday, travel- ling to London for an afternoon game against the Stingrays. Hogg got the start for Exeter, and was the story of the game as he pitched all nine innings allowing just three runs on five hits and eight strikeouts. Even more impres- sive, according to Keller is the fact Hogg didn't walk one batter. He deserved that win," said Keller. "The team is really starting to gel," men- tioned Keller. Exeter tries to improve its record to 6- 0 Thursday night against Byron at 8:30 p.m. at Alvin Willert Field. Exeter Karate Club members Clint Mackie and William Dearing battle it out during a tournament held at the South Huron Rec Centre May 28.The tournament saw clubs from Exeter, Holmesville, Wingham, Lucan, and Mount Forest attend with about 30 competitors. (photo/submitted) 19 irikequisPon Gun Club May 31 TRAP Terry Caldwell Mark Tuckey Jody Mosurihjohn Jordon Ritchie Jim Hill Mark Ramsey Wayne Peachey Doug Dalrymple Jake Homuth Brittany Caldwell Jason Darling Brad Mann Bill Cameron Steve Johnson Chris McGregor Dale Passmore Bill Stewart Glen Mogk Reinhardt Gotz John Gaiser Kevin Campbell Jeff Darling Dwayne Jefferey Kyle Mann Jack Berg Garrett Alexander Steve Bibbey Jake Caldwell Dylan Broadfoot DOUBLES Jody Mosurinjohn Jordon Ritchie Dale Passmore Dwayne Jefferey Jason Darling 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 21 21 20 18 17 17 13 10 44 43 39 29 27 16-0 win for Express EXETER — The Exeter Express finally were able to play their first two games of the season in the past week. Rain had postponed their first three contests. In their first game the Express battled the London Bulls on even terms for the better part of the game. The Bulls rallied to win 8-4. Derek Masse pitched the first five innings allowing one run on three hits. He was followed by Curtis Meyers who was touched up for the remainder of the Bulls runs. Paul Elston relieved in the ninth inning The Express had plenty of chances to score runs as they had eight hits and fived walked batters. Returnee Nate Burns led the way with three hits along with Lonnie Hawke while Vic Olivieira and Nick Regier had one each. Rustiness from not having played or practiced because of the weather was readily apparent in this contest according to spokesman Joe Fulop. The Express stormed back against St. Thomas on Friday by scoring 11 runs in the first inning and coast- ing to a 16-0 victory. Marty Merner allowed only two hits in the six innings he worked while Dan Masse pitched a hitless seventh. Oliveira had four hits while Hawke and Justin Hayter had three with Bobby Grant, Aaron Patterson and Merner get- ting two each. The Express play the London Bulls in Exeter on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and are in Strathroy Saturday afternoon. Crediton Laurmart keeps winning CREDITON - The Crediton Laurmart Juniors/ Intermediates fastball team notched two more wins this past week to keep its win- ning streak alive. Crediton 9 vs Byron Int. 0 Carrie Dixon pitched a superb game for Crediton against the Byron Int. squad, meeting only 27 batters in seven innings and notching seven strikeouts. With a top-notch defensive team behind Dixon, bi the team was able to shut out its oppo- nent. Megan Preszcator pound- ed out a double and two sin- gles while Marianne Scott's bat was on fire notching a homerum and a triple. Amber Preszcator added a double and two singles. Julie Prout, Angie Gould and Carrie Dixon hit two singles apiece while Katie Glavin pounded out a triple in the fifth inning along with a single hit from the bat of Cathy Conlin. Crediton 0 vs Maria Sco nne tt Ilderton 2 With only nine players, Crediton headed to Ilderton on Friday night to play the only team who has defeated the local squad so far this season. Crediton came away with a very decisive 10-2 Julie win. Marianne Scott pitched a very strong game notching five strikeouts with the two runs being scored in the fourth inning Scott also cleared the bases in the sixth inning with a triple Prout scoring two runs. Lead-off batter Julie Prout was in the perfect batting order notching three single hits. Amber Preszcator added two single hits with a third hit being a sacrifice bunt. Nikki Cyr playing in her first game of the season played an impeccable short stop while adding two single hits. Single hits came from the bats of Kelli Fulton, Cathy Conlin, Janelle Dykstra, Carrie Pertschy and Natalie Laporte. Fielders Conlin, Dykstra and Laporte were quick to stop any rallies by their opponents. The Crediton squad played Dorchester last night, head to Dutton tonight and then travel to a tourney in Woodstock on the weekend.