I4C and the Printers tie 5-5
As Easton coach Shawn Williams is fond of saying, "not every game is a Picasso painting."
On a hot Wednesday night in Manotick, both the visiting Carp I4C Victory and the host Manotick Lomor Printers took advantage of some defensive miscues to score runs in bunches. In the end, nothing was decided as the teams battled to a 5-5 tie.
Carp got off to a quick start in the top of the 1st when leadoff hitter Eric Colvin drew a walk and then advanced to second on a wild pitch. After a strikeout and a groundout to Manotick pitcher Trevor Lahey, Carp 1B Tim Power hit a single to score Colvin from second.
Manotick got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd when LF Don Cox hit the first pitch from Carp starter Billy Gerber to right field for a triple. Mike Branchaud then hit a two-out single to cash in the run.
Carp regained the lead in the top of the 3rd thanks to a Kevin McGuire triple followed by an RBI ground-out by Tim Power, but Manotick answered with 3 runs in their half of the 3rd, taking advantage of three Carp errors to score runs on a walk and a Trevor Power double.
Manotick added a 5th run in the 5th when Trevor Power took a one-out walk, advanced to second, and was eventually driven in by John Lindsey's two-out RBI single.
The game looked like it might end 5-2 for Manotick when Carp had two-out in the 7th with a runner on first, but Carp rallied with a double by Kevin McGuire and then a walk by Tim Power to load the bases. Shawn Simzer then hit a ground ball between short and third, but everyone was safe as the SS tried unsuccessfully for the force-out at third base. With the score now 5-3 and the bases loaded, Carp 3B Brooks Paziuk hit a shallow fly ball down the left-field line that the charging left fielder got to, only to have it tick off the heel of his glove, allowing two Carp runners to score to tie the game. Trevor Lahey then induced a ground ball from the next Carp batter to end Carp's 7th with the score tied 5-5.
In the bottom of the 7th, pitcher Billy Gerber got two quick fly ball outs, but Manotick then staged their own rally when John Lindsey drew a walk and then advanced to third thanks to a Jason W Smith single. With DP Mike Branchaud at the plate, Billy Gerber threw a wild pitch that got past catcher Al Read enough to make Lindsey break from third toward home, but a fortunate bounce off the backstop allowed Read to retrieve the ball quickly enough that Lindsey was picked off while trying to retreat to third, ending the game in dramatic fashion.
On a hot Wednesday night in Manotick, both the visiting Carp I4C Victory and the host Manotick Lomor Printers took advantage of some defensive miscues to score runs in bunches. In the end, nothing was decided as the teams battled to a 5-5 tie.
Carp got off to a quick start in the top of the 1st when leadoff hitter Eric Colvin drew a walk and then advanced to second on a wild pitch. After a strikeout and a groundout to Manotick pitcher Trevor Lahey, Carp 1B Tim Power hit a single to score Colvin from second.
Manotick got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd when LF Don Cox hit the first pitch from Carp starter Billy Gerber to right field for a triple. Mike Branchaud then hit a two-out single to cash in the run.
Carp regained the lead in the top of the 3rd thanks to a Kevin McGuire triple followed by an RBI ground-out by Tim Power, but Manotick answered with 3 runs in their half of the 3rd, taking advantage of three Carp errors to score runs on a walk and a Trevor Power double.
Manotick added a 5th run in the 5th when Trevor Power took a one-out walk, advanced to second, and was eventually driven in by John Lindsey's two-out RBI single.
The game looked like it might end 5-2 for Manotick when Carp had two-out in the 7th with a runner on first, but Carp rallied with a double by Kevin McGuire and then a walk by Tim Power to load the bases. Shawn Simzer then hit a ground ball between short and third, but everyone was safe as the SS tried unsuccessfully for the force-out at third base. With the score now 5-3 and the bases loaded, Carp 3B Brooks Paziuk hit a shallow fly ball down the left-field line that the charging left fielder got to, only to have it tick off the heel of his glove, allowing two Carp runners to score to tie the game. Trevor Lahey then induced a ground ball from the next Carp batter to end Carp's 7th with the score tied 5-5.
In the bottom of the 7th, pitcher Billy Gerber got two quick fly ball outs, but Manotick then staged their own rally when John Lindsey drew a walk and then advanced to third thanks to a Jason W Smith single. With DP Mike Branchaud at the plate, Billy Gerber threw a wild pitch that got past catcher Al Read enough to make Lindsey break from third toward home, but a fortunate bounce off the backstop allowed Read to retrieve the ball quickly enough that Lindsey was picked off while trying to retreat to third, ending the game in dramatic fashion.
posted by fitzroyfastball | 6/25/2009 11:57:00 am
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