The Citizen, 1991-08-28, Page 13THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28,1991. PAGE 13.
Belgrave Squirts tie playoff series
It's on the bag
Brussels Pre-Mite player, Robbie McKercher, left, is
keeping a close eye on the ball, and a foot planted firmly
on the bag, during this championship playoff game against
Belmore. Watching the action, is Brussels coach,
Stephanie Kellington. The home team defeated the
visitors, winning the "B" title.
Blyth Decorating upsets Brussels
Huron County Fastball playoff
action started on Sunday, August
18, with the Brussels Tigers
hosting Blyth Decorating.
Brussels Tigers who finished the
season with a much better record
started the game with strong
I hitting, but left the bases loaded in
both the first and second innings
and failed to score. The Tigers
then scored twice in the third, only
to have Blyth take the lead in the
fourth when Jason Balser hit a
triple.
Brussels tied the game in their
half of the fourth and then took the
lead by one in the fifth. The
Decorators battled back to tie the
game at five in the top of the
seventh, sending the game in to
extra innings. Blyth then scored
three runs in the eighth to take an 8
- 5 lead. Brussels failed to score as
they left two more runners on in the
bottom of the eighth. Blyth, with
strong pitching by Warren Moore,
who had 12 strike outs and allowed
only six hits, took a 1-0 series lead.
The next night the series returned
to Blyth and Blyth took advantage
of the first inning and jumped out
to a 4-0 lead. Brian Miller drove
home three runs with his triple and
Belgrave pre-mites
win championship
Ken Marks' Belgrave pre-mite
team capped an incredibly success
ful season by winning the A cham
pionship at the year-end Pre-mite
ball tournament in Brussels Satur
day. The team went undefeated in
both regular league play and the
playoff tournament.
The team defeated Belmore and
Ken Hopper's Belgrave team to
take the crown.
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then scored himself another triple
by Brad Bromley.
Brussels got one in the second
and one in the fifth while Blyth
scored one more in the fourth.
Blyth Decorating got excellent
pitching in the first five innings
from Bruce Bromley who allowed
only two hits and Warren Moore
who had no hits and two strike outs
in two innings.
Blyth Decorating will now go
on to face the Seaforth Bears,
Monday August 26 in Seaforth at
7:30, , then back to Blyth
Wednesday at 7:30.
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Home field proved to be a wel
come advantage for Belgrave
Squirts Thursday night as they tied
their series with Fordwich at one
game each.
Belgrave had fallen behind Aug.
20 in Fordwich when they managed
to score in all but one inning while
Fordwich scored in only three of
the six innings, but Fordwich
scored four times in each of those
innings for a 12-7 win.
David McBumey scored in the
first inning for Belgrave but Ford
wich came right back with four
runs in the bottom of the inning.
Belgrave kept chipping away at
the lead while Jamie McCallum
silenced the Fordwich bats for the
next three innings. In the second,
Kevin Campbell and Wayne Fenton
scored for Belgrave while in the
third, David McBumey scored to
tie the score. Wayne Fenton gave
Belgrave the lead in the fourth
inning. In the fifth, Belgrave
widened the lead as Justin Camp
bell and David McBumey scored.
In the bottom of the fifth, howev
er, Fordwich scored four more
runs, then, after blanking Belgrave
in the top of the sixth, scored four
more runs in the bottom of the sixth
for the 12-7 win.
Fordwich tried another big come
back in the Thursday game but Bel
grave had built up too big a lead
early in the game.
Jamie McCallum silenced the
Fordwich bats in the first two
innings as Belgrave took a 3-0 lead.
David McBurney blasted a first
inning home run and Justin Camp
bell also scored to get Belgrave off
to a fast start. In the second inning
Jamie McCallum helped his own
cause when he scored.
Fordwich got two runs back in
the top of the third but Belgrave
replied with three runs in their half
of the inning as Adam Gamiss and
Justin Campbell scored and David
McBumey hit his second home run.
Fordwich scored one run in the
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for the only time in the game in the
bottom of the inning. After a Ford
wich run in the top of the fifth, Bel
grave put the game away with
seven runs in the bottom of the
inning. David McBumey provided
the highlight with a grand slam
homerun. Jamie McCallum also
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Gamiss, Justin Campbell, Robbie
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scored.
Belgrave blanked Fordwich in
the top of the sixth, then scored
four more in the bottom of the
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inning. Michael McBumey, Kevin
Campbell, Adam Gamiss and
Justin Campbell scored.
Fordwich mounted a threat in the
top of the seventh when it pushed
across six runs but Belgrave still
had a comfortable 17-10 win.
The final game of the series will
be played Wednesday at 7 p.m at
Fordwich.
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