West Carleton Electric takes game 5 in Carp
West Carleton Electric won game 5 on Wednesday night in Carp by a score of 4-3 to defeat I4C Victory and advance to the Final Weekend tournament this weekend. As in many games this series, it went right down to the final inning and had some 'drama'.
Andy Barber had the complete game win for Fitzroy, while Neil Cooke threw for Carp.
West Carleton opened the scoring in the third when Charlie Ross hit a solo homerun to lead off the inning.
I4C answered back in the bottom of the frame with two runs. Dan Loney walked, advanced to second on a ground out, then Kevin McGuire walked. After a pop up, Al Read's singled to centre scored Loney and McGuire scored as well when the ball was bobbled.
The Electric put three key runs up in the top of the fourth. Neil Murphy reached on an infield hit, and Troy Wilson laid down a bunt single. Matt Bowman sacrificed the runners over a base. Derek Barber then reached on a grounder which was thrown away, allowing Murphy and Wilson to score and Barber to take second. When Barber took third on a wild pitch, the throw was close to getting him - but hit him, sending the ball into shallow left and allowed him to score and make it 4-2 for WC.
Cooke settled in and retired the next nine batters in order. Andy Barber also continued to throw well, allowing only one hit from the fourth to the sixth.
The bottom of the seventh made for some tension as Carp tried to tie or win. Loney lead off with a sharp single. The next batter struck out, but then the always reliable McGuire stroked a hard drive to centre. As the speedy Loney went to score, the throw from the outfield was not in time at home, but catcher Derek Barber threw the ball down to third as McGuire slid hard into the base. In a close play McGuire was called out, so the score was 4-3 with two out and none on. Matt McNish at bat next hit one to short; with McNish's speed the throw had to be hurried and was put out of play allowing him to advance to second. However, Barber got out of the jam with a grounder back to him and the series was over.
For his pitching performance allowing only three runs and 11Ks, Andy Barber gets the Caveman's Choice as player of the game.
WC Electric
Andy Barber WP 7IP 3R 3ER 5H 11K 5BB 1HBP
Trevor Barton 1-4
Neil Murphy 1-3, R
Troy Wilson 1-3, R
Jeff Cavanagh 1-4
Charlie Ross 2-3, HR, RBI, R
Carp
Neil Cooke LP 7IP 4R 2ER 6H 7K 0BB
Dan Loney 1-2, BB, HBP, 2R
Kevin McGuire 1-2, 2BB, R, RBI, 2B
Matt McNish 2BB
Al Read 1-4, 2RBI
Tony MacDonald 1-3
Adam Fleming 1-3
Andy Barber had the complete game win for Fitzroy, while Neil Cooke threw for Carp.
West Carleton opened the scoring in the third when Charlie Ross hit a solo homerun to lead off the inning.
I4C answered back in the bottom of the frame with two runs. Dan Loney walked, advanced to second on a ground out, then Kevin McGuire walked. After a pop up, Al Read's singled to centre scored Loney and McGuire scored as well when the ball was bobbled.
The Electric put three key runs up in the top of the fourth. Neil Murphy reached on an infield hit, and Troy Wilson laid down a bunt single. Matt Bowman sacrificed the runners over a base. Derek Barber then reached on a grounder which was thrown away, allowing Murphy and Wilson to score and Barber to take second. When Barber took third on a wild pitch, the throw was close to getting him - but hit him, sending the ball into shallow left and allowed him to score and make it 4-2 for WC.
Cooke settled in and retired the next nine batters in order. Andy Barber also continued to throw well, allowing only one hit from the fourth to the sixth.
The bottom of the seventh made for some tension as Carp tried to tie or win. Loney lead off with a sharp single. The next batter struck out, but then the always reliable McGuire stroked a hard drive to centre. As the speedy Loney went to score, the throw from the outfield was not in time at home, but catcher Derek Barber threw the ball down to third as McGuire slid hard into the base. In a close play McGuire was called out, so the score was 4-3 with two out and none on. Matt McNish at bat next hit one to short; with McNish's speed the throw had to be hurried and was put out of play allowing him to advance to second. However, Barber got out of the jam with a grounder back to him and the series was over.
For his pitching performance allowing only three runs and 11Ks, Andy Barber gets the Caveman's Choice as player of the game.
WC Electric
Andy Barber WP 7IP 3R 3ER 5H 11K 5BB 1HBP
Trevor Barton 1-4
Neil Murphy 1-3, R
Troy Wilson 1-3, R
Jeff Cavanagh 1-4
Charlie Ross 2-3, HR, RBI, R
Carp
Neil Cooke LP 7IP 4R 2ER 6H 7K 0BB
Dan Loney 1-2, BB, HBP, 2R
Kevin McGuire 1-2, 2BB, R, RBI, 2B
Matt McNish 2BB
Al Read 1-4, 2RBI
Tony MacDonald 1-3
Adam Fleming 1-3
Labels: GOFL
posted by fitzroyfastball | 9/13/2012 12:19:00 pm
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home