WC Electric takes game one 14-7
It was a wild one last night in Fitzroy Harbour, as WC Electric won game one of the GOFL quarterfinal series by a score of 14-7 over the Quyon Flyers.
A crowd of about 100 with supporters from both sides of the river filled the bleachers to watch game one of the "Ferry Series".
Lenny Burger took the loss for the Flyers, while Brad Porter had the win in relief for WC Electric.
Quyon got off to an early start in the top of the first, scoring three runs off WC starter Bud Hanlon. Joran Graham hit a double to drive in Dennis McCleary who had singled, scoring the first run. Then Steve McCord launched homer to put the Flyers up 3-0.
Fitzroy responded with two runs in their half of the first. Burger had control problems as he walked four Electric batters, with two of them subsequently scoring on wild pitches.
After Hanlon retired the side in order in the top of the second, WC Electric took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the second. Jason Armstrong reached base on a shallow pop up that fell in amongst four Quyon defenders. When Jon Daley reached base on a defensive miscue, Armstrong scored. After a Trevor Barton sac bunt to move Daley to second, Mike Cavanagh hit a long fly off the fence in centre right to drive in Daley and put the Electric up by one.
The scrappy Flyers battled back immediately in the top of the third. Luke Young started things off with a single, and advanced on a Dennis McCleary bunt single that just eluded a diving Shawn Rebertz coming in from third. After a pop up by Graham, Steve McCord then drove another ball out of the park for his third, fourth and fifth RBIs of the night. Porter then came on to pitch for WC Electric. Nick Armitage greeted Porter by hitting a single, then Len Burger walked. After a strikeout for the second out, Shawn Laframboise then drove one off Porter's glove to score Armitage and put the Flyers in what seemed to be a commanding 7-4 lead.
However WC Electric again came back to go up in the game, sending 12 men to the plate in the bottom of the third and going up 10-7. After a Rebertz double, a walk to Beef Johnson and a flare single for Todd Clouthier, the bases were loaded. Neil Murphy then delivered with a clutch bases clearing single and advanced to second on an error. Joran Graham then came in to pitch for Burger. After a Jason Armstrong sac bunt, Daley drove in Murphy with a single and then was brought in on an RBI triple by Trevor Barton. Mike Cavanagh then hit a sac fly to shallow left to score the speedy Barton. WC Electric continued the inning loading the bases with Troy Wilson reaching on an error, Rebertz hitting a single, and Steve Johnson walking, but Graham got out of the inning getting Clouthier to pop up.
The home team added four runs to their lead in the bottom of four. Murphy stroke a huge "no doubter" home run over the grey monster in right field to lead off the inning. Armstrong legged out an infield single, then scored on a Daley home run. Mike Cavanagh scored the fourth run when he hit a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a Wilson ground out.
Porter continued to throw well, scattering hits. Quyon had chances in the fourth when Dennis McCleary hit a one-out triple and was stranded and again in the sixth, when Laframboise hit a double and tried to score on a Luke Young single, but was thrown out at the plate by centre fielder Daley.
"Big Joe" McCleary came in to pitch in the fifth for Quyon, making his GOFL debut despite an injured hand.
The game ended after 5 1/2 innings due to the mercy rule, and the fact that the game took so long that the Flyers were in danger of missing the last ferry at 11PM.
Quyon scored seven runs on 11 hits and made four errors. WC Electric scored 14 runs on 15 hits and played error free ball.
Game two is scheduled for Thursday night in Quyon at 8PM, but that could be subject to change as there have been troubles getting officials for GOFL playoffs to date. Watch the blog for details.
Pitching lines:
Bud Hanlon 2.1IP 6R 6ER 6H 0BB 5K
Brad Porter (win in relief) 3.1IP 1R 1ER 5H 1BB 8K
Len Burger (loss) 2.1IP 8R 6ER 4H 5BB 3K
Joran Graham 1.2IP 6R 6ER 9H 1BB 0K
Joe McCleary 1.0IP 0R 0ER 2H 0BB 0K
Hitters:
Quyon
Luke Young 2-4, R
Dennis McCleary 3-4, 2R, 3B
Joran Graham 1-3, R, RBI
Steve McCord 2-3, 2HR, 5RBI
Nick Armitage 1-3, R
Shawn Laframboise 2-3, 2B, RBI
WC Electric
Jon Daley 2-4, 4R, HR, 4RBI, BB
Trevor Barton 1-3, 2R, BB, 3B
Mike Cavanagh 2-3, 2RBI, 2 x 2B, R
Adam Brown 1-1
Troy Wilson 1-4, RBI, BB
Shawn Rebertz 3-3, 2B, R, BB
Steve Johnson 1-2, 2BB, R
Todd Clouther 1-4, R
Neil Murphy 2-4, 3RBI, HR, 2R
Jason Armstrong 1-4, 2R
more to follow
A crowd of about 100 with supporters from both sides of the river filled the bleachers to watch game one of the "Ferry Series".
Lenny Burger took the loss for the Flyers, while Brad Porter had the win in relief for WC Electric.
