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The Huron Expositor, 1987-05-27, Page 9.• • xxe........e41•44.14.1.44.4..,491.11iM,P====..r.miwo.14.*Jtrin4064&&'*h4Or 0,* f harl, r • THE HU-RoN .EXPOSIT(512, MAY 27, 1967 — AAeichants win home. opener by one run T5:14 The Seaforth Merchants Senior Mens Hardball team squeaked by with a 15-14 win "in Sunday's home opener against Thorndale. - • The Merchants, down 14-13 going into the bottom of the ninth inning, Waited until two were out before putting their bats 'to work • and etching out the win. Rill Dale hit a single that sent John Cairns, on base* because he ' washit by a pitch, to home plate to tie things up. bale &based the plate himself later when Kevin Bennett fired a live grounder that bounced aver the short stop. It was ap Merchants coach Marc Robinet called "a back and forth ball game". Ahead • 3,0 a, i• • u- lost that advantage when Thorndale scored five -runs in the second inning. Seaforth could Only retaliate with one. A four run count in the fourth inning once again gave the Merchants the lead and they strengthened it with one more run in the fifth and two in the sixth, while holding their • opposition to zero. • • Disaster, however, struck 'in the seventh • inning when a tiring Robinet on the mound • was unable to get a third out. Bennett was brought in to provide some relief pitching • bin the toll was great and Thorndale took a 12-11 lead. The Igerchants revived sarnewhat and by the end of the seventh inning had moved ahead by one run. Thorndale tied things up in the eighth inning then.went ahead 14-13 in the ninth to force Seaforth to use their •final bat. • Robinet, who pitched 6 2/3 innings, .recorded seven strike outs and gave up 12 pins, six of them earned, before being replaced by Bennett. • Bennett gave up tOo runs during his 11/3 innings on the mound. . Clendon Coombs, who pitched the final in - fling for Seaforth, was the winning pitcher. • "...he made a sensational catch." • • He allowed one hit. Don Williamson was the team's top hitter connecting four of his five Miles at bat. He counted six RBIs. ,Also hot with the bat was Bill Dale: who soon went two for two for he afternoon: Brian ' Cooper went three for four and Marty • Bedard two fOr three. • Joe Aubin made the play of the game when he. defeated all the .odds and caught a ball hit deep into right field. • "-I thought it was gone," said Robinet. -.• "Joe misjudged it at first and then with • one spinerama he . made a sensational catch." • As for the general performance of the team Robinet said there are areas that need improvement: • "I'm very very happywith the win, but we need •to cut down on our errors. Our hitting isn't bad but we could improve a little bit. , The pitching was 'pretty goed.'I'm happy - with it, although I was a little erratic at times," he said.-. The Merchants committed 11 errors in'. Sunday's.game and leftsix men on base. At ' thesame time they recorded 15 hits and only five players struck out. • The win gives the IVIerchants a 1-1 record - so far this season. They lost 6-2 in Exeter Tuesday night.: Exeter won the league last ' year. ,• "We probably played better • Tuesday night than we didSunday,". said Robinet, RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE - Don Williamson,. of the Seaforth Merchants, runs to get out Of Me:reach of this.T.horridale- 6atcher-in-senior hardball action Sunday. And although the cataherCropped,the.ball, Williamson Was called .oUt on'a.teobniOality, since in the heat of the chase he threw off his helmet. Despite that though, the Merchants won the contest 1 5-14 in the final inning. !. • • Mchwraith photo. "but our bats weren't there." - • In that. game Seaforth. had only six hits and teft:11 men en base. They were struck out 11 times, but in the field they.committed only four errors. • ., Bennett pitched a 'strong game for the Merchants., allowing only 'four hits -before- , being relieved in the fourth inning. Coombs pitched relief for the final two innings. , • Soccer team loses close contest Seaforth District High School's Senior Girlssoccer team lost 3 to 2 to Stratford Nor- thwestern Secondary School Wednesday afternoon at the high school. The score was 2-0 for Seaforth after . the • first half of the game with Anne Robinson and Sonia Fehr scoring the goals. Stratford • Northwestern however, did •the scoring in the second half with three goals. Janice Rose, coach of the SDHS- girls team, said the team was the best they have been all year, in spite of the fact they lost this game. She added the game was played as a team and there was no "star" of the. game. Miss Rose said the team did well against the second place team. • The Senior girls team was in fifth place as of May 7, but after Wednesday's loss drop- ped to sixthplace. Despite winning against Clinton Thursday by a score of" 1-0, they were forced to settle for a final seventh place finish. Thursday's goal was scored by Kathy Sootiens. (.0 • • `i • TOUGH LOSS — The Seaforth District High School's Senior Girls soccer team lost 3-2 • to Stratford Northwestern ,,Nednesday. They are now in seventh place after a win , Thursday against Clinton. In this photo Lisa Preszcator kicks the ball to the other end of the field as a Stratford player looks on. • , Blake photo. PeeWee boys win baseball opener Excellent pitching by Jason McNichol and Chris Van Babel helped Winthrop Peewee Boys defeat, Belgrave by a 15-3 score, in their first Tri -County ball game May 21. Dwayne Pryce drove in Winthrop's first two runs when he hit a double in the second inning, and along with Chris Poland con- nected for a home run each in the fourth The Winthrop Peewee Boys for this season are: Brad Schroeder, Kelly Van Babel, Chris' Van Babel, Jason McNichol, Adam Agar, Chris Poland, Dave Scarrow, Wayne Rumford, Dwayne Pryce, John Worsley, Jason Harrison, Paul Dolmage, Doug Campbell and Jasen Muir. Their first home game is May 28, at 8 p.m. in Winthrop against Wingham. SEA FORTH MEN, 'S LEAGUE Wednesday, May 20 Bears d, Main St, 5; Fireman 5, Queens 0. Sunday, May 24 Main St. 8, Fireman 5; Bears 6, Topnotch 5. Mon- day. May 25 Creamery vs Queens, No result Optimist Park; Bears vs Turf Club, No result Optitnist Park4 FUTURE GAMES Wednesday. May 27 Queens vs Topnotch, Lions Park 7 p.m. Sunday, May 31, Creamery vs Bears, 7 p.m. Lions Park; Turf Club vs Queens 7 pan. Lions Park. Monday, June 1 Topnotch vs Main St. 7 p.m. Optimist Park; Bears vs Fireman 8:30 p.m. Optimist Park. HAPPY BIRTHDAY rofivfirg • - (010 SO inti A.5 jerreffroo, trffi Ask 155 gored in Ififilififii I ielfiO A6:filed ROV(74i. no WINDOWS titajoita • $14011V ROOM SS,Uriaa St1 Diiblia • A tolvialcia Of W.J, Fernley Orintititialott Ltd. .34 24t5, bCOREBOARD STANDINGS TO MAY 24 GP W L T PTS 3 3 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 4 2 1 f 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 2 3 1 2 0 2 Queens 2 0 2 0 0 Standings and Scores updated to May 2'4. Bears Topnotch Creamery Turf Main St, Firemen Happy birthday to Pat Raftis on May 28. Happy birthday also on May 18 to Kim Blake. • NOTICE: SPECIAL, •velth\-530 0 PRICES! 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