Trend-Arlington League playoff update
from Wynn Fenwick
This year's TA League playoff format is a six-game round-robin format where the top four of 7 teams advanced to the best-2-of-3 semi-final series, followed by a 2 of 3 Championship Final series.
League parity was very even in the regular season, save for PJ Quigley's Bar and Grill which romped to an 11-2-1 record thanks to four one-run wins. Ed Taylor's Shamrocks (4-2) finished 1st in the round robin by their win vs PJ Quigley's in the round robin (4-2). Taylor's had handed PJ's their only two regular season losses as well.
September 9 saw a win-and-you're-in final round robin game. Lone Star Texas Grill defeated Beech Street DiRienzo's to force a three-way tie for 3rd between Lone Star, DiRienzo's and GoodFellow Cleaners at 3-3. Chris "Maverick" Kingsbury got the win backstopped by Craig Casey with Bob Sarazin taking the loss with Coco Maxwell relieving him backstopped by Maxwell and Bob Sampson.
By virtue of head-to-head records, DiRienzo's was eliminated by Lone Star with a 8-2 win. Also eliminated in the preliminary round were SGA Signs and Trophies (2-4) and CJ's Printing (2-4).
Monday 14 September saw semi-final series B with #3 seed Goodfellow Cleaners beating #2 seed PJ Quigley's 4-1 in a rain-shortened 5-inning game. Gord "White Lightning" Flannery got the win over Kevin Wilson with "Super" Dave Simmonds scooping behind the plate. Al Holden completed the PJ's battery behind the plate. Roger Cousineau had the game winning RBIs and Wynn Fenwick homered off Flannery for PJ's only run.
The 14 September late game saw #1 seed Taylor Shamrocks against #4 Lone Star Texas Grill be shortened to1.5 innings and finished Wednesday 16 September due to lightning. The game ended up with Taylor's winning 9-3 as Lone Star seemed unable to get untracked in defense. Elton Cryderman got the win with Ivan Taylor in relief, each hurling to Jack Gellner and James O'Grady behind the dish. Maverick Kingsbury took the loss.
Game 2 of series B saw Goodfellows starter Bucky Richer get down 4-1 to PJ Quigley's, only to have the game tied in the 5th. The teams traded blanks in the 6th and with 1 out and 2 Texas-leaguer hits on base, Goodfellow's singled home a walk-off run to win and eliminate PJ's two-games-to-zero. Gord Flannery benfitted from the 7th inning hitting heroics with Kevin Wilson absorbing the tough loss.
Game 2 of series A goes Monday 21 September at 7:00pm, with Game 3 Wednesday 23 September at 7:00pm if necessary.
If the series A does not go to three games, Game One of the 2009 Championship Final goes 23 September at 7pm.
All games are at Trend-Arlington Field, 50 Bellman Drive, Ottawa off Greenbank near Hunt Club. Come out and enjoy some of the last fastball of the season!
This year's TA League playoff format is a six-game round-robin format where the top four of 7 teams advanced to the best-2-of-3 semi-final series, followed by a 2 of 3 Championship Final series.
League parity was very even in the regular season, save for PJ Quigley's Bar and Grill which romped to an 11-2-1 record thanks to four one-run wins. Ed Taylor's Shamrocks (4-2) finished 1st in the round robin by their win vs PJ Quigley's in the round robin (4-2). Taylor's had handed PJ's their only two regular season losses as well.
September 9 saw a win-and-you're-in final round robin game. Lone Star Texas Grill defeated Beech Street DiRienzo's to force a three-way tie for 3rd between Lone Star, DiRienzo's and GoodFellow Cleaners at 3-3. Chris "Maverick" Kingsbury got the win backstopped by Craig Casey with Bob Sarazin taking the loss with Coco Maxwell relieving him backstopped by Maxwell and Bob Sampson.
By virtue of head-to-head records, DiRienzo's was eliminated by Lone Star with a 8-2 win. Also eliminated in the preliminary round were SGA Signs and Trophies (2-4) and CJ's Printing (2-4).
Monday 14 September saw semi-final series B with #3 seed Goodfellow Cleaners beating #2 seed PJ Quigley's 4-1 in a rain-shortened 5-inning game. Gord "White Lightning" Flannery got the win over Kevin Wilson with "Super" Dave Simmonds scooping behind the plate. Al Holden completed the PJ's battery behind the plate. Roger Cousineau had the game winning RBIs and Wynn Fenwick homered off Flannery for PJ's only run.
The 14 September late game saw #1 seed Taylor Shamrocks against #4 Lone Star Texas Grill be shortened to1.5 innings and finished Wednesday 16 September due to lightning. The game ended up with Taylor's winning 9-3 as Lone Star seemed unable to get untracked in defense. Elton Cryderman got the win with Ivan Taylor in relief, each hurling to Jack Gellner and James O'Grady behind the dish. Maverick Kingsbury took the loss.
Game 2 of series B saw Goodfellows starter Bucky Richer get down 4-1 to PJ Quigley's, only to have the game tied in the 5th. The teams traded blanks in the 6th and with 1 out and 2 Texas-leaguer hits on base, Goodfellow's singled home a walk-off run to win and eliminate PJ's two-games-to-zero. Gord Flannery benfitted from the 7th inning hitting heroics with Kevin Wilson absorbing the tough loss.
Game 2 of series A goes Monday 21 September at 7:00pm, with Game 3 Wednesday 23 September at 7:00pm if necessary.
If the series A does not go to three games, Game One of the 2009 Championship Final goes 23 September at 7pm.
All games are at Trend-Arlington Field, 50 Bellman Drive, Ottawa off Greenbank near Hunt Club. Come out and enjoy some of the last fastball of the season!
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