Carp takes Game 1 - now with report
Carp I4C Victory Notches 7-3 Comeback Win in Game 1 of Greater Ottawa Fastball League Quarter Final Playoff Series Against the Ottawa Blitz
Kyle Gourgon Goes 4-4 with 2 RBIs and a Run Scored
from Shawn Williams
It was a great night for ball at the Carp Fairgrounds on Thursday night as the Carp I4C Victory began its first round playoff series against last year’s expansion league cousins, the Ottawa Blitz with a 7-3 come from behind win.
Carp jumped out early in this one when Shawn Houle hit a lead off single. That was followed by a single off the bat of Kyle Gourgon, his first of four on the night, moving Houle to third. Mike Money hitting out of the three spot for the first time in league play this year hit a fly ball to deep right field scoring Houle on the sacrifice fly and with the distance, it allowed, Gourgon to tag up and move to second on a heads up base running play.
Paul Ceppi, started in the circle for Carp and had three strikeouts and a walk through the first two innings but ran into a little bit of trouble in the third. After giving up a lead off single to Ron Hrycak, a couple of wild pitches had the speedy Blitz centerfielder on third. With Derick Bulley at the plate, Ceppi struck him out but the wild pitch went to the fence and while Bulley was safe at first, Hrycak held his spot at third. After another strikeout by Ceppi, Will Mood stepped to the plate and hit a single to left scoring Hrycak. Eric Colvin had the ball bobble on him and it allowed Bulley to score from first and Mood moved up to second, making it 2-1 Ottawa. After Duane Bromley popped out to third, Darron Barr hit a double to score Mood and make it 3-1 for the Blitz.
Carp would get one of those back in the bottom of the third when Houle reached on an error and advanced to second on a wild pitch and then scored on Gourgon’s second single of the night to make it 3-2 Ottawa after three. In the fourth inning with one out, Brooks Paziuk singled and was sacrificed to second by Colvin and then scored on a single from Designated Player, Pete Pettit and the score was tied at three.
In the bottom of the fifth, Houle reached on an error for the second time in the game. He moved to second on Gourgon’s third single of the night and the Victory had runner at first and second with nobody out. It looked like Jamie Blakely might get out of the jam when Money struck out and Al Read flew out to Hrycak in shallow centrefield but Trevor Wood who had earlier just missed launching a ball over the fence was not going to let the opportunity to cash in more runners pass him by. Wood responded with a hard hit double that scored Houle and Gourgon to make it 5-3 and then he traded places with Paziuk when the lanky first baseman hit a double of his own to score Wood and put Carp up by a score of 6-3.
Carp added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Pettit hit his second single of the night and was replaced at first by pinch runner and Player/Assistant Coach, Eric Rosenquist. Rosenquist stole second and with nobody out, Carp looked poised to have another big inning. However, Blakely was again able to get two strikeouts before Gourgon completed his 4-4 night and score Rosenquist to make the score 7-3 for the Victory. Despite a single in the top of the seventh by Hrycak, Ceppi closed things out with two strikeouts to get the complete game win.
Offensively for Carp, Gourgon had a stellar night going 4-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Paziuk was 2-3 with a single and a double, an RBI and a run scored while Houle was 1-2 and reached on an error twice while scoring three runs. Pete Pettit had a solid night at the plate going 2-3 with an RBI.
For the Blitz, Hrycak was 2-3 with a run scored while Mood went 1-3 with an RBI and a run scored and Barr was 1-3, a double, with an RBI.
Ceppi had the win (1-0 in the playoffs) throwing seven innings and giving up three runs, two earned, on five hits, he walked one and struck out 11. Carp made one error and the Blitz left five men on. Blakely took the loss (0-1 in the playoffs) giving up seven runs, five earned, on 11 hits, he gave up no walks and struck out eight. The Blitz made three errors and Carp left five on.
Carp’s next playoff game will be on Wednesday, August 22nd at 8:30PM in Manotick as the team is away next week in Kitchener at the ISC II Tournament of Champions (ToC). The team will participate in this weekend’s Fitzroy Harbour tournament as a tune-up for the ToC.
