Cornwall League finals

From the Cornwall Standard-Freeholder

Fastball final has Cruising facing Chips; Best-of-five series starts tonight
Sports - Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @ 08:00

It's Yum Yum Chips versus Cornwall Cruising, for the title.

The two teams will meet in the best-of-five BMO Nesbitt Burns Cornwall and District Fastball League final, starting tonight.

Both teams won their best-of-five playoff semifinals in four games. Yum Yum Chips overcame a 6-1 deficit to beat Navy Club 10-9 in extra innings in Game 4, clinching the series.

Shawn McElhone banged home Scott Dumoulin for the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.

Dumoulin, who finished with three RBI, and McElhone each scored twice.

Pat Quinn led Yum Yum with three runs scored. Frank Sinfield, Frank Marceau and Pete Marion also scored.

Marion pitched the complete game for the victory.

Scott Rogers paced Navy's offence, scoring three runs. Shawn O'Neill scored twice.

Chuck Wert had two RBI and a run scored. Jeff Pichie, David Murphy and Steve McGillis each had a run scored and an RBI.

Cornwall Cruising dumped O'Neill Taping & Painting 9-6 to wrap up their series in four games.
Jim Martell paced Cruising with two RBI and two runs scored.

Jamie Jarvo and Thorin Gault each scored once and added two RBI. Tom Hutchingame banged home a pair of runs. Herb Seguin and Miles Amelotte each scored twice. Henry Looyen also scored.

Darren Stewart picked up the victory.

John Cameron, Brian O'Neill and John Abraham led O'Neill's offence, as they each scored once and added an RBI. Randy O'Neill, Bryan Lamarche and Rene Bourgeois counted for one run each.

Mike Abitong and Chris Poirier each had an RBI.

Abraham suffered the loss.

Cornwall Cruising will have home field advantage when the final begins tonight at King George Park.

Game 2 is scheduled for Thursday. All of the final games begin at 7 p.m.