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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-08-19, Page 8, • \ A8 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 19 1987 Seaforth Merchants hardball team out of OBA contentiori The Seaforth Merchants Senior Men's Hardball team made a valiant effort but was unable to win a berth in the provincial playdowns. The Merchants lost a best -of - three series with Walkerton two games to one. SEAFORTH 2-WALKERTON 5 Things looked promising for the Mer- chants after the first gathe, played last They tacked On another four runs in the se- run. The'score stayed 1-0 until the seventh three series with the next two garnes at Wednesday in Walkerton. Seaforth came up cond inning. , , ' ' inning. home and we lost both of them. We left our • with ifs first Win against Walkerton - and Seaforthgot on the scoreboard in the bot- Walkerton rallied in the seventh inning lumber in Walkerton." easily. The team won by a score of I2-5- tem of the second inning with one run. and when there were finally three outs had , In Walkerton the Merchants scored 12 Kevin Bennett started on the mound for Another run in the third inning moved them . chalked up a total of eight runs. the Merchants but went only Ya of an inning into contention, but the score remained at. Seaforth scored two runs in the eighth inn - before pulling himselL In that time he gave 5-2 for several innings. ing, but were unable to do any more. up three runs on five hits, walked two bat- Seaforth moved the score to 5-3 in the Walkerton scored once more in the ninth. ters and struck out oneseventh inning but couldn't narrow the gap Clendon Coombs pitched nine innings, Clendon Coombs pitched the remaining any further. • . gave up five hits and nine runs, only two of 9% innings, gave up two runs on three hits Walkerton clinched the win with two runs them earned. He struck out eight batters and struck out four batters in the eighth inning and one in the ninth. and walked three. runs on 19 hits in seven innings. They came home and scored six runs:in 18 innings on half as many hits. "We have tioone. to. blame but ourselves. We faced the same two pitchers up. there. Our pitching held us in inning after inning. giving us e chance to catch up or take a big, ger lead and.we.couldn't take advantage of • Seaforth was on, the bats quickly in 'this The Merchants recorded only eight hits in Merchant players made six crucial errors it." game and after the first half inning led by a the game with 'Jerry Wright going three for in the field and recorded only seven hits to "But you can't take ,anything 'ay/ay friim • score of 3-0. five times at bat. Don Williamson went two make up for them. . Walkerton. They played well and deserve • — thettittom---forfive-and-Gus-Feeney-two-for-threer-Joe--7—John-Wilson-was-strongest-at-the-plate-go--thii,chariee-to-go-to-the-provincials." Of the first, but that was its only rally until Aubin got one hit. ing two for three times at bat. Don William- • the final inning. Merchant players struck out seven 'times son, Marty Bedard, John Cairns, Kevin Ben- Seaforth on the other hand continued to and made five errors in the field. • nett and Gerrard Ryan got the other hits for pin up' its score, getting one run in the se- WALKERTON 9-SEAFORTH 3 the Merchants,. 'cond; two runs in both the third and fifthinn- For awhile it appeared that Seaforth Coach Marc Robinet acknowledged poor ings, one in the sixth and •three in the might have a chance at winning ' its third hitting as the team's downfall in the series seventh.• , game against Walkerton, but once again.the against Walkerton: . Dell Mitchelmore was hot at the plate go- team was hurt by a weak offense.' It's plain and simple - we blew it,". he four for five for the night. Jerry Wright The score remained tied at zero until the •said. • was three for five, Don Williarrisoh three for • fifth inning, when Seaforth scored the first . "We had a one game lead in a two-out:of- • four, Marty Bedard and Marc Robinet two .• for four and Bill Dale two for three., John • Wilson, Gus Feeney and John Cairns each 'had one hit. • • • . • • Merchant players struck out six times and .only made two errors. WALKERTON 9-SEAFORTH 3 Although the Merchants. were hot at the plate in game one, the opposite was true in game two. The Merchants lost that contest by a 9 to 3 score. • , Marc Robinet pitched the entire nine inn-. ings for Seaforth, gave up nine hits and allowed nine runs, six of them earned. He walked four batters and struck out eight. Walkerton got on.the -scoreboard early and by the end of te first inning led 1-0. HOCKEY ' CHAMP -Dave McILwain, a player on the World 'Junior Hockey team, - received a medal for his efforts along with' others on the team from Harold Ballard. Mr. Ballard. felt the entire team deserved medals after they were disqualified from the playoffs after a brawl between their team and the Soviet Union.' Blake photo, Although the series eliminated Seaforth from the provincial competition it hasn't • ruined the team's chances at the league ti- tle. The ,team w.ill finish -up a round robin style playoff next weekwith two games' against Exeter. Then Exeter will play Walkerton. The Merchants split their series against Walkerton 1-1. The winner of the round robin will play the winner of the Strathroy-Thorndale playoff. awnbowlers provincial champs • Congratulations to the mens Provincial • Seniors trebles team who won the District •playdowns held at Clinton -last Thursday. . The team consists of 'Nell Bell (lead), Bill • Brown (vice) and • John Patterson (skip). •They will now advance to Provincial playdownsto be held in Brampton. Art and Mary. Finlayson won the Standard Trust tournament in Goderich on Civic Holi- day winning one hundred new dollars. Ken Cowan and Edith Dunlop were also prize winners. • . A number of Seaforth teams entered the Vodden tournament in Clinton and three teams were prize winners. Art and Marv. • Finlayson won second, Fred and Betty Tilley sixth, and Eric Matzold and Edna Bell eighth. John Patterson and Art Finlayson placed third at Ingersoll men's pairs on Wednesday and at Clinton Bankers ,tournament Saturday Claire Reith and Jean Lunn, Fred and Betty Tilley and Art and Mary Finlayson were prize winners. When •the paper •hits the 4 newstand Seaforth Lawn Bowlers -will be hosting their • largest tournament of the year the anniver- sary tournament. There will be 144 bowlers bowling from all over Southern Ontario. 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