Kyle Gourgon Goes 4-4 with 2 RBIs and a Run Scored
from Shawn Williams
It was a great night for ball at the Carp Fairgrounds on Thursday night as the Carp I4C Victory began its first round playoff series against last year’s expansion league cousins, the Ottawa Blitz with a 7-3 come from behind win.
Carp jumped out early in this one when Shawn Houle hit a lead off single. That was followed by a single off the bat of Kyle Gourgon, his first of four on the night, moving Houle to third. Mike Money hitting out of the three spot for the first time in league play this year hit a fly ball to deep right field scoring Houle on the sacrifice fly and with the distance, it allowed, Gourgon to tag up and move to second on a heads up base running play.
Paul Ceppi, started in the circle for Carp and had three strikeouts and a walk through the first two innings but ran into a little bit of trouble in the third. After giving up a lead off single to Ron Hrycak, a couple of wild pitches had the speedy Blitz centerfielder on third. With Derick Bulley at the plate, Ceppi struck him out but the wild pitch went to the fence and while Bulley was safe at first, Hrycak held his spot at third. After another strikeout by Ceppi, Will Mood stepped to the plate and hit a single to left scoring Hrycak. Eric Colvin had the ball bobble on him and it allowed Bulley to score from first and Mood moved up to second, making it 2-1 Ottawa. After Duane Bromley popped out to third, Darron Barr hit a double to score Mood and make it 3-1 for the Blitz.
Carp would get one of those back in the bottom of the third when Houle reached on an error and advanced to second on a wild pitch and then scored on Gourgon’s second single of the night to make it 3-2 Ottawa after three. In the fourth inning with one out, Brooks Paziuk singled and was sacrificed to second by Colvin and then scored on a single from Designated Player, Pete Pettit and the score was tied at three.
In the bottom of the fifth, Houle reached on an error for the second time in the game. He moved to second on Gourgon’s third single of the night and the Victory had runner at first and second with nobody out. It looked like Jamie Blakely might get out of the jam when Money struck out and Al Read flew out to Hrycak in shallow centrefield but Trevor Wood who had earlier just missed launching a ball over the fence was not going to let the opportunity to cash in more runners pass him by. Wood responded with a hard hit double that scored Houle and Gourgon to make it 5-3 and then he traded places with Paziuk when the lanky first baseman hit a double of his own to score Wood and put Carp up by a score of 6-3.
Carp added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Pettit hit his second single of the night and was replaced at first by pinch runner and Player/Assistant Coach, Eric Rosenquist. Rosenquist stole second and with nobody out, Carp looked poised to have another big inning. However, Blakely was again able to get two strikeouts before Gourgon completed his 4-4 night and score Rosenquist to make the score 7-3 for the Victory. Despite a single in the top of the seventh by Hrycak, Ceppi closed things out with two strikeouts to get the complete game win.
Offensively for Carp, Gourgon had a stellar night going 4-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Paziuk was 2-3 with a single and a double, an RBI and a run scored while Houle was 1-2 and reached on an error twice while scoring three runs. Pete Pettit had a solid night at the plate going 2-3 with an RBI.
For the Blitz, Hrycak was 2-3 with a run scored while Mood went 1-3 with an RBI and a run scored and Barr was 1-3, a double, with an RBI.
Ceppi had the win (1-0 in the playoffs) throwing seven innings and giving up three runs, two earned, on five hits, he walked one and struck out 11. Carp made one error and the Blitz left five men on. Blakely took the loss (0-1 in the playoffs) giving up seven runs, five earned, on 11 hits, he gave up no walks and struck out eight. The Blitz made three errors and Carp left five on.
Carp’s next playoff game will be on Wednesday, August 22nd at 8:30PM in Manotick as the team is away next week in Kitchener at the ISC II Tournament of Champions (ToC). The team will participate in this weekend’s Fitzroy Harbour tournament as a tune-up for the ToC.
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