OASA Men's Intermediate B tournament in Toanche
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric made the five hour trip up to Toanche, near Penetanguishene, for the OASA Men's Intermediate B tournament this past weekend. There were six teams from Fitzroy Harbour, Pickering, Toanche, Wiarton, Bracebridge, and Frankford.
Unfortunately the tournament had to struggle through some rainy weather, but compliments to the organizers on doing what they could to get things going. Toanche Park in "Tiny Township" is a very nice facility. Strangely they didn't have a beer garden at the event. Not so strangely, WC Electric, who had a few reinforcements from Barrhaven, had their own impromptu refreshment area onsite to compensate.
The teams were divided into two pools of three. Saturday games were "seeding" games to determine Sunday's single elimination bracket.
Fitzroy Harbour lost the first game of the tournament to the hosts from Toanche by a score of 12-5. Toanche Eagles put up six runs in the third, but Fitzroy responded with five runs in the fourth and fifth, highlighted by a Trevor Power home run to put WC Electric within one run. However some defensive miscues allowed Toanche to score five in the bottom of the fifth plus another run in the sixth to invoke the mercy rule. Steve Cavanagh had the loss and had relief from Chad Hargrove.
Next up was the Pickering Panthers. This was a closer game as the Panthers won 3-1. Chad Hargrove took the loss on the slab. WC Electric had many chances, but just could not convert on opportunities.
The 0-2 record meant that WC Electric faced the #2 seed from the other pool, Frankford. In a game that went back and forth, Fitzroy pulled out a 4-3 win in 8 innings. Chad Hargrove's solo home run in the seventh tied the game at 2-2. After Frankford scored one in the top of the eighth, Fitzroy had to respond. With Joel Langford on second in the international rule, Kevin Shonfield bunted and reached base on a close play, moving Langford to third. As the Frankford players argued with the ump, he alertly took second base. Neil Murphy's sac fly to right scored Langford to tie the game and Trevor Power's walk off single won the game for Fitzroy Harbour. Steve Cavanagh had the complete game win.
The following game was the semi-final once again against Toanche Eagles who had a bye based on their 2-0 round robin record. In a wild see-saw battle, the host team prevailed 16-15. At one point, the Eagles were up 8-2 in the top of the third, but Fitzroy responded with a nine run bottom of the third to go up 11-8. Going into the seventh, WC Electric was up 15-12, but Toanche put up four runs in the final inning and Fitzroy could not respond in the bottom of seven. Steve Cavanagh had the loss in relief of Chad Hargrove. Hargrove, Kevin Shonfield, Joel Langford, and Jeff Cavanagh all had home runs for Fitzroy in the game.
Toanche advanced to the final against Wiarton who had defeated Bracebridge in the other semi-final, but the game was rained out and will be made up at a later date.
Unfortunately the tournament had to struggle through some rainy weather, but compliments to the organizers on doing what they could to get things going. Toanche Park in "Tiny Township" is a very nice facility. Strangely they didn't have a beer garden at the event. Not so strangely, WC Electric, who had a few reinforcements from Barrhaven, had their own impromptu refreshment area onsite to compensate.
The teams were divided into two pools of three. Saturday games were "seeding" games to determine Sunday's single elimination bracket.
Fitzroy Harbour lost the first game of the tournament to the hosts from Toanche by a score of 12-5. Toanche Eagles put up six runs in the third, but Fitzroy responded with five runs in the fourth and fifth, highlighted by a Trevor Power home run to put WC Electric within one run. However some defensive miscues allowed Toanche to score five in the bottom of the fifth plus another run in the sixth to invoke the mercy rule. Steve Cavanagh had the loss and had relief from Chad Hargrove.
Next up was the Pickering Panthers. This was a closer game as the Panthers won 3-1. Chad Hargrove took the loss on the slab. WC Electric had many chances, but just could not convert on opportunities.
The 0-2 record meant that WC Electric faced the #2 seed from the other pool, Frankford. In a game that went back and forth, Fitzroy pulled out a 4-3 win in 8 innings. Chad Hargrove's solo home run in the seventh tied the game at 2-2. After Frankford scored one in the top of the eighth, Fitzroy had to respond. With Joel Langford on second in the international rule, Kevin Shonfield bunted and reached base on a close play, moving Langford to third. As the Frankford players argued with the ump, he alertly took second base. Neil Murphy's sac fly to right scored Langford to tie the game and Trevor Power's walk off single won the game for Fitzroy Harbour. Steve Cavanagh had the complete game win.
The following game was the semi-final once again against Toanche Eagles who had a bye based on their 2-0 round robin record. In a wild see-saw battle, the host team prevailed 16-15. At one point, the Eagles were up 8-2 in the top of the third, but Fitzroy responded with a nine run bottom of the third to go up 11-8. Going into the seventh, WC Electric was up 15-12, but Toanche put up four runs in the final inning and Fitzroy could not respond in the bottom of seven. Steve Cavanagh had the loss in relief of Chad Hargrove. Hargrove, Kevin Shonfield, Joel Langford, and Jeff Cavanagh all had home runs for Fitzroy in the game.
Toanche advanced to the final against Wiarton who had defeated Bracebridge in the other semi-final, but the game was rained out and will be made up at a later date.
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