Quyon got off to an early start in the top of the first, scoring three runs off WC starter Bud Hanlon. Joran Graham hit a double to drive in Dennis McCleary who had singled, scoring the first run. Then Steve McCord launched homer to put the Flyers up 3-0.
Fitzroy responded with two runs in their half of the first. Burger had control problems as he walked four Electric batters, with two of them subsequently scoring on wild pitches.
After Hanlon retired the side in order in the top of the second, WC Electric took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the second. Jason Armstrong reached base on a shallow pop up that fell in amongst four Quyon defenders. When Jon Daley reached base on a defensive miscue, Armstrong scored. After a Trevor Barton sac bunt to move Daley to second, Mike Cavanagh hit a long fly off the fence in centre right to drive in Daley and put the Electric up by one.
The scrappy Flyers battled back immediately in the top of the third. Luke Young started things off with a single, and advanced on a Dennis McCleary bunt single that just eluded a diving Shawn Rebertz coming in from third. After a pop up by Graham, Steve McCord then drove another ball out of the park for his third, fourth and fifth RBIs of the night. Porter then came on to pitch for WC Electric. Nick Armitage greeted Porter by hitting a single, then Len Burger walked. After a strikeout for the second out, Shawn Laframboise then drove one off Porter's glove to score Armitage and put the Flyers in what seemed to be a commanding 7-4 lead.
However WC Electric again came back to go up in the game, sending 12 men to the plate in the bottom of the third and going up 10-7. After a Rebertz double, a walk to Beef Johnson and a flare single for Todd Clouthier, the bases were loaded. Neil Murphy then delivered with a clutch bases clearing single and advanced to second on an error. Joran Graham then came in to pitch for Burger. After a Jason Armstrong sac bunt, Daley drove in Murphy with a single and then was brought in on an RBI triple by Trevor Barton. Mike Cavanagh then hit a sac fly to shallow left to score the speedy Barton. WC Electric continued the inning loading the bases with Troy Wilson reaching on an error, Rebertz hitting a single, and Steve Johnson walking, but Graham got out of the inning getting Clouthier to pop up.
The home team added four runs to their lead in the bottom of four. Murphy stroke a huge "no doubter" home run over the grey monster in right field to lead off the inning. Armstrong legged out an infield single, then scored on a Daley home run. Mike Cavanagh scored the fourth run when he hit a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a Wilson ground out.
Porter continued to throw well, scattering hits. Quyon had chances in the fourth when Dennis McCleary hit a one-out triple and was stranded and again in the sixth, when Laframboise hit a double and tried to score on a Luke Young single, but was thrown out at the plate by centre fielder Daley.
"Big Joe" McCleary came in to pitch in the fifth for Quyon, making his GOFL debut despite an injured hand.
The game ended after 5 1/2 innings due to the mercy rule, and the fact that the game took so long that the Flyers were in danger of missing the last ferry at 11PM.
Quyon scored seven runs on 11 hits and made four errors. WC Electric scored 14 runs on 15 hits and played error free ball.
Game two is scheduled for Thursday night in Quyon at 8PM, but that could be subject to change as there have been troubles getting officials for GOFL playoffs to date. Watch the blog for details.
Pitching lines:
Bud Hanlon 2.1IP 6R 6ER 6H 0BB 5K
Brad Porter (win in relief) 3.1IP 1R 1ER 5H 1BB 8K
Len Burger (loss) 2.1IP 8R 6ER 4H 5BB 3K
Joran Graham 1.2IP 6R 6ER 9H 1BB 0K
Joe McCleary 1.0IP 0R 0ER 2H 0BB 0K
Hitters:
Quyon
Luke Young 2-4, R
Dennis McCleary 3-4, 2R, 3B
Joran Graham 1-3, R, RBI
Steve McCord 2-3, 2HR, 5RBI
Nick Armitage 1-3, R
Shawn Laframboise 2-3, 2B, RBI
WC Electric
Jon Daley 2-4, 4R, HR, 4RBI, BB
Trevor Barton 1-3, 2R, BB, 3B
Mike Cavanagh 2-3, 2RBI, 2 x 2B, R
Adam Brown 1-1
Troy Wilson 1-4, RBI, BB
Shawn Rebertz 3-3, 2B, R, BB
Steve Johnson 1-2, 2BB, R
Todd Clouther 1-4, R
Neil Murphy 2-4, 3RBI, HR, 2R
Jason Armstrong 1-4, 2R
more to follow
posted by fitzroyfastball | 8/08/2007 09:31:00 am
4 Comments:
Who had the touchdowns for each team? Did you play all 4 quarters?
I would just like to comment that in my first GOFL appearance, I did NOT have any strikeouts. I would however, like to point out that 2 weeks ago, I struck out Derick Bulley, with the gas!!
Joe
A good debut Joe. I was happy you didn't throw me the Quyon riseball and instead allowed me to get on base with a rare single.
Adam,
I would also like to mention that I only gave up one hit, the right fielder (he knows who he is) did a ballerina immitation before missing it. And I would consider yourself lucky you got a pitch to hit, I could very easily throw 17 in a row in the dirt!
Joe
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