Friday night fastball results in Fitzroy UPDATED

In the doubleheader in Fitzroy Harbour on Friday night, North Gower took 3 of a possible 4 points.

West Carleton Electric 6 North Gower Marlboroughs 6

Game one saw West Carleton Electric and North Gower tie at 6-6. The home side at one point has a 6-1 lead, but squandered it as the Marlies scored 4 in the seventh for the tie.

Bud Hanlon threw the complete game for Fitzroy, while Shannon Borho, Andrew Wiggim and Gord Flannery all threw for North Gower, with the veteran Flannery earning the "tie".

North Gower scored in the top of the first as Anil Hayne's ground out scored Kevin Schonfeld who had singled, moved to second on a wild pitch, and took third on a throwing error. WC Electric responded with two in the bottom half as Neil Murphy continued his hot hitting with a two run homer.

Fitzroy added a run in the second when Dave Bahm reached on a misplayed fly ball and scored after consecutive singles by Jon Daley and Beef Johnson. Borho was removed mid inning and replaced by Wiggim on the slab.

WC pushed the lead to 6-1 in the fourth. Daley and Johnson led off the inning with a pair of walks. Neil Murphy marked his third RBI in the book with a single and Jeff Cavanagh drove in another pair with a double. This ended Wiggin's turn on the slab as the wily veteran Flannery came in to throw and got the Marlies out of the inning.

Anil Hayne's solo shot in the sixth narrowed the lead to four runs for Fitzroy.

North Gower completed the comeback in the top of the seventh. Benoit Boivon led off with a shallow single that was tricky to play in the wind. Nick Bowman then singled up the middle. Derrick Lichti's high fly ball was tricky to play in the swirling wind and became a two RBI triple to give the Marlboroughs some life. After a ground out and a strikeout, Derek Dumond's clutch RBI single narrowed the gap to one. After Lichti moved to second on a wild pitch, the tying run was scored when Anil Hayne hit an infield single deep to shortstop. The throw to first was offline, and Dumond rounded third and scored on an errant attempt at the plate. Hanlon got out of the inning and WC Electric was enable to score in the bottom of the frame, so the game remained tied at 6-6.

Fitzroy pitching
Bud Hanlon - TIE - 7IP 6R 4ER 11H 5K 0BB

North Gower pitching
Shannon Borho - 1.2IP 3R 1ER 4H 4K 0BB
Andrew Wiggim - 1.2IP 3R 3ER 2H 1K 4BB
Gord Flannery - TIE - 3.2IP 0R 0ER 2H 4K 0BB

Fitzroy hitting
Jon Daley 1-3 2R BB
Beef Johnson 1-2 R RBI BB Sac
Neil Murphy 3-4 HR 3RBI 2R
Jeff Cavanagh 2-4 2RBI
Jason Armstrong 1-4

North Gower hitting
Kevin Schonfeld 2-4 2B 2R
Derek Dumond 1-4 R RBI
Anil Hayne 2-4 HR 2RBI R
Gord Flannery 2-2 2B
Benoit Boivon 1-3 R
Nick Bowman 1-3 R
Derrick Lichti 2-3 3B 2RBI R

North Gower Marlboroughs 9 West Carleton Electric 2

The second game was a 9-2 five-inning mercy win by North Gower over Fitzroy. Ryan Chatten had the win while Steve Cavanagh took the loss.

The Marlies scored early and often, plating 1 in the first, 4 in the second, 1 in the fourth and three in the fifth to seal the mercy win.

WC Electric managed to push singles across in the third and fifth.

Fitzroy pitching
Steve Cavanagh - LOSS - 5IP 9R 8ER 14H 6K 0BB

North Gower pitching
Ryan Chatten - WIN - 5IP 2R 2ER 5H 5K 1BB

Fitzroy hitting
Jon Daley 1-3 R SB
Beef Johnson 1-3 RBI
Neil Murphy 1-3 2B RBI
Shawn Ryan 1-2 R
Adam Brown 1-2

Thanks to North Gower for representing in the hall afterward and supporting our sponsor through refreshment sales. We closed the hall just before 1am...and I got up at 5am to do some fishing hoping to erase memories of a not so successful Friday at the ball park. But the fishing was no good either.