WC Electric beats Carp 3-2, clinches fifth

Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric clinched fifth place in the GOFL standings with a 3-2 win over I4C Victory at the Carp Fairgrounds on Wednesday night.

Steve Cavanagh had the win, throwing four innings, while Andy Barber picked up the save in chucking three innings. Bill Gerber had the complete game loss for I4C.

The Electric got a run in the first inning. Andy Barber led off with a single off the leg of the pitcher, was moved to second on a sac bunt by Trevor Barton. Troy Wilson walked. After a strikeout, Neil Murphy drove in Barber with an RBI single.

Carp threatened in the second. Bobby Jack Hart singled to lead off, then Matt McNish reached on a misplayed infield pop up. Matt Medaglia sac bunted the runners to second and third, but Cavanagh got out the jam with two ground outs.

Fitzroy scored in the top of the third to go up 2-0 on Derek Barber's solo "no-doubter" home run.

I4C again had a chance in the fourth. Tony MacDonald led off with a long single and Bobby Jack Hart singled. Three consecutive fly balls got the 'Trics out the inning.

'Trics added what turned out to be a very important insurance run in the top of the seventh. Derek Barber walked with one out. Neil Murphy singled to put runners on first and second. Then Shawn Ryan hit an infield single to load the bases. A wild pitch scored Barber to make it 3-0. Gerber struck out the next two batters to end the threat.

Carp got on the board in the bottom of the frame to make things close. After a pop up, Matt Medaglia doubled. His pinch runner, Neil Drummond was put out on a fielder's choice by Kevin McGuire. McGuire scored on Danny Viel's RBI triple to make it a 3-1 game. The next batter, Eric Colvin hit a blooper to left-centre that dropped in to score Viel, but when Colvin tried to stretch it into a double to get into scoring position, he was thrown out from shallow left by Trevor Barton, who had a very strong defensive game at shortstop.

The GOFL playoff picture is now clear: #1 seed Quyon will get the bye. #2 seed Kars will play #7 seed Stittsville, #3 Barrhaven will play #6 Carp and #4 Blitz face #5 West Carleton Electric. All series are best-of-five. Winners advance to the GOFL playoff championship tournament on September 9-10 in Quyon.

Fitzroy pitching
Steve Cavanagh WIN 4IP 0R 4H 1K 0BB
Andy Barber SAVE 3IP 2R 3H 1K 0BB

Carp pitching
Bill Gerber WIN 7IP 3R 3ER 12H 9K 2BB

Fitzroy hitting
Andy Barber 1-4, R
Trevor Barton 1-3, Sac
Troy Wilson 1-3, BB
Derek Barber 1-3, HR, RBI, 2R
Neil Murphy 3-4, RBI
Jeff Cavanagh 1-2
Shawn Ryan 2-2
Dave Bahm 2-4, 2B
Steve Cavanagh 1-3, 2B

Carp hitting
Eric Colvin 1-4, RBI
Derek Dumond 1-3, SB
Tony MacDonald 1-3
Bobby Jack Hart 2-3
Matt Medaglia 1-2,2B, Sac
Danny Viel 1-3, 3B, R, RBI