TAMFL Game 1: Goodfellows 8 Taylor's 2
from Wynn Fenwick
Early fall evening fastball at Trend-Arlington field on Wednesday night saw game one of the 2009 T-A Men’s Fastball League Finals. Ed Taylor’s Shamrocks (13-11) started Elton Cryderman against Goodfellow Cleaners (13-9-2) and Bucky Richer.
The game led off with centerfielder Dave Stokes singling and catcher Super Dave Simmonds singling him home to give Goodfellow the early lead 1-0 lead.
Richer made the scorecard diagonal on the Taylor side, sitting down the first 10 batters faced in order. Richer didn’t do it without help as two great defensive plays helped him through the order once. Mike Wong led off the 2nd with a spank to deep left where Chris Golden earned his last name with a sparkling catch. Shortstop Andy Ivol made a diving spear to burn Gustavo Sanchez on a sizzling line drive in the hole. Darryl Janes followed up with a single to bust up the perfect game which surely would have scored Sanchez, but Richer made short work of the next two hitters.
Simmonds and Brent White led off the 4th with back-to-back doubles down the 3rd base line past Brad Whiteduck who had no chance on either, scoring one. Roger Cousineau singled, and an error allowed White to score but Cryderman got a strikeout and two grounders to Jeff Wardrop to end the 4th with Taylor’s down 3-1.
Finally the Taylor bats made some noise in the 5th as Wong led off with a single, and Whiteduck reached. Cryderman singled home Wong. Three-two Goodfellow’s.
The turning point in the game was Ivan Taylor coming to the plate with one out and runners on first and second. He smashed a line drive to Ivol who stabbed it and appeared to gun Cryderman at first as well. Confusion ensued after the double-off attempt as Whiteduck was called out for leadoff when first baseman Casey O’Sullivan had already tossed the ball back to the Richer who was in the circle.
Goodfellow’s Stokes led off the 5th with a single, Golden reached on an error and Ivol smashed a home run to left centre to make it a 6-1 game. Taylor relieved Cryderman and struck out the side but not before a fourth run (unearned) scored on Richer’s RBI single.
The teams traded runs in the 7th but White and O’Sullivan squelch Taylor's 7th inning rally with a stellar 5-3 double play off another rocket from Ivan Taylor’s bat.
Final score Goodfellow Cleaners 8, Taylor Shamrocks 2. Game Two goes Monday 28 September, 7:00pm
Early fall evening fastball at Trend-Arlington field on Wednesday night saw game one of the 2009 T-A Men’s Fastball League Finals. Ed Taylor’s Shamrocks (13-11) started Elton Cryderman against Goodfellow Cleaners (13-9-2) and Bucky Richer.
The game led off with centerfielder Dave Stokes singling and catcher Super Dave Simmonds singling him home to give Goodfellow the early lead 1-0 lead.
Richer made the scorecard diagonal on the Taylor side, sitting down the first 10 batters faced in order. Richer didn’t do it without help as two great defensive plays helped him through the order once. Mike Wong led off the 2nd with a spank to deep left where Chris Golden earned his last name with a sparkling catch. Shortstop Andy Ivol made a diving spear to burn Gustavo Sanchez on a sizzling line drive in the hole. Darryl Janes followed up with a single to bust up the perfect game which surely would have scored Sanchez, but Richer made short work of the next two hitters.
Simmonds and Brent White led off the 4th with back-to-back doubles down the 3rd base line past Brad Whiteduck who had no chance on either, scoring one. Roger Cousineau singled, and an error allowed White to score but Cryderman got a strikeout and two grounders to Jeff Wardrop to end the 4th with Taylor’s down 3-1.
Finally the Taylor bats made some noise in the 5th as Wong led off with a single, and Whiteduck reached. Cryderman singled home Wong. Three-two Goodfellow’s.
The turning point in the game was Ivan Taylor coming to the plate with one out and runners on first and second. He smashed a line drive to Ivol who stabbed it and appeared to gun Cryderman at first as well. Confusion ensued after the double-off attempt as Whiteduck was called out for leadoff when first baseman Casey O’Sullivan had already tossed the ball back to the Richer who was in the circle.
Goodfellow’s Stokes led off the 5th with a single, Golden reached on an error and Ivol smashed a home run to left centre to make it a 6-1 game. Taylor relieved Cryderman and struck out the side but not before a fourth run (unearned) scored on Richer’s RBI single.
The teams traded runs in the 7th but White and O’Sullivan squelch Taylor's 7th inning rally with a stellar 5-3 double play off another rocket from Ivan Taylor’s bat.
Final score Goodfellow Cleaners 8, Taylor Shamrocks 2. Game Two goes Monday 28 September, 7:00pm
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